Bryan A,
Hold two degrees in electrical engineering. Was hired by the Navy right out of college to evaluate sonar systems a few weeks before I received my BEE from CCNY in 1963. The Navy was having real problems back then with the cold war, and decided to put together an army of engineers and scientists to combat the Soviet submarine threat. Turned out, we were miles ahead of them, but our intelligence was somewhat faulty in overestimating what the Soviets had. I loved working for the Navy. Still keep my hand in it somewhat as I am a part-time DOD contractor. Because of my age, they will not send me out anymore on the gray ships; I do miss the Med deployments, bouncing back and forth while at sea from destroyer to cruiser to fast frigate, and helping the fleet out wherever I could. I must have been one of the real lucky ones in that there were so many days in my life that when I woke up in the morning, I would look forward to going in to work. Like most sailors, I would bitch about our lives at sea, but down deep, I loved waking up with a steel deck under my rack. |