Navy specialists who work on Gas Turbine engine systems are normally working on equipment used to generate power or energy. This type of equipment is used mostly to generate electrical power to operate other systems and to power the vessel or facility in which the Gas Turbine generating system is located at. You can as a Navy Gas Turbine System Technician potentially work on a surface Navy Fleet Vessel, on a Navy Submarine, or at a land based Navy base or facility. The amount of power needed for various tasks that the Navy does in pursuit of its Naval mission is awesome; imagine the amount of energy that is necessary to fling a aircraft that weighs 70 thousand pounds into the air off a catapult on board ship. The equipment necessary to generate such large amounts of power is often a gas turbine power generator system.
As a member of the Navy Gas Turbine system specialty you will work with other soldiers as part of the Navy power and energy generation field. You will benefit from this specialty if you have a strong aptitude in physics or mathematics, and such an aptitude will allow you to gain training and skills in this specialty swiftly. You will work on various systems in the power and energy field, working to maintain and repair the propulsion system on fleet vessels, as well as working on gas turbine engines used to generate power.
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Working as a member of the power and energy field you may be involved in key repairs to the power system on an aircraft carrier, or asked to repair a gas turbine engine while at sea. The training and skills that you receive will allow you to operate air dehydrators, pumps, turning gears, and engineering and control unit equipment. In addition you will be at times asked to participate in maintenance and operation of nuclear power generating equipment and nuclear propulsion systems. As a sailor in this field you will work to maintain steam generation equipment both connected to gas turbine equipment and separately, and you will cross train on a number of different systems and power generation configurations.
The Navy is the undisputed leader in nuclear power generation and working, as a gas turbine system specialist will give you skills and training in both arenas. You will be able to find excellent employment opportunities in the civilian world after working in the Navy and being trained in this specialty.
