Robert Franklin Beabout, LT USN Retired, 1954-1976 My story is rather simple. I told the classification interviewer at Bainbridge boot camp in early 1954 I wanted to be an ET. He said that if I put CT(M branch) down I would get 48 weeks ET school plus 6 more weeks for whatever CT's did. Probably the only time I ever got my first choice. By the time I got to Treasure Island the six week course had been cancelled, ET school had been reduced to 36 weeks, and after waiting almost three months to start class the course was shortened to 24 weeks. Robert Franklin Beabout Enlisted 9 Mar 1954 Retired as LT on 1 Jul 1976