Hello. I am a gf of a navy sailor and he was recently rerated to GSM. Now I looked up what that stands for but I'm confused. He only has 3 years active service left and from my understanding they do a 5 year on sea 3 year on land duty rotation? So how would they treat him? He doesn't do the best job explaining things to me....and I'm sorry to bring this here but I don't really know anyone in the Navy to ask. ? thanks!
Gas Turbine Systems Technician - Mechanical (GSM) I would assume that even though he only has 3 years left to complete his service requirements given the type of job he has the Navy could very well send him out for another 5 year rotation, he would simply just go over his quota. Now your best bet is to ask him - he would have talked to his superiors and they would have instructed him on what this all means for him. Just ask him a basic question: how are you spending the last 3 years in? At sea or land? And if he answers sea then it may be safe to assume he will do a 5 year tour.