r/navy

I recently got placed on LIMDU, and long story short, I can stay in through a program they have doing shore duty or I get med boarded and get out. I’ve only been in for 2 years as an aviation mechanic but I’ve spent most of my time in the line shack (not really doing my actual rate). What are my options? I know school is a big one but I really want to work. My original plan was to do my sea duty and shore duty then get out and go work for Boeing or something like that, but now with only 2 years under my belt and not doing my actual job for those 2 years I’m not sure what my options other than school really are. Anybody in the aviation field have a similar experience?

I am trying to submit my voucher. When I click “confirm and continue,” the DB sign logo flashes on the screen briefly and then a page comes up that reads: Sorry. We couldn’t find the page you were looking for, or had trouble processing your request.

I have tried 3 different browsers, incognito, resetting the website (ctrl + F5), and a bunch of other random things that AI suggested.

Any help is much appreciated. I am a Reservist and I am more likely to become an astronaut than get quality help from the NRC (already tried last week to no avail). So I don’t have a command travel admin I can talk to…just FYI since I can see the “talk to your COC” responses already.

Good evening reddit! Posting this on a throw away, because I think this is a silly way to feel, but it's a way I feel all the same.

I'm a second tour DIVO, and my ship's about to go on blocks pretty soon. By the end of this tour, I'll have spent 4 of my 5 years at sea, in availabilities. I joined the Navy to be able to work with Sailors; I love the social aspect of my job, but I feel like i've missed the crucial experiences and moments of what it means to actually be in the Navy, at sea.

I got a single deployment under my belt on my first tour, and it really didn't satisfy the itch. For my second tour, I picked a ship that was supposed to be operational throughout this year, but once I showed up, I was told they're hitting the yards early due to alot of problems that started showing up.

I've really been thinking of what it'd be like if I volunteered for another afloat tour after this one is over. So for my SWOs and officers from other communities: is shore duty actually worth it? I've been debating on things to do for my shore tour; sure it's a reset, and you can get school done, and all these other things. But I never even got the real experience to need a reset from. I've been talking with my detailer, but I wanted to hear from the people here on reddit and see what y'all's experience has been like.

I appreciate any info or feedback you all can provide. Thank you!

For the second year in a row, this year three months ahead of schedule, the Navy reached its recruiting mission. Do you know what factors led to this? Was it job stability (low college grad employment rate, entry level jobs being taken by AI), desire to serve, etc?

Officially separated a little over two weeks ago after 4 years active duty, so this is my first 4th of July not being “in” anymore.

It feels weird not having duty, a watchbill, a command group chat, last-minute nonsense, or someone reminding grown adults not to get a DUI like civilization depends on it.

For all the BS, the Navy gave me a lot. Some good memories, some terrible ones, some people I’ll remember forever, and some people I hope step on a Lego barefoot.

But today I’m just grateful I made it through, got my DD-214, and can finally enjoy the holiday as a civilian.

Happy 4th to everyone still in, everyone out, and especially everyone stuck on duty today. 🫡

I just got off my sub, I had some personality conflicts with a homophobe supervisor who had some decent pull and things snowballed into everyone thinking I was retarded and useless. People would rip work out of my hands and I rarely did anything outside of my normal watch.

There were a few incidents in which people groped me and one guy straight up put hands on me in my rack. When I tried to tell my chief and cob, they both wrote me off as having a victim mentality and reminded to focus more on my quals and vaguely threatened my career if I took things further. My LPO just rattled off times he got hazed, as if that made it any better.

I’m talking to NCIS about the sexual assault, but how fucked are my former leaders? I have text messages I sent to my chief describing other harassments that happened in my barracks, but again, nothing changed. Can they get court martial for coercion and allowing hazing to happen? I don’t think these people should be in charge of others. I genuinely fear for the safety of junior sailors under them now.