Crewman Tamboline was a Starfleet petty officer assigned to the USS Enterprise in the 2260s.

In 2265, Tamboline switched from the operations division to the sciences division, and was being personally trained in the various jobs and roles of the department by Lieutenant Commander Spock. (TOS - Crucible novel: The Fire and the Rose)

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) sciences personnel
under Charles Rasmussen & Robert April	Allinsky • Griggs • N'a'tt'n'a'i • Osterman • Ramirez	under Christopher Pike	Cayman • Chia • Davies • Kirk • Lucero • Reed • Shinobi • Spock • T'Pris • Viola • Yu
under James T. Kirk (first five-year mission)	Ackroyd • Alden • Amstel • Aristeides • Avitts • Bennit • Berganza • Bergdahl • Berkley • Berry • Berryman • Bistie • Boma • Bordell • Brad • Brent • Calloway • Carstairs • Charvat • Clark • D'Amato • Darnell • Dimas • Domberwicky • Durban • Ellis • Erickson • Errgang • Faust • Ferriter • Fisher • Follett • Frank • Freeman • Freyer • Galway • George • Giacomo • Gilden • Greelee • Greenburg • Haines • Harrison • Helman • Hernandez • Herrada • Hinton • Homeyer • Hopkins • Hurst • Irizarry • Jaeger • Jameson • Jaramillo • Karras • Kearly • Krisp • Kwan • Lawton • Lindstrom • Lowrey • Mai • Manprasad • Margolis • Mason • C. Masters • Maynooth • McGivers • Meier • Mejia • Mendoza • Moreau • Morris • Mulhall • Nelson • O'Hara • O'Shea • Owens • Palamas • Parham • Pearson • Perez • Phillips • Pittarese • Plikin • Randall • Rathbone • Niall Rawlins • Rodino • Rodriguez • Romaine • Rose • Russell • Sanchez • Schafer • Spock • Stewart • Sturgeon • Sulu • Sydney • Tamboline • Tormolen • Tracy • Tremain • Valjean • Vedama • Vigeland • D. Watley • E. Watley • Weaver • Weinberg • Wells • Ybarra
subsequent missions under Kirk & Spock	Amaar • Bolek • Chang • D'Hennish • Fisher • Freeman • Greywolf • Haley • Hester-Jones • Kwan • W. Meier • Nakashima • Naraht • Saavik • Sagady • Sonak • Spock • Tenaida • Themon • Theras • T'Yee • Uuvu'it • Whitehorse
see also: administrative personnel • communications personnel • engineering personnel • medical personnel • pilots & flight control personnel • security & tactical personnel • senior staff • unnamed (2240s and 2250s • 2260s • 2270s and 2280s)