I have a wife and a soon to be child, and Im really interested in joining the navy working with computers, and I want to know what its like to have a family, and be in the navy. I understand that I will be expected to be away from base "family" for 2-3 months at a time, but when I get back how soon do I deport agin? and usualy for how long? also, do you get paid more then normal when ur on the boat?
2007-12-30 07:51:59 · 5 answers · asked by gravyandicecream 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
A wife, child, and a computer job... That describes me to a T.
I am married with a 2 year old, and work on Weapon computers. First of all, your job wont really make that much of a difference on how much time away from your family. If your job puts you on a ship, its the ships schedule that will dictate how much time away from your family that you will have, of course. As for how much you will be away from them, it depends on the type of ship you are on and where that ship is based out of. If you are stationed on a small boy (Cruiser, Destroyer, Frigate) and are stationed in the States, you have a slightly more conventional schedule than if you were on a ship overseas. Stateside ships do the traditional 6 month deployments, then back to the states for a year to 18 months, then another 6 month deployment. During your 18 months stateside, you will have time out at sea doing workups to get your ship prepared for the deployment.
As for overseas, you dont do 6 month deployments. You got out for a couple months, then back in. It is a very fluent schedule, as stuff can change very quickly.
Hope that helps...
2007-12-30 08:43:57 · answer #1 · answered by Hoff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ON a boat you will receive family separation pay if your out more than 30 days. Also you will receive sea pay. Possibly hazardous duty pay. Tax free in the gulf and certain other areas in the ocean. So on a 6 month deployment you can really bring home some serious cash. And living with a family in the military is pretty easy, you won't get to see your kids grow up to much but that's just something you will have to adapt to.
2007-12-30 19:46:54 · answer #2 · answered by ATCMoore 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Out of all the Branches, the Navy is the one I choose "least likely" to maintain a Family.
For IT, your ship-shore rotation may vary, for "Gunner's Mate" (My first hitch), my ship-shore rotation was 4 years on and 2 years off. Of course, that does not mean being to sea/deployed the whole time.
Sea Pay is a little more but not much and I think currently most branches offer "Family Seperation pay" for a certain length of "away" time.
P.S. the only "boats" in the Navy are Submarines, the rest are ships.
2007-12-30 18:13:00 · answer #3 · answered by Guessses, A.R.T. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i done ships for 14 years as an it working with computers and having a family. now i'm a ground sailor and work with computers, radios, and m4 rifles in the field, woods, bushes, and deserts of the world. a normal deployment is 6 months or so and prior to that there is training before deployment. almost everyone is on at least an 18 month cycle between deployments but it all differs. good luck.
2007-12-30 18:47:34 · answer #4 · answered by jason 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is sea pay, but If I recall correctly it isn't that much.
as for underways.. anything from out Mon-Fri and Home on weekends to home a week gone a month home two weeks gone six, etc.
2007-12-30 17:32:33 · answer #5 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