i want to serve in the navy but iant never ben good at much and everyone brings me down about it?

Question

is there any help full words out there

i have no doubts everyone else doubts me

and my family thank that i am too slow in the head to do it

Answer 1

Daryl,

It has nothing to do what other people might think about you and everything to do with what you're willing to do to succeed in your endeavors. At the end of the day, if you're willing to continue motivate yourself to better yourself and make a life for your wife and child, nothing your critics might have to say is important. Do what you believe is right and apply yourself 100% to that goal. You're the only one who can make this happen....

Best Wishes

Answer 2

I was sitting in the break room of a dead end job watching a commercial for the Marine Corps. I made a comment that I was going to join. I received laughs from around the room and explanations of why I would never hack it . One of the reasons was the fact that I was overweight. I went down and signed up the next day. Best decision I have ever made. By the time I graduated boot camp, I had lost 60 pounds and had more confidence than I had ever had before. The Navy can can instill confidence in you and give you the tools you will need to succeed. They have a great support system.

Answer 3

If you want to do the Navy thing... go for it. You may surprise yourself. I wasn't sure if I wanted to join the Army because I wasn't sure if I'd be good at it... because I wasn't good at anything else... but I went out and enlisted and I don't regret it at all. Actually, being in the military has been the best thing I could of done. It's the only place I actually feel welcome and have lots of friends. I am always shy about guys... but for some reason, being around military guys aren't so intimidating for me. .... weird.

Anyways, you never know until you try. If the Navy isn't for you... it's only a few years of your life. You get out when your time is up. I don't know much about the Navy, so you'd have to ask the recruiter what is the minimum you can serve.

Answer 4

Don't let others put you down. You have to make the crucial decisions about yourself.

There are pros and cons to any job/career. You have to think about those and then make you decision. For example,

Pros -- It help you choose a career and gain training and experience. You can retire at a relatively early age. Then you can get another job and have retirement pay and the new income. Lots of other benefits too.

Cons -- Once you sign the contract, you are bound by it and have to serve the 3 or 4 years. You could be sent to war. If you are married, you could be sent to a remote base for 6 to 18 months without being able to take your family with you.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Might be a good move for you.

The navy will train you - and it would probably give you a shot of much needed confidence as well.

Everyone is good at something. Often it tends to be something you like.

It's not a decision to be taken lightly, though. If this is something you've wanted to do for a while and you think you could tolerate it then go for it.

If you are too slow in the head, you won't pass the test.

Answer 6

You dont say how old you are, but if over 18, then you are a legal adult, able to enter into contracts, live on your own, etc., unless judged incompetent by a Court of Law. In other words, unless you have a really bad criminal record or something, join the navy if that is what you truly wish to do.

When in Basic, do NOT take what the Instructors say to you personally. Listen to them talk, but don't hear what they say (I am referring to when they are bawling you out for something). A lot of times they will start screaming at you for the smallest infraction, just suck it up and don't let it get you mad or weepy or anything, that will just make them tear into you all the more. The drill instructors are in the business to train recruits who are able to take the rigors of military service, but just as importantly, they are there to weed out the ones either physically or tempermentally unfit for the military.

If their big thing is physical punishment, such as pushups, running, etc, remember they can only take you as far as muscle failure. This means if the most pushups you can do is 50, you will collapse trying for that 51st one. Once you hit muscle faliure, all they can do is scream at you while you lie there, gasping for air. Of course, the humiliation of being chewed out in front of your squadmates is greater than any phyiscal punishment they will try, as they are not there to injure or kill you they are there to toughen you up and make you realize Military Service is not a decision to be made on a whim. It is deadly serious work and they have a name for those servicemembers who don't treat it as such:

They call them "Casualties".

Bottom line, you might just be amazed at what some self confidence will do to change the attitudes of those who know you. I am 6'4" and now weigh 220, then when I joined the Army, I weighed about 175 (skinny), when I came back to AZ after Basic and about 5 months at my AIT, all my old friends kept commenting about howe much more self-assured I seemed, how much more relaxed, and I had added about 25 lbs of solid muscle to my arms, legs and chest. The military will challenge you in ways you never dreamed of, and you will get out of it exactly what you put into it. At the very least, listen to instruction from the Drills, what they are teaching you could save your life one day.

Answer 7

what you can do in the Navy depends on your ASVAB score. the lower the score, the fewer options you have. have you spoken to a recruiter yet and scheduled a practice ASVAB to determine what exactly your weak skills are? have you purchased an ASVAB study guide? what is your physical condition? can you pass a initial PFA? are you overweight? Have you graduated High School?

Minimum raw score for the Navy is a 35 on the ASVAB. 50 if you have a GED. Highest score is a 99.

Answer 8

I recommend that you talk to the recruiter and see what jobs you can qualify for. The military will train you in a specific skill so you don't have to worry about what you know right now, although when you take the ASVAB test, it will lay out what jobs you should be able to qualify for.
The bottom line is that it sounds like you need some more information to see if it is the right choice for you.

Answer 9

Those who try and bring you down because you want to serve your country, are LOSERS. They're afraid to try, and do what you are willing to do, for love of country. Stand with your heart, stay the course that your mind is leading you, and find happiness in what you want. It matters not at all what others say. If you don't do as your own desires dictate, then you can never be happy. I applaud you for your strength, and courage.

Answer 10

Yes, don't do it.. How would you like it if you have joined, you feel very down about it, and your trapped in there like a prisoner?

Don't do it if you have any doubts...