In the navy is it easier for a nuke to transfer from a sub to a carrier or from a carrier to a sub?

Question

No sorry I was talking about a person, one who works in the nuclear department.

Answer 1

I was a career bubblehead. Not a nuc, but I worked with a lot of nucs.

The Silent Serivce has it's own bases, we do not rub elbows with target sailors, we do not spend any time near them. We are kept seperate.

Once in the Silent Service, you are never encouraged to have any contact with the target fleet.

I have seen many crewman busted for things, and while technically they could have simply transfered to targets; instead the command will process the sailor out of the Navy.

Every crewman has security clearances, while most surface sailors do not have any clearances.

In nuc school; they handle both the surface fleet and sub fleet as 'equal'. In general a nuc can go to either side.

But once you wear dolphins, you are pretty much forever a bubblehead.

Answer 2

Typically it would depend on manning requirements.  Since the submarine force (nuclear) is almost always undermanned it is difficult to transfer to a surface command.  It usually requires extenuating circumstances (special needs child, medical problems (sailor, spouse, or child), or something along those lines).  The best chance is following a shore command.  I've seen a few transfer to the surface that way.  Not many, as we submariners usually want nothing to do with the nonsense up top =).  It never hurts to try.  I don't think I've ever heard of anyone split-touring (transferring mid command tour) to a surface ship, but you never know.

Answer 3

It's easier for a nuke to transfer from a carrier to a sub. Submarine PQS standards are much more difficult and time consuming to complete than ESWS is. Once you are sub qualified, you'll have a difficult time getting out of subs (unless you lose your sub qualification status - not a smart thing to do). Submariners are "elite" anyway, I don't often hear of submariners turning into skimmers. I was a skimmer - so I could be wrong