Hi all, I'm determined to ace the ASVAB and become a nuke. I'm using Barron's ASVAB study guide, online practice tests and old class notes to prepare myself. However, Barron's does not thoroughly explain the questions relating to MC/EI sections of the ASVAB. Until I can find my old physics notes I won't have much to go on. If anyone knows of a study guide for EI/MC sections it would be greatly appreciated, most of it looks like high-school physics, which I will need to reteach myself.

I'm also looking to hear the "bad" about becoming a nuke, I've heard all the "good" but nobody that I've talked to was able to tell me how difficult it really is.

Thanks,
Kyle

find feature for nuke. there's lots on here.

Never heard of a specific study guide for certain sections. could be wrong, though

Well, you got "nuking it" down pat I would say. You are well on your way!

Ok, nuke life is both good and bad, atleast on subs. I was a nuke MM/ELT. We wroked hard, the hours are long, the job is largely thankless. You will be the first on the ship to get the reactor started up, and when you get to a port, you will be the last man off the ship because you got to shut down everything. You will drill many times per week, if you like sleep, nuke on a sub is not for you, as we drill more than anyone else. We do nuke drills and all hands drills.

The good news, we party harder than anyone you'll ever meet. Also, the marketable skills and the credits you can get towards a degree are pretty good. I myself got out in 2007, just now starting back to school, and the university I am going to has authorized up to 90 credits from my smart transcript. You can also go to work at a nuclear plant, they love navy nukes because you already have had much of the training.

The ASVAB is almost a joke. If you know the basics up to algebra in math, and a decent understanding of science, you'll be good to go on it. That is, provided you complete the sections in the time alotted.

Now I have heard that nuke life on surface ships is great. That is based on my roommate from nuke school. He was complaining about 5 section duty(you have to stay on the boat once every 5 days in port, all day and night, vice just for the work day), at the same time I was port and starboard(stay on the ship every other day). At the time I got out, he was celebrating going to 6 section duty... So if that is true, surface life should be good.

Thanks for the replies, I'm taking the ASVAB Tuesday so I'm spending the weekend studying, I really need to find Mechanical Comprehension and Electronics Information study guides, as they are my only weak subjects .

Also, do you get a formula sheet for the asvab?