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MM MA or QM?
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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recommend you go to FB and check out the group called "Women Redefined" Navy for Mom's is for loved ones of Sailors....not really DEPPERS.
Not sure who is telling you that is a male dominated rate...I am up here with the schools and the classes are about equal male and female...but if you are not up to the challange of learning something new, and getting dirty....than yes you should look at switching rates and you need to do it before you leave for bootcamp. As soon as you leave for bootcamp you are going for what ever the contract is you signed, the old story about switching in bootcamp or school if false.
(oh yea...I was an EN for 10 1/2 years before I changed to become an NC, so I really do know what I am talking about with regards to becoming a mechanic)
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Permalink Reply by Craig on
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You really need to tell us alot more. If you leave 15 months from now, yes you might be able to get a DAR request through, but if you leave in less than 5 months, you will really have a hard time changing your rating.
Like Angie says, she was a snipe and knows all those rating really, really well. Just curious, do you know your scores on the ASVAB, not the overall, but the individual? If you do, I can help you pick the rating I'd try to get. I run a Navy DEPpers website and know this stuff really well.
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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My suggestion: KEEP the MM. Fantastic. You qualified for MM. Get as much technical training as you can. Give it a try. It's the wave of the future. Let's assume you join the Navy and stay for 6 years. With mechanical training, you'll have a lot more options. You can always pick up a college degree later in accounting, financing, marketing, sales. With some technical background, it's much easier to move into "non-technical" possible but almost impossible vice versa. Good luck.
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