This document summarizes the military experience and training of Andrew Lee Grabhorn including his roles and ranks in the Navy from 2009 to 2013. It shows that he served as a Boatswain's Mate, advancing from Seaman Recruit to Petty Officer Third Class. It also lists relevant coursework including shipboard firefighting training and Navy security force sentry qualification courses involving weapons and self defense.

1. OCCUPATION: BM, Boatswain's Mate
PRIMARY OCCUPATION:
NAVY, ACTIVE: PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS, Pay Grade E-4
SEP 2012 - SEP 2013 (1 Year)
NAVY, ACTIVE: SEAMAN, Pay Grade E-3
APR 2011 - SEP 2012 (1 Year 5 Months)
NAVY, ACTIVE: SEAMAN APPRENTICE, Pay Grade E-2
JAN 2011 - APR 2011 (3 Months)
JUN 2009 - JUL 2009 (1 Month)
NAVY, ACTIVE: SEAMAN RECRUIT, Pay Grade E-1
JUL 2009 - JAN 2011 (1 Year 6 Months)
JAN 2009 - JUN 2009 (5 Months)
DUTY OCCUPATION:
NAVY, ACTIVE: PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS, Pay Grade E-4
SEP 2012 - SEP 2013 (1 Year)
NAVY, ACTIVE: SEAMAN, Pay Grade E-3
APR 2011 - SEP 2012 (1 Year 5 Months)
NAVY, ACTIVE: SEAMAN APPRENTICE, Pay Grade E-2
JAN 2011 - APR 2011 (3 Months)
JUN 2009 - JUL 2009 (1 Month)
NAVY, ACTIVE: SEAMAN RECRUIT, Pay Grade E-1
JUL 2009 - JAN 2011 (1 Year 6 Months)
JAN 2009 - JUN 2009 (5 Months)
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1. LAST NAME - FIRST NAME - MIDDLE NAME 2. PAY GRADE 3. YEAR(S) IN
SERVICE
GRABHORN ANDREW LEE E-4 5
4. MILITARY SERVICE COMPONENT 5. DATE OF
INFORMATION
NAVY, ACTIVE 2013 OCT 01
6. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING HISTORY (In reverse chronological order) AND RELATED INFORMATION
EXPERIENCE HISTORY:
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2. OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION FROM AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION FOR: BM
(NER-BM-004, Exhibit dates AUG 2006 - OCT 2013)
Exhibits competence in shipboard operations including stevedoring and maintenance; operates and maintains small
boats, deck equipment, and machinery; demonstrates knowledge of rigging, ship's security, deck seamanship,
navigation, and piloting.
PAY GRADE E-4 (BM3): Prepares metal and wood surface for primers and paints; prepares and applies primers and
paints; rigs cargo handling equipment to replenish ship at sea; handles cargo in port; uses signals for directing winch
and crane operators; cares for and stows natural fiber, synthetic, and wire rope; makes fenders and eye splices; handles
small boats as coxswain; uses navigational aids; understands limitations of small boats in rough weather, low visibility,
and capacity; interprets nautical rules of the road regarding crossing and overtaking situations and avoiding collisions;
reads compasses; steers by compass; operates and maintains sewing machine for sewing canvas; stands watch as
boatswain's-mate-of-watch at sea and in port; uses, maintains, repairs, and overhauls blocks, tackles, and shipboard
rigging.
CREDIT RECOMMENDATION FROM AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION FOR: BM
(NER-BM-004, Exhibit dates AUG 2006 - OCT 2013)
In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in industrial safety, 3 in basic
seamanship, 3 in computer applications, 2 in rigging applications, and 2 in small boat maintenance (8/06)(8/06).
