CTI's at sea

jzhaun · 12-10-2015, 10:46 PM

Hi, CTI2 here. Like CTT1 says, it really depends on the language. Some have no opportunities for certain types of dirsup, others are a little bit more open. Your chances to go to sea are better if you stay in past the first enlistment - for Chilings it's less than 20% for E4 or E5, but about 50% as an E6.

You can look on the community manager pages to see the breakdown for a specific language family - "sea" includes ships, subs, and aircrew though.

Of the dirsuppers I know, most go out for a month or two at a time. Longest I've heard of was 9.

CTI7D7/7DFCTN · 12-14-2015, 05:37 PM

Your only opportunity to get on a ship is through DIRSUP Surface orders. When I went through DLI, the only orders we were allowed to volunteer for were DIRSUP Sub orders, but you may have more say as a fleet returnee.

However, even if you're DIRSUP, you may be farmed-out to a local shop as there are usually only a limited number of opportunities for a bunch of E4-E6 linguists. If this happens to you, as it did me, just make sure you make yourself heard and keep bugging your home division as you could get lost in the shuffle. I was literally forgotten while working a shore mission. After 2 years I showed up to let them know I was ready to deploy if they had a spot and they thought I was coming to volunteer from another division.

I was on a Med tour for about 6 months and our crew left out of Norfolk with the ship. This is rare as most are flown out and flown back for short stints.

I was an Arabic linguist, though. As the others stated, it is probably going to be different depending on your language.

12-10-2015, 10:46 PM	#1
jzhaun Active Duty Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 627 Rep Power: 0	Hi, CTI2 here. Like CTT1 says, it really depends on the language. Some have no opportunities for certain types of dirsup, others are a little bit more open. Your chances to go to sea are better if you stay in past the first enlistment - for Chilings it's less than 20% for E4 or E5, but about 50% as an E6. You can look on the community manager pages to see the breakdown for a specific language family - "sea" includes ships, subs, and aircrew though. Of the dirsuppers I know, most go out for a month or two at a time. Longest I've heard of was 9.

12-14-2015, 05:37 PM	#2
CTI7D7/7DFCTN Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Your only opportunity to get on a ship is through DIRSUP Surface orders. When I went through DLI, the only orders we were allowed to volunteer for were DIRSUP Sub orders, but you may have more say as a fleet returnee. However, even if you're DIRSUP, you may be farmed-out to a local shop as there are usually only a limited number of opportunities for a bunch of E4-E6 linguists. If this happens to you, as it did me, just make sure you make yourself heard and keep bugging your home division as you could get lost in the shuffle. I was literally forgotten while working a shore mission. After 2 years I showed up to let them know I was ready to deploy if they had a spot and they thought I was coming to volunteer from another division. I was on a Med tour for about 6 months and our crew left out of Norfolk with the ship. This is rare as most are flown out and flown back for short stints. I was an Arabic linguist, though. As the others stated, it is probably going to be different depending on your language.