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    Posted: 02 Jul 2018 at 1:26pm
Originally posted by SaltiDawg SaltiDawg wrote:

Originally posted by SaltiDawg SaltiDawg wrote:

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As I said, he does take the ST exams, sorry for the confusion. As an MM in the 70’s our test were entirely surface fleet subjects 

Arguably, they were not "surface fleet subjects" because probably 98% of the entire MMs in the Navy did not serve on Boats.  The Test reflected equipments seen by 98% of the MMs in the Navy.


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More info than you need...
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Originally posted by SaltiDawg SaltiDawg wrote:

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As I said, he does take the ST exams, sorry for the confusion. As an MM in the 70’s our test were entirely surface fleet subjects 

Arguably, they were not "surface fleet subjects" because probably 98% of the entire MMs in the Navy did not serve on Boats.  The Test reflected equipments seen by 98% of the MMs in the Navy.



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Originally posted by Kwn Kwn wrote:

As I said, he does take the ST exams, sorry for the confusion. As an MM in the 70’s our test were entirely surface fleet subjects 

Arguably, they were not "surface fleet subjects" because probably 98% of the entire MMs in the Navy did not serve on Boats.  The Test reflected equipments seen by 98% of the MMs in the Navy.





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Originally posted by SaltiDawg SaltiDawg wrote:

Originally posted by FTGC(SS) Lane FTGC(SS) Lane wrote:

Originally posted by Kwn Kwn wrote:

It all seems so confusing now. My son in law is classified an ET although he is in actually a ST and takes a rating exam specifically on sonar topics.

Makes no sense. There is still an STS community. So he should be an ST taking Sonar exams.

As an FTG I took tests with all sorts of surface fire control systems and radars. We in the submarine community "stole" all sorts of billets for E6 and above from the surface community. We had better evals and far less captain's masts.


Precisely correct!

As I said, he does take the ST exams, sorry for the confusion. As an MM in the 70’s our test were entirely surface fleet subjects 
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Originally posted by FTGC(SS) Lane FTGC(SS) Lane wrote:

Originally posted by Kwn Kwn wrote:

It all seems so confusing now. My son in law is classified an ET although he is in actually a ST and takes a rating exam specifically on sonar topics.

Makes no sense. There is still an STS community. So he should be an ST taking Sonar exams.

As an FTG I took tests with all sorts of surface fire control systems and radars. We in the submarine community "stole" all sorts of billets for E6 and above from the surface community. We had better evals and far less captain's masts.


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He does take the STS exams. He was designated ET Sonar in A school 8 years ago. Sorry if there was any confusion. 
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Originally posted by Kwn Kwn wrote:

It all seems so confusing now. My son in law is classified an ET although he is in actually a ST and takes a rating exam specifically on sonar topics.

Makes no sense. There is still an STS community. So he should be an ST taking Sonar exams.

As an FTG I took tests with all sorts of surface fire control systems and radars. We in the submarine community "stole" all sorts of billets for E6 and above from the surface community. We had better evals and far less captain's masts.
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Originally posted by Runner485 Runner485 wrote:

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That being the case, then why did they convert half the crew to MM and the other half to ET, when they still have to take tests for promotions in their "old" rating...I sure don't understand that at all. Confused

I'm not sure what you are saying.
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It all seems so confusing now. My son in law is classified an ET although he is in actually a ST and takes a rating exam specifically on sonar topics.

It was so much easier in the 70’s we were all MM’s. Surface, Nuke, and Aux all took the surface exam. Made it easy to make rate when you were competing against the entire fleet. From what I understand since they have segregated the SS rates it is considerably harder to make rate now due to the smaller population.

I did kind of chuckle though when I was talking to an A Ganger on my son in laws boat, (Virginia Class), and he complained that the exam had a lot of questions from other classes of boat. I asked would he rather have questions about steam driven laundry extractors and garbage disposals.
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