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Should i join Navy at start of I know recruitment is very
fast during October and they
are usually pretty lenient on
the qualifications. Im at 25%
BMI and it says i need to be
at 22% How much will that
matter during october
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They don't do waivers for BMI. Besides 3% is not much to loose. Your going to have to pass the PRT (Physical Rediness Test) in basic anyway. Why not head down to the gym now and start getting in shape ? |
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Anyone know about New Zealand I'm interested in joining
either the Navy or Airforce in
New Zealand, probably as
helicopter crewman.
I have a couple of small
tattoos, though they can be
covered unless I'm in a
bikini!
I also have self-inflicted
scarring on my left arm. I've
been treated for depression
and no longer do this to
myself.
Does anyone know if either of
these will keep me out of the
New Zealand Military?
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As long as the tattoos are covered, they should be fine. For the scarring, you should provide a letter from a psychiatrist that says you are not suicidal, have not been suicidal for several years and you are fit to fly. That should at least get you past the medical & into basic training. |
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Navy and Marines?
When I first joined the Navy,
the recruitment officers were
always making fun of the
Marines. Why is there bad
blood between these two
military groups? Is there a
historical basis, or did they
just decide to pick on each
other one day? Or was this
just at my recruitment office?
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It went on when my father was in, and I dealt with it when I was in the Navy... It is really just a sort of rivalry, like different high schools... Actually, I had many, many Marines as friends after boot, and everyone just seems to tire of the game eventually. We did different kinds of jobs... Now that I am an old man,. I am very thankful for both branches, and realize how much harder it was to be a good Marine than it was to be a good Sailor. The Marines are taught to fight, and they take it to heart, and do a helluva good job. Don't let it worry you, everything comes out in the wash..... |
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Govt v Navy? Cynical or what? If this MOD U-turn is the
result of public outcry of
late, as we have seen in the
media that the Ministry of
Defence as been forced to
issue a rapid U-turn to all
service personnel from telling
thier story to the media in
futures,
WHY hasn't our previous
outcries been heeded such as
troops OUT of Iraq? Tony
Bliar(sic) out of Office;
JUSTICE for the 6 murdered
Military Policmen in Iraq ..
the list is endless for all
other public outcries?
Have we the voter actually
influenced this AMAZING RAPID
U-TURN?
Doubt it somehow, but it is a
novel experience a politician
actually LISTENING to Joe and
Jane Public for once..
This is ONE QUESTION that
raises MANY QUESTIONS..
The Ministry of Defence work
for the Governnment.. so
WERE they pushed into making
this U-turn.. or
Was it a publicity stunt by
the Navy to increase future
recruitment?
http://www.google.co.uk/search
?hl=en&q=6+murdered+military+p
olicemen+Iraq&meta=
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bi
n/search/results.pl?scope=all&
edition=d&q=Blair+should+stand
+down+now
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bi
n/search/results.pl?q=Withdraw
+UK+troops+from+Iraq&scope=all
&edition=d&tab=all&recipe=all&
x=31&y=12
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your guess is as good as mine as this government does a lot of unexplained moves and this is another |
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Lazy Navy Recruiters Pale In I dealt with the same two U.S.
Navy Recruiters for 2 months.
These guys are pathetic. First
off I don't feel all Navy
Recruiters are this way-these
two were.
First thing: They lied about
the Navy being the only branch
that offers a chance to pursue
Culinary. Come on guys, like I
don't have a computer to look
this up myself!
Secondly: My wife and I
brought up a past non-physical
domestic violence offense I
had. I addition-I was a punk
in my younger days and had
alot of misdemeanors. These
guys said "Oh we can't get
that waived, nobody can waive
that."
In addition, before my waiver
was even an issue-I would
leave 100 messages that were
never returned, I waited for
my recruiter to pick me up one
day to take me to MEPS-he
called me 5 days later saying
"Oh man, I forgot-it's not
personal-I forgot another one
too."
Army accepted my waivers-and
worked hard for me. Now these
Navy recruiters are hollering
"Go to the Navy".
Anyone have any similar
recruitment stories?
By the way-I will not go to
the Navy. I like the
discipline and the more
physical aspects of the Army
more. A personal preference.
Additionaly, having recruiters
calling me "Dude" and calling
women "Bitches" showed zero
class. Army recruiters asked
me my reasons for wanting the
Army, my goals, met my wife
and kids. Worked HARD to get
me past the waivers. Spoke in
a professional manner. These
Navy Recruiters reminded me of
Nicole Richie and Paris
Hilton.
Oh! As far as the culinary
)cook) I didn't pick that to
move up ranks quick! I'm sure
some do. It's what I do as a
civilan and what I went to
school for in high school
vocational school. If you can
apply what you love to do in
the military-might as well do
it. I love the military way of
life (lng family line of Army
and Navy) and I love
cooking-makes a good match I
think.
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AGREED...i'm not going to say that all navy recruiters are "lazy" or whatever, because that would be false, because i have never met all the navy recruiters...and probably never will but this is MY experience... i was in the navy DEP for about 6 months...at our DEP meetings...we went bowling and to applebees to drink...mind you there are all these overweight/ underage kids who need to PT and who are leaving for basic in a month drinking should not be what they are doing...I actually left the navy and joined the marines and the DEP program there is a WORLD of difference PT 2 times a week. we have drill instructors coming in and giving us a "taste" of what book camp is going to be like. we have functions were the county will get together and drill like crazy, a lot of preparation. My father was upset that i "jumped ship" he said that the navy would have more to offer, but i want to be a marine...i always did i just was being a little B1tch and chose to do the easier thing. but i'm like you, i want the discipline of the marine corps...and they're so bada$s. i know so many marines and spent so much time in lejeune i knew more about USMC than i did about the Navy... me and the marine corps were meant to be. |
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