Weapons technician was a
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enlisted personnel established in 1986. The weapons technician rating, abbreviated WT, was disestablished in 1995 concurrent with the removal of
tactical nuclear weapons from the fleet.
The U.S. Navy created a "nuclear weaponsman" (NW) rate for enlisted personnel in 1958. In 1961, it created the "
gunner's mate technician" rating for enlisted personnel who previously held the NW rate. The gunner's mate technician rating in turn became the "weapons technician" rate in 1986.
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, url = http://www.bluejacket.com/usn_ratings.html
, title = Navy Ratings
, publisher = www.bluejacket.com
, date = December 2014
, accessdate = December 2, 2014 ]
Marine occupations
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