What is the length...

[deery33]

My Fiancee and I are trying to plan a wedding. We want to wait until she is finished her first deployment or towards the end of it. If she were to spend the first one at a hospital location, how long generally would she be there for? I know the times probably vary but what is the average length of a shore duty at a hospital.

Thanks!

[indy]

Short answer is approximately 36 months unless shortened by the member requesting to terminate to go back to sea or go to a school etc. Also keep in mind that folks on shore duty can be pulled for Individual Augments and other platform deployments, so it may not be a continuous 36 months.

[Poolzer]

An HM with no 'c' school has a rotation of 3 years sea and 4 years shore.
An HM with 8404 has a rotation of 4 years sea and 3 years shore.


These are the new sea shore flow from Oct08. All the other 'c' schools have their own which can be found in this force newsletter

http://www.corpsman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/forcm_10_27_08.zip

[docfish]

Whats the OBLISERV for a corpsman coming into MEPS these days? My orders (for one of the big 3) is only a 2 year shore duty (almost over THANK GOD). My sea tour is 3 years. Just trying to get a grasp on what's going out there with rotations.

[indy]

According to CRUITCOM, the required OBLISERV for a new HM is 60 months or 5 years (whichever units you prefer :D ), regardless of HM or HMDA program.

[Taylor]

4 yrs shore? Wow...I was always told 2shore/3sea. Didnt get the memo, I guess :/

[indy]

The 'memo' changes frequently, LOL. The latest rotations can usually be found in the NAVADMINs published to the fleet, found here: http://www.npc.navy.mil/ReferenceLibrary/Messages/.