Nuclear Power School had everything classified as NOFORN which was done under a special exception congress wrote to the classification rules. The exception was made for any training facility where the trainees would, upon completion, have a significant probability of handling classified material.

I worked in Personnel in Orlando, FL as a bus driver, but learned a lot about how the Navy processed people out.

Any person who lost control of the NOFORN material did not get administratively discharged for the loss of classified material. Rather, they were removed from Nuclear Power School for failure to follow security proceedures.

We were told that the legal requirements to prove a loss of classified material were fairly complex and nearly impossible when dealing with NOFORN material. Additionally, the loss of classified material required a dishonorable discharge from the Navy which is easily contestable. The failure to follow security proceedures moved people into a grouping which could then easily be removed from the nuclear navy with the personnel are not required to fulfill our mission reason which the individual already has waived their right to contest when signing the enlistment papers.