the navy

[easye688]

I was in the Navy myself, while it sucks to be away from your family, they do take care of you and your family really well and if they can't do it, they will find somebody that will. And if your away for long periods of time, there are support groups full of navy wives and they do all sorts of cool stuff to make the time go by easier. If you have anymore questions, feel free to message me. I did seven and a half years and put up with a lot of bullshit, but you meet a lot of great people and a lot of Wolverine fans as well and they make that time go by just as well. Good luck on your decision. GO BLUE!!!

 

[uofm06marine]

Good luck with the Navy if that is truly what you are interested in. However, keep in mind you are signing a contract, do your time and get out. If you go in for the wrong reasons, you may have extreme buyers remorse.

If you go into the Marines I guarantee I will see you approximately 5 months after you start bootcamp.

 

[zyxt9]

First and foremost, the branch you go into is actually not the important thing to consider. What is it you will be doing while serving is the key. You can be a Marine and serve behind the front lines (though you go through Basic same as the rest and you will know how to fight).

If you have the knowledge, going into Computers or Intel is a VERY smart way to go as they have great training that can lead to incredibly good jobs outside the military if you decide to put your time in and get out.

Advantage with being in the Navy is taking classes while on board ship. There is very little to do other than serve your posts and study, which means you won't be easily distracted and potentially waste the chance at an education.

Additionally, keep in mind joining the Navy (or any service for that matter) does not mean you will automatically be away from home. There are many guys who get out with minimal time served off the mainland because they were smart about their career path.

At this time, one of the best thing about being in the Navy and Marine Corps is the fact Navy football is doing so well. You don't have to be an alum to shout Go Navy, Beat Army!!!

Good luck in whatever you choose. Serving in the armed forces is a great thing, whether you see front line action or not is less important. If you are not a front line type, always remember there are many support personnel who have to do their missions well in order to ensure the front line personnel return after successfully completing their missions, alive and well.

 

[wolverine304]

That's another thing. No clue what job I want to do.

 

[Mich_QB_U]

Of course I have a bit of a bias towards the Navy. While doing 4 years sea duty, went to SF, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Guatemala, Panama, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Pearl, Guam, Hong Kong, Thailand, PI, Singapore, Dubai, Abu Dhabi. On leave, I went to Europe 4 times by only paying 10 bucks to fly out of Dover on space available air force cargo planes. In the Army, you get based somewhere and sit until you go to Iraq or Afghanistan. Unless you get stationed in Germany and then you can buy a eurail train pass and travel Europe. To be honest, I miss the comradery (sp) of the Navy - 14 years in civlan and nothing compares to hitting the beach in a new port with guys you've been living with a long time and have gotten to know really well because the Pacific is a huge ocean to cross with not much activity so you talk with the guys a lot. Also, being with the guys while transiting the Strait of Hormuz (Iran) or pulling into HK with shipping traffic all over the f-ing place and you don't want a collision.....hitting port is a great feeling.

 

[Mich_QB_U]

One other item. I'm an Academy guy so I went in as an officer. Plusses and minuses to that. More responsibility, but not at the bottom of the totem pole (unless you are the George Ensign). The Senior Chief for the third division I had as an LT told me he had the chance to go O but didn't want the added responsibility. If you go in and get to the ship as an E-2, you 'll be at the bottom, but not really any responsibility at all. You may get a C-School and get to the ship with your crow as an E-4, then you won't have to put up with a lot of additional stuff, and still won't have responsibility other than making sure your equipment works and not lying to your first class, chief and LT when something breaks. I'd say go for it in the Navy. You'll hit a ship going places.

 

[TheVictors]

Hey zyxt9, how goes the business plan?

Vic03

 

[wolverine304]

Any advice on what jobs to choose from. What's the more smartest job to go into. That'll help get me a job after I've served.

Any jobs that the term are shorter and I'm not gone for 3/4 of the year?

 

[zyxt9]

Hey zyxt9, how goes the business plan?

Vic03

Been delayed due to birth of my son.

Now that I've finally had a couple nights of pseudo sleep, I'll be back at it next week.

 

[zyxt9]

Any advice on what jobs to choose from. What's the more smartest job to go into. That'll help get me a job after I've served.

Any jobs that the term are shorter and I'm not gone for 3/4 of the year?

You'll need to think through what you like to do, what you would entertain doing for a career (with realization that people change careers frequently these days) and what the military has available based on your individual testing. If you don't get a good score initially, don't sign up. Instead, study to get a better score in order to get the job you want. Best things to get into IMHO are computers (especially security), intel (especially counter terrorism), something aviation or robotics related...and anything else that points toward the future instead of the current. Be prepared though, as the classes you will take while in the military will be more demanding, so make sure you understand basic concepts before you jump into those things. You don't want to wash out of your classes and end up being a deck ape when you really wanted to be a computer tech but failed to get yourself prepared before going in.

Also, don't be so gung ho as to sign up to go in the day after you get your testing done. Take a month or two to study the Navy, everything from learning how to properly salute, the ranks, shining shoes, and anything else you can get your recruiter to train you on before going in to getting yourself in shape. The more prepared you are going in, the better chance you have of being a positive standout in Basic instead of a negative one. Also, use what you know to help out guys who are struggling. Even though guys get singled out, it is always important to be a solid team that helps each other out. Be willing to do pushups when someone else F's up.

 

[Mich_QB_U]

zyxt9 - good stuff. And wolverine304 - its the Navy, you will be out to sea....then hit port and see things you never would have otherwise. Some of the only real shore based jobs in the Navy are communications (50/50 chance of getting shore based most of the time) and corpsman (assigned to hospitals and not ships). But you can't really try and slot yourself into those jobs, and if you do, people will look at you as why you joined the Navy if you didn't want to leave port.

 

[bluesvfx]

Spent my time in the Army, now I'm doing the National Guard thing. I've got two friends in the Navy, and from what I've heard from them, I'm quite jealous of their experience as compared to mine (though, I am not complaining, I enjoyed my time in). I can tell you that the local bar that I go to had their two hottest cocktail waitresses join the Navy recently, so the talent report is good

 

[uofm06marine]

Spent my time in the Army, now I'm doing the National Guard thing. I've got two friends in the Navy, and from what I've heard from them, I'm quite jealous of their experience as compared to mine (though, I am not complaining, I enjoyed my time in). I can tell you that the local bar that I go to had their two hottest cocktail waitresses join the Navy recently, so the talent report is good

Bluesvfx is correct. As far as the talent pool goes with women...Air Force>Navy>Army>Marine Corps. Although the Navy and the Air Force are pretty dang close to a tie. Sadly the Army although having excellent fighting women...they aren't exactly "lookers."

 

[wolverine304]

Me and my girlfriend were talking about this. And how Id get in trouble for having sex with one of them. She said how would they know. And I was talking about how I doubt they have condoms on ships lol and if she got pregnant. Then made a joke about how the woman was surrounded by "seaman" so it was bound to happen.