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I am Sailor First
Class Katherine Burnard.
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I'm from White Rock BC
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and I'm a Naval Communicator.
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Naval communicators or NAV Comms establish
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and maintain communications
on board Canadian warships
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and submarines to stay in contact
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with allies at Sea Shore units and family
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and friends. On the bridge.
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Nav comms handle voice
circuits with other ships,
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advising leaders on tactical signaling
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and fleet exercises with quick judgment.
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In the communications control room.
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They handle all long range radio
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and satellite communications.
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I like to say that the naval
communicators are the ears
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and mouth of the ship.
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Signal has been executed. Sir
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Roger.
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It's very action packed when
you're sitting up here on the
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bridge because you're going
to be the ones talking
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to all the other ships that
are sailing around you.
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You're gonna be making
sure that the officer
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of the watch is staying in
his station, making sure
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that we're not gonna be crashing into any
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of the other ships, making sure
everyone knows what's going
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on around them as well as
what's gonna be happening.
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Computer network administration
specialists within the
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NavCom occupation maintain
the administrative
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and operational networks
on ship and onshore.
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They ensure all services, applications,
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and data on these networks
function according
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to their specifications.
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NavComm's receive IT training
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to operate networks in live environments
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and provide desktop
support, server support,
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network support, hardware
support, compliance and security.
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When you're on onboard ship,
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Naval Communicator could be
considered like your first line
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responder in the IT world.
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Anytime someone has an IT problem,
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we're gonna be the first
ones to go and assist them.
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We also help set up everyone's accounts,
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make sure everyone's emails
are flowing smoothly.
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We set up our networks
so that everyone can use
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and we also set up our voice
circuits so that we're able
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to communicate off the ship.
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Being an able communicator,
we work with secret
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and top secret information as well
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as unclassified information,
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but knowing all those secrets
that are coming on board.
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Super cool 'cause we're gonna be the ones
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that are being trusted
with this information
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and we're passing it on to a
very limited amount of people
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so you have to be able
to keep those secrets.
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Nav coms also have
duties such as Watchkeeper
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or Sentry, line handler on the main deck,
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and ship's hand when
entering or leaving port.
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They take part in search
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and rescue activities, force protection
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and mid ocean replenishment operations.
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They may also have the opportunity
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to join the ship's dive
team or boarding party.
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My favorite part of the
job is working up here
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because this communications
control room, you're working
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with about the same six
to 12 people at a time.
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Whereas when you're working
on the bridge, you're working
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with your friends, you're working
with the officers, you get
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to know people a lot more.
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You get to hang out with
other sailors on the ship.
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I'm also a really big fan
of going to the other ports
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and seeing the world while
we're sailing around.
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Apart from visiting
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii,
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which I think is most sailors one
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of their coolest places to go.
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Seeing the history there, my
favorite port that I've been to
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would have to be Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
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I really enjoyed seeing
the Batu caves temple
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and I liked experiencing their culture
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and how they live over there.
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And I really liked the city. At the Batu
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caves, there's monkeys everywhere.
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They're crawling all over the
the walls and the the temple.
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It was insane. I think
working a regular job
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would be more scary than being in the Navy
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because when you're sitting at a desk,
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you're not really experiencing the world
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or what the world has to offer you.
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And in the Navy, for me at
least, I find it very valuable
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and I think it's a really
good use of my time
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'cause I get to experience everything
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and I get paid while I do it.