The fact is you don't have a license yet and the FACT is Naval Officers fail out at about a 50% rate. Ask the NRC, ask INPO.
I am not/was not an officer, and regardless of what statistics you can throw out there, I contend that the 50% that fail out do so because they are lazy/unwilling to put in the required time, not because the Navy pipeline failed to prepare them for civilian power. In our most recent SRO class which was comprised solely of previous licenses and upgrades from our plant, we have had one academic drop (and possibly another) who were both licensed at another plant for over 10 years. However, the class with 15 DSRO's and
NO previous licenses and
NO previous commercial experience (12 are ex navy EOOW/EWS, 3 are NLO upgrades) just finished systems & GFES with an average of over 93%.
YES our training programs are 578767898 harder than anything in the Navy
No it's not. It's quite a bit DIFFERENT, but not that much harder.
Furthermore, Naval officers tend to have a hard time on shift and make more errors than other SROs.
That's a weak generalization. Again, I defer to the fact that the ones who "have a hard time....and make more errors" probably sucked in the Navy also.
Regardless of how impossible you seem to think it is for ex-Navy guys to roll into a DSRO program and be successful, it is happening quite a bit these days. What I don't understand is why you continue to make it your mission to discourage any new guys from trying the DSRO route. I suppose you don't ever want to be able to retire or go on vacation because your plant is hopelessly strapped for licenses? Regardless, I say that most GOOD, capable Navy operators with more than 6 years experience are good candidates for license class and probably are OVER qualified to be a non-licensed operator.