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GuitarDean said:Question for the Chief:
I'm a NCS Eng officer in training, in middle of NETPO at the moment. With FELEX going on and the restructuring of the NCM trades in the CSE department, I was wondering if and how the officer trade will be affected. I'd imagine quite minimally since the job of the department as aen whole should remain the same; but th what do I know?
Also with the new equipment coming on the ships, is what I learn at CFNES going to be obselete as soon as I graduate? What changes are they making / have they made to the courses at CFNES in response to FELEX?
Thought I'd throw in my 2 cents here.
I anticipate very direct effect on our trade, although depending on how the plan actually goes, dealing with personnel shortages will either become easier or harder, as well as overseeing training in the department. Although it might give someone the "good idea" to change the department name to Weapons Engineering Department, and changing us to Weapons Engineering Officers might follow. Personally, I wouldn't be terribly opposed to the notion.
As for the stuff you're learning at CFNES, that's pretty much entirely theory. If anything, FELEX will make it more relevant, as learning about stuff like 3D Phased-Array Radars is a bit more useful when we might actually have them. If during your Phase VI, the point when you get to ship right after CFNES, that you learn all the specifics of the various ship systems. Some of them may be obsolete soon after you learn them. But again, half of the reason they make you do it before they'll make you an Lt(N) is to prove you are capable of learning what is needed, not just so you'll have the knowledge. After all, someone can do their Phase VI on a destroyer, and then not step foot aboard one ever again.