RELATED CIVILIAN OCCUPATIONS FOR: BM
All Other Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand (OES 98799)
Boatswain (DOT 911.131-010)
Canvas Repairer (DOT 782.684-010)
Material Handler (DOT 929.687-030)
Menders, Garments, Linens, And Related (OES 85956)
Rigger (DOT 921.260-010)
Riggers (OES 85935)
OCCUPATION: SR, Seaman Recruit
PRIMARY OCCUPATION:
NAVY, ACTIVE: SEAMAN RECRUIT, Pay Grade E-1
AUG 2008 - JAN 2009 (5 Months)
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION FROM SERVICE FILE FOR: SR
(Description dates JAN 1982 - OCT 2013)
This is an enlisted grade E1 in training for rating SN.
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3. OCCUPATION: SN, Seaman
DUTY OCCUPATION:
NAVY, ACTIVE: SEAMAN RECRUIT, Pay Grade E-1
AUG 2008 - JAN 2009 (5 Months)
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION FROM AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION FOR: SN
(NER-SN-002, Exhibit dates JAN 1990 - OCT 2009)
Performs all basic seamanship functions aboard ship that involve line or wire and rigging used to secure the ship to a
pier, mooring, or anchor; is able to identify functions of navigation and shipboard equipment; lowers, raises, and
launches lifesaving equipment; handles small boats; navigates by using several different types of compasses; keeps
records by degrees or points; knows navigational aids, nautical rules of the road, and the buoys of inland waters of the
US; knows the nomenclature of decks, superstructures, and parts of the hull; knows the purpose and limitations of first
aid and the first aid treatments for electrical shock, simple and compound fractures, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and
burns; must be qualified as a swimmer, fourth class; knows how to determine the classes of fire hoses and how to use
carbon dioxide, dry chemical, and water portable fire extinguishers; knows the function of the typical fire main system,
fixed carbon dioxide system, water washdown system, and magazine sprinkling system; knows the difference between
flooding and progressive flooding and the danger involved.
CREDIT RECOMMENDATION FROM AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION FOR: SN
(NER-SN-002, Exhibit dates JAN 1990 - OCT 2009)
In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in nautical science (seamanship) and
3 in nautical science (navigation); if qualified as a swimmer, first class, 1 semester hour in swimming and additional
credit in swimming on the basis of institutional evaluation (10/99)(10/99).
** Note: Experience history data not available prior to FY 75 **
** Note: Description, Length, or Credit Recommendation will not be displayed for a course if that information is not available.
MILITARY TRAINING:FEB 2011 - FEB 2011
NAVY COURSE: A-495-0018, SHIPBOARD FIREFIGHTING
LENGTH: 1 Day.
COURSE DESCRIPTION FROM SERVICE COURSE FILE:
(Description Dates JAN 2008 - OCT 2013)
TRAINING HISTORY: COURSES
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
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4. This course is to provide instruction to Officers and Enlisted personnel in fire fighting tactics so that they may integrate
into shipboard fire fighting teams. Students will be expected to comprehend and apply fire fighting principles, rules, and
concepts. Live fires will be fought with standard U.S. Navy fire fighting equipment.This course satisfies Level III of
Shipboard Survivability Training Level Requirements IAW OPNAVINST 3541.1F. / The Fire Fighting Integrated team
Training is designed to provide instruction and evaluation to Officers and Enlisted personnel in team oriented firefighting
tactics and procedures. Students will receive training in high temperature, high intensity, and multi-space fires.
Graduates will posess the necessary skill sets to allow immediate integration into shipboard repair parties.
(NAVY TRAINING HISTORY COURSE: A-495-0018)
MILITARY TRAINING:MAR 2009 - MAR 2009
NAVY COURSE: A-830-2216, NSFS
LENGTH: 3 Weeks, 1 Day.
