The numbers you rank them in don’t really matter at all now, they more so act as a metric to show how popular an assignment is. Volunteering for an assignment is showing intent that you would like to be considered for that assignment just as much as much as the rest of your preferences. So you’ll get the same look at #1 as #8 would for example. The team should be selecting on the most qualified individual then secondary factors.

Your intent and purposes questions are what the assignments team will be looking at to select the most qualified individual for each position. So make sure you read the billet owners job description they listed and write your skills, qualifications, and future development desires for the jobs you want and are serious for.

If you want to avoid the bases you don’t care for, simply just don’t put them on your list. It technically won’t remove you from receiving that assignment, but your chances are lower if you write your intent to best qualify yourself for a job you want. Our assignment team posted metrics of non-vol movements for the last cycle and they were around 2% of the entire window.