I am guessing ESD ET's found this test fairly easy????

I'm on a 210' and I think for the most part it wasn't too bad. First time taking the ET1 SWE so I'm not really too sure on how I did. The EPME Section i know for sure I did really well on. There were some ET questions that I had to guess on but I feel somewhat good overall.

I feel better about this one than Nov.

Does anyone know how many people took it this time?

Hello,

Testing for:

ET2 = ~160
ET1 = ~120
ETC = ~250

The final lists may reflect fewer names due to revisions to current lists.

Good Luck!

Sir,
Do you think we will see any more revisions to the May 08 SWE or will they just advance people past the cut based on needs? I noticed that there were a few more retirements this go around on the force notes and from what I have seen no new changes to the PAl. So we should be seeing a revision to the SWE 08. Let me know what you think. Sitting four away from the ETC cut.
Thank You

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A long answer to your question: You might see changes to the PAL in JUL due to the PROPOSED LORAN termination. I'm not sure what the field sees. Nor am I sure what numbers the Force Notes reflect. I only know what *I* see; and that's a change to the PAL in JUL to prepare the workforce for what's expected to come in FY10 (OCT 09).

I do not expect to see a revision to the cuts. But I'M not the one who sets them. IF LORAN does not terminate prior to JAN 2010, then I expect to see at least some folks advance from beneath the conservative cuts. But even those advancements could be conservative and based on ACTUAL service need until the fate of LORAN is ironed out.

The tough part for many to understand is why we still might not advance to PAL THIS year if LORAN might not terminate until NEXT year. If we advance as many as we "need" in FY09 and LORAN closes next year, then we stand a great chance of having carryovers into next year and NO ADVANCEMENTS in FY10. I'm exaggerating just a tad to make a point. But I present this from the perspective of one who served with a shipmate who was #1 on the FT1 list, above the cut of ONE, but carried over for 18 months while the cuts for the next two SWE lists were at ZERO. He went on terminal leave a month before his name finally appeared on an advancement message. He left the service fairly jaded. We don't want that again!

In short, EPM is attempting to balance the needs of today's workforce without significantly impacting tomorrow's workforce. Ask your Chiefs, Senior Chiefs, Master Chiefs, or CWOs who may remember how painfully slow the ET advancements were in the early 90s when STs and most overseas LORSTAs went away. Some of you work around retired ETs who can recall, too. We hope to minimize that pain this time around, or at least spread the pain over the years instead of sucking it all up at once. It's good to have enough notice to plan. The ST merger was a total surprise. I was aboard MUNRO. We entered drydock with no plan to remove sonar equipment. Within 12 hours, we were basically told to remove the sonar dome (a huge ordeal to alter a drydock work order, I think) and that STs were going away. It was FAST.

Time and Congressional action will tell what lies ahead. It's still possible Congress will refuse to support LORAN termination and we'll fight this battle in another five years. But I guess it's also possible for a Senator to conclude that e-LORAN and an immediate reprogramming of all LORSTAs to civilian will "stimulate" the economy. Don't you just LOVE a good mystery? BTW, the part about the Senator is completely made up and a figment of my warped mind. Don't accept that as Gospel at all.

Raw scores are out. So how did everyone do? The scores for my shop are...

80
87
111

103 for me

Coming from a couple units(ESD not one of them) I still think it took research to do well since most information is things you don't normally see or talk about. My raw score is a 101. We'll see if they even make any ET1s though.

103 for me

I got a 110.

congrats on the score tufo

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Originally posted by TeamRamRod:
congrats on the score tufo

thanks a lot and you too!

Tufo,

Let me offer congrats on your excellent score.

If the last two cycles show anything, you should be about 20 questions ahead of your competition and with a narrow deviation ... say 10, you could end up with 73 or more points towards the SWE. Your certainly sitting real good.

Again, congrats on the score. I'm sure all your hard work paid big dividends.

Scores for my shop are:

83
77

i have a 101 at my shop also

I know of someone that scored a 113.

quite a good crop of scores posted so far...CONGRATS!!!

Strat sends...

quote:

Originally posted by JoeJester:
Tufo,

Let me offer congrats on your excellent score.

If the last two cycles show anything, you should be about 20 questions ahead of your competition and with a narrow deviation ... say 10, you could end up with 73 or more points towards the SWE. Your certainly sitting real good.

Again, congrats on the score. I'm sure all your hard work paid big dividends.

(same person diff username) Thanks a lot! I did study a LOT for this test. I am very happy with the score just nervous about whats going to happen with the loran closure being possible and my lack of time in service/rate compared to others. Only time will tell. Again thanks a lot!