Boost career, earn cash with these 15 hot jobs

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The perks of doing a 36-month tour on a visit, boarding, search and seizure (VBSS) team could include combat zone tax exclusion, imminent danger pay, hazardous duty pay and family separation allowance.


Boost career, earn cash with these 15 hot jobs
By Mark D. Faram - Stafff writer
Posted : Monday Mar 10, 2008 7:44:46 EDT

MILLINGTON, Tenn. — Looking to take a break from your rating, enhance your career or head for adventure? The Navy has 15 ways you can scratch that itch.

With a tour as short as eight months, you can collect special pays and benefits, learn skills and even boost your chances for advancement.

Those yearning for the familiar can try recruiting; officials often place sailors in or near their hometowns.

Others might want to head to the war zone, where everything from a short individual augmentee tour to a 36-month stint in riverine or coastal warfare is available.

“These jobs can be quite career-enhancing, giving sailors everything from greater advancement opportunity to the opportunity to take their leadership skills to the next level,” said Lt. Todd Oaks, head of the Shore Special Programs office at Navy Personnel Command in Millington, Tenn. “In many cases, you can get special training and extra pay as well, depending on the job — it can really round out a career.”


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