<p>Ha ha some of us have to work for a living…:D</p>
<p>Anyway, not much to add other than the cadets have to list a specific cutter or sector as well as a specific type of assignment(deck, engineer). They were given a list of available billets by cutter. Some have two slots, some as many as four or five. The rest of your info is pretty much as I understand it.</p>
<p>In some cases cadets “co-locate,” or ask to be assigned near each other. This happens in the case of engaged couples, etc. or sometimes just friends who wish to serve near each other. In this case, the lower-ranked cadet will prevail as far as handing out the assigment. In other words let’s say a female is ranked 10th in her class and her fiancee is ranked 156th, and they choose to co-locate, the assignment will be given out based on the lower-ranked cadet. So forget co-locating in Haw’aii for example. :)</p>