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Sea Duty Questions
Hi Ladies,
My husband leaves for BC next month then goes to Pensacola for A-School. After that will he be assigned directly to a ship for his sea duty rotation or assigned to a base but be eligible for deployment? What exactly are the specifics of sea duty vs. shore duty? Do certain rates only get assigned to certain ships? His rate is CTT (4-year). I appreciate all your help and answers!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Sea duty is when they are assigned to a ship or a deployable unit. Shore duty is just that, assigned to a base and does not deploy.
CTT has a sea/shore rotation which begins with sea duty. However, that doesn't mean immediate deployment. The ship may be currently deployed, or just may have just come back and isn't scheduled to go out again soon. No way to tell this early! As for what type of ships, for CTTs, that is wide open. That's good, gives a broad choice of homeports. If there is a pressing need for a CTT for shore duty and he's the first warm body up for orders, there is a chance he could pull shore duty first; but that is so random and unusual, plan for sea duty and be happy of he pulls shore orders.
Sea/Shore Rotation for This Rating
- First Sea Tour: 36 months
- First Shore Tour: 36 months
- Second Sea Tour: 42 months
- Second Shore Tour: N/A months
- Third Sea Tour: 36 months
- Third Shore Tour: 36 months
- Fourth Sea Tour: 36 months
- Forth Shore Tour: 36 months
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Permalink Reply by Meridith_21 on
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So if he has sea duty first he will be assigned to ship, are your PCS orders to that ship's homeport? If so, what if the ship does not have a homeport?
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Every ship has a homeport. A few are forward deployed, but their homeports are placed like Guam or Japan (for example). Yes, the orders would be to the homeport.
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If you are looking at a list of ships, the ones which say "no homeport" are decommissioned, or if they are USNS, those are merchant marine, not AD Navy. There are also container ships listed.
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Great info to know. Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by Anchoredtomysailor on
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I don't understand this. My husband is LS he's in A school now, according to the about.mil website it says for his rating first sea tour-48 months first shore tour- 36 ..... he has a 5 year contract.
Can someone please elaborate on how many months he will be at sea and how many on shore?
And does this mean he has sea tour first?
Thank You!!
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It looks like the first 2 years he will be sea duty...assigned to a ship and eligible for a deployment. Then the next 3 years he will shore duty.
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Thank you so much for your quick reply. Now I understand better.
In those two years how many deployments can he have? How long is the average deployment?
Sorry I'm all new to this.
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It's OK, I am new too! Most range from 6-8 months, unless they are on a special assignment... so 2 max.
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Thank you !
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Be aware that there are also shorter underways, workups, sea trials, and exercises between the longer deployments. These can be a few weeks or a couple months.
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