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My daugher is almost 17 and is interested in the Delayed Entry Program...she is trying to graduate early in order to join. Our recruiter seems knowledgable and supportive, yet alittle hazy about the careers that my daugher might be eligible for. She is an honors student and I think she will do ok on the exam. My concern is that in her eagerness to join that she might be referred into a dead-end type of job. What advice would you all have in terms of choices, timing, waiting, etc? Thanks in advance
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Permalink Reply by ChrisAmo on
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Almost every job in the Navy is open to women as well as men, which is why this is an exciting time for young women wanting to join. Two years ago my son entered on a Rescue Swimmer contract and there was one female in his group. Now there are 3 or 4 in every group. Not all of them make it through the very rigorous training but neither do all the men. So things are changing rapidly for women.
The reason the recruiter "seems a little hazy" is because nothing is really known until the ASVAB test is taken. Once your daughter takes the ASVAB test her recruiter will tell her what her test results reveal....what she's most suited for. The higher her score, the more jobs open to her. As for timing, the Navy is seriously overmanned right now so waits can be long for a particular job. My advice is to have her take the ASVAB, figure out what she's interested in and get her into the DEP to wait for a slot to open up. Because of the potential wait, she'll have plenty of time to consider her options. Nothing is set in stone until the contract is signed. I would think 17 may be a little young so it wouldn't hurt if she had to wait up to a year to go in, it would give her more time to prepare.
Finally, if you've found a good recruiter, stick with him/her. They're not all as good and a good one is like gold.
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Permalink Reply by Jess's Mom (Fire Controlman GL) on
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When my daughter took her ASVAB she scored high enough to pick any job, even Nuke, but she chose FC (Fire Controlman). It is a nice paying job. She graduated boot camp in May and is just finishing up ATT School (which is, for her, an up to 10 week course where she can work at her own pace). She is up to 5 days ahead of schedule. Once that is done, she will start A school then go directly to C school. She was promoted in bootcamp to an E2 and is studying very hard to be eligible for another promotion in A school. Any career that your daughter chooses will be challenging and exciting for her. So far, my daughter loves her navy life and cannot wait until her first deployment which probably wont occur for almost 2 years (33 weeks in A school and about 25 in C school with being placed on hold for who knows how long inbetween). But she has made some really great friends and her Division became her new family and even though most of them have moved on to their A school at different bases, they keep in touch through face book.
My feelings on waiting is that I do know that the Navy is almost at full capacity and if she waits, she may have to wait for a long time before she can ship off the boot camp. But this has to be her choice. Have her take the ASVAB and see what she qualifies for and then go from there.
Good luck with her decision.
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