navy...why is that you boys dont have gun quals out of boot camp?
595777
what gives you THAT idea?! They do too shoot weapons in the Boot Camp.  Small arms as well as rifle.  Anybody who stands a roving shipboard watch is also qual'd in weapons handling.
723942
Its the training they get at convenience store boot camp. I've been there. Its tough. But a select few of those immigrating to this country are taken off the plane directly to  Parris Island. There they are drilled by some of the best for over 6 months. When they come out, they are proud to wear the plastic name tag of clerk. I have been to the pinning ceremony and it is quite impressive. The few. The proud. The clerks.
1093472
I wouldnt look at the post in front of this one.  Sounds like a fed up Ranger without the ability to become a Delta. The woman had a pretty good response.  \n\nLook Navy Seals do all sorts of things and its not just about killing people.  \n\nLots of junior Seals want to get out becasue they are always deployed.  Combat ops and killing\n\nLots of senior Seals want to get out becasue they are not deployed enough.  stuck behind desks pushing paper. \n\nAn E-5 Seal will see more action then an Officer bottom line.\n\nEnlisted see combat more often because they are more expendable.  They follow the OIC and do as they tell them.  If you want action be enlisted, the pay is less but you will get to see and do more, plus promoting is easy... \n\nEnlisted get three chances to complete BUDS but Officers get one chance. \n\nOfficers get duty posts and some are even stationed on ships,  they cordinate operations and set up plans of attack. Eventaully they will command a who Seal unit, but after 0-5 they usually never see combat. \n\nIf you decide that you want to become a Seal, you need to be in shape.  Timed runs every Wednesday during Buds are not easy.  4 miles in 30 minutes should be your goal.  Understand you will now be running that four miles at the mercy of the Seal in charge, that can mean deep sand or hard sand.  Be able to do 20 pullups, and be familiar with the water. 100 push ups and 100 situps should be easy for you. d Water is a Seals best friend and often the best way for evasion and hiding.  \n\nMost Seals will go into combat because this is where the government needs you.  If you go to Seal Team five you will be in Guam and probably see action in SE Asia.  Seals stationed in San Diego will usually go to the sand box (Iraq/Afghanistan) and the Seals in Virginia always go to the middle east.  \n\nNow as for the toughest I would have to say they are very tough, but the British SAS has been compared, but I would say from what I understand the Army Deltas are the toughest.  They require you to attend Ranger school and then it is by Special Appointment.  It doesnt really matter because a Seal costs five million dollars to train, and if you become one you will be skilled in taking lives, and doing you mission what more do you really need. \n\nAny man who can meet the athletic requirements can become a SEAL. Out of a class of 110 Buds students, 15-20 will go on to become navy Seals. \n\nWhen you get your Trident things will change.  You go from just another navy guy to a celebrity.  YOU WILL HAVE women begging at your feet.  If you go on a ship you will wear that insignia and people will notice you.  You will not have much problems in the Navy and life will be good outside of war.
1101937
There were plenty of people when I went through boot camp with Navy that problems swimming (one girl had never been in a pool).  They teach you!  They'll spend as much time teaching you as they have to.
263366
because of poor parenting.  back in the 80's, we took guns to school.  it was no big deal.  we would go hunting or target shooting around 2:55 pm.
1107962
Yes or your GED!!\nYou can join under their Ged program but you still have to have it before you can go to basic training!!\n\nThanks Mike!!
1100113
First of all, you made a great choice choosing Marine Infantry. I made the same and never regretted it (except for halfway through every hike).\n\nSecond of all, get another screen name.\n\nIn the Marines, you are guaranteed a broad field, which in your case would be "03" Infantry. Once you finish Boot camp, you will have 10 days leave and then report to the School of Infantry on whatever coast you went to boot camp. Before you begin training, you will be in Receiving for about a week while they process you. It is at this stage where you will get your specific job, such as 0311 Rifleman, 0331 Machinegunner, 0341 Mortarman.\n\nPeople will tell you otherwise, but you have no choice in what specific job you get UNLESS  you are in the Reserves, in which case your Reserve Unit will need a very specific MOS Like 0352 TOW gunner and you are given that specific MOS in your contract.\n\nIn reality, about 60% of grunts are 0311 Riflemen by MOS but all Marine are trained as riflemen. 0311 training goes for about a month and those that are chosen for Weapons Company (machinegunners, mortarmen, TOW gunners, LAV, anti-tank) will head over for another few weeks of training in their specific weapons group.\n\nGenerally, those with higher ASVAB scores are chosen for weapons MOS', though that is not always the case. I was told I was an 0351 for all of SOI and then switched to 0331 my first day at Weapons Company, as was half of the class.
129031
Well, your question was probably not answered because it was very vague.  Asking about a specific " US-Navy security a guy," is a little crazy.  I mean, there are a lot of Navy guys.\nMaybe ask it again with a little more information, although I doubt it will be able to be answered here anyway.
552362
I think you are alittle ahead of yourself.  It is much different being in boot camp and I assure you it is much difficult than you think. Just because you can do this and that in the civilian world doesn't mean nothing. Here say from other military people, a friend etc.  is just here say. Look sweetie you do not belong to yourself or your parents when you go into service...the government owns you and tells you what you can and canot do   Do more for our country by helping those less forturnate than you. Go to college or try and open up your own business. Own yourself ok?
