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Comment by ellen0502 on October 25, 2013 at 2:58pm

AHawk76, Any computer classes will help, communications and information systems, math, electronics.

Comment by AHawk76 (Div 920) on October 25, 2013 at 2:01pm

One more question - she doesn't ship until July of next year. Any classes she can take on a college level that would give her a little headstart on this rating?

Comment by Cleaver6 on October 25, 2013 at 12:56pm

AECF is an excellent choice. It will serve your daughter well. She won't have a choice as to which rating of the two; it will be assigned to her.

Comment by AHawk76 (Div 920) on October 25, 2013 at 12:45pm

SO my daughter is a MEPS and she was offered this rating today and took it. Not even one we looked at she was hoping for HM or AG but this looks exciting. So how does it work? Does she get to decide which path FC or ET to take or do they see what her strengths are and choose for her? I have no information at all on this rating - doing my research now. She is swearing in as we speak. =)

Comment by Anti M on October 15, 2013 at 1:38pm

When my dad was in the Navy, we moved every two years. When I was in, a lot depended on the duty station, but for singles is was two years, married was three years and there was often the option to extend to four years.  Now three and four years are the norm, with extensions, it can be five years.  It builds unit cohesion to not shift sailors around too much, and it is better for the family to stay put.  I manage to live in the same house in Japan between my orders, then my husband's shore duty in the same place I was, and then his sea duty out of the same port!   Nine years in one place.  I'd already been there once, so added up, I spent 12 years in Japan.  Homesteaders!

Comment by Vickyrun on October 9, 2013 at 11:37am

Rebecca, my daughter moved 3 times during training, then was assigned to a ship. She stays with that ship's homeport unless assigned to another ship. She will have to move when her ship is forwarded deployed to another homeport.

It is my understaning that the Navy is much different then the Army, when my Dad was in the Army we moved every 2 or 3 years. But in the Navy they can stay with the same ship for longer, the family stays at the homeport while the sailor goes out to sea. 

Comment by RebeccaProudWife on October 8, 2013 at 12:33am

Thank you ladies for the info.

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on October 8, 2013 at 12:10am

My one daughter was an ABH on a carrier. After A school she spent her entire career in Norfolk. My other daughter is an FC and after 2 years of school and holds she will spend the next 3 years in Japan

Comment by MyKidIsInNavy on October 7, 2013 at 11:56pm

Mine is ET comms....has orders to Japan, but waiting to now find out if C school is in SanDiego or Norfolk....and he said about 90 days or so for school....give or take...:)  we know how that goes...lol

Comment by Anti M on October 7, 2013 at 3:41pm

When the sailor is on training, A school, C school, you can expect to move frequently, even less than a year apart.  After that, it is more like every three years for accompanied moves from one PCS duty station to another, four years if they can extend a tour.  The big exception is if the ship changes homeport, sometimes that includes an unexpected move. There's not really a way to know if that's going to happen, and it isn't overly common.

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