I believe it! I was Army and during reception stay they detailed groups to the kitchen, just to help with serving, food prep and clean up and it was BRUTAL! Dishwasher room was fun but not the job I would choose AT ALL! One of the girl got a really bad burn/rash type on her hands, they had her peeling potatoes and cleaning the pots in extremely hot water and she even had gloves. I felt horrible for her, she could barely sleep that night. And cleaning protocols and regulations once the day is over is very strict!
Well said. As an old navy seaman I know that I looked forward to going to the mess deck for some good food. The friends that I had came heavily from the the CS ranks, we shared berthing on the CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson. Good times. Good sailors. Good chow. Thanks to all the early risers and dedicated food service professionals that, at least 20 years ago, we in the Navy could comfortably pride ourselves on being the best fed of the armed service branches. Lot's has changed, maybe, but it is my opinion that the food prepared and served for the navy personnel from the honorable culinary specialists was so much better than what the other branches had to tend with, the Navy looked like it would probably always be eating best . That had a bit of weight to factor in to my choice of service branches when I originally enlisted FC (Fire control), and after switching into an administration rate, Personnelman (PN), had the privilege of having some mighty fine sailors in close quarters as we shared berthing on the Chucky-V. I don't recall ever getting food borne illness while eating food coming from the kitchen. Thanks to you, and thanks to all who served.
When I was a Corpsman, I used to go to the Mess Deck to check on my Marines doing Mess Cranking. The CS's (MS's back when I was in) were really cool and would hook me up with extra cookies and I would hook them up with Aspirin and Motrin. The CS's had it pretty good when the Marine compliment was aboard ship, so their hours were not as bad.
It is so sad to hear this because it just means the A-school for those who went to CS didn't actually really succeed. I was told that when I join Boot, I will come in as an E-3 since I have a foreign college diploma. But I am DEFINITELY going to do my all to be able to rank up as fast as I can. CS is my second choice for my rating. My first choice is GM because unfortunately when I took the ASVAB that ACTUALLY counted, my score was just 6 points shy of my target rate. My heart sank but I don't feel like taking the test again. More power to you🙏
Just talked to my son! Finishing school in Dam Neck for Gunners Mate VLT. He will be done in February and he heads back to Great Lakes for a month and off to Japan.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 yeah I will man, I'm going to talk to a recruiter at the beginning of the new year wish me luck👍🙏!! That's good you don't have any regrets being in the service. I think the military is a great option to get somewhere in life!
@@alejandropena9802 yes the military is a great stepping stone and will recommend it to anyone at least do 4 years and you will be set in life there are so many great benefits for veterans!! Good luck!
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I was cranking for seven months in S-11,I was port watch, and we used to ''dog the watch'' a lot in port and underway was just wild lmfao.............good times
When I was in the navy and I had to do cranking duty working with the cooks the firat 3 months of my first deployment on a DDG. the cooks by far work harder and longer than any other job in the navy. It's a tough job
Hey I have nothing but respect for the various Services career fields . We’d all be eating MREs and living some real field conditions without them . 🙏🏽
I back out the CS job ,because they seem they trying to force me to take the job. So I wrote a letter to recruiter stationed drop me from DEPS. I took the border patrol and passed the test which I don’t know how that happened. So I am going with the border patrol process now.
I was a FMF corpsman best job in Navy if you want to do hard work and feel good about it. But no lie CS do work alot food is a necessity, that time schedule is crazy. I would have to go to the field with the marines and be up early but CS always have to be up before everyone else.
When I was in the navy cs was ms, mess specialist. Your right it sucked lol. Long ass hours, inspection of galley all the damn time. I did like being in the navy and traveling, but I didn't reenlist after my 4 years because it sucked being a cook.
I'm in delayed entry and already passed MEPS and got my GM rate. How is it? Ive already gone to a machining technical school for 3 years so that might help a bit. But how is daily life? Will I be able to have time to explore the places I go to?
Anyone starting out just take power naps your body can change your sleep schedule it will get easier from there I recommend doing it at home so u get use to it
I was gonna disagree if u said anything other than CS lol. I wasnt a CS but only TAD to them on the ship on the USS Nimitz. But damn i was tripping on the 16 hr shifts everyday. I still buss my ass but damn i was so happy to go back to wrenching on the aircraft and do 13hr shifts
I heard this job can travel a lot. How does that work? So, when you are done with your long hour shift, you can just leave the ship and explore the area you are in? sorry, if this is a dumb question
I scored a 32 on the ASVAB and I was a SEA Bee Construction so I truly don't know what your AFQT Or ASVAB Score has to do with a person's intelligence you just had guys in your fleet that were jacked up. Every Div has Jacked-up sailors CWO2
I was an OS and were manned up 24/7 out at sea but inport we were either in school or getting off by 1. My opinion the hardest working job in the Navy is your, HT's and your BM's
I was in deck from 82 to 85 on the USS Okinawa out at sea we had to work 16 to 18 hour days out at sea 7 days a week it's not worth thats why people get out of the navy I'm 62 now I'm getting my social security and work part-time yes the cooks work the most hours in the navy out at sea but most jobs work a lot of hours out at sea and very little sleep the ship was out sea when I got out they flew me in by helo to north island and I stood a midwatch night before I got out i was very happy to leave and I don't miss it
Haven’t worked with any nukes but I hear they get a nice reenlisting bonus! They also make good money when they get out the navy if they can find a job doing what they do while they were in the military.
