I see the seniority system is in effect here, so I guess im just the "nub". Sure. I'll post my other post in here too. I want answers, dont care how I get them.
Hello and good day to all. I heard this was a great site for us, so I figured I would check you guys out. I would like to say I DID search (I was told I'd be eaten alive if I didnt), this site and googled for hours, but nothing was similar to my situation. Closest I found was adsep based on drug usage, or SARP failures... not really my issue. Im going to be a little ambiguous about certain things that are personal (sorry). Clifs notes version at the bottom for those pressed for time Smiley
Issue -> No, I didn't smoke pot, or try to "off myself"... I had panic attacks and had one on watch one night, so they took my TLD. Following through, they deemed me "unfit for shipboard duty", so the Doc told me my best route was to file for a "administrative separation at convienence of the government -> Medical not amounting to disability". Well that went through fine. I was expecting the process to take a long, long time because people before me who had... "similar"... incidents have been here over a year. I found out TODAY(!) that i am getting discharged... TOMORROW! (We were on a 7 month deployment). So obviously Im a little spooked and nervous.
The "problem" -> I got into an altercation with a shipmate earlier this year, and went to NJP. My discharge therefore got downgraded to a "General - Under honorable Conditions" vice an "honarable" that the milpersman states. How does this affect hireability? I want to work in a nuke plant as an NLO or mechanic of some kind. I have GREAT evaluations. My first evaluation after going to mast was an EP. I was the 3M work center supervisor -> in charge of a few first classes as well. My only "black eye" is the masting issue. I am qualified everything but PPWS, QAS, and DCTT, and I mean everything. 5 years of service, all with great paper work to back me up... except this general. Will employers hold that against me? I have a lot of experience doing maintenance on pretty much every machine in the plant. leading other sailors, and I was a stellar sailor myself. To the best of my knowledge, I still have my NEC and clearance. (not sure why they would take it, and I imagine I would know if I lost it)
I implore some of you to not get this personal. I am really ashamed I could not finish my term of service to the Navy, this was NOT my choice route I promise!
One more quick question -> I notice pretty much every energy company hiring uses some online system (erecruit, etc), but they dont have many job postings. I have a nuke plant in my hometown, would it be uncouth to show up to see if they were hiring operators or mechanics? Or should I just wait until the job postings show up? Auxilliary Operator is really what I'm going for. Don't really want to flip burgers while I wait Smiley. ( i will post a better question in the civilian section as well)
IF anyone has any information, I would greatly appreciate it! thank you very much.
CLIFS NOTES -> Highly qualified (everything but QAS, PPWS, and DCTT), getting adseped for medical, getting general discharge -> want to know how that affects employability. Also would like more information on hiring process for civilian nuke plants.