Nuke Deppers, Ship Dates, and Stories

[Fermi2]

Well first of all, Congrats on your choice...the nuke program is the best in the navy.  For any of you interested in firefighting, Goose Creek Rural Volunteer Fire Dept, is right down redbank rd.  That is probably the best fire dept i have ever been on.  They have alot of nukes, and will train you if you are green.  It allows for a great release and for time away from the base without worrying about spending money, or anything else.

Man that is so cool! Great suggestion!!!

Mike

[nn2j]

when will i find out my rating?

[shayne]

Near the end of bootcamp..

[ChiefRocscooter]

Unless you go with garunteed MM (never really understood why they garunteed something they gave to anyone who asked for it, but I guess they thought it made guys who wanted to be mechs a warm fuzzy feeling. 
Note If you want to be ET put your order ET/EM/MM
if you want EM put EM/ET/MM
if you want MM go MM/EM/ET and you will get it

To be ET you need to be in the hopper at right time with right scores and you might get it
to be EM is little easier but still a numbers game
to be MM is just plain numbers lots of spots

If you list MM as second I have heard they will some times give that since you put it ahead of the other electrical/tronic job.  Afterall if you do not want to be mech they expect you to put that last.
(this maybe slightly dated but concept still hold as number break down has not changed)
Rob   

[smoothtoaster]

How much explanation of the rates do they give you in boot before you make your list? I feel that I have a fairly decent understanding of them (I'm still a little fuzzy on what an em does versus an et but I want mm so it doesnt really matter to me) but I'd hope they explained it to you fairly well.

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smoothtoaster

[ChiefRocscooter]

You will likely learn more here or on net than in boot camp.  But like you said you want MM so do not sweet it!!!

Rob

[Roll Tide]

the nuke program is the best in the navy.  For any of you interested in firefighting, Goose Creek Rural Volunteer Fire Dept, is right down redbank rd.  That is probably the best fire dept i have ever been on.  They have alot of nukes, and will train you if you are green.  It allows for a great release and for time away from the base without worrying about spending money, or anything else.

As a nice little benefit, future commercial nuclear power employment could be impacted. Many sites have OPS as Fire Brigade; Volunteer FD is much closer to Commercial Nuclear firefighting than what you will see in the Navy.

[KAMFRO]

When i was on the Dept, the new guys who showed up from the base, and we asked them what training they have and they said the navy, we laughed and said, so pretty much no training at all...Navy firefighting is no where near real firefighting, I guess it works, but you will not be liked in the real world if you do it that way...Ill post the differences in the rates for ya as soon as i can, the wife is complaining about me being on here...

[KAMFRO]

okay the differences in the rates...(forgive any typing errors, my 10 month old is on my lap trying to help) and this is only for a Sub, i was never a skimmer

Machinists Mate (MM)- These guys, as you know, are the mechanics.  They repair all the mechinical equpment.  The Main Engines, Reduction Gears, Turbines.  They stand the watches of AMR2LL, ERUL, and ERLL (S5W), and ERUL, ERML, ERLL, and ERF (S8G).  The run the 12k (or 8K) which makes the water for the sub.  On a S8G there is also a 3K.  They also run the AC units, big R114 units, dont ask me how big..i dont remember.  They do all the maintenance and watch standing for this equiment.  In order to be an ELT or a Boat Welder you have to be an MM.

Electricians Mate (EM)- They are the Electricians.  They are the only ones on the  boat.  They run the electric plant, which means they have a big panel in manuevering where they open and close the major feeder breakers, and control the voltage and frequency on the AC end and the voltage on the DC end.  They also control the DG when it is running...once the A-ganger gets it all "warmed up and ready for electrical loading".  They also do most of the work on galley equipment.  The ovens and so forth, if any of that breaks it is their job.  On a trident they also have the 400Hz generators and the 10KW's, which are for the nav dept.  They have all the motors on the entire boat.  And they also have the mist collectors in the sub.  They definately have the most equipment.  They are also responsible to bring on shore power in port.  They are the only rate (as far as i remember) who can qualify BCE. 

