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Radioman (RM) was a rating for United States Navy and United States Coast Guard enlisted personnel, specializing in communications technology. History of the rating [ edit ]
George Ray Tweed (July 2, 1902 – January 16, 1989) was a decorated radioman in the United States Navy who served during World War II.He is most famous for evading Japanese capture for two years and seven months after the surrender of the U.S garrison on Guam in 1941.
The first steamship, mine, radar, torpedo, aircraft carrier, and many other "firsts" all established a new era in the Navy, and each directly impacted the enlisted occupation structure. During World War II, the U.S. Navy also briefly maintained a rating of "Specialist", similar to the rank in the U.S. Army. The rating of "Specialist" was ...
Upton continued to serve as a radioman throughout the war and later served in the Korean War, according to Farley. He converted to Catholicism during his time in the Navy, his daughter said.
The IT rating is one of the most diverse ratings in the US Navy. The IT rating was created in 1996 with full implementation and funding in 1998 from a combination of two previous Navy ratings - radioman (RM) and data processing technician (DP). A third rating, cryptologic technician communications (CTO) merged with IT in October, 2005.
The rating insignia adopted was that of the established Radioman (abbreviated as RM) rating, and remained until October 1945, when the rating name was changed to Electronic Technician's Mate (abbreviated as ETM). In 1948, the Navy changed the name of the rating to Electronics Technician, and a new rating insignia was created. [1]
Craig Castaldo, known as Radio Man (or Radioman) (born 1950) [1] is an American background actor known from making over 300 cameo appearances in films and TV shows. He is known for wearing a radio around his neck.
This is a list of Navy Cross recipients for actions of valor carried out during the Vietnam War, awarded by the United States Department of the Navy. The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam , Laos , and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 [ a ] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.