Development of a new screening table for Sea/Air Mariners.

What would they say about my SAM Sea Air Mariner Enlistment? This might be what is thought of all reserve enlistments. Age of entry is a thing to quantify. Inexperience and youth are markers for COSC Combat Operational Stress Control Commands.

Date
1985

Author
Scott, Dwight F. Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School

Development of a new screening table for Sea/Air Mariners.
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the attrition behavior of the first accessions, fiscal year 1984 accessions, into the Sea/Air Mariner (SAM) program and develop an improved screening table for SAM applicants.

"4. Reserves should seek a higher quality recruit than the active forces because reserve personnel train only part—time and must retain skills over longer periods with less practice and supervision. CRef. 303 "


18 year old e2 Apprentice SAM Enlisted assigned to a FFG must! Be “Higher Quality” “Retain Skills with less practice and supervision” and how about no health care because you are part time SAM on a Active Duty FFG. It’s a bad way and instant way to a casualty of some sort. I ended up in a suicide hospital dropped out of college fiancés have left me mom watched me fall apart.

I could not tell if I was supposed to be a college student trying to be an officer or a Navy Surface Warfare Qualified shipmate to an undermanned FFG. What a choice to make at 18 19 20 21 22 23. Then I had to make that decision to try to transfer into the Army as I was really falling apart. But when you are on a NAVY ship and all the guys are pushing hard stress disorders anxiety disorders go unnoticed it seems.

One can not imagine having any real success feeling confident going to bootcamp part time or any other high value operational military experience part time especially at 18 and some how not have some negative alterations to your psych or physical. Otherwise you are on call 24/7 for full deployment readiness. Your pay crickets to eat and pay rent off the ship and wait for duty every month for years. I know it may not of been anticipated. But well this is the real world fitness mishap review report to identify weaknesses.

You experience greatness by getting good solid coaching leadership apprenticing and benefits to defend your country.

I was recruited thinking I was going to have a clear chance to be an officer after bootcamp going to college. I was assigned to FFG’S.

This report states that you must retain skills over longer time with less training and supervision, which goes against the United States NAVY SORM


Yeah I process a lot of things.

Still to date on many posts on different military web sites I have not found another SAM ENLISTED Assigned to FFG’s. In reality this was a very odd combination.

I HONOR ALL OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS OUT THERE.

You just need proper funding and training and leadership.