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Is this career plan for the Navy correct, or is it riddled with errors?

1. Get out of college with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. 2. Train my ass off (see my other question). 3. Pass the Recruit Training Command place. 4. Become an Aviation Structural Mechanic. 5. Apply for the training required for the Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist badge. 6. Get the badge. 7. That's practically my life. A few questions. I have tried to find answers, but to no avail, so... 1. If you have a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and have one year of exp. can you just take a test on the Aviation SM, and pass it instead of going to A school? 2. What do they mean by "pernamently stationed at a command"? 3. Do you have to get a rating in the Navy? For example, skipping the Aviation SM part and going on straight to combat? Another example, telling the recruiter that you want to be assigned at Maritime securtiy. 4. What is a good website detailing combat jobs in the Navy, becuase the Navy website only shows technical, stuff like that ratings. Thank you.

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Sad but check and contact companies like Pratt and Whitney, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, or McDonnell Douglass. Yes you have to get a rating and there is no guarantee when you leave you will get a job in the aviation field. True experience from a former US NAVY veteran USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER CVN 69...However in the real world there were not too many positions open for launch and recovery of F/A 18 Superhornets or an AO ...Aircraft ordinance. They want you to be a lifer. You can tell your recruiter whatever you want but if you don't get in writing it doesn't mean nothing. Just curious if you want to get a BS degree why on earth would you want to go to RTC training instead of Officer Candidates School where at least you have a much better chance and a higher pay grade. Be careful or you could end up swabbing decks after RTC. Why be enlisted when you could come out of OCS as an Ensign?
ASM is an enlisted job meaning they don't need a college degree, and go to bootcamp. if you get your degree in aerospace engineering you should join the navy as an officer. as an officer you will be going to a different bootcamp separate from the enlisted. 1. you still have to go to A school even if you get a degree in aerospace engineering if you plan on becoming an enlisted and not an officer 2. "permanently stationed at a command" means you are stationed at one place/command for the entire 4 year enlistment. 3. all members of the navy have a rating, even undesignated personal have a ratting as SM (seamen) AM(airman) FN(firemen)
If you have the brain for Aerospace Engineering why bother joining the Navy now if you can join later as an officer. Pilot, or whatever. IMO.
1: NO. you WILL complete A school, period. 2. basically just means that you are stationed there for a minimum of six months( the average is 3-5 years), your BAH, if you qualify will be based on that location and it is considered your home command. 3. YES. anybody undesignated will do nothing but chip paint until they get out. 4. EW is a new-ish field, so there will not be much available. additionally, much of it is classified, again, meaning nothing available on open source networks.
If you complete a BA in that degree field you need to not enlist in the Navy, and rather go through the OCS program and become an officer. If I were you and I had that degree I would not go the military route at all and would just find a job in the civilian sector. But if you insist on enlisting in the aviation community, I wouldnt recommend AM(Aviation Structural Mechanic). Especially if you have that degree you mentioned. Something like AT(Aviation technician) or AE(Aviation Electrician) would be more fitting. AM's just beat on aluminum with hammers and drill holes and screws and rivets.
A question of my own. Are you paying for college, have loans or schoarships? Reason being, if you are working to get through college you should enlist now and continue college from within. While in all college is free, and all training in bootcamp and 'A' school is college accredited. Now to answer your questions. You can challenge any 'A' school course. They give you all of the tests and some study material and you take all of the tests. If you pass them all then you are awarded that rate. If you fail any test then that will be where you stsrt our 'A' school training. Permanent duty station (PDS) is your command. They call it a PDS because boot camp and 'A' school are also commands. Your PDS is where you will be performing your job with the training your received. Everybody in the Navy has a rating, that is what your job is. You can't skip 'A' school except for challenging the course. As far as websites with more info, there aren't any. The reason for this is to get people to talk with a recruiter. Recruiters have all the information you need or know someone who does. In the recruiting field there are recruiters of all rates, I am an AT for example, so it wouldn't be hard to get ou the answers you need. As far as becoming an officer. If you are looking to actually work in the field of AM then enlisted is what you want. An officer will be the one who leads and manages personnel, they don't actaully do the work. The closest you will come to an airplane is for photos. Hope I gave you good info that will help, but ultimately the decision is yours. Good luck