I am still confused. You said in post #12 that operator doesn't apply, yet in post #25 you said " operations doesn't describe a person but operator does. " In one you said it doesn't, yet in the other you said it does, am I missing something? As for radioman being changed to something like radio operations, it would make sense if you asked "what are you?" and they could say I'm in radio operations (which could be the new rating) first class(rate/pay grade). Radioman doesn't fit everything either since you were a journalist did you ever use a radio or operate one? I realize that this is the military we are talking about which is part of the government and very little they do makes sense, but perhaps with the de gendering of the classes they can come up with new classifications that makes more sense.
