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US Navy Duty Rotation Question
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02-09-2009, 12:07 AM
Hi all, while here in Singapore, I've met an engineer (no idea which area) who works for the US Navy (but sounds like an Aussie and has lived in NYC) six months out of the year (on a ship?) and then gets "land leave" for six months.
Does anyone have any idea as to what he does? He's paid very well and is only about early 30s.
02-09-2009, 12:31 AM
Officer on an electric boat? cough*nuclear_sub*cough
02-09-2009, 12:44 AM
Isn't the 'Navy' base in Singapore an airstrip ?
I've heardof 4 months on / two months off, 6 month ship tours (but not6 months 'off'). I don't know anyone who was in for more than three years, though, and the only person I know who was on Navy subs was in for 20 years and he never said what his schedules were ( they were never consistant) and I never kept track.
02-09-2009, 12:48 AM
He could have been on one of the crews of a nuclear submarine...
They routinely have a "blue crew" and a "gold crew"... the boat goes out with one crew, while the other is on leave, and then it makes port, gets resupplied, changes crews, and goes out again. Aircraft Carriers occasionally lay up for repairs after a long cruise, giving the crews extended leaves, but not regularly.
02-09-2009, 03:12 AM
Was he on leave while in Singapore?
Six on, six off doesn't sound like a military cycle. Blue and Gold refers to the crews of Fleet Ballistic Missile boats, I believe. They would have a fixed patrol cycle and it probably wouldn't vary much. The Fast Attack boats could have much more sea time and uneven cycles. I wonder if he was on some Navy research vessel or a USNS ship.
02-09-2009, 03:18 AM
Ditto--most likely an engineer for a USNS or MSC (Military Sealift Command) ship. Most merchant mariners have that 6-on-6-off schedule, USNS/MSC guys happen to be employed by the military although they are not sailors or officers.
I doubt they get that schedule if they're assigned to a shore station.
02-09-2009, 05:20 AM
IronMac wrote:"Paid Very Well"? He's a civilian, working for the military. BGnR 
02-09-2009, 07:12 AM
FWIW, missle sub crews are at sea for three months then on shore for three months (there are two crews as mentioned above).
They can take some of their 30 days/year of leave while on shore duty, but they aren't on leave for six months of the year. I would have requested a boomer (not Sharon Valerii, unfortunately) if that were the case!
02-13-2009, 04:31 PM
[quote=RAMd®d]
The Fast Attack boats could have much more sea time and uneven cycles.quote] 1986 I spent 156 days sitting off the coast of Libya. When we left all we had was coffee, powered eggs, tomato juice, and pancake mix left to eat. Yeah, we fast attack boys had it good !! 8-) Jay |
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