May I ask the Navy?

[college4christ81]

right, as long as you are happy. And the best part is you will be serving your country while doing something you like.

Yes and well I will have free health care and I am looking forward to a good paycheck.

 

[rppearso]

Doing something you like is the absolute most important thing, if you dont like what you are doing you will not have the determination to do it well. If you hate what you do nothing else will really matter (ie pay check, benifits, whatever). Think about it you spend a minimum of 8 hrs a day doing your job, 8 hrs sleeping and travel time so you have very little time to actually enjoy the paycheck or benifits but if you like what you do your life will be in order. Everything else should be secondary to job satisfaction. You should take some "you" time and think about what you really want to do in life, go to the library and look up different jobs (not just military) find a passion. What you do now will be a large factor in the rest of your life, once you choose a direction it is very difficult to shift mid track because you have to retrain and everyone else will have more experecne than you so you will start entry level again.

 

[Mayflower1]

That is good advice for everyone!

 

[marine005]

Lets all band together and form a prayer team and decree success to the US military

 

[Mayflower1]

I agree. I believe they have a post for that too! I will have to go find it.

 

[MrSnow]

I see that it's been a few months since the last post in this thread, but might I ask how your search is going these days, lily00?

 

[silverstars0404]

Just wondering, did you decide to join?

I am currently in the Navy Reserves - and I really like it! Just got promoted to third class petty officer - I've been in about a year and a half.

Good luck and God Bless you in whatever decision you make/made!

Lara

 

[jcook922]

I live on a Navy base despite being Air Force. Anyone been to Port Hueneme, home of the Bee's?

I love the Seabees, really good folks. They are sort of like Security Forces in the fact that they actually leave the fob relatively often as opposed to non-vehicle related navy and air force. Oh, and they seem to be hated a good deal by alot of people. I can't see why though, never seen a Seabee pull somebody over and give them a ticket.

 

[silverstars0404]

My Unit in Iowa is out at Port Hueneme quite a lot, actually, for our two annual exercises. I may be out there in Feb/March sometime next year. Have heard stories...

I love the Seabees, too - I went to Gulfport, MS for my AT this past summer and worked on a Seabee base. It was a lot of fun...

Lara

 

[jcook922]

My Unit in Iowa is out at Port Hueneme quite a lot, actually, for our two annual exercises. I may be out there in Feb/March sometime next year. Have heard stories...

I love the Seabees, too - I went to Gulfport, MS for my AT this past summer and worked on a Seabee base. It was a lot of fun...

Lara

I love the Bee's, they are crazy. Never call one a sailor though, big mistake. I met one who was de-mobing at Hueneme and we ended up good friends, old E6 with 3 tours in the sandbox to his name, absolutely certifiably insane, and a gun nut. We got along great, scenes of carnage would just make him smile this really hilarious smile.

 

[navyson]

whats your rate(Job)?

Sorry for getting back to you soo late when i move around i lose what my regular sites are. my rate is IT, Information systems Technition, and im an IT3 and have been since the begining of June

 

[That_One_Dude]

Sorry for getting back to you soo late when i move around i lose what my regular sites are. my rate is IT, Information systems Technition, and im an IT3 and have been since the begining of June

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That's my rate as well!!! I've only been in since last December (6 months) and I'm only an ITSA.... boo... but everyone's gotta start somewhere. I'm currently stationed at NCTAMS PAC in Hawaii, where are you stationed?

 

[That_One_Dude]

Oh and btw Lily00, if you want any info on what it's like joining, boot camp and even a-school, just PM me and I'll be more than happy to share info.

 

[BernieEOD]

"We are at war but the Navy isn't invited" We were told by our Commodore. He went on to say "You were called up by mistake! Currently, you are a greater asset to the enemy due to the money you are costing us! he sooner you are de mobilised, the better!"

The Navy, in the words of Sci Fi author Robert H Hienlin is a "Non combatant service force" Currently, the average Sailor, unless he is a SEAL, SeaBee, EOD, Marine combat corpsman, or other part of the "Cammo clad Navy" instead of the "Blackshow Navy" will only be able to talk about swabbing decks in the Persian Gulf and standing petty inspections. Currently, the Navy has to shed 3,000 bodies by October in order to get down to its mandated maximum manning level of 329,000. Getting in is currently difficult. Staying in is going to be difficult as well. For the first year, any misconduct will get you an ELS (Entry level separation). They now have a program called "Perform to serve" Where you must prove yourself worthy of re enlisting or be forced out at the end of your enlistment.

