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General Info:

The Navy's Advanced Electronics / Computer Field offers extensive training in all aspects of electronics including computer systems, radars, communications systems and weapons fire control systems such as the Navy's advanced missile system, Aegis. The standards for selection for enlistment in the Navy's Advanced Electronics / Computer Field are high. Personnel interested in applying for Advanced Electronics / Computer Field should be seriously interested in pursuing the challenge this highly technical field offers. They must be mature, ready to take on significant responsibility and willing to apply themselves. Enlistees enter as E-1s (seaman recruits). Advancement to paygrade E-2 (seaman apprentice) will be made after successful completion of recruit training. Advancement to E-3 will be made after completion of all advancement-in-rate requirements (including minimum time and course work). Advancement to paygrade E-4 (petty officer third class) will be made after successful completion of initial school training and after all advancement-in-rate requirements (including minimum time and course work) are completed. Advancement to E-3 and E-4 is contingent upon maintaining eligibility in the Advanced Electronics / Computer Field program. Eligible personnel may be paid bonuses at the time of re-enlistment. All bonuses are in addition to Navy salary and allowances for food and housing.

What They Do:

Only two Navy job specialties, called "ratings," are included in the Advanced Electronics / Computer Field: Electronics Technician (ET) and Fire Controlman (FC). The rating in which an Advanced Electronics / Computer Field candidate is trained is determined in the initial phase of the Advanced Electronics Technical Core Course in Great Lakes, Ill. However, eligibility requirements are the same for both ratings in the Advanced Electronics / Computer Field. ETs maintain and repair electronics equipment such as radar, communication and navigation equipment. The ET and FC (AEF) ratings comprise the basis of the ship's Combat Systems department aboard ships and are responsible for maintaining the ship's readiness for combat operations.

Detailed List of Required Duties

ASVAB Score:A

AR+MK+EI+GS=223

Other Requirements:

Must have normal color perception. Must have normal hearing. Security Clearance, (SECRET) Requirement. Must be U.S. citizen

Technical Training Information:

Not Available.

Working Environment:

Jobs performed by ETs and FCs are performed throughout the Navy's fleet of surface ships including aircraft carriers and Aegis cruisers, and at repair activities ashore.

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For all the new ET moms so they can understand what their sons and daughters will be doing.
where is an ET's C school? and how long?...oh and thanks for all the help!!
ET c-schools can be in many different places around the country - it all depends on what system your husband gets. And again, how long they are depends on the system too; can be a few weeks to a few months.
Hi moms!

My son is an Electronics Technician.. His A school was in Great Lakes right after PIR. He was there for 2 months. He was then sent to Whidbey Island Washington for B school, again 2 months and then on to Coronado Island near Sandiego CA for C school for 2 1/2 months. He knew what ship and unit he would be with before leaving B school in Washington. Most sailors have 180 hrs. TAD before they work with their units. They don't just jump out on the deck and start doing the job they are being trained for..When my son deployed for the first time, Christmas day 2007 he was sent to Atsugi Japan and is ET working with HS-14 carrier air wing 5 on the USS Kitty Hawk and is now on the USS George Washington. He is now a PO (Petty Officer ) 3rd. class.. How proud a mom feels!!

This is also a time to watch their step!! drinking and to much time on their hands will cause a problem.. I worried because it seemed like when my son was going to A,B.& C school he had to much freedom to go out drinking. I coudn't understand how he did so well in the tests ,with all the free time.. lol
Delighted to have your knowledge and experiences here Leah!
Thanks for the great info on the ET job description. My son graduated bootcamp on 8/1 and will be starting A school for ET in a few weeks. Sounds like he's going to have to study hard to get thru the classes. My son says he will be in school 211 days.
You've come to the right place Tammie, we have a number of ETs in that group that are always ready to help with questions. Let us know how we can be of help to you during his journey.
Thanks Mary. I can see that this site not only helped me through boot camp but, is going to help with info for A school.
Tammie,

My son Dan also graduated on 8/1 and is in the ET program, and at Great Lakes for A-school. I guess technically that hasn't quite started yet, though he's been in other kinds of training.

I wonder if our sons know each other!

Lisalynn
Hi Mary, THanks for the job description. My son actually graduated an E-3. WHAT DOES AR+MK+EI+GS=223 mean? Was that a score? If it was a score, then what does ar, mk ei & gs stand for? Also, do all ET's go to C-school? My son was told that after A-school he would be deployed ---- that does mean out to sea, right? So when would he go to C-school?
Thanks for helping with all the info.
And if you drink enough coffee to get thru that "official" document - let the rest of us know what it means!!!

So do ETs get deployed and take their C school later or go directly to C school after A? So much to learn here!!!
I'll chime in on this one and ask Sharon a question. Was it possible that your son enlisted under the EL-4 program???

If so that is a program that is similar to the EL-6 and/or AECF, only it's a 4 year program and I remember reading that those in the 4-yr program do NOT get c-school; that they get a permanent duty station assignment after A-school. So it "could" be possible that an ET might not get a c-school, but it just depends on their contract.

I haven't heard much about the program lately, so I wonder if it was just a pilot program or something, but I do remember talk of it on the miltary.com forums about a year or so ago.

And great job on the answers Marsher!! Pretty soon you'll be passing me up on the "knowledge base" aspect - keep up the good work.

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