Thinking About Joining The Navy in 2024 - Things You Should Consider Before Joining
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- Thinking About Joining The Navy in 2024 - Things You Should Consider Before Joining
00:00 Introduction
00:56 1. Strict Discipline
01:53 2. Physical Demand
02:48 3. Deployments/Underways
04:25 4. Mental Health
05:48 5. Fighting For Schooling
Joining the military can offer many opportunities for personal growth, career development, and a sense of purpose and pride in serving your country. Military service can also provide a stable income, benefits, and educational opportunities.
On the other hand, military service also comes with risks and challenges, such as exposure to combat, injury, and potentially traumatic experiences. Additionally, military life can be demanding and may require sacrifices in terms of time with family and loved ones.
Ultimately, the decision to join the military is a personal one and should be based on careful consideration of your values, goals, and the potential benefits and drawbacks of military service. It's important to speak with recruiters, military personnel, and others with experience in the military to gather information and insights. You should also carefully consider your physical and mental health, as well as your personal circumstances, before making your decision.
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Civilian life can be boring & mostly unhappy AF. If you're stuck in a dead end job, hometown, relationship or marriage. Since we're individuals it does depends on you. Your own personal goal. In my opinion. Many don't take advantage of the military in return. EX: seeing the doctor often or taking a training class out of your comfort zone. It's something that I would do. Knowing that it's not my interest. But I am a learning new a skill set. Something that the civilian world can never offer. Without putting yourself more in debt or struggling in other ways. 😒 Btw, I am in my 30s will join the Navy next year 2024. Hopefully everything goes well.🤞
Yeah you are right! Hopefully you take advantage of what the navy has to offer, it can and will change your life. Best of luck to you !
800 …The Navy is tough..USS stands for Under weigh Saturdays and Sundays..but you can have a good life in the Navy if it suits your personality..good luck shipmates..relieve the watch
good video, thinking about joining the navy
Thanks man
Of course anytime !
I joined in 1969. These points you make have not changed.
Thanks. I'm 40 and my ship date is 8 months from now. My fiance shipped October 2 this year
Oh ok best of luck to you guys !
How do you feel about joining at an older age? I'm 28 and feel like I'm too old to join lol
Ima highly considering it at 31 my guy
@@tfree5373 Im going to do it. Going to MEPS soon!
@@ericbickel8117I turned 31 in boot camp last year, you'll be fine. I'm with the Seabees so I know nothing about ships life but so far it's been great
I’m shipping next month as SECF and really hoping I just am able to take advantage of the TA. 😮💨
You will !
What date next month man?
@@tommynelson698220th
Amazing and superb video, thank you for this really, but however I wish I saw this sooner before I left. I am now currently in Navy A-School... I really wish I went and have gone Air Force... not too sure wether I have made the right decision or not.
Thank you for watching and your support! Honestly the way I see it is that you may have doubt right now but it’ll work out for you. The universe has you there for a reason, take advantage of the moment and make the best of the situation. Best of luck to you 🙏🏾
Why do you wish you went Air Force you don’t like the water? Best wishes.
@@donald8354 prolly cuz air force cares more ab ur education than any other branch
Yo, I’m 28, and I meet the Special Warfare fitness standards, minus my swim times. I’ve reconsidered going for Combatant Diver and I’m pushing for Navy Diver or Corpsman (Greenside) now. My only issue is that I was a tattoo documentarian, and as such have accumulated quite a few tattoos, I ran through them all today and I have exactly 50 tattoos. I already know I have to censor the three naked ladies I have (exposed breast), but I’m wondering if four tattoos featuring knives will fully disqualify me when I get to MEPS or if I can get waivers for them.
I understand that tattoos can affect Officer positions, though sleeves have been recently approved. My number one goal is to achieve Master Diver Status and hopefully get a second contract in training future divers and Buds candidates, so hopefully I haven’t set the bar too high for myself, considering the tattoos I’ve accumulated working as a civilian.
I have no gang affiliations, no criminal record or history, no drug use or affiliations, and no extremist or white supremacist affilitions, nor do any of my tattoos fall in line with them. Do you come across guys with images of swords or knives tattooed in the service? Apologies for the long winded comment, I’ve actually had a hard time finding videos with commentary from post-Covid.
Yes I see guys with all type of tattoos! I know a lot of people get the majority of their tattoos after they join for sure so the tattoos parts ain’t a problem . I myself had 2 tattoos prior to joining, I ended up getting waivers for them. But in terms of knives you should be straight man, as long as it’s nothing gang related, racist or offensive you should be good.
