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Comment by Mark on February 8, 2013 at 6:37pm

In actual news, I saw this item linked on Drudge from a Navy release that the Lincoln refueling and Enterprise defueling are on hold due to the budget mess.  This really surprises me, especially the refueling, because of the potential cascading effect.  It's bound to disappoint nucs on the Enterprise too, who will be attached to the ship longer to support the defueling than they otherwise would, delaying their reporting to an operational vessel.

CVN 72 refueling

Comment by Mark on February 8, 2013 at 6:29pm

No disrespect, but I'm not buying the body type thing.  For one, I never heard of such a thing and remember all kinds of body types in all three rates on the boat back in the day.  The best example would be MMs, where a range is actually useful, from the little dudes that can fit into small spaces to work on stuff occasionally (especially welders), to the hulking types that can muscle stuff around when necessary.  Plus, in a development since my day, there are plenty of females in the program now, who are represented in all three jobs, and obviously tend to be smaller in stature than the guys, and if they were much bulkier than the average female, would tend to struggle more with the physical fitness requirements, so wouldn't be around anyway.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 8, 2013 at 5:51pm

My son is also an MM and he's about 6'4".

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on February 8, 2013 at 2:31pm

I don't know. My son is a 6' MM

Comment by suebal MM3 USS California SSN781 on February 8, 2013 at 1:57pm

I have also heard that the assignments to rates is entirely subjective--they assign you your rate based on your "body type."  That's how it worked when my son was in boot...I'm not even close to saying this is how it's done all the time, but it's what he was aware of. My son is an MM--he's not very tall (5'9"), and muscular.

Comment by 1proudmama/EM/USSLincoln/CVN72 on February 8, 2013 at 11:49am

My son is a future Nuke. He enters bootcamp this March 4, then down to S.C for Nuke School. When will he be assigned his rating or class. Em,ET, or MM and how do they determine this. His father was in Navy Nuke Program many moons ago, but can't remember procedure of all this. We are hoping he gets assigned ET like his dad.

Comment by Mark on February 7, 2013 at 3:28pm

That's very gracious, suebal, and I appreciate it (not to mention NancyJo's kind words).  Thanks for the info, Mary - your info that Lincoln was not yet in Newport News was just useful at work, ironically. 

Comment by William in Nashua on February 7, 2013 at 3:05pm

Here in Nashua, BAE Systems announced 300 jobs cuts recently most of them in Nashua.   For a little city in New Hampshire there is a surprising amount of defense work that gets done.

Comment by suebal MM3 USS California SSN781 on February 7, 2013 at 2:29pm

NancyJo, I was thinking along the same lines. Mark, I know you and I had "issues" last year, but I'd love to be able to leave that at last year and make 2013 a new year? I very much value your comments and William's too.  I know that, as a mother, my emotions can get very much in the way when I need to be "logical" (now there's a term that the government could use!), and the insight that you provide is so very valuable to me.  I thank you for that!

My son is pre-fill at GC right now, so we still have to get through Proto (they're expecting to class up end of March). He's also a sub-vol, so Mark, your comments mean even more in that area.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on February 7, 2013 at 2:03pm

Mark, always the voice of reason. I'm so glad you are here with us.  You offer so much knowledge and, at least for me, reassurance. Thnanks

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