thinking about navy, advice

[Ryan441]

im thinking about joining the navy. im hoping someone on here can help ive tryed to find out what its really all about the "truth" but no luck

 

[charlesw6954]

I have a friend that I would never thought he would join the navy. There is some personal criteria to be met. You will have to be under a specific weight and be able to do a specific amount of push ups, running, etc.

I also have a cousin that is in the Army and it's a little more work from what I see.

This will change you as a person in the long run, just to let you know.

 

[deftsound]

navy's a bunch of ***s US MERCHANT MARINE FTW!

 

[V8SRGRT]

I have a friend that I would never thought he would join the navy. There is some personal criteria to be met. You will have to be under a specific weight and be able to do a specific amount of push ups, running, etc.

I also have a cousin that is in the Army and it's a little more work from what I see.

This will change you as a person in the long run, just to let you know.

Charles is correct......It will change you......for the most part it will make you more responsible and sharpen your senses. I was in for 11 yrs in the submarine force and it was alot of fun for me. I got good training which i am using to this day and making decent money at. The one thing the Navy had that I have never found in civilian life is the comaraderie between people. I still have friends from my Navy days that i get together with once a year for reunions and talk about the good old days (25 yrs ago). the service is not for everybody and don't believe everything a recruiter tells ya!! LOL but seriously talk to a navy recruiter (best bet) or look at the navy website for more information, but if i had a chance to do it all over again even with the state of world affairs as it is i would do it. Truthfully the Navy is a safer place to be these days.....I have not seen sailors do foot patrols in Baghdad......Kudos to those who do and as a veteran i appreciate your scafice!!!! HTH

 

[LaserSVT]

And women love seamen

 

[mustang50v8]

another thing to think about is the months at a time you will be separated from your mustang......

 

[Crzyhrse]

Their's no absolute guarantee he will actually go to a ship. Their's some factors that come into play. Whatever job he chooses he may have a chance to pick his orders, or his orders may designate shore duty. He may go to a ship that could be drydocked for repair for a year or two. That ship won't go anywhere. We had a guy that transferred onto my ship that was on shore duty for 9 years. This guy had never been to sea. He was an E-6 with no sea duty. We laughed at this guy. He did'nt know squat . If you want to join any branch of service just make sure it's what you truly want to do. Yeah, you'll do alot of crap work, but since you went in with an open mind and it's what you wanted, you'll never reget going in. You'll have alot of fun wherever you end up, and if you go on an overseas tour, look out, your in for an eye opening experience.

 

[darkside03gt]

Any brach of service will be a good experience for you depending on what kinda job you want to do. I suggest picking a job that you will be able to use in the civilan world when you get out. Aviation mechanic jobs are good because you could get hired on as a civilian once you get out doing the same job they are called technician jobs. you just have to join the reserves witch is not a big deal. and those jobs pay really good money.

 

[mazen189]

another thing to think about is the months at a time you will be separated from your mustang......

lol, yes, this would suck to be seperated. But either way, whatever you join, I respect that, and wish you the best man.

 

[charlesw6954]

Even getting getting turned down by the army changes you. I got turned down after 2 weeks of trying my @$* off because my mother didn't want her 16 year old son joining, so she called the dude and told him about my "serious asthma" that is a lie. I have never been diagnosed with asthma, but they kicked me out. That was right before we invaded Iraq. I wanted to go. I was a highschool drop out with no future. But now, I have a future that may intertwine with the military.


I'd say do it man. You have my respect.