Great video... again! A question, although you might think it is a stupid question. Are there any rates in the navy where you can 'work' by being in the Gym? For example, if you are an OK boxer... can you somehow be a boxer for the Navy? ...or, you were a great football player in High School. Can you play for the Navy?
Nope not that I know of man, there isn’t really a way to be around fitness from my experience. That’s one of the reasons I’m gettin out, I want to be around it fitness
There is a way to use your athletics for the military. The Navy does an 'All-Navy Sports' which allows you to continue athletic background into the Navy.
You could also become a Physical Therapist in the Navy.
But if you are interested in the athletic side of the mlitary, even representing in the olympics, I would suggest the 'world class athlete program' within the Army and Airforce. WCAP.
You’d have to do it in the naval academy
@@leithmcguire7995yeah man but the best way is to get into the 4 year officers academy and do sports there for the navy
@@jayjyuri8796 All sports navy is unrelated to the academy. Just like the WCAP for Air force and Army are unrelated to any academy they have.
There are different ways to utilize athletic backgroundin military service.
When I was a fire fighter it was self, non-injured then the injured. How the hell can I take care of a ship and a ship mate if I don’t take care of myself first? Lol
🤣🤣 I was wondering the same.
A fairly realistic assessment of the military in general. DO NOT join the military if you need to be a free spirit. If you do, you will suffer. That said, there are some who benefit from the restrictive environment of the military.
For sure ! There are others who actually benefit from the military’s restrictions
What a good video.❤
Great Video...But, Iam a 13yr prior service Navy. Got to be tuff. All you talk about, you deal with in the regular world. But not enough pay, in real world. Second, civilians now are all hollering mental issues. Now I think covid,done fuked,up a lot of folks mind. Now, it's all this mental stuff. Look, iam back now. With me it's 30yrs plus... We gotta tuffen up bro...Peace and Hairgreese...
Leaving your oppressor makes you tough in my opinion.
First of all if you are married or in a relationship don’t join . You will be separated all the time. Second you better like water and ships because you are probably going on one . Third you better be able to handle long hours in crappy jobs your first couple years. Carrier veteran deployed twice .
I was wondering if you have a parent that is a smoker and has respiratory issues and you want to be around in case they get sick or anything or for if you want to be around in case they need you, will I be able to have a job in the navy close to family or will I be not able to see them because for example the navy base is is in San Diego and they live in Los Angeles ?
Yeah honestly besides recruiting which is a shore duty job i dont think there would be a navy job out there for you man. Your are better off maybe looking into reserves or Full time support. But being active duty navy will not be the best chose for you. Hope this helped you out !
@@Gregdarez thank you so much for your reply. I have been honestly considering the navy because I would like the benefits for going back to school. It’s really hard to get a straight answer back from the recruiter. It’s ambiguous if I would be close to home after the initial boot camp, or what ship I’m tied to as they say. They mentioned San Diego, so I got quite confused. And it seemed so rushed. The asked me to come down for processing already a few days ago. I did that now and I don’t know how it will affect my relationship with my fiancé who happens to be from another country coming here on a k1 visa. They said that doing the initial paper works were just like a background check etc. Now all my family is against joining. They want me to go to MEPS on this Tuesday even. But thanks for your help and thanks for taking the time to make a video! I’m grateful
@@moortekweb yeah seems like you have a lot going on man. I would get everything situated first before anything man. The navy can help you but it’s never at your convenience if that make sense. Like itll probably unlikely that you get stationed in LA if you want me to be honest. In terms of the whole visa thing I’m not sure what’s the process of that but I would do some research on that first before proceeding with anything with the navy… last thing, it seems like the recruiters are trying to rush you into everything, do let them do that. All they really care about is gettin you in, how your life goes after that they don’t care man. Best of luck to you, I hope everything works out and I hope you make the best decision for yourself and your family 💯
@@Gregdarez Thank you for taking the time. It really means a lot! (To take the time out to write a response back. )So you have made a helpful video and others can use it to help them make a decision as well. I’m glad to know the information you have to share. But going forward, If it relates to the navy or not, I also should check out some of your other content on TH-cam. Actually, your video came up and I subscribed though there are other TH-camrs I watched but I just subscribed to your channel. I didn’t plan on making a comment or anything but this video hit home. Again, thanks for taking the time to let me know the inside knowledge that you know. What I also liked and that I didn’t hear from other TH-camrs is that the navy comes first and I was tending to think that it would be not too difficult to study at the same time while I’m serving in the military. I’ll check out anymore content you come up with, much appreciated and thank you for your service to this nation 🙏
I retired from the Navy as a Chief in 2009, If I could do it over again I would go Merchant Marine, I was on a oceanographic ship for a year and we enlisted I was E-5 got 2 man staterooms like officers, white table cloth mess tables food served by stewards, Go Merchant and make 2 -3 times the pay, Or just work 6 months on, then 6 Off.
