Getting out of the Navy in November

[Philly_Crew]

Good luck getting out.  I'm sure you will be able to use your experience on the outside.  Make sure you get the degree since I know of too many people who do not take advantage of the GI bill.  As a reservist, I can give you the pros and cons.  The pro is you continue to serve and participate in the military but in a limited basis.  If you look into it, talk with the unit you would be with and see what their deployments and jobs are like.  You may be able to transfer into another field.  The nice thing with the reserves is they can guarantee the career field.  Also, look into the state benefits for college tuition.  Virginia will pay up to 100% of in-state public tuition.  The cons are the disruptions of deployments and tech schools.  Also, there are definately alot of people in the reserves that are only in for the tuition assistance and that can be difficult.  However, in my experience they do not re-enlist are are a temporary problem.  IM me for additional info.

[SD_Eagle5]

I told/asked him the same thing (he's an E-6 Nuke) in a polite way. He told me "I already have a job lined up, own 3 houses, have a wife with a steady job, and plenty of money saved up...what do I need this bullshtein for? The $10,000 a year pension I'll receive is basically nothing to me". Kind of hard to argue with that logic.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Now you can chill with everyone at more than one Eagles game a year and get sloppy drunk with us.

You need to take the dive at The Linc to compare it to The Vet. See which steps are steeper.

[SD_Eagle5]

Now you can chill with everyone at more than one Eagles game a year and get sloppy drunk with us.

You need to take the dive at The Linc to compare it to The Vet. See which steps are steeper.

My tailbone still hurts from that fall. Damn it was cold that day and damn was I drunk 

I might try to open a bar in a year or two after I get my degree. I can use my VA loan to open up a businees. The location will probably be in NE Philly. We'll see how it goes.

[Diomedes]

Good luck, SD.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Now you can chill with everyone at more than one Eagles game a year and get sloppy drunk with us.

You need to take the dive at The Linc to compare it to The Vet. See which steps are steeper.

My tailbone still hurts from that fall. Damn it was cold that day and damn was I drunk 

I might try to open a bar in a year or two after I get my degree. I can use my VA loan to open up a businees. The location will probably be in NE Philly. We'll see how it goes.

That game right there is the reason why I don't get drunk to the point of forgetting the game anymore. I still remember looking up at the scoreboard and seeing that ND had 4 sacks and not remembering it. I was in bad shape that day. But I had to either get numb from the liquor or get numb from the cold.

Maybe I should blame Beermonkey and his awesome Alabama Slammers?!?

Good luck with your biz and getting out of the Navy though.

[Diomedes]

Oh, and take some conservative advice from a radical social democrat:  always live beneath your means, always have cash, always save.  Do not owe anyone for anything except real estate for longer than thirty days.  Not even a car, not even education.

[Phanatic]

damn i should of went to the navy.  doesn't sound like your too bad off right now. 

It's not really that bad as far as pay and benefits goes. When you're off duty you feel like you're living the life, but when you're on duty it's like you're in hell. I've been in port a whopping 7 days since the beginning of April. From now until late August we'll be in port for 5 days (which I'm spending in Philly). The next year we might spend about 1 month in port. Underway we work anywhere from 12-20 hours. I have 100 iceholes barking orders at me on a constant basis for no reason other than to justify their existence and to make themselves feel worthy. Imagine Office Space on an Aircraft Carrier, only there's 100 Lumberg's instead of 1. Other than that my actual job isn't that bad and most of the people I work with are alright. Of course, I'm the Leading Petty Officer of my division so they somewhat have to suck up to me. 

Biggest adjustment was the culture shock. No reason to get up in the morning, and no one telling you what to do. The intense atmosphere is gone. Cracking open a beer whenever you damn please will help immensely with that.

Good Luck

That's been my biggest fear: Self motivation. But now I'm over it. I know what I want to do and have my goals set. I have a plan A, plan B, plan C, and a plan D. I'm really looking forward to waking up at a normal hour vice the 4 AM I have to get up at now.


As far as the reserves go, I'm still 50/50 on whether or not I want to do it. On the one hand I'll still be part of the Navy, but on the other hand there's always the chance of getting activated, which would suck. 

You'll have to decide for yourself on the reserves thing. I can only equate my own experiance. I really wanted to remain a part of the Navy in some small way. Naval reserve just didn't really fill that need for me at all. It was a let down actually. I drove out one weekend a month, but once I got a real hard working job I didn't need it, and I didn't want it. That's minus the threat of being called active. You might have a completly different experiance though. One never knows in the Navy. As Sarge said it has improved as well. I'm sure they're more "battle" ready now that there is a threat.

One thing I found is that self motivation was not a factor. If anything I ended up with too much of it. It has served me very well though. I suspect you'll find the same.

P.S. There are iceholes justifying their existence EVERY WHERE!! ...but now you can tell them to shove it and find another job!!

[MURP]

I might try to open a bar in a year or two after I get my degree.

i demand free beer for life.  thanks SD. 

[QB Eagles]

hes a nuke engineer, so he figures hes gonna get out--work in a power plant and make at least 100 grand a year to start. 

Christ! I don't make anywhere near that much and I design the damn things for a living.

I'm just starting out though, and I don't have the experience of the Navy guys yet. I guess I know what job I'm switching to in a couple years.

[Phanatic]

I might try to open a bar in a year or two after I get my degree.

i demand free beer for life.  thanks SD. 

You could just do what I did and go to work for a beer company. I get 2 cases a month, and if I retire there I can continue to pick up my stipend.

[General_Failure]

What do you do for the other two weeks every month?

[MURP]

I might try to open a bar in a year or two after I get my degree.

i demand free beer for life.  thanks SD. 

You could just do what I did and go to work for a beer company. I get 2 cases a month, and if I retire there I can continue to pick up my stipend.

or, I can just meet some guy on an Eagles message board who works at a beer company and have him send me free beer every month.  nice!

[Diomedes]

Nevermind what I said in the Message Board thread...I come here for the free beer!

Thanks, SD!!

[SD_Eagle5]

Thanks to everyone for the words of encouragement  This is a big step for me but I'm really excited. 

As for the bar thing, my Uncle (the chiropractor guy who comes to games with me) and I have some connections and some money saved. We have some rough ideas for now. You'll all get the discount if and when it happens. I'll probably put something up in the bar in homage to this site.