Quartermaster - QM3 Antoin Gray

Meet QM3 Antoin Gray. It's easy to see the pride and professionalism he feels as a Quartermaster aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).

[@drewzzyxo5545]

I joined the Navy and I signed my contract for Quartermaster.

[@Scarrrz]

Same here! I ship out May 10th! How has your experience been in the Navy provided you're still in!

[@DrummerBoy.]

​@@Scarrrz I signed my contract as a Quartermaster yesterday, please tell me you like it 🥲😭😂

[@oR3oGiRL671]

Yeah me too, I thought QMs navigate with the captain of the ship.

[@itperdition]

Quartermasters work directly for the Navigator. The Navigator works for the captain.

[@brendanroy452]

I thought Quartermasters delt with navgation and we're on the bridge why is he folding flags all day.

[@itperdition]

The Signalman (SM) rate was rolled into QM. The SM rate did flashing light, semaphore and flags. It makes sense because every ship I served on the QM and SM were in the same department, navigation. When I was in they were separate rates and some of my good friends were SMs, they would come down in hang in the chart house or I would go up to the flag locker and shoot the breeze. The Coast Guard had them combined at the time, so navy followed suit a few years after I was discharged.