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Just got back from MEPS a few minutes ago and am currently awaiting assignment to basic.
Man, I just screwed up big time!
Man, I just screwed up big time!
Well, right now they're pretty tight because of a lot of people wanting to join. For now i'm going for anything that pops up just to get my foot in the door so that I can later cross-train. With my test scores the adviser told me that I qualify for submarine school, which made me ecstatic! The nuclear engineering side looks interesting. I also have ROTC experience so I get to start out at a slightly higher rank.What specialty did you request training in? My first husband demanded photo interpretation so he was assigned to a cushy desk job in Naval Intelligence in Washington DC during the Viet Nam war, he was given a guarantee he would not leave DC for his four year tour, he took an early out after 2-3 years and his commitment was done and he got all of the perks.
The travel, experience, meeting loads of new people, free medical benefits, the adventure, money for college... many, many reasons. While on the long drive home from MEPS, I thought long and hard about why I didn't do it sooner. Heck, if I joined when I got out of high school, i'd almost be getting out about now!then wait up, you'll see on and on and on....this Christmas or next Christmas, and Christmas forever...assignment
Why ?
The Navy was some of my best and worst times.Just got back from MEPS a few minutes ago and am currently awaiting assignment to basic.
Man, I just screwed up big time!![]()
Man i'm telling you. If you've thought about it, do it. There were quite a few guys and gals in their late 20's and 30's joining up just because of the experience and something to do. One guy that I was talking to is a pharmacist of 12 years and was making EXCELLENT money. He decide to join because of the travel and just a flat out change of experience. He said he was always very patriotic anyway, so he also probably felt a bit of 'duty' was due on his part.Hooray!
Every one in a while I consider joining the air force. Three of my friends in grad school are off to be fighter pilots once they graduate, all in the Navy.
Are we all done with stupid comments about the military everyone? Yes? ........Please don't kill anyone. Take the slaughter out of the armed forces and it would be great.
Unless your on the USS Cole...One of our engineers in the US was navy and keeps getting offered larger and larger re-enlistment bonuses.
And as he said, Al Queda don't have submarines and you are pretty safe from road side bombs at sea!
Your use of the word 'slaughter' was a poor choice...That's not dumb at all. Having to kill a person in any setting is not something I would want anyone to go through, and that is always a possibility when you sign up for service. Since he is going into the navy it probably wont be likely, but that doesn't make my comment dumb.
During the six years I was in the Navy, no one, to my knowledge, was slaughtered.Please don't kill anyone. Take the slaughter out of the armed forces and it would be great.
The Navy's great except for the having to spend a lot of time on a boat (just me, I don't think I could spend that much time at sea, especially a submarine). I went for the Air Force. In a lot of ways, it's not quite as good as the Navy, but it fit my lifestyle a lot better.Well, right now they're pretty tight because of a lot of people wanting to join. For now i'm going for anything that pops up just to get my foot in the door so that I can later cross-train. With my test scores the adviser told me that I qualify for submarine school, which made me ecstatic! The nuclear engineering side looks interesting. I also have ROTC experience so I get to start out at a slightly higher rank.
I can't believe I did it, but I know for a fact the next ten years will go by quick. I just can't pass up the perks.
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Good luck with it. Let us know when you head off for basic so we know not to expect to see you around here for long stretches. Honestly, it's refreshing to see someone making this decision as a more mature adult knowing what they're getting into rather than a naive, clueless kid fresh out of high school. Starting out at higher rank and with some better background to make you more useful, hopefully it'll be a more rewarding experience now than if you had started straight out of high school where you'd more than likely have been little more than a bilge rat (like what jimmy was describing).Well, right now they're pretty tight because of a lot of people wanting to join. For now i'm going for anything that pops up just to get my foot in the door so that I can later cross-train. With my test scores the adviser told me that I qualify for submarine school, which made me ecstatic! The nuclear engineering side looks interesting. I also have ROTC experience so I get to start out at a slightly higher rank.
I can't believe I did it, but I know for a fact the next ten years will go by quick. I just can't pass up the perks.
I don't know how you got that out of what I wrote. My brother was an engineer when he went in. That's how he got to be radar operator.a bilge rat (like what jimmy was describing).
Oops, mixed up you and Om.I don't know how you got that out of what I wrote. My brother was an engineer when he went in. That's how he got to be radar operator.
I don't think I follow. Change my mind how?Why do you change your mind ?