Getting stationed on Shore as AECF

Atom_breaker · 01-24-2014, 07:35 AM

I'm glad you mention that Guppy, what are some of the other things you do during sea duty? I would love an answer from Prop but he hasn't been on in a while..

LT Guppy · 01-24-2014, 02:22 PM

I mean, you'll be assigned to a ship, but they are in port for months at a time. In port, you'll be doing maintenance, training, preparing for inspections, and inspections.
Each ship had a life cycle (roughly two years long depending on the type of ship) where you're doing maintenance/upgrades, then inspections to qualify for deployment, work ups preparing for deployment, and then finally deployment.
While a ship is in homeport, it will get underway (go to sea) periodically for a couple weeks at a time.

LT Guppy · 01-24-2014, 02:23 PM

I mean, you'll be assigned to a ship, but they are in port for months at a time. In port, you'll be doing maintenance, training, preparing for inspections, and inspections.
Each ship had a life cycle (roughly two years long depending on the type of ship) where you're doing maintenance/upgrades, then inspections to qualify for deployment, work ups preparing for deployment, and then finally deployment.
While a ship is in homeport, it will get underway (go to sea) periodically for a couple weeks at a time.

bellhead · 02-10-2014, 06:04 AM

In my ET class we had 81 sets of orders for us, 22 where for shore duty with 10 for conus and 12 overseas, 6 of these where for embassy duty, 2 in London. We got to pick according to your grade in school, I picked 9th overall and went to Spain for shore duty. We had 7 FFG pipeline school orders which were 38 weeks at that time, those went quick ET's love school. Carriers went last.

Also if you can get it take a precomm.

01-24-2014, 07:35 AM	#1
Atom_breaker Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 411 Rep Power: 0	I'm glad you mention that Guppy, what are some of the other things you do during sea duty? I would love an answer from Prop but he hasn't been on in a while..

01-24-2014, 02:22 PM	#2
LT Guppy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,858 Rep Power: 0	I mean, you'll be assigned to a ship, but they are in port for months at a time. In port, you'll be doing maintenance, training, preparing for inspections, and inspections. Each ship had a life cycle (roughly two years long depending on the type of ship) where you're doing maintenance/upgrades, then inspections to qualify for deployment, work ups preparing for deployment, and then finally deployment. While a ship is in homeport, it will get underway (go to sea) periodically for a couple weeks at a time.

01-24-2014, 02:23 PM	#3
LT Guppy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,858 Rep Power: 0	I mean, you'll be assigned to a ship, but they are in port for months at a time. In port, you'll be doing maintenance, training, preparing for inspections, and inspections. Each ship had a life cycle (roughly two years long depending on the type of ship) where you're doing maintenance/upgrades, then inspections to qualify for deployment, work ups preparing for deployment, and then finally deployment. While a ship is in homeport, it will get underway (go to sea) periodically for a couple weeks at a time.

02-10-2014, 06:04 AM	#4
bellhead Newbie Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	In my ET class we had 81 sets of orders for us, 22 where for shore duty with 10 for conus and 12 overseas, 6 of these where for embassy duty, 2 in London. We got to pick according to your grade in school, I picked 9th overall and went to Spain for shore duty. We had 7 FFG pipeline school orders which were 38 weeks at that time, those went quick ET's love school. Carriers went last. Also if you can get it take a precomm.