The nuclear academic program is “widely acknowledged” as the most demanding in the U.S. military, the Navy says on itsOn top of spending about 45 hours a week in the classroom — mastering subjects like nuclear physics and engineering — students can be mandated to study for another 10 to 35 hours on their own, its website says.In a statement, Lt.
Besides meeting physical standards and requirements for a security clearance, enlisted applicants must be high school graduates who have scored in the top percentile in the military’sOf the roughly 3,000 people who get accepted into the nuclear training program each year, about 2,700 of them complete it, the Navy said.
“We knew that he was struggling academically, emotionally and mentally,” his mother said. “They would layer punishment on top of punishment on top of punishment. He was constantly behind. It was so hard for him to catch up.” “They have these almost impossible demands on their students and their instructors,” she said. “But there’s not anywhere for them to go.”
“There was no other way around it,” he said. “I would rather be alive and functional than do a job that I know I will definitely kill myself if I keep doing it.”Fritz also sought help shortly before he died, Dalke said. He had a couple of sessions with a civilian therapist, then stopped because he feared jeopardizing a career he took a decade to build. “He didn’t want anything to come out,” Dalke said.
This is from the 1970’s I believe. Mistakes weren’t made as often back then. My husband was a Submariner. Lots of mental health testing from boot-camp on When we have a draft ( I hated it ) we can pick the best
Lack of mental health screen is no longer used They depend on self-reporting. Insanity
Sailors Need Medical Marijuana To Treat Their PTSD, Anxiety Disorder And BiPolar Disorder
Not surprising. Nuke EMs and ETs are prone to burnout.
How is this different than any other time in our history of having subs?
That's crazy.
Here we go again.