Saiyanman Benjita
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Enjoy. My father was in the navy. He loved it
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My dad was in the Navy for 20 years. What are you going to be, enlisted or officer? Being 18 I get mail from the military all the time, today I got a recuitment letter from the Department of the Army. Though if I went in, it'd have to be officer for the higher pay and more respect.
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In act case... I don't know that a 1st Lt. gets all that much respect from ANYBODY. I mean, the career officers all know he's green, and the enlisted will take a long-term sergeant's word over his any day...
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Well, First Lieutenants wouldn't get much respect in the Navy, at least, with all that Army-Navy rivalry...
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Trust me, being an officer is the way to go. (Speaking from personal exprience of course.) I wouldn't have it any other way. And you do get respect, it's mostly the whole FNG thing. The whole TV/movie depiction is just a bunch of Hollywood money making stuff.
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Same here. I think I'd better go ahead and congradulate Necromancer now, and worry about whether I ought to be worried that he's one of the "guardians of freedom" later.
Necromancer: I think you'll find basic training to be a real eye opener. If you think that vampires dripping in blood and gore are frightening, just wait 'till you meet your Drill Instructor. The navy doesn't recruit Drill Instructors from its own ranks (or so I've heard). No, your Drill Instructor will be a MARINE!
If you can manage to hang in there (please do) you will find that you have not only changed your opinions about a lot of things (by your own reasoning -- brainwashing anly applies to getting you to cooperate with others and acting like part of the team) but you will also discover deep, hitherto untapped wells of fortitude and resourcefulness you never even suspected were there.
Good luck, and persevere!
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Yes, the Navy is good. Got a close friend in the navy, but she only enlisted. Of course I'm biased towards the navy because I spent 3 years in the NJROTC at my high school. Even became a platoon commander and the Color Guard commander. It was great commanding people around. Nec, good luck!
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