Oath of Enlistment

Greetings! I'm new to this group. My background is Army. Lots of questions today:

My daughter just returned from MEPS and is awaiting the selection of her MOS (or whatever the Navy equivalent of an MOS is).

She asked my the other day if I would admin

What are the best and worst jobs in Intel?

After boot camp my son will go to "A" school for Intel. What is the best intel job to get into?

My grand daughter going to Oklahoma.

Hi everyone,

  My grand daughter has two weeks of AM A School left at Pensacola.  She says she has orders to VQ-3 at Tinker Air Force Base.  She will be working on the E-6B Mercury. Does anyone have any input on this Squadron, base, or area.

  I have

Accommodations for PIR

Hello. My son has his PIR on November 26, and we will be flying from South Carolina. Any suggestions for accommodations as we don't plan to rent a car and need someplace close enough to grab a cab. Thanks!

What can my son take on a carrier?

My son will be going on the Carl Vinson in about a month. We don't know what he can or cannot take.

cell phone, laptop, multitool, flashlight, books, Kindle, civilian clothes,ect.

Are there any special items that would be helpful?

Is there a general

Invitational Travel Orders

My Daughter is 27 weeks pregnant and in pre-term labor. The Father is deloyed and she is in Guam and to be transferred to the Naval hospital in Japan. Her Doctor wants to write for Invitational orders but does not know where to start. Any Advice? 

Navy housing option Norfolk

Hello all:

My daughter will commission out of NROTC in May of 2013. She hopes to wind up in Norfolk on a Destroyer. My question...she has expressed interest in purchasing or renting a Condo in the Norfolk area. Does anybody do this considering they a

Boot camp injury/possible discharge.

Alright, so my wife was injured in Boot and the Corpsman are thinking surgery and discharge. 

Question 1

I know she wont be allowed visits if she's in the "recovery unit", but can she put in for Holiday Leave?? (already contacted the PAO and waiting

Change of career?

My son is half way through his training in San Antonio to be a hospital corpsman.  He has decided that this is definitely not for him and wants to be a boatswain's mate.  When he enlisted, his recruiters told him that the only available jobs were hos

P3 Orion Flight Engineer

Our daughter got to the last test as a Rescue Swimmer, but couldn't quite master all the evolutions to pass, this back in early May 2011. She was able to stay in Aviation, and selected Flight Engineer on a P3 Orion. She has just completed her prelimi

Aircrew and NACCS

My son leaves for boot camp tuesday the 14th of june and its killing me!!!!!!!!!!

How do i deal with him leaving for boot then a1 traing please help!!!!!

Email OPSEC question

This week I received an email from my son who is at sea on a carrier.  The email was worded in such a way that I am convinced that it was not from him.  In all cases when he has sent me emails in the past - he uses "text-grammar" bad spelling, abrevi

Air Crew

I have a daughter in Starbord D in P'cola waiting to class up for Rescue Swimmer School. She has already passed her initial Air Crew basic qualification. As you know, RSS is not a walk in the park, about 70% fail or DOR, and there are very few female

San Diego Base

Does anyone know if there is a family hotel or dorm type rooms available at this base and what is the procedure for getting them?Were driving out with our son and flying home ..

GSE Rating sheet ~

Here is the rating sheet for GSE (Gas Turbine Electrician)

GSE.doc

GSE.pdf

gse1.pdf

Notice how every snipe rating (DC, EM, EN, EOD, GSE/GSM, HT, IC, MM, MR) goes through the same CORE class.  Then they STRAND off to their specific rating. 

Navy----To long to wait!

 Since I have been reading about some of the kids waiting so long for a school to open up, What if they changed their minds at MEPS for another branch. Let's say the Air Force had a opening. Same job less waiting than Navy.Would they be badgered if t

Navy lodging

  Can somebody tell me if they have a Navy guest house or lodging at Great Lakes?

   I have a Military I.D. same as a retiree, that gives me authority to stay if space available.

   Thank You

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Things that can be brought to boot camp

My son is planning on enlisting after first of the year. And I was wondering what kind of stuff He can bring to bootcamp. Or where I could find a list. Would a laptop be allowed? Or would he even have time to use it? Where would he go for boot and wh

On HOLD?????????????????

Hi Does anyone have any suggestions for helping find out why my son is on HOLD? He graduated A school last Friday and his entire class received plane tickets to leave after graduation with the exception of him and one other student. He was told his