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I watched the show a couple of weeks ago; it was great. Between college and law school I did my ROTC-scholarship payback time as a Navy nuclear officer. To ge
by dctoedt 12y ago
I watched the show a couple of weeks ago; it was great. Between college and law school I did my ROTC-scholarship payback time as a Navy nuclear officer. To get into "The Program," I had to interview with Admiral Rickover. I can't remember ever having been as furious as I was during our "conversation," which of course was one of his interview techniques. Rickover was sometimes known as the Kindly Old Gentleman; he was only two out of those four, but damn was he effective. I'm more proud of having been a Navy nuke than of anything else I've ever done professionally.
- MichaelCrawford 12y agoI was offered the NROTC scholarship but turned it down because the Captain who interviewed me had the idea that my interest in Physics would make me a good nuclear submarine reactor operator. Had he suggested I operated aircraft carrier reactors, I might have accepted it. If I melted down the reactor at least there would be some possibility of survival by swimming through the burning jet fuel.