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Interior Communications Electrician

E-4 (Specialist/Corporal) · Navy

E1–E3E-4E-5E-6E-7E8–E9
HEADS UP

The crow on your sleeve means the work center is watching whether you actually know what to do when the 1MC drops two hours before general quarters — not whether you can follow steps under supervision. Your CSMP entries carry your signature now. The NWAE for IC2 is not abstract; build the study plan before the cycle opens and show the chief the log.

The Honest MOS Read
IC3 (Petty Officer Third Class) is the rank where the IC rate's maintenance discipline makes or breaks a career early. You have a crow on the sleeve and the work center assigns you a section of the CSMP — a set of IC systems you own, a PMS schedule you execute and defend, and at least one ICFN or striker you are informally expected to supervise and train. The division officer calls your name on the hard problems, not because you are the most experienced IC in the work center, but because you are the petty officer — and petty officers in the IC rate are expected to have a diagnosis before they call the LPO. The technical scope of an IC3's world is broad. On a surface combatant you may own the gyrocompass room watch, the sound-powered phone circuit bank for a specific battle circuit tier, or the forward 1MC zone maintenance. The skills the LPO tests you on are isolation and diagnosis — not just 'did you follow the MRC,' but 'when the 1MC died in the forward damage-control zone, where did you start and what did you find?' NSTM Chapter 430 fault-isolation procedures are the framework; your ability to apply them without coaching is the standard. The NEC conversation is now real. NEC 2785 (Interior Communications Electrician advanced course) is the credential that differentiates IC3s from each other on the IC2 advancement slate. The advanced course at the applicable Fleet Technical Support Center or the NAVSEASYSCOM schoolhouse — gyrocompass school, IC system advanced course — builds the technical depth the LPO billet will eventually require. The career counselor knows the pipeline wait times; get the conversation started now rather than after the IC2 NWAE cycle closes. The eEVAL (Navy enlisted evaluation) at IC3 matters more than ICFNs realize. The Navy's EVAL system weights directly in the Final Multiple Score for advancement. An IC3's EVAL narrative written by the LPO reflects the quality of his CSMP entries, his PMS completion rate, his OMMS-NG accuracy, and whether his ICFN trainees are progressing. Sailors who treat EVAL season as something that happens to them rather than something they feed with documented accomplishments arrive at the IC2 advancement window with a thinner narrative than they deserve. The watch qualification picture sharpens at IC3. The IC room watch, where it exists on your platform, is the senior watchstanding billet you are building toward — the petty officer who monitors the IC switchboard status, responds to announcing system casualties during underway operations, and is the first technical voice the OOD calls when an IC system goes down. Qualification for that watch involves an oral board, a documented qualification process, and a record the LPO defends to the LCPO.
Career Arc
  • 01IC3 advancement via NWAE — FMS combining exam score, eval grade, TIR, awards, education.
  • 02Work-center CSMP section ownership: specific IC systems with your signature on the maintenance and discrepancy records.
  • 03ICFN/striker training: first informal leadership responsibility — signing PQS line items, supervising MRC execution.
  • 04Watch qualification: IC room watch or equivalent platform watchbill qualification on the LCPO's sign-off schedule.
  • 05NEC pipeline conversation documented with the career counselor — advanced IC course, gyrocompass school, or applicable NEC pathway before the IC2 NWAE window.
  • 06NWAE study for IC2 — BIB pulled from MyNavyHR, study plan on the LCPO's table before the cycle opens.
  • 07IC2 advancement: NWAE cycle, FMS, eEVAL narrative; timing tied to rate-wide advancement quotas per the semi-annual NAVADMIN.
Common Screwups
  • ×Replacing an IC switchboard component without running the NSTM Chapter 430 fault-isolation procedure first. Swapping boards by intuition wastes parts, delays the actual repair, and leaves the CSMP entry without the TM citation the maintenance officer needs to justify the expenditure.
  • ×Closing a CSMP discrepancy as 'corrected' before verifying system operability end-to-end post-repair. The 1MC fails the next operational check, your name is still the last entry on the discrepancy, and the investigation starts with your paperwork.
  • ×Bypassing the ESWP lockout/tagout because the repair looks routine. 'Routine' is what the IC3 who took the shortcut thought three seconds before the arc. The LPO knows the shortcuts and is watching whether you take them.
  • ×Logging gyrocompass accuracy checks as within tolerance without running the full synchronization verification sequence. The navigator reads the calibration log alongside the gyro error record, and a log that shows clean numbers against a system that is actually drifting is both a safety issue and a paperwork integrity issue.
  • ×Phoning the NEC conversation until after the IC2 NWAE closes. The advanced course pipeline has wait times, and the IC3 who waits until IC2 to start the paperwork loses the window to a cycle.

