Joining the Navy...

[nws01 0]

I met with a recruiter today. I went and bought my ASVAB study book and I take the test next week. If everything goes well I go to boot camp next month. Anyone out there been through it and can tell me what to expect?

Thanks,

Nathan

[CrazyIvan 0]

Well..in the showers, if you drop the soap...don't pick it up.

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Blue Skies and May the Force be with you.

[RevJim 0]

Floor + Soap = get the heck outta there.



Good luck dude, though I would have chose the cushier side, like the Air force.

It's your life, live it!
Karma
RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

[nws01 0]

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though I would have chose the cushier side, like the Air force.

I am 28. Too old for the Air Force.

[lummy 4]

OMG...

Now I can't get the Village People singing

Where can you find pleasure
Search the world for treasure
Learn science technology
Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true
On the land or on the sea
Where can you learn to fly
Play in sports and skin dive
Study oceanography
Sign of for the big band
Or sit in the grandstand
When your team and others meet

In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy
Come on now, fall in 'n' make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
Can't you see we need a hand
In the navy
Come on, protect the motherland
In the navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the navy
Come on people, and make a stand
In the navy, in the navy, in the navy (in the navy)

They want you, they want you
They want you as a new recruit

If you like adventure
Don't you wait to enter
The recruiting office fast
Don't you hesitate
There is no need to wait
They're signing up new seamen fast
Maybe you are too young
To join up today
Bout don't you worry 'bout a thing
For I'm sure there will be
Always a good navy
Protecting the land and sea

In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy
Come on now, fall in 'n' make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
Can't you see we need a hand
In the navy
Come on, protect the motherland
In the navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the navy
Come on people, and make a stand
In the navy, in the navy, in the navy (in the navy)

They want you, they want you
They want you as a new recruit

Who me?

They want you, they want you
They want you as a new recruit

But, but but I'm afraid of water.
Hey, hey look
Man, I get seasick even watchin' it on TV!

They want you, they want you in the navy

Oh my goodness.
What am I gonna do in a submarine?

They want you, they want you in the navy


SO uhmmm... NAthan.. what ARE you gonna do in a submarine?

I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1

[nws01 0]

Thanks, Lummy. That's just what I nneded to think about.

[kelel01 1]

First of all . . . congrats on joining the Navy! Way to "accelerate your life"!

But what does this mean?

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I am 28. Too old for the Air Force.

Is that true??? Wow.

Kelly

[turtlespeed 226]

Politics

Study hard - your general requirements are important and will help you if you know them by heart.

Stay away from Deck Seamanship and make sure you get yourself an A school if not a C school.

Learn what PMS really is.

DO NOT TRUST YOUR RECRUITER - EVER!

Make sure someone that has been through the deal is with you when you sign up for your schools.

Make sure it is what you want to do. If it's not - it's a long 4 years.

***Use an allotment for a savings account.***
I cannot stress enough about the savings account.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[TheAnvil 0]

Do you have a degree?

Vinny the Anvil
Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL
JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

[nws01 0]

27 is the cut off for the Air Force. 34 for Navy, Army or Marines. I figure at my age and the fact that I want to go into Air Traffic Control so I can utilize my training when I get out the Navy is my best bet.

[happythoughts 0]

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DO NOT TRUST YOUR RECRUITER - EVER!

Get it in writing. "No problem" means no problem for them.

[juanesky 0]

Are you going active or reserve?

The age in the navy was raised almost 2 years ago to 38.BTW

"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon

[nws01 0]

Active. Full time.

[bch7773 0]

you have to buy an outfit if you go into the navy... choose either indian, cowboy, police officer, or construction worker

MB 3528, RB 1182

[juanesky 0]

When you are down, don't forget the reason you joined. It can be tough going through boot camp. The objective is you learn the Navy ways.

Just make sure you read your contract throughly, emphasis on your rate, or as to where your rate will be specified (rate= your specialty).

"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon

[Keith 0]

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Well..in the showers, if you drop the soap...don't pick it up.

Yes, that's right. Don't pick it up . . . bend over, just Don't Pick up the Soap

Keith

Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville

[freeflynick 0]

Reminded me of this one.........

How do you separate the men from the boys in the Navy?


With a crowbar!!

Hobbes: "How come we play 'War' and not 'Peace'?"
Calvin: "Too few role models."

[turtlespeed 226]

In the Sub Crews - as a requirememnt for deployment it is now required that you be single

So - 90 single men go down - 45 couples come up

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[JohnnyD 0]

You can get the school you want guaranteed. That's about all you are going to get. Make absolutely certain you have a guaranteed school in your contract.

