I can't find a single thing in this entire post that I agree with.
Being a Navy nuke carries a lot of weight with employers who are not necessarily nuclear. There are some who aggressively pursue navy nukes because you have a proven record of trainability.
Secondly, it is about where you want to live and how you want to live. Your job is what you do to finance your life, but it is a part of your life too. It's all about finding that balance. You should look only for jobs that you will enjoy in places that you want to live. Probably about halfway between shoveling sh!t in Lubbock and being Chief Mai Tai Taster on Waikiki Beach would be about right.
I am sure there are some employers out there who look for ex-nukes, but my experience has shown me that when you are outside the industries were they are desired, recognizing what a nuke has done or is, is not the norm. As I posted, I decided to leave the technical field and go into the corporate business world. So I got a degree in accounting. Soon after, even in Southern California, with all it's shipyards and industry, there were more opportunities as an accountant then as an electronics technician or any technical position relating to the utility industry. Even before my career advanced, I was able to select where I wanted to live. Yes, there were concessions on pay and advancement opportunities, but they were not necessarily negative when quality of life issues were part of the consideration.
That said, I do agree the nuclear navy is probably the most technically challenging occupation in the services, and I am proud to have served in it. The work ethic I learned there absolutely helped me as an accountant and later as an IT manager. But listing my experience as a nuke or even noting the award of a Navy Achievement Medal, was a talking point only once in the many interviews and employment I experienced. (the interviewer was ex-Navy)
So, in my experience, unless being a nuke is germane to the job, occupation, or life style you are seeking, get over it and get on with presenting the assets the prospective employer is looking for.
Now retired, I continue to live where I have lived for the last thirty years, and that is in a highly desirable community just two blocks away from the Pacific Ocean, enjoying a comfortable six figure income. My shipmates from back then, who went to work at the Dresden Generating Station, are equally well off, but still living in Illinois. I will take the Central Coast of California any day.
Where you go and what you do is your choice. It is not limited to what you have done, but to what you are willing and capable of doing.