Hello everyone! Rising junior here who's inquisitive about military rankings and job designations. I'd seen the term 'AMEAN' related to one of the military branches. Can anyone shed light on what it is, and in which military branch it's prevalent?
AMEAN stands for Aviation Structural Mechanic, Equipment, Oxygen, and Safety Systems (AME) Airman (AN). This is a term related to the United States Navy. Navy personnel who hold this role are typically responsible for the maintenance of safety equipment and survival gear used by Navy pilots and naval aircrew. They might work on things like parachutes, seat survival kits, aircraft-mounted oxygen systems, and more.
You'd find this rank/job designation prevalent in the US Navy and it's specifically in the field of aircraft maintenance. The job may entail work on systems such as oxygen-generating systems, ejection seats, and environmental controls onboard naval aircraft.
Remember, there are a lot of specialties within the Aircraft Maintenance area in the US Navy. The overall rating is Aviation Structural Mechanic, and it's subdivided into different categories, AMEAN being one of them. The 'AN' at the end of AMEAN stands for 'Airman', which is one of the junior enlisted ranks in the Navy. So, an AMEAN is typically someone relatively new to the Navy, working in a very important maintenance role for aircraft equipment and safety systems.
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