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Step-son in DEPS
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Permalink Reply by ChrisAmo on
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The Navy is very overmanned right now so everyone has to wait their turn to get in. I assume he's taken the ASVAB already, if so then the higher his score the better the chance of getting good job choices. Does he have any idea what he'd like to do as far as a job is concerned? He should give himself several options so he can snatch one of them up if offered. Some kids know exactly what they want to do (my son did...aviation rescue swimmer.....and because it's such difficult training he got to go in almost right away), others wait to see what the ASVAB tells them they're best fitted for.
Once he's decided on a job, make sure he gets everything in writing! If it isn't written down and signed off on, it doesn't count. Verbal promises (like from the recruiter) are not binding. He signs a contract with the Navy and the Navy signs a contract with him. They're both required to honor it, unless unforeseen circumstances arise.
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Permalink Reply by mistydawn_67 on
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My son was able to get a rating that same day at MEPS....he has already changed and signed a different contract. I think it just depends on the luck of the draw really, your ASVAB scores and if something happens to be open. His friend from his class also signed and got IT rating that same day. My son was assigned OS.
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That's really unusual, most kids are having to wait months. Although the Navy has tightened up her enlistment requirements quite a bit in the past year or so, due to so many trying to enlist, that it's entirely possible that rates are opening up much faster. An ASVAB score below 50 won't come close to getting you in any more. Used to be they'd take anyone who could fog a mirror and didn't have a criminal background. Now it's very different, they want well-educated, physically fit young people who want to make the Navay their career.
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