Yep, that's what I would say in this case is a general pattern - you start off in the Naval Academy, then work up your rank, seems most usually on surface ships, then go into submarine school for a couple of years, then have an assignment on a sub, generally as XO, then you're earmarked for command and off you go to your own sub. It's always been like that in all navies so far as I know.
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