Striking other ratings in PACT-SN

[YN2(AW)Williams]

Originally Posted by CTT1(SW)Griffin

Sub service is voluntary and you'll be able to volunteer for that service if you meet the qualifications. When you're ready you'll talk to your commands Career Counselor about your options. You'll do this when you're striking a final rate though, not at the start typically.

I read his question in regards to that as asking if you can literally do a strike for a submarine rate, as in on a submarine.

Would what you said still be considered striking sub though? I thought striking a rate was more the process of trying out different rates until you found one that you qualified for, liked, and the Navy needed. I guess what I am trying to ask is volunteering for sub duty after you selected a rate be part of the striking process? Or would that just be volunteering for sub duty same as any other rate? Or am I just splitting hairs?

[FlyNavy]

Originally Posted by PringleMan

I read his question in regards to that as asking if you can literally do a strike for a submarine rate, as in on a submarine.

Would what you said still be considered striking sub though? I thought striking a rate was more the process of trying out different rates until you found one that you qualified for, liked, and the Navy needed. I guess what I am trying to ask is volunteering for sub duty after you selected a rate be part of the striking process? Or would that just be volunteering for sub duty same as any other rate? Or am I just splitting hairs?

Once you have a rate then that's when you'd drop your package for sub duty.

Here would be a pretty common situation and what you'd most likely encounter:

I'm an undes sailor getting sent to USS Whatever. After a year or 2 I strike as an IT (or whatever, just an example), but I'm interested in Sub Duty. Once it's time to re-enlist and pick my new orders I would talk to my detailer and be like "Hey, I wanna go subs". With my package already completed (because I'm motivated and got it done early) I would submit that and the detailer would see if he can get me the orders and the schools.

There's other ways to do it, but when you're up for a new duty station is a pretty good time to do it. They won't let you out of your first command to go do it early in most cases.

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