A Day in the Life

  • 0530Reveille. In port: personal PT or ship's optional morning PT. Underway: report to IC room for mid-watch turnover if on the watchbill rotation.
  • 0630Breakfast. Review the day's PMS card assignments and pull applicable NSTM Chapter 430 sections and equipment TMs before morning muster.
  • 0730Work-center muster. LPO assigns the week's CSMP priorities. You receive ownership of the IC room daily log check and the gyrocompass repeater accuracy logs for the morning.
  • 0800Gyrocompass room: daily accuracy check per the applicable TM procedure. Document reference heading, test reading, calculated error, result (in/out of tolerance). Log in MDS.
  • 09001MC zone inspection: check amplifier output levels in the assigned damage-control zone, verify remote-station functionality, log any discrepancies in OMMS-NG.
  • 1000ICFN training: run an ICFN through the sound-powered phone circuit test procedure, supervise execution, sign the card.
  • 1100OMMS-NG update: close completed MRCs, add new CSMP entries for discrepancies found this morning, generate parts requests for anything on backorder.
  • 1130Noon meal.
  • 1230NWAE study period: BIB reading on schedule. Current week: NSTM Chapter 430 sections on announcing system fault isolation.
  • 1330Corrective maintenance on open CSMP item — ESWP tag-out initiated, repair executed per TM procedure, operability verification, tag-out cleared, CSMP entry closed with verification documentation.
  • 1500Battle lantern zone inspection or IC switchboard visual check depending on the week's PMS schedule.
  • 1600Tool inventory and work-center cleanup. OMMS-NG reviewed — every open MRC has a status entry or a deferral justification.
  • 1700Evening meal. Liberty call in port if duty rotation allows.
  • 1900-2100NWAE study — NSTM Chapter 430 fault-isolation sections, rate training manual chapters, NAVPERS 18068F occupational standards.

Weekly Cadence

The IC3's week is anchored by the Monday work-center review where the LPO assigns CSMP priorities, identifies any upcoming ISIC or Type Commander reporting deadlines, and checks the previous week's OMMS-NG entries for completeness. You leave Monday morning with a specific tasking list for the week. Midweek the weight falls on corrective maintenance — any CSMP discrepancy that requires parts turns into a parts-tracking task, any tag-out evolution requires coordination with the duty officer and safety petty officer, and any ICFN training you are running requires you to carve time out of your own task list to supervise properly. The sailors who fall behind mid-week by treating ICFN training as optional are the ones working after liberty on Friday. Friday afternoon is the LPO's reading of the week. Every IC3's CSMP section is current or has a documented explanation. Every open MRC has a status. The ICFN you supervised this week can explain what he did and why. The study log shows the week's BIB reading. The sailors who run that Friday checklist automatically rather than waiting for the LPO to run it for them are the ones the chief recommends for the advanced course slot.