COURSE DESCRIPTION FROM SERVICE COURSE FILE:
(Description Dates MAY 2005 - OCT 2013)
Topics addressed in this course include the fundamentals of watch standing and use of weapons. Watch standing
includes authority and jurisdiction; equipment and logs; detecting surveillance, watch responsibilities and the
nomenclature of Baton and Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) canister. Use of OC (pepper spray) and the intermediate weapon
(baton) includes safety, use of deadly force, baton characteristics and operation, OC canister nomenclature, spray
patterns, and first aid characteristics. Students will traverse through five (5) separate engagement stations and perform
the proper techniques of baton strikes after being exposed to OC (full Level I exposure). Use ofweapons includes safety,
use of deadly force, weapons characteristics and operation. Students will fire courses of fire outlined in OPNAVINST
3591.1 (series) for the 9mm pistol, shotgun, and M16. / This course is designed to provide the necessary knowledge
and skills needed to perform the duties and responsibilities of a Navy security force sentry for controlling access to US
Navy assets. Trainees will learn to implement immediate actions to identify, assess, track, and deter potential threats
utilizing and demonstrating the proper tactics, techniques, and procedures of the Use of Force Continuum along with
proper implementation of Force Protection procedures and watch standing techniques. / NLW training consists of basic
subject communication skills, confrontation management, Use of Force Continuum, Unarmed Individual Self-Defense
Skills, and Close Range Subject Control Skills (CRSC) involving Mechanical Advantage Control Holds (MACH); along
with training on the nomenclature, characteristics, and fundamentals for the safe handling and employment of both the
expandable baton and Oleoresin Capsicum (OC). Training on OC (pepper-spray) will include; carry methods, spray
patterns and general first aid (decontamination) considerations. All NLW training will culminate with students receiving
direct OC contamination (Level-1 exposure) and traversing through five (5) separate engagement stations,
demonstrating competency in CRSC techniques and employment of the baton. / Force Protection (FP) training will
include basic watch stander duties and responsibilities, authority and jurisdiction of a sentry, equipment and logs, guard
mount procedures, controlling access points, surveillance detection, immediate actions, guidelines for employment of
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5. warning shots, personnel and vehicle inspections, familiarization training on Vapor Tracer and G911 concussion
grenade, and watch-standing practical application scenarios for effectively performing the duties of an armed sentry. /
Firearms training will include safe handling and employment of the M-9 service pistol, M-16 service rifle and M500
service shotgun; along with the nomenclature, characteristics and operation of each weapon, range safety precautions,
weapons handling commands, field stripping, clearing barrel procedures, and the fundamentals of marksmanship.
Students will be required to demonstrate competency by shooting the courses of fire outlined OPNAVINST 3591.1
(series).
(NAVY TRAINING HISTORY COURSE: A-830-2216)
MILITARY TRAINING:JAN 2009 - FEB 2009
NAVY COURSE: A-060-0021, Boatswain's Mate A School
LENGTH: 4 weeks (156 hours)
COURSE DESCRIPTION FROM AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION:
(NV-1708-0013, Exhibit dates AUG 2005 - OCT 2013)
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to perform Boatswain Mate duties to include shipboard watch,
seamanship, anchoring, mooring, towing, ship preservation, amphibious operations, and safety.
Discussion, classroom exercises, laboratory, and lecture. Topics include shipboard organization, communication, ship
construction, watch teams, slip controls, deck equipment, ropes, tackle, booms and ladders, hazardous materials, and
safety.
CREDIT RECOMMENDATION FROM AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION
(NV-1708-0013, Exhibit dates AUG 2005 - OCT 2013)
In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in cargo handling, 2 in seamanship, and
1 in marine safety (9/06).
(NAVY TRAINING HISTORY COURSE: A-060-0021)
MILITARY TRAINING:NOV 2008 - DEC 2008
NAVY COURSE: A-500-0026, Surface Common Core for CSCS (Center for Surface Combat Systems) Rates
LENGTH: 3 weeks (96 hours)
COURSE DESCRIPTION FROM AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION:
(NV-2202-0213, Exhibit dates MAY 2008 - DEC 2009)
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6. Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to perform first aid and CPR/Automated External Defibrillator
(AED); perform required tasks using proper safety methods; handle hazardous materials safely; identify and use hand
tools; implement damage control; and use Navy nomenclature and numbering systems appropriately.
