As a Storekeeper for the US Navy will you travel across the world?

Question

I am interested in traveling. As a storekeeper in the US Navy will I do just that or be stationed in one spot?

Answer 1

You'll go to sea on a ship and you'll see a great deal of the world.

Answer 2

Well the previous answers had part of it. Storekeepers are the Navy's Logistic support specialist. You deal with supplies other than food for the ship. Spare parts ordering, tracking, receiving. But you also maintain the ships operating budget. Since Storekeeper had combined with Aviation Storekeeper you will also be doing aircraft part ordering and records keeping. This job translate to many civilian jobs from warehouse manager, to shipping receiving. Best of them all is when you become the ships purchasing clerk. With the training that you get as a strorekeeper can lead to many jobs in business management and financial maintenance. It's a pretty good job to have in the navy.

Answer 3

Stationed in one spot? In the Navy? If you get a shore command, you won't be there more than 3 years. If you get stationed on a ship, you'll go on 6 to 9 month deployments, so yeah, you'll get to see the world.

Answer 4

You should see plenty of travel as an SK, especially if you are on board a ship which is most likely. If your home port is on the east coast, deployments to the Med and Middle East are frequent. From the west coast, Western Pacific cruises are the norm.

Good luck and thank you for serving our country.

Chief Petty Officer
USN, Retired

Answer 5

let's put it this way.. SK is being phased out, in fact most every shore billet has been contracted out to civilians.