What are some good and bad things when considering going into the navey?

Question

What are some good and bad things when considering going into the navey?

Answer 1

If you go into the Navy, get the right school for you.  Whether you just do a brief stint in the Navy or make a career out of it - you want to make sure you get the best job possible.  You want to come out of it being a more valuable commodity than when you left it.  Being a deck seaman painting the sides of the ship all 4 years won't get you the most prestigious job when you are done.  Being an interpretor or a nuclear engineer will allow you to earn more money.

Can you handle long deployments?  If you are married will your spouse be able to handle it?  Can you handle being away from your kids that long?  

Also - you will have to decide if you want to be on a sub or a ship.  If you are on a sub - when you make those 8 month deployments you can't come up to the surface for the entire time because then you will be spotted by enemy aircraft.  If you are on a ship you may not go to port for weeks or months at a time but at least you will still have the fresh air, the sun and the marine life.  Submarines get more money - but I for one think that no amount of money in the world is enough to be locked up in that vessal for 8 months with no sunsets.  So I chose the ships.

You must be able to live by a harsher set of rules than civilians.

If it is for you, the Navy is a great life.  They'll give you benefits, training and housing plus food.  But you will pay for this with a lot of your time.  For some people it is the best possible thing.  For others it is the worst mistake they ever made.  

Don't sign up on the spot.  Speak with as many veterans as you can - both those that made a career out of it and those that left after a few years.

We have a current administration that did not think a lot of things through before going to war with Iraq.  Unfortunately our military is paying a high cost for Bush administrations blunders.  Consider that too.

Also - if you do go in - be sure and get the highest enlistment bonus possible.

Answer 2

Eight month underwater deployments. 1000 men go down, 500 couples come up.

Answer 3

Good thing: Nice cruises on the ocean.

Bad thing: Your *** hurts like h**l.

Answer 4

Learning how to spell it would be a fantastic start!

Answer 5

First you should be able to spell the particular branch of service in which you seek to join.

I would suspect that the Navy is well rounded and is connected with Navy fighting planes (think Top Gun) which should appeal to young men and women.

Answer 6

I knew a few people who were in the Navy (the one poster is right... you need to learn how to spell it first).  Of all the branches, that would be the one I would NOT work in.  First, you live in a tin can for months at a time.  The only fresh air is coming up on the deck.  Second, hope you are not claustrophobic.  Third, you can bang your head on the door frame going into certain sections of the ship.  Fourth, like someone said, if the ship goes down, better hope you can get out.  Fifth, if you work on an aircraft carrier and fall off the ship, you get sucked under and killed by the propellers.  "Man overboard" usually equals hamburger meat.  Sixth, I'd rather sleep on the bare ground than one of those bunks any day.

Beyond that, well, you'll probably be safe from any real firefights.  Most of the fighting these past few decades has been on land.

If you join the Navy, you want to be a Navy Seal or a pilot.  You may not even be guaranteed that.  (Those recruiters can sweet talk you into signing your life away when you THINK you are going to get to do something special.  Get EVERYTHING in writing.)

Answer 7

N-A-V-Y

Serving your country would be a good thing.  Leaving your friends or family might be bad, unless you want to leave them.  I've heard mostly good things about the Navy though.