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For reference here's what the pipeline looks like:

Boot Camp - Great Lakes, IL - 2-3 Months

Indoctrination - Charleston, SC - 2-6 Weeks (Basically a hold status)

Nuclear Field 'A' School (NFAS) - Charleston, SC - 3 Months (MM) or 6 Months (EM or ET) - Advancement to E-4 upon completion

Transitionary Track (T-Track) - Charleston, SC - Up To 2 Months (minimum 1 week; again this is a hold status)

Nuclear Power School (NPS) - Charleston, SC - 6 Months - Receive 1/3 of Cash Bonus upon completion

Graduate Hold (Grad Hold) - Charleston, SC - None or up to 8 Months (depending on Rate and slots available at prototype; again this is a hold status)

Nuclear Prototype Training - Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) - Charleston, SC or Saratoga Springs, NY - 6-10 Months (Depending on Holds and unanticipated situations) - Remainder of Cash bonus upon completion

Assignment to First Permanent Duty Station - Where?: All Over The World - Stationed on a Submarine or Aircraft Carrier or may be retained at NPTU as an Instructor (Called Staff Pick-up; requires member to extend their enlistment by an extra 2 years and comes with automatic advancement to E-5 (STAR Re-enlist)) - Duration?: The Remainder of your contract until you reenlist

Also, to be a nuke you MUST sign a voluntary extension of enlistment for schooling of 24 weeks - this will mean your nuke contract is a 6 year contract not a 4 year contract. If you fail out of NFAS, it reverts to a 4 year contract; if you fail out of NPS it reverts to a 5 year contract; after completing NPS, it WILL be a 6 year contract even if you don't complete at NPTU.