1 2 5 The Us Navy As A Career Option

UNIT 1 CHAPTER 2.5 The US Navy as a Career Option

The U.S. Navy as a Career

Option

The Navy is an ideal place to have a

rewarding career, meet people, and

have endless opportunities for training.

Going into the Navy

right after high school

graduation offers

opportunities found

in no other career.

The Navy offers over 65 technical skills

(called ratings). 4

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

Students completing college can

apply to become commissioned

officers in the Navy.5

Commissioning programs:

• United States Naval Academy

• Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship

NJROTC students receive special

consideration for the Naval Academy

and NROTC scholarships.

The U.S. Naval Academy

Your Naval Science Instructor can

make three nominations to the

Naval Academy each year.

The naming, or submitting

the name, of someone for an

appointment, to the Naval

Academy, for instance

Nomination

The nominees compete for appointment

to the Naval Academy by the:

• President

• Vice President

• Secretary of the Navy

• Congress

Appointment

The designation of someone to

an honor or a position, such as

a place at the Naval Academy

A. President

B. Vice President

C. Secretary of State

D. Secretary of the Navy

Which of these U.S. government

officials may NOT make appointments

to the Naval Academy?

A. President

B. Vice President

C. Secretary of State

D. Secretary of the Navy

Which of these U.S. government

officials may NOT make appointments

to the Naval Academy?

U.S. Naval Academy

The Naval Academy is located on

the Severn River in Annapolis,

Maryland.

Admission requirements:

• Qualification

• Nomination

• Selection

Admission

Requirements

• Seventeen through

twenty-three years of

• Unmarried

• Not pregnant

• Not legally obligated to

support a child

• U.S. citizen

• Good physical

condition

• Good moral character17

A major eligibility factor used by the

admissions board is your Scholastic

Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American

College Testing (ACT) program test

scores.

SATACT

If your high school offers "honors" or "AP"

courses, you should take them.20

You should begin taking these tests

by the end of your junior year of

high school. It is a good idea to take

them more than once to get the

highest possible score.

SAT ACT

A. qualified

B. nominated

C. recommended

D. appointed

When NJROTC instructors submit the

names of cadets for admission to the

Naval Academy, they have _______

A. qualified

B. nominated

C. recommended

D. appointed

When NJROTC instructors submit the

names of cadets for admission to the

Naval Academy, they have _______

Over 75 percent of the candidates for Naval

Academy admission rank in the top fifth of

their high school class.24

College preparatory subjects should

include:

• Mathematics (algebra, geometry,

and trigonometry) (four years)

• Science (physics and chemistry)

• English (four years)

• History

• Government

• Computer science

To enter the Academy, you will need to

pass a medical exam and a physical-fitness

test. Every midshipman is required to do

physical exercise every day.

Midshipman

A cadet or student at the Naval

Academy or in the NROTC

program

The physical-fitness test consists of six

parts:

• One-mile run

• 300-yard shuttle run

• Kneeling basketball throw

• Abdominal crunches

• Push-ups

• Pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang (women)

Approximately what percentage of

candidates for admission to the Naval

Academy graduates in the top fifth

percent of their high school class?

Approximately what percentage of

candidates for admission to the Naval

Academy graduates in the top fifth

percent of their high school class?

The Naval Academy academic program

includes a core curriculum plus 18 subject

areas to major in:

• Eight in engineering

• Six in science, mathematics, and

Computer science

• Four in humanities and social science

Midshipmen train at naval bases, take

part in Marine Corps activities, and

spend time on Navy ships and aircraft

each summer.

The academy offers a full program of

varsity athletics and intramural sports. All

midshipmen must participate in one or the

other.33

Graduates earn a bachelor of science

degree and a commission in the U.S.

Navy or Marine Corps. They then have a

five year active duty commitment to the

Navy or Marine Corps.

The Naval Academy offers a fully

subsidized college education

including a monthly allowance.35

True or False: The Naval Academy

focuses only on academics.

True or False: The Naval Academy

focuses only on academics.

NROTC College Scholarships

Four-year NROTC college scholarships

are offered at numerous colleges and

universities.

NROTC Units

Highly qualified candidates who are

not offered 4-year scholarships may be

offered 3-year or 2-year scholarships.39

Approximately 1,200 officers are commissioned

annually through the NROTC program.

