HVAC stands for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. After my brother Arden ("Ned") Packard II (1942-1996) was medically retired from the Marines, he took some training in HVAC. His MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) in the Marines had been Aviation Electronics, so the switch was not all that much of a change.
He was placed in charge of the HVAC facilities on an aircraft carrier out of Bremerton. That meant, for one thing, that he got to go out to sea on the carrier from time to time. He later went to work for CDI Marine, of Bremerton, as their Senior Electrical Designer.
All this was a result of being different from most of the other boys we knew, who could be found hunched over the engines of their cars or their parents' cars. Not Ned. No engines for him. He could be found lying upside down on the front seat of Mom's '51 Packard with his head under the dashboard as he fiddled with the radio. His interest in electronics was lifelong.
2 comments:
Sounds good that he got to continue with what interested him even after he had to retire.
I love the image of your brother hanging upside down in the car to do radio repair! Funny how someone's calling is literally that -- being called to a job that interests you.
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