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Hello Mr. Powers,
I have recently completed an MBA program and have become interested in opportunities that the navy supply corps would grant. Through some of my research, I have been told that if selected for the program, I would have the choice of submarine, surface warfare, or aviation supply.
I have pretty much ruled out submarine, leaving me with surface and aviation to ponder. I was wondering if you would be able to give me a better idea of what each branch entails. For example, would one of the two branches be more likely to have more shore duty, be on a certain type of ship, or perform different duties.
As a side question, I was wondering which type of career fields in the Navy are more likely to be on shore duty as opposed to being deployed for sea duty. Based on my educational background, I'm pretty certain that the Supply Corps. is the way to go for me.....but I was just curious if any other fields stay on the ground more often.
Thank you for this great service that you provide to us all!
Hi Blake,
In either branch, you would likely perform the same ratio of sea duty/shore duty.
In both branches, you'll most likely spend your first 48 months of service assigned to a ship. After that, you'll spend 36 months assigned to shore duty, then 48 months assigned again to a ship.
If you are assigned to surface warfare as a supply officer, you can be assigned to pretty much any type of Navay ship (cruiser, destroyer, intel, fueling ship, etc.). If ass igned to aviation supply, your sea duty will pretty much be aboard an aircraft carrier.
I should mention here that you seem to be concerned with assignments which will keep you one shore.....If so, then joining the Navy is probably not your best choice -- the Navy is all about going to Sea. That's why the service exists. If that's not for you, then choose a different service.
Hope this helps!
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Rod Powers
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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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