Enlisted Navy jobs?

[shade]

Alright sailors, my university fun has been cut short to two years for now anyway. I've decided to join the Navy Reserve to get some more funds to continue my studies. I have enough units to enter as an E-3 but I still have no real directions to what job I really want. I was looking into the CT jobs and the IS. I just want some Navy heads to tell me what you do in each job, the pros and cons, which job sucks, which job is good, and all that stuff. I got a 94 on the ASVAB and 110 on the DLAB by the way.


The Reserve also have limited jobs, so I can't pick all those active duty ones. It also doesn't matter if its hard to rank up in the job, I'm planning to be commissioned after two years or so when I get my Bachelors anyway. And yes, I will go active after that.

Thanks in advance.

[mrmephistopheles]

Finish school. You'll regret not doing so.

Just do school then join.

[kandyflip445]

I agree. Do eeeet and finish school first.

[I10cruiser]

i just finish watching Carrier . .its movie/series about life ona carrier i think nimihts . . it was really good. . gave me a new perspective towards sailors

[azndoc]

The best job in the Navy is.......

** drum roll**

Navy Hospital Corpsman.

The best job if you want to do a variety of high speed low drag stuff.

You can be with the Marines, SEALs, Seabees, hospital, hospital ship, Swcc (people who give rides to seals into combat zones and ops), and everywhere unit needs a Corpsman. You get respect if your squared away and get treated really well.

Oh yeah recon and force recon.

But since you want to be a spook (ct) then I don't know what to say.

If you know mandarin Chinese then they'll love you as a CT.

Stuck in a office all day, fuck that.

[qwikspool]

corpsman up.
mr jack is right.
if you are into combat and stuff
join the seals or recon
i was a corpsman for the seals for a month for training june of 05.
the best ever.
there's a lot of n.e.c(navy classification code) in the rate corpsman.
so basically you are not stuck doing one job.

with that asvab score, you should be getting a nuclear job.
their bunos is pretty high. same thing being a seals.
you should read into navy times.
right now navy need seals sailors.
so basically the graduation rate went up for seals
right now they have program that you go to chicago for 6-8 weeks long before you go to buds here in coronado.

look for a rate that could benefit you in the long run.
i came in undesignated(i didnt have a spicific rate).
and after doing that for 3 yrs i cross rated into corpsman.

[lflkajfj12123]

Originally Posted by mrmephistopheles

Finish school. You'll regret not doing so.

Just do school then join.

take out some loans

do whatever it takes

[liv2drift045]

Originally Posted by azndoc

The best job in the Navy is.......

** drum roll**

Navy Hospital Corpsman.

The best job if you want to do a variety of high speed low drag stuff.

You can be with the Marines, SEALs, Seabees, hospital, hospital ship, Swcc (people who give rides to seals into combat zones and ops), and everywhere unit needs a Corpsman. You get respect if your squared away and get treated really well.

Oh yeah recon and force recon.

But since you want to be a spook (ct) then I don't know what to say.

If you know mandarin Chinese then they'll love you as a CT.

Stuck in a office all day, fuck that.

I'm a CT (well IT i was force merged/converted)... i love sitting in ac all day... fine by me... being in the field is just not for everyone. And you can still do alot of special programs. I have to agree that you should TRY to finish school before you come in. If you cannot, then i'd come in w/ the plan to finish school in one of many officer programs. I being a blue shirt/enlisted respect officers a hell of a lot more if they where in my shoes at one point of time, not some fucking green/wet behind the ears dude who graduated highschool AFTER me and wants to tell me how to do my job and he just joined the navy (airforce/army/marines)... hate that shit... i'm in the process of starting an officer program now..

Good luck.
It's not all bad, but its not for everyone either.

Kevin

[cdlong]

if you think you can join the reserves now and stay a weekend warrior (i.e., not deploy) until you graduate, you're kidding yourself. now the navy might be different because their mission isn't as tasked right now but don't be suprised when they send you to the persian gulf in the middle of a semester.

again, not sure about the navy, but getting an officer slot is more that just raising your hand and saying "i have a diploma now, i want to be an officer." you may have to fight for a slot and wait a few years. being reserves for that time won't make it any easier. there are programs that are setup with commissioning as your final result and they pay for school. some research will be necessary, but ROTC or transfering to any of the academies could be an option. even if your school doesn't have Navy ROTC, you might be able to go to Army or AF ROTC and commission into the Navy. i know you can do that from the AF academy.

