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Deployment
What is the maximum length of time for deployment for a female sailor (I don't think that matters)? Her rating is AM. I was under the assumption, max was 6 months? However, I am getting some other information.
thanks.
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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The same amount of time a male Sailor would be on deployment. SAILORS ALL go on ships for deployments. Each ship is different, they could be gone for a month or for 8 months or even longer.
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Permalink Reply by navymalespouse on
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So can a sailor essientially be overseas for 4 consecutive years?
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She can be stationed over seas but tour's aren't normally 4 years.
What are you asking?
Your first question was about deployments (which means ships out to sea) and your second one was about being oversea's?
Are you married to a Sailor? Has she gone to bootcamp? Is she in "A" School?
Sailors get assigned to a command, if that is a ship the ship has a homeport. The ship goes underway for I would say about 50-75% of the year. If the homeport is overseas, the ship will be underway I would say about 70-80% of the year.
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Yes, I am married. She will graduate boot camp 3/18/11 and her 'A' school is 5 weeks in Pensacola. We have two kids. She wrote in a letter about boots on the ground. We are not worried about her time away (although obviously would rather be together) as much as making sure we prepare everything at the homefront (wherever that will be) for the kids, myself and support.
Thank you for your responses. It helped clarify.
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This is going to sound harsh...but to prepare for when she is gone, means you take care of everything. Bills, medical, sick kids, school, dinner, keeping the house up, taking care of any repairs, etc....
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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With two children, she is unlikely to get overseas orders. It is not impossible, and it is not impossible she won't be with a squadron who may deploy overseas for a while. Just less likely. Slightly.
You can find support from other spouses, and Family Services has many great resources.
Keep asking, we'll keep answering (sometimes at the same time!)
LOL, we're both old hands, although I'm an older hand than Angie.. she has more current information.
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I think we have a basic misunderstanding of terms here.
Deployment is when a ship goes out to sea on a tour, somewhere between four to eight months, longer if they are needed. Six months is merely the rough average. They also go to sea for shorter periods, for exercises and drills, to work up the systems, and so on, Those can be a few days or a few weeks.
A sailor is assigned to a ship for roughly three years at a time. The ship has a homeport, which is where they return after their deployment, where the families usually reside. The homeport can be in the US, and we do have bases overseas where ships are homeported.
A sailor could be sent to a ship overseas if that was where their homeport is. Usually a sailor who is an E-3 or below is not authorized to take dependents overseas. The Navy can send a married sailor to fill a billet like that, but it is cheaper to send the single sailors. Again, three years.
In aviation, they can be assigned to squadrons. They deploy with the aircraft carriers, but are homeported on a Naval Air Base nearby.
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Thank you very much. You understand my thinking. She is an E-3. I know once I get to speak with her it will make more sense. Thanks again.
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whoa...
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Emma, there are expedionary squadrons that are "boots on the ground" but not too many, and those squadrons know they will not be with a carrier, some sailors are even asked if they want to be with an expedionary (sorry if I spelled it wrong) squadron.
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Sea Shore Flow is based on what tour someone is on, it is not based on rank! This isn't new information it came out in 2008.
http://www.npc.navy.mil/NR/rdonlyres/BA4C437D-CC89-4E2B-B864-82D5E8...
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