D4 Assignments

[Nat426]

---

Members do not see this ad.

I was wondering if there are any D4's on here who have recieved their first orders? Where are you going? What were your options? etc... I know it changes every year but I always like to see it.

 

[ChapelHillT]

bump--I'd also be interested!

 

[vellnueve]

While openings at various smaller clinics as well as some of the clinics in Japan come up for credentialers every year, you are most likely to head to Parris Island, Great Lakes, or one of the major clinics in the San Diego area.

 

[bmxbobby2004]

how hard is it to get stationed in San Diego directly after dental school? is this something that i should rule out when thinking about where i would be stationed?

 

[vellnueve]

how hard is it to get stationed in San Diego directly after dental school? is this something that i should rule out when thinking about where i would be stationed?

SD is a high demand area, you may increase your chances if you request an AEGD or GPR in that area.

 

[bmxbobby2004]

If I request an AEGD or GPR in San Diego, will I be stationed there after I finish my one year residency? Or will I be moved to another location right after? I thought I read somewhere that after you finish your one year AEGD/GPR you are assigned a hardship tour?


i appreciate the help. I am supposed to commission in two weeks for the navy and would like to get all my questions out before commissioning.

 

[vellnueve]

Not necessarily. The AEGD residency at Camp Pendleton is a 3 year (1 year for AEGD, then 2 years stationed at Camp Pendleton). However, the GPR and AEGD at NMCSD send their residents elsewhere after the first year, usually to the fleet, Japan, Marine units, or remote bases like Yuma. However, a significant part of the fleet is homeported in San Diego and due to cost they'll often pull residents from that area to go to the ships there. Not a hard and firm rule but it puts the odds more in your favor. Since there are more residents there than open ship billets out of San Diego every year, there's still a pretty good chance they'll ship you off elsewhere after the residency.