Nuke Deppers, Ship Dates, and Stories

[DS358]

Ship off to RTC Great lakes 20111102, so this will be my last post for a while.  I plan on keeping people aware of my progress as I make my way through the pipeline.  Thanks for all of the good advice on these boards.  See you guys next year!

-Derek

[drayer54]

Ship off to RTC Great lakes 20111102, so this will be my last post for a while.  I plan on keeping people aware of my progress as I make my way through the pipeline.  Thanks for all of the good advice on these boards.  See you guys next year!

-Derek

Would it kill you to just say "Wednesday"??

[DS358]

Would it kill you to just say "Wednesday"??

No, it wouldn't.  Just trying to get in a military state of mind. 

[HydroDave63]

No, it wouldn't.  Just trying to get in a military state of mind. 

As in "Rope Yarn Wednesday". Your first lookup! 

[DS358]

Just for you HydroDave63 

On the day the tailor boarded a sailing ship in port, the crew knocked off early, broke out rope yarn and mended clothes and hammocks. One afternoon per week at sea, usually a Wednesday, was reserved for mending. Since it was an afternoon for rest from the usual chores, much like Sunday, it was dubbed "rope yarn Sunday."

The Navy adhered to the custom up to the years immediately after World War II; men used Wednesday afternoon for personal errands like picking up their laundry and getting haircuts. Of course they paid back the time by working a half-day on Saturdays.

Today, uniforms require less attention so rope yarn Sunday has been turned to other purposes; mainly early liberty or a time for catching up on sleep. Some, however, still adhere to tradition and break out the ditty bag for an afternoon of uniform PMS [Preventative Maintenance Schedule].

[Jechtm]

Tell Talbot to suck it when you get to power school

Good luck, A school is the "joke", power school is when it gets "fun". Dont lose focus because you did well in A school.  Remember, its only 6 months of hell, and hopefully you continue to do well!

Also remember, people that arent in your position yet wont have a clue what "0-0" means yet

Ugh, talbot was awesome, not sure what you mean, .
anyway just quallified at prototype.  Hours were lame but overall the nnpp pipeline was pretty fun.

Now to wait on orders so I can go do this stuff for real....

[Styrofoam]

I finally graduated! I'm waiting on orders to Charleston now. Don't know how long I'll be waiting in Great Lakes.

[LaFeet]

Congratz... now the fun really starts.

[Jechtm]

Got into elt quals, 80% done, just some 513s left 100% wednesday. Time flys.

[Spacecowboy]

Hello all!

I originally swore into the Navy on 20110105 as a missile tech (subsurface / 6 year enlistment) after scoring a 96 on my ASVAB. However, after some more coaxing from family and my recruiter and some further research I decided I would change over to nuke. I currently have a ship date of 20121002 but I am hoping to get a sooner ship date.

Just figured I would post in this thread as it is applicable to me and figured I would thank everyone on this website for the wealth of knowledge they have provided on this site provides (and not to mention the laughs on the flames you guys send when people cannot use the 'search' function).

[Fermi2]

You excited?

[Spacecowboy]

Definitely looking forward to it even though it's a while off.

[Fermi2]

The rule I have used at every facility I have ever been associated with is "This too shall pass" . In general from the time you enter the Navy until you go to wherever the nuclear winds blow it's a pretty darn good time but every now and then it gets to be a chore. When I got to those times I simply figured less capable people then me have made it through this. You're at an exciting time in your career, just learning stuff, and getting on the path to being an operator. Heck of a good time. I'll trade places with you

[Spacecowboy]

Heh, I think I mistook your post as a response to mine when instead you were directing your question at Jechtm.

[bigbrentos]

Well, it's now 6 more days (20120502) until I finally go off to boot camp and start my journey as a nuke. Thank you all for this great forum to research and go through with my decision.

[Starkist]

Well, it's now 6 more days (20120502) until I finally go off to boot camp and start my journey as a nuke. Thank you all for this great forum to research and go through with my decision.

good luck :0

[IPREGEN]

"This too shall pass"

This is an excellent approach to boot camp. It's a short stay and no real indication of everyday Navy life.

Have fun, keep everything in perspective and your mind on your goal.

[patrickodang]

Hey so my ship date is 20130108, and i submitted a roll in.

Do you guys know the chances of getting an earlier ship date?

[Gamecock]

Hey so my ship date is 20130108, and i submitted a roll in.

Do you guys know the chances of getting an earlier ship date?

I got to ship earlier....but, that was almost 22 years ago.