Key Skills — How to Drill Each

  1. 01
    Isolate a fault on the 1MC announcing system or a sound-powered phone circuit down to the replaceable assembly using NSTM Chapter 430 fault-isolation procedures.
    The fault-isolation tree in NSTM Chapter 430 is organized by symptom — no audio output, distorted audio, intermittent circuit, dead circuit at one station only. Start at the symptom branch, not at the component you suspect. A 1MC fault diagnosed by working the Chapter 430 tree rather than by swapping amplifier cards produces a CSMP entry with a TM citation, a specific failed assembly identified, and a parts request number — which is exactly what the maintenance officer needs to process the repair faster.
  2. 02
    Perform a gyrocompass accuracy check and repeater synchronization per the applicable NAVSEA technical manual; log results in MDS and pass them to the division officer without the LPO rechecking.
    The accuracy check procedure varies by gyrocompass model — the Sperry Mk 37, Anschütz equipment, and Raytheon systems each have model-specific TMs with different calibration sequences. Know which TM applies to your ship's installed equipment (nameplate check, then the ships' drawings), run the full procedure including the drift-rate check over a defined period, and document the starting reference, the final reading, and the calculated error. An accuracy log that shows only a single 'within tolerance' notation without the reference and drift calculation tells the navigator nothing useful.
  3. 03
    Train an ICFN on a PMS MRC from start to finish — supervise execution, sign the card, explain why each step matters.
    Walk the MRC yourself once before the training session, identifying the steps where a junior sailor is most likely to skip ahead or substitute judgment for procedure. In the training session, stop the ICFN at each key step and ask why — not to embarrass him, but to confirm the understanding is there before the signature goes on the card. The LCPO is not just watching whether the MRC gets done; he is watching whether you are building the next generation of maintainers or just finishing the task yourself.
  4. 04
    Execute an IC switchboard tag-out evolution per the ESWP and NSTM Chapter 300 — initiate, apply, clear — and make the log entry the safety petty officer reviews without finding a gap.
    The tag-out log entry has a specific format: the system and circuit identified by drawing number, the tagout authorized by the duty officer (with name and time), each tag applied with the applying petty officer's initials, and the clearance signature. A log with a gap between 'authorized' and 'applied' or between 'applied' and 'cleared' is a safety discrepancy the safety petty officer is required to report. Run the evolution in sequence and document in real time, not after the fact.
  5. 05
    Brief the division officer on the material condition of assigned IC systems in plain language: discrepancies, deferred MRCs, deadlined equipment, parts on order, estimated resolution dates.
    The division officer is not an IC technician — translate technical condition into operational impact. 'The forward 1MC zone amplifier is at 60% output' means nothing to a JO. '1MC audio in the forward DC zone is degraded; crew in that zone may miss verbal announcements during GQ — parts are on order with a 5-day estimated delivery' tells him what he needs to brief up. Practice framing every CSMP item in terms of operational risk and resolution timeline.
  6. 06
    Operate the IETM/tech-pub system to locate the correct technical manual for a casualty — right chapter, right platform configuration, right equipment serial number.
    The ship's electronic technical manual system (IETM, or the paper TM library if your platform uses one) indexes by NAVSEA system number, equipment nomenclature, and in some cases serial-number range. Know how to navigate to the installed equipment's specific configuration — ship class variants can have different IC switchboard configurations than the base NAVSEA drawing assumes, and applying the wrong configuration's fault-isolation tree wastes time and produces wrong diagnoses.

Manuals & References — What Chapters Matter

  • NSTM Chapter 430 — Interior Communications
    The primary technical reference for IC casualty management at IC3 level. Know which chapter sections cover announcing system fault isolation (amplifier faults, line faults, control-station faults), gyrocompass and repeater calibration, IC switchboard maintenance, and battle-lantern operability testing. The section on announcing system fault-isolation trees is the one you quote when briefing the division officer on a casualty.
  • NAVSEA system-specific TMs for the gyrocompass, IC switchboard, and announcing amplifier suites on your ship
    NSTM Chapter 430 is the governance layer; the equipment-specific TM is the procedure. Every gyrocompass installed on a surface combatant has a NAVSEA-approved TM with a model-specific calibration and fault-isolation section. The TM number is on the equipment nameplate. At IC3 level you are expected to navigate to the correct TM section on a casualty without the LPO pointing you to the right manual.
  • OPNAVINST 4790.4 — Ships 3-M Systems Procedures
    You are now the petty officer defending the work center's 3-M posture — your CSMP entries and OMMS-NG records are what the ISIC coordinator reads. Know the deferral authorization process, the CSMP entry format requirements, and the difference between a scheduled PMS deferral (documented, authorized) and a missed PMS (not documented, a finding).
  • MIL-STD-461 — EMC Requirements for Equipment and Subsystems
    IC systems installed or repaired outside EMC specification create conducted and radiated emissions that affect the ship's combat systems suite and can degrade radar, communications, and navigation systems. At IC3 level the awareness you need is: any modification to IC wiring or equipment requires EMC compliance review, and 'it worked before' is not an EMC certification.
  • NAVPERS 18068F — IC Rate Occupational Standards and NEC catalog
    The NEC entries for the IC rate describe both the qualification standards for each NEC and the billets that credit each NEC for advancement. Read the entries for NEC 2785 and any applicable advanced IC NECs before the career counselor conversation — the counselor will tell you what's available; you should already know what you want.
  • IC Rate NAVEDTRA training manual and current NWAE BIB for IC2
    Pull the current BIB from MyNavyHR before the IC2 NWAE cycle opens — not the cycle before, not a shipmate's copy. Build a study plan with milestones. The sailors who walk into the IC2 exam with a studied NSTM Chapter 430 and a worked rate training manual outperform the ones who crammed on the BIB summary sheet.

