I'm not sure what the exact rate is, but he says he's "AO" or Artillery. Gunmans Mate or something maybe? He arrived in Chicago about two hours ago. Shot me a couple of texts to let me know he'd made it and I told him I'd see him in ten weeks. He wanted to go Air Force but he was DQ'd by them before his ass could touch the chair. The recruiter took him next door to the Navy, and the rest is history. They got him in after a some paperwork and a waiver. I know he's good. Navy is a good choice all in all. He has a wife and three kids so it was time for him to make a move. Much respect to the brehs who make the sacrifice, but I'd much prefer he do Navy than Army or Marines. He also considered Coast Guard but his ASVAB wasn't high enough and they're even more selective than the AF.
AO?
Aviation Ordance aw that breh setup...AO EASILY have the best looking females in the fleet. EASILY. But he won't be surrounded by all cacs....AO were never known as c00ns EVER at my commands..very chill brehs...alot of brehs from down south in the Navy too.
Generally advancement rates are good.
It's a good job where it's enough work to where you feel pride as a man .
After Bootcamp he would probably get sent to Pensacola for A School...I think AO school is.like 3months but don't QUOTE me on that one.
Once in the fleet he has a ton of options ...Carrier probably the highest chance he'll goto a carrier.
From there he could get sent to Weapons division where he could be sent to Elevators(control the weapons elevators,) Flight Deck (flight deck. ). Gunner Mate is armory or he'll get put on the 50calibers.
AO was known as a cake job but they get respect...brehs cocky as shyt though.
He's gonna be walking around saying IF YOU AINT ORDNANCE YOU AINT shyt
It's generally a 12hr job at sea. Which is standard unless you have a shyt job ..(Nuclear,Boatswain Mate)
I'm not gonna pretend like I was a hotshot..but best advice I could give is
-STACK MONEY
-STACK MONEY
-DONT LET THE OLDER GUYS DISCOURAGE HIM..MAKE HIM HATE THE JOB. NOTHING SETS A SAILOR BACK QUICKER THAN A NEWBIE WHO ALRADY DECIDES HE WANTS OUT AND OUT NO EFFORT IN.
Navy is a lot of studying..tests..he gets to the fleet and gets qualified quickly his command will
. He's married so the command will probably expect more of him..give him more opportunity to lead off jump.