NROTC college scholarship

students receive:

• Full tuition, laboratory, and

administrative fees

• Uniforms

• $250.00 or more

per month allowance

Upon graduation, NROTC midshipmen

accept a commission as ensign in the

Naval Reserve or second lieutenant in

the Marine Corps Reserve and serve

on active duty for at least four years.

A. 1 year

B. 2 years

C. 3 years

D. 4 years

What is the maximum length of an

NROTC scholarship?

A. 1 year

B. 2 years

C. 3 years

D. 4 years

What is the maximum length of an

NROTC scholarship?

Naval Academy Prep School (NAPS)

Candidates who are not appointed to

the academy are considered for selection

to a 10-month college preparatory course

at the prep school.

Naval Academy Preparatory School:

• Prepares enlisted personnel to enter

the Naval or Coast Guard Academy

• Offers college preparatory courses

• Stresses military training47

Preparatory courses are offered in:

• English Composition

• Mathematics

• Physics

• Chemistry

A. Preparatory

B. Participation

C. Potential

D. Placement

What does the letter P stand for in

A. Preparatory

B. Participation

C. Potential

D. Placement

What does the letter P stand for in

If you desire to join the Navy,

stay in school. A high school

diploma is required for

enlistment.

Enlisted Careers

If you successfully complete two years

of NJROTC, you can enlist in the Navy

at the E-2 pay grade. Most enlistees go

in at the E-1 pay grade.

If you complete three years of NJROTC, you

can enlist in the Navy at the E-3 pay grade.

Seaman

Airman

Fireman

The Pay Difference

(per month as of 2008)

Seaman

Recruit (E-1)

$1,245.90

Seaman

Apprentice

$1,509.90

Seaman (E-3) $1,587.90

With three years in NJROTC and a letter

from your SNSI, you can also enter the

Army or the Air Force at pay grade E-3.

Marines do not allow three-year cadets

to enter the Corps as E-3s.

A. E-2

B. E-3

C. E-4

D. E-5

After a three-year participation in the

NJROTC program, you can enlist in

the Navy at what pay grade?

A. E-2

B. E-3

C. E-4

D. E-5

After a three-year participation in the

NJROTC program, you can enlist in

the Navy at what pay grade?

The Delayed Entry Program (DEP) allows

you to:

• Attend meetings and classes

• Learn Navy policies, terminology, and

rank structure

• Set goals for your Navy career

• Refer friends and classmates.

For each referral who enlists, you receive

credit towards advancement in rate (up to

E-3) – which equals higher pay.

Advanced Programs

The Navy has three rigorous and demanding Advanced Programs, which are the:

• Nuclear Power Program• Advanced Electronics Program• Advanced Technical Program

To qualify for these programs you must:

• Be a U.S. citizen

• Have a high school diploma or college degree

• Have qualifying scores on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

• Sometimes take advanced placement tests.

If accepted into these three programs, you

enter the service as an E-3 and enlist for six

years instead of the usual four.

Sailors with Navy Advanced Program

training are in great demand in the civilian

world after finishing their obligation to the

A. Finding a full or part-time job in the field

for which you will receive training

B. Spending more time with friends and

family

C. Streamlining and organizing your

possessions and documents

D. Beginning a physical conditioning

program

During the waiting period of the Delayed

Entry Program, which of these activities is

recommended to prepare you for the Navy?

A. Finding a full or part-time job in the field

for which you will receive training

B. Spending more time with friends and

family

C. Streamlining and organizing your

possessions and documents

D. Beginning a physical conditioning

program

During the waiting period of the Delayed

Entry Program, which of these activities is

recommended to prepare you for the Navy?

Navy Nuclear Program

On completion of the Nuclear Field (NF) “A”

school in Charleston, SC you are advanced

to the E-4 pay grade. Then comes Nuclear

Power School, also in Charleston.

Nuclear Power School

Charleston, SC

Men and women are

assigned to nuclear

aircraft carriers.

Currently, only men

are assigned to

nuclear submarines.

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) USS Louisville (SSN 724)

Navy Advanced

Electronics

Program

Great Lakes, IL

After completing initial electronics training,

usually 22-36 weeks, you are advanced

to the E-4 pay grade. You may then be

assigned further training or given an

assignment.

