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[Barilin-Kita]

LOL lets hope so. I may be in my sick bed for a while so I will need distraction .

Those warts on your hand are'nt going to go away any time soon then?

[tinman01]

Those warts on your hand are'nt going to go away any time soon then?

Damn warts

[Barilin-Kita]

Apart from military.com, this is by far the next best thing as far as being on the other side of the fence wanting to get over. Advices and info coming from parents, cadets from various branches of the Military, ex and current serving personels.

United States of America Service Academy Forums

[tinman01]

Apart from military.com, this is by far the next best thing as far as being on the other side of the fence wanting to get over. Advices and info coming from parents, cadets from various branches of the Military, ex and current serving personels.

United States of America Service Academy Forums

I always say second place is the last guy to loose and I am no looser.

[Barilin-Kita]

I always say second place is the last guy to loose and I am no looser.

I am uncertain if there can be labels for evil looking budhass, especially those legendary 1st ones.


Anyways, another site that ive scouted and is one of the best, because there are some serious badasses on this site with their story - life experiences in all the military branches, including Special Ops.

Military Images - forum

[tinman01]

I am uncertain if there can be labels for evil looking budhass, especially those legendary 1st ones.
Anyways, another site that ive scouted and is one of the best, because there are some serious badasses on this site with their story - life experiences in all the military branches, including Special Ops.

Military Images - forum

My brother Barlin-kita is a warehouse of good solid info. Once again I have benifited.

[nomad]

I am uncertain if there can be labels for evil looking budhass, especially those legendary 1st ones.
Anyways, another site that ive scouted and is one of the best, because there are some serious badasses on this site with their story - life experiences in all the military branches, including Special Ops.

Military Images - forum

Eventually the USAF decided to formalized one of my jobs when I was in...

http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/usaf/sentinel/senti005.htm

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
Signals Intelligence is the discipline that provides electronic monitoring and analysis of the electromagnetic spectrum to include the following: development of signal patterns and characteristics; threat assessments; determination of command and control infrastructure; support to weapon systems acquisition; and support to service, regional, and national security postures. SIGINT professionals are able to deploy and integrate with any Air Force, joint, or coalition operations level and provide information necessary for information warfare, weapons targeting, electronic combat and countermeasure development, air tactics development, battle damage assessment and order of battle. (AFSCs: Enlisted--1N2XX, 1N3XXX, 1N4XX, 1N5XX, 1N6XX; Officer--14NXA; Civilian--Series 0132)

Can't tell you gents much about what I did before the massive USAF jobs re-org after I got out but some chatter can give you an idea from

http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tp...59931001/inc/-1

Some days I look back at what happened nearly 20yrs ago and marveled at the 'new' Air Force. I remember when I decided to retrain from avionics into SIGINT, most were still wearing the old VN war era 'green' fatigues (bleah) with the Army camo-style BDU authorized only to those who are required to go into the field. I used to catch flak from so many officers and a few senior NCOs who have not a clue what early SIGINT 'operators' really do. The 'Internet' was something arcane and anyone who dabbled in it should be given atomic wedgies.

[baybal]

I counterfeited my papers, so I escaped from russian army recruitment @)_(@. Now I'm not a russian fereration citizen anymore anyway.

[Dim_Sum_4_U]

I have read all the post so far and I have a couple of questions about the U.S Navy. I want to enlist in the Navy because I need money for college (looking to go out of state) and I was looking to go into the medical field for the Navy. I was planning to go in for 4 years and was wondering what I should be expecting and what I should do so that when I am finished with my service, I won't be screwed. I have heard that once people are done serving that they just go back to where they left off. Also, can I earn college credits while I'm serving as well? My friends told me to try and be an officer but don't you need a degree for that? I thought that everyone starts out as an enlisted E01 position.

[YourMuDoIsWeak]

I have read all the post so far and I have a couple of questions about the U.S Navy. I want to enlist in the Navy because I need money for college (looking to go out of state) and I was looking to go into the medical field for the Navy. I was planning to go in for 4 years and was wondering what I should be expecting and what I should do so that when I am finished with my service, I won't be screwed. I have heard that once people are done serving that they just go back to where they left off. Also, can I earn college credits while I'm serving as well? My friends told me to try and be an officer but don't you need a degree for that? I thought that everyone starts out as an enlisted E01 position.

not every one starts out as a e-1 you can get advanced rank if you have some college behind you.
Also if your a Medical Corpsmen you will on the green side of the Navy serving with MARINES.

[flipcombatmedic]

I have read all the post so far and I have a couple of questions about the U.S Navy. I want to enlist in the Navy because I need money for college (looking to go out of state) and I was looking to go into the medical field for the Navy. I was planning to go in for 4 years and was wondering what I should be expecting and what I should do so that when I am finished with my service, I won't be screwed. I have heard that once people are done serving that they just go back to where they left off. Also, can I earn college credits while I'm serving as well? My friends told me to try and be an officer but don't you need a degree for that? I thought that everyone starts out as an enlisted E01 position.

