[Bringbackthedraft]

He is torn between being a Corpsman or a Nuke tech. ........................ Either one, both good foundations for future employmment!

[SubmarineNuke]

Nuke...Ive done bothe Subs and Surface fleets. He may be given a choice before he graduates prototype training.

My IDC (independent duty corpsman) on my first boat is still one of my best friends and is now a physician.

Either choice is a good one.

If he goes corpsman, I’d try to get shacked up with a Marine battalion if I were him.

[P8riot]

I was a Navy Nuke, it is probably the most intensive academic program the Navy offers (the equivalent of 3 yrs engineering school in a 6 month classroom environment, plus additional practical training prior to going to the fleet), plus with the resurgence in nuclear power we're likely to see in the near future (if we don't elect Obama), it could turn out to be a lucrative career as well. I am still in the field, and I got out of the Navy in 1992.

On the other hand, being a corpsman is no slouch of an education either. I know several doctors and nurses that started out as corpsmen. They are the best.

[Gay State Conservative]

He is torn between being a Corpsman or a Nuke tech. ........................ Either one, both good foundations for future employmment!

Nuke tech would involve lots of training I would think.Corpman could land him in Iraq/Afghanistan supporting Marines.There's always X-ray tech or lab tech if he's interested in the medical field.

[HiramQuick]

Congrats to him ... I was one of the first Nukes trained at Idaho falls on the old Nautilus prototype plant. It is a gold plated SOB of a school. Prototype is now in Orlando, last I knew. He is pretty much going to be limited to subs ... the nuclear fleet has diminshed to carriers only, Some would say subs and targets.

It required a 6 year contract ..I was a designated Electronics Tech ... and made CPO in 6 years. I walked away from the Navy with a bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Physics after 12 years active. It is a great opportunity. the professionalism and technical aspects are great .. the management skills I gained from leading men for 12 is immeasurable and is more important than anytbing else I took from the USN.

And again congratulations to him .. I know you are proud of him.