Discussion, laboratory, and computer-based training. General course topics include safety; first aid/CPR/AED;
hazardous materials; Navy nomenclature and numbering systems; information security; hand tools; combat systems
operational sequencing; damage control; and maintenance and materials management.
CREDIT RECOMMENDATION FROM AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION
(NV-2202-0213, Exhibit dates MAY 2008 - DEC 2009)
In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in first aid and safety (6/09)(6/09).
(NAVY TRAINING HISTORY COURSE: A-500-0026)
MILITARY TRAINING:OCT 2008 - OCT 2008
NAVY COURSE: A-500-1000, NMT
LENGTH: 2 Days.
COURSE DESCRIPTION FROM SERVICE COURSE FILE:
(Description Dates NOV 2004 - OCT 2013)
To ensure the continued professional and personal development of junior enlisted Sailors during the initial phase of
Naval Service. / Covers such topics as: Decision MakingEqual opportunityDiversityDiscriminationHazingSubstance
abuseBlue on BlueSexual ResponsibilitySexual HarassmentSexual assaultSuicide awareness and
preventionFraternizationPlanning and Time ManagementStress ManagementAnger Management
(NAVY TRAINING HISTORY COURSE: A-500-1000)
MILITARY TRAINING:OCT 2008 - OCT 2008
NAVY COURSE: A-500-1111, TSC GLAKES INDOC
LENGTH: 1 Day.
COURSE DESCRIPTION FROM SERVICE COURSE FILE:
(Description Dates MAR 2004 - OCT 2013)
TO INDOCTRANATE NEW SAILORS TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION
(NAVY TRAINING HISTORY COURSE: A-500-1111)
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7. MILITARY TRAINING:OCT 2008 - OCT 2008
NAVY COURSE: A-950-0080, PFM
LENGTH: 2 Days.
COURSE DESCRIPTION FROM SERVICE COURSE FILE:
(Description Dates MAR 2001 - OCT 2013)
This course will train all new boot camp graduates on the principles of sound financial management prior to attending A-
school. The course will provide new Sailors with the basic skills, tools and values to keep them financially sound and out
of harms way. The course combines knowledge, skills and values to assist Sailors with starting their navy careers off on
a sound financial base. / This course is 16 hours of classroom instruction on a variety of basic skills and values from
understanding their pay and allowances; building a budget; selecting a proper bank and reconciling a checking account;
buying a car; the understanding; and proper use of credit.
(NAVY TRAINING HISTORY COURSE: A-950-0080)
MILITARY TRAINING:AUG 2008 - OCT 2008
NAVY COURSE: A-950-0001, Recruit Training
LENGTH: 8 weeks (157 hours)
COURSE DESCRIPTION FROM AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION:
(NV-2202-0165, Exhibit dates AUG 2002 - OCT 2013)
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of general military and Navy protocol,
first aid, personal health, safety, basic swimming, water survival skills, physical fitness, and fire fighting.
Audiovisual materials, practical exercises, classroom exercises, laboratory, and lecture. Topics include military protocol,
seamanship, fire fighting, first aid, safety, health, and physical conditioning.
CREDIT RECOMMENDATION FROM AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION
(NV-2202-0165, Exhibit dates AUG 2002 - OCT 2013)
In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in personal conditioning and 1 in
personal community health (10/06)(10/06).
(NAVY TRAINING HISTORY COURSE: A-950-0001)
** Note: Limited training history is available prior to FY 84 (ARMY); FY 78 (NAVY); FY 70 (AIR FORCE); FY 67 (MARINE CORPS)
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8. LEGEND CODE:
DOT: Dictionary of Occupational Titles published by the Department of Labor
OES: Occupational Employment Statistics published by the Office of Personnel Management
ONET: Occupational Information Network
DD FORM 2586, JAN 2010 PREVIOUS EDITION IS OBSOLETE
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