- First, the 24 month OBLISERV is merely the minimum amount of time remaining, on active duty, that you must have in order to fill the billet offered. This does not mean you will have a 24 month PRD (Projected Rotation Date).
- Second, your sea counter will still be running while you are decommissioning the ship. There will be a date when the ship is officially taken off the list of duty station's eligible for sea-duty service. That is when your sea counter stops. At that time, if you have time remaining to meet your 60 month sea tour, you will be transfered to another carrier or, if you have completed 36 months, you could be eligible to transfer to either prototype site.
- Third, as a sea-returnee you have a 60 month sea tour. That changes to 48 months if you are a Chief, or if you are selected for Chief while on sea-duty. See second item above for more.
- Next, when are you leaving King's Bay? 6 months, 9 months, 12 months? There is a time gap between when the ENTERPRISE gets back and when she enters the yard for her decom period.
- When are you reenlisting? Your new 5 year contract starts then, so depending on when you raise your hand and when you report you will burn up some time.
- As to some insight into the decom process, I attended a brief before I retired last year about the ENTERPRISE decommissioning. It will be a lengthy process, longer than any sub decoms. The nuke component on-board will be there long after the rest of the crew is gone. There is currently a plan in place to have the RO relieve the CO at one point, as the nukes remain to complete all the plant associated work with the process.
Last comment, and you probably wont like this one. Your initial post sounds like you are unsure about how the reenlistment process and OBLISERV work. Now, if I drew that conclusion based on a poorly worded post, then my bad. If not, I am left wondering this; "How can a sailor make it to a point where they will be starting there second (or more) sea tour without understanding some basic ideas associated with career level decisions and milestones?".