Standards — How to Hit Each

  • NWAE for IC2 prep documented on the LCPO's timeline — study log defensible when the chief asks.
    The IC2 NWAE BIB is not a weekend read. Break it into a 20-week plan: two BIB publications per week, with NSTM Chapter 430 and the rate training manual weighted most heavily because they generate the most exam questions. The study log the LCPO reviews is not a sign of micromanagement — it is the data point that puts your name on the STEP-1 school allocation list.
  • PMS completion rate at or above work-center average; CSMP entries accurate, no deferred MRCs more than 30 days past due without documented reason.
    Run a weekly self-audit before the LPO's Monday review: every open MRC with a deferral reason, every CSMP entry closed or annotated with parts-order status. The sailor who catches his own discrepancies Monday morning before the LPO's review builds a different reputation than the one the LPO has to correct.
  • PRT Good Medium or better; BCA in standard.
    The IC rate is a sea-heavy rate on ships with limited exercise infrastructure. The sailors who maintain PRT standards underway are the ones who treat PT as a daily maintenance task rather than a pre-PRT emergency. The Chief's Mess reads the division's physical readiness posture and it reflects on the LPO who shapes the culture.
  • Watch qualification in the IC room or equivalent platform watchbill completed or on the LCPO's sign-off schedule.
    The watch qualification board for the IC room watch typically involves a written exam on the IC switchboard operating procedures, ESWP tag-out authority, and the casualty reporting chain. Schedule the oral board with enough lead time to study the chapter sections the board evaluator draws from — the LCPO knows which sections those are and will tell you if you ask.
  • NEC pipeline conversation documented with the career counselor or LCPO — a clear path to NEC 2785 or applicable advanced course before the next advancement window.
    The conversation has two parts: what NEC pipeline fits your career goals, and what the current school wait time requires in terms of re-enlistment timing. The career counselor has the current pipeline availability; the LCPO has the command priority for school nominations. You need both conversations before the NWAE cycle closes, not after.

Technical Mistakes — Concrete Consequences

  • Replacing an IC switchboard component without first running the NSTM Chapter 430 fault-isolation procedure.
    Swapping a switchboard card based on symptom resemblance rather than fault-isolation confirmation uses a serviceable part, leaves the original fault unresolved, and generates a CSMP entry that the maintenance officer cannot use to justify a replacement-part requisition — because the part you installed was not the failed component.
  • Closing a CSMP discrepancy as 'corrected' before verifying system operability post-repair.
    The closed entry records your name as the corrective action petty officer. When the 1MC fails the next operational check two days later, the investigation starts with the last closed CSMP entry — yours — and works backward through everything you did or did not verify before closing it.
  • Bypassing the ESWP lockout/tagout because the repair looks routine.
    The IC switchboard distributes energized circuits from the moment the ship is on shore power or its own generators. Arc flash energy at the distribution panel level causes third-degree burns and cardiac events. The petty officer who skips tagout because 'I've done this a hundred times' has made the hundred-and-first time the statistically likely incident.
  • Logging gyrocompass accuracy checks as within tolerance without running the full synchronization verification sequence.
    A gyro that reads within tolerance on a spot check but has a drift rate outside specification will accumulate heading error over a six-hour watch. The navigator relies on the calibration log to validate the gyro's output against the magnetic compass reference. A log that shows clean numbers against a drifting system is both a navigation safety risk and a documented integrity failure.
  • Telling the OOD the 1MC is back up when you tested only the pilot house station and not the aft damage-control announcing loop.
    The CO passes 'man overboard' over a 1MC that cannot reach the fantail. The OOD's report to the CO — 'all stations reported 1MC operational, IC3 [your name] cleared the casualty' — is now the starting point for a safety investigation, not a maintenance entry.

