U.S. NAVY MISSILE TECHNICIAN (MT) BALL CAP DEVICE

Sailors accepted into the Navy’s Missile Technician (MT) rating are taking the first steps in a very long and challenging journey. After Recruit Training, up-and-coming MT Sailors head to Groton, Connecticut to spend four weeks at the Naval Submarine School, where they’ll begin learning the basics of submarine systems and their operation. This is followed by three weeks of group instruction in Basic Mechanical Skills, also at Groton, before the Sailors move to Kings Bay, Georgia for five weeks at the Class “A” Technical School for the MT rating.

Sailors in the majority of ratings are usually assigned to a sea or shore tour following successful completion of their rating’s Class “A” School, but the highly complex and delicate nature of the MT Sailors’ tasks means the move from Class “A” directly to a Class “C” School. Nearly six months are spent at a “C” School (either in Kings Bay or Bangor, Washington) learning mechanical and electronic equipment that makes up the Strategic Weapons System used with Trident II missiles found on Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs). A small number of Missile Technicians destined to serve on SSGNs, or Guided Missile Submarines (only four are currently active in the U.S. Navy fleet), will also spend five weeks learning the intricacies of the Attack Weapon System and its Tomahawk missiles.

In addition to SSGNs and SSBNs, MT Sailors may also be deployed one of two facilities handling strategic nuclear weapons. One is located at Naval Base Kitsap, home to Naval Submarine Base Bangor and the Navy’s Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific. Another is the Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic, found at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia, one of just two bases for the Navy’s Trident submarine fleet.

Over the course of a twenty-year career in the Navy, Missile Technicians are usually assigned to shore stations about half of that time, although the length of their first two Sea Tours is longer than that of their first two Shore assignments.

Related Items
Missile Technician (MT) Rating Badge
Missile Technician (MT) Buckle

CWO Ordnance Technician (Submarine)
Hard Shoulder Boards
Soft Epaulets
Sleeve Device
Collar Device

CWO Electronics Technician (Surface)
Hard Shoulder Boards
Soft Epaulets
Sleeve Devices
Collar Device

Price

$7.19

Quantity

USPHS

Merchant Marine

AUXILIARY

U.S. NAVY MISSILE TECHNICIAN (MT) BALL CAP DEVICE