Since they were making one AMEC a year and most squadrons had two AME1 billets, I figured I'd be a 13B supervisor or QAR for the next 10 years, so I quit.
It has to be better now. I came in under Reagan and left under Clinton. It sucked pretty badly under Clinton.
My brother just went from MM1 to an Army WO1. He says it's a lot better than it was then.
I'm an AW1(AW/NAC), Acoustic, meaning I track submarines and work the surveillance gear on the ORION. Been doing that my whole career. I'm up for Chief in January, first time.