Posted on Apr 30, 2019
Arlene van D
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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.
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MSG Frank Kapaun
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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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BWAHAHAHA Human Resources Command at it's absolute worst for the win!
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SPC Cathy Goessman
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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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As far as I can remember all of that was done at the Military Entry Processing Station (MEPS) before enlistment/shipping to Basic and Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Or I guess OSUT all at Ft. Benning, GA. Or maybe we filled something out right when we got to Basic or AIT possibly. It's been so long I cannot remember, LOL! Good Luck to your and your husband Arlene van D ...!

The Army will look at needs of the Army first, but I would definitely choose to put down where you want to go. Infantry can pretty much go anywhere- Alaska, Hawaii, Germany (although much fewer troops there, then when I lived there in the 90s). In my prior service life, I was an Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) Crewmember, and I put down Germany and Hawaii and I got Germany as my first duty station. My Battle Buddy didn't put anything down and he got sent to Korea!
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