Yeoman is a rating in the United States Navy where the primary duties of the enlisted sailor are clerical or administrative in nature.
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  • leonard david nordenstrom September 29, 2010 at 1:16am
    as manning had changed over the years things changed. Gone were the abundance of men in the ships office. On my last ship only I was available to stand the watch which left the office in complete dissaray. If i was not there all went to hell since i was the senior yeoman there. The chief was a CTA convert who was only interested in kissing ass in furthering her career.
  • leonard david nordenstrom September 27, 2010 at 8:01am
    As I remember it all now I had to show you things that were beneath your rate. I was definitely your superior then...you must be a chief by now.
  • Michael Kusuplos September 27, 2010 at 8:00am
    Sorry should be " What is is wrong with bridge watches"
  • leonard david nordenstrom September 27, 2010 at 7:59am
    I taught you many things as i recall.
  • leonard david nordenstrom September 27, 2010 at 7:58am
    Sorenson?! I think i know you.
  • Michael Kusuplos September 27, 2010 at 7:57am
    I resent your referencing our rate as a Office Bitch. Hell you had job to do and you did it. If you wanted into the Deck Department all you had to do was ask. It Was a lot interesting and cleaner then chipping paint, running a pin gun or applying down endless coats of NP117, Red Lead and Haze Gray.

    Watch was wrong with the Brdige watches? Everyone else had duty, so being on the bridge was not bad. At least as the the phone talker you got to know what was going on.

    Since I was in the Gator Navy, also got to learn how to operate the Davit's, handle boats, become a rifleman also, once I transfered to air ops command, got use the Naval Techinical Data System, control aircaft and really see how a command worked.

    Being a Yeoman was good experience plus it was clean.
  • leonard david nordenstrom September 27, 2010 at 7:50am
    from the thread i hear all is a down-play of the yeoman rating. Bullshit. We took care of the people, enforced discipline, assisted the executive and commanding officer in continuing their duties.
  • leonard david nordenstrom September 27, 2010 at 7:46am
    without the yeoman the ship's crew would mutiny. We kept things in check between the CO and dept heads.
  • leonard david nordenstrom September 27, 2010 at 7:30am
    Correspondence warriors! We did what no one else wanted to do. They all hated it and we weren't there their life would have been so much nastier. We did what had to be done. Besides of course the stupid bridge watches and repair parties.
  • Michael McWatt August 9, 2010 at 6:38pm
    I left the Navy in 1979 as an RM2. Six months later, I enlisted in the Naval Reserve TAR Program where there were no RM billets. They sent me to YN A School as an RM2.
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