When I joined the Navy, (back when Moby Dick was a minnow) the Nav recruiters classified me as a HSAR (High School Airman Recruit). So, I went to “A” school and became an Aircraft Electrician.
Later on, in my Navy career, I managed to get a BS degree from Southern Illinois University attending classes on the weekends.
Always Air Crew in many different Nav planes and squadrons. (P5M sea planes in the Nam, P2V’s, P3’s, EC-130s)
Those were the days :)
When America was still America.