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| | Gunners Mate - Torpedomans Mate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | The Torpedoman's mate "A" school course is designed to provide personnel, E-1 through E-6 selected as Torpedomen, with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to perform, under supervision, general duties of torpedomen aboard ships and shore installations, or successfully complete follow-on specialized training. |
 | | This includes introduction to basic electricity and electronics, common hand tools, hydraulics, common valves, pneumatics, shipboard maintenance programs, ordnance, magazine sprinkler systems, Otto fuel II, Mk 48 torpedo, Mk 46 torpedo, Mk 50 torpedo, encapsulated Harpoon missile, Tomahawk cruise missile, torpedo handling equipment, loading equipment and launching devices. |
 | | TM "A" group-paced instruction is 10 weeks in length, active duty taught, 12 students per class, with 12 classes convening per year. |
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