YMMV

Cheers,

GC

[HighOctane23]

Currently in DEP. I swore in on 24 APRIL 2012 as an ABH. I fell for the whole pitch from the recruiter about how it was important that I first get into DEP by signing a non-nuke contract, and then apply to switch once I was able to take the NAPT. I now know that was a bunch of BS. I definitely want to be a nuke because of the vast opportunities during and mostly after the Navy, but I've always liked aviation and planes ever since I could remember so honestly I'd be fine if I did get stuck with ABH. I feel like going nuke would be my "grown up" job that I should be doing, and definitely still want to do, and ABH is the job that the "kid" in me would enjoy. Either way, I scored a 98 on my ASVAB, and a 75 on my NAPT. Problem is I'm 27 and have been waiting on an age waiver for about 5 weeks now (since I took the NAPT). I'm scheduled to ship 30 OCTOBER 2012 as an ABH for now, but hoping that will be changed to a nuke contract with a new ship date. It would be nice if it was a sooner date, however it seems more likely that it will get pushed back even later. I got a call from the nuke recruiter that graded my NAPT last week, who told me they should have an answer for me this week, but who knows since its taken this long already to hear anything. Just keeping my fingers crossed! 

[GLW]

It seemed so much simpler 32 years ago,...

I went to the recruiter in February,...

I qualified for nuke the same day, my scores qualified me for ET IIRC,...

I went to AFEES a week later,...

I failed my Farnsworth and my Ishihara, I knew I could see colors, I asked what nuclear rate was allowed to be colorblind in the conventional Navy and I was told MM, I went in as a MM, spent about 10 days in DEP or whatever passed for DEP at that time and went to boot camp in Orlando,...

During A school I went to the nuke recruiter and explained my situation,...

The Senior Chief set me up for another test, after identifying the chartreuse, burnt umber and mauve wires in a big bundle of wiring I was declared "Passed" and my approval for nuke was started,...

I finished A school, got bumped from E-2 to E-3, got approved for nuke, got bumped from E-3 to E-4, got orders to my first sea-going command (a reserve tin can in Pensacola, Fla....sweeeeeeeet), and eventually my orders for nuke power school caught up to me and I showed up at Orlando two days before my nuke school class started up,....

The rest was pretty typical for a nuke MM/ELT in the 1980's,...

I was always happy I got to go through the self paced 1200# superheated steam A school as opposed to the 600# saturated steam A school where the nukes were driven to finish ASAP, regardless of whether they retained any useful knowledge or not,...

[Marlin]

I failed my Farnsworth and my Ishihara, I knew I could see colors, I asked what nuclear rate was allowed to be colorblind in the conventional Navy and I was told MM, I went in as a MM, spent about 10 days in DEP or whatever passed for DEP at that time and went to boot camp in Orlando,...

During A school I went to the nuke recruiter and explained my situation,...

The Senior Chief set me up for another test, after identifying the chartreuse, burnt umber and mauve wires in a big bundle of wiring I was declared "Passed" and my approval for nuke was started,...

The rest was pretty typical for a nuke MM/ELT in the 1980's,...

Could not have been too bad or you would have had trouble with the titrations, the end point was not always easy to see.

[GLW]

Could not have been too bad or you would have had trouble with the titrations, the end point was not always easy to see.

titrations make clouds and endpoints, no problem,...

it's the dots,....those dam dots,...

[HighOctane23]

**UPDATE**

Just got my age waiver approved today to be a nuke, so I am good to go! Still waiting for all the official contract paperwork to be sent over so I can sign on and get my new ship date. I'm really excited that this worked out. I'll let you all know when I find out my ship date!

[Oneironaut]

Hello all, I've been to this website a few times while searching for things and decided today finally to join. I am in the DEP as NF, shipping out on 20121023 which seems super far away, but I'm hoping it will come fast. It's actually funny how I became interested in the program because when I took the asvab on 20111103 I didn't even know it existed, I'd wanted to be an EOD in the Navy (I love challenges) but I started talking to the recruiter and he told me about the nuke program. I've always been a math and physics minded person and always fantasized about having some sort of science career (I'm the kind of guy that gets hot and bothered watching videos on Fermilab in high school physics class), but since I was a kid I'd wanted to be in the military. Luckily enough I figured with nuke I get the best of both worlds and contracted on 20120214. I'm hoping to pass the coming months on this website as I don't have much going on until I ship.

Another thing, I have a few questions about RTC, the navy in general, and the big thing: ratings, so if anyone has any free time and feels like dealing with a bored recent high school graduate, that would be great.