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I am going to navy boot camp here soon, I am a girl obviously I am 21 years old and very petite. if that matters any. But I am so nervous and scared. How your experience in boot camp? and whats it like to be in the navy?
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Starr - I made it 21 years in the Navy and had the time of my life, literally. Were there bad times? Sure there were. There were times I thought the Navy was as F***ed up as a left handed football bat. But those times pass and there are more good times than bad.
In 21 years, I was stationed aboard three aircraft carriers (Constellation, Nimitz and Forrestal) and made two Western Pacific deployments, one Caribbean Cruise, one North Atlantic, one Indian Ocean, three Mediterranean cruises and went to war in the Persian Gulf aboard the USS Forrestal (CV-59). I was also stationed at three different naval bases (Naval Magazine, Lualualei, HI which is now Naval Magazine Pearl Harbor, Naval Weapons Station Charleston, SC and Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, CA). I have seen Thailand, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, American Samoa, the Philippines, Guam, The U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), Peru, Brazil, Panama, Mexico, The Bahamas, Great Britain, Ireland, Scotland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, The Rock of Gibraltar, Portugal, Morocco, Spain, France, Greece, Malta, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Pakistan. Some of these places I wouldn't want to see again, ...but the majority of them were spectacular.
Boot camp was, for the most part, a blast for me. Just keep in mind they have a job to do and that is to make you a functioning sailor who is a compliment to the crew of any ship or station you are sent to. Do what they tell you, learn from them, give your best effort in everything you do and remember that the Navy is all about teamwork. You are nothing by yourself, but as a member of a highly trained and functional team you will be invincible. Your allegience is to your country and your shipmates and you should strive to never let either down.
You will make life long lasting friends who will stand by your side through thick and thin, better or worse, and literally until death. You will sleep, eat, work and play with your shipmates from now until the day you leave the Navy. The only privacy you can ever expect aboard ship will be on the toilet, in the shower and in your bunk (which the Navy refers to as a "rack"). When you are deployed, you will work 6 days per week, sometimes as much as 12 to 14 hours per day. This may sound excessive, but there is really very little else to do aboard ship while deployed and underway aside from working out at the ship's gym or studying your rating exam materials. While in port overseas, you'll more than likely be in three section duty (meaning you will have to stay aboard the ship and stand watch once every three days) which will result in your having more liberty (time off) than you'll have money to spend.
In homeport, you'll more than likely be in three section duty, ...and ship's company will work a 5 day Monday through Friday work week, usually from 0700 to 1530 or so (7am to 3:30pm for you wogs and land lovers). I don't know if the Navy still does this or not, but while you are a non-rate (below the rank of E-4) you will be given a liberty card. You will surrender your liberty card to your supervisor every day and cannot leave the ship until he or she returns it to you at the end of the work day. This doesn't apply to weekends that you don't have the duty. Once you make Petty Officer Third Class (about a year or so into your enlistment if you make rate on time) your liberty card goes away.
I was, and still am, very proud to be a member of the United States Navy. The day I retired and they piped me over the side and announced "Chief Petty Officer, United States Navy, retired, departing!" was one of the saddest yet happiest days of my life. On one hand I felt an enormous sense of accomplishment and pride in myself and the service I'd given my country for 21 years. But on the other, as I looked back at the ship that had been my home away from home for so long and saw the friends who'd helped make me who I am and what I was manning the rail for me and waiving goodbye, I couldn't help but choke back tears. To this day, I remember my years in the Navy in my dreams and, some days, miss them so much I could scream. But my days are over, and yours are just beginning.
Give the Navy a chance. Do your best and always give 100 percent effort in every task they give you. Will you come up short sometimes? Sure you will, we all do, you're human. But learn from those experiences and make yourself better in spite of them. Enjoy the time you're in the Navy and take pride in what you do and who you are, ...a sailor in the mightiest naval force ever conceived by mankind, ...the United States Navy.
Welcome to the brotherhood of the sea! Fair winds and following seas!
Starr - I made it 21 years in the Navy and had the time of my life, literally. Were there bad times? Sure there were. There were times I thought the Navy was as F***ed up as a left handed football bat. But those times pass and there are more good times than bad.
In 21 years, I was stationed aboard three aircraft carriers (Constellation, Nimitz and Forrestal) and made two Western Pacific deployments, one Caribbean Cruise, one North Atlantic, one Indian Ocean, three Mediterranean cruises and went to war in the Persian Gulf aboard the USS Forrestal (CV-59). I was also stationed at three different naval bases (Naval Magazine, Lualualei, HI which is now Naval Magazine Pearl Harbor, Naval Weapons Station Charleston, SC and Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, CA). I have seen Thailand, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, American Samoa, the Philippines, Guam, The U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), Peru, Brazil, Panama, Mexico, The Bahamas, Great Britain, Ireland, Scotland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, The Rock of Gibraltar, Portugal, Morocco, Spain, France, Greece, Malta, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Pakistan. Some of these places I wouldn't want to see again, ...but the majority of them were spectacular.
