Navy question on how to stay away from sea duty.

Question

So how exactly do I do this?

I'm planning to join the Navy and I would really hate to go on water for more than a month

I have several options in mind that I want to enlist as (thinking that they stay on bases more than everyone)

1) Aviation Mechanic - Please tell me what this guy does and how much guarantee there is to it that I won't be going onboard for more than 3-4 weeks.

2) Seabee - what in the world is this? (I just heard it from someone and I really don't know what it is or what it does. Is that an actual name of a job? I heard they NEVER see the sea and it's enticing me to look it up some more)

3) Supply Officer - How much time do you think would I spend on water if I enlist as one?

That's all I have for now. Please name a couple of jobs that doesn't go onboard for more than 4 weeks.

And please refrain from being too patriotic against the way I hate to be onboard for more than a month. It's nothing personal against the Navy or the US, I just want to avoid being on water for that long. I have a girlfriend and a family to take care of and I want to be able to watch over them since nobody else could. That's just my opinion, so please respect it as much as you could.

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you never want to be a sea, pick an aviation field. Or Seabee- basically a construction worker.

but most people who are enlisted see the sea a lot for their first enlistment. It is the Navy. Join the army or air force if you don't want to be on water.

Answer 2

Aviation Mechanic  -  You will definitely go on 6 month sea duty tours on either carrier, or helicopter carrier

Seabee - Seabees are the navy's construction force.  You are very likely never to see water, but will likely be deployed for 6 months on land (Iraq, Afghanistan, Guam, Spain, etc)  You will basically learn a construction trade.  The available ratings are:\

BU- Builder (Carpentry)

SW - Steel Worker (Welding)

UT - Utilities (Plumbing and Electrician)

CM - Construction Mechanic (Cranes, diesel engine mechanic)

Supply - As an enlisted Supply clerk or supply officer, you will go to sea for 6 months.

Answer 3

Don't join the Navy if you don't want to go to sea.

All the jobs you named can and do go to sea for long periods.

Aviator Mechanic...Aircraft Carriers, etc.

Seabees - are not the Navy, they are civilian contractors working with the Navy.

Supply Officer:  Every large ship has one or more.

Answer 4

If you don't want to be on the water for more than a month, join the Army!  The Navy service involves the oceans and waterways.  Don't you think there are Navy personnel already serving (my son included) that have families and lives to take of here on land, but they have to go to sea when they have to go to sea - so, my advice to you is join the Army - you will still have to be deployed away from your family for a time, but at least you won't be on the water.

Answer 5

I avoided sea duty by joining the army....not one day in twelve years on the ocean.....why you would want to join the navy AND avoid sea duty is beyond me.

Answer 6

I'll answer your questions in order.

1. Every aviation rating will deploy, either on a carrier, amphib, or squadron.

2. See my answer below.

3. You don't enlist as a Supply Officer. But, Supply Officers will deploy as well as SK's (enlisted Storekeeper).

There are only 2 occupations in the Navy that don't go to sea, Seabees and Musicians. The Seabees are not a rating, it's a collective term for the BU, CE, CM, EA, EO, SW, and UT rating. Seabees will sometimes deploy on ships while attached to an Amphibious Construction Battalion, but it's not for an extended period. However, Seabees DO deploy overseas. A Seabee on their first enlistment will usually go to a NMCB (Naval Mobile Construction Battalion) for approximately 5 years. Even though they don't go on ships, their deployment schedule is more arduous than a "haze gray Sailor. Seabees deploy for 6 months overseas, return home for 6 months on a continuous cycle their entire time in a Battalion.

Is there a specific reason you want to join the Navy? It doesn't seems to make sense to join if you don't want to be at sea. This isn't knocking you. In fact, I think it's better to know what you don't want to do before enlisting, but I would consider another branch of the military if being at sea more than 4 weeks is a major concern. Remember, other branches will also deploy, not necessarily on the water, but they will be away from home for an extended period of time.

Answer 7

sea duty is sea duty kid..you will have to do it sooner or later, no matter what rating you go in...

Answer 8

It's the Navy and the Navy goes to sea.  EVERY rating goes to sea for extended periods at some time or another even SeaBees (who definitely are military).

Answer 9

Then you want the Seabees.

By the way "American" poster, Seabees are NOT civilian contractors, they are military members. The word Seabee comes from the letters CB, or construction Battelion. They do just that, they build for the Navy. There are Mechanics that keep the construction equipment, builders-carpenters, electricians, utilities-plumbers and HVAC, welders, surveryors.

I spent 26 years with the Seabees and went aboard a ship once, and that was only a few weeks.

Avaition Mechanics WILL go on crusies......hello. Carriers have lots of aircraft.