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Good day to all,
I wanted to take a few minutes to address a growing concern about new people coming in. I was at the NESOP training facility since April this year. I have just rejoined after 10 years of absence from the Military.
I have noticed that many people that are coming from BMQ, are applying for occupational transfer as soon as they get to the school. We get these guys that are complaining about the Navy and our trade. They say that they want to re-muster to other trades. They also say the reason they are here is that at the recruiting center they told them that if they pick a red trade they would get in fast and then after they can ask for occupational transfer.
Let me get some things strait here. If you don't want a certain trade, don't sign on the bottom line. Occupational transfer takes a long time and on top of that, if you picked a red trade, they don't want you to quit because they need you. Your life will be miserable for months if not years.
Some of us are happy with their choice, so if you complain and bitch about your trade, you will just upset the others. The worst I think is those who failled their Army trades and are sent to us. If you are a hard sea trade but want to be sent to Afghanistan, you made the wrong choice.
So make the right choice for your new trade. If you are not sure about one trade, ask people on this forum. They will tell you more than just the brochure you get at recruiting.
all stations, this is navy-nesop, over!
I wanted to take a few minutes to address a growing concern about new people coming in. I was at the NESOP training facility since April this year. I have just rejoined after 10 years of absence from the Military.
I have noticed that many people that are coming from BMQ, are applying for occupational transfer as soon as they get to the school. We get these guys that are complaining about the Navy and our trade. They say that they want to re-muster to other trades. They also say the reason they are here is that at the recruiting center they told them that if they pick a red trade they would get in fast and then after they can ask for occupational transfer.
Let me get some things strait here. If you don't want a certain trade, don't sign on the bottom line. Occupational transfer takes a long time and on top of that, if you picked a red trade, they don't want you to quit because they need you. Your life will be miserable for months if not years.
Some of us are happy with their choice, so if you complain and bitch about your trade, you will just upset the others. The worst I think is those who failled their Army trades and are sent to us. If you are a hard sea trade but want to be sent to Afghanistan, you made the wrong choice.
So make the right choice for your new trade. If you are not sure about one trade, ask people on this forum. They will tell you more than just the brochure you get at recruiting.
all stations, this is navy-nesop, over!