No diploma, no problem: Navy again lowers requirements as it struggles to meet recruitment goals
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tax free baby! I got 60% so far working on that 100.
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
Thing is, that E-1 doesn't pay rent,utilities,food....and now at some locations, they don't even have to pay for wifi..... plus underway they're likely not spending much money either.....and certain pay is non-taxable, and certain states make you tax-exempt based off being in the military.
It's a whole lot different from getting a $700 paycheck in the regular world and having to worry about food,housing,insurance/healthcare etc.
Plus, the way boot camp is set up, the majority of people are not leaving as an E-1...nor will they leave their A/C schools at that rank unless they did something stupid.....newest navadmin mandates that everyone will make E-4 after being in 30 months, most of your tech rates make E-4 before they hit the fleet.....Some of these dudes pipelines let them make E-5 before they even stand a watch on a ship.....and depending on your rate, you're also going to get a bonus for enlisting,graduating boot camp, and one for graduating from A school.
I can't see why anybody would want to join the army/military/navy unless they had absolutely no other options 
Seems like a miserable life..having to wake up early every single day, some a$$hole barking orders at you all day, have to ask permission any time you want to do anything, entire existence revolving around how well you obey orders
Personally I think the solution to this problem is to downsize the military and for the US to be less involved in foreign conflicts.
Seems like a miserable life..having to wake up early every single day, some a$$hole barking orders at you all day, have to ask permission any time you want to do anything, entire existence revolving around how well you obey orders
Personally I think the solution to this problem is to downsize the military and for the US to be less involved in foreign conflicts.
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
A lot of it is that "test-taking" skills you're parroted in public school do not work on the ASVAB or advancement exams. There is no using people to funnel you into the right answer, no basing your study material around a specific test with pre-scripted answers....picking C if you're not sure
Silver Surfer
Veteran
Soon it will be illegal immigrants
As much as this site talks about not being able to buy a home, how college is overpriced and a bad investment, and the importance of learning real skills, I would imagine folks wouldn’t be so adverse to joining the military.
NZA
LOL
not a real long-term solution. i doubt the discipline of this demographic is going to hold up in that environment. if they had a social worker look into what was going on and then help them with that, then they might be useful. of course, that would be expensive and time consuming...
BK The Great
Veteran
I’m good in that military life 
regardless of the benefits. Some I’ve known from returning back haven’t been the same again and that’s me saying that respectfully.
regardless of the benefits. Some I’ve known from returning back haven’t been the same again and that’s me saying that respectfully.
CodeKansas
Superstar
It's almost like nobody wants to potentially die/be scarred for life for these fakkit ass politicians. 
Marc Spector
the 4'11 Cuban
once you graduate boot camp and your initial skills pipeline , it is no different than any other job breh. Only big differences you wear a uniform to work every day and some people don’t even do that, depending on their assignment.I can't see why anybody would want to join the army/military/navy unless they had absolutely no other options
Seems like a miserable life..having to wake up early every single day, some a$$hole barking orders at you all day, have to ask permission any time you want to do anything, entire existence revolving around how well you obey orders
Personally I think the solution to this problem is to downsize the military and for the US to be less involved in foreign conflicts.
in fact , I say it’s easier than most jobs as military jobs are not production based. If a military shop, office or center is slow (and your Senior Staff arent pricks) then mad people are not in the office or getting out early or going to school or whatever.
It’s really been a great time to do a term if you are scared of war. We’ve been out of Afghanistan for years now. There’s nothing going on that the us is really gonna get into. nikkas would be in there soaking up benefits.It's almost like nobody wants to potentially die/be scarred for life for these fakkit ass politicians.
Most of those people are past the optimal recruiting age anyway...
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
All it did was give a path into the Navy for interested people who'd be eligible for a lot of rates but were not qualified based off not having a Diploma or GED....and likely someone who's exhausted most other employment options or realizes they can't afford to stop working to go get a GED....or whatever living situation they're in is not stable/wont be in the near future
That's not as large of a selection pool as you'd think in this country.
more likely to die being poor in this country.
