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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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IC Sailors
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This is a group for the family and friends of IC Sailors
Members: 94
Latest Activity: Mar 6, 2020
Interior Communications Electrician
Interior Communications Electricians (ICs) install, maintain and repair the equipment needed for interior communications within ships and shore facilities. These communication systems include public address systems, interior telephone systems, alarm systems, engine telegraphs to communicate orders for changes in engine speed from the bridge (ship's command station) to the engine room, certain kinds of ship control and equipment monitoring devices, the ship's gyrocompass, the rudder position indicator, audio-visual equipment for the ship's TV entertainment systems, advanced navigation and various other equipment.
The duties performed by IC's include:
Maintaining and repairing interior communications systems;
Preparing and interpreting blueprints, wiring diagrams and sketches;
Installing and inspecting dry cell and storage batteries;
Recharging wet cell batteries;
Testing interior communications and gyrocompass equipment;
Installing telephone and other communications circuits, boxes, switchboards and bell buzzer systems;
Maintaining plotters and dead reckoning equipment;
Maintaining and operating TV systems;
Working Environment :
People in the IC rating work in many different situations, at sea and ashore. While most of their work is performed indoors, it may be in a clean or dirty environment of a shop-like nature, and it may be in any kind of climate or temperature. IC's usually work closely with others. Most systems IC's work on is of the modern solid state electronic type, making the rating a very technical profession.
A-School Information:
Great Lakes, IL -- 10 weeks
Some Interior Communications Electricians who graduate from "A" school go on to advanced training courses such as gyrocompass and advanced TV maintenance. Others are assigned to duty stations where they can continue learning their rating through on-the-job training.
C-Schools (Advanced Specialized Training):
Shipboard Information, Training, and Entertainment (SITE)
Integrated Launch And Recovery Television Surveillance (ILARTS)
Class Ship Interior Communications Subsystems Technician (FFG-7SS)
Fiber Optic Data Multiplex System Operation and Maintenance (FODMS)
Data Multiplex System (DMS)
Vertical and Short Take-Off and Landing Optical Landing System (VSTOL)
Stabilized Gyrocompass Maintenance (WSN)
Discussion Forum
Comment Wall
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Comment by Paola_M on January 3, 2011 at 10:01pm
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My husband graduated IC A school before Christmas stand down, he is now waiting on orders. I'm ready to move with him! Hopefully we get orders tomorrow!
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Comment by lj1422 (Josh's mom) on January 2, 2011 at 8:36pm
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Wow, I was the last one that posted...Just took Josh back to the airport to go back to GL to finish his C school....I did better than I thought I would only a few tears. Knowing he will be back in April before heading to Diego the end of April. Happy New year to you all..
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all....thank you for being here to answer all of my questions and putting up with my bragging about my Sailor. I hope 2011 brings us all good things!!!
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Comment by Denna on December 17, 2010 at 1:25am
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Wow, that's great! Congratulations to Josh! Have a wonderful holiday everyone!
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I am Stevie and thanks, just can't wait to give him a big Navy Mom hug tomorrow...everyone have a wonderful weekend!!
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My son Josh is not only coming home tomorrow but today he became an IC3 ....Petty Officer sounds great to me. Very Proud Navy Mom!!!
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Comment by Dyl's Mom 943 on December 14, 2010 at 9:16pm
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Hi All!
It's been a while since i've been on too.....I keep up with the posts but don't have much to add. My son will be coming home on Friday too and i'm sooooo excited. I haven't seen him since Sept when we were there for PIR. Sounds like most of us will have our sailors home at xmas. Dylan is trying to finish ATT before the xmas standdown but doesn't know if he will be able to. we'll see.
A big thanks goes out to ILNavyMom for taking some of our sailors in over the holiday and showing them a great time! That's wonderful!
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ILNavyMom- Thank you and it sounds like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I wish we were closer to a base to have had some to the house for the holidays. I am sure they had a great time...God Bless you for doing that. I am also excited for next Friday can't wait to pick up my son from the airport.
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Comment by ILNavyMom2010 on December 12, 2010 at 3:50pm
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lj1422 - I hear Site TV is awesome. :) Congrats to your son.
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Hi to all! I realized I haven't been on N4M in a long time (since early November)! It's great to hear about what all of the other ICs or future ICs are doing.
Our November was extremely busy, but the best and busiest part was having 4 sailors in our home this Thanksgiving! My husband & son rented a van and left our home around 1 a.m. in order to pick the sailors up at 0500 in Great Lakes. They were all in my kitchen by 0900 and I was so happy to meet all of them. My daughter was the only IC and I can't remember the other's rates. We had them all for 2 full days and then had to take them back Saturday evening. We dropped our daughter's 3 friends off at the Franklin by 2100 & then my husband, daughter & I stayed at a nearby hotel for the evening and celebrated my husband's birthday. Sunday morning we got up early and dropped her off in time to get cleaned up and muster. It was the best Thanksgiving I think we've ever had. There was lots of eating, playing board games, watching movies, shopping, and general hanging out.
Now we're excited to head back up to Great Lakes this Friday to pick our daughter up. She has verbal orders but they have not posted yet, so she's kind of in limbo. But we do know she'll be home for Christmas and some time after that will be heading to C school. We're looking forward to a wonderful Christmas. Hope all of you are too. <3
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