 

[Ryan441]

i want to be a pilot, and i have herd stories of these "eye opening" experiences, i also want to see the world. if i have to be away from it for 6 months its ok cause when i come back i know she'll be there waiting lol. does anyone no any pilots in the military because ive herd different stuff about how to do that, would taking a flying class at home help me at all

 

[deftsound]

i want to be a pilot, and i have herd stories of these "eye opening" experiences, i also want to see the world. if i have to be away from it for 6 months its ok cause when i come back i know she'll be there waiting lol. does anyone no any pilots in the military because ive herd different stuff about how to do that, would taking a flying class at home help me at all

my dad was an air force pilot. Its not easy man I can tell you that. First off to fly you have to be an officer, and to be an officer you have to have a 4 year degree to get commissioned as an officer. Then to fly its a whole new ballgame. Once your an officer you'll find out that EVERYONE wants to fly. My dad said it took him 4 years of active duty working on radars in the phillipines to finally get transfered to pilot school, and that was after sending countless transfer requests. Theres a lot of competition.

 

[V8SRGRT]

my dad was an air force pilot. Its not easy man I can tell you that. First off to fly you have to be an officer, and to be an officer you have to have a 4 year degree to get commissioned as an officer. Then to fly its a whole new ballgame. Once your an officer you'll find out that EVERYONE wants to fly. My dad said it took him 4 years of active duty working on radars in the phillipines to finally get transfered to pilot school, and that was after sending countless transfer requests. Theres a lot of competition.

Absolutely correct!!!! Officers fly and enlisted repair and prepare the planes for flight. Theres alot of performance pressure for pilots as the competition is high.....Believe me, its not like the movie "Top Gun". Also, I work with a guy who used to work on planes for Northwest Airlines and he says that just because you worked on planes in the military does not mean when you get out you can work on civilian aircraft as most all airlines do not recognize military training being the same as A&P certification(Airframe & Propulsion) which you need to work on civilian aircraft. If ya wanna fly for a living you are better off going to flight school and then getting some flight hours under your belt. I think the minimum flight hours to be hired by the airlines now is around 500 hours. If ya wanna work on planes get into an aviation school that has an A&P certification program and go from there. Jobs with an A&P cert. start around $21.00/HR..... Godd luck with what you decide to do!!!!!

 

[Ryan441]

basically i need something to do for now. if i sign on as flight crew or work on the planes for four years while i got my degree, what do i have to get it in to fly, im not sure but i then could reenlist and then go to pilot school. btw at first i just wanted to fly cause i thought i like going fast and the accelteration of it so i fig. airplanes are faster lol but now that everyone keeps telling me i cant do it. so im gonna do it. oh and when you go out to sea and go stop at diff. places whats all that like. how often do stop and how long do you stay out at sea, oh and girls and w/e else there is to no because i havent signed anything yet so im just trying to make a good decsion.

 

[Crzyhrse]

If you wanted to go into the Navy as an enlisted first you have to take the qualification test to see how smart you are. Based on that test, it will determine what jobs would suit you the best from your score you got. The only catch is, they don't give you a choice of your jobs to pick from until your signed up and at the MEPS center for processing. Anyway, let's just say they give you some jobs and Aviation Mechanic comes up. Then that's great. You pick that job and make DAMN sure you sign a paper stating that school your going to for that job is GUARANTEED for you. Let's say you don't like the job list you qualify for. You could then ask them if you could go into the fleet as an "Undesignated" rate. Make sure you tell them you would want to be an "Airdale". That rate is for the air side of the Navy. Then, when you go to the fleet you'll go to a ship that has jets, helicoptors, or some sort of aviation aboard shp. After your aboard ship you'll do alot of crappy work, but one good thing is that you can see alot of people doing alot of different air side jobs and you can determine what job you would like to "Strike" for. "Striking" for a job means that since your undesignated for a "Rate" (Job) you can decide what job you'd like to do after you've been onboard ship after a certain amount of time (Not sure how long anboard ship before you can strike for a job). You'd have to ask you recruiter more about going in undesignated as it may have changed or they might not let you go specifically Airdale if you don't get a job list you like. How many ports you hit overseas is really up in the air. You may hit quite afew or you may not. It's really depends on what is going on in the Middle East theatre. Any of the Asian countries are good ports. You'll see ho's over there that are so smokin' hot. Just sit in a chair and within 2 seconds you'll have a chick sitting in your lap. When you leave the ship to go on liberty they'll be handing you about 10 rubbers . And when you leave that port their will be a line of people at the Doc's office checking to see if they got the clap or something . I never caught anything but I was abit nervous a couple days after we would leave a port. Everytime I peed I was hoping my schlong did'nt explode or something. Fun times, but alot of hard work out at sea too.

