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“Keep hope alive, and hope will keep you alive.”

Lewis Smedes

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First Meeting with Recruiter

On Monday (06/25), I had my first meeting with my local Navy recruiter. He is a Hospital Corpsman and because of that, he was able to give me advice on becoming one. First, we introduced ourselves. Then, we sat down at his desk and began discussing my reasonings and intentions for joinin the Navy. After some discussion, he placed me in a room with a small computer, a pencil, and some scrap paper...it was time for the ASVAB (mock). This test, as he described to me, gives the Navy an idea of your intellectual abilities and the higher score you get the more jobs are accessible to you. The test was pretty simple, it was composed of Reading Comprehension, Arithmetic Reasoning, Word Knowlege, Paragraph Reasoning, and a couple other topics (search “ASVAB Practice” to get more information and practice on this test). This test is relatively easy depending on your mental capabilities. If you are naturally talented in the maths or in mechanics, you should be able to pass this test. After I had finished, he took some time to gather my results and then told them to me. I scored into the ‘upper mental’ category of the test results. In other words, I can pretty much get any job I want in the Navy. He gave me this website, http://navygirl.org, which gives a lot of information on the different jobs in the navy (Recruiting-> Navy Rating Cards). There is other information pertaining to the ‘dress code’ and guidelines for women’s hair. We then began to discuss future meetings so that my parents can sign consent forms (unless you’re 18) and so that I may sign any paperwork necessary.

So far, the majority of my questions have been answered and this meeting was very helpful in coming up with a plan. Any questions you may have about joining as an enlisted or as an officer, ask your local recruiter. Speaking from personal experience, Navy recruiters are extremely helpful and know better than anyone what to expect.

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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Aristotle

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Talking with a Recruiter...

On the phone with a recruiter can be a little nerve-wracking, unless you’re that person that happens to have no fears. However if you’re like me and have no idea what to ex

1. make sure you have some sort of idea as to what you want to do or have a question (or more) that pertains to the career you are seeking in the navy

2. have your parent’ (s) consent to joining the navy (they will ask)

3. have your social security number with you or memorized

4. know if you have 30-60 minutes of time in your schedule to set aside for an appointment/meeting with your local recruiter

5. know your medical history

i.e. if you have any allergies or were diagnosed with asthma or any other sickness or if you were hospitalized ever

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Navy Recruiter (06/23)

This Monday, I have a meeting with a Navy Recruiter who is a Hospital Corpsman. On the phone, earlier today, he explained that in our meeting he will give me an assessment of basic arithmetic, grammar, reading comp., etc. Then we will discuss options to follow in either the enlisted or reserves of the Navy. My hope is that I can become a reserves officer but still hold a medical career. We will see...

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my professor spent our entire seminar whining about how there’s too many girls in our group and not enough boys. he was like “i’m not saying women can’t be good surgeons but we need more men” no, we don’t. men suck. deal with it.