John Eichmann, CTRCS, USNR (Ret) 1967-1989

When I made Seaman Apprentice, they asked me to join the SecGru and strike for CT. 
I thought I'd be a Lithographer, so I asked them what a CT did, and they said they 
couldn't tell me. Not wanting to make such an important decision without information, 
I wrote to my QM3 brother and asked his advice. He obviously didn't know either, 
because he never responded, so I joined the SecGru. Smartest thing I ever did. Later, 
I even had the opportunity to play LI by running a press a few times at NSGA Marietta. 
(For you young-uns, offset lithographic presses were used to produce printed pages 
before there were copy machines and laser printers.)
 
Now I find it interesting that both LI and CTR are more or less obsolete, at least as 
far my involvement with the technology was concerned.
 
John Eichmann, CTRCS, USNR (Ret)