US Navy Electronics Technician: 1968

[Homer J Simpson]

[PartialDischarge]

Notice the subtle relationship established between technicians and.... sex.
Ill fix her radio and she will...

[raptor1956]

Showing a video of a Navy tech around a pretty girl is better for enlistment than a video of him pushing a mop!


Brian

[retrolefty]

 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.

[Alaskaal]

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.

[HP-ILnerd]

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

[VK3DRB]

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.

[zapta]

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.

When they visit my room at my mom's basement I show them my Star Wars memorabilia collection. It's a chick magnet.

[retrolefty]

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.

 I'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.

[calexanian]

"Very Special Man" Close cousin to "Lets Just Be Friends"

Sorry dude. Your sub is staying in the pen for the foreseeable future!

[ez24]

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 ?