Shore Tour Options for NFO?

[Purdue Jones]

This is way in the future but I was just wondering what are some of the shore tour options for NFO's? I know of Naval Post Graduate School, ROTC instructor, Rag instructor. Anything else? Any trend in where people are sent?

 

[Brett327]

This is way in the future but I was just wondering what are some of the shore tour options for NFO's? I know of Naval Post Graduate School, ROTC instructor, Rag instructor. Anything else? Any trend in where people are sent?

Pretty much same as any other aviator.

NSAWC
Topgun
Weapons schools
VTs / TRACOMs
Joint stuff
Pentagon
Flag Aide
PEP tour
Various intel gigs
FASO
VX squadrons
NSA
TPS
USNA
OPNAV
NORAD, to name a few

 

[wink]

When you rotate to shore duty consider what will follow for you. If you are dead set against staying in, than feather your bed and take a job that will come closest to setting you up for the transition. Shore duty in a large non military town is a nice way to transition and start networking. ROTC and recruting can do that for you. ROTC can get you a grad degree for free or nearly so and you can work through the college career services office. Recruiters can usually find time for school and they make contacts with civilian recruiters regularly. If you think you might stay in the navy your best best is to stay as close to the cockpit and/or your warfae speciality, ie AAW, IW. ASW, etc. That would mean RAG instructor or PEP job or a non flying job in your warfare speciality like NORAD. Then would come other flying jobs like VT instructor. Great jobs that don't necessarily fit this progression are USNA instructor, Flag aides, various joint tours and staff jobs. It would proably be good to avoid a job in the pentagon as a JO on his first shore duty. All those listed above and more are available. Realisticly, you will only have to chose between 2-4 of those options. If you don't have a plan (that is common) then do what sounds fun and let the chips fall where they may.

 

[Purdue Jones]

Thanks for all the info...Showing my experience I am a little confused to what some of those acronyms mean.

Specifically,

NSAWC
PEP
FASO
VX
NSA
TPS
OPNAV
NORAD

(Insert joke here)

 

[gregsivers]

Try this: http://www.militarywords.com/

 

[Purdue Jones]

Thanks,

That helped a lot.