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USN 1970
03-29-2009, 11:06
Hi
My son is in FMTB West presently and has his orders to report to NAS Fallon when he graduates.Can anyone give me any thoughts as to what detachment he might be going to? I did look it up and there is the CBMU 303 there and wondered if that might be where he will go.If so can anyone explain what they do (and what he will do) and if it is more of a combat or humanitarian unit and how often such a unit is deployed for.
Thanks
Dan
da-chief knows a bit about this base. In the mean time, here is the website for this base:
Naval Air Station Fallon (https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Fallon/index.htm)
About Fallon NAS (https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Fallon/AboutCNIC/index.htm)
Welcome Aboard Letter (https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Fallon/OperatingForcesSupport/AirOperations/index.htm)
Nobody will know exactly which unit your Sailor will be attached to, until they report in. Once there, the staff will assign them in accordance to unit vacancies.
It should say directly on the orders who he's reporting to under the Ultimate Duty Station section - if it just says NAS Fallon, then it may be the base clinic/hospital. If he was reporting to a squadron etc, it would have the name in that section.
Is your son an Active Duty member or Reserve?
USN 1970
03-29-2009, 15:26
He is active and he did tell us that he will be deployed but that is all.I know it must be on the orders and will await further from him.I assumed that he would go with the seabees coming from FMBT school.My son does not like to give anymore information to his parents than he has to....
USN 1970
03-29-2009, 16:57
Well now that makes sense HMFIC! Thanks!
I understand he knew where he was going to go right out of Great Lakes Corpsman School before he went to Pendleton......now that he has turned his phone off and I have his mother is in a total disarray you can see the spot I am in.I would have to bet though until I finally get the word from him that he would be going with the seabees as there is only a squadron and clinic there at NAS Fallon.Might that be a logical thought?
Da-Chief
03-29-2009, 20:29
Ma'am,
We will have to wait to see who he is attached to right out of FMTB.. But I believe since he is right out of boot etc, and not going to AVT School, he will be working with the CLINIC.
Yes he can be deployed via the IA program, but that will not be for a while.
Let us know..
D/C
USN 1970
03-29-2009, 20:46
D/A
So you think there is a good chance he will not go with the CBMU-303 and instead go to the clinic?
Dan
Da-Chief
03-29-2009, 23:20
No all I am saying, is that folks are pipelined through FMTB now regardless of follow on orders so they are prepared for IA duties..
He could be seebee's though.. You will have to get with him..
Good Luck!
D/C
USN 1970
03-30-2009, 13:11
Thanks D/C!
D/A
So you think there is a good chance he will not go with the CBMU-303 and instead go to the clinic?
Dan
Dan,
Based on my experience with orders etc, if he were assigned to the CBMU, then his orders would reflect that. If his orders just state NAS Fallon, then he could quite possibly be headed to the clinic. It's a little hard to explain, but it all depends on what's written on the orders themselves, so as Chief mentioned, you'll have to get your son to tell you what's actually on the orders.
Dan,
Based on my experience with orders etc, if he were assigned to the CBMU, then his orders would reflect that. If his orders just state NAS Fallon, then he could quite possibly be headed to the clinic. It's a little hard to explain, but it all depends on what's written on the orders themselves, so as Chief mentioned, you'll have to get your son to tell you what's actually on the orders.
something to add is your son may go to the clinic but his orders may also show a platform, hope you are not too hard on him giving you information either, it is difficult to answer those questions strait out of bootcamp. The easiest way to decribe a platform is for here in the clinic in hawaii we are considered "blueside" but the 8404's here have a platform that means they can be deployed with hawaii's 3rd Marine division as a MAP. You're son may be also placed on a platform being 8404 which could range from being with the Marines to a fleet hospital to the USS Comfort or Mercy...the reality is your son will probably be sent to a combat zone regardless of were he goes and I will tell you that I would hope he would be attached with a combat unit so he is properly trained before he goes...I see it too much that a brand new HN checks in...spends his time on supply and gets augmented to an infantry unit....sorry if it is not what you wanted to hear but I will tell you this...after your son has served his country overseas...noone can ever take that away from him...oh and please continue to support him like you are now...
