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NAPLES, Italy – Forty-six years after his father enlisted in the United States Navy, Peter Rauso Jr, is continuing the family tradition of sea service through his own enlistment which took place on board Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy Mar. 24.
Pete Rauso Sr., ashore information systems director for Military Sealift Command Europe & Africa enlisted in the Navy on the anniversary of D-Day – June 6, 1979 and following recruit training at Great Lakes, Illinois attended Radioman “A” school in San Diego, California. After a career that spanned just over two decades, Rauso Sr. retired as Radioman First Class in July of 1999.
Towards the end of Rauso Sr.’s career the Navy had begun to establish a new rate that would encompass the Radioman (RM) and Data Processing Technician (DP) ratings under the new Information Systems Technician (IT) rating.
“They offered me to either retire as the first IT or the last RM, and so I decided to retire as the last RM1,” said Rauso Sr.
One of the achievements of the Navy’s early Radiomen was their contributions to the establishment of the Cryptologic Technician (CT) rating. According to the U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association “Today’s Cryptologic Technician can trace his roots back to those enterprising Radiomen who taught themselves the Japanese Katakana code in the early to mid-1920s and established the first intercept station at Shanghai, China.”
Over the years, several branches of the CT rating were formed, including Administrative (CTA), Communications (CTO), Maintenance (CTM), Collection (CTR), Technician Technical (CTT) and Technician Interpretive (CTI). The final branch added to the CT rate was Cryptologic Technician Networks (CTN) in 2004. In 2023, the Navy’s CTNs were formally incorporated into one of the Navy’s newest rates, Cyber Warfare Technician (CWT).
Enter Peter Rauso, Jr.
“I joined as a Cyber Warfare Technician. It’s a six year requirement which gives you automatic E4 after “A” school, plus I got a “C” school,” said Rauso Jr.
Besides continuing the legacy of the Navy’s RMs and CTNs, Rauso Jr. is focused on broadening his educational opportunities over the course of a full career.
“I want to do twenty years. I want to retire,” said Rauso Jr. “But one of my goals definitely is to start going to school. I have some credits already and after “C” school, I’m sure I’ll only be a few classes away from my Associates. I’d like to get my Bachelor’s and become an officer,” Rauso Jr. continued.
Rauso Sr. noted the uniqueness of his son not just following his footsteps in the Navy, but continuing the progression of the rating the early Radiomen laid the foundation for more than 100 years ago.
“I told him it’s an evolution of what I went through, because when I went through it was different,’ said Rauso Sr.
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| Date Taken: | 03.24.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 03.28.2025 08:23 |
| Story ID: | 493969 |
| Location: | NAPLES, IT |
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