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Ok, as an ex-Navy man having served 7 years...
DO NOT JOIN THE NAVY! DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT!!!!
Join the Coast Guard, hell, join the Airforce. DO NOT JOIN THE NAVY! They will sweet talk you till they are blue in the face and make some lies, anything to recruit you. Unless you wanna spend 6 months about every year out overseas while getting fucked over workwise. Working 14 hours a day, 7 days a week while on a ship is not fun. Not counting the times when you have to take part in shipboard drills. You'll be lucky with 5hrs of sleep at times. People treat you like shit while lower ranks because you don't know the rules as you should. Do not do this Homie, you -will- get fucked.
They will say "We can guarentee you your job." That's fucking bullshit. "When you're on the beaches of Spain, drinking a martini, you'll think it's the right choice." Not fucking once have I been overseas have I been in spain drinking a martini. I've been to England, twice, yea it was cool, but guess what? Between the 4-5 days you get for being in a different country, the other 5 months you'll be where? You guessed it, on that damn ship. "You get shore duty!" FKN BULLSHIT! The Navy will do everything they can to fuck you out of your shore duty. I've known several people who've had to do back to back Sea duty and never seen shore duty because the Navy fucked them over with orders. If you're gonna be stationed on a ship, guess where you're home is gonna be? On that ship. No apartment, no house, it's on that ship unless you rank up real quick like. And on that ship, you'll be sharing a huge berthing with a bunch of other smelly, non-showering, fucktards. With a literally a coffin to sleep in. Oh it comes with curtains. Woopie fkn doo.
I'll say again. do not Homie, do not join the Navy.
However, if you -really-, and I mean, -really- want to join the Navy, get into a Squadron. That way you'll be land based a lot of the time. And when you deploy, you'll be on an aircraft carrier and not on a small boy (small ship) Squadrons are sometimes exempt from midnight shipdrills when it's during your sleep time. Plus carries don't rock like small boys do. If you do get a Squadron, please PLEASE try to get an F-18 squadron. Super Hornets if you can. Also, while in a squadron, you do not have to live on a ship, you'll live in a barracks with like 1 or 2 roommates. A lot better than sharing with 40+ people in a cramped quarter on the ship. Also, you'll be able to live offbase a lot faster than if you would if you were on a ship.
Homie, listen to me bro, the Navy is -not- the right choice here. I speak from experience. While I was in the Navy, I had a fucking blast, made a lot of friends, seen things I couldn't otherwise see. But I'll never repeat that experience no matter how much you paid me, because the bad and bullshit outweighed the good times.
Also, so you know, while you're in bootcamp, you can change your mind. They will tell you you can't, but don't let them bully you. Seriously. Boot camp is a mind game, it really is. You have to play their game to get through. Don't let them fill you with nationlistic bullshit, that's what Russians and Nazi's did. Think for yourself. If at anytime during bootcamp, you change your mind and decide the Navy isn't for you, tell them to draw up the papers for discharge. They can't refuse you, it's in the contract. Also, get a copy of the full contract and keep it with you. Do not let that fucker go. You'll have the original in your records, but keep a copy for yourself. It outlines everything that you get, don't get, what you can get. Don't just breeze through it and sign it. READ it man. If you don't understand anything, have them explain it to you, in detail. Don't let them intimidate you, they will do that. Also, it's a "kinder, gentler" Navy, no body can physically touch you. Keep that in mind as well. Make use of your resources, like your chain of command. If people above you won't answer your question, tell them you'll go above them till someone does give you answers. Guarentee you they will give you an answer then.
Retards and assholes run the upper ranks of the military, always bear that in mind cause they can't get a real job out here in civilian land.
Yea, I sound like an anti-militaristic asshole to some of you people who've NEVER served anytime in the military whatsoever can just stfu right now. I'm not, this is the hard truth. I'm all for the military, but shit, -KNOW- what you are gonna get yourself into before you sign your life AND your freedom away.
Yea I'm bitter, I got fucked. I was a man and stayed true to my contract(even signed up for another 3 years after my first term was up) and got honorably discharged at the very end. Anyone wanna argue with me? I'll quote Kippy "Eat a fucking dick" and -you- join the Navy. Self rightous, hippy dickhole.
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lol, seems my old cursing Navy self poked its head out there for a second...
Got any question Homie bro, do not hesitate and ask man. I will give you a no-bullshit answer. It's -never- too late to change your mind until you graduate from boot camp.
To the rest of you, <3 ^^
Edit: Ok, wife reminded me of a few things. How much she loved me being in it. NOT! If you're single, stay single in the Navy. FFXI drama has nothing, I mean NOTHING over Navy spouse/girlfriend drama. You're talking about married men going out for six months and coming back to no wife or wife got knocked up by his best friend. You have no idea how many times I've seen this. I'd say about 85% of military relationships FAIL. I had a friend who asked to borrow my car because he needed to spy on his wife to see if she was cheating on him. This is a true fkn story. Even I had my fair share of problems with my now wife because of the military. We were the lucky few that actually worked it through and stuck it out.
Now, comes some more stuff that comes to mind. You will stand Watches. Duty. When I say that, I mean you will stand there in your uniform for 6-8hrs either on guard or on patrol. On foot. No computer, no books, no magizines to keep you occupied. Just you and a book that you write your report in every 30mins. Yea, don't even get me started on when you had to do weekend duty. Your entire weekend blown because you had to stand duty. Oh, and any major holidays? Yea, stand duty on them too because unless you take leave (authorized days off) you can't get out of it. Wake up at 5am to fall in for accountability in uniform. Yea, good luck with that bullshit. Yea, you get free medical and dental, but it's all military and it's all a joke. I have a friend right now who's in the military who can't get his kid a genetic testing for a syndrome that he has and have the military medical pay for it. I will give you name and phone numbers if you think everything I tell you here is bullshit. It's not, these are true stories.
Two mottos to keep in mind while in the military:
NAVY = Never Again Volunteer Yourself <- There's a reason for this saying.
Hurry Up and Wait <- You will stand and wait for -everything- for hours sometimes. Yea, not fun.
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