Comments on: Basic Requirements for Navy Enlistment http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement Navy Blog containing the musings of a retired Navy Master Chief Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:11:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: NCCM(ret) http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement/comment-page-1#comment-2614 NCCM(ret) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:44:46 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-2614 Dusty, I also suggest you hold off on having a child until you are in the Navy and settled. Waiting until your finances are in order would be the best, mature decision in my opinion. Also, having a child (or wife, even girlfriend who becomes pregnant) while in DEP will require you to complete an eligibility (dependency) waiver for enlistment. Dusty,
I also suggest you hold off on having a child until you are in the Navy and settled. Waiting until your finances are in order would be the best, mature decision in my opinion.

Also, having a child (or wife, even girlfriend who becomes pregnant) while in DEP will require you to complete an eligibility (dependency) waiver for enlistment.

]]> By: Dusty http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement/comment-page-1#comment-2605 Dusty Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:18:29 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-2605 Hello I am 19 years old and reciently joined the Navy and I am in the Delayed Entry Program. I have also reciently gotten married. Several times while I've been in my local recruiting office, some of the recruiters there warn me not to get my wife pregnant. I have 8 months until I ship and I am worried what will happen to my prspective Navy career if I get my wife pregnate. I see that I can have one dependant and I wonder what I would have to do if my wife became pregnate and what my best course of action would be for my wife and I. I am 100% devoted to both my Wife and the Navy and I would be devistated if a conflict came between the two came up. Any information on this situation would be appricated. Hello I am 19 years old and reciently joined the Navy and I am in the Delayed Entry Program. I have also reciently gotten married. Several times while I’ve been in my local recruiting office, some of the recruiters there warn me not to get my wife pregnant. I have 8 months until I ship and I am worried what will happen to my prspective Navy career if I get my wife pregnate. I see that I can have one dependant and I wonder what I would have to do if my wife became pregnate and what my best course of action would be for my wife and I. I am 100% devoted to both my Wife and the Navy and I would be devistated if a conflict came between the two came up. Any information on this situation would be appricated.

]]> By: NCCM(ret) http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement/comment-page-1#comment-2514 NCCM(ret) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:10:27 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-2514 Helen Wright, Each MEPS can be a little different, but most likely what you will need is a letter from the Dermatologist's office stating that the records have been misplaced or destroyed. Also, a letter from the family doctor stating, to the effect, that no treatment for mole related issues have ever been initiated wouldn't be a bad idea either. Helen Wright,

Each MEPS can be a little different, but most likely what you will need is a letter from the Dermatologist’s office stating that the records have been misplaced or destroyed. Also, a letter from the family doctor stating, to the effect, that no treatment for mole related issues have ever been initiated wouldn’t be a bad idea either.

]]> By: Helen Wright http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement/comment-page-1#comment-2513 Helen Wright Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:13:31 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-2513 My son wants to enlist. He had a mole removed 20 yrs. ago. The dermatologist's Office manager searching whether records exist. Insurance no longer has the record. If Office Manager is unsuccessful, what can be done. It was healthy. My son wants to enlist. He had a mole removed 20 yrs. ago. The dermatologist’s Office manager searching whether records exist. Insurance no longer has the record. If Office Manager is unsuccessful, what can be done. It was healthy.

]]> By: NCCM(ret) http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement/comment-page-1#comment-2385 NCCM(ret) Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:08:07 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-2385 STG1(SW), The wait times are a result of there being a finite number of boot-camp/school seats available during a fiscal year. The Navy end-strength projection is a determining factor. The Navy has been doing very well in Recruiting due to a number of factors which include the current state of the economy, but also factors such as increased public awareness of Navy programs and the fact the Navy has been working very hard to be recognized as a top 50 employer. Rating mergers, adjustments in sea-shore rotations, focus on the families and educational priorities are doing great things to encourage a large number our nation’s young people to at least look at the Navy as an option whereas is years past they would not. STG1(SW),

The wait times are a result of there being a finite number of boot-camp/school seats available during a fiscal year. The Navy end-strength projection is a determining factor.

The Navy has been doing very well in Recruiting due to a number of factors which include the current state of the economy, but also factors such as increased public awareness of Navy programs and the fact the Navy has been working very hard to be recognized as a top 50 employer. Rating mergers, adjustments in sea-shore rotations, focus on the families and educational priorities are doing great things to encourage a large number our nation’s young people to at least look at the Navy as an option whereas is years past they would not.

]]> By: Russ http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement/comment-page-1#comment-2383 Russ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:27:47 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-2383 Ret. STG1(SW) here, doing my part to talk up the Navy to all young people who have serious questions about joining. What's your opinion on the supposed lenghtened wait-times for delayed entry over the last year and a half? Has the economic downturn had a negative affect, and are requirements more strict WRT to ASVAB scores, and legal problems prospective recruits may have? V/R Ret. STG1(SW) here, doing my part to talk up the Navy to all young people who have serious questions about joining. What’s your opinion on the supposed lenghtened wait-times for delayed entry over the last year and a half? Has the economic downturn had a negative affect, and are requirements more strict WRT to ASVAB scores, and legal problems prospective recruits may have? V/R

]]> By: ewj http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement/comment-page-1#comment-2374 ewj Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:04:19 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-2374 Does anyone have any information on the navy reserves aia or apg programs. I am really considering joining the reserves. I am 31 with a good job and a family and am looking to minimize the time away from my good paying job. Thanks, ewj Does anyone have any information on the navy reserves aia or apg programs. I am really considering joining the reserves. I am 31 with a good job and a family and am looking to minimize the time away from my good paying job.

Thanks,

ewj

]]> By: NCCM(ret) http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement/comment-page-1#comment-2326 NCCM(ret) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:44:47 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-2326 Don, Where some Navy jobs require a high school diploma or equivalent, it is possible to get into the Navy without a HS diploma or GED. You must score well on the ASVAB test - see your local Recruiter for details. We currently are a country at war - everyone serving our country has a "chance" of serving in the war zone. The platform you serve on, ship, aircraft, land base, submarine, etc., will be determined by your job and the needs of the Navy. Don, Where some Navy jobs require a high school diploma or equivalent, it is possible to get into the Navy without a HS diploma or GED. You must score well on the ASVAB test – see your local Recruiter for details.

We currently are a country at war – everyone serving our country has a “chance” of serving in the war zone. The platform you serve on, ship, aircraft, land base, submarine, etc., will be determined by your job and the needs of the Navy.

]]> By: Don http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement/comment-page-1#comment-2324 Don Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:21:32 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-2324 Hello there,i have been really thinking about joining but my question is i know it is always more favorable and possibly a must to have a high school diploma or even GED but thought i would ask anyhow,is it a must to have graduated high school to get in the navy? Another question if i were to get in what are the chances of being sent to war? and what type of warfare would it be,mostly aboard a ship? I am really interested in helping out over there. Hello there,i have been really thinking about joining but my question is i know it is always more favorable and possibly a must to have a high school diploma or even GED but thought i would ask anyhow,is it a must to have graduated high school to get in the navy?

Another question if i were to get in what are the chances of being sent to war? and what type of warfare would it be,mostly aboard a ship? I am really interested in helping out over there.

]]> By: Dson http://www.navycs.com/blogs/2008/08/03/navy-enlistment-requirement/comment-page-1#comment-2323 Dson Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:19:57 +0000 http://www.navycs.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-2323 So basically i just need to see if i can get my record printed out . So i can take it to the recruiter . So basically i just need to see if i can get my record printed out . So i can take it to the recruiter .

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