Navy Nukes

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Comment by jeremy mcelroy on March 3, 2012 at 9:13am

Good for her if that is what she wanted. Sucks that they will be on opposite sides of the country now for at least 2+ years. Perhaps I will meet her when I more than likely go there this summer for shore duty.

Comment by Michael E. on March 3, 2012 at 8:36am

Just heard from my son Will that he has passed his oral boards and is now qualified. He is going to SD for a fast attack sub duty. It has been a long and trying school time for him and his Dad. Saying that I am proud of his accomplishment is an understatement. I certainly wish all other sailors and Dads good luck with their studies.

Comment by Bill on February 29, 2012 at 8:50pm

LOL@ the comments regarding nerdy nukes.  Magic the gathering (or Dungeons and Dragons in our day) would have gotten ya thrown outta MP division and sent to hang with the twidgets!

All in good fun. 

Comment by jeremy mcelroy on February 29, 2012 at 3:41pm

If he does play those kinds of games I hope you can take some ridicule because he will be made fun of extensively by others lol.

Comment by William in Nashua on February 29, 2012 at 3:39pm

Hi Richard, welcome to the group.     I hope your son already plays Magic the Gathering because if not he will have to learn LOL.  My son is an ET he is scheduled to graduate from Nuclear Power School in four weeks.   It seems like just yesterday he arrived at Goose Creek but it was over a year ago.

Comment by lsdemme2001 on February 28, 2012 at 8:14am

Hi Richard,  Congratulations on your son completing RTC.  The hard part is now about to begin!  The descriptions regarding navy Nukes is pretty accurate.  This is a group of sailors who are all extremely intelligent and are among the very brightest in the entire US armed services.  The term "Nerd" probably has a little truth to it in all of the navy Nukes, but that is meant in the most respectful and admirable of ways.  

Good luck to you and your son as he begins this arduous journey to becoming a Navy Nuke.  You will find that your job will be to keep your son motivated and strong as he faces the difficult challenges ahead of him though the Nuke schooling.  My son is in his sixth year and readying for his second deployment.  He finished all of his qualifications during his first deployment and he is now fully qualified as an ET(N)  and should have a much easier time of it during his upcoming deployment.

All of the time, effort and hard work are worth it.  I wish you both the very best.   

Comment by Richard A on February 28, 2012 at 1:06am

Hi folks - 

My son is just finishing up at RTC, and is scheduled to head down to Goose creek for training to be ET.  

I read a description about Navy Nukes awhile ago, and had to laugh --- he has a little bit of a nerd factor to him. The description seemed spot on.  

Comment by jeremy mcelroy on February 22, 2012 at 7:49pm

@ Dan

While in A school and power school you technically have the weekends off. However depending on how you are doing with your grades you may have to use that weekend time to study. They will definitely allow a person to do whatever religious type things they want to do. As for getting to where he wants to do this at he may have to find a ride by someone there or there are lots of cabs that will give him a ride for a decent price.

Please feel free to ask any questions. I am very bored and found this site. I am a submariner nuke ET, been in for 8.5 years and will possibly be soon going back to prototype in NY as an instructor.

Comment by Bubblehead on February 20, 2012 at 4:15pm

What EMs do...  My experience is pretty old and was on subs.  Part of the duties that the link "old Lt" were right & some were wrong.  An EM is responsible for a huge range is equipment on board, and something is always breaking.  What's not broken requires regular maintenance.

If your daughter likes solving puzzles, she'll have fun as an EM -- so much of the repair requires diagnostic skills...  everything from diagnosing why a florescent light won't come on to want's wrong with the controls on a refrigeration system.

One thing that surprised me is how much time I spent replacing bearings on motors.  The EMs own everything on the motor up to the pump/fan coupling.  There are a lot of pumps, many in "hostile" environments, and the EM has to replace the bearings when they fail.  I think 50% of my repairs were bearings.

On watch, she'll probably start as some kind of roving electrician, doing many of the quick repairs, like replacing lamps.  On a sub, the next watchstation up the chain is throttleman -- the person who translates an ordered "bell" into steam flow to the propulsion turbines.  Next is the Electric Plant Control Panel (EPCP).  On a sub, this was easily the most complicated panel to man -- and the most fun.

The EPCP is the senior watchstation up to E6, but many will go further and qualify as Engineering Watch Supervisor (EWS) -- the senior enlisted watchstation.

Hope this helps.

Comment by old Lt on February 20, 2012 at 2:17pm

At the top of this discussion page,,about 4 inches up there is a link to "Click here for some Nuclear Field Information" In there there is a link to the description of what an MM EM and ET do in the nuke field. My son is an EM also. Welcome!

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