Depends if you have an associate I think you'll get e4. It's what you put in is what you're going to reap. You can learn and do so much $hit while in the service. Save money, don't be alot of enlisted (me included in the beginning) who never gave a $hit about money because everything was cared for. Take a bunch of classes if you can finish your degree it's really what you want to put in. There are even programs where they let you go to school while still in uniform. At least in the army.

[Dim_Sum_4_U]

So I went but didn't sign anything yet. They said that I would be starting out as an e3 but when it came down to the job selection, they didn't have anything I wanted. I refused to sign that day and was wondering if that was a good idea. The recruiter said that I could do cross training and switch jobs while in service but that takes 18 months and it's not guaranteed.... Should I hold out till a favorable job opens or just bite the bullet and pick I job that I will hate?

[flipcombatmedic]

^tell me what mos they gave you and I'll explain how it really is.

[2nd2none]

I have read all the post so far and I have a couple of questions about the U.S Navy. I want to enlist in the Navy because I need money for college (looking to go out of state) and I was looking to go into the medical field for the Navy. I was planning to go in for 4 years and was wondering what I should be expecting and what I should do so that when I am finished with my service, I won't be screwed. I have heard that once people are done serving that they just go back to where they left off. Also, can I earn college credits while I'm serving as well? My friends told me to try and be an officer but don't you need a degree for that? I thought that everyone starts out as an enlisted E01 position.

If things haven't changed since I was in (4 1/2 years ago), then it will work like this. Being enlisted there are multiple ways to move up to the next rank all the way up to E-3. If you're in DEP and complete your OJT/JQR/PQS, then you will get advanced to E-2. Referring 4 people to enlist or referring 2 people to enlist in the nuke program gets another rank up.

This is the way school was integrated into the advancement program.
20-54 units = +1 rank
55+ units = +1 rank

Any combination of these will work to cap off at E-3. You can't go into bootcamp as an E-4, you will all start at E-3 and below. Some people who are in a special program such as an MU will get automatically advanced right out of bootcamp to E-4 or E-5.

When you are serving, there will be opportunities to go to school whether you're stationed on a ship or on a shore command. Even if you're out at sea, there will be instructors who will come onboard and teach. There are other courses that can be taken online if need be. The catch is you have to have at least 18 months in the service before you request for tuition assisstance.

When you get out of the service there will be multiple opportunities for you, but it's up to YOU, to find those opportunities, however you will have help on your way out of the service. Those people who claimed to be "screwed" are lazy people who had a negative view on everything especially the Navy. My advice to you is to pick something you like because if you don't like it, you'll have to wait 18 months before you can request to cross rate.

If you want to be an officer try looking into the nurse corps. I don't know much about it because it was on the officers side, but if you need to know anything else on the enlisted side ask. I may not know the answer, but the answer is just a phone call away to get the real ones straight from the horses' mouth.

I know all this because I was there! I got my degree while I was in the Navy, did it all in 4 years while I was serving with Tuition Assisstance (TA). Don't say you couldn't do it, to me it's just laziness. I did it working 16-18 hour days sleeping 4 hours everyday and doing 2 hours of homework everyday underway on call as a firefighter for 8 months working in a powerplant environment with boilers burnin, generators turnin and motors runnin. Unless you're babysitting in the sand box, you will never have it harder than this.

[flipcombatmedic]

Anybody served in Germany? I'm thinking of maybe getting posted there.

Also if anybody gone through Army Ranger School or Flight surgeon school give me a holler. I've finally made my mind to apply for this year! I'm just going to go all out this year. I'm retrying EFMB before my enlistment is up.

[stillarook]

I'm considering joining the Navy to become a Navy SEAL, but I want to go to Naval Academy first.

[2nd2none]

I'm considering joining the Navy to become a Navy SEAL, but I want to go to Naval Academy first.

Goodluck. Only 1 shot to become a seal as an officer. The theory behind this is if you can't do it the first time, how is your team going to depend on you when you only got one shot out in the field.

[stillarook]

Yes, and if I can't make it, I can always come back as an enlisted. Heard officers take a lot more classes than regular enlisted soldiers do after BUD/s training.

[2nd2none]

Yes, and if I can't make it, I can always come back as an enlisted. Heard officers take a lot more classes than regular enlisted soldiers do after BUD/s training.

I don't know if officers take more classes after BUD/S, but if you're going to lead an elite team, you better know what the heck you're doing .

[stillarook]

I've thought about joining the Navy after high school, become a Navy seal, then go to Naval Academy, and then go back to Navy to operate as a officer in the SEAL teams. I'd get the experience of being a soldier/sailor faster, which would make me more fit for the academy, which can give me more knowledge of what I'm doing. The only trouble is if it's even possible to reach any of these goals. I've never even met a person from the Navy before in real life, let alone a Navy SEAL, so I'd have no idea how tough being a Navy SEAL would really be.