Thank you for using the correct term RATING. So many TH-camrs usung RATE incorrectly when they mean rating. Let's review: Rating refers to a job, a specialty. Rate is pay geade, like E-1. Thank you for getting it right.
my 1st time in boot camp, (went twice), they asked me what i wanted to do and i told them but they said my points were not high enough, they said all i rated was a cook or a yeoman, and i didnt want to be either. i didn't go to A school, was sent directly to a ship. if i hadn't been able to type, i might of ended up being a cook or yeoman, but i was able to type and i got what the boot camp specilistst said i didn't have enough points for. i became a Gunners-mate Guns. all experience learned "on the job" never went to school, attended all gun lectures, and if i'd of studied more i'd of passed the E-7 exam, but i flunked.
@@LarryGarcia-p3j 1st time i was in the reserves and went the full tour of boot camp, then when the unit in Texas put me in for the draft, saying i was missing meetings, of which i wasnt, i was in Alaska, and the units commander would pick me up and we'd go to the college and watch oceanography movies. anyway when i went for the physical in Anchorage, the Navy recruiter said i'd need to do boot camp again, just not the full tour. did the 1-5 week, was in a company called "previous service." btw no marching, just going to classes, once finish i was assigned a ship in Norfolk, but had to wait as it was being built. became a plank owner when the ship was commissioned in Norfolk. the ship is now de-commissioned.
Glad to see that they finally established the nuclear ratings. I was an EM back in the day (1970's) and in spite of be a nuc and spending all my time in the engine rooms, when I went to take the test, it was the same test every standard fleet EM took. Now some of the sections made perfect sense, like motors, controllers and electrical theory. But when I came to the sections on "Ship Service Equipment" I mean, how the hell do I know how many loaves of bread are cooked in a Model XX Oven? Or how many pounds of laundry does a Model XX washing machine hold? I shook my head and went though these sections using the tried and true SWAG method. You know Scientific Wild Ass Guess! I guess it worked. I was promoted in the first increment. Left the Navy as an EM1
@@johntrottier1162 They say genius skips a generation. I can confirm. My Dad was an ET3 and a bona fide Mensa member. I was a dumbass and an OS. My sister's kid now, he enlisted after high school as an MM. Went to Ballston Spa for Nuclear Power school. A few years in the fleet the Navy selected him for a program that paid for him to attend Oregon State to study Nuclear Engineering. He graduated in three years Summa Cum Laude, with not only a BS but he and his buddy were the first undergrads to also earn Nuclear Powerplant Operators Licences in the reactor on campus. Then was commissioned as an ensign and sent to refuel CVNs. But then, after a few years of that, he was accepted to MIT for their Nuclear Engineering Masters program. The Navy said no at first. Then he threatened to get out to attend. They ended up letting him stay in and attend, paying his tuition and room and board off campus also. All they wanted was for him to forfeit $270,000 in bonuses. Which he did, calculating the future value of the masters degree to be at least $700k. Again he graduated with honors. All tolled, he did 24 years and retired just a couple years ago as a Commander. A mustang Commander, no less. So yeah, genius skips a generation. I'm so fucking proud of this kid after I taught him his multiplication tables when he was six . He thought I was a genius until he was eight and learned the truth. You don't care, I know. TL;DR Some shitbird OS won't shut up about his very smart nephew, the retired mustang Commander nuke engineer with a master's degree from MIT, and thinks the kid only did so well because his uncle taught him his multiplication tables when he was six.
I served in CRUDESPAC, fighting Ships. Mostly on Tin-Cans. SM2, Signalman 2nd class. I enjoyed observing and being part of a Naval Battle Group at Sea. The Majesty few will ever see. Lover, fighter, Tin Can Rider. 😊
Are there any IC electricians out there? My father was one from 53' to '57. His experience with the USN he turned into a 20 year IBEW journeyman level inside wireman. ⚓👷🏻♂️
So I’m a prior service army. I took the asvab again to enlist into the navy hot a 87 on my asvab so I have a lot of options but I don’t know what I want.
I’m an E6 in the army also looking to switch to Navy. Infantry. Thinking about MA or the Quartermaster Rate looks cool making the charts and maps for ship navigation! In the Army Quartermaster is Supply which wasn’t for me.
@@kq2799those lifer pension checks every month are nice to have. Funny being called a lifer and collecting my pension longer than my 21 years active duty. $$
btw all this infor is about ratings on air craft carriers or subs, nothing about the other ships in the navy, like i was in the "alligator" navy and all the ships in that group, some supply the carrier task force
P.S. I saw a post of someone saying they served on "Boats", that term shows they are lieing. Only one branch of the Navy uses that term. SUBMARINES....
