Question about deployments

[Mindy]

I know a lot of you have your SO's gone right now and I was kind of curious. How long and how often do y'all's men have to go? I don't know any sailors around Campbell and I was wondering. My husband's deployments can last anywhere from 12-18 months and he is usually gone every other year or so. How are navy deployments different? I'm not trying to start a debate or cause drama I'm actually curious .

[Sophie*]

My fiancee's forward deployed to Sasebo. He can be out for any length of time between a couple of weeks to 3-4 months, and then he'll be back in port for a week or so, and will have a day off during that period.

[Chevy_Gurl]

Trav's deployment schedule was for 6.5 months.
My friends whos hubbies are Marines go for aroun 7 months in country and 6/7 months when they go with the Navy.

[KDMatthews]

my dh is on a boomer, so he's out for approximately 3 months and then home for 4!!! I know that sounds great, but during the 3 months...hardly any communication (a few letters, maybe a call if lucky)

[piggypunkinetta]

Dh is suppose to go out every 18 months, but not lately. They have been waiting just over year. That doesn't include work-up and all the other underway periods. Some ships are better than others.

[SubmarineWife]

Originally Posted by KDMatthews my dh is on a boomer, so he's out for approximately 3 months and then home for 4!!! I know that sounds great, but during the 3 months...hardly any communication (a few letters, maybe a call if lucky)

The above is the same as me, but without the phone calls damn i think im missing out As it was said....communication is very little. Email is always getting turned off or they aren't in a location to send out emails. Maildrops are very few and far between. We can't just pack a care package and send it. With us it has to be a special size...gallon size ziplock baggy or a legal size letter.

[MontanaSweetie]

When my husband was on an Aircraft Carrier (USS John F. Kennedy), he did 2 deployments in the 4 years he was stationed on there. His first deployment was 7 1/2 months, the 2nd deployment was 6 months.

He did shore duty for 3 years.

Now he's on sea duty again with a squadron. He's on deployment right now, and its only supposed to be for 6 months.

My husband is not planning on staying in the military. If he were, the squadron he would deploy with would go on deployment 3 times in 4 years. In 2006, late 2007-2008, and in 2009...each for 6 months, but we all know how deployments get extended.

For the navy it depends but typically a 6 month deployment will happen ever 14-16 months but when they are home they really arent' home. They are prepping for the next deployment with workups, exercises, certifications, approvals, etc...

Every sea duty we've been on my husband has averaged 9 out of 12 months gone each year - it's just not all in one chunk. It might be gone 3 months, home 1 month, gone 3 weeks, home 2 weeks, gone 6 weeks, home 2 weeks, etc all building up to the major deployment which is typically 6 months but lately have been known to be as long as 8 or longer

[Mindy]

Wow, I think that would actually be harder than a 12-18 month deployment. I know that for the year he's gone, he can't be here, but to have him gone for 6 months, home for 4-5 then gone again would suck majorly. Kudos to you ladies!

[Laurie119]

It all depended for us. For the first 7 years we were married, he went out for at most, 2 months a couple of times a year. While in Japan, it was 3 or 4 months out, 1 1/2-2 months home. Since being here, he's been on 2 6 month deployments, and 1 8 1/2 month deployment.