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Career Path => Navy Nuke => Navy:Staying In => Topic started by: bigjer25 on Jan 14, 2005, 09:37

Title: Sub pay in powerschool/prototype
Post by: bigjer25 on Jan 14, 2005, 09:37
Hey folks,
    Ex-nuke EM turned to the dark side (officer) is prepping to go back through the "journey" known as the navy nuclear pipeline.  Since I like to get my A** kicked on a daily basis, I (once again) decided to go subamarines.  The only question I have now is do I get sub pay while in school, or is it one big lump sum like the first time I went through, me and some buddies are debating this.  Thanks.   Bigjer
Title: Re: Sub pay in powerschool/prototype
Post by: Already Gone on Jan 14, 2005, 10:49
I never received sub pay as a student.  When I did get it, it was paid every month that I was on a sub.  Some people continued to get it after going to shore duty at certain duty stations, as long as they had enough time left in their enlistment to go back to a sub.  None of these were students.

You might be thinking of one of the bonuses.
Title: Re: Sub pay in powerschool/prototype
Post by: ex-SSN585 on Jan 15, 2005, 01:33
I agree with the above.  I didn't post initially because I thought my information might be dated.  I believe submarine continuation pay, as well as having sufficient time to go back to a submarine, is also based on gates (i.e., having a cetain ratio of sub duty served versus time in service).

I have never heard of lump sum payments for submarine pay!

Disclaimer:  From reading these boards, there are many things I don't remember or didn't think likely, so I'm just agreeing that the above post has been my experience.
Title: Re: Sub pay in powerschool/prototype
Post by: taterhead on Jan 15, 2005, 02:50
I do not know the answer to the original question, but I am sure someone here does know.

However, at least in the mid to late 90s, if you volunteered for subs back in the beginning of A school and successfully finished the pipeline then took orders to a sub, you received back sub pay retro to the day you volunteered for subs.


Title: Re: Sub pay in powerschool/prototype
Post by: kwicslvr on Jan 15, 2005, 09:57
As an enlisted you do receive sub pay after graduating A-school.   Though you do not get that until you are actually assigned to a sub and then you get it in one lump sum.    As for an officer getting it.  If you do it will probably be the same then.
Title: Re: Sub pay in powerschool/prototype
Post by: Already Gone on Jan 15, 2005, 11:24
You know, it has been a lot of years, but I do remember something like that.  I don't think it added up to anything in the end.  I think I got an extra 700 bucks right before ELT school. 
Title: Re: Sub pay in powerschool/prototype
Post by: johnigma on Jan 16, 2005, 01:05
I can tell you this much.  I just finished the pipeline and had volunteered subs in boot camp.  I received back pay from the day I volunteered to the day I graduated.