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I'M ENLISTING FOR THE U.S. NAVY.
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Feldschlacht IV
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Closepost=Judepost=Feldschlacht IVUS Air Force. I can't tell you about life on a ship, but the sailors I work with have a comparable lifestyle to my own when not deployed. We work twelve hour shifts but only work 14 days out of a 28 day period, which is a pretty great deal. That's just us, though. Most people work 0730-1630 on Monday through Friday and a lot of units allow you to cut out early to go to the gym. If ship deployments are anything like Air Force deployments, you'll work twelve hour shifts every day, but time flies and you'll be home before you know it.
What branch are you in? Is there anything you can tell me about how the day to day lifestyle is and how much you get to do/free time?
When you're not at work it's almost like not being in the military at all for the most part... You just need to keep in mind that whatever kinds of trouble you get into on your off-time will also get you in trouble with the military. My nose is pretty clean in that regard so I have no issues.
The pay is kind of shitty, but I also made a lot more money before I enlisted so my perspective is skewed. If I were to separate I'd have to make about $55,000 to maintain the same lifestyle and benefits in the Denver area. I've been in for over 4.5 years and am an E-5 so you won't get that kind of paycheck for awhile.
You should definitely not get it in your head that you'll never deploy to a dangerous area. It's what you've signed up for. You can never fully predict when another serious war will break out, and even in today's Afghanistan conflict there are no guarantees. It was only a few months ago when two sailors were killed out in eastern Afghanistan, and they weren't SEALs, they were a cook and a plumber. Hell, I'm in the Chair Force and still did a Weapons Intelligence Team deployment to Iraq where I had to sit behind a .50 cal.
Nice, thanks for the insider info! May I ask what made you decide to enlist?
post=Feldschlacht IVI was against the war in Iraq. I got agitated with the sign-toters and their impotency to end anything. I decided a more productive route was to get directly involved with bringing our guys home alive since I'm not powerful enough to snap my fingers and make peace. My perspective on certain things has changed since joining. So I partially retract what I said earlier about regretting my enlistment--it was necessary in identifying where my efforts ought to be spent. I just wish I signed a shorter contract.
Nice, thanks for the insider info! May I ask what made you decide to enlist?
post=Feldschlacht IV
Like what? How do you feel?
The world is dangerous, even if less so since the Cold War. Iraq is important but for different reasons than Afghanistan is. Winning and standing up a successful Iraq will save more American military personnel than if we'd never involved ourselves in the first place as I'd originally felt. Signing enlistment papers only made me more aware of just how impotent I was.
Note: Getting into the airforce is actually a pretty hard thing to do, especially to be a pilot when youre flying around in a multimilion piece of metal the government owns
ey mog, good luck and ya know what, if shit gets rougher over here then it already is financially than yeah you might just see me sailing the seven seas next to ya.
ey mog, good luck and ya know what, if shit gets rougher over here then it already is financially than yeah you might just see me sailing the seven seas next to ya.
At least the navy is the final defensive force to get sent out to fight.
I have a friend in the Navy; his name is Will, say hi to him for me. =P
Good luck, Feld.
I have a friend in the Navy; his name is Will, say hi to him for me. =P
Good luck, Feld.
post=Mitsuhide_The_Vagrant
At least the navy is the final defensive force to get sent out to fight.
I have a friend in the Navy; his name is Will, say hi to him for me. =P
Good luck, Feld.
Tomahawks fly first.
I don't know if the military will take me with my health conditions. But when I get that piece of toilet paper and can't get **** except for what I wipe off my *** with said piece of paper...I may have no choice but to beg to be enlisted.
the only thing i would ever want to do in the military isn't an option because of my eyesight.
thanks, corrective lenses! it would have been awesome to be a pilot, but i guess i can deal. :/
thanks, corrective lenses! it would have been awesome to be a pilot, but i guess i can deal. :/
Thanks guys!
