Acoustic Intelligence Specialist
These are the instructions how to input your customization
at check out click (show order summary) (or in the order summary column ) leave me a note in the (leave note and instructions)
Please put your name/rate/rank AND NUMBER in the comment
Design is cut out of 16 gauge steel MEASURING 9 INCH BY 9 INCH and uniquely painted for options of all kinds. THE PICTURES ARE FOR COLOR CHOICES YOU WILL RECIEVE ONE THAT LOOK LIKE THE FINAL PRODUCT OF YOUR COLOR CHOICE AND THE BLACK SONAR EMBLEM. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN REACH OUT AND TALK TO ME PERSONALLY.
ACINT riders are qualified Sonar Technicians (STG for surface or STS for submarine) in paygrades E6-E9. It is part of a highly selective, closed-loop, voluntary CNO (Chief of Naval Operations) priority program with rigorous screening, training, and qualification processes (often 18-32 months long, with high attrition rates around 50%).
From the programs start in 1962 there have only been 305 Sonar Techs that have qualified for the now NEC 708B. (formally 0416)