FYI, from what i've heard, ensigns get shit on. they're treated like dirt for the first year or two. the army and AF aren't bad.

Originally Posted by 8ggalant

I being a blue shirt/enlisted respect officers a hell of a lot more if they where in my shoes at one point of time, not some fucking green/wet behind the ears dude who graduated highschool AFTER me and wants to tell me how to do my job and he just joined the navy (airforce/army/marines)... hate that shit...

any officer that does that is not a good officer. you have the specific training to do the job, we (you probably already figured out already i'm an AF officer) have broad training in the career field and in management. i do my best to give the guys the tools they need to do the job and stay out of the way.

[shmiddy]

Originally Posted by mrmephistopheles

Finish school. You'll regret not doing so.

Just do school then join.

great fuckin advice!!

the more you procrasinate on going to school the harder it is to go back. and joining the armed services will def prolong finishing school

[liv2drift045]

Originally Posted by cdlong

any officer that does that is not a good officer. you have the specific training to do the job, we (you probably already figured out already i'm an AF officer) have broad training in the career field and in management. i do my best to give the guys the tools they need to do the job and stay out of the way.

I've had maybe 50% of the officer's (junior officers) that I've worked for who did that. I believe that's how it should be done as well. But everyone as there own way of 'managing'. Some people's methods just suck haha. But if its anything I've learned from being a supervisor is one leading style does not work w/ everyone. Sometime's you have to change it up.

[ThatGuy]

Joining the Military for College Money, is like joining the UFC to get a free mouth guard.

There are other ways to go about affording college.

You should only join the Military if it is what you truly want to do with your life.

[shade]

UCSD has the NROTC program which I haven't really researched on. Maybe I'll just apply for that and continue going here. I also automatically become an officer after completing it too so no waiting in line for me later on. And plus six years active duty obligation isn't bad.

I was just thinking of joining the enlisted ranks because I just wanted to get my shit straight. I sort of know what I'm expecting since my grandpa and four uncles, all who atleast serve for 20 years, have told me what its like. They're all old school though so there's no point really asking them about the new tech jobs. Hell, my grandpa was a boatswain and one of my uncles worked the boiler room, both retired as MCs. They all think that the miltary has gone soft to the point that they all call them pussies. Compared what they've gone through, I think I'll have it easier. We'll see after my two brothers and my cousin come back from CTI and HM schooling, maybe then I'll decide.

It's a tradition. I'm just taking it further.

[ThatGuy]

Originally Posted by shade

They all think that the miltary has gone soft to the point that they all call them pussies. Compared what they've gone through, I think I'll have it easier.

Very true statement.

Hell, it has gotten more relaxed in my short 10 year career than I can believe sometimes. The media needs to keep their noses out of it and let us build troops how we see fit. Bleeding heart luberal piss ants fuck up everything.

[mRclARK1]

^^^Yeah, it's one of those things that people think isn't true, but it really is. I hear what my grandfather had to go through for his training (not to mention deployments) with the airborne and special operations during the 2ndWW and know a lot of the training methods and treatment wouldn't fly today (IE: Live fire at ALL times). Usually at least one or two guys would be killed or badly injured in training.

Finish school then join.

In that 2-3 years I'm sure you can figure on a job you'd be interested in.

[azndoc]

I hate officers.

Yeah that's right I fucking said it.

Unless your a mustang.

One of my SgtMaj once told me.

"Doc, do you know what's the worst thing you could hear out of a 2nd LT's mouth?"

"Well based on my experience."


Seriously.

Enlisted run the show, I don't know what officers are good for except setting up dog and pony shows to make themselves look better.

If your an officer and your offended. Good.

[mRclARK1]

Originally Posted by azndoc

I hate officers.

Yeah that's right I fucking said it.

Unless your a mustang.

One of my SgtMaj once told me.

"Doc, do you know what's the worst thing you could hear out of a 2nd LT's mouth?"

"Well based on my experience."


