Good evening,
I'm looking for some advice as far as career prospects after I transition out of the Navy. I was a sub nuke (3354) for the first 4 years of my navy career (on board a boat for just over a year before being denuked) and then was force converted to the CTR rating after being medically disqualified from submarine and nuclear field duty. I have since gotten a waiver for my disqualifying condition and am fully eligible to be a nuke again. The catch is that the surface navy has their hooks in me for a three year commitment as a surface CTR (PCS afloat) and then if I were to stay in the Navy, I would then have to go back to the submarine fleet and complete an additional full sea tour. I'm in no way interested in hitting 12 years time in service without seeing shore duty, so I've decided I'm going to get out.
At the time I reach my EAOS, I'll have had 6 years and 4 months in the Navy. I graduated from the pipeline and while on the boat i qualified up through throttleman before being denuked. Now, as a CTR, I'm qualified work center supervisor, watch supervisor and assistant EKMS manager among other topsider-centric watches as well as the standard QA/craftsman quals. I'll have my associates in NET from Excelsior by the time I separate. I would like to get back into the nuclear power industry and work my way up to an SRO position, but I'm not sure where I would fit into the industry given the way my navy career has taken me.
If anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it. I've been accepted to the University of Alabama's Mechanical Engineering undergrad program as a backup, but if I can find a decent position in the power generation industry, that would be my preferred route.