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sworn in as an undesinated sailor

On Thursday I sworn in as an undesinated sailor. I hear different things about it. Some people are telling me to back out some are saying to stay so I can get a rate. Im enlisitng as an E2. I also heard i will be doing dirty work for a while. Can you please help me out. Sometimes I think I should have joined the Army. I scored 54 on the asvab with good math scores. so i really dont want to take it ever again. My questions is..-What exactly is this?

-Will I ever get out of this situation?

Thanks for every coment. I ship out January 4

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Comment by Nejla (Momto2Sailors&aSoldier) on May 30, 2011 at 12:05am: I didn't know one could swear-in as an un-designated sailor. I'll ask my son the recruiter tomorrow. If you haven't heard from me, I haven't been able to get back online and talk to you, but you can remind me in a few days! TAKAHO! (Tie a knot and Hang on!) Good luck!

Comment by TexasMomof2 on May 30, 2011 at 12:59am: You will be fine......my oldest son went in undesignated in 2007. He was undesignated for 2 years and is now a corpsman. He did not do all the dirty work.......you will find that EVERYONE does "dirty work." He was in a particular section on a ship for that entire time and was happy. At the end of his undesignated time, he tested for and went to school for corpsman where he was Platoon Leader. He's very happy now serving out his orders. There are a LOT of undesignateds right now (my youngest son's friend just had his PIR and is undesignated) as there aren't many "openings." Most rates are full. There is a group on here called "undesignated what's up with that?" Search for it and join. Everything in life is what we make of it. Being undesignated can give you the opportunity to see what is out there. And at the same time you are getting a paycheck and benefits...... My oldest son's advice recently to other undesignateds was to NOT listen to others so-called advice about this.....and to make the best out of YOUR situation.

Comment by Philly5 (Justin's proud mom) on May 30, 2011 at 8:08am: Good Luck to you! :)

Comment by navymomarmybrat on June 2, 2011 at 1:43am: I don't know if this applies to everyone, however my son was given to opportunities to back out. The first was 60 days prior to boot camp, and then 30 days prior to boot camp. My son left for boot camp on 5-09-2011.

Comment by CrackerjackMom on July 15, 2011 at 1:00am: My daughter went in undesignated 4 years ago and will be reenlisting at the end of the month. You will most likely be assigned to a ship and be assigned where you are needed. You will have different jobs and be able to see what the navy is like and get to see different jobs up close and ask questions, then you will have a good ides what rate you may be interested in. Its not bad as some people make it out.