duty station orders

[Integrity57]

Do they have a specific order in the way they give out orders? For instance my school house gave the FTS Reservists their orders before the active duty guys. Of course those guys didn't a choice in where they got stationed.

[Price1989]

no just alphabetical. the reservists guys didnt even get orders cuz theres already a set place theyre going

[Ingle]

hey, im still in MOS school and im just wondering if it means somethin that my whole class got theyre orders but me and another guy did not. ive heard that usually people who hvae to wait to get theyre orders get pretty good duty stations, is this true? any thoughts would be appreciated thanks, im just worried about gettin stuck in the stumps haha!

I believe what this means is that the Marine Corps lost you and you can go home and you wont be UA.

[Price1989]

I believe what this means is that the Marine Corps lost you and you can go home and you wont be UA.

haha if only...

[Hologram]

I believe what this means is that the Marine Corps lost you and you can go home and you wont be UA.

If it includes BAH and BAS, I'd take those orders in a heartbeat.

[hussaf]

I believe what this means is that the Marine Corps lost you and you can go home and you wont be UA.

Actually that sort of happened to my friend, and me. My buddy got orders to a schoolhouse, DLI I think, but didn't actually get orders upon completion of the school. It took him like three days to get orders cut to go back to work. Last time I was in Iraq, I augmented with a different unit. My unit dropped me from its RUC while I was at GPAC, but I never got picked up by me augmenting unit. I was in country for probably three days, plus maybe two or three day movement, with no RUC. Funny? Not really. I didn't get paid for nearly a month after being in-country.

[Price1989]

haha well all in all i got the orders. I was right. 1/7 1st marine division 29 Palms, CA. On top of that I grad feb 12th and my unit is scheduled to deploy the same month. so I was told im gonna deploy almost immediately following my arrival to the unit

[hussaf]

It's best to deploy pretty soon after school anyway. You get to put your skills to practical use right away (which in all likelihood will be a bit different than doctrine), and you won't have a chance to get used to garrison life....you know buy a bunch of crap you then have to find places to store, etc.

[Hologram]

I'm hoping 3rd Intel (unit I'm going to) will be deploying soon, hopefully soon enough to be back before 2011, but I doubt that'll happen.

I heartell that they just got back from deployment anyway. Ah well...

[hussaf]

Ahhh, those guys. Yeah, I'm not sure what the current rotation is. 1st and 2nd INTEL BN are the most deployed units for the last few years b/c 3rd couldn't stand up their whole BN for an entire 7 months and take up their piece of the rotation. (so it would be 1st then 2nd, then 1st, then 2nd, etc, with no break). 3rd would just send out groups of augments throughout the year to help fill body gaps for 1st and 2nd. That being said, this is changing for AF deployments. Right now they are using all-reservist units to fill in date gaps so 3rd INTL can fully get integrated back into the rotation. So things are kind of in transition right now.

[Integrity57]

no just alphabetical. the reservists guys didnt even get orders cuz theres already a set place theyre going

FTS (Full-time Support) Reservists aren't the same as regular Reservists and don't go back to a unit in their home town. I'm not sure if the Corps has FTS Reservists like the Navy does but their primary mission is to train regular reserve units and they actually don't deploy. I had a friend in A School who was FTS and wasn't aware he wouldn't get to deploy until he got his orders before he graduated, needless to say he was a lil' disappointed when he found out and he had left a $60k a year job to join the Navy.

[hussaf]

Integrity,

Marines have inspector instructors (I&I) that are Active Duty guys. Usually they are experienced and serve as the full time working body at a reserve unit in order to ensure they are doing things the right way. They are non-deployable and are not supposed to take up any school seats, or go anywhere really. Its usually something people do for a career blip, to take a break from the fleet if needed, or to be close to home for a couple of years if they have a terminally sick family member that needs taken care of (or some similar scenario). Then again, it could be an undesirable job and a unit forces a guy to go I&I that no one wants to work with. All depends, but its sounds similar to Navy FTS.

[Integrity57]

Yea, from what I know of FTS it sounds about the same as I&I.

[Price1989]

idk everyone keeps saying i wont deploy right when i get there. so idk what to expect.