Once you complete

training, you will

be assigned to

occupations in:

• Data systems

• Electronics

• Electronic warfare

• Cryptology maintenance

• Missile and Sonar operation

• Fire control

The Advanced Technical Program

Great Lakes, IL

Once you complete training, you will be assigned to occupations in:

• Small ship engines• Gas turbine systems• Damage Control• Interior communications electronics• Cryptology

A. Nuclear Power Program

B. Electronics Program

C. Hospital Corpsman Program

D. Technical Program

Which of these programs is NOT

considered one of the three that are

particularly demanding, thus the word

“Advanced” does not precede its

title?

A. Nuclear Power Program

B. Electronics Program

C. Hospital Corpsman Program

D. Technical Program

Which of these programs is NOT

considered one of the three that are

particularly demanding, thus the word

“Advanced” does not precede its

title?

In addition to the special programs, the

Navy offers training in such diverse

career fields as:

• Arts and photography

• Aviation

• Business management

• Computers

• Construction and building

• Education

• Emergency, fire and rescue

More Careers in the Navy

Career fields (cont.)

• Energy and power

• Engineering

• Finance and accounting

• Food, restaurant and lodging

• Human resources

• Information Technology

• Intelligence and communications

• Law enforcement and security

• Legal support services

• Mechanical and industrial repair

• Medical and dental support services

• Music

• News and media

• Office and administrative support

• Purchasing and supply

• Religion

• Science

• Special-operations warfare

• Telecommunications

• Transportation and logistics

• World languages

True or False: The wide variety of

training the Navy offers includes

music, finance and accounting, and

law enforcement and security.

True or False: The wide variety of

training the Navy offers includes

music, finance and accounting, and

law enforcement and security.

Learning Centers

Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, Pensacola, FL

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (ABE/ABF/ABH)

• ABEs – Operate and

maintain aircraft

launching and

recovery equipment.

• ABFs – Operate and

maintain aviation

lubricating oil and

fueling systems.

• ABHs – Direct the

movement and

securing of aircraft

ashore and afloat.

Air Traffic Controller (AC)

ACs assist with the speedy

flow of air traffic by

directing and controlling

aircraft.

Aviation Machinist’s Mate (AD)

.ADs are responsible for the

maintenance and replacement of

turbo-jet aircraft engines and

accessories.

Aviation Electrician’s Mate (AE)

AEs are responsible for aircraft

electrical power generating,

converting, and indicating

systems..

Aerographer’s Mate (AG)

AGs are the U.S. Navy’s weather

forecasters and are trained in

meteorology and the use of

aerological instruments.84

Aviation Structural

Mechanic (AM)

AMs are

responsible for the

maintenance of

many aircraft parts,

such as wings,

fuselage, tail,

control surfaces,

landing gear, and

hydraulic systems.85

Aviation Ordnanceman

AOs operate and handle

aviation ordnance

equipment. They are

responsible for the

maintenance of guns,

bombs, torpedoes,

rockets, and missiles.

A. Flight Engineer

B. Aviation Boatswain’s Mate

C. Air Traffic Controller

D. Aviation Electrician’s Mate

What rating in the United States Navy

assists with the speedy flow of air

traffic by directing and controlling

aircraft?

A. Flight Engineer

B. Aviation Boatswain’s Mate

C. Air Traffic Controller

D. Aviation Electrician’s Mate

assists with the speedy flow of air

traffic by directing and controlling

aircraft?

Aviation Support

Equipment Technician

ASs perform

maintenance on

aviation accessory

equipment such as

gasoline and diesel

engines, gas turbine

compressor units, and

electrical systems.89

Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)

ATs are responsible for the

maintenance of all aircraft

navigation, radio, radar, and other

rapid communications devices.

Aviation Warfare Systems Operator

AWs operate airborne radar and

electronic equipment used in

detecting, locating, and tracking

submarines and provide

information for aircraft and

surface navigation.

Aviation Maintenance

Administrationman (AZ)

AZs perform administrative,

clerical, and managerial

duties necessary to keep

aircraft maintenance activities

running smoothly.

PRs are responsible for the packing and

care of parachutes. They maintain flight

clothing, rubber life rafts, life jackets,

oxygen-breathing apparatus, protective

clothing, and air-sea rescue equipment.

Aircrew Survival

Equipmentman

A. Aviation Electronics Technician

B. Aviation Warfare Systems Operator

C. Aviation Electrician’s Mate

D. Aviation Ordnanceman

operates airborne radar and electronic

equipment used to track submarines?

