Where will I end up?

[bbrandon92]

Originally Posted by sweetmtn

Dont feel bad, I have a friend that is an ET, when he first started he ended up getting coffee for the marines in Iraq! Now he fixes office equipment on a carrier on Admiral Staff..yes, he hates it! And he has been in 20 years this June!

well I already have intentions on re-enlisting, probably making a 20 year career out of it. But if that happens to me il be out the second my contract is up.

[prop827]

The Navy sends you where they need you, be it shore duty or a carrier. Generally, your first tour will be sea duty then shore duty, but not always. If you really want to have the best chance at a say in it, you need to do well in your A and C schools. The highest GPA usually picks their orders then next highest and so on; if you're in the middle (and definitely in the rear) you probably won't get too much say in orders. One way or another though, you're an ET, you'll be fixing and doing preventative maintenance on electronics like copy machines, somewhere.

[kforbs126]

Originally Posted by prop827

The Navy sends you where they need you, be it shore duty or a carrier. Generally, your first tour will be sea duty then shore duty, but not always. If you really want to have the best chance at a say in it, you need to do well in your A and C schools. The highest GPA usually picks their orders then next highest and so on; if you're in the middle (and definitely in the rear) you probably won't get too much say in orders. One way or another though, you're an ET, you'll be fixing and doing preventative maintenance on electronics like copy machines, somewhere.

That's not true at all for ET's. Orders are given out needs of the Navy. You'll get a dream sheet to put location, ship type, school, etc. I've seen the people with the lowest GPA's get IFF school which is the hardest ET C school. And the smartest ones get crap C schools. It all depends on the detailer. I was lucky the detailer we had gave everyone location they wanted.