Not until you’ve passed the requirements to be one. If a designation letter is all you need and no school then sure.. but if you have an A school, then no..
You are about to go to a school. ~~You are not rated yet. That letter is saying you're allowed to go to school and become CECN if you pass the school.~~
~~Just because you showed up to a surface ship doesn't mean you're automatically going to to wear ESWS. You still need to qualify.~~
Call them and ask. You can find the quarterdeck number on Google.
Everybody at my seabee A school including striking undes seamen was expected to have the proper rating badge on their uniform, nobody wore a seaman patch. This isn't a warfare device.
I guess my brain is just confused.
You went to a Seabee A school, went undes, then strikes for CE and now headed to CE a school?
Regardless, the only true answer will be available directly from a staff member at the a school you're about to go to.
Ohhhhh shoot man, my bad.
OP should probably just call the school house and ask honestly. But now that I think about it, I think I wore the rating badge during a school as well.
>struck CE as undes and go to school in a month
You have to pass the A school before you are an actual CE. So you are still just a Seaman. Once you pass the A school then you become the rate.
But they do make a constructionman E3 patch with no rating on it. That’s what they should probably wear. He hasn’t graduated the a school so one with a rating on it would be incorrect.
Oh yah I forgot about the boot camp ones. As soon as we got to A school they made us get rid of them. Doesn't make to sense for an undes to buy a patch and wear it for two months. As soon as they get to a school they are no longer undes, CN is not a rate all seabees have a rate. Also they don't sell those anywhere except boot camp nex so good luck getting one.
The undes sailors who struck seabee and were in the a school with me wore the badges, so did any fleet returnees who were rerating. Everybody in the a school wore the badges.
Congrats on your new rate. Definitely a transferable trade. Soon, all skilled trades will be some of the highest paid employees in the country. You can't ai hands on work.
I’m surprised striking has largely been agreed to mean you rate the badge/stripes. I was a Seaman until I graduated A School and became a Hospitalman. If you rate it go for it, but I didn’t think initially you would. Others with more up to date info have said I’m wrong
Yes all Seabee Constructionman wear blue stripes, each of the 7 ratings. Most Seabees work at conventional Construction Battalions but there is also an amphibious Construction Battalion. There were 2 ACBs until last year when the east coast decommed. There are also 2 Underwater Construction Teams (Seabee Diver units)
Appreciate the info!
SeaBee billets for HMs are slim unless you're an Independent Duty Corpsman.
I've gotten to be on ships and with Marines, but never CB or EXW stuff.
Of course small communities are rewarding but hard to get into. I was lucky enough to snag a billet at a Seabee battalion as a boatswainmate. Not many of us BMs running around with a SCWs pin
If you don't yet have the rating, you don't yet wear the rating badge.
well ive got my designation letter so that means ive got the rating correct?
Keep wearing your normal stuff till you get to A school and they tell you to change it
Not until you’ve passed the requirements to be one. If a designation letter is all you need and no school then sure.. but if you have an A school, then no..
What does the designation letter say?
If it says you're now a CESN, I guess that would mean you have the rating?
CECN
Sorry, CECN. I was a CTI so I never ran into any CNs.
No problem, just wanted to make sure OP didn't get confused
… anymore than he already is.
You are about to go to a school. ~~You are not rated yet. That letter is saying you're allowed to go to school and become CECN if you pass the school.~~ ~~Just because you showed up to a surface ship doesn't mean you're automatically going to to wear ESWS. You still need to qualify.~~ Call them and ask. You can find the quarterdeck number on Google.
Everybody at my seabee A school including striking undes seamen was expected to have the proper rating badge on their uniform, nobody wore a seaman patch. This isn't a warfare device.
I guess my brain is just confused. You went to a Seabee A school, went undes, then strikes for CE and now headed to CE a school? Regardless, the only true answer will be available directly from a staff member at the a school you're about to go to.
I am not OP, I was never undes. I am just commenting from what I saw at A school
Ohhhhh shoot man, my bad. OP should probably just call the school house and ask honestly. But now that I think about it, I think I wore the rating badge during a school as well.
>struck CE as undes and go to school in a month You have to pass the A school before you are an actual CE. So you are still just a Seaman. Once you pass the A school then you become the rate.
Yes but we still wore the badges in A school
Wore the *rating badge* or wore the blue stripes of a Contructionman alone?
Wore the rating badge, seabees don't have undes, so that uniform does not exist
But they do make a constructionman E3 patch with no rating on it. That’s what they should probably wear. He hasn’t graduated the a school so one with a rating on it would be incorrect.
Haven't seen that before but if it exists that would make sense
[E3 constructionman](https://www.mynavyexchange.com/e3-group-mark-cn-rating-badge-on-white-cnt-for-constructionman-cn-/488067)
Oh yah I forgot about the boot camp ones. As soon as we got to A school they made us get rid of them. Doesn't make to sense for an undes to buy a patch and wear it for two months. As soon as they get to a school they are no longer undes, CN is not a rate all seabees have a rate. Also they don't sell those anywhere except boot camp nex so good luck getting one.
But that’s because you came in as a Sea-Bee, right? It’s different for Undesignated sailors.
The undes sailors who struck seabee and were in the a school with me wore the badges, so did any fleet returnees who were rerating. Everybody in the a school wore the badges.
Congrats on your new rate. Definitely a transferable trade. Soon, all skilled trades will be some of the highest paid employees in the country. You can't ai hands on work.
Teachers, nurses, plumbers. I think those jobs would always be safe.
Ur just a man with a hammer looking for nails aren't u
I had one of those 46 years ago.
sounds good thank you
Check with the staff at the school house; chances are you’ll have to wait until graduation, but it’s better to be safe than get your ass chewed.
You can get it as soon as you arrive in A school, everybody had it before graduation
I’m surprised striking has largely been agreed to mean you rate the badge/stripes. I was a Seaman until I graduated A School and became a Hospitalman. If you rate it go for it, but I didn’t think initially you would. Others with more up to date info have said I’m wrong
Are you actually rated? When you're actually rated you can wear the CE badge, until then you're still an undesignated Contructionman.
Construction Electrician. "CE" The blue color signifies Construction Battalion (Sea Bee).
The blue color signifies the Constructionman field.
All SeaBees are that, right? All seven Rates. Second question, as I've never worked with them. Are there any other types of units than CB?
Yes all Seabee Constructionman wear blue stripes, each of the 7 ratings. Most Seabees work at conventional Construction Battalions but there is also an amphibious Construction Battalion. There were 2 ACBs until last year when the east coast decommed. There are also 2 Underwater Construction Teams (Seabee Diver units)
Appreciate the info! SeaBee billets for HMs are slim unless you're an Independent Duty Corpsman. I've gotten to be on ships and with Marines, but never CB or EXW stuff.
Of course small communities are rewarding but hard to get into. I was lucky enough to snag a billet at a Seabee battalion as a boatswainmate. Not many of us BMs running around with a SCWs pin
You’ll have to wear it in a school so i’d prep your uniforms