Opportunity Cost

sweetmtn · 05-14-2014, 11:40 PM

Depends on what you want as far as a job/career as a civilian. My son was a nuke and as a civilian he now makes a great income doing pretty much what he did as a nukeMM, but not on a nuclear reactor. He just bought his first house and new truck. He is a plant mechanic for Owens/Corning in TX, has regular hours, overtime if he wants it, weekends off, great benefits, paid vacation and a retirement plan. He is actually very happy now..he wasnt while active duty nuke. He did however meet his future bride while serving, she was navy also as a MA. He is taking more college now to finish getting his engineering degree so he can become the plant manager.

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05-14-2014, 11:40 PM	#3
sweetmtn Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N. CA Posts: 3,792 Rep Power: 0	Depends on what you want as far as a job/career as a civilian. My son was a nuke and as a civilian he now makes a great income doing pretty much what he did as a nukeMM, but not on a nuclear reactor. He just bought his first house and new truck. He is a plant mechanic for Owens/Corning in TX, has regular hours, overtime if he wants it, weekends off, great benefits, paid vacation and a retirement plan. He is actually very happy now..he wasnt while active duty nuke. He did however meet his future bride while serving, she was navy also as a MA. He is taking more college now to finish getting his engineering degree so he can become the plant manager.