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NUPOC Prototype Instructor

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nlara:
Thanks for the replies, it's been really helpful to put things in perspective. Most people have told me to go into industry because it'll pay more, but money isn't really a powerful motivator for me. I got medically disqualified for eczema so it's dumb to me that my options in the Navy got reduced for something like that. I'd prefer going out to sea over the "cushy desk job", but things don't always work out how you want.

BrianScott87:
Sorry I'm so late to this thread. 

The earlier posts are not accurate if you're talking about the prototype instructor role.  You would have day-to-day operational experience on one of the moored training ships (MTS) in Charleston.  You would be actively operating, training, and overseeing maintenance on a reactor as a core part of your job.  If your goal is to work in civilian nuclear power this is a great fit. 

For Nuclear Power School instructor roles, it would all be theory and lesson plans as they stated. 

gb54123:
Nlara,

If your goal is to try and find a path to be an unrestricted line officer in the Navy, it would make sense to be a prototype instructor but only because they medically disqualified you. Having said that (and I have zero experience for medical disqualifications for prospective officers) eczema seems like made up reason to prevent you from being an officer.

If your goal is professional development, money or prestige, I think that you're better off going commercial. Prototype is a training command and it has very weird priorities that don't relate perfectly to operating submarines at sea or operating commercial nuclear power plants. Everyone will know that you're not a real sailor, and they'll tend to treat you that way. You may learn a lot, but it is no where near the same experience as being on a submarine at sea.

My recommendation would be to go commercial nuclear. If you really have a desire to serve, I think that it will be easy to get past a medical condition like eczema and shoot for being a line officer.

TVA:
I have yet to see any medical issue as easy when it comes to the Navy

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