From: Bill Lucy 

In article , steve{at}qmss.com says...
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:06:05 -0500, Bill Lucy
 wrote:

> You mean, ET1/SS Ewing?  It looked good on my resumes, and that's about
> it.  Remember the sub that grounded in La Maddelena two years ago?  Her
> Assistant Navigator, a NavET, was out of the control room trying to
> reboot/fix their wham-o-dyne electronic navigation/GPS system.
>
> Now former IC (Interior Communications), also merged with NavET, are
> becoming ANAV.  That is really scary-- at least a "real"
NavET has *some*
> navigation training/inclination!
>
> FWIW, I was ANAV as a QM1 on the USS U.S. Grant, and qualified ANAV (but
> had a QMC filling the billet) on the USS Springfield.
>
> And I never ran aground ;)

I would hope so. Making an IC into an ET makes no sense to me. Neither does
the QM => ET. ETs had enough on their plate in the 70s.

I wonder if a missile tech could qualify?

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