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02-18-2017, 07:32 PM | #1 |
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Choosing submarine class on Sub School.
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I'm wondering about if is possible that I can choose one specific Submarine Class, such as SSBN Class later on Submarine School, or they send me to any submarine class that they want. I'll be very greatful for any information or advice. Regards, JGB |
02-18-2017, 08:51 PM | #2 |
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You don't say what school. Ultimately it is needs of the Navy. You may have an opportunity to state a preference. The way it worked in my son's STS class, there were a certain number of billets in various homeports. They got to choose locations, in order of class rank, but not the boat. That mostly amounts to choosing the type of boat since all the boomers are in Kings Bay and Kitsap.
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02-19-2017, 08:59 AM | #3 | |
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I have been trusting that I can choose SSBN submarine if I decide to being a YNS. But in my first tour it's impossible to do, in accordance with what you say. Under that premise I think I should select another job. Because I don't want to be submerged underwater up to nine months for three to four years. Regards, JGB |
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02-19-2017, 11:46 AM | #4 |
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Not being able to really choose which type of sub was the very reason my son as a nuke went surface on a carrier...
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02-19-2017, 05:05 PM | #5 |
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Ah, OK. With YNS you would spend a couple of months in Meridian, MS then just go up to Groton for BESS. I don't know how assignments would work from there, esp. if YNS is not separate in A school. BESS is pretty short. They made some change in YNS recently, but I don't really understand the implications.
The YN is an important guy on the boat. Attack subs do 6-8 month deployments, but on something like an 18 month cycle, so they go about a year in port or the shipyard, during which they will do short underways. For that matter, you could end up on a PCU or a boat going into the yard for extended maintenance, and go a couple years without much sea time. But surface ships are pretty much the same way, you would just have better communications and a bit more living space. Boomers go out for shorter durations, but more often. SSNs and SSGNs get to make port calls, SSBNs don't. To be guaranteed an Ohio class, you would have to be something like an MT. Join the Navy, see the world. 3/4 of it is water. |
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Thanks a lot for this information.I need to do maybe one last question about how is sea duty rotation schedule. If first or second or third sea duty tour on any job require from 3 to 5 years each one, how is the time period divided into sea/port period?. For example, first sea tour is about 4 years, then from these 4 years you can spend 10 months on a ship and later 2 months on port. Second year the same schedule and so forth, until finish first 4 years sea tour. It's is correct?. Regards, JGB |
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If you can clarify your question a bit maybe we could be more help. /r CTT1
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02-20-2017, 03:36 AM | #8 | |
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Yes, I understand how is sea/shore duty rotations. But I'm not clear about how often ships go out to sea and then they come back home port. It's depends on the ship schedule and it's not the same schedule to all ships but to understand how these different schedules can vary, how has been your experience with those schedules, or any experience that you know about different ships schedules? Regards, JGB |
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As a Submariner however, you'll do crew rotations. So the time your crew isn't on the boat, you obviously won't be going underway. /r CTT1
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