The NAVY and college

Question

Im meeting with a recruiter in a couple days to discuss my navy options....

im very interested in the video production fields in general...not just the ones offered in the navy....but right now financially my family and i cannot help me accomplish these goals...

so what i want to knoe is if i join the navy and choose the careers in the news and media fields will they (NAVY) pay for all my education that i would take there in that field???

this way i could still have the career i want and the navy would be paying for it....

please....anyone with any sort of information on this would help....

thanx

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Answer 1

The Navy will train you for what they need. This may or may not be helpful for college credits. Doubtful they will send you to a college for training. At least when you get out, you can use your GI Bill.

Answer 2

the Navy will pay for your college tuition through a program called Tuition Assistance.

Also you can take CLEP tests for college credits.

Answer 3

You'll get paid training in your rate(job) plus they'll pay for your schooling while you're in and then you'll have the GI Bill to use when you get out of the Navy.

Answer 4

Depending on your Navy ASVAP (entrance exam) score,  you may or may not score high enough to request to become a JO (Journalist).  They do send you to "school" for this, equal to about an on the job training.  The rank starts at JOSN, JO3, JO2 (seaman, third class, second class, and up).  When you sign up you'll also get the option to get the basic GI Bill or you can pay a little extra for the "upgraded GI Bill.  They'll tell you all the details.  Overall, joining the military to get to where you want to go career wise is a good idea.  But be really careful, though because Navy life is VERY difficult.  Only the VERY focused actually get to rise up the ranks and/or finish their college degree (their reason for joining the first place).  It could be worse than joining a frat - you could end with the wrong crowd and next thing you know 5 years, 10 years have passed.  Carefully weigh your options - including going to colleges/universities that offer Journalism, talk to them about financing/financial aid.  Also consider that if you about this without the Navy, you'll have a better choice of college/university which makes a big difference when you're out there starting a career.  Chances are, when you're in the service, you take courses through online schools, or classrooms on a ship or on a foreign country (Navy) base and the quality is definitely is not comparable to a regular (state or private) university.