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New NFO stationing
- Thread starter dubldown
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? Are you talking after winging? In which case it'll be wherever the FRS squadrons are for the various platforms that NFO's are assigned.
Whidbey Is WA for EA-6B
Jacksonville FL for P-3
Lemore CA for F/A-18F
Norfolk VA (?) for E-2
Who did I miss. I assume the S-3 RAG is done?
phrogpilot73
Well-Known Member
I wouldn't worry about any of that until you actually are done with a fleet tour... You may change your mind...
AS a first tour JO (still a LT), Make coffee for the staff, make power point presentations for the staff, prepare briefs for the staff, occasionally brief the staff, you get the picture. Seriously, there are LOTS of different commands & activities which you could be assigned to. However, getting orders to any of those places will be determined in large part how well you do in your first JO fleet tour. Bottom line, if you do REALLY well in your first tour, you will have a much better chance of getting what you want for a follow on tour. Keep in mind also, that your community may have very different career path guidance for you once they see how you perform and what you are capable of.
You can bet on Pensacola for a little while after you finish OCS to go through API and Primary. Then depending on what you select, stay in Pensacola or go to Randolph, which by the time you select will probably be in Pensacola anyway.
So, point being, you can expect to stay in Pensacola for a little while right after OCS. Then, as the others have said, each community has a FRS located in various locations. Your final squadron will be a crap shoot right now because there are so many variables that go into which pipeline you end up in. Right now, don't worry so much about that but knowing that you'll be in Pensacola for a little while for your SNFO training, because what we tell you right now looks to be changing in the near future.
When you get into API, you'll be around some more avenues of information that can give you more current stats on what routes are working out and what aren't.
Thisguy
Pain-in-the-dick
Yep. VS-41 went away last Sept/OCT.
Hornet FRS: Miramar
Hornet duty stations: Miramar or Beaufort
Prowler FRS: Whidbey Island
Prowler duty station: Cherry Point
What about MCAS Iwakuni? Also, how common is it for a VMFA to get tasked out to a Carrier, what would an Marine NFO aboard ship do when he was not flying? Lastly, what do NFO's on deployment...in say...that lovely gem of the desert, Al Asad, do when they aren't flying? Just some stuff as a new guy here that I had on top of my mind.
Iwakuni (correct me if I'm wrong) just a deployment site for Marine D model Hornets. Also, D models do not go to the boat (but the single seat guys can). Everyone has a ground job for when you're not flying - doesn't matter if you're a pilot/NFO, or where you're deployed. Search on ground jobs for more details.
Brett
For the purposes of this conversation, Iwakuni is for deployments only. D model Hornets do not go to the boat. Regardless of where you are, at home, in the desert, or on the boat, when you aren't flying you have ground jobs to do. Or stealing bikes if you're in Iwakuni.