Naval Nuclear Propulsion

LT Jeremy MangenCivil Engineer Corps – Officer Recruiter

Navy Recruiting District Seattle

Benefits of choosing the Navy?

• Serving your Country

• Job Opportunities

• Quality of Co-workers

• Leadership Experience

• Job Security

• Upward mobility

• Benefits

• Travel

• 83 Nuclear Powered Ships:– A total of 101 naval reactors– 104 commercial reactors operational in the US

• Over 130 million miles steamed onnuclear power– Equivalent to 3200 trips around the Earth

• Over 19,000 Officers and 92,800 Enlisted have completed our rigorous program

• More than 50 years of safe operationremake this slide

What the Nuclear Navy Looks like?

• Operational– Submarine Warfare Officer– Surface Warfare Officer

• Support– Nuclear Power School Instructor– Naval Reactors Engineer

Nuclear Officer Career Paths

We Go Where Others Can’t . . .

We Go Where Others Can’t . . .

Nuclear SubmarinesOffense, Defense & Strategic DeterrenceOffense, Defense & Strategic Deterrence

Pipeline

• Selected for NUPOC program

• Go to OCS (Officer Candidate School)

– 13 Weeks, Newport RD

• Go to Nuclear Power School – 18 Months

• Attach to a Ship– Division officer tour 3 years

Submarine Platforms

• Fast Attack (SSN)– Virginia Class

– L.A. Class

– Seawolf Class

• Nuclear Missile Submarines (SSBN)

– Ohio Class• Guided Missile Submarine (SSGN)

– Ohio Class (Converted)

What Submarines Do

Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance

Special Warfare

Anti-Surface /Submarine

Warfare

Mine WarfareStrike

Warfare

Battle Group

Operatio

ns

San Diego

Bangor New LondonNorfolk

Pearl Harbor

Kings Bay

Guam

Where We AreOffense, Defense & Strategic DeterrenceOffense, Defense & Strategic Deterrence

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of All Who Threaten It

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of All Who Threaten It

Nuclear Surface

Pipeline

• Attend OCS

– 13 Weeks

• Attend SWOS

– 4 Weeks

• Non Nuclear power Ship

– 2 Years:

• Nuclear Power School

– 1 Year:

• Nuclear Power Ship

– 2 Years

Aircraft Carriers

• CVN

• Aircraft Carrier Forces: Provide and coordinate air, submarine and surface ship defense for aircraft carriers

• Diplomatic and Military relations

Surface Missions• Strike Warfare

– Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo

• Littoral Warfare– Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia

• Maritime Interdiction– Bosnia, Arabian Gulf,

Counter Drug

• Future missions– Theater Ballistic Missile

Defense (TBMD)– Land Attack– C5I

Caribbean / Haiti Ops

East Pacific

Where We Are

Forward Deployed Throughout the WorldForward Deployed Throughout the World

Indian Ocean

Sea of JapanYellow SeaRed Sea

Arabian Gulf

Black SeaAdriatic Sea

SouthMediterranean

South Atlantic / UNITAS

Nuclear Power SchoolNuclear Power School

• Classroom, theoretical training• 3 courses at a time

Credited 28.5 hours of coursework at Naval Postgraduate School

Attend this school for

6 months (located in Charleston, SC)

Nuclear Power Training Unit Nuclear Power Training Unit “Prototype”“Prototype”

6 months of full-time training at a Department of Energy facility

Classroom training (~ 6 weeks)

Provides basic systems, theory, and

procedures overview:60% Classroom work

40% Independent study“Hands-on” training (~ 20 weeks)

Actual reactor plant operation while learning procedures:

25% Watch standing (Operation)

75% Independent study and hands on practical exercises

Charleston, SC

Saratoga Springs, NY

Nuclear Power School InstructorNuclear Power School Instructor

• Learn the same material as those going to Operational Billets

• Teach Nuclear Power School (in Charleston, SC) for 4 years.

• Gain valuable teaching experience and instantpodium time.

• Extra time to earn Graduate Degree

Naval Reactors Engineer

• Part of a team of 250 engineers

• Located in the Washington, D.C. area

• Involved in the “cradle to grave responsibilities for all shipboard nuclear power plants, shore-based prototype plants, and nuclear propulsion support

facilities in the United States Navy

• 5 years following Officer Development School

Benefits of Naval Engineering Experience

• Navy engineers have one of the highest promotion rates in armed services

• Navy technical training, leadership and management skills easily applied to civilian business and industry.

• Nuclear Trained Naval Officers are heavily recruited by Fortune 500 companies; regarded as the “cream of the crop.”

• Numerous graduate school opportunities after initial tour.

Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate Program (NUPOC)

What is NUPOC

• Pay for Student to finish College

• Full Health Care Benefits

• No Drill or Military Uniforms until after graduation

• Graduate and Prepare to Join the Nuclear Navy

Classified as an Active Duty E-6:• Base Pay $ 2,317.80• “Basic Allowance for Subsistence”: $ 384.44• Housing “allowance” based on location (BZM) $ 1,032.00• Estimated Monthly Pay $ 3,734.24 • Estimated Yearly Pay $ 44,810.88

$15K signing bonus for fleet jobs Guaranteed Job for 5 years after Graduation Accrue leave while in college, only charged leave days if they

leave CONUS Full medical and dental benefits

NUPOC Program

Assumptions: (updated 5AUG2008)Submariner with 2 years of NUPOC program prior to commissioning BAH is average of continental US submarine home ports for Navy Salary$15,000 accession bonus not shownMedical/Dental/Retirement benefits not included

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Competitive hiring after Navy Years in Navy count towards PE license Looks AWESOME on resume to have

leadership/management experience PLUS technical experience

If you stay in after 5 years Continuation pay/special skills pay - $30K per

year if you sign a contract to stay in, $12.5K per year if you don’t

Grad school opportunities – Naval Postgraduate School, MIT, etc

NUPOC Program

NUPOC Requirements

• General Criteria:– Enrolled as a full time student at an accredited institution – US citizen– Strong technical majors (mathematics, physics, chemistry, or an

engineering curriculum) are encouraged however not required – Minimum requirements are one year of Calculus and one year of Calculus

based Physics. – Be within 30 months of earning a bachelorette degree or within 12 months

of earning a masters degree

Questions ?

LT Jeremy Mangen, CEC

jeremy.mangen@navy.mil

406.690.6856