Electronics Technician (ET)- WE have the most schooling, and end up with the cleanest jobs.  We are responsible for all the instrumentation for Primary and Secondary systems.  NI's, PPI's, SQWLC (Squiggle).  The maintenance we do is not a whole lot, but it takes a couple hours usually for it all.  lots of paperwork to be filled out and signed. Very political job.  we also have some mechanical stuff we work on, the feed flow equipment and guages are ours.  The ET's are the only ones who can qualify RO.  But anyone can qualify SRO.  The RO's have to do the Critical Rod Height Calculations, and the Calorimetrics.  Both jobs you learnt to dread.  Most of our stuff is done with tweakers, little screw drivers. 

[KAMFRO]

I forgot to say this... EM's Stand AEA, EO, and TH
and ET's Stand RT, and RO

[Fermi2]

Not true. I was a qualified RO as an MM.

Mike

[KAMFRO]

I can say with 100% accuracy that on an S8G sea going platform only an ET can qualify RO.  At prototype anyone can qualify as RO.  And I dont know the rules for sea goin commands with like an S5W, as that was before my time.  However the EDM or EDOM specifically states in the requirements for qualification for each watchstation that for the RO watchstation the qualifier must have an NEC of 3353 or 3363.  3373 doesnt count because it is just an additional NEC.

[nn2j]

I leave tonight for the MEPS building, and off to boot camp tomorrow. thanks for the help.

[PWHoppe]

I leave tonight for the MEPS building, and off to boot camp tomorrow. thanks for the help.

Good Luck!

And Thank You for your Service

[Fermi2]

Enjoy!!!!

[ChiefRocscooter]

Hope you come back and act as resource for those who follow!

Good Luck and remeber Possitive Mental Attitude is everthing!
Rob

[solarwave]

Just wanted to let eveyone know I graduated boot camp today! If anyone has any questions about what to expect, I'll do my best to answer them. South Carolina here i come!!!

Cheers~

[Bighouz107501]

Hey everyone...long time no talk...well I graduated from RTC a few weeks ago and no I'm here in SC...I finally got my internet so I'll try to keep active...but mainly I wanted to thank all of the users of this site who informed me of multiple things before I left for basic...But if you recall I couldn't fiure out what I wanted on my "dream sheet" after 4 weeks of thinking in RTC. I choose MM, and got selected for it, I figure if ELT is what i really want to do then its worth the chance of not getting it at all. Thank you all for saving me from the World of warcraft and magic kids....ahh them ETs are quite odd haha. anyways thank you all again...anyquestions feel free to get ahold of me.

Dennis

[fridayfred3p]

Hello everyone, I will be leaving in 7 days for boot camp, im pretty excited right now

[Marlin]

Hello everyone, I will be leaving in 7 days for boot camp, im pretty excited right now

Good luck, you will get over the excited part fairly quick. I assume that you are in the Nuke pipeline from your post on another thread. If you have any questions you should be able to find a pre-existing answer on one of the Navy threads but if not you will find lots of help (and abuse) from members of this BBS.

[SenorPabis]

Bleh, I leave in 1 day, this is my last day of freedom before I head out to Chicago.. not really looking foreward to it, but something thats got to be done.  wish me luck, hah.

[Roll Tide]

Fair winds and following seas!

(that's Navy for farewell and good luck!)

and thanks for your service!

[ChiefRocscooter]

Hail and Welcome Aboard shipmate (that Navy for welcome to the TEAM). Keep up head up , mouth shut and ears open and you will do fine.  Some one will eventually tell Navy stand for Never Again Volunteer Yourself!  do not believe it cause those who stand out will excell!!

Good Luck
Chief (you no  longer get to call me Rob, for a while

[KAMFRO]

exactly rob, when i was in boot camp, several years ago as it is, i just kept my mouth shut and did as i was told, then half way through something came up and i jumped on it, cant remember what it was, and ended up giving a pep talk to the whole division afterwards, something about our leadership in the division, listen to them and leaders need to listen to the others and so forth, and the RDC called me in and made me RCPO and then after about 2 weeks he told me i shoulda been RCPO from the beginning but he didnt even know my name until that night half way through.  So do whatever it takes, make yourself known in a good way.  Let them all know your name.

[nn2j]

Well, bootcamp was easy.    I'm now in my official first week of phase 1. Food is great, everything is very nice. I don't know what I can and cannot say on the forums about the school yet, so i'll hold off on that stuff. Thanks for the help, i'm really glad to finally be here.