Navy Nukes

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Comment by Ric Pallson on March 30, 2012 at 2:03am

It has been about 3 years but yeah -- A school not much wait and Power school not a lot more.  Back then there was a prototype off line and they had to wait a few months for that -- they got some nondescript college classes while waiting.

Hurry up and wait is SOP.

Also want to say -- I've met some of my daughters classmates and some other nukes in the fleet since Power School grad ceremony -- they are real competent reliable decent people -- bless them all.

Ric

Comment by Mike K on March 30, 2012 at 12:13am

A schools start nearly every week or so thus she should not have to wait a very long time after she arrives at GC.  Power school and prototype start every six weeks or so thus often times sailors wait a couple of months between those schools.

Comment by Eric Nikkel on March 29, 2012 at 11:49pm

OK have a question. If EM school at Goose Creek started 3 days ago and my daughter is graduating from BT April 6th, how long is she going to have to wait for next EM school? Hoping someone has experience in this and can answer my question. Thank You

Comment by jeremy mcelroy on March 29, 2012 at 6:38pm

Bonus is calculated as follows:

base pay x multiple x years added on contract

multiple differs between rates and sub/surface

years added is not the amount of years you reenlist for. it is the time added onto your contract. a nukes contract is actually 4 years with a 2 year extension(which actually doesnt have to be accepted but we wont get into that). if you reenlist between you hit 4 years and get into the extension those two years are dropped and count in the bonus calculation. so say an e4 making  2000 base pay reenlisting at their 2 year point for 6 years, the extension would get dropped so they would have 4 years count towards the bonus. yes you get half up front and the rest in installments(usually 3 or 4) every october.

@William yes you are correct. there are few times where they will send someone who is a sub vol to a carrier. it all depends on the manning for carrier vs sub at the time.

Comment by William in Nashua on March 29, 2012 at 3:48pm

Thanks Craig.  My son is a sub volunteer but he will not find out if he gets that until the end of prototype, I think.

Comment by KS Dad on March 29, 2012 at 3:43pm

That formula looks about right. If you reup during deployment in a combat zone (receiving combat pay) the bonus is tax free. Many of the M department's nukes did that when the USS Ronald Reagan was deployed last year in the Arabian Gulf.

Comment by Joe on March 29, 2012 at 2:56pm

I don't know where the "2" is coming from, but here's the formula.

(Monthly Base Pay) X (Years of Additional Service) X (The SRB multiplier)

One example, E-4 with 4 years in $2266 X 4 years X 9 = $81576.  I have heard these bonuses are taxed and paid out over the years that are added on.

Comment by Zazzws on March 29, 2012 at 12:50pm

My sailor came home for 12 days. Spent most of his time with friends but we got some quality time too. He is an SPU and is looking foreword to 2 years in BS. He and 2 other friends rented a house north of Saratoga Springs. Their BAH more than covers their expenses.There is a shopping mall in the area

( http://www.wiltonmall.com/ ) so shopping is convenient.

He is a sub vol and is receiving sub pay as an E-4. He still has to do the paperwork to get his E-5 and reenlistment bonus. The bonus formula is 2 times annual pay times years in the Navy times 9. The 9 is the "multiplyer" the Navy assigns based on how vital your classification is to the Navy (If you are, say, a deckhand, the Navy probably has plenty of those and wouldn't care if you reenlisted, and would assign a multiplyer of 1). The maximum bonus is either $80K or $90K. depending on who you believe (Can anyone offer some clarification on this?). They get half now and half later, I forget when that is.

As an instructor he is assigned 2 students. That could increase to 4. The major problem students have is forgetting basic information they learned in A school and the beginning of power school. Especially the ones who were on hold for a long time. He doesn't mind the long days and puts in extra hours to keep up with paperwork and earn some more quals but he looks foreword to his days off.

He figures that when he goes to fleet in 2 years he will be too busy doing quals to take any leave. He wants to take enough leave before then to be negative before then. He can be negative when he goes to fleet but once there, he can't take leave until he is positive.

If you think any of the above information is incorrect, please feel free to disagree.

Comment by Craig on March 29, 2012 at 11:40am

Congratulations to William and son! Carrier or sub?

Comment by William in Nashua on March 29, 2012 at 11:32am

My son who is an ET3 is graduating nuclear power school tomorrow with Class 1107 and will be home on leave starting tomorrow night.  He graduated in the top 1/3 of the class which was his goal for NPS.  3 seems to be the magic number in the nuclear pipeline there is 3 of everything LOL.  

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