Boot camp was, for the most part, a blast for me. Just keep in mind they have a job to do and that is to make you a functioning sailor who is a compliment to the crew of any ship or station you are sent to. Do what they tell you, learn from them, give your best effort in everything you do and remember that the Navy is all about teamwork. You are nothing by yourself, but as a member of a highly trained and functional team you will be invincible. Your allegience is to your country and your shipmates and you should strive to never let either down.
You will make life long lasting friends who will stand by your side through thick and thin, better or worse, and literally until death. You will sleep, eat, work and play with your shipmates from now until the day you leave the Navy. The only privacy you can ever expect aboard ship will be on the toilet, in the shower and in your bunk (which the Navy refers to as a "rack"). When you are deployed, you will work 6 days per week, sometimes as much as 12 to 14 hours per day. This may sound excessive, but there is really very little else to do aboard ship while deployed and underway aside from working out at the ship's gym or studying your rating exam materials. While in port overseas, you'll more than likely be in three section duty (meaning you will have to stay aboard the ship and stand watch once every three days) which will result in your having more liberty (time off) than you'll have money to spend.
In homeport, you'll more than likely be in three section duty, ...and ship's company will work a 5 day Monday through Friday work week, usually from 0700 to 1530 or so (7am to 3:30pm for you wogs and land lovers). I don't know if the Navy still does this or not, but while you are a non-rate (below the rank of E-4) you will be given a liberty card. You will surrender your liberty card to your supervisor every day and cannot leave the ship until he or she returns it to you at the end of the work day. This doesn't apply to weekends that you don't have the duty. Once you make Petty Officer Third Class (about a year or so into your enlistment if you make rate on time) your liberty card goes away.
I was, and still am, very proud to be a member of the United States Navy. The day I retired and they piped me over the side and announced "Chief Petty Officer, United States Navy, retired, departing!" was one of the saddest yet happiest days of my life. On one hand I felt an enormous sense of accomplishment and pride in myself and the service I'd given my country for 21 years. But on the other, as I looked back at the ship that had been my home away from home for so long and saw the friends who'd helped make me who I am and what I was manning the rail for me and waiving goodbye, I couldn't help but choke back tears. To this day, I remember my years in the Navy in my dreams and, some days, miss them so much I could scream. But my days are over, and yours are just beginning.
Give the Navy a chance. Do your best and always give 100 percent effort in every task they give you. Will you come up short sometimes? Sure you will, we all do, you're human. But learn from those experiences and make yourself better in spite of them. Enjoy the time you're in the Navy and take pride in what you do and who you are, ...a sailor in the mightiest naval force ever conceived by mankind, ...the United States Navy.
Welcome to the brotherhood of the sea! Fair winds and following seas!
I am going to New Zealand in December. What do I need to do?
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I have a car, I rent a room, and I have no recent vaccinations, no passport, no work visa, no equipment, etc...I know nothing about international traveling, but I am going to go to new zealand in december. I have three months. What do I do? (I have to: get a passport, pay off debt, sell my car, get a work visa, find a place to store my belongings, ...what else?) I will be camping out, perhaps an occasional hostel, and will be working odd-jobs so that I can be there for the expected year or longer. what do I do?
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I can relate because I am moving to Poland. Get a Visa and passport from your local post office. (If they do them, I know mine does.) If they don't do them go to a revenue office. Sell the car to pay off the debts (Hoping you don't have a lot of debt) Store your items with your friends (You know... Let them "Borrow" them for a year. Also maybe mow a few lawns to pay for camping equipment. Or deal drugs... Which ever you prefer. Be careful with hostels. Remember your an American and someone may try to take advantage of that. (Only slightly referring to the movie.) Get a good Back pack.
I can relate because I am moving to Poland. Get a Visa and passport from your local post office. (If they do them, I know mine does.) If they don't do them go to a revenue office. Sell the car to pay off the debts (Hoping you don't have a lot of debt) Store your items with your friends (You know... Let them "Borrow" them for a year. Also maybe mow a few lawns to pay for camping equipment. Or deal drugs... Which ever you prefer. Be careful with hostels. Remember your an American and someone may try to take advantage of that. (Only slightly referring to the movie.) Get a good Back pack.
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