I might be asking for too much. But if u have a wife and kid, u know what i mean.I am looking for a job, that I will not have to be on a ship alot. I know i will be on a ship, cause it is the Navy, but i know there are jobs that u spend the least amount of time away from my family.
2007-02-05 07:14:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Yeoman if you can type and spell. Few on ships, many on land
2007-02-05 07:17:25 · answer #1 · answered by Tom W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have a sea/shore rotation depending on the rating you choose. As an AO, sea/shore was 4/3 (I think). After boot camp and "A" school, I went to my first duty station and luckily got shore duty in Nevada. It wasn't always a picnic, but for the most part I enjoyed it. I never did go on a ship, I got off active duty after four years to move to Virginia with my husband (who was also in the Navy). I did stay in the reserves and had a great time being a full time reservist (I worked about 200 days out of the year) and even did a few deployments to the middle east, which were lots of fun (and hard work).
As for the ships...when you are on sea duty, you'll have 6-9 month cruises and work-up periods in between those. You'll just work on the boat while in port...you won't to LIVE on the boat unless you are low rank and single. While you're on cruise, you will stop in ports around the world. It's not as if they keep you locked on the boat for 6 months straight (unless you do something very bad in a port!)
If you choose Navy, I'd suggest a rating like IT that will translate well into civilian life! This website: http://www.spear.navy.mil/profile/profil... has some good information and briefly describes each individual Navy rating.
Good luck and I hope you have a good time in whatever branch you choose:)
2007-02-05 07:23:46 · answer #2 · answered by Rainier 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why join the Navy - if you don't want on ship?
Though with a wife and child I can see you will have less chance of bodily harm than the Army or Marines.
If you are set on the Navy - go to the Navy website and check out their accelerator - it is supposed to give you the best idea of the job you are suited for. You may also want to talk to a recruiter about Purchasing and Supply or Food, Restaurant and Lodging .
Personally I was in the engineering field. I found it had more opportunity for jobs after service and pays great. But that was years ago .
2007-02-05 07:42:55 · answer #3 · answered by Akkita 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look you might want to do better research in what u want to get yourself into ...I'm in the military myself .If there is one thing I hate is been away from my wife and little girl, I'm not saying the military is bad but if you love to spent time with your family the military is not for you..when i first got in I didn't mind much but then I got married and had my little girl now I hate been away from them. I recommend you used that as your last option, I'm telling you, you will get homesick more than you think specially in the navy I recommend you get a spot where it says on your contract exactly where u are going to be so u have an idea, you never know you might get sent out here where I'm at this is my second tour I'm making in the last 3 years.
2007-02-05 07:27:01 · answer #4 · answered by DAMIEN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Choose a rating that will translate into a well paying job when you finally get out. DO NOT strike for YEOMAN. That is a SECRETARY. Go for a tech job: ELECTRONICS TECH, INFO TECH, ELECTRICIAN, INTERIOR COMMUNICATIONS TECH, etc, etc.
As far as being on a ship, there are only TWO ratings I know of that don't go on ships: SEA BEES (but they DO deploy) and OCEANOGRAPHIC TECH. DO NOT go to any aviation rating.
Not all sailors spend a lot of time at sea. Some luck out and get very little sea time, BUT, there is always that sea, sea, sea, shore happening to some. I spent 20 years in the Navy and was only on TWO often at sea ships (AFTER I was married). I was away for 1 year on the flag ship for the middle east forces (unaccompanied and counted as 2 years sea time for rotation, not pay, purposes), and got duty in Antarctica for 13 months (again counted as 2 years for rotation). I was on a sub tender that went to Diego Garcia for less than 6 months. My final ship, the Nimitz, took me to the Med from March to October before I retired. I did spend 2 tours overseas with my family (total of 7 years).
So the Navy is really a crap shoot when it comes to sea/shore duties.
Good luck and WELCOME ABOARD!
(USN/retired since '85)
2007-02-05 10:31:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the Navy wanted you to have a wife and kids they would issue them to you!
However, since you are already in the poo, you can expect little or no sympathy.
To be a sailor means you go to sea for 6 months of the year.
Maybe you should think about Airforce. Stores work is very demanding but at least you get to stay at home where she can cook and wash your clothes for you.
2007-02-05 08:39:45 · answer #6 · answered by dtedad-50 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try for the seabees they are like construction workers in the Navy. they don't go on ships, but they do deploy overseas.
If you join the navy get used to hearing this "Suck it up" and Did your wife and kid come in your sea bag?" Most ratings are seagoing ratings. The normal rotation for someone just coming in is 5 years of sea time and 3 years shore.
I did 8 years of active duty and I did 3 delpoments in 3 years and one of them was 9 months long.
2007-02-05 07:45:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sailors exist to be on ships and ships are built to be at sea.
If, after you are trained in the billet you have chosen and you have spent several years performing at sea, you MAY be assigned to a shore duty to train others to do your job. Of course there will be several hundred sailors who are equally qualified and experienced trying to get the same billet.
I'm sorry to dispel your illusions (ie. what your recruiter told you) but unless you are a music major and can audition and make the grade for the US Navy Band or Drum And Bugle Corps, you are going to be away from your family allot.
2007-02-05 07:28:21 · answer #8 · answered by lunatic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you join the military, you may at some point have an option to choose what you want to specialize in, but the fact is they will use you where they need you. You may end up a year in Iraq, or you may not. The point is you have to be willing to make that sacrifice if you sign up, don't sign up on promises or the hope that you won't go.
2007-02-05 07:36:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what ever job u have, you will still have the same time on the ship as everybody else. my husband is an ABF and he is here about 15 days out of the month. just dont get in the medical field
2007-02-05 11:01:15 · answer #10 · answered by ♥JaMeS's MoMmY♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Become a Seabee and build stuff, it is very rare that they ride on ships, you'll be on land 99% of the time.
2007-02-05 07:46:25 · answer #11 · answered by huerito323 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