Posted on Oct 15, 2017
Does anyone know anything about prior service soldiers going Navy?
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Great question. I wish I could help. I know many folks who switched services (including myself). But I don't know anyone who switched to the Navy. All the folks the I know left the Navy for another service.
Good luck to you. I hope you find the answers you are looking for.
Good luck to you. I hope you find the answers you are looking for.
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My experience is a couple of decades old, but I did essentially what you are trying to do. I was prior service Army Reserves and active Navy, was out for seven years, and I managed to continue my career in the Marine Corps. In your situation, assuming you don't have anything significantly negative in your military record, I think it depends on what your ASVAB score is. If you haven't already, I recommend getting an ASVAB study guide from any bookstore. I don't have experience with the ASVAB study guide, but I do have experience with a CLEP study guide -- that study guide (by ARCO Publishing) resulted in me getting 12 college credits, not bad for around $20. If I was in your shoes, that's what I would do. If you can get your ASVAB score up, it will make you more in demand and open up more career fields for you.
I wish you the best of luck.
I wish you the best of luck.
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SSgt Christopher Brose
In 1982, I had been in the Army Reserves for about 3 years already. The thing I learned is that when you're trying to go active duty, the Service you are in (Army in my case) has a twofold problem -- they've got to get you into a billet in the active component, and they have to get your replacement for the reserve component, since they're responsible for filling those billets too. That means it can take a lot longer since they're typically not going to release you to active duty until they have your replacement already arranged.
The other thing I learned is that the Navy doesn't give a crap about the Army's reserve billet problem. So when I walked into the Navy Recruiter's office, it was only a question of what jobs I qualified for, what job I wanted, and when the next training billet was open for that job.
I took the ASVAB in high school and did very well on it (97th percentile, IIRC). The recruiter wanted me to take the ASVAB again, and I asked if he couldn't just use the results from my previous test. He was skeptical about my claim to have scored as well as I did, but since I went to high school in that area, he was able to look up my results in a filing cabinet in the back of his office. I knew he found them when I heard his voice incredulously asking me, "Do you want to be a brain surgeon?" It opened up literally every job the Navy had to offer me.
The other thing I learned is that the Navy doesn't give a crap about the Army's reserve billet problem. So when I walked into the Navy Recruiter's office, it was only a question of what jobs I qualified for, what job I wanted, and when the next training billet was open for that job.
I took the ASVAB in high school and did very well on it (97th percentile, IIRC). The recruiter wanted me to take the ASVAB again, and I asked if he couldn't just use the results from my previous test. He was skeptical about my claim to have scored as well as I did, but since I went to high school in that area, he was able to look up my results in a filing cabinet in the back of his office. I knew he found them when I heard his voice incredulously asking me, "Do you want to be a brain surgeon?" It opened up literally every job the Navy had to offer me.
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rcp now is most important thing with prior service ! For example if you etsing at 8 years you need the equilvant rank in navy ! Or you will be rcp and not qualify ! Can get a waiver but that could stall or be delayed ... Might have to go reserves and get into star mos to get fast tracked for e'5 e'6 but by that time navy might not want you bc army and navy have different prinicpals ... E-6 in navy might me smartest and hardest worker ! E'6 in army you will constantly be stopped with what you doing and go find a subordinate to do that work and dont help or educate subordinate to do it right ! Army thing is you have to fail on you own to be succesful .. Navy e6 vs army e6 , is like the book rich dad poor dad !
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