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Hey moms,
Is it true that all orders are 36 months

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Hello Momship12 I'm not sure on the amount of years. I just know my son went in July 2012 and just got re assigned a few months ago. So, it was closer to 4 years. Hope that helps.

My son who is a corpsman was only there 24 months. So was the others he arrived with. Maybe it depends on your rate. He was stationed in Okinawa if that helps

No, some are 1 year, 2 year or 3 years.  depending on job and location.  when they put in for an assignment it will say for how long.  My daughter had 1 year in the Middle East and then signed up for the 2nd year while she was still over there.  then when she went to Japan she signed on for 3 years, then she came back to the Pentagon on a 2 year contract.....they all differ

Mine tried to explain it to me one time.  I believe he said because of the expense of sending someone overseas they try and get them to commit to three years but the contracts are two years.  He told me this while explaining why he may not be able to come home for Christmas this year.  Said a lot of two year contracts were coming to an end and the sailors were not extending for the third year.

Mine is assigned there for 2 years.  Then we'll see what's next.  He's in Yokosuka

Every rating has a different sea-shore rotation, and a few such as corpsman, have a different rotation (change of orders) schedule.  You cannot fairly compare orders issued to a technical rating sailor to those of medical personnel.  Intelligence ratings also do their own thing.  

Two years used to be common for single sailors, but 36 months has become the standard.  Yes, it depends very much on the rating, the billet (job slot), and the command.  Isolated or arduous duty commands like Diego Garcia or the Antarctica will be shorter (12~18 months), big bases such as homeports in the US and Japan will be longer (24~36 + months).  Because of the expense of moving a family, accompanied orders can be up to four years.

I'm new at this.  My son left for Yokosuka in August. He is a DC.  His 1st deployment. So can we expect 36 months?

His tour may well be 36 months, as that is a standard permanent change of station move (PCS).  If he is on a ship, Yokosuka is his "forward deployed homeport".  An actual deployment is when a ship goes to sea for a continuous time, or a unit goes to another location for a specific mission, and those can be a few months up to ten or so.  And do not expect him to be done 36 months on the dot, it could be a little longer or shorter depending on the needs of the Navy, the budget, and his contract.  

You will also hear of exercises, underways, work-ups, sea trials, when the ship leaves port.  Those tend to be shorter than what is considered a deployment.  Yes, there is a lot of jargon and lingo to wade through!  

Mine is MA going to Sasebo today. His orders are three years.

Sasebo is a great base, my husband was there.  Ship or shore duty?

My son had 2-yr orders with an automatic 1 yr extension (so 3-years) to Okinawa. He's fine with that - he was excited to get overseas orders. He's been there since April - he's planning to come home in May 2018 for his next-younger sister's high school graduation but doesn't have any other plans to come stateside during his tour.

I miss him terribly but I'm proud of him and glad that he's following his dreams. I also try to remember that when I was his age (24), I moved cross-country with him as a toddler away from MY family for 4 years and we all survived.

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