USN 1970
03-31-2009, 10:25
Thanks MEXDOC,
I learned a long time a go to use my words wisely to get my point across to him and we ( my wife and I) are behind him 1000%
I just seems to me that if he goes "green" that he would serve "green" especially since his orders were cut out of "A" school.I mean why get the kid all fired up to go green and stick him in a clinic.It looks like to tme that it is a very small clinic and has no "emergency services" would that not be a logical posting for a "Blue HM"?I do understand that the training he will get at a clinic such as this one will be first hand and good for him and I guess the CBMU 303 has 35 enlisted and one Officer so it is not large.I was stationed at MCAS Kaneohe for 3 months back in 1970....5000 grunts and 35 of us squids.Nice place and very beautiful!
Thanks again for your thoughts!
Thanks MEXDOC,
I learned a long time a go to use my words wisely to get my point across to him and we ( my wife and I) are behind him 1000%
I just seems to me that if he goes "green" that he would serve "green" especially since his orders were cut out of "A" school.I mean why get the kid all fired up to go green and stick him in a clinic.It looks like to tme that it is a very small clinic and has no "emergency services" would that not be a logical posting for a "Blue HM"?I do understand that the training he will get at a clinic such as this one will be first hand and good for him and I guess the CBMU 303 has 35 enlisted and one Officer so it is not large.I was stationed at MCAS Kaneohe for 3 months back in 1970....5000 grunts and 35 of us squids.Nice place and very beautiful!
Thanks again for your thoughts!
Well If you put it that way! I have good news! I am currently on a "Blue" Clinic billet but they have deployments available all the time. I did two here at the command, once to afghanistan with 1st battaltion 3rd marines for 6 months +training and once as a transition team medic with the army for 12 months +training...there will be a lot of volunteer opportunities for him to go on those deployments without the hassle of doing the workups lol the bad part is that he can be voluntold and be gone two weeks after told and have very little time to prepare pre-deployment stuff like his place/car/storage compared with a greenside unit you know when your next pump will be...
USN 1970
03-31-2009, 14:12
Now it makes me look at this totally different.Volunteering is right down my son's alley.So even though a HN is stationed at at certain post such as the NAS Fallon Clinic he can volunteer for open deployments as they are posted.I am guessing that the typical duty station assignment such as NAS Fallon would be 18-24 months and then he would be sent to another.
How does sea duty and shore duty relate to the HN rate especially 8404?
Typical rotation for 8404's is now 4 years sea duty and 3 years shore duty. But in the three years on shore, he can definitely be pulled for an IA or to augment a 'platform' if needed.
It might help to go into exactly what Sea Duty entails. As it doesn't always mean on board a ship.
very true 8404, 'sea' duty for non-'sea' intensive rates such as Corpsman usually translates to serving with the FMF, but can also include SeaBees, Squadrons, and of course ships.
USN 1970
04-01-2009, 05:24
Now his enlistment is 5 years including the training he is now getting and he will be going to Fallon which will be his 'home port' and say it is the clinic which will be a platform should that be in his orders.Will that be his main 'home port' for the 4 years?
Understanding that he can voluntarily deploy as the postings become available and once he returns from a deployment he will stay at Fallon or go on to another 'sea duty' home port.We truly believe he is in for a career.
Typically a tour at a clinic is considered shore duty (although he can be also attached to a platform that the clinic supports - such as the USNS Comfort etc). He would stay at the clinic for the entire 3 year rotation (including deployments or IAs), and then would be up for orders to a sea duty rotation which would be either a ship, squadron, SeaBee battalion, or the most likely an FMF billet.
Doc_Stevens
04-02-2009, 12:08
....MCAS Kaneohe for 3 months back in 1970....5000 grunts and 35 of us squids.Nice place and very beautiful!
Thanks again for your thoughts!
Similar ratio at MCAS Iwakuni Japan, probably about 6,000 Marines and 85 squids (Doctors, Nurses, Corpsman, Dental). Back in 1977
Had a blast there, only they took it a little personal when the Navy teams did quite well in intramural softball and football. :not:
USN 1970
04-02-2009, 16:53
Thanks Indy!
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