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Join the Navy or Go to College
I have a boyfriend that is in the Navy, in the middle of basic... And I keep debating in either joining the navy or going to college. I have wrote down the pros and cons to each situation. Was wondering if anyone is or has been in the situation& could give me some advice?
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Six years is a normal contract, unless they're going nuke. You can pretty much ignore the two years inactive reserve.
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Permalink Reply by Craig on
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Hannah - Just to prevent a rumor mill from happening with your comment,
Navy enlistments are normally 4, 5, or 6 years. Nothing more. (ie Nukes are 72 month = 6 years). However, one thing that freaks out most new deppers is they will read in their contract that they are signing up for 8 years. This is normal, EVERYONE (ie active duty) signs up for 8 years. Some will do:
4 years active, 4 years inactive = 8 years or
5 years active, 3 years inactive = 8 years or
6 years active, 2 years inactive = 8 years
Inactive means you do not train, nor do you report to anyone. You are a civilian in all sense of the word. You could be pull back, if needed (called Stop-Loss). God help this country if that will ever happen....
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Permalink Reply by Hannah88 on
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Thanks Craig and Anti M. But up until relatively recently (2009?) wasn't Stop Loss the norm and not the exception because they were literally running out of troops (ie National Guard was being deployed) or was it further back than that? Time flies.
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Hannah - We're talking Navy. Yea, the Army Stop Loss people, but the Navy rarely does. About the only ones are the SEAL guys, and that is really rare too.... Heck the way the economy sucks now, I bet it doesn't happen even in the Army now-a-days.....
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