Posted on Jun 22, 2023
Maximus Wilcox
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I just enlisted in the DEP as a 35G and I've heard conflicting information on whether I'll be deployed or not. Can anyone clarify for me?
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SGM Mikel Dawson
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Crawl, walk, run. You need to learn to crawl first. Forget about deployment and focus on getting through Basic and your schooling. Deployment depends on situations beyond control. Some soldiers will never deploy. You do what you're told, when you're told and how you're told.
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Maximus Wilcox
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I just want to have a good understanding of the job that I'm going into and whether it's possible that I get deployed. Knowing this changes decisions that I'm making right now.
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SGM Jeff Mccloud
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Maximus Wilcox - You enlisted. It is possible that you will deploy.
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SGM Mikel Dawson
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Maximus Wilcox - It's a crap shoot. You have no way of knowing, unless you are a time traveler.
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1LT Platoon Leader
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All the advice you have received is solid, but I will emphasize that you should focus on your IET training before even worrying about a deployment. If you don’t make it through the IET phase, then a deployment is the least of your concerns.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
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The only way to know if you'll be deployed is to get deployment orders. Up until then the answer is always "maybe."

35G is not a "high deployment" MOS. Of course, these days very few are. You are LIKELY (as in not guaranteed) to only deploy if the unit you are assigned to deploys. To my knowledge, 35G is primarily a tactical MOS, especially at skill level 1 (private - specialist). That means you are likely to go to a tactical unit after AIT. The tactical units are generally the ones that deploy, but the Army deployment level is relatively low right now, so even if you are in a tactical unit, there is still a relatively low probability of deployment. But it could happen. And for some it WILL happen.

The flip side of tactical is strategic. It is possible you could be sent to a strategic assignment. These units rarely, if ever, deploy as a unit. However they do occasionally deploy individuals from the unit to augment. Your probability of deploying from there is lower, but still not none.

There is literally no way to know whether or not you will deploy until the orders come down.
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I think I would worry about basic and your school first before being deployed.
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MSgt Electrical Power Production
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Maximus Wilcox - You might get some insight searching the answer section for 35G.
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Thank you, I'm new to the site and did not now how to find this.
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