Travel Benefits

The Navy is a great way to see the world, but there's often more to see than you can get to during a single port call. In the Navy, you can get a chance to travel even when you're not aboard ship. The Navy's travel benefits begin with time off. Sailors receive 30 days of paid leave every year. That's a full month during which you can relax, visit family or travel to new places. It's easier to go places than you might least expect it. Nowadays, sailors can travel on military flights around the world for free on a standby; if there are spaces available.

As an active-duty member of the military, you will often be eligible to stay in base lodging around the world. It may include lodging at any military facility, rooms available for military personnel and their families on leave, usually cost much less than at a hotel off base.

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Family Benefits

If you join the Navy family, you provide benefits for your family too and if you are married, with or without children, you can count on the Navy to help you care and support your family.

• Security
• Closeness of the Navy community - even if you are away from home, the Navy provides a strong support system for your family
• The quality of life in military housing is exceptional

The Navy also provides you and your family housing and medical care. You can live on base or receive a housing allowance to live in an off-base house or apartment of your choice. Your family can get full medical and dental care for free or at a low-cost. Some people might buy $250,000 worth of life insurance for $16 a month to ensure your family's security.

Living on the base offers many of the benefits f living in a gated community: security, safety, cleanliness and a friendly, open atmosphere. They are also built with the comfort of the residents in mind. Wherever in the world you are stationed, you will find all the comforts of home: theaters, libraries, schools, places of worship, daycare, and much more. Live on a Navy base is just like life anywhere else in America.

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Job Security

The Navy offers excellent job security. When you sign your contract with the Navy, it also signs one with you. You must agree with the terms above, otherwise do not sign it. Please read all the information carefully before signing anything. The Navy promises to give you the training you need and put you in positions where you will be challenged and can excel. It also, promises to let you develop your leadership skills. "The more you give to the Navy, the more the Navy gives back to you." Many people, both enlisted and officer, have made the Navy their lifelong career and have been rewarded for it. Even, if you decide not to re-enlist, the Navy will continue to accelerate your career.

Employers will have strong incentives to hire you since you will have both excellent training and hands-on experience under your belt. While in the Navy, you will learn how to lad and how to execute the orders of others, allowing you to move into a range of positions. The character, dedication and personal qualities developed while in the Navy are appealing to most employers.

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Navy Benefits

The Navy takes care of its Sailors. When you are recruited for training, it provides health care. These benefits help to keep you healthy, comfortable and secure. The best part is that all of these benefits are above and beyond your Navy pay and allowances. Their health care plans are full coverage and receive in all military hospitals and dental facilities. If any specific service were unavailable, you would be given a referral to where you need to go. This would also be covered by your Navy health care plan. Any time, there's a medical emergency or concern; just visit your local medical facility. Once you report o a command, you will be assigned a primary care physician (PCP), who may be a Navy doctor or a civilian physician.

Important Benefits:
~ full medical coverage and care in Navy or civilian facilities
~ full dental coverage and care from navy professionals

Other Benefits:
~ discounted travel
~ 30 days paid vacation each year
~ generous educational benefits
~ $250,000 life insurance policy for $16 a month or a $400,000 life insurance policy for a $26 a month

Additional Benefits:
~ opportunities to earn advanced degrees at Navy expense
~ use of officers clubs around the world

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After Recruit Training

If the Navy is called upon and you are in that unit or on the ship directed to respond, you will go into combat. You will be performing the duties you were trained to do.

Your recruiter has responsibilities to you, like helping your family while you are transitioning into the Navy. You, as a person have responsibilities to your recruiter by maintaining or improving your physical conditioning. The recruiter can outline a plan for you to reach your ambition based on the interests and experience you have. It helps you gather documents and other items required when you go throught the Military Entry Processing Station (MEPS). Along the way, it may provide some advice and assistance for your family while you are making life changes in the Navy. All the recruiters are here to provide training, so that it can prepare you for recruitment.

The recruiter cannot force you to sign anything because it is your right, whether or not you would agree to the statement written above. It may not guarantee you a particular career or steer you toward one, since many people might want to major in it and all the spots are filled up. Make sure, when you pick a career always have a back-up one that you might be interested in, if your number one choice career is full. Since, they cannot promise that you will be stationed aboard a particular ship or certain base, do not get upset over it. The most important thing is that the recruiter cannot waive any of the requirements to get you into the Navy, everyone is equal to follow the rules and met those criteria as follow. There are no exceptions to those rules.

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Navy Training

If you and your friend can join the Navy at the same time and complete Recruit Training together and choose the same career the Navy can go as far as sending the both of you to the same duty station and serve there.

From the moment you enter the Recruit Training, you will receive a paycheck on the 1st and 15th day of each month. You can still attend college while on active duty. The Navy will pay 100% tuition for all accredited classes. Recruit Training sessions are eight weeks long. 3/4 of the time will be spent training in the classroom, while 1/4 of the times are physical training.

If you like to travel; the U.S. Navy ships visit ports around the world. "When you are not on duty, you could find yourself off-roaming the desert, scuba diving in the Mediterranean or going to a Broadway show in New York City." You get 30 days of vacation time each year. You can take it a day at a time or in blocks. Let say, you do not take "all your leaves in one year, you will not lose it." The Navy lets you accumulate up to 60 days of leave. A "leave" is when you go on vacation and leave the Navy for a certain amount of period, but must come back again to serve.

You can specify whether you would like to be serve in the Atlantic or Pacific, The Navy will direct where you go from that point. Since, we are the Navy; most of the careers are located on ships. The Navy has several careers that are land-based. If you do not know how to swim, the Navy has certified swim instructors at Recruit Training to train you and help you learn how to swim and pass the swim tests. Most of the time, there will be guides there to give you a hand in any area; where you have weaknesses in. The main target is to help you successfully succeed in Recruit Training.

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Navy Recruitment

Not only men can join the navy, women have the right to join too. Women can be recruited as well as men can and have every opportunity to be trained in the Navy. Women can exceed the same amount of goals as men, if they are confident about themselves and set their mind to it just to achieve that particular ambition.

When being enlisted in the Navy, you have to be at least 17 years old and does not exceed over 35 years old. If you are below 18 years old; you must have your parent's consent to be recruited. The recruiters can accept applications from both men and women by the age of 39. A High School Diploma is required because you just graduate high school and that you need money or tuition to pay for college. In rare cases, you can join the Navy with a GED.

There are some rules you must follow, when recruited to the Navy. There are grooming standards for both men and women. If you are a guy and you are in Recruit Training, you will get a "buzz cut". For girls, you hair will be cut to the bottom of the collar of your uniform, most likely; shoulder length. When you are done with Recruit Training, you will be able to let your hair grow a bit. Also, both the men and women are not allowed to bring sharp items to the Training. Both the guys and girls are not allowed to ear necklaces, earring, and other jewelries or accessories.

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