276685
I feel lke lighting my DD-214 on fire, no-one gives a ratsass that I was a Marine once...get a degree, or go back in the military, because dd-214s carry no weight in the civilian world. No-one cares. Nice sunglasses.
933828
No. We're recruits in the navy until we graduate boot camp.
866031
no there's no way to get a grant to boot camp in the military he can go in at 17 like i did parents consent with a diploma. hes gonna be in jail sooner or later. i lived in nc for 5 years while i was in the navy try going to the local probation officers offices and get him into the scared straight program . that where they go to jail for the weekend.
766905
you should be in the Navy
737544
There is no shortage of wannabes in this country.  I live next door to one.  One of the sure bets is that if they were in the Army they were on secret missions about which they cannot talk even today.  A lot claim to be snipers, Seals, special ops, and things like that.\n\nIf you have been in a war, it is not difficult for you to get them to expose the lies.  This neighbor claims he was in Vietnam, working for the CIA, and only flew in at night and they did not know where they were going.  His job was dramatic.  He said the missions that he went on was to bust up enemy places where they kept the POWs.  I have been from one end of Vietnam to the other and can tell you the terrain of the country.  This man can not even state specifically if they were in the mountains, the Delta, on the Mekong, or packing through rice patties.  \n\nYou can trap them if you know enough about the service.  My sister was married to a wannabe for a while and he would talk about it to my brother, who was in the Army,  but would not mention it to me.  He was in the Navy, he said, on a carrier off the coast.  So I whumped out some vocabulary words that any sailor would know.  "What size of ropes did you use to tie up?"  So he told me how big the "ropes" were.  Problem:  The Navy might buy rope, but when it is received, it is line from that point on, you don't tie up with ropes, you tie up with lines.\n\nThere are special vocabulary words used in the Navy from the first time they put a ship in the water.  Ask him what his rate was!  He should answer something like Radioman, Boatswain's mate, Gunner's Mate, or a specific job type.  Rate is not rank.  A man can be an E-2 Gunner's Mate or a Chief Gunner's Mate.  You can always ask him how many buttons were on the flap on the front of a paid of bell bottomed trousers.  The answer is 13.  \nSomehow get the word Marlin Spike into a conversation, anyone who has been to boot camp will know what that it, it is a tool for parting "rope" (really "line" so that you can splice it.  What, for instance, is the difference between a Marlin Spike and a Fid.  A Marlin Spike is for small line, the Fid, which requires a "serving hammer," is for big line.  Tell him someone told you something about a "Hawser," if he does not know what that is, he ain't been in.  Depending on when he was in, he might not know what a "Blivet" is, and there is probably no definition in the dictionary like the one I am going to tell you, but a Blivet is a five pound sack with ten pounds of shit in it.  Other terms are Yardarm, halyard, aftersteering, fluke and a billion more than are not used in other branches of the service.  Special vocabulary words are slowly, if ever, changed, and what I would suggest to you is that you look up each of these words (and you will not find my definition of "blivet" in a nautical dictionary).\n\nDon't dive bomb the idiot with terms, just integrate them into general conversation and do it slowly.  \n\nThere are other things that are not known.  For instance, the US flag, when the ship is in a foreign port, is on the after mast (a short mast on the stern) whereas the flag of the country they are visiting is flown from the main mast and is hoisted as soon as the ship has one line over, or the anchor is on the bottom, in a foreign port.  When the anchor drops, or the first line is over on the pier, the call comes out to "shift colors."  That is the command for changing the US flag to the after mast and the host nation's flag on the main mast.  \n\nThat brings up a story that occurred a month or so before Clinton left office.  There was a story that he was going to Vietnam (which he did) and while they were there, the N. Vietnamese ensign (flag) was going to fly from the main mast.  Now, from what I have told you, that is pro forma, status quo, or any other thing that indicates that is the normal th
155053
good luck with that one. The Marines don't like to give out much money for signing up. Maybe if you get extremely lucky you will see something, but don't get your hopes up. Besides, if you're joining the Marines because of money, you're really gonna be doubting yourself come the first week of boot camp.
775266
You got that right... But the other units aren't NAVSOC...  although they do the same stuff...  Check out SWCC (the boat guys), or EOD (the bang guys), they do such special stuff the Navy just gave each thier own Rating!
185317
Well hello sister, Your brother is my brother in arms. I was a Machinegunner in the US Marine Corps, and over the past 3 years have done 2 tours of Iraq. I will not tell you lies about the safety of your brother. There are many areas in Bagdad, just like there are many areas of New York. Some are relatively safe, and others are brutally dangerous. I will not lie to you, there are not any Marine infantry units in the "green zone" (the safe area) that I know of. But you should be encouraged though, because your brother has the best support and best comrades of anyone in the military. I mean that. Marine Machinegunners are like no one else in the world. We watch out for each other all the time, and nobody messes with us. Believe me, you should be proud that he has chosen this route. His job will never be safe, but he has better training than any gunners have ever had. I may have gotten to be a part of that training as I worked as a machinegun instuctor for the last year of my time. Machinegunners are tough too, he will live through whatever comes his way. Dont worry sis, just send him some copenhagen-snuff or long cut. shrinkwrap it first so it doesnt go stale. Even if that isnt his brand(probably is though) he can sell stateside cope for 15 dollars a can or whatever other things he wants. Tell him another gunner says GUNZ UP!