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Originally Posted by BEARS-SS
The BEST officers in all the branches are those who respect their SNCO, NCO, and soldiers/sailors/airmen/marines. I've seen both sides of the coin on prior enlisted. Ones that keep the understanding of what it's like to be enlisted, and ones who treat their enlisted like crap (because that's what they went through). It's really a wash.
Just remember that your subordinates are people and you can't accomplish your mission without them. Take care of your people, and they will take care of you.
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Couldn't agree more!
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Originally Posted by monstertodd
10 yrs, 10 mo, and 26 days active duty in the Navy. I separated in December of 2008. If you like seeing the world, then join the Navy. Just ask me, I've been everywhere. I wouldn't trade my time in the Navy for ANYTHING.
Everyone here has there own opinions about what service is "better" or has better job opportunities. Take it with a grain of salt. People tend to get pretty passionate about their services, and as such, there tend to be some pretty emotional arguments.
Truth be told, all the service's have excellent opportunities and all are outstanding at what they do.
Thinking you won't get an opportunity because you didn't join the right service is nonsense.
I worked on SH-60 helicopters as a greaseball airframe mechanic for my entire time active duty, and you know what I do now? I'm a civilian contractor flying UAV's. Those two positions don't exactly correlate especially considering I have no prior experience working on, or flying UAV's.
As others have previously stated, make an INFORMED decision regarding your career. Don't let a recruiter cajole you into a profession that you don't really want anything to do with. YOU are in charge of YOUR career, so make the right decisions early on. I would be confident in saying that on this forum alone, there are literally HUNDREDS of years of combined military experience from which to draw upon. So ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
Another thing: If a recruiter tells you that a certain job is "not currently available", tell them to call you when it is "available". I can't stress this enough.
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Good advice there also. I'm medically retired from the Naval Submarine Force. I was a Missile Technician Second Class (MT2(SS)). Besides becoming disabled I wouldn't trade the time spend for anything in the world. As someone said before, all the branches have something to offer...but more important is what you do with the opportunities what you'll get. After being retired I walked with a strong background in physical security, explosives, hydraulics, pneumatics, electronics, mechanics, some computer networking and a TS clearance. There are a lot of nice high paying jobs qualify for but can't attain due to disability. Personally if I were you I'd go officer (I do think prior enlisted make the best officers though) There are good career paths for what you want in all of the services, the information's out there. you just have to find the program that will benefit you the most! Once you have it narrowed down, Id recommend trying to find people that have/had done it, so you can know whats real and bs...there are some good recruiters out there, but in my experience there are more that will do anything to get you to sign on the dotted line. The most important advise I think I can give you is to never become complacent once your in! Qualify everything you can, and try to qualify what you can't(outside your job). It's too easy to say F it and just float along! Network get to know your superiors and subordinates, contractors and anyone else (I don't mean brown nosing either). You'll make life long friends for sure, but having people that know that your damn good at what you do in high places, and that want you on their team, helps when your out.