join the navy

i did it and don’t regret doing it. i’m very happy about my decision. this is a good opportunity to start my career and get my life together. bootcamp was rough but I stayed motivated and got thru it…..

I ended up not leaving on May 8th due to weight issues. Yet, I was determined to join. Since then I’ve lost the weight and I’m now set to leave on June 27th, Yaaay just a few days away. I wrote more about this in my “never give up” entry….. Good luck to all the future sailors!!!

This is probably something I should of did 5 years ago. After high school, I was definitely one of those teenagers that didn’t know what to do with the rest of my life. My mom preached about me going to college. So I went and did two years at a junior college, graduated. Degree didn’t help me at all. So I tried to pursue nursing and transferred to a university. Flunked out only before a couple of semesters left. That sucked!!!!! Felt like I wasted time but deep down inside I knew nursing was something I really didn’t want to do. So after spending 4 1/2 years in college, I took a year off 2005 to discover what it is that I want to do. So december 2005, after researching and analyzing my life I concluded that I wanted to join the Navy. I enlisted on January 04, 2006. All I have to do is stay out of trouble and keep my weight down. I leave for bootcamp on May 8. Remember that little associate degree I mentioned earlier, well that allowed me to enter as a E-3 versus an E-1 sorry for those whose don’t understand. Basically, I’m starting off at an higher rank. So I guess my associate’s degree was good for something. I get the question now about why I joined, all I can say is I’ve tried everything else such as working, school, college and I’m not where I want to be in life. So I figured the Navy will give me direction and be a stepping stone for me to get where I want to be. Plus, all the travelling benefits that comes with it. :-)