See SWICC. They serve in Special Boat Units. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_warfare_combatant-craft_crewmen Also it’s common offhand parlance to say you are “flying out to the boat” or “did my time on the boat” or something similar (referring to the carrier) despite the official Navy nomenclature, and the ridiculousness of calling the carrier a boat. If you’re in Aviation, officer or enlisted, everyone knows what type of “boat” you are referring to. The only question then is which one?
The FT rating is not just submarines. As a FTM we took care of the TALOS weapons system. It included computers and radars and everything else that allowed getting a missile to a target.
Please score high on the test So can a job you like and transfer to live out Navy .!!! Your first command will make or break your career .!!! If don’t have your job open please wait for and opening and A school 🏫.!!!
Former USN here deployed on 4 different boats. Yeah free cruise sure, lack of sleep poor water condition and on alert on FDNF…. I miss it and don’t miss it.
@@LarryGarcia-p3j Okay, if you say so. You must have been a blast to serve with. Did you run around with a whistle and correct anybody that slips up and says "drinking fountain" or "floor." Did you say things like , "Not in my Navy!"? Damn, you still the same as you ever was.
There is no School for Boatswain's Mate... It's OJT... Time makes you a BM = Skill and talent. However, in 40 years you might know 90% of what we do .. BM is just like the Captain of the Ship you have to know everything. From the engineering plant, to supply, combat and every sqare inch of that ship and how it works...
@justsayingforafriend7010, BM does have an A-School. It’s approximately 6-weeks in Great Lakes. Unlike years ago, all ratings have an A-School, even undesignated (now called PACT) attend school.
@@LarryGarcia-p3j damn so you really used your rate back in the day. The rate was dying when I became one and eventually disestablished a year afterwards when I became one. I ended up becoming a QM when they merged. Much respect to you bro I missed it.
guess they dont do what we did in this new navy, too much tech and computers in this new one, we didnt have that except when lining up a target via fire control to the gun, no more hand feeding rounds to the gun now its all automatic it it breaks
There is/was only one enlisted rate which really mattered: AD….Aviation Machinist Mate! This was/is the elite rate of the fleet, the tip of the sword if you will. So to the rest of the nonessential enlisted rates….DON’T HATE APPRECIATE! You’re Welcome! 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
Thank you for using the correct term RATING. So many TH-camrs usung RATE incorrectly when they mean rating.
Let's review:
Rating refers to a job, a specialty.
Rate is pay geade, like E-1.
Thank you for getting it right.
my 1st time in boot camp, (went twice), they asked me what i wanted to do and i told them but they said my points were not high enough, they said all i rated was a cook or a yeoman, and i didnt want to be either. i didn't go to A school, was sent directly to a ship. if i hadn't been able to type, i might of ended up being a cook or yeoman, but i was able to type and i got what the boot camp specilistst said i didn't have enough points for. i became a Gunners-mate Guns. all experience learned "on the job" never went to school, attended all gun lectures, and if i'd of studied more i'd of passed the E-7 exam, but i flunked.
Interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
Good for you, on the job training is Best GM is a good Deck Rate. 😊
How in hell did you go to boot camp twice. Back in the old navy you went ONCE or you were gone period. Some thing don't add up.
@@LarryGarcia-p3j 1st time i was in the reserves and went the full tour of boot camp, then when the unit in Texas put me in for the draft, saying i was missing meetings, of which i wasnt, i was in Alaska, and the units commander would pick me up and we'd go to the college and watch oceanography movies. anyway when i went for the physical in Anchorage, the Navy recruiter said i'd need to do boot camp again, just not the full tour. did the 1-5 week, was in a company called "previous service." btw no marching, just going to classes, once finish i was assigned a ship in Norfolk, but had to wait as it was being built. became a plank owner when the ship was commissioned in Norfolk. the ship is now de-commissioned.
@@LarryGarcia-p3j If you just Google this info you don't have remember it. There are many ways to go twice. But I'm not your Sea Daddy. Look it up.
construction personnel are called Seabees.
Anyone who ever served would never say "Boat-swain". It's "Bosun".
It's a text-to-speech "robot", designed for direct pronunciation.
Thanks for pointing that out. I am still trying to work around some of the pronunciation issues.
This is true even in the Royal (British) Navy.
Well we also call them “boats”.
Learn to recognize AI voices
I was a systems operator in the navy after I graduated high school in 2001. I loved the job.
What do they do?
