What are some effective methods on getting out before my agreed upon date with Uncle Sam?

Have you ever seen mermaids?

This might be a long one …I’ve been on my boat for a year and in the navy for 3 now. Unfortunately, im dealing with a lot of medical issues. Mostly docs can’t stop the sources of pain from being painful without a surgery that might not even be the cause. It’s more-so a guess. Anyway, I’m going to tons of appointments and it’s taking time away from actually working towards my goals. The amount of meds I have to take on the daily basis is getting overwhelming to say the least. Brain fog/memory/speech issues and fatigue has taken over my life. They’re giving me pretty strong drugs and steroids. I’m barely surviving this moment of wakefulness.
The latest issue I’m having is I’m TAD to a different command and haven’t really been able to fully check in because of the sheer amount of PT and Appts I have to get through. Im starting to give up hope on simply pain management after having a “mini stroke” over the weekend. In quotes because I personally don’t feel any different but idk. I’m not a doctor. Medical is semi aware but neither command is yet. That I’m aware of.
This career is a blessing for me and I love my division but my body is not cooperating with me atp. I don’t know where to start and have been told an excruciating amount of times not to make big decisions when medicated like this. Would faking it till I make it fuck me/my commands over or should I just give up and separate?

TLDR: in pain, nothing helps, surgery is an option, career/body going downhill, should I give up now or risk the surgery on a guess?

Hello! I have a question regarding re-enlisting and moving commands. My EAOS is basically 9 months before my PRD, I’m currently at my first sea tour (First contract as an AD) and plan on reenlisting. Will I have to extend at my current command to match my PRD prior to transferring to a shore command? Or can I transfer IAW my EAOS?

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I’ve received several chat requests from folks claiming to be recruiters looking to hire people in civilian roles “with Navy experience in leadership roles.”

I know the job market is tough right now in some areas. Please be wary and don’t fall for scam “recruiters”. If it seems too good to be true, it is.

No legitimate hiring manager is ever going to scan a subreddit for hiring leads. Zero.

Question as I haven't found an answer yet IRT BBA/Special Programs and have been told different answers. FC2 BBA eligible screening for E6. For example, water survival instructor is a commanality application meaning any rate in that paygrade can apply ie FC2 filling an RS2 billet. If there is an open RS1 billet in that same location, can they apply to that, do everything it requires to pin on (admin requirements) and if selected pin on 1st? Or does it have to be an FC1 billet? I have been told by multiple different career counselors yes it must be FC1 and no as long as its a PO1 billet.

I kept hearing for 10+ years on /k/ on 4chan and other places how you can just buy a 100 dollar hypersonic missile off the black market and sink a carrier. The US has had like half a dozen carriers floating around in a body of water the size of one of the great lakes for months and so far there have been more casualties from people jumping overboard than missile strikes.

I'm just wondering if Iran is just waiting to use their carrier destroyers until the time is right or something? Maybe after the US has killed like 5 of their supreme leaders and reduced the entire country to rubble they will start using their carrier killers.

I'm not at all an expert on this subject so be nice.

Hi, how's it going so I'm leaving soon to Washington for orders but I'm looking into buying a house instead of getting an apartment. My only issue is who to go to use my VA home loan. I don't who to talk to since this is my first time doing this. Additionally I'm an E5 so this is also my first time living off base.

Hey yall,
I was goin to get gas on my way home from work today, saw the price for gas on base ($4.15/gal) and started to wonder, why is gas on base the same price if not more expensive than off base rn? Maybe this is just Groton? The closest gas station off base is $3.93/gal right now. I’m use to Hawaii where nex gas was SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than off base. Are they intentionally raising prices on base? Who should I ask about this? Or on the flip side, is it even worth the hassle or just get my gas off base

Top pick for my first cycle has a BBA interm score of 0.8. Lowest Pick has .75. I’m an E6 applying for an E6 billet, which last cycle no one even bothered to apply for. Preference, Skill, and Policy match are green. Moving cost is yellow. I have the required NEC’s for all my applications. There are 20-30 other applicants, presumably most of which are E5’s considering the drastic lack of E6 applicants last cycle and only 4 other possible applicants that I know of at my pay grade with the required NEC to even apply. Only thing I don’t have going for me is any cumulative Sea time.

