enlisted

[84silverado]

yesterday i signed my life away for 4 years after i get out of high school. i joined the navy and im gunna be a machinist mate, because my job wasnt open but i can change in to it. i wanted to be a machinist.  but hopefully before august i can met some of the gotmudders and make it to a few of the bogs and mess around and see how i do against some of you guys lol

[Bigdaddy]

[muddnoob]

[Slick]

Congratulations young man!  It will change your life.

[mathew21]

Congrats! Thank you for service.

[Orangecrush]

[7387chevynut]

Congrats,   you will learn some very good skills while in the service,  I think you'll have the GI bill to go to college afterwards.

[Chevy Racer]

You will love it or hate it.  I was going into the same program when I was your age but changed my mind and got stupid.  Long story short best of luck and Get all the training you can get.

[BIG DOG]

good luck  i just dont agree with the 4yr lock in   just feel its too long for newbes       thanks to all for the time served    i was medicial rejected  i was going army back in 1992.

[Chevy Racer]

good luck  i just dont agree with the 4yr lock in   just feel its too long for newbes       thanks to all for the time served    i was medicial rejected  i was going army back in 1992.

4 years active and 4 years inactive actually. When I was looking into it. So you serve your 4 and we go to war a year or 3 later your called back.

[84silverado]

i could have singed up fora 3 yr. contract if i would have picked a different program. but its the one i wanted and it called for 4 years so  im going 4 years but if i get called back on the 4 year war call i guess ill go, i wont like it but ill go. and yea ill get the GI bill, and thats one of the other reasons im doing it cause i dont have the funds to put myself through school so ill let them put me through  thanks guys, hopefully i can make it to a few bogs with some people on here before i gotta go to basic!

[J.C.]

good luck  i just dont agree with the 4yr lock in   just feel its too long for newbes       thanks to all for the time served    i was medicial rejected  i was going army back in 1992.

4 years active and 4 years inactive actually. When I was looking into it. So you serve your 4 and we go to war a year or 3 later your called back.

i did 6+2

[Uncle Steve]

Congrats! Thank you for service.

[burlyq]

You will be chiseled from steel in about 3 months after you enter MEPS, hopefully you keep it longer then me because unfortunately it can go away if you don't keep up the exercise.  Have fun young buck, you will never have stories in your life like the ones you are about to experience!  Navy is a good choice too, stay safe as opposed to what the Army and Marines are doing.  I was in the Army but no way I would want to do this cr#p.  They risk their lives every second of every day and they can't even fight.  It is like they are policing low down snakes in the grass.  Hopefully someday they will let our soldiers fight like they did in all the other wars prior to the new police actions.  So good choice and good luck to you sir.

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[Big Wench]

 

  Awesome to hear, as they said, you will love it, or you will hate it, there really isn't any in between.  I served from Sept 2000 until Dec 2006, I loved it.  Make sure when you first go to boot camp and you are doing all the paperwork, you sign up for them to take the $100 from your check the first year so you can do the GI Bill when you get out.  I am using mine now and glad I spent that $1200, I now get my full college paid for at ITT Tech, plus just over $1000 a month for expenses and such.

If you have any question about DEP, MEAPS, or what to expect please let me know, just send me a PM with your number and we can chat.  I also just done a paper for college about what to expect prior to and in boot camp, it is kind of lame, but I will include it for you to read if you want to.

Chad

U.S. Navy Recruit Training Information and Schedule

   The U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command, otherwise known as boot camp, is our Countries way of training our new fleet of sailors.  There are many different things to know about boot camp.  One thing to know is how to prepare for boot camp.  Another question you may have is what will the experience during the first half of boot camp be like?  The final questions you may have are what will the second half of boot camp is like and what will happen afterwards.  This is discussed in this paper and should help calm your nerves and worries about going.

   The very first item on your plate is the decision to join.  In the U.S., we are lucky and it is a sole person's choice whether to join the military or not.  Once you have finally made your decision to join the U.S. Navy, the hard part is over and now the preparing begins for basic training as an enlisted service member.  Primarily the biggest thing in the Military is paperwork, paperwork, paperwork.  You will need your, your spouses, and your children's birth certificates.  You will need any divorce decrees, child support paper work, and any other court paper work you have ever had, do not forget your marriage certificate.  You will need to bring your college transcripts and high school diploma, these could help you get advanced faster and make more money.  You also need to know things to bring, here is the short list of essentials to bring, maximum of $25 cash, stamps for writing home, prescriptions – both glasses and medications, medical records, nothing less.  There are also items that you cannot bring to boot camp, these are food, candy, gum, alcohol, tobacco products, pornographic material, sunglasses (even if they are prescription), calculator or any other electronic devices including phones and mp3 players.  If caught with these you can and will get in major trouble for yourself and your division.  Now starts the processing to become a recruit for the Navy, you will do a test called ASVAB to see what professions in the Navy you will work best at.  Then you will do an Oath of Enlistment, stating you are willing and wanting to join.  Even in the Navy, you have to do an interview, called a pre-enlistment interview.  It is highly important that every man and woman who serves be at the top of his or her game with career field training that is unparalleled.  You will receive in depth, hands on, challenging training at Great Lakes Naval Training Command that is north of Chicago, Illinois.

   Things to expect during your first half of boot camp during the days and nights are what most people worry about.  It is challenging both physically and mentally to strive to achieve greatness.  In boot camp, you will be required to do a lot of conditioning, do some swimming, marching, drilling, attend Navy classes, and train on weaponry.  During the first few hours of boot camp is the most intense time.  Your Drill Instructors meet you when you unload from the buses.  You need to be both mentally and physically prepared to make your time easier.  During the first two weeks of boot camp are called the processing days, this is where they ensure you are able to become a US Sailor.  You have to fill out a lot of forms, including but not limited to direct deposit and MG GI Bill forms.  You will memorize your social security number, and be writing it on everything!  Now the real fun starts in weeks three and four.  You get to do hands on first aid training, signals with flags, you learn to embark and disembark a ship, you do your physical training tests, weapons training, safety trainings, academic training, and prep for graduation photos and pass and review ceremony for graduation.  During the first couple of weeks you were beat down, worn out both physically and mentally, filled out more forms than most people can count, and learned about Navy History, rights and policies.

   The second half of boot camp things get easier, along with the rest of your Naval time.  During the second half of boot camp, you have reached the home stretch, only four weeks to go.  So far, you have been through rigorous training and a restricted diet.  During weeks five and six, you will have even more class time and a lot more physical training, your bond with the other one hundred or so used to be strangers from your division deepens.  During weeks seven and eight, you do a twelve-hour battle stations event that is really challenging both physically and mentally.  By this time, you have passed all of your academic and physical challenges.  This is the time you receive your "NAVY" ball cap and are truly a United States Navy Sailor.   Even some drill instructors are a little emotional seeing this done with their division; after all, it is what everyone has been working so hard to achieve these past eight weeks.  Now it is time for pass and review, which is a ceremony where you drill and march proudly in front of your family that you have missed the past two months.  Directly after the ceremony you are either on your way to your next duty station or on your way for some leave to see your family.  As a Navy Sailor, your bags are packed; you are given orders and travel information, and on your way to "A" school or the fleet.  You will get your graduation photos and you are "Keel" – your yearbook from boot camp.  You have changed; you have adapted, and learned, you are a UNITED STATES SAILOR! This is not a choice for everyone to do; I made it and am very proud, as you will be.  

[bmwallace_88]

Thanks to all that have done service. you make the world a better place.

[old school truck dude]

Best thing you ever couldve done, congrats!