Glad to see that they finally established the nuclear ratings. I was an EM back in the day (1970's) and in spite of be a nuc and spending all my time in the engine rooms, when I went to take the test, it was the same test every standard fleet EM took.
Now some of the sections made perfect sense, like motors, controllers and electrical theory. But when I came to the sections on "Ship Service Equipment" I mean, how the hell do I know how many loaves of bread are cooked in a Model XX Oven? Or how many pounds of laundry does a Model XX washing machine hold? I shook my head and went though these sections using the tried and true SWAG method.
You know Scientific Wild Ass Guess!
I guess it worked. I was promoted in the first increment. Left the Navy as an EM1
@@johntrottier1162 They say genius skips a generation. I can confirm. My Dad was an ET3 and a bona fide Mensa member.
I was a dumbass and an OS.
My sister's kid now, he enlisted after high school as an MM. Went to Ballston Spa for Nuclear Power school. A few years in the fleet the Navy selected him for a program that paid for him to attend Oregon State to study Nuclear Engineering. He graduated in three years Summa Cum Laude, with not only a BS but he and his buddy were the first undergrads to also earn Nuclear Powerplant Operators Licences in the reactor on campus. Then was commissioned as an ensign and sent to refuel CVNs.
But then, after a few years of that, he was accepted to MIT for their Nuclear Engineering Masters program. The Navy said no at first. Then he threatened to get out to attend. They ended up letting him stay in and attend, paying his tuition and room and board off campus also. All they wanted was for him to forfeit $270,000 in bonuses. Which he did, calculating the future value of the masters degree to be at least $700k. Again he graduated with honors. All tolled, he did 24 years and retired just a couple years ago as a Commander. A mustang Commander, no less.
So yeah, genius skips a generation.
I'm so fucking proud of this kid after I taught him his multiplication tables when he was six . He thought I was a genius until he was eight and learned the truth. You don't care, I know.
TL;DR Some shitbird OS won't shut up about his very smart nephew, the retired mustang Commander nuke engineer with a master's degree from MIT, and thinks the kid only did so well because his uncle taught him his multiplication tables when he was six.
I was a radar man from 1967-1971 and my last year I was a RD2 and was stationed on the USS O'brien DD 725 and USS Sumner DD 692 both were WWII ships
Mi padre entró en 1964😊
thank you for your service god bless
I served in CRUDESPAC, fighting Ships. Mostly on Tin-Cans. SM2, Signalman 2nd class. I enjoyed observing and being part of a Naval Battle Group at Sea. The Majesty few will ever see. Lover, fighter, Tin Can Rider. 😊
ZBM2
Do you lot still "beat to quarters"?
Does the Master at Arms still "clap'em in irons?"
Sorry, I love Lucky Jack. 🇺🇲🏴☠️🇬🇧
Yeomen are the CO's secretaries.
If I went in , I'd go for the rate that's wide open for advancements, schools and duty stations. That's me and sticking with it.
Are there any IC electricians out there? My father was one from 53' to '57. His experience with the USN he turned into a 20 year IBEW journeyman level inside wireman. ⚓👷🏻♂️
So I’m a prior service army. I took the asvab again to enlist into the navy hot a 87 on my asvab so I have a lot of options but I don’t know what I want.
Research jobs that produce the most lifers...
I’m an E6 in the army also looking to switch to Navy. Infantry. Thinking about MA or the Quartermaster Rate looks cool making the charts and maps for ship navigation! In the Army Quartermaster is Supply which wasn’t for me.
@@kq2799those lifer pension checks every month are nice to have. Funny being called a lifer and collecting my pension longer than my 21 years active duty. $$
btw all this infor is about ratings on air craft carriers or subs, nothing about the other ships in the navy, like i was in the "alligator" navy and all the ships in that group, some supply the carrier task force
Actually there is in Pensacola. My son will be heading there after bootcamp.
there is what? @@bmwm31230
I was a Mess Management Specialist!
Did u like it. How many days off would u get
In other words a Master at Arms.
CTO was the best rating. I retired as a CWO4.
P.S. I saw a post of someone saying they served on "Boats", that term shows they are lieing. Only one branch of the Navy uses that term. SUBMARINES....
See SWICC. They serve in Special Boat Units. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_warfare_combatant-craft_crewmen
Also it’s common offhand parlance to say you are “flying out to the boat” or “did my time on the boat” or something similar (referring to the carrier) despite the official Navy nomenclature, and the ridiculousness of calling the carrier a boat. If you’re in Aviation, officer or enlisted, everyone knows what type of “boat” you are referring to. The only question then is which one?
