Tbird19482
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Good for you.I enlisted in peacetime and went through the Navy's nuclear power program. I was a 3384 and retired as a Chief Electrician's Mate (SW) nuclear field. My wartime experience was in areas of maintenance, which is what black shoe engineering types do.
In the first Gulf War, I was in shop 10A at SIMA San Diego, amphib section, and getting ships ready to take a Marine Amphibious Brigade to the Persian Gulf.
In the second one, after 9/11, I first went to San Diego to get a ship in Continental Marine's yard under the Coronado bridge capable of getting underway. It had serious electrical issues that I quickly fixed that the crew couldn't figure out and weren't part of Continental's contract. Then I went to NAS Bahrain for a variety of engineering tasks.
I was on the wrong coast for Granada, Panama, and Kosovo.
So, what war were you in and what did you do?
I was in NAM.
Active 1969 to 1973 .
was an ST first then went to OT
We tracked subs and helped make sure our subs could not be heard by the Russians.
Also worked at Autec on and off.
most of what we did back then was Top Secret and till this day about 20% or so still is and in my case I can't say anything about that part for another 24 years if they don't reclassify it.