That's alright, nobody is perfect.
Seriously though, never EVER try and game the system. All it's going to do is come and bite you in the ass, hard.
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Nukeproofing?
- Thread starter sickboy
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That's alright, nobody is perfect.
Seriously though, never EVER try and game the system. All it's going to do is come and bite you in the ass, hard.
I did the same thing coming out of the BOOST program in '89. One of the best decisions I have ever made.
Of course the boat schoolers will scorn us to make themselves feel better. Hmmm... lets see, USNA for 4 years or Austin for 4.5 years?
Hook 'em
Honestly it could work on a good week, and it could not on many others. How about really getting to the root of the issue and just not being a tech major? And even w/ that said, there was a guy who commissioned with the class after mine who was a liberal arts type major, and ended up getting the whole nuke appreciation "tour". Don't game the system, just do well. It will work out in the end, more than likely with you sitting here in primary assuming you put in some work between now and then, and that you are physically qualified.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Considering my nuke class has quantitative economics majors in it with < 3.0 GPAs, your friend's idea sucks.
You would think so.
Roger that...
Working the existing system is one thing, but fragging yourself out of a commitment is entirely another.
Word.
....to your mother.
I'll echo what everyone here as already clearly stated: Stupid move.
If you don't want nuke, then don't put it down on your application. The NROTC cannot force your to write down nuke on your application or go to a nuke interview. If they push you to write down 5 choices, make them all the same thing or write down SPEC OPS or SPEC WAR....which you would not likely get unless you passed the pre-requisite Physical and PT test.
On another note, tell your friend to get a vasectomy so he can't reproduce.
-ea6bflyr
If you don't want nuke, then don't put it down on your application. The NROTC cannot force your to write down nuke on your application or go to a nuke interview. If they push you to write down 5 choices, make them all the same thing or write down SPEC OPS or SPEC WAR....which you would not likely get unless you passed the pre-requisite Physical and PT test.
On another note, tell your friend to get a vasectomy so he can't reproduce.
-ea6bflyr
I'll disagree. You have to put nuke on your top 5. You can't put spec ops or spec war in your top 3 without a special package and you can't put nuke in your top 3 without a special nuke form filled out. Plus we get yelled at for gaming the system by putting that stuff down (obvious fillers that are impossible to get).
Yeah, I tried putting SPECOPS down as my 3rd choice (behind SNA and SNFO) so I wouldn't have to put Nuke or SWO. CNET wouldn't allow it. They said that it can only be put down as a 1st or 2nd choice.
The new system may force you to put nuke on your dream sheet, but that doesn't mean you have to accept it. Like I said earlier, if they send you to DC for the interview, just say "thanks, but no thanks".
In your best Alaskan accent.
The new system may force you to put nuke on your dream sheet, but that doesn't mean you have to accept it. Like I said earlier, if they send you to DC for the interview, just say "thanks, but no thanks".
In your best Alaskan accent.
That's total BS: "Write down something that you don't want." Sounds like a jacked up way to do business.
-ea6bflyr
This is an olde, crappy rumor that only seems to convince the overly naive.
I remember hearing it when I had to put in my final preferences at USNA. "Anyone with a 3.0 or above and a nuke choice in their top 3 WILL go to an interview."
Didn't happen. Not going to happen, at least not without a huge change in the collective nuke community mentality. Nuke power, just like aviation, is all volunteer. Shortage or not, they are not going to just grab warm bodies to fill slots.
Closest thing to this rumor coming to fruition that I've ever heard was my sponsor dad at USNA. He rolled off his first tour as an F-8 driver with an EP fitrep, and received a letter from Rickover telling him he had to come to Washington for a nuke interview. LT Dave went to DC at the appointed time, waited for over an hour after his scheduled time, then finally walked out to use the head. Rickover almost immediately blasted open the door and screamed at the LT while he's there using the urinal. the exchange was something to the effect of:
Rickover: What are you doing? My aide told you to wait for me in the waiting room. Why aren't you there?
LT Dave: Well, sir, it's been over an hour since my appointment and I really had to pee.
R: That's no way to talk to an Admiral. You'll never be a submariner acting like that.
LT: Fine with me. I don't know why I was sent here in the first place. I just wanna fly planes, sir.
R: Is that so? Well we're done. Get out of here, I don't want you on my boats.
LT: Aye, aye.
Epilogue: (Then) LT Dave went on to a long and distinguished career in naval aviation, culminating in command of the Kitty Hawk.
I remember hearing it when I had to put in my final preferences at USNA. "Anyone with a 3.0 or above and a nuke choice in their top 3 WILL go to an interview."
Didn't happen. Not going to happen, at least not without a huge change in the collective nuke community mentality. Nuke power, just like aviation, is all volunteer. Shortage or not, they are not going to just grab warm bodies to fill slots.
Closest thing to this rumor coming to fruition that I've ever heard was my sponsor dad at USNA. He rolled off his first tour as an F-8 driver with an EP fitrep, and received a letter from Rickover telling him he had to come to Washington for a nuke interview. LT Dave went to DC at the appointed time, waited for over an hour after his scheduled time, then finally walked out to use the head. Rickover almost immediately blasted open the door and screamed at the LT while he's there using the urinal. the exchange was something to the effect of:
Rickover: What are you doing? My aide told you to wait for me in the waiting room. Why aren't you there?
LT Dave: Well, sir, it's been over an hour since my appointment and I really had to pee.
R: That's no way to talk to an Admiral. You'll never be a submariner acting like that.
LT: Fine with me. I don't know why I was sent here in the first place. I just wanna fly planes, sir.
R: Is that so? Well we're done. Get out of here, I don't want you on my boats.
LT: Aye, aye.
Epilogue: (Then) LT Dave went on to a long and distinguished career in naval aviation, culminating in command of the Kitty Hawk.