@@LarryGarcia-p3j Are you the number one nomenclature sheriff of TH-cam?
Also the FT rating was on PHM Hydrofoils.
The FT rating is not just submarines. As a FTM we took care of the TALOS weapons system. It included computers and radars and everything else that allowed getting a missile to a target.
Please score high on the test So can a job you like and transfer to live out Navy .!!! Your first command will make or break your career .!!! If don’t have your job open please wait for and opening and A school 🏫.!!!
Former USN here deployed on 4 different boats. Yeah free cruise sure, lack of sleep poor water condition and on alert on FDNF…. I miss it and don’t miss it.
I Don't believe you, when you said "boats" it proved your lie. We REAL Navy Never used that term. LIAR.
Don't believe you, a True Sailor NEVER used the word boats. It's SHIPS.
@@LarryGarcia-p3j Okay, if you say so. You must have been a blast to serve with. Did you run around with a whistle and correct anybody that slips up and says "drinking fountain" or "floor." Did you say things like , "Not in my Navy!"? Damn, you still the same as you ever was.
@@LarryGarcia-p3j FTN, NPC.
There is no School for Boatswain's Mate... It's OJT... Time makes you a BM = Skill and talent. However, in 40 years you might know 90% of what we do ..
BM is just like the Captain of the Ship you have to know everything. From the engineering plant, to supply, combat and every sqare inch of that ship and how it works...
Very True, Bosun is the Top of the line Deck Rate. I left the Deck Force to become a Signalman in the 60's. Left the USN as a SM2.
@justsayingforafriend7010, BM does have an A-School. It’s approximately 6-weeks in Great Lakes. Unlike years ago, all ratings have an A-School, even undesignated (now called PACT) attend school.
I did not see EW, Electronics Warfare Tech.
Looks like the Navy ended my old rating- PH. And no more PT rate either?
ABE hardest working rate there is
Also one of the worst as well.
Respect
We’re all of my signalman at?
I was a Signalman SM2 on Destroyers during the 60's. We never get any notice until we are needed.
@@LarryGarcia-p3j damn so you really used your rate back in the day. The rate was dying when I became one and eventually disestablished a year afterwards when I became one. I ended up becoming a QM when they merged. Much respect to you bro I missed it.
ZBM2
SPLICE THE MAIN BRACE AT 1600
SEMAPHORE TOUNGE TWISTER ,,,, KALAMAZOOBAZOOKAS ,,, SNOWBALL TIME
I was an army firefighter 51m40 what is that in the navy
There is no specific Rating for a Firefighter. In Boot Camp and later Fleet Training everyone receives firefighting and damage control training.
That's Damage Control, which all Sailors are taught.
GMT: ASROC / BOMBS / HARPOON MISSILES
EN3. U.S.S. SCHOFIELD FFG 3 Ships Diver , Persian Gulf 83/84. Some of the Best of Times ⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
Hull Maintenance Technicians maintain the ships hull. Funniest thing I ever heard
It’s boot camp, not basic training
Basic training is still Bootcamp man
If you knew anything about this, you'd probably know how wrong you are. And you'd stfu.
It's slang, deal with it.
I'm striving to become a navy hull maintenance technician, although I hardly see it listed on military/navy rating videos?
You miss the nuke rates
guess they dont do what we did in this new navy, too much tech and computers in this new one, we didnt have that except when lining up a target via fire control to the gun, no more hand feeding rounds to the gun now its all automatic it it breaks
There is no such rating as ST for E8 and below. It is either STS or STG
Where my GM’s at!!!!!
Thinking of going gm or sub, sell me on the rate?
Yeoman had it good.
QM3
How outdated is this? When I was in we didn't have TMs.
It's actually up to date. TM was reestablished by NAVADMIN 225/19 in Sept of 2019.
@@ReaverPrime That makes sense, they brought it back. Thank you for the correction.
as a Tm i can tell you that yes, we exist, we used to be MMW (machinist mate weapons)
Frackin' toaster.
FTN
Yes, my brother. FTN. Give me liberty or give me head!
FTN all day long.😂
Give me liberty or give me head! 😂😂
AWO here
❤️🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️
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I would rename all CS Culinary Specialist BACK to MESS SPECIALIST, because they are specialist in making a MESS...
There is/was only one enlisted rate which really mattered: AD….Aviation Machinist Mate! This was/is the elite rate of the fleet, the tip of the sword if you will. So to the rest of the nonessential enlisted rates….DON’T HATE APPRECIATE! You’re Welcome! 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
Good call. Have fun running aground.
Erm… ETV’s literally drive the ship…