 

[myponyrocks]

What do you want to do job wise?

For instance Army, Navy, and Air Force Engineers do similar work... but we do it in different ways. SEA BEEs (Navy engineers) do a lot of work for the Army and Air Force, and are usually "in the shi*" Air Force engineers deploy in 3 categories... we deploy for ourselves in a Base Maint. role, as RED HORSE (similar to SEA BEEs) with a broad construction responsibility, and in support of the Army. Army engineers are in short supply doing mostly IED removal/road repair DEEP in the "shi*".

While all of those experiances will net you a decent civilian job, the Air Force and Navy jobs will give you a broader skill set. The Marines have engineers as well, but you hardly see them.

If you want something that translates well to the civilian life, go Navy or Air Force. If you want to make a difference from up front, join the Army or Marines.

As far as Mechanical jobs go I'd lean towards Navy or Army (both directly deal with high dollar mechanic jobs on the "outside")

I think the Navy has the best Medical program followed by the Air Force and Army (Sorry Marines, not forgetting you guys, it's just most Marine meds are trained towards sustaining a patient where the other services lean towards a hospital environment)

Electronics, all 4 services have outstanding areas and all those areas become HIGH dollar civy jobs

Cooks... This ones debatable, I think Air Force cooks have the best training, but Navy and Army cooks push forward the best food.

Other jobs... I'm not familiar with.

I'm an Air Force Engineer and have worked with all the services, from that exposure the Air Force and Navy are close together... What we do as one career field translated to the Army is multiple fields... for example...

Say I Drive a Stang, a Ferrari, a Porsche, and a Honda...

The Army would have 4 different people to do that

The Navy would have 2 overlapping jobs doing that

The Marines would have some one who CAN do all that, but is only trained to drive the Honda (because unfortunately they get the crappiest equipment)

 

[jprovence]

Just spent 4 years in the Navy. I was an Aviation Structural Mechanic. I got out last August. I was stationed aborad the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON for 3 and a half years. Prolly the best thing I have done so far in my life. I made a ton of great friends. I went and saw quite a bit of the world. I did some crappy jobs. I did some awesome jobs. I learned a ton of fabrication work, carbon fiber, hydraulics, all kinds of stuff. If you do end up joining, and you do end up stationed in Norfolk, there is a huge car scene there. 400whp cars are the norm there.

 

[deftsound]

Well i can tell you life on a merchant ship is boring but the money is great. We usually have a crew of around 15, all guys typically, but its a great place to meet new people and see new places.

 

[Ryan441]

i was told that i have to get a four yr degree and that i wouldnt be able to get it in four years as enlisted and that it could take up to 8. so i was kinda thinking that i would go to school here and get it in four. then hopfully be able to go straight into pilot training. the recruiter told me that theres east and west tours. that the west is for single men and east is married men lol, or do you just kinda go where ever. i took the practice asvab test and i got 58% on it. i havent done anything school related for the past 6 months so the math was a little hard but the test seemed that half the questions while your reading them you could easlly tell what the answer is but then i thought all of them were like that...wrong!!!

 

[Crzyhrse]

A 58 is'nt a very good score. I got a 63 and mostly got offered pencil pusher jobs. But one job title they had off to the side of those jobs was Operations Specialist that I also qualified for. I read the rundown of the job title and liked it so I picked that. I tracked all surface and air contacts on radar. I'm not sure what kind of jobs they would offer you. Maybe you can take the test over again.