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I know they dismissed our rate back in 1997. I would hope there are enough of us left to possably get together and see about creating a museum somewhere here in the states to preserve our long history and heritage that we all have shared as Molders. Any of you out there please give me a response if you read this Discussion. Thanks.
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From Bluejackets manual:Molder (ML)
MOLDERS operate foundries aboard ship and at shore stations. They make molds and cores,rig flasks, prepare heats, and pour castings of ferrous, nonferrous, and alloy metals. They also shake out and clean castings and pour bearings.
Larry Young
Young has been a full-time artist for the last 25 years and has placed over 50 monumental outdoor sculptures nationally and abroad. Most of his work has been in bronze, but he also works with stainless steel, marble, and other materials. He owns and operates a full-scale, 6,000 square foot foundry where he personally creates and produces most of his work. This personal oversight of production is very unusual for sculptors who create monumental bronzes.
Young developed his incredible skills and talent through a number of forums. He first learned to cast bronze as a molder in the US Navy. Following the Navy he achieved international prominence as a two-time Olympic medalist, the only American to ever win a medal in long distance racewalking. During this period he studied sculpture at Columbia College followed by a two-year fellowship to study sculpture in Italy. Young has been a full-time free lance artist ever since, known for his fluid forms, his innovative use of negative space, and his mastery of the bronze medium.
The origin of mankind, man's relationship with other life forms, and his destination have been important elements in many of Young's works. He has also been fascinated by human movement in dance and athletics and by the themes and compositional integrity of classical art. Like classical art, Young's life forms and other images are vehicles through which compositional networks are materialized. He frequently creates complex simplicity by simplifying human forms and placing them within deceptively simple complex compositions.
Navy to disestablish Patternmaker and Molder ratings Personnel Notes
US Navy Press Releases
»..The Secretary of the Navy recently approved the Chief of Naval Operations' request to disestablish the Patternmaker (PM) and Molder (ML) ratings, effective Oct. 1, 1997, due to the changing needs and ship force structure within the Navy.
Chief of Naval Personnel VADM Skip Bowman recently released NAVADMIN 039/96, informing 300 MLs and PMs and their chains of command the steps necessary for preparing for the future.
Highlights of the message include:
-- Competition for advancement/promotion:
The following are the last competitive cycles for MLs and PMs who have not converted to another rating: E8/9 Selection boards in March 1996 and March 1997 (MLs only); the Jan. 1997 E7 exam; the Chief Petty Officer selection boards in July 1996 and July 1997; and the Navy-wide petty officer exams (until March 1997). After these cycles, MLs and PMs must compete for advancement in new ratings.
-- Rating conversion:
All MLs and PMs should submit conversion requests reflecting three prioritized rating choices (using the ENCORE/FORMAN system) before Oct. 1, 1997. Qualified MLs and PMs are eligible to request conversion to any Career Reenlistment Objectives (CREO) 1 rating. Currently, the Master-at-Arms and Navy Counselor (both CREO 1) rates offer outstanding advancement opportunities. MLs and PMs may also request any CREO 2 rating. Requests for conversion to a CREO 2 rating will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Excellent career opportunities exist in the builder (BU) rating for senior PMs (E5/6) with construction experience and for all junior PMs (E4 and below). MLs and PMs who do not request conversion before Oct. 1, 1997, will be converted to the Hull Technician (HT) or Machinery Repairman (MR) ratings.
-- Training:
E6 and below Sailors will attend a minimum of class 'A' school to help prepare them for duties in their new rating.
-- Reenlistment:
MLs and PMs will not be eligible to reenlist in the ML and PM ratings after Oct. 1, 1997.
-- Rating badges:
As with all rating conversions, MLs and PMs who desire to retain their current rating badges after Oct. 1, 1997, can do so until advancement in their new rating or reenlistment, whichever occurs first. MLs and PMs who retire without advancing or reenlisting may retain their current rating badge.
-- Effect on drawdown tools, Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) and End of Active Obligated Service (EAOS):
The disestablishment does not modify previous eligibility guidance concerning early out, Voluntary Separation Incentive/Selective Separation Bonus (VSI/SSB), Temporary Early Retirement Agreement (TERA), previously approved SRB installment payments or EAOS for MLs and PMs who reenlist before Oct. 1, 1997. Sailors converting to a new rating will be eligible for the SRB authorized for their new rating.
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