.....I agreed with DARK MATTER earlier...and got "Diamond Jim's" name thrown around...........But Brother Dave...Semper Fi and all those KUDO's...UH-RAH,,and all that,,,,but man...dont lump all ex-NAVY nukes in a #3 wash tub....we have worked many outages you and I..and have I ever failed ya brother,,,not that I remember,,,,I agree there are alot of ex-Navy ELT's that need bashing...(I havent worked as an RP but once since 95'),,,and ,,they know very little about the commercial world...and dont want to learn,,,they are still workin the Navy way,,,,,,but dont throw all of us in that boat,,BROTHA.some of us,,,take a little pride in the fact that we have no degree, and make enough money to enjoy life like we do have one.I have been in and out of this business since 79'....never to completly quit, because the $$ is too good, but I have always been able to get a job, when I needed to,,,mainly because of my Navy training.....by being flexible,,and willing to spend a little of my own money for training, or take a less paying job to get trained...I am working for AREVA right now...not as an RP, or ALARA..moving fuel,,,and doing NDE work also...but I can still swing a meter..and I stiil knowthat >450 micro-mcro curies/100cm2 is radioactive...the average Navy Nuke ,,average I said,,,has above average Nuclear knowledge...but there are a few,,,that are arragant, self centered ass&^%9oles...and there are a few that have made it to the top in this business,,with no degree,,,,,,,,,,,so say what you want to...I am glad I took that little test in 79' and ended up in Orlando......red