[Poohbah]

NEC is new to me ... I only knew of rate though I do know what an MOS is having served with and having many friends who are /were Marines

May have been after your time. NEC = Navy Enlisted Classification, and it's a four-digit number that narrows down exactly what you do. Guess they decided that sending a guy from an F-14 squadron to work on an F-18 was NOT A Good Thing :o)

None the less ... I was an AME-3 Worked ejection seats LOX crew (fun stuff) and wore a green shirt on the flight deck.

Remember the movie "The Man From LOX?"

BTW, I recently ran into a guy claiming that he'd been in "the 'Nam" who was only a few years older than me, so he was WAY too late.

I told him "The only 'Nam you were ever in was NAMTRAGRUDET." </obscure NAVAIR humor>

[XBob]

Apparently Poo Poo was never in the/a war, according to his last post, as he is too young.

We may have been there during the same time frames (mine 68,69,70 and 73,74).

[clamper1797]

I was also in VT-23 NAS Kingville Texas .. F9 Cougar then A-4 Skyhawk and lastly the Buckeye