33 SAILORS GRADUATE FROM ELECTRONICS COMPUTER COURSE

Groton — Twenty-six sailors of Class 17110 graduated from the Submarine Electronics Computer Field, SECF, Apprentice course on Sept. 28

The SECF “A” school combines a core curriculum of Electronics, Fire Control, and Sonar Technician skills and abilities while emphasizing team training and cross rating familiarization.

Seaman Apprentice Darian Lee, Seaman Margarita Nguyen, and Seaman Apprentice Aidan Steen were Class Honor Graduates. Lee, Nguyen, and Seaman Apprentice Terrel Styles were named Graduates with Distinction. Seaman Juan Lucio received the Navy League Award. Both Lee and Steen were meritoriously advanced.

The Submarine Electronics Computer Field Apprenticeship (SECF) training school is an 18-week course of instruction combining three ratings, Sonar Technician, Fire Control Technician, and Electronic Technician in the same classroom along with instructors from all three ratings.

SECF encompasses topics such as basic computer and electronic training and fire control systems, trigonometry and pre-calculus, AC/DC circuits, basic power supplies, digital systems, radar and microwave theory and operation, basic sound propagation, passive/ active theory, Gram Analysis, oceanography, naval security, acoustic systems fundamentals, sonar underwater acoustics, acoustics analysis, submarine target motion analysis, computer technology and maintenance fundamentals, sonar watch standing and shipboard noise control.