A. Aviation Electronics Technician

B. Aviation Warfare Systems Operator

C. Aviation Electrician’s Mate

D. Aviation Ordnanceman

operates airborne radar and electronic

equipment used to track submarines?

Center for Seabees & Facilities

Engineering, Port Hueneme, CA

BUs are like civilian

construction

workers. They are

skilled carpenters,

plasterers, roofers,

cement finishers,

asphalt workers,

masons, and

painters. 97

Builder (BU)

CEs are responsible

for the power

production and

electrical work

required to build and

operate airfields,

roads, barracks, and

hospitals. 98

Construction

Electrician (CE)

CMs maintain many

types of machinery

including buses,

dump trucks,

bulldozers, rollers,

cranes, backhoes,

and pile drivers.

Construction

Mechanic (CM)

100100

Engineering

Aide (EA)

EAs provide

construction engineers

with information

needed to develop final

construction plans.

They conduct surveys

for roads, airfields,

buildings, etc.

EOs work with

heavy machinery

such as power

shovels, pile

drivers, bulldozers,

Equipment

Operator (EO)

Steel Workers rig and

operate all special

equipment used to

move or hoist

structural steel or

shapes and similar

material. They are

skilled in welding.102

Steel Worker (SW)

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Utilitiesman (UT)

UTs supervise and

perform tasks involved

in the installation and

maintenance of

plumbing, steam,

compressed air and fuel

storage systems. They

maintain air conditioning

and refrigeration

systems.

A. Builder

B. Construction Mechanic

C. Utilitiesman

D. Engineering Aide

What rating is responsible for

providing construction engineers with

information needed to develop final

construction plans?

A. Builder

B. Construction Mechanic

C. Utilitiesman

D. Engineering Aide

What rating is responsible for

providing construction engineers with

information needed to develop final

construction plans?

Center for EOD/Diving,

Panama City, FL

Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Explosive Ordnance

Disposal Technicians

locate, identify, render

safe, and dispose of all

forms of ordnance, both

U.S. and foreign made.

Navy Diver (ND)

Navy Divers are responsible

for a wide variety of tasks

like underwater ship

maintenance, construction,

and underwater rescue.

Center for Surface Combat Systems,

Dam Neck, VA

Boatswain’s Mates train and supervise

personnel in all activities relating to

marlinspike, deck, and boat

seamanship.

Boatswain’s Mate (BM)

Where is The Navy’s Center for

Surface Combat Systems is located?

A. Portland, OR

B. Washington, DC

C. San Diego, CA

D. Dam Neck, VA

Where is The Navy’s Center for

Surface Combat Systems is located?

A. Portland, OR

B. Washington, DC

C. San Diego, CA

D. Dam Neck, VA

Electronics

Technician (ET)

ETs are responsible for the electronic equipment used to send and receive messages, detect enemy planes and ships, and determine target distances.

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Fire Controlman

FCs maintain the

control mechanism

used in weapons

systems on combat

ships.

They are responsible for the routine care

and repair of complex electronic, electrical,

and hydraulic equipment to support the

control systems.

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Gunner’s Mate

GMs operate and

maintain all gunnery

equipment, guided-

missile launching

systems, rocket

launchers, guns,

turrets, and

associated

equipment.

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Mineman (MN)

MN test, maintain,

and repair mines

and their

components. They

are responsible for

assembling, testing,

and delivering

mines to the

planting agent.

Operations Specialists (OS)

OSs operate radar, navigation, and

communications equipment in the

shipboard Combat Information

Center (CIC) or bridge.

Quartermaster (QM)

QMs assist the

navigator and officer

of the deck (OOD),

steer the ship, take

radar bearings and

ranges, make depth

soundings and

celestial observations,

plot courses, and

command small craft.

Sonar Technician

STGs are responsible

for underwater

surveillance. They

assist in safe

navigation and aid in

search, rescue, and

attack operations.

A. Gyroscope, Fire-Control Radar,

Underwater Gear

B. Communications Equipment, Radar,

Navigation Equipment

C. Communications Equipment, Fire-

Control Radar, Gyroscope

D. Radar, Underwater Surveillance Gear,

An Operations Specialist operates what

specific equipment within the Combat

Information Center (CIC) and bridge of a

A. Gyroscope, Fire-Control Radar,

Underwater Gear

B. Communications Equipment, Radar,

C. Communications Equipment, Fire-

Control Radar, Gyroscope

D. Radar, Underwater Surveillance Gear,

An Operations Specialist operates what

specific equipment within the Combat

Information Center (CIC) and bridge of a

What Navy rating operates and maintains all

gunnery equipment, guided-missile

launching systems, rocket launchers, guns,

turrets, and associated equipment?

