Topic: Post In The GTA?

[CDN Aviator]

Whidbey Island sounds like a cool place to go.  I bet the selection for it is quite tough though eh?

The maning of these positions is currently under review with a possible change of trade in the near to mid-term.

[N. McKay]

I really hope if I get in I'm posted on a ship, especially as a sonar operator I don't see why not. I've been on a boat almost all my life so maybe I'll feel at home

Just to be sure, you can expect to be posted multiple times over the course of your career, sometimes to ships, other times to shore positions.  It's not just a single shot by any means.

[Melbatoast]

Whidbey Island sounds like a cool place to go.  I bet the selection for it is quite tough though eh?

Not really.  It's a serious culture shock and quite hard work so it's a relatively unpopular posting.  That said it's 100% acoustic operating, mostly in realtime, with opportunities to learn a ton of stuff you don't get in the surface fleet so it's a great go as long as you have the right mindset.

The det at NOPF is I think 50 odd people strong, and there are maybe 300 Sonar Ops of all rank levels in the Navy so if you want to go, you will probably be able to.

[Stacked]

Not really.  It's a serious culture shock and quite hard work so it's a relatively unpopular posting.  That said it's 100% acoustic operating, mostly in realtime, with opportunities to learn a ton of stuff you don't get in the surface fleet so it's a great go as long as you have the right mindset.

The det at NOPF is I think 50 odd people strong, and there are maybe 300 Sonar Ops of all rank levels in the Navy so if you want to go, you will probably be able to.

I would like to check it out for myself at some point. Hopefully before/if a different trade is giving the posting as CDN Aviator mentioned.    -- Sorry for the thread derailment 

[Melbatoast]

I don't think it's a derail as the original question has been answered.

Whidbey is not going to a different trade - AESOPs may start being posted to NOPF in addition to the personnel already there.  I have no doubt you'll hear all the rumours once you get to the Fleet School.

As far as I know QL3 students still go down to check it out over a couple of days while on course.

[Stacked]

That's cool.     It sounds like a neat place to work, but may not be for everyone.  Might be one of the more interesting Shore Postings though (in my opinion) because you're actually using your sonar skills that you've developed throughout the course of your career.   

Should be fun to visit during the QL3, looking forward to it.

[trigger]

As far as I know QL3 students still go down to check it out over a couple of days while on course.

I think that stopped. I didn't go down there and no one I work with recalls doing so within the last 9 yrs.

[trigger]

you're actually using your sonar skills that you've developed

People I know who've been there claim they don't develop their sonar skills UNTIL they've been posted there 

[Ex-Dragoon]

People I know who've been there claim they don't develop their sonar skills UNTIL they've been posted there 

*choke* like pepe? *cough*

[trigger]

I haven't talked to him since he went there. everyone I know BESIDES him says that. We'll see how he made out once he gets back