Seriously.

Enlisted run the show, I don't know what officers are good for except setting up dog and pony shows to make themselves look better.

If your an officer and your offended. Good.

hahahaha.

In all fairness though, I don't think you could say that would be true of ALL officers in all branches, especially ones in positions to see action (infantry etc.) or were enlisted at one point. My grandfather spent 5 years enlisted and then got a battlefield comission to 2ndLT and eventually made it a career.

I've toyed with the idea of possibly going back to the military as an officer when I graduate.

[azndoc]

Hence I said mustangs.

Which are officers with prior enlisted years.

Or those that crossed the street.

I think I'm going to neg rep cdlong until he's in the red.

Yeah......

[mRclARK1]

For some reason I skipped right over that part right down to the bottom.

Well now everyone knows what it is. lol

If I decide to go for officer in a couple years remind me to not tell you ok? You'll destroy my rep for it me thinks.

[Jung918]

Sign up to become an officer

They have programs available to help pay for college. Go talk to an ****officer**** recruiter.

[ThatGuy]

Originally Posted by azndoc

Hence I said mustangs.

Which are officers with prior enlisted years.

Or those that crossed the street.

I think I'm going to neg rep cdlong until he's in the red.

Yeah......

Doc, a true "Mustang" was a SNCO before crossing the street.

The actual leadership they gained becomming Staff is what makes them better Officers.

Here is my basic take on Officers from time working with them:

You little slip of paper from "Whatever State University" means you get to sit in the cockpit and work the controls of a mulit-million dollar piece of machinary.

Meanwhile, a highschool diploma is more than enough to keep that multi-million dollar piece of shit operating.

I have had Marines out on the flight line in 100+ degree temperatures working for hours to get a plane ready for flight, only to have an Officer turn down the flight because the Air Conditioning isn't working on the aircraft.

Yeah, Officers are great.

[azndoc]

What is the definition of a "Mustang?"
The NMA has committed a lot time into researching the definition of a "Mustang" Officer and the best combined definition from several sources is an Officer promoting from the ranks of Navy enlisted personnel with no interruption in their active duty status. It is also accepted the Mustang Officer normally was a career intended enlisted member of the Navy having earned one or more Good Conduct Medals prior to commissioning.

http://www.navymustang.org/faq.html

In the Navy I was told as long as its a prior enlisted regardless of rank.

[ThatGuy]

Well "Mustang" is typically used for all Enlisted to Comissioned transfers, but as far as the Corps goes, I've always been told a true "Stang" was a Staff NCO before the transfer.

Po-Tay-Toe
Po-Tah -Toe

[azndoc]

Thus is the reason why you guys are the department of the Navy.

And not the ones making the decisions.

Kisses.

[ThatGuy]

Originally Posted by azndoc

Thus is the reason why you guys are the department of the Navy.

Yeah, it's called the "Men's Department".

[azndoc]

As I was typing that out I knew you were going to say that too.

So obvious.

[liv2drift045]

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

Yeah, it's called the "Men's Department".

i just wrode a gator on my last deployment and it was hilarious cuz my doc buddies would talk shit about their 1sgt's all day... then when a navy guy said something about a marine hm2 would go apeshit on him lmao...

gator navy is pretty fun... floating around for a month to help a country in horrible shape but their dumbass gov won't let ya help...not fun.. sorry end rant

btt

someone said earlier there ARE 'officer' recruiters, they'll let u know everything you need/what programs you can do/look to do, etc.

[azndoc]

I remember deploying with my marine unit on an LSD for a 3 month deployment.

Just because we were FMF corpsman with the marines they treated us like marines.

I had to stand in the marine line for chow, ship store, and bathrooms.

Just because I wore cammies.

Even though it said U.S. Navy on my service tag.

It was fine with me though.

Once I jumped to the navy side of the chow line since there was no one there and my marines practically tackled me to the ground and hauled my ass back to their side.

Good times

[ThatGuy]

I figured you purposely set me up for that Jack.
That joke never gets old.

[90widebody]

Go into the CT/IT rates. I could have been a CTR instead I picked MM and have regretted it ever since, But if you only doing reserve its not a big deal.

DONT GO CORPSMAN!!!!