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What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc

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Not a Navy Dad but a retired Chief Petty Officer. I just happened to stumble on to this site and thought I could provide some input on some of the discussion forums. I spent 20 years and 23 days as a Nuclear Operator (MM/ELT) in the Navy. My last duty station was as an instructor at Nuclear Power School from 2011-2014. Prior to that I served on 4 different submarines (2 Los Angeles Class and 2 Ohio Class) and also served as a Recruiter.


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  • Jason FOurnier May 19, 2017 at 9:54am

    Thanks for all of your help Scott.  Just a quick update, Graduation was great and he's been in Charleston the last couple of weeks waiting to class up.  He said they should have enough sailors by then to start A school.  He's still in the Nuke program and ended up as an EM so he'll be in Charleston, at least for the next year, for A & C schools; he said Prototype school is in Ballston Spa NY following C school.

  • Jason FOurnier May 3, 2017 at 7:21am
    Great information Scott. We got our "I'm a Sailor" call yesterday and he told me he's signed up for MM with EM as a fallback. We leave for GL in the morning. Again, thank you for the info!
  • Jason FOurnier May 2, 2017 at 10:26am
    Thank you! He graduates this Friday and then he's off to A school. I will likely take you up on your offer the farther along he gets. Right now my only questions are how long is A school and when will they find out what rating they'll be; e.g. MM, EM, or ET? And from there where is C school and for how long?
  • Navy Dads Co-Admin Tom March 29, 2017 at 10:06am

    Welcome aboard Chief...We are always thrilled when someone brings their experience and knowledge to assist those new to the Navy. Thank you for your service and your desire to continue to help!

  • NavyDads Admin (Paul) March 28, 2017 at 10:09pm
    Welcome to NavyDads.com Scott ! When my daughter enlisted in 2005 and left for RTC, I had virtually no knowledge of Navy life or how the Navy did things. By the time her PIR rolled around, I was starting to get the hang of things and understand some of the language and abbreviations, but still felt like a fish out of water when dealing with most topics concerning the US Navy. When my son enlisted and left for Great Lakes in 2007, I got serious about trying to learn as much as possible about the Navy. Now, several years into my journey, I’m blessed to say I have two sailors in the family - my son Eric (AM2) was on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), was attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 (HSM-37) in Hawaii, and is now attached to VAW-125 ("The Tigertails") and is stationed at Iwakuni, Japan. My daughter Kat is now a Navy veteran and was stationed on the carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as a Mass Communications Specialist(MC3). If NavyDads.com were around in those early days, it would have made my first days as a Navy parent much easier!

    I'm sure you'll find NavyDads.com as useful, educational and informative as I have over the past few years. Click How To Get Started for a guide on getting going in your NavyDads.com experience! I hope you take the time to explore the site and make some new friends. Read the discussions and add your comments. Browse through the postings in the various groups or start a new one. If you have any comments, questions or concerns be sure to post them! And Scott this is a great place to brag as well! So join in, get active, and be sure to let us know how you are doing! Please remember that we talk about the Navy here and we must keep the security and safety of our sailors and the fleet in mind. On the right or starboard side of every NavyDads page is an area we call Key Information. Please take a minute and read through the Operations Security (OPSEC) link for some guidelines as to what we should not talk about in a public forum like NavyDads.com.


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  • NavyDads CoAdmin Jim Gramza March 28, 2017 at 9:39pm

    Welcome aboard Chief! We really like when veterans join us here. I do believe that your insight will help some of our dads and moms that have a hundred questions. 

    So explore the site and find the groups where you will be able to help.

    Thank you so much for being here and thank you for your service!

    Jim

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