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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)
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Comment by CB'sMom DIV 186 PIR 5/30 on June 4, 2016 at 11:25pm
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Hello. My nephew just started A school in GL.
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Comment by Jana on May 25, 2016 at 9:15am
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hey Paige your knowledge is endless. THANK YOU.
AWW i saw on FB about fleet week and theout of your son.and wow KUDOS to him !!!
Patsy Sunny San Diego All the best to your Sailor
And may we all take time to Remember our Fallen Heros
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Comment by PatsyNavymom on May 18, 2016 at 12:21am
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Hello Jana, I had a wonderful mother's day weekend. First attended A school graduation then downtown Chicago and Sunday six flags.
We found out my sailor will be attending C school in San Diego. :) His new orders are still for Norfolk, he's on his way soon. Do you know why he needs to report to his ship before C school?
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Patsy i forgot that its moms day next week and if you r able to travel to GL go for it !! If you are lucky maybe he can go home with you. that would be Awesome. Maybe in your dreams.
You will learn to be patient if is tuff but things change at a moments notice. Aww you want San Diego and I wanted Norfolk we live in PA. I have a few Navy mom friends form my sons ship that live in CA. they are part of the Blue star moms I believe its based in Sacramento
Please keep us updated on your sons new duty station.
Also hope all our IC families are well. I can now say my son is on a underway sea trails 1st of many this year in prep for deployment
Love to hear about your Sailors
Take Care
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Thanks Jana. I hope his new orders will be for San Diego. We are just an hour away. :) I am looking forward to seeing him next weekend, It will be a great mother's day weekend. But I guess we just have to be patient and wait till we find out what his new orders will be.
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NAVY IC MOM's on Facebook not real active but thee if you need to post or ask
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Patsy Congrats to your son. JOB WELL DONE
We didnt go to graduation. I guess some do My sin did send us a pic Unless uyou live close to GL its along trip for a short ceremony. Here was our situation. My son was on hold after graduation there was a Govt shutdown 2013 It lasted all most a month Had no idea where he was going. Once he did and he was not attending C school. So he got to come home for a leave before going to his new duty Station San Diego As for orders I guess all one can say its the Military things can change.
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Good evening. I just got a call from my sailor he is officially an IC. Yay! So proud of him. He is excited and also bummed out that he will not longer be going on the USS GERALD FORD. Does this happen even giving this ship in his hard orders? He graduates next Friday but now he has to wait for new orders. Should we still make plans for us to be at graduation?
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Donnab I can sympathize with you. Hope you are sending care packages I kept a Journal . Are you on Facebook his ship might have a page and you may be able to connect with other moms as well as within this group. Hugs to you deployments are hard but i just seemed to settle in on that norm. We were lucky our son flew home the nite he got back. Thanks for the update.
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Comment by donnab on April 18, 2016 at 11:27pm
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My son is stationed in San Diego on the USS New Orleans. He is deployed right now and has been gone only a few months. He has many more months left before they return. I really miss him, he is on the west coast and we are on the east coast. It is very expensive to travel coast to coast. But we plan on being there when he comes back from deployment. I don't want to miss that, I really need that hug from him.
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