Anyone with Navy experience?

I really hate it when people are like "boohoo mommy and daddy can't help me with college what am I to do?" I'm not saying your like that but your 18 college is your responsibility not your parents. I paid my way through college with my job and a pell grant and had no debt coming out. If I didn't have the pell grant I probably would have kept my second job but eh I really didn't feel the need for that crappy job. So anyway no your don't spend 4 years on a boat. You live on a base on land near water. You can be deployed on a ship for 6 months but you do sometumes dock and go to the towns so it isn't hell. My advice is if you are going to be drowning in debt after college then go Navy first. If you think you can make it out of college with little or no debt then go college first then Navy.

Alright so your story is the typical story of how someone joins the Navy. Don't worry 90% of the people who join the Navy, join for college and a steady pay check. Out of that 90%, over half of the people who joined didn't know what they were getting themselves into. They think they'll just get in and fly under the radar getting school knocked out and getting out after four years. That's not the case. Yes, you can get in and start taking online classes, that's a given. But I want you to think about how the Navy will be. Remember, it's a 9 to 5 job. You will be expected to finish assignments, get required qualifications, show dedication, and wait at least a year after you've made it to your permanent duty station and have completed all your qualifications before you can actually start school. Please don't be like some of these noobies who have recently graduated A school and thought it was going to be a walk in the park. Not knowing that people actually WORK and care about their career in the Navy. Yes you said you're not going to make it a career which is perfectly normal. But don't expect to go to any college course in a class room setting. That's quite impossible being on a ship and all, unless you're shore duty, but that's pretty rare for your first 3 to 4 years. Don't listen to people who say you're going to get stuck on a ship. It's the NAVY of course you're going to get stationed on a ship that deploys once a year. But you're not going to get trapped out to sea for 4 years, lol. If you're one of the lucky ones you'll get stationed on an air base. Which means no ships and plenty of time to get some classes knocked out. So when you talk to a recruiter, don't let him promise you anything and how much free time you'll have to finish college. You're not even allowed to start college while in A school. I didn't know that because I didn't research and I listened to my recruiter who told me I could start as soon as I graduated bootcamp. What he didn't mention was I'd have to come out of my own pocket to pay for it because Tuition Assistance doesn't kick in until you're permanently stationed somewhere. So yeah, think about it and research what actually goes on in the Navy.

Alright so your story is the typical story of how someone joins the Navy. Don't worry 90% of the people who join the Navy, join for college and a steady pay check. Out of that 90%, over half of the people who joined didn't know what they were getting themselves into. They think they'll just get in and fly under the radar getting school knocked out and getting out after four years. That's not the case. Yes, you can get in and start taking online classes, that's a given. But I want you to think about how the Navy will be. Remember, it's a 9 to 5 job. You will be expected to finish assignments, get required qualifications, show dedication, and wait at least a year after you've made it to your permanent duty station and have completed all your qualifications before you can actually start school. Please don't be like some of these noobies who have recently graduated A school and thought it was going to be a walk in the park. Not knowing that people actually WORK and care about their career in the Navy. Yes you said you're not going to make it a career which is perfectly normal. But don't expect to go to any college course in a class room setting. That's quite impossible being on a ship and all, unless you're shore duty, but that's pretty rare for your first 3 to 4 years. Don't listen to people who say you're going to get stuck on a ship. It's the NAVY of course you're going to get stationed on a ship that deploys once a year. But you're not going to get trapped out to sea for 4 years, lol. If you're one of the lucky ones you'll get stationed on an air base. Which means no ships and plenty of time to get some classes knocked out. So when you talk to a recruiter, don't let him promise you anything and how much free time you'll have to finish college. You're not even allowed to start college while in A school. I didn't know that because I didn't research and I listened to my recruiter who told me I could start as soon as I graduated bootcamp. What he didn't mention was I'd have to come out of my own pocket to pay for it because Tuition Assistance doesn't kick in until you're permanently stationed somewhere. So yeah, think about it and research what actually goes on in the Navy.