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.

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      41 year ago

      Yes! COD Zombies, Super Smash Bros, Mortal Kombat, and other games are always being played in either Crew’s Lounge or Crew’s Mess when there isn’t a meal going on. Of course, make sure you’ve finished all your maintenance and quals first, and make time to actually get some sleep before your next watch.