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re: Is it too late to join the Navy at 35?
Posted on 2/13/24 at 8:06 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 2/13/24 at 8:06 pm to SaintlyTiger88
You are young enough to join and stay long enough for retirement. I say go for it.
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Posted on 2/13/24 at 8:14 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I joined at 18. This was a long time ago...WAYYY before all the liberal BS started. We had a guy in our boot camp company who was about 29. I felt bad for him. He did not connect with anyone at all and was pretty much ostracized and razzed pretty bad abt his age. Since the rest of us were 18-21, he seemed like he was 40. He did look older, tho.
Like others have said, you better be ready for people much younger than you to give you shite and tell you to go clean the head and wax the deck.
Like others have said, you better be ready for people much younger than you to give you shite and tell you to go clean the head and wax the deck.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 8:27 pm to bird35
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How gay are you on a scale from 1 to Richard Simmons?
It aint gay if you’re underway
Posted on 2/13/24 at 8:34 pm to Hogwall Jackson
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The only way I'd join at 35 is as an officer.
Just need a 4 year degree for that right?
Not typically any 4 year degree, but I met AF pilot trainees with lib arts degrees like poli sci. Probably need to pull a good score on the AFOQT with a non-technical degree. Imagine it’s somewhat similar for the other services. Not sure what the age cutoff is now but it used to be around 35 for line officers and around 28 for pilots. Commissioned after completing OTS.
If you’re going JAG or medical the cutoff is higher (into the 40s) and you go to a knife and fork type OTS as an already commissioned officer.
This post was edited on 2/13/24 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 2/13/24 at 8:38 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I would do it if I wasn’t married. One of my bigger regrets in life is not serving.
It would be a little different for me, though, because I would go in commissioned with a specific role due to what I do for a living. So, the whole “taking orders from an 18 year old” wouldn’t be quite as prominent of an issue.
It would be a little different for me, though, because I would go in commissioned with a specific role due to what I do for a living. So, the whole “taking orders from an 18 year old” wouldn’t be quite as prominent of an issue.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 8:50 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I will offer this. I went through Basic ar 28 and I was the second oldest guy in my class. I was in excellent shape and it was grueling keeping up with the guys six and seven years my junior. You better want it BAD to even consider going through post 30.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 9:05 pm to SaintlyTiger88
You’re stupid to even consider serving this country with the regime that we have running things.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 9:11 pm to SaintlyTiger88
The max age to join the Navy is 41.
When I went through basic, we had a Black guy from Oklahoma City who was 40 and joined the Army. He said he was really hungry, was living in a ditch behind some gas station and told them he would sign up if they sent him somewhere that would feed him that night,
He said the recruiter asked if he was serious and as soon as he signed his papers the recruiter gave him $100.00 to buy food on the trip to Ft Lewis. Vietnam was going "Hot" then and They sent him to grunt training across the drill field the day after we got out of basic.
I always wondered how he did. He kept up with us all the way through basic and never turned a plate in at mess that wasn't clean as a whistle. I'm not trying to be funny. The poor old guy said Army food was the best food he had ever eaten.
Taking a 40 year old guy into the Army as a grunt for what Nam was like then never seemed right to me.
When I went through basic, we had a Black guy from Oklahoma City who was 40 and joined the Army. He said he was really hungry, was living in a ditch behind some gas station and told them he would sign up if they sent him somewhere that would feed him that night,
He said the recruiter asked if he was serious and as soon as he signed his papers the recruiter gave him $100.00 to buy food on the trip to Ft Lewis. Vietnam was going "Hot" then and They sent him to grunt training across the drill field the day after we got out of basic.
I always wondered how he did. He kept up with us all the way through basic and never turned a plate in at mess that wasn't clean as a whistle. I'm not trying to be funny. The poor old guy said Army food was the best food he had ever eaten.
Taking a 40 year old guy into the Army as a grunt for what Nam was like then never seemed right to me.
This post was edited on 2/13/24 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 2/13/24 at 9:17 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I think its too old unless you have no other choice or would be as an officer. We had a guy who was like 32 when we were out of technical school and out in the fleet. He was a loner, and sorta had to be, because he couldn't really fit in with other folks due to age. Most thought he was weird to be honest
Posted on 2/13/24 at 9:42 pm to jlc05
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er completing OTS. If you’re going JAG or medical the cutoff is higher (into the 40s) and you go to a knife and fork type OTS as an already commissioned officer.
My buddy did Jag a couple years ago. I think he was around 33 ish. Seemed pretty cushy. All he had to do other than his degrees & tests was a 6 week officer training thing and he was out doing stuff on base after.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 9:45 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Knew a guy that got out at 38. Said 20 years was enough
Posted on 2/13/24 at 9:49 pm to SaintlyTiger88
There is always the French Foreign Legion.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 10:23 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Coast Guard, son.
Join the Coast Guard. Active Duty. Enlisted.
Join the Coast Guard. Active Duty. Enlisted.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 10:29 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I'm thinking that 41 may be if you bring a skill such as a doctor or something. I don't think they need a 41yr old to draw dicks on everything on the ship.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 5:39 am to Beef Tips
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At 35, I was 2 years shy of retiring from the military.
Please tell me you stuck out those last two years and retired. I know someone who voluntarily got out after 18 years because he "couldn't take military life anymore".
Posted on 2/14/24 at 5:51 am to SaintlyTiger88
I went to Parris Island at 18. I can't imagine doing something like that at 35 and being twice the age of everyone around me, assuming I was even physically able.
Also, what went wrong in your life that you are considering this at 35? You should be entering the peak years of your career and family. What happened?
Also, what went wrong in your life that you are considering this at 35? You should be entering the peak years of your career and family. What happened?
Posted on 2/14/24 at 6:27 am to SaintlyTiger88
DO NOT JOIN THE NAVY AT 35 YEARS OLD.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 6:47 am to OU812ME2
quote:A friend’s son recently completed bout at Great Lakes and I saw the group picture of their training squadron.
I sure wouldn't join the armed forces now. They're basically a social experiment for the chattering class who controls all things.
The vast majority of the squadron were doubly-protected classes.
Nope.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 7:45 am to SaintlyTiger88
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Is it too late to join the Navy at 35?
enlisted, yes...You dont want that
Officer, go for it
Posted on 2/14/24 at 7:49 am to BK Lounge
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It just seems like it would be a tough life even at 17, and you’d have to be gung ho to be able to get thru it and bear it even at that age .. at 35, most of us are a little too used to comforts and conveniences and it would be hard to imagine being gung ho enough at 35 to put up with all the military grunt BS.. but to each his/her own .
I see what you are saying, but me personally, I am confident that I would fare much better at my current age (also 35) than I would have at age 17 or 18. No way in hell I would have subjected myself to that, much less lasted. I was lazy, entitled, and only cared about partying, concerts, and girls. I was pretty out of shape, and did not enjoy exercising and working out.
I am much more suited, physically, and mentally, at age 35 to jump into something like that.
I don't know what your current profession is, but unless you have a serious, professional career, then I say go for it. Its a pretty safe move from a career aspect as opposed to a lot of career changes people attempt to make, and if you don't do it, you'll probably end up regretting it.
This post was edited on 2/14/24 at 7:59 am
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