Sort of a broad question...but I hear you work 0730-1630... typical work hours but after work... can I lift weights for awhile then read in the library or if I have an e-book to read? A few hours of spare time? I hear on-shore is typical work...but I am expecting the worst so I wonder about all the time you have on-board. Enough time to read a book once and awhile? I am expecting it to be work 18 hours sleep 5 hours and eat 1 hour. Completely clueless my recruiter said they have a library (crappy selection) but readable material none the less.
2007-04-18 10:13:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
YES. It isn't as bad as you or your recruiter are making it out to be. I don't know what rating you chose, but underway you still have tons of time for yourself. If you are on a carrier I know the library we had was better than any university I ever attended and I went to Notre Dame. Their books are all of the highest quality and all brand new. They have all the classics plus all the NY Times best sellers and get so many new books they can't take them all. It all depends on the ship you are on, but quality of life is not as bad as people make it out to be in the civilian world. You have plenty of time to work out, eat, sleep the works. The Navy is super fun and if you are as motivated to read and do other things you will do really well. You can take college classes onboard ship and your greatly benefit to do so. You made the right choice and if you stay this motivated you will do extremely well in the Navy. Also, make sure you get your ESWS and EAWS pins the day you are eligible to start each program. Good luck.
2007-04-18 10:29:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You have quite a bit of free time in the navy. But it also goes with what is going on. Just like any job you could have in the civilian work. There are times that are extremely busy where you don't have enough time to even breathe but there are other times that you have absolutely nothing to do. There is libraries on boats and on bases. Some have a great selection others don't. Most of the time you have Internet access also. But for the most part its pretty typical.
2007-04-18 18:25:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am going to base my answer on the assumption that you will be on sea duty.
During Boot camp, you will have very little free time at all. During A/C schools, you will have some free time, but in many cases, you will be required to put in extra study hours, especially in Nuke or CTI.
Once you hit the Fleet.. while on sea duty, your focus will be on getting qual'd, and then working on your ESWS pin. You will have to do that during moments when you are not on watch or performing the everyday work of your division. When underway, your days will be 18-20 hours long, 7 days a week, leaving you just enough time to grab a bite to eat and nap. Most ships do have limited excercise equipment.
so yes, there can be opportunities to chill out and relax, but onlyafter your duties are done.
2007-04-18 20:01:14 · answer #3 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most ships at sea, you work a MINIMUM of 6 days a week, 8 -10 hour days. On a carrier we worked 12 on, 12 off, 7 days a week. Some worked 12-16 hour days (flight deck personnel mostly). In port, it's mostly an 8 hour day plus your 24 hour duty day (with a 4 hour watch, sometimes). Shore duty is much the same: 7 - 4 with any where from duty every 4 -12 days, or more (depending on the command). My favorite was when I was on permanent shore patrol in Sardinia (big island off the west coast of Italy). We worked 2 12 hour day shifts (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.), 2 12 hour night shifts (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.) then we had 2 days off. Sounds screwed up until you get into it. I spent more time at home on SP than I did when I was working on the ship in that area, plus we got paid for missed meals (12 meals missed in a 4 day shift). When they needed me back on the ship, I went kicking and screaming, he he. Back to working 7 - 4 and duty every 3 days, with duty weekends (Sat/Sun).
(USN, retired)
2007-04-18 22:12:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is the standard work day (8 hrs), plus duty section (4 hrs), giving you 12 hours to do whatever. There are, depending upon the vessel you serve on, movies, books, internet, phone services, etc... I (having served on a Fast Frigate, and thus no access to phone or internet services) used to hang out on the fantail, with the guys, and we would play guitar and sing, if we weren't in a place/time that required us to be below decks.
2007-04-18 17:23:35 · answer #5 · answered by sjsosullivan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are at sea you'll find things to do. Most of them involve work. Lots of masterbation. When you hit port you'll hit the town.
2007-04-18 17:23:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A friendly game of hide the salami is always encouraged in the Navy to pass the time.
2007-04-18 17:36:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