Any advantages or disadvantages to signing the "Submarie Duty Volunteer" form?

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Permalink Reply by Chris B. on October 26, 2011 at 8:32pm

It depends on the person.  Sub and surface are very different.  Not sure if I'd buy "he can change later".  You can look at www.nukeworker.com  Many current and former nukes there to answer all your questions.  My son volunteered for subs because he wanted to be in a small group.  He never served on a sub, but, he still thinks it was a good decision for him.

Permalink Reply by Michael Le'au on October 28, 2011 at 1:43pm

Thanks Chris, I'll check out the site.

Permalink Reply by LalaH on November 14, 2011 at 1:01am

They can all volunteer to do it. The Navy will pick who they want to fill the slots. Doesn't look too bad if he volunteers and isn't held against him if he's not picked.  Mine really wanted subs, but got carrier -- just the luck of the draw.

Permalink Reply by KS Dad on November 19, 2011 at 5:19pm

My son was asked to sign a waiver that if chosen for ELT school (after completion of Prototype) he could be sent to subs. He signed the waiver but didn't get into ELT school and now serves on a carrier, the RR out of SD.

Permalink Reply by Michael Le'au on November 20, 2011 at 2:29am

Thanks for the reply.  My son doesn't ship out for bootcamp until July but is asking around on the various Navy sites to see if his choice of jobs will be affected by his not signing the waiver.

KS Dad said:

My son was asked to sign a waiver that if chosen for ELT school (after completion of Prototype) he could be sent to subs. He signed the waiver but didn't get into ELT school and now serves on a carrier, the RR out of SD.