SSBN. ETV. Will not respond to questions about sensitive or classified subjects. My views are my own and I do not represent anyone.

Hi there!

Edit: since this has been asked several times:

SSBN stands for “submersible ship, ballistic missile, nuclear powered”. That is, the same overall type of ship as the Red October.

ETV stands for “Electronics Technican, Navigation”, because N was already taken by Nuclear Electronics Technicians. I work with everything from interior communications and announcing circuits to Electronics, shipwide atmospheric monitoring, navigational inertial gyroscopes, strategic nuclear missile navigation, and tank level indicators to basic underwater submarine navigation using the voyage management system and even helming the ship itself.

  • vaspasean
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    81 year ago

    You finished your sub quals yet? If not, your dinq! Don’t miss school of the boat. Oh and before we can hit the rack COB says we get an extra hour of field day. Hooyah.

    /former nuke ET SSN-721

    • wanderingmagusOP
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      51 year ago

      Hooyah field day! Yes, I’m a fully qualified ETV1, just put on rank this year. With any luck, I’ll keep it lol.