navy all the way

[NMB2]

lol. He will tell you everything you want to hear to get you to join. 90% of everything he says is a lie.

 

[NMB2]

oh ya, army ftw, HOOAH!

 

[Roger]

I retired from the Navy 8 1/2 years ago. Did my 20. Not always easy, and I will honestly admit I got to do some neat things and go places not everyone does. Even got to do things others in my field didn't get to do. My first and last tours were in weapons test units, I did 4 years with the amphibious Navy (think Marines and how they get places), 5 years with the submarine force and 4 years on a carrier. Plus schools. I am a retired Navy photographer. I had a pretty good time overall.

Seriously, you will probably be deployed more than once. And if you are on a ship, you will be in and out of port frequently. Fact of life. Its hell on families. Call me lucky or otherwise, but my wife stayed with me through it all. 5 deployments on 2 different ships (8 years sea time), and she stayed (we passed 26 years this past summer.

Safety is a big field and unless something changed, safety POs are pulled from various job groups. No Safety only rating. I spent half my career as a divisional safety guy as a collateral duty. So be careful how you pick a job and what schools you get. There are plenty of interesting jobs, I'd venture a guess that the Navy has the broadest career choices of all the services.

Just make sure to get all the information you can before you sign anything. Recruiters aren't all bad, but they do have quotas to meet. Talking with them at the beginning of the month is better and less tough sell. Usually. IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR, GET UP AND LEAVE! The military isn't for everyone, each service has its own difficulties. Be prepared to make the best of even tough situations. When I was stationed in Hawaii, I knew plenty of people that were bored in 6 months. We lived there for 5 years and never got bored.

Good lucky brotherman.

 

[BOL]

USMC!!!!! Though dept. of the Navy Once a Marine, Always A Marine!! OOORAHHH!!!! 0331 Machine Gunner 2/7 1996-2000.

 

[bigcountry]

thats why i love my fiance she understands that i am doing this for US not just for me or to gain my familys respect the only downside of it all is like yall said is the not being home but she understands it

 

[Ozwynn]

lol. He will tell you everything you want to hear to get you to join. 90% of everything he says is a lie.

this not all that true anymore. If a recruiter gets caught lieing to recruits then the recruiter is in for some disciplinary action. I have a friend that is an AirForce recruiter (we were at BMT together).

that being said, my recruiter that I had going from the AirForce to the Army didn't do me any favors and lied his ass of. make sure you have a guarantied job going in and make sure it is on your contract.

 

[hoosier1104]

I am not knocking the navy by any means but what about the AF. They have the best total quality of life both at home station and deployed. I am not a fan of boats so I am biased anyways. I did phone maintenance for 6 yrs and now work for a major university. It is a win-win situation.

 

[Will]

Yeah, not Navy if you want to get married first. Join the chAir Force. Might have to do a deployment by yourself, maybe not. But you end up on a ship and that's not an accompanied tour.