True that: Half the crew on a Navy Nuke has learned to speak in kilowatts. Having qualified they can get an outside job pretty much anyplace. The rest of the crew can get the other jobs any other place. Qualifying on a Nuke is about a year and a half of some heckuva intense schooling.
I bet the training is intense. And I was in Transmission operations, which in itself has. good deal of training. Some aspects of those jobs are very regimented, but for good reason.
Also, of course, the nuclear power plants like someone that already knows the ‘language’, even if they still have to take all the necessary training. I’ve worked with a few that moved up pretty fast in the ranks at nuclear plants. I had the pleasure of living about 8 miles from one, and there is another large plant about 40 miles upstream.
I’ve worked with Marines, Rangers, and Air Force as well, but I think the navy tends to align the closest with the operations jobs.