The sailors who committed suicide were either assigned to ships,
shore duty or on sea duty.
In September 2018, Dericho transferred to
shore duty at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Jacksonville, where he is a member of the fuels division for Naval Station Mayport.
Under the terms of the previous regulations, only sailors assigned to
shore duty and infantrymen serving in specialized Pioneer units were allowed to sport beards.
"The military wasn't something I really wanted to do, but I'd always wanted to fly," said Patterson, who is currently serving
shore duty as a helicopter pilot with the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, search-and-rescue (SAR) team.
"As a result, the Navy has increased the number of sea duty billets and decreased the number of
shore duty billets since 2008.
The offduty mishap rate for personnel on
shore duty is significantly higher than it is for personnel on sea duty in any phase of the deployment cycle.
His
shore duty included several tours at the Naval War College where war games focused on a war with Japan.
I just had completed a long tour of
shore duty, pushing boots at Recruit Training Command in San Diego.
(39) If not practical to remain in the training pipeline, Sailors under eighteen will be assigned to
shore duty. (40)
Shortly before my arrival at NAS Key West for
shore duty as a station SAR pilot, I was told that the powers that be were sending me to school to become the base aviation-safety officer.
As the IA credentialing program gets kicked off, previously credentialed Sailors on
shore duty at the NMCI military detachments in Norfolk and San Diego are piloting an Enterprise IA Training Management System (TMS) for the Navy IA workforce.