A. Gunnery Technician

B. Missile Technician

C. Gunner’s Mate

D. Missileman

A. Gunnery Technician

C. Gunner’s Mate

D. Missileman

What Navy rating operates and

maintains all gunnery equipment,

guided-missile launching systems,

rocket launchers, guns, turrets, and

associated equipment?

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Interior

Communications

Electrician (IC)

ICs operate and repair

electronic devices in the

ship’s interior comms

and SITE TV systems,

1MC (public address

systems), electronic

mega-phones, and other

announcing equipment.

Center for Naval Engineering,

Naval Station Norfolk, VA

Damage Controlman

DCs perform the work

necessary for damage

control, ship stability,

and fire-fighting. They

also prepare defenses

against chemical,

biological and

radiological (CBR)

warfare attacks.126

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Electrician’s

Mate (EM)

EMs are responsible

for the operation and

repair of a ship’s or

station’s electrical

power plant and

electrical equipment.

Engineman (EN)

Enginemen are

responsible for

internal diesel and

gasoline engines.

They also maintain

refrigeration, air-

conditioning, distilling-

plant engines, and

compressors.

Which of the following is part of a Damage

Controlman’s (DC) job?

A. Repair of electrical equipment

B. Defending against chemical,

biological, or radiological (CBR)

attacks

C. Maintaining distilling plant

compressors and engines

D. Repair mechanical components of

turbine engines

Which of the following is part of a Damage

Controlman’s (DC) job?

A. Repair of electrical equipment

B. Defending against chemical,

biological, or radiological (CBR)

attacks

C. Maintaining distilling plant

compressors and engines

D. Repair mechanical components of

turbine engines

Gas Turbine System Technician

(GSE/GSM)

Gas Turbine Systems Technicians (Electrical)

(GSE) operate, repair, and perform maintenance

on electrical components of turbine engines.

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Additionally, they work on main propulsion

machinery and control systems, auxiliary

equipment, assigned electronic circuitry,

and alarm and warning circuitry.

Gas Turbine System Technician

(GSE/GSM)

Gas Turbine Systems Technicians

(Mechanical) (GSM) operate, repair, and

perform maintenance on mechanical

components of turbine engines.

They also work on main propulsion machinery (including gears, shafts, and controllable pitch propellers), assigned auxiliary equipment, and propulsion control systems.

Hull Maintenance

Technician (HT)

HTs are responsible for

maintaining ship’s

hulls, fittings, piping

systems, and

machinery. They install

and maintain all

shipboard and shore-

based plumbing and

piping systems. 135

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Machinist’s

Mate (MM)

MMs are responsible for

the continuous

operation of engines,

compressors, gears,

refrigeration, and air-

conditioning equipment

along with other types

of machinery onboard

ships and shore

installations.

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Machinery

Repairman (MR)

MRs are skilled

machine tool

operators. They

make replacement

parts and repair or

overhaul a ship’s

auxiliary equipment

such as pumps and

evaporators.

A. Hull Maintenance Technician

B. Engineman

C. Damage Controlman

D. Machinist’s Mate

What Navy rating is responsible for

maintaining ship’s hulls, fittings,

piping systems, and machinery?

A. Hull Maintenance Technician

B. Engineman

C. Damage Controlman

D. Machinist’s Mate

What Navy rating is responsible for

maintaining ship’s hulls, fittings,

piping systems, and machinery?

Center for Navy Medicine,

Manpower, Personnel, Training and

Education Command, Bethesda, MD

141141

Hospital Corpsmen are

medical professionals

who provide health

care to service people

and their families.

Hospital

Corpsman (HM)

142142

They also serve as

pharmacy technicians,

medical technicians,

nurse’s aides,

physician’s or dentist’s

assistants, battlefield

medics, and more.

What Navy rating designator signifies

a Hospital Corpsman?

What Navy rating designator signifies

a Hospital Corpsman?

Center for Information

Dominance, Corry Station,

Pensacola, FL

Cryptologic Technician (CT)

Cryptologic Technician (CT) is a U.S. Navy enlisted rating or job specialty.

CTs are responsible for a wide range of cryptology and signal intelligence related functions, from hacking and computer repair to administration within a cryptology setting.

