Rafael Rodriguez CTRC(SW) USN, 1985-2007 I was at the MEPS station and this female PO2 gives me a bunch of cards to read to pick my rate. It was a pretty big stack. So I go threw all of them and I tell her I don’t like none of these jobs. She looked at me confused as I was about to walk out. Then she pulls from a drawer one single card and tells me “I don’t know about this, I have never seen one of these guys, don’t know what they do, so read it and tell me if you like it”. I was majoring in computers so I read the card and see that school is in Pensacola, FL, about 4 to 5 months long. I see the computers and I say to myself where there is computers there AC and mostly shore duty. The card was CTR/T. I told her “I like this one”. Then she tells me I’ll give you a $1,500.00 bonus if you sign for an extra year. I told her “I don’t think so, you are pushing it”. I was a CTT and CTR for 23 years. I should’ve taken the bonus. Rafael Rodriguez CTRC(SW) USN, 1985-2007