Choosing submarine class on Sub School.

[jbpr77]

Originally Posted by CoolHandL

Ah, OK. With YNS you would spend a couple of months in Meridian, MS then just go up to Groton for BESS. I don't know how assignments would work from there, esp. if YNS is not separate in A school. BESS is pretty short. They made some change in YNS recently, but I don't really understand the implications.
The YN is an important guy on the boat.
Attack subs do 6-8 month deployments, but on something like an 18 month cycle, so they go about a year in port or the shipyard, during which they will do short underways. For that matter, you could end up on a PCU or a boat going into the yard for extended maintenance, and go a couple years without much sea time. But surface ships are pretty much the same way, you would just have better communications and a bit more living space.
Boomers go out for shorter durations, but more often. SSNs and SSGNs get to make port calls, SSBNs don't.
To be guaranteed an Ohio class, you would have to be something like an MT.

Join the Navy, see the world. 3/4 of it is water.

Thanks a lot for this information.I need to do maybe one last question about how is sea duty rotation schedule. If first or second or third sea duty tour on any job require from 3 to 5 years each one, how is the time period divided into sea/port period?. For example, first sea tour is about 4 years, then from these 4 years you can spend 10 months on a ship and later 2 months on port. Second year the same schedule and so forth, until finish first 4 years sea tour. It's is correct?.

Regards,

JGB

[FlyNavy]

Originally Posted by jbpr77

Thanks a lot for this information.I need to do maybe one last question about how is sea duty rotation schedule. If first or second or third sea duty tour on any job require from 3 to 5 years each one, how is the time period divided into sea/port period?. For example, first sea tour is about 4 years, then from these 4 years you can spend 10 months on a ship and later 2 months on port. Second year the same schedule and so forth, until finish first 4 years sea tour. It's is correct?.

Regards,

JGB

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking here. The sea/shore rotation is how long you'll be a part of a certain command. IE 4 years on a boat, 3 at a shore command, etc, etc. The latter part of your post seems like it's asking maybe how often do you go out to sea, which just totally depends on your ships schedule.

If you can clarify your question a bit maybe we could be more help.

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CTT1

[jbpr77]

Originally Posted by CTT1(SW)Griffin

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking here. The sea/shore rotation is how long you'll be a part of a certain command. IE 4 years on a boat, 3 at a shore command, etc, etc. The latter part of your post seems like it's asking maybe how often do you go out to sea, which just totally depends on your ships schedule.

If you can clarify your question a bit maybe we could be more help.

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CTT1

Greetings,

Yes, I understand how is sea/shore duty rotations. But I'm not clear about how often ships go out to sea and then they come back home port. It's depends on the ship schedule and it's not the same schedule to all ships but to understand how these different schedules can vary, how has been your experience with those schedules, or any experience that you know about different ships schedules?

Regards,

JGB

[FlyNavy]

Originally Posted by jbpr77

Greetings,

Yes, I understand how is sea/shore duty rotations. But I'm not clear about how often ships go out to sea and then they come back home port. It's depends on the ship schedule and it's not the same schedule to all ships but to understand how these different schedules can vary, how has been your experience with those schedules, or any experience that you know about different ships schedules?

Regards,

JGB

It really varies throughout the year. The ships are constantly going through maintenance periods, training, exercises, you name it. So there really isn't a baseline of how often you'll be back and forth. It's flexible.

As a Submariner however, you'll do crew rotations. So the time your crew isn't on the boat, you obviously won't be going underway.

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CTT1

[scott.henry]

Originally Posted by CTT1(SW)Griffin

It really varies throughout the year. The ships are constantly going through maintenance periods, training, exercises, you name it. So there really isn't a baseline of how often you'll be back and forth. It's flexible.

As a Submariner however, you'll do crew rotations. So the time your crew isn't on the boat, you obviously won't be going underway.

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CTT1

The crew rotation is only for SSBN/SSGN. Fast boats do not rotate crews. I have been on both types and I will take a fast boat any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Boomers have their perks like a little more space and the whole crew swap thing, but they don't go anywhere. They poke holes in the water for 3 months and come home. Also, because of the 2 crew thing, there is really no ownership. Everything is a "Blue Crew problem" or a "Gold Crew problem." There's a lot of passing the buck. Also, in my humble opinion, that 3 months away from the boat is very detrimental to your operating proficiency. You get rusty pretty quick once you're away from the boat and not in an operational mindset.