I just finished up MEPS (basically the two day long testing and medical examination) a few hours ago. Got sworn in today, and I'm in the process of finalizing the job I selected. I ship out for boot camp, on January 25th, so I guess you guys will be hearing from me on around April after that. I'll probably head straight to Chicago from the training school and buy an iPhone (i've always wanted one but been too poor before) right off the bat with some of the money from my accumulated paychecks, just to keep in touch with everyone until I settle down to where I actually live and I can reliably set up my computer when I get it shipped back from home.
Also to sort of playfully spite WIP and out of general curiosity, I did inquire a lot of Navy dudes as to what their oversea deployments are like. The general consensus is that the actual ship has a lot of civilian amenities, such as shops, internet (though spotty at times), gyms, fitness centers, libraries, game rooms, and the like. I have heard the word 'cruise' several times already. Obviously when you're not working, these facilities are available for use. Ship life can be cramped, especially while working, but there's a lot to do.
On foreign shores when you have time off, yeah, from what everyone tells me it is pretty much an op to get with, respectfully, culturally different, often very pretty, women/men from whatever country you're docked in. Depending on the person, some people actually get close and meet a girlfriend, a wife, or just get casual. Whatever's your style. Of course, you can always just make a friend.
But generally, even disregarding that, it's a hell of a time visiting various different cities, experiencing the culture, the food, making friends, and just traveling with your military buddies. It's definitely something I look forward to, I've heard a lot of stories. I'm very willing to work hard if I get to play hard.
I'll see myself eventually, though. Hopefully though, I just hope to get my life together and get some professional development out of all of this.
I just finished up MEPS (basically the two day long testing and medical examination) a few hours ago. Got sworn in today, and I'm in the process of finalizing the job I selected. I ship out for boot camp, on January 25th, so I guess you guys will be hearing from me on around April after that. I'll probably head straight to Chicago from the training school and buy an iPhone (i've always wanted one but been too poor before) right off the bat with some of the money from my accumulated paychecks, just to keep in touch with everyone until I settle down to where I actually live and I can reliably set up my computer when I get it shipped back from home.
post=WIPpost=Feldschlacht IVNothing in the US military is like this. However as you are looking forward to this, you will fit right in with the rest of the slop in there.
The only major deviation from being a regular guy is the almost certainty that I'll be deployed overseas on a ship for months at a time, but from what everyone in the Navy tells me, that's more or less a glorified cruise and an op to bang Italian/German/English/Korean/Japanese women.
Also to sort of playfully spite WIP and out of general curiosity, I did inquire a lot of Navy dudes as to what their oversea deployments are like. The general consensus is that the actual ship has a lot of civilian amenities, such as shops, internet (though spotty at times), gyms, fitness centers, libraries, game rooms, and the like. I have heard the word 'cruise' several times already. Obviously when you're not working, these facilities are available for use. Ship life can be cramped, especially while working, but there's a lot to do.
On foreign shores when you have time off, yeah, from what everyone tells me it is pretty much an op to get with, respectfully, culturally different, often very pretty, women/men from whatever country you're docked in. Depending on the person, some people actually get close and meet a girlfriend, a wife, or just get casual. Whatever's your style. Of course, you can always just make a friend.
But generally, even disregarding that, it's a hell of a time visiting various different cities, experiencing the culture, the food, making friends, and just traveling with your military buddies. It's definitely something I look forward to, I've heard a lot of stories. I'm very willing to work hard if I get to play hard.
I'll see myself eventually, though. Hopefully though, I just hope to get my life together and get some professional development out of all of this.
Also some dudes told me that sometimes the crew gets permission to fire off grenade launches and howitzers and M4's off the deck out at sea for no fucking reason.
God damn thinking about THAT gets me psyched.
Also regarding what Ciel said earlier, yeah, a LOT of people are joining the armed forces. When I was at the processing center, two busloads of people were getting shipped off left and right either to boot camp or to MEPS with me. Ironically, even the armed forces are turning down people left and right because they're overstaffed to shit. I was told I was very lucky to get in, because if my health record was less than perfect (and my test scores were pretty good, I knew people who got much higher) I would have been fucked. They're literally telling people 'not enough room'. Shit's fucked up!
