Nearly 2,000 sailors in the engineman rating will become machinist’s mates by the end of fiscal 2013.
Sailors with these Navy enlisted classification codes will remain in the engineman rating, according to a fleetwide message announcing the EN community’s realignment with the machinist’s mate rating: 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305, 4306, 4308, 4310, 4314, 4324, 4333, 4334, 4340, 4342, 4343, 4346, 4366 and 4370.
Enginemen in other NECs with “limited diesel propulsion experience” also could remain in the rating, according to NAVADMIN 382/12, and sailors can request to transfer to the MM ranks.
More details in the link:
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2013/0...atings-010613/