Other than that, the biggest problem I had with bootcamp (Marines) was the lifestyle adjustment. It was the one thing I wasn't prepared for. From the second you wake up to the second you go to sleep, its nonstop. I was good with the physical parts and the mental parts, but I guess I never considered not sitting in a chair for more than 5 minutes at a time for 3 months. Some parts of it may actually be enjoyable - make sure you relish those, because the parts that aren't will definitely outweigh them.

edit: good luck and thank you (in advance)

[mattjw916 2]

Well, I was Army for 8 years... the key to the military is LOTS of patience and tolerance. Don't take anything personal, it usually isn't worth it anyway.

You get out of it, what you put into it. Personally, I would start working out regularly starting NOW, if you don't already. It will make your life much easier.

NSCR-2376, SCR-15080

[nanook 1]

Just as said above. the recruiters have to meet a quota or else! Don't trust them.
1. See if there's an enlistment bonus for your chosen rate and ask for the max. The highest I have heard for my rate was 10,000 but you have to enlist for 6 years(get a "C" school).
2. make sure you have a Rate. (you will go to "A" school for basic Rate knowledge) or you are deck seaman fodder and you may need to extend your contract to get a rate in the future.

3. You are not in the navy till you sign papers AT THE RTC (boot camp). so if you decide "no" after the lenghty MEPS check ups, you can tell them to eat a dick.

4. make sure your finances are in order before boot camp.
5. you never smoked a joint in your life; and no, they can't prove it!!

6. If you have a degree or if you are in college, screw the recruiter and look for NROTC at your campus. Recruiters do not recruit for officers and you have to spend the first couple(or all of you enlistment) becoming one.

7. alot of people on here are in the Navy. Ask a lot of questions!

When you are in the navy:
-Positive attitude always get you everywhere.
-as with everywhere, the first person who immediately wants to be your friend at a new command is to be avoided. you, the new person, don't know what an ass hat he is and he knows it.

good luck and dont sweat the bullshit. There's lot's of it.

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"The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

[DrunkMonkey 0]

Brasso/Flitz--it's your friend, use a lot of it.

Make a buddy your first day. When you know noone, the first friendly face could become your best bro. It happened for me.

Pull your weight, but don't make the rest of your team look like shit in the process. Nothing wrong with being an Honor Grad, but don't screw your neighbor in the process.

-Don't do anything stupid, like marry the first girl who smiles at you. I cannot tell you how many first-term Airmen I've inprocessed that already have a Tech school marriage & annulment in their PIF.

Don't buy a car from a lot just off base. Those "We Finance--E1 & up!!" guys are not to be trusted. Have a SNCO/Chief help you with a car purchase once you get to your first station/ship.

-Don't think you're too slick to get caught by the SP/NCIS for stupid things. The UCMJ is a cruel bitch if you fuckup.

Don't wear long hair/hippy clothes to Indoc day...(i.e. don't be a shit magnet)

Learn to spit polish now. It'll help.

Remember--You will NOT succeed alone. You can only succeed as part of a TEAM.

-Capt DrunkMonkey, USAF

[nanook 1]

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-Don't do anything stupid, like marry the first girl who smiles at you. I cannot tell you how many first-term Airmen I've inprocessed that already have a Tech school marriage & annulment in their PIF.

Don't buy a car from a lot just off base. Those "We Finance--E1 & up!!" guys are not to be trusted. Have a SNCO/Chief help you with a car purchase once you get to your first station/ship.

forgot about this!! We have a lot of problems with our junior guys getting into this situation.

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"The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

[baa75 0]

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bought my ASVAB study book

I have never heard of anyone actually buying a book to study for the ASVAB.

Its kind of like the SATs if you remember them. They test you on different skill areas. (Math, reading, construction, medical, etc) Your scores in the different areas help them decide which job to push you into.

There's a qn with pics of different nails and it asked which one was the roofing nail and I didn't know. I remember thinking, I can't tell my grandfather that I didn't know this one. (He owns a roofing company!)

I agree completely with the "Don't trust a recruiter" I was married to someone in the Air Force and was already living on base and they STILL tried to talk me into jobs I didn't want. Like I didn't know what they were doing.

The lifestyle adjustment is the hardest. Just keep in mind that nothing is personal and they are just doing their job in training you. That helped me. I hated the first 3 weeks but got used to it and actually liked the rest. I'd do it again. I could use to get in shape anyway.

Oh yeah, if you don't already run or do sit ups start now. It can only make things easier for you. You will have to keep up with guys 10 years younger than you!

BettyAnn

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[DrunkMonkey 0]

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forgot about this!! We have a lot of problems with our junior guys getting into this situation.

There have got to be other financial traps...

Oh---AVOID "payday loan" places. They're worse than loan sharks.

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