living quarters in the navy?

Question

after your out of navy bootcamp and your A school do you live in a dorm as i was told or a baracks.

im looking into the navy scuba and that fat $35,000 bonus

Answer 1

When you get to your permenant duty station, it is likley that you will be in a dorm type barracks. Barracks is a lose term. It applies to any shore based living quarters. The type of barracks can vary from bases to base. The type of barracks you have in boot camp is called "open bay" This is probably the only place you would see this type. The Navy has been phasing out this type of living outside of boot camp. Over the past 15 years, the Navy has been buiding new barracks buildings and modernizing existing ones. This is in an effort to improve quality of life. As a navy diver, chances are you won't do much time on a ship, so you won't have to experience shipboard living conditions, which is a whole other subject. The dorm type barracks can be very elaborate, usuall 2-3 man rooms, maybe a kitchenette and a shared head. It all depends on what base and where they fall into getting the money for nice barracks. The Diver barracks in Pearl Harbor our very nice and the last I heard they were building a new one! Final note: My nephew just made it through dive school. HE said it was pretty tuff. Alot more to it than just swimming!! Get in shape if your not!!! Good luck!

Answer 2

Navy Living Quarters

Answer 3

It's called a "barracks", but it really is more like a dorm. You will probably have at least one, or up to 3 roommates. Depending on where your A school is will determine what exactly your set up is. When I was at NTC Orlando, we lived in quads (4 rooms with 4 people off a common lounge). When I went to A school in NTC Great Lakes, we had rooms with 4 people each, very much like a dorm room. Then I moved on to C school (still in Great Lakes), and we had the quad style again, only this time with 3 people per room.

This was over 20 years ago, so some of it may have changed.

Answer 4

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living quarters in the navy?
after your out of navy bootcamp and your A school do you live in a dorm as i was told or a baracks.

im looking into the navy scuba and that fat $35,000 bonus

Answer 5

If you are at Great Lakes right now make acquaintances with older squids and take advantage out of joining the brotherhood of the ancient mariners to further your ambitions. My brother, now a Petty Officer 1st class I think, got housing allowances when he was in London and had a sweet 2 bedroom flat on the Thames because there was not adequate housing for him on base. He has pretty good luck in Navy all in all because it is known he is true hearted, hardworking and stubborn only if it is to get the job done. He and his beauty-ful bride Tiff are looking for housing now at the Base in Hawaii. Never again volunteer yourself if your a** rides in navy equipment or you ain't a real marine yet. Welcome to the crew boyo!

Answer 6

all single Sailors or Sailors on Unacompanied orders live inthe Barracks after Boot Camp, unless they are assigned to sea duty, in which case they live on the ship.

Barracks can be dorm style.. anywhere from 1 to three roomates with a shared communal room, or you could get a modified hotel room with a shared communal kitchen area and recreation area on each floor.

once you hit a certain paygrade, you can ask for permission to live off base and collect BAH.

Answer 7

Dorms are for the Air Force and barracks are for the NAvy...same thing

Answer 8

You live in a dorm only if you're stationed on shore. If you're assigned to a ship, you live in a berthing compartment with 20-60 others.

Answer 9

The division who's berthing compartment in on the starboard side of the ship!

Answer 10

You most likely will live in barracks if you are not stationed on a carrier.