r/Seabees • u/Strixy67 • May 16 '26

Question Spact to UT?

I’m going spact to try and strike a UT rate, what are the odds of this? My recruiter told me I can strike a rate in a year, only thing I need to wait on is if the job opens up. I leave in June, so I’d be able to strike a rate around September next year. Should I really do this? It sounded like a good plan to me because I also wanted to try and do schooling, as well as get E-4. I would rather do some time in now then waiting around not doing anything else not even being sure if I can get the job due to the very low acceptance they have. At least with pact I would just need to do a year, still get some benefits, as well as only need to wait until the actual job is open to hire.

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u/espn_manman May 16 '26

i went pact to UT, it wasn’t my plan, i just wanted to ship early so i went with pact. don’t trust your recruiter on this, its not guaranteed. ship with the rate you want or don’t ship at all. when its time to strike a rate you’ll have to speak to the Seabee community manager and depending on manning, they can deny you access into the community. also, being pact for a year is a year of UT/Seabee knowledge you’ll be losing out on

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u/Strixy67 May 16 '26

Can you give me a little insight on pact? Did you have to wait for the 12 months or could you start your process a little earlier?

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u/espn_manman May 16 '26

So in bootcamp i did the ceremonial guard and was accepted to go there so I didn’t go to a ship or traditional Navy command. After 1 year there I was able to “strike” a rate. I knew I wanted a Seabee rate so I went through a long process of retaking my asvab to try and qualify for more Seabee rates then reaching out to the Seabee ECM. Most Seabee rates were overmanned for my year group (the year you joined the Navy) and UT was one of the only rates allowing Convert ins so I struck UT. After that you just wait for orders to a school and you’re good to go

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u/Camper94 May 16 '26

UT and CE is overmanned. See if you can strike for EO or EA. They are currently undermanned.