Any current/former Navy guys here?

[I make oil]

Originally Posted by bmac

Don't forget if you dont like your current MOS but want to stay in, you could do a lateral move to another MOS when your contract is up. They will often offer lat moves as an incentive for re-enlistment.
Some advice...
1. Take the GI bill, its about $100 amonth out of your paycheck for a year, but ends up being worth something like $40k or more when you use it, depending on the school you use it at.
2. Take advantage of Tuition Assistance when you are on active duty. They will pay a portion or maybe even all of your tuition to go to college. Most bases have colleges come on base to teach night classes. These are 4 year accredited colleges.
3. Keep your nose clean. You will be drug tested....alot.

X 10000000000000 That is how I went to school. Knoc Sam paid my whole way then some. Good Luck.

[iron man]

Originally Posted by bmac

Don't forget if you dont like your current MOS but want to stay in, you could do a lateral move to another MOS when your contract is up. They will often offer lat moves as an incentive for re-enlistment.
Some advice...
1. Take the GI bill, its about $100 amonth out of your paycheck for a year, but ends up being worth something like $40k or more when you use it, depending on the school you use it at.
2. Take advantage of Tuition Assistance when you are on active duty. They will pay a portion or maybe even all of your tuition to go to college. Most bases have colleges come on base to teach night classes. These are 4 year accredited colleges.
3. Keep your nose clean. You will be drug tested....alot.

Done it for 20 years, can do it for 20,000 years never touched them never will.

I understand alot of what I can do and how I can move and I know what I'll be getting into. I was in Marine DEP for about 11 months before I got the boot from it and my brother was a First Class on the Pennsylvania SSBN-735 so I got some back up if they try and BS me.

[Slidellkid]

Well, I was in a Dept of the Navy, the Marine Corps. I was Aviation and worked on
AV8A Harriers. If you can get into electronics or what they call avionics you can do well on the outside. You can't just walk out the door and start working on commercial aircraft though, you will need to get an A&P license and that is not that easy.

Best of luck to you. There will be many, many times that you wished you had not joined, but when you look back on it after you get out you will never regret the experiences. I hope you get to travel the world a little, every man should spend a month or two in the Phillipines and sample those little pleasures!!

[Dink]

Watching Full Metal Jacket..... IronMan, dont be a.Private Pile!!! Start getting in shape now, and make sure you know your right from your left......and BY ALL MEANS!!!! LEAVE THE JELLY DOUGHNUT IN THE MESS!!!!

[yigodiver]

It all boils down to what you put into it, I was an AO and very proud of it, I also went to Captains Mast, not a good thing, but recovered well (made PO2 in 4 years) and still got a commission, but had to prove myself. I am now a safety manager only from the dedication to safety from ordnance practices instilled in me while I was having fun and the most important part, what I learned as a Navy person and the friendship as an AO taught me many things, mostly how to be a leader. Leadership is hard to find, but just mentioning military on a resume speaks words as far as todays generation whatever.
Just to make mention, a good safety manager = very good compensation!
Education - Tuition assitance- BS degree MGI Bill = Master Degree all paid for and not out of my pocket!!!!!

[jlsch1]

Being sucessful in the Navy or any service comes down to what you want to make of it. I was in the Army in a time they wanted to get rid of people and then next thing you know we had a war. I changed my MOS 3 times from combat engineer basically land mine sweeper, to recon where changed from fighting in woods to urban warfare alot of street survival skills, and ended up in non combat engineering unit similar to seebee's (carpenters, plumbers, electricians, heavy equipment operators). Ended up learning construction CPM's, cannot draw using cad understand it, seen jobs go from stakeout to gps layout also equipment having gps on them, and learned how to mange large site-work jobs. When I got out didn't have trouble finding a job. Uncle sam paid for my B.A. and Masters.

Just take the good with the bad and its what you want to make of it. After 1st 4 years or 6 years you can decide if you want to make a career of it. Good luck.

Yes, we had someone like private pile in full metal jacket in AIT for Heavy Construction Equipment. 1st day on the crawler tractor/dozer it was funny. Imagine a line full of dozers ready to go straight with instructions in cab with each student. Then imagine everyone going straight trying to do V-ditches and then private pile in a dozer coming right infront of everyone. Funny now, but you just had to be there to see the instructor freak out.

[jaclyn.renea]

Been the daughter of an MP (ARMY) for the last 20 years!