I am thinking about joining the navy everyone is against it but i still want to enlist. Should i still enlist

Rawbert

If that's what you want to do, Just research each MOS a little before signing anything.

Remember, it's your life, not your friends or families...

Robert S

You need to do what's best for you. The friends you have now may not be your friends in a few years. If they're truely your friends, they'll support you in whatever you do. Keep in mind that you can always make new friends.

Malik

It's a personal choice. Only you can decide whether it's right or not. If it's really where your heart is, then do it. You'll regret letting someone else make your mind up for you later if you don't. Just make sure you do your research and completely understand what you're getting into.

desertviking_00

If they are your family and friends they should love you enough to support any decision you would make as an adult. If they are unable to do that, then walk away and join.
You are the one who is going to serve. Not them.

XxladyUSMCxX

yeah if you're sure about it. its your life

Barry auh2o

Five years from now, do you want to be saying,
1. I am glad I joined the navy
or
2. I wish I would have joined the navy but I let my friends and familiy talk me out of it.
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You've heard ":Army Strong" haven't you.??
It doesn't mean being strong, as in being able to do 25 pushups or run a mile in 5 minutes.
It means, being strong enough to make your own decisions and being strong enough to stand by your committments.
It;s time to be "Army Strong" even though it's the Navy that is calling you.
Best of luck to you.

John Y

No one can tell you if you should enlist or not but I have two kids ( a son and a daughter ) that joined the Navy last year and love it. We support them 100%

Lindz

go for it! once they see what you've accomplished they will no longer be against it.

netnazivictim

you can live the life they want or be a grownup and live the life you want.

blaster

dude heres the thing last time i checked your friends and family arent going to be serving your time, they arent going through training with you and they arent going be on base with you so its not their choice to make, they can be against it all they want but when it comes down to it, its your choice and if you feel like you want to serve then do it. dont let anybody else hold you back because if you do then there will always be someone trying to do it. its your life and you know whats best for you..they will come around even if they dont like it at first

onephatguy69

That is a personal choice. If you want to join, then you should. There are great benefits from being in the military. A veteran has options not available to most others. You can also earn money to attend college. Depending on you MOS, you could learn to do almost anything. Find out what is right for you and do it. I was in the Army, but I would of preferred to have joined the Air Force. http://www.navy.mil/swf/index.asp

Kevin g

The most important thing I can tell you about deciding to join the Navy is this:
Choose your rate, choose your fate. If you join youâ€™ll hear it over and over again whenever someone complains about what they have to do for their job. In the Navy, generally the more time you spend in training before going to the fleet, the better. The choice you make in your Navy ratting will have even more effect on you after you get out. Ask yourself how the job you are contemplating translates in the civilian world. The right jobs will land you in a $30/hour job, the wrong one will leave you with nothing but the GI bill. (which is a great way to pay for an education, but not as good as having a good job, and getting paid even more by the GI bill to take classes)

Your experience in the Navy will be what you make of it. The higher your grades in training, the more choice you have about where you get to go. You can get station on a forward deployed ship, live overseas half of the year, and spend the other half sailing from location to location all over the pacific or Europe, or you can get stationed on an oilier in New Jersey and see only the ocean and wonder what the world might be like. You can work hard, stay out of trouble, advance quickly and enjoy the freedom to get off the ship and explore the ports you visit, or you can get in repeated trouble, slack off, and spend your life stuck on the ship as an E-2 while your coworkers are riding elephants in Thailand, and learning to surf on the gold cost of Australia. You will either look back on your time in the Navy as the best or the worst time of your life. Itâ€™s up to you.

My family didn't want me to join, but they got over it, and I'm glad I ignored them. I've been to more countries in the world, than they have states in America.

Bitsy

When I was much younger I had a chance to join the Army and got talked out of it...I regret it to this day.......now I am way too old to join. This is YOUR life, and your future........my son is in the Navy, and has money for college, has been to some ports he never would have gone to in his life and he is only 20 now....he only has another year and a half.........

marinecorpsbaby10

I know exactly where you coming from. my dad and a few of my friends don't want me to join the Marines but I want to so bad...its hard to describe how bad I want it but I really do and no one can stop me. But thank God for my mom and my best friend because they are all I have as my support Iâ€™m so thankful for them :) With out them i would still join just because I need to it's what my heart says to do...you know?

So don't do the wrong thing because of you family and friends...because you'll accomplish more than they ever will so go with your gut feeling which is leading to the Navy!!! If it feels right then it is right :)

Good luck and good choice in service I would choose the Marines then the Navy :) Be strong and stay determined :)

rhymingron

Yes, if that's what you want. That's assuming you are single and have no children that need you.

d_underwood

The first thing you should do is to talk to a navy recruiter. When you talk to the recruiter you will schedule an appointment. You can have your parents come to the office or they can come to your house.

After your interview ask as many questions that come to mind. After the interview discuss it with your family. You don't have to join but the decision is up to you. Do it for yourself rather than your family. Most parents don't want their kids to join because they know NOTHING about the military.

I'm a recruiter in Cleveland Ohio and I deal with those problems every day. Most of the time the parents thank me later on.

oldtownfolk

Service life never hurt anyone, and the new places u will see and the new people is priceless!Go for it, u know whet the saying is, Navy gets the gravy and the army gets the beans!!

Eric S

Tell them that you are at least doing something the gives back to the country and not just in taxes, remind them that if no one joins the whole thing, ie; the country in the end, would fall apart and then ask them to thank you for not calling them Oxyegen Theifs for doing nothing and whining about everything.

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