SH3Commander

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

that was my thinking. I could see one or maybe 2 brand new PO's not being Qual'd in something, but I would have imagined the majority would know their jobs before even stepping on the boat.

Even as an E-2 I was already assigned to be a radioman, before I even saw a ship. Three months of RM school and I was probably never going to be anything else. Once aboard I spent all my time in the radio shack, and when I made E-4 I would have been classified 'Radioman Third Class', which is a Petty Officer. That's the way it works.

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Yes that is true but easily and quickly rectified using Commander.

I thought using Commander to qualify POs was the point of the thread.