I have one of the most exciting jobs I ever had. I support the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams, which in lamen terms is the bomb squad of the navy. My command supports a number of teams spread out across Iraq. My two main jobs are to transport robots and maintain the armory. 
The robots are pretty exciting. The job requires me to fly in helicopters and transport robots to different bases. The different teams will notify me when one of their robots breaks down or gets blown up. Then I swap their bad one with a good one. I take it back to the repair facility and get it fixed so it can be ready for the next team who needs it. The importance of this job is to ensure that the teams have robots that are fully working at all time so they don't need to put on a bomb suit and walk down the lines to disarm Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). My favorite part of the job is getting away from the desk and flying for a few hours. Riding on helicopters is like riding on a roller coaster, but for a longer period of time. Plus I don't have to wait in line for hours to get on the ride.
My second job is to maintain the armory. Basically I'm incharge of issuing out weapons and ammo, reporting the status of the weapons to my higher chain of command, and setting up range times at the shooting range. It's not as involved as the robots, but still an important job.
My regular job in the navy is an electronics technician, so I'm not used to doing jobs like this, but I love to learn new things. It really beats sitting behind a desk all day, pushing paper and finding stuff to do to fill my time.
A collateral job that I have volunteered to to do out here is Mail Petty Officer (Mail PO). It's fun to be able to act like Santa Clause everyday. I go to the post office and bring back all the care packages for everyone at my command.
Then if anyone who's ever been in the military knows that your job doesn't just end there, especially being low on the totem pole like I am. There's other various jobs that we get tasked with, whether it's helping another department out or doing janitorial duties. It's the part of the job that sucks but is a necessary evil.
The robots are pretty exciting. The job requires me to fly in helicopters and transport robots to different bases. The different teams will notify me when one of their robots breaks down or gets blown up. Then I swap their bad one with a good one. I take it back to the repair facility and get it fixed so it can be ready for the next team who needs it. The importance of this job is to ensure that the teams have robots that are fully working at all time so they don't need to put on a bomb suit and walk down the lines to disarm Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). My favorite part of the job is getting away from the desk and flying for a few hours. Riding on helicopters is like riding on a roller coaster, but for a longer period of time. Plus I don't have to wait in line for hours to get on the ride.
My second job is to maintain the armory. Basically I'm incharge of issuing out weapons and ammo, reporting the status of the weapons to my higher chain of command, and setting up range times at the shooting range. It's not as involved as the robots, but still an important job.
My regular job in the navy is an electronics technician, so I'm not used to doing jobs like this, but I love to learn new things. It really beats sitting behind a desk all day, pushing paper and finding stuff to do to fill my time.
A collateral job that I have volunteered to to do out here is Mail Petty Officer (Mail PO). It's fun to be able to act like Santa Clause everyday. I go to the post office and bring back all the care packages for everyone at my command.Then if anyone who's ever been in the military knows that your job doesn't just end there, especially being low on the totem pole like I am. There's other various jobs that we get tasked with, whether it's helping another department out or doing janitorial duties. It's the part of the job that sucks but is a necessary evil.
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That's awesome you love doing what you do, not a lot of people can say that about their own job, congrats!
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