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Offline steamboat

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Hello all,
I am a 5 yr Sub LT that is about a quarter of the way through my shore tour.  I am not completely sure that I am getting out yet, but I am leaning that way.  That being said, I have started looking at my employment prospects, nuclear and otherwise.  I have two questions and would be very appreciative of any feedback that you all can provide:
1.  I would like to stay connected to the Navy as an officer in the reserves.  This would mean one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer.  Also, there is the possibility of being activated and sent to Afghanistan, Iraq, or a similar place for up to a year (I will get a two year deployment free period initially).   Will this adversely affect my ability to perform as an SRO/NLO/AO and would it affect my chances of being hired in the first place?
2.  I have read some of the other posts re. the shift schedules, Is the schedule generally fairly flexible?
Thanks in advance.

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most utilities support reserve requirements. At my location, the company "makes whole" reservists on deployment...

Anyplace I've ever been, shift schedule is pretty fixed - some places even have fairly strict guidelines when you can have vacation within your shift schedule.

If you want to be in charge of the plant - you gotta go OPS. OPS is on shift, almost exclusively.
If you don't want shift - go Maintenance...

Thanks for your service, and for your desire to remain in the reserves.
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We have two enlisted reservists that work in Ops at our plant (one AUO, one SRO currently in work control).  They are able to schedule their reserve time.
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I absolutely refuse to cover a shift for reserve duty. The utility is required to provide the time however I am not required to give up my free time to cover it. That's the first thing I tell instant sro's out of the navy.

MacGyver

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I absolutely refuse to cover a shift for reserve duty. The utility is required to provide the time however I am not required to give up my free time to cover it. That's the first thing I tell instant sro's out of the navy.

Allow me to translate the above post;


BZ with a really short haircut   :P :P :P :P






BTW I feel compelled to admit I too feel this way.

 


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