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Hi rod, I am currently a Navy DEP right now shipping out in 2 months. I may be getting a bit ahead of myself here but I was wondering how the whole assignment and dream sheet thing works. If I am correct you fill it out shortly before leaving your "A" school,Pensacola in my case, and may or may not get your location preference depending on the Navy's needs. I am in the AC rating and I was wondering if you knew how hard or otherwise it is to be stationed overseas say at any NAS in Japan, Italy, Spain or anywhere abroad. I'm wondering if most sailors request to be located in the U.S. or abroad. And does a lot of it just depend how high in your class you are at "A" school? Thanks.
Hi Mike,
You'll want to see my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/joiningup/a/recruiter10.htm
It discusses first duty station assignments.
The simple fact of the matter is there is no way to tell or even estimate for sure where your first assignment will be. It depends on where the Navy needs brand-new ACs at that particular point in time. The "needs of the Navy" can (and does) change from one month to the next.
Your first assignment may not be overseas. But, I can pretty much guarantee, if you stay in the Navy, you'll get more than your share of overseas assignments.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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