Gas Turbine System Technician rating insignia

Gas Turbine System Technician (abbreviated as GS) is a United States Navy occupational rating. The term rating or rate carries different meanings depending on which Navy is being discussed

Gas Turbine Systems Technicians operate, repair, and perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on gas turbine engines, main propulsion machinery (including gears, shafting, and controllable pitch propellers), assigned auxiliary equipment, propulsion control systems, assigned electrical and electronic circuitry up to the printed circuit and alarm warning circuitry. A turbine is a rotary Engine that extracts Energy from a Fluid flow This is the page for mechanical Gears For other uses see Gear (disambiguation For the gear-like device used to drive a roller chain see Sprocket A controllable pitch propeller (CPP or variable pitch propeller is a special type of Propeller with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change their An electrical network is an interconnection of Electrical elements such as Resistors Inductors Capacitors Transmission lines Voltage ^[1]

Gas Turbine Systems Technicians (Electrical) (GSE) operate, repair, and perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on electrical components of gas turbine engines, main propulsion machinery, auxiliary equipment, propulsion control systems, assigned electrical and electronic circuitry up to the printed circuit and alarm and warning circuitry. ^[1]

Gas Turbine Systems Technicians (Mechanical) (GSM) operate, repair, and perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on mechanical components of gas turbine engines, main propulsion machinery (including gears, shafts, and controllable pitch propellers), assigned auxiliary equipment and propulsion control systems. A propeller is essentially a type of fan which transmits power by converting Rotational motion into Thrust for propulsion of a vehicle such as an ^[1]

References

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See also

• List of United States Navy ratings

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