My background...I'm a former Navy enlisted squid. I enlisted in the Navy while in High School. I was in from 1983-1989. I went through the Naval Nuclear Power Program. That meant Basic Electricity and Electronics School and Electricains Mate "A" School in Great Lakes, Ill.. Naval Nuclear Power School in Orlando, Florida and Naval Nuclear Prototype training at A1W in Idaho Falls, Idaho. That schooling took about 1 1/2 years and then I was sent to the Fleet. I was stationed aboard the USS Memphis SSN 691, a fast attack submarine. While on board the Memphis, it took me about 1 year to fully qualify my watch stations and earn my Dolphins (Submarine Warfare Pin). While onboard the Memphis, I was also one of only two of the boats Navy certified Scuba divers. I went to that school in Panama City, Florida.
I said all of that to say that while I have an idea about what it takes to get to certain elevated levels in the Navy/military world, I am a nub when it comes to learning about some of this Army stuff. I am very proud of my son and envy some of the things he is doing and will get to do. While he doesn't and hasn't asked me to do intel gathering for him, I do it anyway and relay what I find to him when I talk to him.
I told him about your site and I hope that he takes the time to read and heed the valuable information posted here. Proper knowledge is power and I wish him to be as powerful and prepared as he can be, especially if he get's accepted to RASP.
Thank you for allowing me into your forum and please forgive me if I slip up on your protocol. You know us squids, we tend to be a bit lax at times in that area of professionalism.
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