Nuclear Submariners routinely cheated on qualifications

geetrue · 09-23-10, 07:42 PM

This man was an officer ... I like officer's, but I always thought they were held to a higher qualification.

Enlisted nuc's have falsified records they keep on the reactor and were court marshaled or transferred.

These are not just regular USN officer either. These are nuclear trained for duty on a nuclear submarine officers.

Not all officer's serve in the nuclear field, yet they still have to qualify and know everything there is to know about that chuck of hot rock.

Some become weapons officers, navigation officers, supply officers, communication officers, operations officers ...

dive officers to OOD they have other things to learn and master.

They have more to worry about than a test about a nuclear reactor keep up with.

So they fudged a little ... they are still very smart at what they do and look at the rest of the problem the test itself.

Spells job protection to me.

Back in the early 60's all we had to do is pass a walk through with a chief, COB and an officer to qualify for your dolphins.

What most of you don't know is that you had to do it again every time you changed submarines, which was three times for me SS 572, SSBN 608 (B) and SSBN 609 (B)

They took it easy on me due to just being a sonarman, but I saw one torpedo man that they didn't like and they made him learn the serial numbers of the torpedo's.

After he learned the serial numbers and came back ...

they had changed the torpedo's he copied the numbers of and said, "Sorry Charile"

God is good ... men are crafty and cunning and full of mischief

Forgive even as you have been forgiven

09-23-10, 07:42 PM	#6
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	This man was an officer ... I like officer's, but I always thought they were held to a higher qualification. Enlisted nuc's have falsified records they keep on the reactor and were court marshaled or transferred. These are not just regular USN officer either. These are nuclear trained for duty on a nuclear submarine officers. Not all officer's serve in the nuclear field, yet they still have to qualify and know everything there is to know about that chuck of hot rock. Some become weapons officers, navigation officers, supply officers, communication officers, operations officers ... dive officers to OOD they have other things to learn and master. They have more to worry about than a test about a nuclear reactor keep up with. So they fudged a little ... they are still very smart at what they do and look at the rest of the problem the test itself. Spells job protection to me. Back in the early 60's all we had to do is pass a walk through with a chief, COB and an officer to qualify for your dolphins. What most of you don't know is that you had to do it again every time you changed submarines, which was three times for me SS 572, SSBN 608 (B) and SSBN 609 (B) They took it easy on me due to just being a sonarman, but I saw one torpedo man that they didn't like and they made him learn the serial numbers of the torpedo's. After he learned the serial numbers and came back ... they had changed the torpedo's he copied the numbers of and said, "Sorry Charile" God is good ... men are crafty and cunning and full of mischief Forgive even as you have been forgiven __________________