Navy·Technology obsolescence·In Memoriam
Tradevman
TD
Served: 1948–1988
Training Devicemen — installed, maintained, and operated Navy training simulators, films, and audio-visual gear.
The Story
The rating badge was a lightning bolt through a gear — visually the most steampunk crow the Navy ever had, killed by Pentium chips.
Epitaph
“Lightning through a gear. Killed by silicon through a wafer.”
Sources
- NHHC — Naval Aviation History PDFwww.history.navy.mil