Trevor D. wrote:lilbit01 wrote:good luck, though this doesn't belong in the pissing and moaning section of the board.
My bad
Good luck in the Navy. I'm sure if you just do what you're told, you'll be fine. Do it well and get promoted
As far as the "pissing and moaning section", I find that offensive. Sure that goes on in here from time to time, but it does in every other section as well. Welcome to the real world, people like to complain.
PAX
Thank you much for the link.
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what do ya need to know bro?
I was active from 1994-2000.
Desert Tuners
�When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it�s best not to stir it.�
I just was wondering how A school was and boot camp and just some tips and advice.
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I found this post just now, so I'm here. I'm actually about to go out to sea for 2 months as of tomorrow but anything you wana know, hit me up in PM or on AIM tonight or before like 1400 tomorrow.
But as far as bootcamp, yea you've got it right just know your general orders, sailors creed and rank structure and you'll be good. I actually advise against blending in, try to stand out, in a good way though. Volunteer to do things. They look for leadership characteristics and reward it. Trust me, its worth it in the end.
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I know bootcamp has changed a lot since I was in. I don't know much about your A school either, since I was an electronics tech. if you go to a ship though, I can help you out with that. I was on two boats in my short Navy career.
Desert Tuners
�When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it�s best not to stir it.�
sweet . I got most of my general orders down and some of my saliors creed so i am working on that but besides that I feel like I am ready got my run down and my sit ups need a little more work on my push ups but ya
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I was an ET for seven years. When I graduated from my A school, they didn't have any ET billets available, so they sent me to, you guessed it, San Antonio. Lackland AFB for MA school. 2 weeks into it, a bunch of billets opened up in Florida, and I got to go back to being an ET. However, you should run every day, push up every day, sit up every day, and run some more.
Oh, and when you DO go to Lackland, DON'T let your "peers" talk you into taking the drive to Nuevo Laredo. Boystown is a bad, bad place. You will lose your soul there. hehehehe hee hee hehe
You'll be fine. Oh, if you still have your wisdom teeth, and they're going to need to be removed, get that done NOW!!!
You do not want the Navy to do it for you. Trust me.
Good luck!
So did you go to class at like a certain time with everyone and then like at night was it like you could do what ever u want and sutff?
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that's what my school was like. be at school at like 7, get out around 4, and unless you had duty, the rest of the day was yours.
for the first 8 weeks or so, you still had to wear your uniform. they didn't give us civilian clothes privileges for awhile.
Desert Tuners
�When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it�s best not to stir it.�
Sorry, Trevor, that was 15 years ago. Things have probably changed a great deal. Don't worry about it, you'll be fine. I don't think you have duty days, but again, that was 15 years ago.
man, that was 12 years ago for me. thanks Americonium, for reminding me how old I am. LOL
were you in Great Lakes for A school? or Orlando?
Desert Tuners
�When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it�s best not to stir it.�
Booted in Orlando, B(double)E in Orlando, Refresher B(double)E in Chicago, and the equipment portion of ET school. Then off to San Antonio for Master at Arms school for 2 weeks, then to Millington for GPN-27 air search radar, Jax for 3 years, SPS-67 school in No@!#$, then 3 years onboard the mighty war pig, the USS Nassau. Yeah, that was a long Seven years.
bootcamp and A school in Great Lakes, C school for HF Systems in Norfolk, then to Italy on the USS LaSalle, back to C school in Norfolk for NAVMACS II, back to the LaSalle until 99, then to New Jersey to the USS Supply.
Desert Tuners
�When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it�s best not to stir it.�
Z24 FReQ (Jarett) wrote:man, that was 12 years ago for me. thanks Americonium, for reminding me how old I am. LOL
were you in Great Lakes for A school? or Orlando?
So does it make u feel really old when I say I was born in 88 lol
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a little bit. LOL
good luck man. there's going to be down times, and times you want to get the f&ck out, but stick with it. once you're a civilian again, you'll realize you did the right thing.
Desert Tuners
�When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it�s best not to stir it.�
Trevor D. wrote:Z24 FReQ (Jarett) wrote:man, that was 12 years ago for me. thanks Americonium, for reminding me how old I am. LOL
were you in Great Lakes for A school? or Orlando?
So does it make u feel really old when I say I was born in 88 lol
Not as old as it would make RatZero feel
Transeat In Exemplum: Let this stand as the example.
Z24 FReQ (Jarett) wrote:that's what my school was like. be at school at like 7, get out around 4, and unless you had duty, the rest of the day was yours.
for the first 8 weeks or so, you still had to wear your uniform. they didn't give us civilian clothes privileges for awhile.
I wish we had the rest of the day off. We were required to study an additional 20-40 hours a week (depended on your GPA). Usually we would get out of class around 4. Go change (we didn't have to wear uniforms off base) and go get something to eat and a couple of beers at Fridays. Around 6 we would go back in to study till around 10. Looking back I don't know how we had so much fun. Maybe it was going to Daytona or Coco beach all the time.
Trevor, good luck. You may like it enough to make it a career.