The economy is really forcing a lot of people to consider their options in the military, man. Just yesterday I was talking to this polyglot person who knew like eight fucking different languages with a college degree, who's joining the Navy simply because his degree ain't worth shit, ironically, because he's overqualified for most everything and no company wants to shell out any money for him.
He wasn't bullshitting, his credentials did get him a good job selection, in the Navy because they're willing to shell out the money, but there's just not enough money circulating in the civilian world to get him a job.
God damn thinking about THAT gets me psyched.
Also regarding what Ciel said earlier, yeah, a LOT of people are joining the armed forces. When I was at the processing center, two busloads of people were getting shipped off left and right either to boot camp or to MEPS with me. Ironically, even the armed forces are turning down people left and right because they're overstaffed to shit. I was told I was very lucky to get in, because if my health record was less than perfect (and my test scores were pretty good, I knew people who got much higher) I would have been fucked. They're literally telling people 'not enough room'. Shit's fucked up!
The economy is really forcing a lot of people to consider their options in the military, man. Just yesterday I was talking to this polyglot person who knew like eight fucking different languages with a college degree, who's joining the Navy simply because his degree ain't worth shit, ironically, because he's overqualified for most everything and no company wants to shell out any money for him.
He wasn't bullshitting, his credentials did get him a good job selection, in the Navy because they're willing to shell out the money, but there's just not enough money circulating in the civilian world to get him a job.
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Also some dudes told me that sometimes the crew gets permission to fire off grenade launches and howitzers and M4's off the deck out at sea for no fucking reason.
God damn thinking about THAT gets me psyched.
OMFG that is awesome.
Anyway...
I know a few pple who were in the navy. (2 of which were ACTUALLY ON A BOAT)
Both of said people HATED it, one saying it was absolute shit. (His job was somesorta programming on a ship/sub/somethingorother).
The one person ive met who LIKED being in the navy had never even been on one of the boats. She was a driver (Had to deliver stuff/move pple around ect.)
This was the australian navy btw. Maybe the USA one is COOLER.
Nightblade
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Also some dudes told me that sometimes the crew gets permission to fire off grenade launches and howitzers and M4's off the deck out at sea for no fucking reason.
Our tax dollars are being well spent.
I doubt there's no reason. There's a lot of ordnance you can't keep forever and it has to be disposed of. Might as well dispose of it in an entertaining fashion. You also need to test equipment. Also, I'll note this: Whenever I was at NSA Souda Bay and there was a ship coming into port, I wouldn't go out that night because sailors returning from sea are dipshits I'd rather avoid. So, don't be a dipshit, Feldwhatever.
post=NightbladeAlso some dudes told me that sometimes the crew gets permission to fire off grenade launches and howitzers and M4's off the deck out at sea for no fucking reason.Our tax dollars are being well spent.
It's for freedom and liberty! *salutes*
post=NightbladeI'd say it's a better use of tax dollars than the delayed, useless quagmire of a sinkhole that is the F-35 Lightning II, among other equally pointless spending.Also some dudes told me that sometimes the crew gets permission to fire off grenade launches and howitzers and M4's off the deck out at sea for no fucking reason.Our tax dollars are being well spent.
post=Jude
I doubt there's no reason. There's a lot of ordnance you can't keep forever and it has to be disposed of. Might as well dispose of it in an entertaining fashion. You also need to test equipment. Also, I'll note this: Whenever I was at NSA Souda Bay and there was a ship coming into port, I wouldn't go out that night because sailors returning from sea are dipshits I'd rather avoid. So, don't be a dipshit, Feldwhatever.
Yeah, that's what I figured; a fun way of ordinance disposal/test shit. Sounds cool though, even if I don't get to do it, haha.
And nah I won't be a dipshit. I try not to displace my stress on other people; that's not fair.
post=KingArthurI think Canada is buying a bunch of those too!post=NightbladeI'd say it's a better use of tax dollars than the delayed, useless quagmire of a sinkhole that is the F-35 Lightning II, among other equally pointless spending.Also some dudes told me that sometimes the crew gets permission to fire off grenade launches and howitzers and M4's off the deck out at sea for no fucking reason.Our tax dollars are being well spent.