There are 5 branches of Cryptologic Technician: I, M, N, R, and T, as follows.

Cryptologic Technician Interpretive

CTIs translate

radiotelephone

communications

and foreign

languages.

CTMs install,

service, and repair

electronic and

electromechanical

equipment.

Cryptologic Technician Maintenance

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Cryptologic Technician Networks

CTNs execute

computer network

operations (CNO)

actions/counter-

actions in support of

defending and

exploiting computer

network systems.

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Cryptologic Technician Collection

CTRs intercept voice communications and

operate radio direction finding equipment.

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Non-communications intelligence (ELINT)

Electronic Warfare Support (ES)

Electronic Attack (EA)

Anti-ship Missile Defense (ASMD)

Cryptologic Technician Technical

CTTs’ main

duties and

assignments are:

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ITs design, install,

operate, and

maintain state-of-

the-art information

systems.

Information

Systems

Technician (IT)

153153

This technology

includes local and

wide area networks,

mainframe, mini

and microcomputer

systems, and

associated

peripheral devices.

A. CTT

B. CTI

C. CTR

D. CTM

What Navy designator signifies the

rating responsible for radio-telephone

communications and foreign language

translation?

A. CTT

B. CTI

C. CTR

D. CTM

What Navy designator signifies the

rating responsible for radio-telephone

communications and foreign language

translation?

Center for Naval Intelligence,

Dam Neck, VA

157157

Intelligence

Specialist (IS)

Intelligence Specialists are involved in

collecting and interpreting intelligence,

especially secret information about

enemies or potential enemies.

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They analyze photographs and prepare

charts, maps, and reports that describe in

detail the strategic situation all over the

world.

Intelligence

Specialist (IS)

Center for Personal and Professional

Development, Virginia Beach, VA

160160

Navy Counselors offer vocational guidance

to Navy personnel – individually and in

groups – aboard ships and at shore

facilities.

Navy Counselor

161161

They also assess the interests, aptitudes,

abilities, and personalities of individuals.

They are also responsible for recruiting.

A. Information Systems Technician

B. Cryptologic Technician

C. Intelligence Specialist

D. Navy Counselor

What Navy rating analyzes photographs

and prepares charts, maps, and reports

that describe the world strategic

situation?

A. Information Systems Technician

B. Cryptologic Technician

C. Intelligence Specialist

D. Navy Counselor

What Navy rating analyzes photographs

and prepares charts, maps, and reports

that describe the world strategic

situation?

Center for Service Support, Athens, GA

Culinary Specialist

CSs prepare menus

and order the

quantities and types

of food items aboard

ship and ashore.

They operate kitchen and dining facilities,

keep records for food supplies and financial

budgets, and can even serve as flight

attendants.

They can also serve as personal food service specialist, household/estate manager or chef for an admiral or the President of the United States at Camp David and the White House.

Legalman (LN)

Legalmen are

trained legal aides

who assist

professionals in

the field of law.

They work in Navy legal offices, performing

administrative and clerical tasks necessary

to process claims, conduct court, and hold

administrative hearings.

Mass Communications Specialist (MC)

They present the U.S. Navy story to

audiences in the Navy and the rest of

the world through a variety of media.

These specialists

are public affairs

and visual

information

experts.

In the Navy, a visual information

expert will be what rating?

A. Mass Communications Specialist

B. Intelligence Specialist

C. Media Technician

D. Information Technologist

In the Navy, a visual information

expert will be what rating?

A. Mass Communications Specialist

B. Intelligence Specialist

C. Media Technician

D. Information Technologist

Musician (MU)

They give concerts and provide music for

military ceremonies, religious services,

parades, receptions, and dances. Sailors

are selected for this rating through

auditions.

Musicians play in

official Navy bands

and special groups

such as jazz bands,

dance bands, and

small ensembles.

Postal Clerk (PC)

Postal Clerks operate the U.S. Navy’s large

postal system, and have similar duties to

their civilian counterparts in the U.S. Postal

Service.

Storekeeper (SK)

SKs are the Navy’s

supply clerks. They

see that needed

supplies are

available including

everything from

clothing and

machine parts to

forms and food.

Note: Effective 1 October 2009, the

Postal Clerk rating and Storekeeper

rating will merge into a new rating

known as Logistics Specialist (LS).

The rating badge for this rating will

be the same as Storekeeper.