Career Decisions at This Rank

  • NEC 2785 advanced course now vs. waiting until IC2.
    The advanced IC course pipeline nominally opens at IC3, but command priority and school availability typically favor E-5 and E-6 nominees. If your LCPO can get you a slot at IC3 — take it. The credential differentiates you on the IC2 advancement slate and gives you two or more years of post-course application before the IC1 advancement window. Waiting until IC2 to start the conversation means competing against IC2s who already hold the NEC.
  • Re-enlistment timing — first obligation end vs. extending for school or bonus eligibility.
    The Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) for the IC rate has historically offered bonuses tied to zone and years of obligated service. The current SRB amounts are published in the rate-specific NAVADMIN each cycle — pull it before signing anything. Extending to cover an advanced course pipeline is usually smart if the course produces an NEC that advances the IC2 slate; extending without a school attached is a personal decision that depends entirely on whether you want to make IC a career. Do not sign a re-enlistment contract based on what your LPO remembers from his zone — read the current NAVADMIN.
  • Limited Duty Officer (LDO) or Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) packet — worth considering early.
    The IC rate feeds the 620X (Ship's Electrical) LDO and CWO designators. The minimum eligibility is typically six years of service, but the competitive window for LDO/CWO selects from a pool that starts building the packet at IC2/IC1. If commissioning as an officer is on your list, the time to discuss it with the LCPO is now — not because you can submit at IC3, but because the EVAL narrative the LCPO writes this year is the first brick in the record the LDO board reads three years from now.
  • SWS qualification — pursue aggressively at IC3 or let it develop organically.
    The Surface Warfare Specialist qualification board at IC3 is an oral board covering ship's systems, damage control, navigation, and engineering plant fundamentals. The ICs who pursue SWS aggressively at E4 arrive at the IC1 selection board with a device on the uniform and a ship-knowledge depth the wardroom interprets as investment in the community. The oral board preparation also reinforces the IC system knowledge the NWAE tests — it is not a parallel effort, it is the same knowledge applied to a different format.

How the Seat Varies by Unit Type

  • Surface Combatant (DDG, CG, DDG-1000)
    The densest IC environment: multiple 1MC zones, a full IC switchboard with multiple distribution sections, gyrocompass main and backup systems, hundreds of battle lanterns across 40-plus decks. An IC3 on a DDG owns a real section of a real system from the start. The operational tempo during deployment is high — casualty response windows during underway operations are measured in minutes, not hours.
  • Amphibious Ship (LHA, LHD, LPD)
    Larger hull means more IC system inventory — more announcing zones, more phone circuits, a larger battle-lantern footprint. The amphibious well-deck operations generate additional 1MC and 5MC operational demand during ship-to-shore movement. Work center size is slightly larger, which means a bit more LPO oversight and a bit less independent system ownership for an IC3.
  • Shore Command / Fleet Technical Support Center (FTSC)
    Shore billets at FTSC give an IC3 exposure to field-service team work — traveling to ships to troubleshoot casualties and conduct maintenance that the ship's work center does not have the NEC or equipment to handle. The breadth of system exposure across multiple ship classes is distinctive. Shore-to-sea rotation math means most IC3s do not stay at FTSC long, but the cross-platform system knowledge transfers permanently.
  • Reserve Component
    Reserve IC billets are concentrated in selected reserve units that support specific surface or shore commands. An IC3 in a reserve unit who maintains currency on NSTM Chapter 430 and the applicable TMs may arrive for mobilization more technically current than the active-duty command expects — or significantly less current depending on the reserve unit's training program quality. The advancement math (NWAE, TIR, eval grade) is the same as active; the school access is materially more constrained.

What Good Looks Like at This Rank

The good IC3 is the petty officer the LPO trusts to take the pre-deployment material inspection of the IC room and present the results to the division officer without the LPO rechecking the numbers. His CSMP entries are specific — system identified, fault described, TM section cited, corrective action documented, operability verification confirmed — not the generic 'corrective maintenance performed' entry that tells the maintenance officer nothing. The division officer can brief his CSMP status to the combat systems officer without rewriting the input. The ICFN he trained two months ago can now run that PMS MRC from the MRC card alone, sign the feedback card accurately, and bring a discrepancy to the IC3 rather than to the LPO. That training output — the junior sailor who is measurably more capable because of specific, deliberate instruction — is what the LPO writes on the eEVAL in the 'training contributions' trait block. His NWAE study log is on the LPO's table before he asks to see it. The NEC conversation happened before the NWAE cycle opened, not after the results published. When the IC room watch qual board convenes, he has read the relevant ESWP section and the Chapter 430 IC switchboard operating procedure, and the board evaluator does not have to walk him through the answers.

