[K6NCG] Celebrate!

[Michael Hammerberg]

Dave,

Interesting story.  I attended ETA for 9 months.  They held be over to work in the office because I could type.  Enjoyed my stay on TI as well.  I sent you a FB friend request.

Mike K8AGY

> On May 11, 2020, at 7:38 AM, Dave Sublette <k4to.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I posted this on my facebook page.  I also wanted to share it with you.
> 
> 57 years ago last week, May 3, 1963, I graduated from the U.S. Navy's
> Electronic Technician 'A" school. It was an intense, 38 week, 8 hours per
> day school on everything electronic. I graduated first in my class. That
> sounds like bragging, and I suppose it is, to some extent. But as a result,
> I was the only one of the 138 members in my graduating class that was
> allowed to change my rate from Electronic Technician to Communication
> Technician. It meant that, instead of long months at sea, I had shore duty
> with the super secret Naval Security group. That was so important because
> the week after I graduated, I married my sweetheart, Marian. We enjoyed a
> two and a half year honeymoon in Japan. It was a magical time in our lives.
> Today we celebrate our 57th wedding anniversary. I am Blessed, with a
> capital BLESS.
> 
> 
> And then I added this comment:
> 
> 
> There were a few reasons I was able to finish ahead of 137 others. I had
> two years of engineering college. Most of the others were fresh out of high
> school and had never seen the advanced math or any of the equipment we were
> learning. Second, I had been a ham radio operator for 5 years and had built
> stuff similar to much of the equipment they were teaching us about. And
> lastly, my chief competitor for class honors, another two year engineering
> college guy, discovered beer in the enlisted mens club and decided he
> didn't need to study quite so hard. He did me a real favor. :-)
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> a great Day ----   Dave
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