Anyone have any experience with the Navy Nuke program or know anyone that has?

How much time do they spend out at sea?



[This message has been edited by aggie1357 (edited 12/6/2011 3:45a).]

I had two friends who were nuke.
They were enlisted though, so they may have had different experiences than the officers (I didn't ask).

One was on subs, one was on carriers. Both hated every minute of it. There is a reason the Navy offers 100k+ re-up bonuses to the enlisted and rarely do people take it. If I remember correctly, on the carrier it was a 12 hour shift in a locked room(s) with no breaks/head calls. Guys would have to crap etc. into the trashcans if they had to go. All that time was spent watching gauges and pushing a button to prevent SCRAMing the reactor.

As for time at sea.... same as anyone else assigned to a ship.


My knowledge is limited and dated (2005 and before) so don't take my post as gospel, continue to get other information so you can make an informed decision on if this is a good career choice for you.

go aviation

I hear it has a glowing future!!!

FTAC of 2000
Formerly AgDDS2B.

my aunt was Nuke enlisted. she hated it but she excelled in it so much (perfectionist) that she was actually recruited OUT of the Navy by a huge company. Not like recruited after her contract was up but they pulled connections and had her last two months knocked off somehow and moved her to New York. So a young 22 yr old woman gets yanked off to an extremely respectable job pulling in literally $200k plus and given an uptown condo and BMW....not bad for a poor woman who paid her own way through high school on two jobs to help support her 8 other siblings.

Well...now that I think of it I think it was Nuclear Medicine...so nvm. Not propulsion. Still...not bad. Better than what I got coming out of four yrs enlisted USMC infantry. pretty much polar opposite actually...sadness

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[This message has been edited by BoozerRed78 (edited 12/6/2011 8:26p).]

Pay is great, hours suck.

My father was enlisted nuke for 10 years and officer nuke for 10 years. Worked at nuclear reactors in DC at end of his career. I can get you an email address if you would like