Preview — The Next Rank

IC2 (E-5) is the rank where the IC rate starts calling you the senior petty officer in the space — not because the paperwork says so, but because the division officer expects you to have a diagnosis before the LPO shows up. The CSMP section you owned at IC3 expands to a work-center section at IC2, with two or three IC3s and ICFNs whose PQS you sign and whose OMMS-NG entries you verify before they go in. The eEVAL at IC2 is materially different from the IC3 EVAL — it starts feeding the Semi-Annual Advancement results in a way that directly shapes whether you pick up IC1. The IC2 who arrives at the advancement window with a worked NWAE study log, an NEC in-pipeline or already awarded, and an eEVAL that reflects measurable technical leadership is the one the chief recommends for the LPO billet conversation. The IC2 who coasted is the one waiting for the next cycle. The first real leadership responsibility — formally writing eEVAL input on the IC3s you supervise — lands at IC2. The LPO reads your input draft before the senior rater sees it. The IC3 whose career you shape with an honest, specific evaluation trait block remembers whether you cared.
FAQ

IC E4 — Frequently Asked Questions

Q01What does a E4 IC (Interior Communications Electrician) actually do?
You own a slice of the work center: a PMS schedule, a section of the CSMP, a sound-powered phone circuit bank, or the gyrocompass room on a ship where you are the senior IC3 in the space.
Q02What's the most important thing to know as a E4 IC?
The crow on your sleeve means the work center is watching whether you actually know what to do when the 1MC drops two hours before general quarters — not whether you can follow steps under supervision.
Q03What does a typical day look like for a E4 IC?
Time-blocked day at the E4 IC rank tier: 0530 Reveille. In port: personal PT or ship's optional morning PT. Underway: report to IC room for mid-watch turnover if on the watchbill rotation, 0630 Breakfast. Review the day's PMS card assignments and pull applicable NSTM Chapter 430 sections and equipment TMs before morning muster, 0730 Work-center muster. LPO assigns the week's CSMP priorities. You receive ownership of the IC room daily log check and the gyrocompass repeater accuracy logs for the morning, 0800 Gyrocompass room: daily accuracy check per the applicable TM procedure.…
Q04What mistakes get E4 IC soldiers fired or relieved?
Replacing an IC switchboard component without running the NSTM Chapter 430 fault-isolation procedure first. Swapping boards by intuition wastes parts, delays the actual repair, and leaves the CSMP entry without the TM citation the maintenance officer needs to justify the expenditure; Closing a CSMP discrepancy as 'corrected' before verifying system operability end-to-end post-repair. The 1MC fails the next operational check, your name is still the last entry on the discrepancy,…
Q05What career decisions matter most at the E4 IC rank tier?
NEC 2785 advanced course now vs. waiting until IC2 — The advanced IC course pipeline nominally opens at IC3, but command priority and school availability typically favor E-5 and E-6 nominees. If your LCPO can get you a slot at IC3 — take it. The credential differentiates you on the IC2 advancement slate and gives you two or more years of post-course application before the IC1 advancement window. Waiting until IC2 to start the conversation means competing against IC2s who already hold the NEC; Re-enlistment timing — first obligation end vs.…
Q06What's next after E4 for a IC (Interior Communications Electrician) in the Navy?
IC2 (E-5) is the rank where the IC rate starts calling you the senior petty officer in the space — not because the paperwork says so, but because the division officer expects you to have a diagnosis before the LPO shows up.
Q07What manuals and regulations does a E4 IC need to know cold?
NSTM Chapter 430 — Interior Communications: the primary technical reference for every IC system casualty; know which section covers each system type (announcing, gyro, battle lanterns, DC loops).; NAVSEA system-specific TMs for the gyrocompass, IC switchboard, and announcing amplifier suites installed on your ship — the TM number on the nameplate is your starting point every casualty.; OPNAVINST 4790.4 — Ships 3-M Systems Procedures;…

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