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US Navy
Dec 1995-Dec 1999/almost done with the Inactive reserve period
Did a month at Nuke school in Orlando (Class 9620 if memory serves, not positive off the top of my head), was glad to leave that place, even if it dropped from E-3 to E-1.
Served on the USS John F. Kennedy CV-67 in the Oil Lab as fuel messenger/pump operator/fuel supervisor/inport Oil King. Monitored and transferred 2.5 millions gallons if DFM (Diesel Fuel Marine, basically "dirty" or lowgrade JP-5 jet fuel with a higher flashpoint), maintained the fuel transfer system (162 valves) and also the fuel stripping system that was in such shape it was more than a bit scary to work with at times (pipes had holes that were semi-patched and covered years before - only way to find to them now was to wait for leaks to develop).
Left as an E-3 after 4 years (worked with Boiler Technicians - the rate merged with Machinist Mate in Sep '96), because I was deadset against being stuck in engineering ang did not pursue getting DP3 or RM3 enough.
left as a fuel supervisor/inport Oil King and the local shop computer admin/general goto guy.
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