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Hi, I was just wondering what the usual length of Navy deployments is? I cant seem to find anything online about lengths of time, but I think I remember hearing someone say its about 6 months. Is this accurate or does it depend on where they are sent? My fiance is about to leave for boot camp and will be doing Air Traffic Control if that affects the length of his deployments. Also, I want to thank you because your ASVAB study guide helped him do really well on his test!
Hi Mary Ann,
Normal "Peace Time" deployments (on a ship) is about six months.
However, this isn't "peace time." It depends on the type of ship, the mission, the area deployed to, etc. It can run anywhere from the afore-mentioned 6 months to 12 months.
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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