Thanks for the suggestion, definitely going to check it out
Man I’m just waiting on a medical wavier to get approved so I can get my ship date
Good luck, hopefully you can get that soon
I hope I get a medical waiver approved for my chronic hives
Music to loud
do most people like their jobs and also if you are in off duty how is that do you feel safe
Honestly some people like they job and some don’t. It’s usually hit or miss.
THE BIGGEST NUMBER 1 REASON FOR THE PEOPLE THAT JOIN & GET KICKED OUT IS BC THAT PERSON WAS NOT SURE THEY WANTED TO JOIN IN THE FIRST PLACE SO WHEN YOU GO INTO THE MILITARY W/ THIS I AM NOT SURE I MADE THE RIGHT DECISION THOSE ARE THE MAIN PEOPLE GETTING THEMSELVES KICKED OUT THE MILITARY & THEN AS THE YEARS ARE GOING BY & THEY ARE MUCH OLDER & NOW THE SOB WANTS TO FIGHT FOR HIS OR HERS MILITARY BENEFITS NOW REALITY STARTING TO SET IN AS YOU GET OLDER MEANING THOSE BENEFITS COMES IN HANDY AS YOU GET OLDER NO CAPPING
Because I was i the Navy decades ago I was anxious hear this message, but the audio was awful and sounded like mumbling..
Cool
I’m bout to talk to a recruiter bc this life is straight trash
Have you ever meet any navy seals?
Nah I haven’t
Only cool job in the navy is spec war if you realize that no one makes it through the pipeline you’ll think twice before joining because once you quit your a bm for years chipping paint on ships.
What religious accommodation could I get for my dreads I am a Rasta
I’m not sure bro, I haven’t seen anyone Rasta in the navy yet tbh. That’s something you’d have to look into
I wanted to join the navy but my family doesn't want because of the war between Israel and Palestine my family says that they gonna give me an intensive preparation to send me to the war, that they do that to Hispanic and black people
Really? As a Gen Z I am planning to join the Navy?
Speaking as a Navy Veteran...
DON'T DO IT!!!!
Go to a Trade School instead!
If I could do my life over...🙄
Yeah I feel the same sometimes but the universe put us through the navy journey for a reason ! I’m done with that life for sure, but I don’t regret it
@@Gregdarez
Regrets are all I have. If I could do it over, I would NEVER have joined the Military at all!
@@user-pb2vo4pt3tDue to my immigration the best decision for me as a Gen Z is to serve this country
@@user-pb2vo4pt3thow come you regret it?
@@user-pb2vo4pt3t that’s sad to hear a veteran say that , I wanted to join navy,but I am currently in apprenticeship
What a woos
God bless you man, hope your day gets better.
I DONOT CARE ABOUT HOW RICH YOU ARE OR HOW WEALTHY YOU ARE YOU ARE STILL GOING TO PAY YOUR DUES YOU DO IT LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY THE WRONG WAY OR THE RIGHT WAY YOU ARE STILL ARE GOING TO PAY YOUR DUES THEIRS NO WAY AROUND IT & TIME WAITS ON NO ONE NO CAPPING
Also be careful navy will put you on THU after boot camp and pretty bad there
Sleeping in a coffin is rough.
Facts !
Black men in the Navy, NEVER shave 🪒 it’s absolutely ridiculous, walking around with beards 🤦🏻♂️
You’re clearly someone that doesn’t understand the struggle of BLACK man with shaving. Do ya research as to why before you speak on something you don’t know
@@Gregdarez it’s 2024, NOT 1964. The technological advancements in skin care and lasers PROVES that everyone should shave. Instead they walk around looking like Boyz II Men or some R&B band.
@Gregdarez first of all, you should refrain from using the phrase “black man and struggles” , everyone in this country is sick of hearing about “the black man’s struggles”. Secondly, it’s 2024, NOT 1964, the technological advancements in skincare and lasers PROVE that everyone can shave.
@@minipandora22the black man is god , you hatred is no more than examples of you’re insecurities. Lack knowledge of self.
@@minipandora22shut up and go to ur retirement home old man
Stop crying 😢
Thanks for watchin my video 🫡
You sound like a salty e8