Posted on Apr 30, 2019
How does moving to our first duty station work? Dream list?
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My husband will be leaving for Infantry (11x) Osut to Fort Benning, GA this week for 14 weeks and we are just trying to get a heads up in our minds how this all works.
Dream list? I read about a dream list, when is this given to the soldier? How many choices do they give you or how does the list work? Aside from I know you barely get what you choose (just hoping for possibly a German one seeing that my husband is fluent in reading, writing and speaking Dutch and English and very fluent in speaking German, will any of that help and should it be known to anyone in the Army?).
For Infantry what are for common conus bases? What are some common oconus bases?
When is the soonest we/he will know where his first duty station will be? Will he receive orders? I read a lot about Soft Orders/Hard Orders, what’s the difference?
Will he get to go home after Osut or will he be shipped from Fort Benning to the First Duty Station?
Thank you so much for any answers! Much appreciated.
Dream list? I read about a dream list, when is this given to the soldier? How many choices do they give you or how does the list work? Aside from I know you barely get what you choose (just hoping for possibly a German one seeing that my husband is fluent in reading, writing and speaking Dutch and English and very fluent in speaking German, will any of that help and should it be known to anyone in the Army?).
For Infantry what are for common conus bases? What are some common oconus bases?
When is the soonest we/he will know where his first duty station will be? Will he receive orders? I read a lot about Soft Orders/Hard Orders, what’s the difference?
Will he get to go home after Osut or will he be shipped from Fort Benning to the First Duty Station?
Thank you so much for any answers! Much appreciated.
Basic Combat Training (BCT)
Duty Stations
OCONUS
Spouse
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Your husband being fluent in German and Dutch pretty much guarantees his first duty assignment will be a 13 month unaccompanied tour in Korea. Welcome to the army.
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Being infantry means he has a lot of options. However most of them are not exotic.
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I requested to go overseas or at least put down duty stations as far away from home as possible(Phoenix, AZ). The Army needed MPs at Ft. Bliss(6 hours from home) so I got sent there. Dream sheet didn't seem to have much effect on where we were sent. Flexibility is key.
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