Military 101?????

Question

Hey everyone, I need some honest good old help. Here is my story. I want to join the Military and I have done my homework for years now. I have been involved with the military since I wanted to go in back in 2003. In 2003 I decided to go talk to recruiters of all the branches and the Navy seemed to be the right place for me. I signed up and was to leave July 13th 2004 but my recruiter brought personal matters into the office and failed to make sure that with all the changes while I was in DEP I stated eligible. So I asked to be discharged so that I can go reserve instead of active because do to her mistake I would have to choose a new job and a new contract. I just didnt want her as my recruiter anymore. I then joined the Reserve and shortly after I got pregnant. they discharged me. It has been two years since and now I want to give it another try . I have my prioritys straight . But My husband is Active duty Army and we have two kids. I contacted a recruiter and explained my situation

but he won't email me back...Is it possible to join now or did I screw up?

Answer 1

you can't join Navy you have too many children on top of having an Active Duty Spouse in another Branch. at the very least you'd require a waiver or two, and the Navy flat out isn't granting many. You don't say how old you are but if you are over 35 now, you are too old.

you MIGHT get a waiver for Army, seeing as how you could request spousal co location.. BUT you;d also have to come up with a rock solid Family Care plan to designate long term, short term and immediate notice care givers for your kids who can take when you are both gone.. and you will be both gone at the same time.

Answer 2

Like was mentioned before look at your reenlistment status. If you're eligible to reenlist then you can. The Navy has NO REGULATIONS against both parents being active duty. Disregard the 1st answer up top. As long as you have a family care plan. You didn't screw it up unless you got NJP before (Art. 15). Otherwise - getting pregnant/ having a kid has never disqualified any one from going into the Navy. Just find a recruiter that knows what they are doing this time.

Answer 3

I dont know about the Navy but i know that if both parents are in the Army and married you will get stationed together where-ever you go and if you both get depolyed then you have to have an emergancy guardian to take care of your child or children but i was in the Marines before the army and it is based on your Re-enlistment code like mentioned above a 4 means you cant re-enlist but i was a three when i got out of the marines and now I am in the army so go and get a dd form 214 and take it to your recruiter and have them look up the code to see what you got to do to re-enlist that is pretty much all i know hope this helped....

Answer 4

I don't know about Navy, but both of my parents are on Active Duty. They both just had to grant emergency guardianship to someone. As far as re-enlisting, I would go to the recruiting agency and talk face to face, so that you get all the answers you need at once.
Good Luck!

Answer 5

I could be wrong but I think Navy regulations prohibit both parents from being on active duty in any case.

Answer 6

Your chances are pretty slim,what's your family care plan if you're BOTH deployed? Screw email get a face to face and have HIM tell you straight up why he's not talking to ya.If'n that don't work..contact his chain of command.

Answer 7

look on your dd214. look for something called RE code like RE4 or what ever your is. these codes are your RE-ENLISTMENT code. when you find that call a recruiter and ask what your code means. i know that re4 means you can never re-enlist.