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Every Navy ship that moves does so because of MMs. Gas turbine plants in destroyers produce 80,000 horsepower — and the E-4 maintaining them earns $32K a year while marine engineering contractors charge $150/hour for the same work.
Non-nuclear MMs maintain the steam, gas turbine, and diesel propulsion plants of surface ships. A Nimitz-class carrier's conventional auxiliary systems — maintained by MMs — include enough piping to stretch 1,200 miles if laid end-to-end.
- ·Propulsion Plant Tools
- ·Gas Turbine Engine Testing Equipment
- ·Steam Plant Maintenance Kit
- ·PPE
Cost estimates derived from DoD Comptroller per-soldier analysis, RAND Corporation military personnel studies, CBO military compensation reports, service-specific training cost testimony, and published equipment unit costs. Error margin ±15%. Individual costs vary by duty station, assignment, and deployment tempo. This is Phase 3 of the Honest MOS DoD Budget Intelligence Roadmap.