How do I become assigned to a ship?

[leslo92]

In about 6 months, I will be enlisting to be a corpsman. I was just wondering how I can be on a ship and what I have to do in order for that to happen.

[Da-Chief]

Here this might help,

Go out and collect "8" black beads, 4 Blue beads, 2 Muave Beads..

Put them in a "FOLGER's" 8 Oz Coffe CAN, with a Blue top..

Spin in a circle 7-8 times.. Throw said beads in the air and yell

AYYYY KARUAMBA!!!

Hey this was tongue in Cheek,

I can tell you that in 23 years of Active Duty, up for orders multiple times, I could never get a ship. 845 billets for ships out of the entire Navy for HM's..

:P Shipmate the odds of you getting a ship out of NHCS are slim to none, we send people to ships around 4-6 times a year as baby doc's.. The rest go green or to clinics and hospitals..

Wish I could help you out..

Da-Chief

[crazycajun]

leslo

Once you are a corpsman, all you can do is ask you detailer. It will be a matter of luck and timing. If there are billets available at the time you are to complete your training then you may be able to get a ship.

[Small Town]

If there are only that many billets, where does everyone else go, FMF? Or some other C school for hospital duty like radiology tech?

[hm1park]

I'm sure someone elsecould break down the numbers for ya, BUT, there is a BUNCH of us out of here in the Sandbox. Bunch being the relative equivelant of a poop-load of us.The other option of course is those "radiology techs" in the hospitals whocome here too as augmentees.

Field X-ray out here is pretty neat.It's as basic asthe first aid tent at the state fair, some x-ray film, a scanner,and alaptop.

So, in general...the corpsmen are on the ground and in the sand these days. Our shipboard Corpsmen even got a chance to hit the ground for a couple of weeks.

It's a game of pure luck. Let your intentions known as you go along and see where the beads fall.

[Da-Chief]

hey all,

For Radiology, you have to have "1" tour under your belt before they send you to school now. Don't leta recruiter tell you otherwise.

later

HMC

[gbowen]

Chief,

By "1 tour" do you mean one trip to work in the sand (or other duty assignment) or one 5-year enlistment tour?

Does the same apply to Surgery Tech?

Thanks in advancefor the clarification.

Bowen

[Da-Chief]

Radiology 1 tour anywhere just to show leadership your competent. Hgih attrition rate for this NEC. You have to have "GREAT" math skills and it is a knuckles down school. If you need to beef up in other areas I would do it.

Surg tech, if there are openings and you have a 85% Avg at Corps School or better you have a shot. But there has to be a opening for the NEC.

V/R
HMC