On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:44:37 -0800 (PST),
wrote:
Do you get to pick where you go and what you do before you enlist or
do you go in knowing you may very well be placed in harms way? I know
the answer for draft dodgers, but how about 18 year old kids that just
sign up???
I don't know about the other services, (or even the modern Navy for that
matter) but when I was in you filled out a "Dreamsheet", which identified
your preferences of duty stations in order by 1st choice, 2nd choice and
maybe a 3rd.
It was called a Dreamsheet for good reason. In the end, you were sent
wherever the Navy had a billet open and requirement for your rate and job
code.
The Navy had a general policy of rotation from sea duty to shore duty, but I
know of many people that spent a full four years at sea (meaning stationed
on a ship and not actually being at sea for four years).
Eisboch