Is navy worth to join?

Question

I am one semester away from my BS degree in accounting. Recently this recruiter called to my house and asked me if I am looking for a job. And the recruiter told me that if I join navy, the navy will reserve an accounting job for me right after I get my BS degree. Also the recruiter told me that I will not be sent to Iraq for sure. Moreover, I will get $8,000 bonus once I passed the boot camp and $40,000 bonuses at the end of the year if I am willing to give up $100 from my paycheck every month.

However, I found out that there are no guarantees after I did some research on the web once I sign the contract. I also found out that navy will reassign your job choice if you do badly on the performance of the boot camp and A school.

Should I sign the contract right now or after I get my BS degree? Will they send me to the war zone? And will I really get the accounting job that I was promised?

I want to serves the country but I don't want to harm another human being.

Answer 1

I did 10.5 years and think it was the best thing I have ever done but keep one thing in mind. The recruiters talk BS so make them put it all in writing. They should give you a job before you sign the contract. If they don't give your rating before you will serve what ever they want you to. Wait until u get your degree and then try to go in as an officer. As far as enlistment bonuses they do have them for certain rates

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Is The Navy Worth Joining

Answer 4

My brother is in the Navy, it can be a great career but I cannot say this strongly enough, joevette is 100% right: YOU MUST GET EVERYTHING PROMISED TO YOU IN WRITING OR IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. Recruiters are paid to get you to join, they can and will lie to you about what will happen during your enlistment. Repeat: get everything possible in writing, including your rating, where you will be stationed, all benefits they say you will accrue, any financial promises concerning schooling or anything else. Basically if the recruiter is willing to say it he should be willing to put it on paper. I also strongly recommend that you do not let yourself be pressured into signing anything until you have had it looked at by a third party.

Like I said, my brother is in the Navy, he loves it and I think it's a very honorable thing for him to do, but I gave him this exact advice before he joined and he chose to ignore it. Since then he has discovered that he was ranked two pay grades lower than his promised starting rate, and that they will not, in fact, cover the schooling they said they would pay for, to the tune of ~$22,000. So just be careful, and watch your back, or you'll find yourself holding your ankles.

Answer 5

Good thing you asked that question.

Look, if you're going to have a degree, WHY would you enlist in the Navy? If you have a degree, go to officer school and become and officer. The pay is better, there are more places for you to go (as an enlisted puke you get to go to nice places like the galley for 6 months to clean grease out of deck drains).

If you want to serve your country, join the Navy (but, remember that NAVY is an acronym for Never Again Volunteer Yourself). Actually, you get great experience, have fun doing it, and meet a LOT of people you never would have if you didn't join.

If you want to make money, look into becoming a certified financial planner. you get to help people invest their money and make money doing so.

Answer 6

I was in the Navy for 12 years as an enlisted. Do not--I repeat-DO NOT listen to a recruiter. Everything that you want--should be on the contract you sign . Do not go enlisted. If you have a degree--go officer. If you decide to be an officer--you will go through OCS (Officer Candidate School) sort of like the school that was in "An Officer and A Gentleman". I would wait until after you graduate to sign the contract
As far as accounting. As an enlisted, the only ratings that even resemble accounting are storekeeper, payroll specialists, supply clerk. There are no accountants in the Navy as far as I know. I was a data processer-was told I would fix computers. They lied. I babysat mainframes and took stuff off printers. It was Data systems that fixed the computers. Now the data processer are Radiomen. And I am unemployed in the civilian world.
Think long and hard about what you want and how you want to live your life. If you are a homebody and enjoy having "roots' in your community-don't sign up. You will have to move every 2 years and will continously be making new friends.

Answer 7

You mentioned nothing about OCS (Officer's Candidate School ) ! The recruiter should have informed you that as a degreed undergraduate you could qualify for OCS. Why would you enlist as an enlisted man when you can be an Ensign , a junior officer in the US Navy!

If I were you, I would sign nothing. I would also speak to a recruiter who handles officers recruitment.

There aren't many accounting jobs in a war zone, and if you are required to serve in the middle east, it will more than likely be aboard ship, or in a Gulf state, like Kuwait.

Doing badly in navy boot camp is almost impossible, unless you are occupationally handicapped. As someone striving for a degree in accounting, I doubt that this is the case.

Answer 8

Your recruiter might have feeding you a line of BS, but it's hard for me to tell from what you've said.

Do your own independent research. About.com has a lot of good info,easy to understand and pretty complete.

I would think that with a degree in accounting you'd want to go in as an officer, and if you want to stay somewhat related to your major, you'd go into the Staff Corps as a Supply Officer. This could easily be a shipboard assignment, especially for a junior officer, but could be shoreside (in US or overseas).

Just remember, if it's not in writing, it's not guaranteed. Make sure you can understand the contract they want you to sign.

I was in for 6, mostly had a good time, learned a lot, met some nice people.

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Answer 10

Great career if you're up to it, but you'd better get realistic. The navy is military, and military is about "neutralizing the aggressor" when necessary. You don't want to hurt anyone?

Let's suppose you decide to be a nice safe civilian, or even "desk navy", and you accidentally find yourself away from the bright lights and a bad guy wants to do you some harm or maybe rape and kill your wife. Are you going to let him, or are you going to neutralize him? Better decide right now what you will do, because you won't have time to mull it over in an emergency.