The truth is that The Navy is not involved in the current war. It is a place to "Serve in safety" And this is one of the reasons they are grossly overmanned.

If getting involved in the war is your interest, you will need to go Army or Marines, they currently need everyone they can get. The "Blue forces" (Navy and Air Force) currently have a waiting list. Because of this, once you are in, they will look for an excuse to kick you out.

 

[navyson]

"We are at war but the Navy isn't invited" We were told by our Commodore. He went on to say "You were called up by mistake! Currently, you are a greater asset to the enemy due to the money you are costing us! he sooner you are de mobilised, the better!"

The Navy, in the words of Sci Fi author Robert H Hienlin is a "Non combatant service force" Currently, the average Sailor, unless he is a SEAL, SeaBee, EOD, Marine combat corpsman, or other part of the "Cammo clad Navy" instead of the "Blackshow Navy" will only be able to talk about swabbing decks in the Persian Gulf and standing petty inspections. Currently, the Navy has to shed 3,000 bodies by October in order to get down to its mandated maximum manning level of 329,000. Getting in is currently difficult. Staying in is going to be difficult as well. For the first year, any misconduct will get you an ELS (Entry level separation). They now have a program called "Perform to serve" Where you must prove yourself worthy of re enlisting or be forced out at the end of your enlistment.

The truth is that The Navy is not involved in the current war. It is a place to "Serve in safety" And this is one of the reasons they are grossly overmanned.

If getting involved in the war is your interest, you will need to go Army or Marines, they currently need everyone they can get. The "Blue forces" (Navy and Air Force) currently have a waiting list. Because of this, once you are in, they will look for an excuse to kick you out.

What do you mean that the NAVY isnt involved. we have people going to the front lines. we have ships that send out airstrikes and we control all the UAVs the fly in. the Navy is heavily involved in this war just like all the other branches. and last i herd there is no waiting list.

 

[navyson]

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That's my rate as well!!! I've only been in since last December (6 months) and I'm only an ITSA.... boo... but everyone's gotta start somewhere. I'm currently stationed at NCTAMS PAC in Hawaii, where are you stationed?

SCSC Wallops Island, VA wait if your at NCTAMS do you know an Amber Salter? i havnt herd from her in a long time.

 

[fantascey]

"We are at war but the Navy isn't invited" We were told by our Commodore. He went on to say "You were called up by mistake! Currently, you are a greater asset to the enemy due to the money you are costing us! he sooner you are de mobilised, the better!"

The Navy, in the words of Sci Fi author Robert H Hienlin is a "Non combatant service force" Currently, the average Sailor, unless he is a SEAL, SeaBee, EOD, Marine combat corpsman, or other part of the "Cammo clad Navy" instead of the "Blackshow Navy" will only be able to talk about swabbing decks in the Persian Gulf and standing petty inspections. Currently, the Navy has to shed 3,000 bodies by October in order to get down to its mandated maximum manning level of 329,000. Getting in is currently difficult. Staying in is going to be difficult as well. For the first year, any misconduct will get you an ELS (Entry level separation). They now have a program called "Perform to serve" Where you must prove yourself worthy of re enlisting or be forced out at the end of your enlistment.

The truth is that The Navy is not involved in the current war. It is a place to "Serve in safety" And this is one of the reasons they are grossly overmanned.

If getting involved in the war is your interest, you will need to go Army or Marines, they currently need everyone they can get. The "Blue forces" (Navy and Air Force) currently have a waiting list. Because of this, once you are in, they will look for an excuse to kick you out.

you know what??!! The NAVY intelligence units are the ones who are responsible for most of what we have today!! if it weren't for freakin' CT, IT, and IS ratings, we would have lost the freakin' war. the turning point for that was the battle of Midway, in which we sunk four japanese carriers and only lost one. we did that because the intelligence ratings were able to hack the system and break their code, so we pretty much knew exactly where they were, and what they were gonna try next. if it weren't for the navy how do you think that any other branch gets anywhere? which branch of the military do you think is the oldest branch??!! we were the first established branch of the ARMED FORCES, because they needed a branch for oceanic defense against the british navy. why? because we came to america. do you really think that after all these years we aren't really doing anything??!! get real. so. if you want to say that the navy isn't really doing anything for us today, or doing anything for the war that we are fighting TODAY, then why don't you try and tell that to anybody in the white house and see what happens. i think you'd be surprised. hopefully this little message was an eye-opener.

 

[Mayflower1]

I can honestly say now, I am glad I didn't join the Navy. I needed to go into Teen Challenge and get my life straight! I was just running then.

 

[EdwinWillers]

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