US Navy  Electronics Technician:  1968  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: PartialDischarge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2016, 05:16:39 pm
content: Notice the subtle relationship established between technicians and.... sex.Ill fix her radio and she will...

author: raptor1956
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2016, 11:56:40 pm
content: Showing a video of a Navy tech around a pretty girl is better for enlistment than a video of him pushing a mop!Brian

author: retrolefty
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2016, 12:24:00 am
content: The U.S. Air Force at that time was also giving large reenlistment cash bonuses for their electronic techs, up to $14,000 for a 4 year reup (that's from 66-70 when I was in). The civilian job market for electronics techs were very interested in people with formal military electronics training. There were few other 'formal training' programs for electronics other then college EE programs at that time.

author: Alaskaal
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 08, 2016, 06:04:11 am
content: The Navy really had their act together in terms of training. I went through the program in 1976-1977 at a vocational technical school and it was top-notch. Their math programmed learning was exceptional. My instructor, a great old CPO,would not allow calculators in classes, slide rules only. Since then I have obtained two undergraduate degrees and a Master of Science. That navy instruction was the cream of the crop.

author: HP-ILnerd
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2016, 11:22:35 am
content: I have the Basic Electronics book from the Bureau of Naval Personnel Training. Model of clarity.Apparently, still available if anyone is interested!http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Electronics-Bureau-Naval-Personnel/dp/1607960060/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1475925634&sr=8-3&keywords=basic+electronics+bureau+of+naval+personnel

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2016, 01:13:04 pm
content: Interesting, but slightly nauseating video, tainted with.The reality is, as soon as a young woman finds out a bloke is into electronics, she loses interest. And older women are after men with money - lawyers, doctors and managers. They see electronics technicians and engineers not as "very special men" who can fix a radio or a computer, but as losers.If you are really good with electronics in your job, your employer is not eager to promote you, but will tend to leave you in the same job because you are too valuable to go anywhere else.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2016, 02:39:24 pm
content: Quote from: VK3DRB on October 08, 2016, 01:13:04 pmWhen they visit my room at my mom's basement I show them my Star Wars memorabilia collection. It's a chick magnet.

author: retrolefty
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2016, 04:50:53 pm
content: Quote from: VK3DRB on October 08, 2016, 01:13:04 pmI've read and heard that from others at time in my working years, but that was not my experience in the workforce. If there was a opening for advancement I always saw it filled with an internal promotion. However it did require a person to volunteer or otherwise make known a desire for advancement/promotion.

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2016, 06:01:48 am
content: "Very Special Man" Close cousin to "Lets Just Be Friends"Sorry dude. Your sub is staying in the pen for the foreseeable future!

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2016, 06:37:59 am
content: I feel cheated.I was an US Navy Electronics Technician in 1968 (ETN2) and I never got any of that special training. What a rip off. I went in with 0 % electronic experience and came out with 2 %. I just studied hard for the advancement exams and worked on old tube equipment (changed tubes). I have no idea how I made it through 4 years and got out as an ETN2 ?