I served in the army for 3 years, finished my active duty requirements and am now in the Inactive Ready Reserves. I talked w/ a navy recruiter and she said I would have to submit my DD214 and wait 6 months to see if they'll accept me. She sounded like she didn't know to much and I was wondering if their's any truth to this.
BTW my MOS was a 54B, chemical operations specialist.
2007-03-13 06:19:25 · 6 answers · asked by wtf 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
They also told me that it would be easier to go Navy reserve and then AD Navy as opposed to straight into AD Navy. My problem with that, is that it would be up to the CO to decide if I could go AD or stay reserves.
2007-03-13 07:51:28 · update #1
I never did, but I did serve with some people who had. I can tell you this much....the Navy is downsizing drastically!! Yes, you're DD214 is required for cross-military, but you need to do some research on the wait time. I would contact another recruiter and see what they have to say. I'm not sure what your MOS would translate into for a Navy rating, but either way you might be able to choose another rating. If you do get accepted and decide to go to blue then I would look long and hard at ratings that will benefit you if you decide not to stay for 20. The ratings that offer the most schools, the sea/shore rotation (some have 5 yrs of sea duty per tour) and what the SRB (Selevtive Reenlistment Bouns) levels are like. I re-upped for 5 yrs and got 40K. So, it's something that you need to research more to decide what path is the best for you and what will interest you.
Good Luck!!
2007-03-13 07:33:26 · answer #1 · answered by Boo Boo Head 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i did it backwards from what you are trying to do. i went navy to army,, but have talked to the navy recruiters about crossing back,, you can go strait back active, it sounds like she is not sure about the process i suggest talking to a diff recruiter about it,, i was told the same thing about going reserve then active after 6 months,, but the reason for this was so as not to lose rank, crossing back over.you can get on line and talk to a navy recruiter on the navy site about it,, they Will look up the process for you out of the regulation book.
2007-03-13 07:59:08 · answer #2 · answered by redneckmp28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I knew a Lt that served in both Army and then Navy. He was a line officer in Deck Department. I was in boot and know of a 18 year Army vet in Navy boot at Orlando Fla. He wore 4 gold stripes on his uniform in boot. He was going for WO1
2007-03-13 07:31:32 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only did my father go from Army (WW2) to Navy(Korea), but then he went on to the Air Force and retired as an E-8 (Senior Master Sgt?).
2007-03-13 09:56:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They absolutely have!! It's a big plus for the Navy to have trained men to join their ranks. When I was in boot camp, we had two guys in our company who had served in the army for four years.
2007-03-13 06:39:55 · answer #5 · answered by MIGHTY MINNIE 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the Village People
2007-03-13 06:28:02 · answer #6 · answered by guppy 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