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What happens after NROTC?
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Permalink Reply by spensmom on
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Thank you. This is a big help. Gives me more information than I had. My son is interested in Japan as his first billet. We will see if he gets it.
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I'm not sure........a destroyer maybe??? He has also mentioned the "Command Ship", whatever that means. Sometimes I feel very lost with all this........no military experience at all. I just want him to be happy with what he is doing.
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Thanks for all your good suggestions and information. North Carolina is a beautiful place. I've lived here all my life. It would be nice to have him in Norfolk but I think he would rather start his career somewhere else. We shall see what happens. Take care.
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AFter NROTC, after commisioning is it usual for kids to only get home once a year? For how long? Can you visit the somewhere? Is that for 5 years? What is 3 years reserves like after that?
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Spensmom- It's been quite a few years since our son was commissioned and reported to his first duty station but I will share this... He was sent to a base with limited housing so he rented an unfurnished apartment right away. The Navy dispatched a moving company to transfer his household goods from his home of record (our house) to his new apartment. He had been a college student living in a dorm for 4 years so he really didn't have much in the way of household goods, so we had them pack out our couch, dishes, cookware and anything else I figured he could use from our house and we bought all new! It was my reward to myself for a job well done:-) That was 12 years ago. This summer we helped his wife unpack at their new duty station... 2 moving vans and a small truck. How things change.
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Thank you. Is it difficult to find an apartment close to base or do they often have many around just for that problem? Are there other new officers who share or did your son get one on his own? Times change very quickly!!! :)
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These are all great responses. Keep them coming. It helps me feel better to have some information "under my belt".
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NavyMomXXXY is right. The housing office is a great resource. I think he also used Rent.com. Our son got his own place at first, and negotiated a 6 month lease. By the time 6 months had passed he had made friends and met people. The first 3 years he had roommates and lived by himself at times usually 6 month leases. By the time he hit the 4 year mark, he was renting houses. Year 5 he got married and bought a house in southern California... sold it 18 months later, bought another house in Virginia. That house is now a rental house and they are living in a house in Florida they are renting from another officer. A year ago last Fall they absolutely fell into a short term rental on Coronado Island that his wife found on Craigslist. fabulous little 2 bdrm cottage about a block and a half from the water and the Hotel Del Coronado. The Navy... the commercials don't tell you that it's an adventure in housing.
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