Personnel Specialist (PS)

Personnel Specialists provide enlisted

personnel with information and

counseling about Navy jobs, opportunities

for general education and training, and

advancement requirements.175

Additionally, Personnel

Specialists keep records

up to date, prepare

reports, type letters, and

maintain files.

A. Legalman

B. Yeoman

C. Culinary Specialist

D. Musician

What Navy rating requires an audition

for selection?

What Navy rating requires an audition

for selection?

A. Legalman

B. Yeoman

C. Culinary Specialist

D. Musician

Religious Programs Specialist (RP)

Religious Programs Specialists assist

Navy chaplains with administrative

and budgetary tasks.

They also serve as

custodians of chapel

funds, keep religious

documents, and stay

in contact with

religious and

community agencies.

Ship’s Servicemen

manage barber shops,

tailor shops, ship’s

uniform stores,

laundries, dry cleaning

plants, and cobbler

shops.

Ship’s Serviceman

They serve as clerks in exchanges,

gas stations, warehouses, and

commissary stores.

Yeoman (YN)

Yeomen perform

secretarial and

clerical work. They

deal with visitors,

telephone calls, and

incoming mail.

183183

Additionally, they

organize files, order

and distribute

supplies, write

business and social

letters, notices,

directives, forms, and

reports.

Center for Sea, Air and Land (SEAL)

and Special Warfare Combatant-

craft Crewman, Coronado, CA

Special Warfare Boat Operator (SB)

Special Warfare Boat Operators drive fast

speedboats down narrow, winding rivers,

or the open ocean while performing high

speed, medium range, or all weather

insertion/extraction of Special Operations

Forces.

186186

These are Navy SEALS. They are trained to

jump from airplanes at high altitude and

open their parachutes at low proximity to the

Earth.

Special

Warfare

Operator

They are also trained to jump from

helicopters traveling at 30 knots at 30

feet over water with no parachute.

188188

SOs also carry out direct action raids against

military targets, conduct reconnaissance,

and secure beachheads for invading

amphibious forces.

A. Sea, Air and Land

B. Sea, Aviation, Landing

C. Search, Air and Land

D. Swim, Air and Land

Special Warfare Operators are Navy

SEALS. What does the abbreviation

SEAL stand for?

A. Sea, Air and Land

B. Sea, Aviation, Landing

C. Search, Air and Land

D. Swim, Air and Land

Special Warfare Operators are Navy

SEALS. What does the abbreviation

SEAL stand for?

Center for Security Forces,

Dam Neck, VA

192192

MAs uphold law and

order aboard ships

and shore stations

and deploy overseas

with expeditionary

forces and squadrons

performing duties as

Antiterrorism/Force

Protection (AT/FP).

Master-at-Arms (MA)

Submarine Learning Center,

New London, CT

194194

Navigation ETs

maintain, operate,

and administer the

submarine's

navigation and radar

equipment, systems,

and programs.

Electronics

Technician (ET)

Navigation

195195

Radio ETs maintain,

operate, and administer

the submarine's radio

communication

equipment, systems,

and programs,

including submarine

LAN systems.

Electronics Technician

Communications

196196

Fire Control

Technician (FT)

FTs maintain the

electronic equipment

used in submarine

weapons systems.

197197

They operate and

perform maintenance

on complex electronic

and mechanical

equipment required to

ensure the accuracy

of the Navy’s guided-

missile systems and

underwater weapons.

What Electronics Technician rating is

responsible for maintenance and repair

of ship radio equipment?

A. Communication

B. Navigation

What Electronics Technician rating is

responsible for maintenance and repair

of ship radio equipment?

A. Communication

B. Navigation

MMs (Weapons)

maintain underwater

explosive ordnance,

such as torpedoes

and missiles that

are launched from

submarines.

Machinist’s Mate

(MM) (Weapons)

They maintain

launching systems

for underwater

explosives and are

responsible for

shipping and storage

of torpedoes and

missiles.

Machinist’s Mate

(MM) (Engineering)

work on mechanical

equipment outside of

the engine rooms, to

include the galley,

laundry, A/C units,

O2/N2 (liquid oxygen/

nitrogen), and other

equipment.

Missile

Technician

MTs prepare and maintain missiles

carried by submarines. They maintain the

specialized equipment used for these

weapons.

They also work with the mechanical,

hydraulic, and pneumatic components

of the missile launching and fire-control

systems.

