Navy raises enlistment age limit to 41 as recruiting problems continue

[TheMailMan]

Yep can't forget about that stipend. Did they recently change it cause I thought you could get the full amount if you did online as well. Cause I was going to class fulltime online and I was still getting over $1k a month.

From what I've read it's still 50% . Just depends on where you live I guess. You can get the full rate if you take 1 class at a school while doing online

 

[xiceman191]

From what I've read it's still 50% . Just depends on where you live I guess.

Yea I used my shyt a few years ago and they didn't differentiate between going into the class or online. I guess with the pandemic they switched it up a bit.

 

[DEANBIGBROTHERALLMIGHTY18]

Don't forget you also get a monthly stipend if you go full time at a brick & mortar school or half if you only do online classes. I think the rate is equal to E5 w/ dependants in the zip code where the school is located... I used it to to get my bachelor's and also went and got my CDL . I still got about 10 months left, might go learn to fly a plane lol

Do you get disability? and How soon do you get your disability checks after ETS?

 

[DEANBIGBROTHERALLMIGHTY18]

Yep can't forget about that stipend. Did they recently change it cause I thought you could get the full amount if you did online as well. Cause I was going to class fulltime online and I was still getting over $1k a month.

Do you get disability? and How soon do you get your disability checks after ETS?

 

[xiceman191]

Do you get disability? and How soon do you get your disability checks after ETS?

Nah not yet I'm meeting with the Va reps next week.

 

[Animal House]

these old dudes begging to get in and more power to em if they can pass

You have interesting stories of your time served, what is the downside of old heads enlisting?

 

[DEANBIGBROTHERALLMIGHTY18]

Nah not yet I'm meeting with the Va reps next week.

When do you ETS? Did you find employment immediately after ETSing?

 

[xiceman191]

When do you ETS? Did you find employment immediately after ETSing?

I been out for awhile. It took me a few months to find a job.

 

[HabitualChiller]

Isn't service a pathway to citizenship? I remember hearing about alot of carribean and central/south americans joining up to get citizenship. Is this not true?

It is. There's so many Chinese and Jamaican people in the Navy lol.

It's about 10-20 Jamaicans and around 80 Chinese people on my ship of 1,000.

Matter of fact, Filipino people make up around half of that 1,000

 

[42 Monks]

You have interesting stories of your time served, what is the downside of old heads enlisting?

you can already see the pride thing hopping up in the thread - some guys just can't get over the fact that they're pushing the high side of 30 and not having anything to say because they have *zero* experience or time served so their opinions mean little outside of housekeeping.

they also have a hard time dealing with "everybody is getting punished because one of yal was stupid" stuff that comes with the first few years enlistment

also older guys have a much shorter rope to be idiots with because everyone expects them to have a degree more common sense than most. there's *nothing* worse than being old, dumb, and not being able to follow simple instructions in the military. and although the physical requirements are waaay lower.... if you're a sloppy fat gremlin, you'll hear about it every single hour of every day.

so basically if you got your shyt together mentally, want to actually improve yourself/your situation, and aren't clinging to your ego like a jackass while making a desperate last shot to get your life back on track, its not even that big of a deal

 

[Lootha VanDraws]

Just watched Top Gun: Maverick last night. I'm but my Naval Aviator dream might be back on!!

 

[TheMailMan]

Do you get disability? and How soon do you get your disability checks after ETS?

I got out many moons ago..I didn't get any disability but if someone can put me up on game I'm open to listening lol I love free money

 

[King Poetic]

nikkas not willing to loose their bytch to the streets, that’s why nobody enlisting

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I'm 43

 

[Glorious]

If they eliminate the swimming test I may re enlist.


I almost drowned in boot camp