▁being ▁a ▁Flag ▁Lieutenant ▁until ▁you ' re ▁persu aded ▁that ▁the ▁gu y ▁you ' ll ▁be ▁a ▁Flag ▁Lieutenant ▁for ▁will ▁be ▁a ▁force ▁in ▁the ▁Navy .' " ▁He ▁recommended ▁that ▁H ank ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁Post grad uate ▁School , ▁which ▁had ▁moved ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁to ▁Mon ter ey , ▁California . ▁H ank ▁applied ▁and ▁was ▁accepted . ▁ ▁Middle ▁career ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁just ▁after ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁Mon ter ey , ▁Must in ▁made ▁Lieutenant ▁and ▁began ▁his ▁two - year ▁post - grad uate ▁course . ▁With ▁an ▁eye ▁to ▁the ▁future , ▁he ▁took ▁elect rical ▁engineering . ▁" I ▁had ▁this ▁idea ▁that ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁what ▁the ▁Navy ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁do ▁in ▁my ▁career , ▁the ▁adv ances ▁would ▁be ▁more ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁electron ics ▁and ▁electric ity ▁than ▁they ▁would ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁prop ulsion , ▁or ▁any ▁other ▁area ." ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁pres cient ▁move . ▁With ▁the ▁on set ▁of ▁the ▁miss ile ▁era , ▁ord n ance ▁and ▁elect rical ▁engineering ▁went ▁hand ▁in ▁hand , ▁and ▁H ank ' s ▁two ▁years ▁at ▁school ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁the ▁transition ▁from ▁vac u um ▁tub es ▁to ▁trans ist ors . ▁He ▁could ▁be ▁certain ▁that ▁his ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁techn ologies ▁would ▁have ▁practical ▁application ▁once ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁sea . ▁Al ready , ▁Must in ▁was ▁m aturing ▁in ▁his