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Henry Lewis

Information Technology Specialist
First Class Petty Officer (E-6)

Mine Warfare Training Center
U.S.S. Inchon
Ingleside, TX
 
Job overview
Career path in the Navy

Life on a ship

Importance of lifelong learning

Biggest challenge

 

 
Academic Concepts
Work Skills
 

My mother always taught us those values and to keep God in your life and then anything goes wrong, always thank God or pray to God, you know, to help me get through this. And my wife, she's there to help me out a lot. And being that I have two kids, ages 10 and 11, I wanted to be a good role model for them so whenever they come home with their problems, I sit there, talk to them about it, and try to help them the best I can. And now that stuff that they're learning in school now, I really need to stay up to speed with it because they come home and ask me questions about it. So I want to be there for them, but I also don't want to look dumb in front of them, try to, you know, stay up there with them and stuff so I can help them out.

Well, you have to have good communication skills, oral, a good oral and/or written command of the English language. Writing skills are very important as well. And it's something inside. You've just got to have that drive, just want to excel, keep excelling because in this day and age, everything is changing rapidly and stuff, so you have to have resources out there where you can go back. You know, teachers. Then and there is a helpful is you can go out there and check new information out as it comes along.