There's good and bad. You didn't have to stay in 20 years, all the smart people got out after 6. The ones I've kept in touch with have all been very successful in whatever career they chose.
Yep, spent 6 years in, served on two subs
False. We got fucked all the time. In the shipyard we worked 7 days a week for 6 weeks strait a couple of different times. The non nukes were working about 20 hours a week during that time
Yeah, the asvab was mostly 7th grade and below math. When I took it in 89 I think perfect score was 125, I got 123 and remember being pissed I missed 2 questions.
Yeah, go to class from 8am to 5pm and be expected to study 5 hours a night and 5-10 on the weekend. I already had a few years of EE at UT so a lot of it was review for me, others struggled hard. Basically shove a 4 year nuclear engineering degree down your throat in 6 months. About a 30% drop out rate.
correct. I'm the other one.
How long was he in? Never thought about making a claim if I develop cancer.