To all Recruiters..and anyone else that might know...

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Permalink Reply by Navy Gunner on July 2, 2009 at 10:24am

I am a recruiter in Kansas City, I am not sure about him going back in as an Officer, or back in at all. I know that being prior service and coming back in is harder now than it has been in the past. You are going to want to talk to an Officer Recruiter not an Enlisted Recruiter. I am not sure where you are located but if you go onto www.navy.com and click on the find a recruiter tab at the top of the page they usually have the phone numbers for Officer and Enlisted recuruiters for your area code. I hope that this helps.

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Permalink Reply by Navy_recruiter on July 2, 2009 at 12:41pm

deffiantly true on what the below post says. it is terribly hard to get some one back in the navy that got out. further more, a person who does not have a degree can not fly in the navy.

go to the navy.com website do the find a recruiter, there is an officer programs number there, call the one in your area and ask them, but im pretty sure its a no go.

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Permalink Reply by Pamela Henry on July 5, 2009 at 5:32pm

my son in law got out last summer when the economy was doing pretty good, he had a lead on a govt. job on the east coast. When the economy went south, he tried to re enlist and was turned down. I dont understand why. He had nothing wrong in his file, he was a sec. class, i am sorry i dont know what his job was. They turned him down, so my daughter had to re enilst for another 6 years. Why is it so hard to re enlist with all his training, than for a new recruit to come in and cost the govt. for all the training that he has to do. He really misses the navy and would like to re enlist. Have any idea?

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Permalink Reply by jean on July 5, 2009 at 9:49pm

the ecomomy
the Militrary is overloaded now due to people not finding jobs.
some branches have a waiting list
to get into now
pnm of Austin

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Permalink Reply by A Proud Texas Mom on July 5, 2009 at 6:21pm

Thanks for the input. I was hoping there was a way for him to re-enlist while he goes to school full time, because I know time is an issue. He is a licensed FAA Pilot, I would think that would be an advantage but obviously having a bachelor's degree in anything beats that out. Officer first pilot second, we are in contact now with an officer recruiter in the DFW area. Unfortuneately he is not willing to go back in as an enlisted E-5 and he doesn't have enough time to get his BA before he turns 27 so it is a dead issue. Hopefully my daughter will think real hard before she gets out.
Thanks to all of you!

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Permalink Reply by Hoppi aka Angie on July 5, 2009 at 10:29pm

Something for him to keep in mind, the longer he is out and than tries to come back in the lower his paygrade will go if he is allowed to come back in. Example: right now they offered for him to come back in as an E-5, in a few weeks or a few more months that could go down to E-4. Also if he is switching rates when coming back in, if he fails out of the new school he looses the E-5.

FYI, it is enlist not re-enlist as he has been out of the USN.

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Permalink Reply by Pamela Henry on July 7, 2009 at 7:07pm

they said something about not having his reviews on paper, they were oral, and he didnt catch it. The ship is in Japan so i guess it would be impossible to get them.

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Permalink Reply by jean on July 5, 2009 at 9:51pm

try the Navy reserve way.
I kind of wish my son did that
pnm of Austin
jean

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Permalink Reply by Pamela Henry on July 7, 2009 at 7:08pm

that might be an option, at least he would still be part of the navy, and a small income coming in to help out. They do get paid for that dont they?

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Permalink Reply by Linda E./Justin div 161 on July 11, 2009 at 11:03am

paid on drill weekends only. Paid when training, or deployed only. Some insurance bennys.

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Permalink Reply by Emmy on July 8, 2009 at 7:18pm

I sent this info to my son in Japan. He was a recruiter for 3 years. I will let you know what I find out.

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