Merger of Yeoman and Cryptologic Technician Administrative Ratings

Thank you my friend PO1 William "Chip" Nagel for posting your informed perspective on yet another example of attempting to merge what probably makes little sense to merge.
FYI LTC John Shaw LTC Jeff Shearer Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter PO2 (Join to see) PO3 Phyllis Maynard CPO Charles Helms PO2 Frederick Dunn PO1 H Gene Lawrence

This was a bad move. We had a shipmate hit HYT because she was converted to a YN with a CTA-like NEC and her promotion test consisted solely of old-school YN questions.

I do believe something should have been done with CTAs because every CTA I met was also an SSO/ASSO and I don't know if that is necessarily appropriate for the CT rate as a whole, because they served every cleared sailor at the command.