I just came back and would like to know any experiences with the navy or any branch in general. The Navy sounds like the safest branch of them all, nonetheless the funnest. Serving my country is great I want to do that, BUT WHAT ARE SOME REASONS NOT TO GO IN THE NAVY? He told me Iraq is not a place I would be deployed and I voluntarily would choose to go anywhere pretty much...I am 18, enrolled in college for this fall, will be in debt..etc..and so you see why the military appealed to me because he told me I can earn a degree and get paid and all this great stuff. Am I going to die? Am I going to go in underpaid? Screwed in some way? Anything like that would be great to know. thanks ppl
2007-06-27 16:34:52 · 17 answers · asked by Derick G 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Lilly J has a good answer. There is a lot to add and we could sit talk shop all day about the military the branches and what to do and what not to do. Some experience the best time of their life and some the worst. We have choices throughout our life and choosing your beliefs, career or hair color is on you and your devotion. I have been in the Navy for nine years. I started at the bottom and worked my way up like most people out of high school do in any job. Yeah there are days I have to clean toilets, take out the trash, clean this or that, but we don't have janitors either. We are the military. I am in a technical field and will always be in this field because of a specific area of defense I work with. I have seen many places and many different cultures. I currently live in Japan. I am free to work on my degree when I choose for the most part, it just requires more time because of my full time job. I have great benefits and I am financially stable, no debt. There are a lot of times I question what I do and whether it is enough, but I know that anytime there could be another 9/11 and that the next time will be much much worse. So that is why I do what I do, because of what I now know. I know because I am here doing it and not talking like I know when I didn't do anything. You can go to college and be successful, you can go to the military and be successful and you can drop out of high school and be successful. Your life is only as successful as you make it to be. So MAKE IT.
2007-06-28 03:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by zjdose 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on your job in the branch you pic. My husband works on helicopters and the closest he will be to action is in Bahrain, but if you become a navy corpsman, you will more than likely end up near the front lines at some point or another.
YES you get under paid!!!! Any job that you only get a grand a month for(starting pay for an unmarried E-1) that you can DIE for is grossly underpaid! But you don't join for a paycheck, you join for honor and country.
You have no choice where they send you. YOu can make a wish list, but it is just that, a wish list. Meaning I wish I was here, but they sent me there.
YOu will get good money for college and if you work hard, you can get a degree, but you will not get a lot of sleep 'cause you will work a full time job that can call you in whenever it wants, then have to go to school in your 'free time'.
All military jobs are dangerous. You can die at any point, but some times the death is a preventable one if you pay attention to your surroundings.
2007-06-28 00:18:47 · answer #2 · answered by lilly j 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you abhor the possibility of even going to war, don't join. You take an oath. I know it is hard to believe in this day and age, but some people actually take oaths seriously. War is a part of the military life, it is ACTUALLY what they exist for. But if you would rather not be shot at,( I don't like it either, but hey, I joined to be a combat soldier), the Navy is a good deal, so is the Air Force. Most jobs in the Army, believe it or not do not engage in direct combat.
2007-06-27 23:48:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
MILITARY RULES
US Marine Corps Rules:
1. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one
2. Decide to be aggressive enough, quickly enough
3. Have a plan
4. Have a back-up plan
5. Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet
6. Do not attend gunfight with handgun in caliber that doesn’t start with "4"
7. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice… Ammo is cheap
8. Move away from your attacker… Distance is your friend
9. Use cover or concealment as much as possible
10. Flank your adversary when possible… Protect yours
11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose
12. In 10 years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics... They will only remember who lived.
13. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating your intention to shoot
14. Remember, when all else fails, an entrenching tools primary purpose is NOT for digging holes… but for cleaving skulls
US Navy seals rules:
1. Look very cool in sunglasses
2. Kill every living thing within view
3. Adjust speedo
4. Check hair in mirror
US Army Rangers Rules:
1. Walk in 50 miles wearing 75 pound rucksack while starving
2. Locate individuals requiring killing
3. Request permission via radio from "Higher up" to perform killing
4. Curse bitterly when mission is aborted
5. Walk out 50 miles wearing a 75 pound rucksack while starving
US Army Rules:
1. Select a new beret to wear
2. Sew patches on right shoulder
3. Come up with a new patch to cover area of blouse that still shows what color it was
4. Create another new badge for something like "mouse-pad" expert to go with all the rest of the "expert" badges
5. Change the color of beret you decide to wear
US Air Force Rules:
1. Have a cocktail
2. Adjust temperature on air-conditioner
3. See what's on HBO
4. Ask "what is a gunfight?"
5. Request more funding from Congress with a "killer" PowerPoint presentation
6. Wine & dine 'key' Congressmen, invite DOD & defense industry executives
7. Receive funding, set up new command and assemble assets
8. Declare the assets "strategic" and never deploy them operationally
9. Hurry to make 1345 tee-time
US Navy Rules:
1. Go to Sea
2. Drink Coffee
3. Watch porn
4. Deploy the Marines
2007-06-28 01:53:36 · answer #4 · answered by AzGhostrider 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is alot of fun to be had in the the navy. There is also alot of hard work. I was a seabee for five years and there was three times when I was less than 48 hours from mounting out to the sand box, but never went. Sound to me like you should join the coast gaurd, and serve your country however they to are in the sand box also.
2007-06-27 23:54:46 · answer #5 · answered by Joe C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LoL dont listen to your recruiter. I'm part of the Staff that trains the special teams going to Iraq and Afganistan and This whole class I just trained was Navy and Air Force.
2007-06-27 23:40:44 · answer #6 · answered by pvtfrank 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Who wants to be a squid???
Salt water showers. Small rooms. Low doorways. Do ya love the smell of AV Fuel in the morning. Ever been way out in the middle of the sea in a storm? Pray to the stainless god??? Could be stuck doing something below deck and never see the light of day. Marines get their ride to glory on those ships so a lot of above applies. Sure there are girls in port. Nothings free though.
The Army can intro you to the charms of cute young girls in several fun places. Blondes, brunettes oh my. Korea, Germany, Italy oh yeah.
Never mind your not packen what it takes. Enjoy College!
SSG US Army 73-82
2007-06-28 00:09:14 · answer #7 · answered by Stand-up philosopher. It's good to be the King 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wrong. there are TONS of Navy in the sandbox right now, and many of them them were voluntold. in fact even 'safe' ratings such as YN are deployed over there.
you don't get to dictate when and where you deploy to. you go where the Navy tells you to go. doesn't matter how badly you want to go to hawai'i, if there are no billets for your rating when it comes time to choose orders, you don't go to hawai'i.
and you can't be a full time college student and join the Active Navy. Now, if you are going reserves, it's another matter entirely.. but you STILL run the risk of being deployed, even while in school.
2007-06-28 08:09:44 · answer #8 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Navy ships sink, Air Force planes crash, Marines and Army troops get shot. Take your pick. You don't need to be even THINKING about joining the military if your safety and comfort are paramount. Sheesh!
2007-06-28 00:23:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was an army brat and from what I learned. if you don't want too much action the air force--navy--army---marines. in this order. the marines are always the first ones out to be killed. My son who is 23 went into the navy after graduating. there is sooo much crime and gangs on the ships in the navy. the air force is the quietest branch.
2007-06-27 23:46:10 · answer #10 · answered by colojeanette 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