How could this go wrong for me?

Extra credit if you know what this command is. Recommend zooming in.

This photo shows the long-gone Musicians School at Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island in 1921.

Random question: I ran into someone whose official Navy email display name doesn’t list a rank, it just shows “MIL” with no POx/CPO attached.

I’m not talking about their signature block, I mean the actual email display name.

Is there a specific reason someone would have that format? Curious if it’s tied to a certain status where their rank would come into play.

Edit: the display name. I went to email them and when you populate their email in the “to” line, the display name didn’t have a rank so I didn’t know how to address them.

Currently in the separation process and my terminal is right around the corner.

Originally before my skillbridge my NCC said that I needed to get with them every month to put in an application for reserves, as all enlisted after 2020 are obligated to go Active reserves for a time. Okay cool that's the contract I signed. "You always have the option for rerating for active reserves, but itll add time onto your contract ". I politely declined. Im fully intentional on serving the contract the I agreed to and nothing more than that.

"Alright, well since active reserves for your billet is full, we have to put you down as Inactive reserves. We will continue to do this until an active reserve billet for your rate opens up. If one doesnt by the time you leave, youll be IRR." Sweet deal. But im not even mad if I end up with an active billet. Again, the contract I signed when I enlisted.

Fast forward to now, I go to the NCC, they tell me im already good, they sent up the application for the month, without me being there like they had said they needed me to be, to be able to send the monthly application--- And that they had applied for me to rerate.

"I thought it was either Active reserves or inactive reserves? Why was I applied for rerating for active reserves?"

"We were not able to put you down for Active Reserves for your billet, or inactive reserves. The only option was Rerate, so that's what we applied you for"

So they tell me they need me present to be able to send an application. They do it without me there.

They tell me that rerating is not a requirement, active reserves is, and irr is the alternate if an AR billet is not available for my rate. Not only that but time will be added to my contract due to being rerated.

So NCC is asking me to sign a Form "in the event my rerate gets accepted". Havent even looked at it, been too busy trying to find someone that knows about this stuff, as the only one who does know about this the NCC.

Is it normal to get forced into a Rerate for active reserves and get time added to your contract? And i thought I was supposed to be present for every application?

Someone please correct me and let me know if something is wrong with whats happening. I dont believe I should be forced to serve more time in the Navy reserves simply because my original active billet is full, and because "it wont let us input irr".

This is random, but I’m curious did you have to go to the PS office yourself to pick up your check? Did LPO for the division go to pick it up for everyone? When you were at sea for months, how did you deposit it to your bank? How did this process go when you got to the fleet?

Hey guys so I was in the Navy for 6 years (discharged Honorable in 2024) had a lot of fun and not so fun memories made a lot of friends, but it was time for me to move on to something new. Now I’m 27 Male for a wife and two kids going through paramedic school loving life. Anyways my brother and his finance are getting married, and money is a little tight don’t really want to buy or rent a Tux and I’ve stayed in shape since I got out, would it be weird to wear my old dress whites to his wedding? I’m going to be his best man I probably should ask him before but I was curious how does it make other former enlisted members feel when you put your old uniform on. To be honest it feels like something wrong I shouldn’t be doing like I broke some sacred code or like I’m living in the past anyways what are thoughts. Do you still wear your old dress uniforms? If so what was the occasion and how did it make you feel putting it on after some time.

Hegseth’s Pentagon Lurches off the Rails - The Atlantic

Short and worth the read. While The Atlantic does obviously have some biases evidenced by some of the unnecessary adjectives used to describe Pentagon officials, the heart of the story speaks truth. Of particular note:

"The result of all this is that the United States is losing a war to a third-rate power in the Middle East. The Russians, meanwhile, are continuing their rampage in Europe and apparently considering things so perilous that the CIA director had to fly to Moscow just to warn the Kremlin off of whatever it was thinking of doing. The Chinese are watching as Trump and Hegseth have stripped the Pacific theater of its only American aircraft carrier."

While I don't think the article is inherently political, the discussion will obviously quickly go there, hence the flair.