In the navy
 

So after some relationship problems, realizing the fact I'm 22 and haven't accomplished anything yet, and the fact that I can't go to college, without going into debt(parents make too much for financial aid, but not enough to send me to college).

Have yet to talk to a recruiter, but need to lose weight anyways. Ideally I'd like to leave September-October/2011.

I'm planning on going nuke(Signed up for Delayed-entry back in September 08, and signed as Nuke, so Hopefully I can get this again).

The big question is whether or not I want to be in a sub or a Carrier. :haha:



Edit: Also Merry Christmas everyone!

How tall are you?

5'10 or 5'11. Forget which.

I joined the Navy back in '08 but was discharged on medical grounds, but if I could go back I would. I was supposed to be a clerk because of my ASVAB scores but one of the staff at the local MEPS messed up my paper work and I became an Aircraft Mechanic instead. If you do join and get sent to Great Lakes, Illinois don't ask about Ship 17.

Everyone goes to Great Lakes. :O:

Although now you have my curiosity peaked about Ship 17.

All I know is I can't be a pilot, or flight controller due to lack of Depth perception.


I think I'm going to go submariner, better food :P.

Plus it's easier to know who you're sharing a ship with.

Been watching Navy movies, just cause.

So far I've seen Top Gun, and just put K-17:The widowmaker into our DVD queue. Afterwords I'm going to get Crimson Tide, and Hunt for the Red October.


Edit: Just looked up Ship 17

A sub is the elite. You're special. On the other hand you see nothing but four walls for months at a time.

A carrier lets you actually see the sea. Not that there's much to see, but it is the sea after all, and it can be entertaining.

Whichevery you end up with, you will get to visit exotic faraway places and meet interesting people.

The recruiting posters in my day said "Join the Navy, see the world". I did, and I'm here to tell you the world is flat and blue.

Best thing about today's subs: you're in a big tube far underwater so big storms on the surface don't affect you much.

Worst things about today's subs: you're in a big tube, far underwater.

You pick which matters more. I only have this advice for submariners: Keep track of the number of times you dive. Add the number of times you surface. Divide the total by two. If your answer's not a whole number, don't open the hatch.

I don't think I'll have any issues with not seeing sunlight that often(most of my teenage years were spent in dark rooms :haha:).

Plenty of time to read, when not running the nuclear reactor. I hope to be an Electronics Technician.

TYVM.. new sig.

Most of that reading time will be on your quals I imagine, or else! :03: Remember, hunt them down and make them sign! :yeah:

Make sure you take your vitamin D tabs then. You don't want to develop ricketts whilst tending your Rickover.:DL

Well Spike having been in Ship 17 I can tell you it is a hellish place, was there for around two and a half months of bordom and waiting. No TV, a major lack of books, and hardly any contact with the outside world aside from letters which would take about 3 days to reach its destination. I spent some time reading a book that was considered contraband and polishing mine and others boots(the others I got paid to polish). The funniest thing I remember about the place was some of the guys had a rolled-up sock fight, a petty officer who would play sound clips from the Three Stooges in the moring and night and the random fire drills. So if you do join Spike don't go to Ship 17!!!! If you do join best of luck to you.:salute:

Reading about it, I heard about someone who was stuck there for 267 days.

Being a submariner my advice to you is this. If you don't have a problem with going months without sunshine, go subs. Food is better, you get paid more, a lot of good guys serve on subs, and when you get your fish you know that you are one of the best the navy has to offer. Now that being said if you plan on going Nuc and ET (also know as a Reactor tech) you will not get nearly the same amount of free time that the coners get, but you get propay. You can expect early days and late nights as well to be honest, but you will advance quickly. In fact I knew guys on their first enlistment that had made E-6. If you got any questions I'll answer what I can.

Does this have to do with the fact that the Navy is short on Nukes? Also what is propay?
I was planning on being at least an E-4 or E-5 before my first enlistment ended. Doesn't seem like it'll be that hard with a E-3 head start.

What I gathered from the last time I went into DEP is that Nuke's don't go to Submarine school, as the navy figures that if you can pass Nuclear School, you can learn what you need to while on the sub.

Don't know about the navy, but damn did we eat good in the Coast Guard, not to mention the fishing was great.

Problem is, the Coast Guard and Airforce have 3-4 month waiting lists, because they're that full.

From what I've heard, Navy Submarine cooks go to some prestigious cooking school, as good food is good for morale and what not.

Yes the Navy will always be short of nuclear personnel due to the high requirements of the job. Propay is an extra pay incentive that nucs get in addition to sea and sub pay. I'm not sure how much propay is but being broke and being a nuc shouldn't happen, even at E-3. The advancement for a nuc follows a typical line, they enter at E-3, once they complete nuc school they get E-4 without having to take the exam, then once they get to their boat they reenlist and are given E-5. And you are correct, nucs do not attend Sub School in Groton, CT.

I remember my dearly departed dad singing this to me when I was a LOT younger:

I joined the navy to see the world
But what did I see?
I saw the sea