You all know from my rantings how passionate I am about SubService. In the Nav, there are few things that are financially rewarding. SubService still pays higher that any other service in the Navy:
2007 SUBMARINE PAY
Submarine pay goes to service members who meet the minimum standard for time aboard a submarine, while they are actually serving on the vessel.
The monthly rates now in effect:
Years of service
Paygrade < 2 2 3 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 26
Commissioned officers
O-8* 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355
O-7 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355 355
O-6 595 595 595 595 595 595 595 595 595 595 835 835 835 835
O-5 595 595 595 595 595 595 595 595 790 835 835 835 835 835
O-4 365 365 365 525 595 705 705 705 790 790 790 790 790 790
O-3 355 355 355 510 595 705 705 705 705 705 705 705 705 705
O-2 305 305 305 305 305 305 425 425 425 425 425 425 425 425
O-1 230 230 230 230 230 230 425 425 425 425 425 425 425 425
Even the starving (jg) puts another $3600 in his pocket each year. HOWEVER! The work involved is substantial. USNA Grads from my era complained about the intensity and volumn of the material at NucSchool was much more demanding than most of the work at the Academy. I know from enlisted NucSchool that we had to duct tape our heads daily to keep them from expolding. When we finally hit the fleet, between engineering and sub qualifications, you were working 20 hour days underway. Add to that weps drills, engineering, drills, causuality drills and maintenance, it can be very grueling. That aside, a submarine is the closest group of seaman ever assembled. Average crew size is about 130-140 men. These people will be your shipmates for a lifetime. I still talk to a lot of the guys I served with every week. We still have the sea stories and memories after more that 30 years. Pride Runs Deep. Not one of us would have changed service.
My sales pitch for the pig boat is done!
Deep, Silent, Fast, and, Deadly