In prototype you get a dream sheet where you can select home port or platform on preference. So if you want east coast and put in for homeports of Norfolk, and Groton, you may get them, but you won't have choice on if its a carrier or a sub. You can request platform instead (like boomer or fast attack subs). However, if you are a non-sub vol then platform is irrelevant because its only carriers available, so it comes down to home port. Be warned that if you are planning to go subs, you can still end up being sent to a carrier in prototype, but not the other way around. ANYONE can go to a carrier regardless of if you're a sub vol, but only sub vols can go to subs. You could also put in for specific commands, but you aren't likely to get those (so if you really wanted to Precom, you could put in for a PCU command, but don't count on it)
Also be warned, your dream sheet is your top 5. It in no way means you'll get anything on it, its needs of the navy, but they'll try to accommodate you if that's what you decide if it fits into their needs. That said, you can also trade orders with someone once you all have your orders, if they want your command and you want theirs, as long as you are the same rate with the same NEC (which in prototype means both are third class of same job rate and both with nuke NECs). This is a formal process, so I forget the steps but I know it can be done, I know someone who was a non-sub vol whos friend wished he hadn't sub vol'd and they traded orders so he got orders to a sub and his friend got the orders to the carrier, and he was glad he traded after.
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