A. Fire Control Technician

C. Machinist’s Mate

D. Yeoman

What submarine rating maintains the

mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic

components of the missile launching

and fire-control systems?

A. Fire Control Technician

C. Machinist’s Mate

D. Yeoman

What submarine rating maintains the

mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic

components of the missile launching

and fire-control systems?

Technician

STSs are responsible for underwater

surveillance. They assist in safe

navigation, aid in search and attack

operations, operate and repair sonar

equipment, and jam enemy radar.

Each skill offers:

• Formal training

• On-the-Job

Training (OJT)

A. appointment

B. nomination

C. qualification

D. recommendation

When a naval science instructor

submits a student’s name for

the honor of attending the Naval

Academy, the student has

received a/an _______.

A. appointment

B. nomination

C. qualification

D. recommendation

When a naval science instructor

submits a student’s name for

the honor of attending the Naval

Academy, the student has

received a/an _______.

A. qualification

B. recommendation

C. appointment

D. election

In order to attend the Naval

Academy, a student must

receive a/an _______ by a public

official such as a member of

Congress.

A. qualification

B. recommendation

C. appointment

D. election

In order to attend the Naval

Academy, a student must

receive a/an _______ by a public

official such as a member of

Congress.

A. ensign

B. midshipman

C. cadet

D. officer candidate

A Naval Academy student is

called a/an _______.

A. ensign

B. midshipman

C. cadet

D. officer candidate

A Naval Academy student is

called a/an _______.

A. Newport, Rhode Island

B. Norfolk, Virginia

C. Annapolis, Maryland

D. New London, Connecticut

Where is the Naval Academy

located?

A. Newport, Rhode Island

B. Norfolk, Virginia

C. Annapolis, Maryland

D. New London, Connecticut

Where is the Naval Academy

located?

A. mental

B. social

C. emotional

D. spiritual

The Naval Academy provides

young men and women the

_______, physical, and moral

training they need to serve as

officers of the Navy and Marine

Corps.

A. mental

B. social

C. emotional

D. spiritual

The Naval Academy provides

young men and women the

_______, physical, and moral

training they need to serve as

officers of the Navy and Marine

Corps.

A. Passing a medical exam and a

physical fitness test

B. Being a citizen of the United

States

C. Receiving high scores on the

ACT or the SAT

D. Being between the ages of 17

and 25

Which of these criteria is not one

of the Naval Academy’s

admissions requirements?

A. Passing a medical exam and a

physical fitness test

B. Being a citizen of the United

States

C. Receiving high scores on the

ACT or the SAT

D. Being between the ages of 17

and 25

Which of these criteria is not one

of the Naval Academy’s

admissions requirements?

A. Three

B. Four

C. Five

D. Six

Graduates of the Naval

Academy must serve how many

years on active duty in the Navy

or Marine Corps?

A. Three

B. Four

C. Five

D. Six

Graduates of the Naval

Academy must serve how many

years on active duty in the Navy

or Marine Corps?

A. U.S. Naval or Marine Corps

Reserve, four

B. U.S. Naval or Marine Corps

Reserve, five

C. U.S. Navy or Marine Corps, four

D. U.S. Navy or Marine Corps, five

After graduation and

commissioning, NROTC

scholarship recipients must serve

in the _______ for at least _______

years on active duty.

A. U.S. Naval or Marine Corps

Reserve, four

B. U.S. Naval or Marine Corps

Reserve, five

C. U.S. Navy or Marine Corps, four

D. U.S. Navy or Marine Corps, five

After graduation and

commissioning, NROTC

scholarship recipients must serve

in the _______ for at least _______

years on active duty.

A. They receive signing bonuses.

B. Their monthly housing

allowance is higher.

C. They may choose to become

commissioned officers.

D. Their promotion schedule is

fast-tracked.

College graduates entering the

Navy enjoy which of these

advantages?

A. They receive signing bonuses.

B. Their monthly housing

allowance is higher.

C. They may choose to become

commissioned officers.

D. Their promotion schedule is

fast-tracked.

College graduates entering the

Navy enjoy which of these

advantages?

A. Science

B. Engineering

C. Mathematics

D. Humanities

Of the 18 subject majors at the

Naval Academy, most are in

what field?

A. Science

B. Engineering

C. Mathematics

D. Humanities

Of the 18 subject majors at the

Naval Academy, most are in

what field?

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