going enlisted..
sorry my sarcastic tone doesn't get translated into typed phrase when I made the comment of the "love" of being a navy nuke.
Just making a comment based on the majority of the posts I read on job satisfaction and retention compared to the few and far between I read who actually are satisfied and stay....Honestly, I look at it like this, since I have been out of highschool a little longer than alot of nukes getting in: Regardless of how much I wanted to work at a veterinarians office ever since I was a small child, because I was 18 when I actually got the job, I was not ready to "Love" it. So I quit and went back to school. How many people actually get out of highschool and enjoy their first few jobs. How many people enjoy their first career altogether?
So, do the math: the nuke career is first centered around new up and comers to the world of working, and they are given such a schedule to work around that is not exactly the highly sought after 9-5, and (I am not yet a nuke, so this in an assumption) the job is stressful (watch, sea duty, long hours, work 6, sleep 6, off 6, work 6 sleep 6 off six. No wonder so many want out at the end of 6 years.
I can see why there are plenty of negative comments about staying in, being in, and wanting out...But I have not read one post that says they REGRET every moment of it or that it did not prepare them somehow for their future. So inevitably, it is good, bad, and sometimes ugly, but you are better for it.
That is what I pick up from here. I look into it everyday...its very nice to see that it isn't all bad. I look up to you guys, and I know not everyone enjoys their job, I work at a dialysis unit, which is both rewarding and crappy. I'm sure the same goes anywhere in any field, but there are always little nuggets of rewards at the end of the day...whether its knowing you helped protect your country, saved a life, or heck, if all else fails, the paycheck.
P.S. you guys are intimidating. I'm going to leave it up in the air for comment, because no matter what I say, someone has to jump my back about something. No I'm not a nuke...yet...
Yes, I did research on nuke pro pay for enlisted...NON FRICKING EXISTENT. As I explained I found different classifications such as combat, special hazard, sea, etc. the list goes on...That dude that was glowering all over himself is probably just some fat 29 year old engineering major living in his moms basement playing dungeons and dragons, and refusing to bathe because his girlfriend left him 2 years ago for his best friend. His best friend is probably a nuke:) God, I can't wait to join the ranks of you guys. Should be fun:)