I'm not a nuke, i'm an hm but i've been to boot camp with a bunch of nukes. They go to school for 2 years. They do long watches. They are in high risk of radiation. Most of them come out depressed , but thats all i know.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 AO. I use to watch your videos a few years back, when I was undes. When I was cranking on my last ship I did “cranking” and TAD with the LS doing hazmat. Supply in general was always cool.
Please give insight on YN because all I’ve heard is hate saying they’re soft and lazy, but I see them with Seabees and other expeditionary units.What else can you do as a YN and is it easy to switch jobs?
If you want to do expeditionary stuff don’t be a YN. Most YNs are topsiders sitting at a desk all day with paperwork. YN is a great job if you like that type of stuff but personally I don’t find it rewarding or challenging. YNs do go expeditionary and with seabees but they are only in the field during training exercises mainly. Cushy job though.
Keep YN, they have some of the best billets (duty stations). You can go to any navy ship, and land commands in. Spain, Germany, Bahrain. If you let people discourage you saying they are lazy, you will regret it later if you do end up changing your job. YNs know more about navy correspondence and procedures than most. You will learn how to write your own awards and not depend on these lousy first classes
As a navy veteran I can tell you DC's work a lot. Y'all were on "6 on 6 off". Meaning you work 6 hours then you're off 6 hours, however when you were off 6 hours if the ship ever had drills such as battle stations or fire drills you were right back at work. Dont let that discourage you though.
Dude I'm a real estate investor i cleaned a toilet last week. Worst job in the navy is Undesignated Seaman. I hated crank duty, worked in the trash room. I still loved that shit.
I went in the navy when I was 17 started out in deck deparment then became QM when a ship is out at sea almost everbody works long hours 7 days a week. I stayed in for 20 years on 6 ships had a great time inthe navy.
@@Me-eb3wvI went in the navy because I wanted to travel and I did not want end up living my whole life in the town were I grew up like a lot of my friends. To stay in for 20 years was not easy but I work with a lot of great people and I got see and experience a lot of things most cilvilains don't. I just took it one day at a time and before I knew it 20 years was over. I have so many great memories plus great benefits for the rest of my life.
I am deciding between Marines and Navy! If I go to the Navy I want to be a Seal and Marines idk maybe a scout sniper idk! I do know that Marines pay SUCKS so idk?? What you think
@@navysealteam5584 it’s the same across all branches. The pay grade of an E-4 in the Marines is the same as an E-4 in the Air Force but it will be different if an E-4 has 15 years of service than an E-4 with 5 years of service
CS's (MS) in my day - make a HUGE contribution towards morale. I had many a great meal!!! Do you still do Mongolian Barbeque? That was the best. No civilian restaurant can match it!
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 78-84; I will never forget working in the Galley for service week. We all came away with a huge appreciation for the work that goes into keeping sailors fed.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 Yes that is the rate I got. Technically I’m not an ET yet I got into the AECF program so I could still get FC but I wanted to know just a lil bit more about ETs. But thanks 🙏🏾.
When I was enlisted everyone worked long hours on deployment. Usually every day. I worked in fuels on carrier so it might be different. When I switched to my rate I signed up for AG it was a cakewalk.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I was a little discouraged watching this video. i went ahead and watched your other videos such as the Pros and cons and deployments while being a CS. Where have been some of the countries you've been since becoming a CS and do you plan to do the 20 years?
Lol i heard the CS jobs sucks... i met someone at Meps a while back and he was so excited for being a CS . I’m like hell no . My rate is a EN, what do you think of that?
I wonder if he still excited about being a CS..lol. EN is not bad I know y’all stand a lot of watches, do a lot of maintenance and change a lot of light bulbs.
Great job, small community just like Dave said. Make sure your credit is good, and STAYS good. Because if you lose your TS clearance you lose your rate. The watches are boring and many IS fall asleep because the rooms stay dark. But if the job is offered to you, definitely take it
@@lablabdog depends. If they are low on jobs they will try their best to find the job closest to your best interest. I will say it will behoove you to be interested in more than one job. If you are the type of person that is only interested in one job and one job only, expect bad news, but hope for good news. If the jobs you want aren't available when they show you the list, pick a job, but make sure you get something with a FAR OUT SHIP DATE!!!! This way you have time to change your job while in DEP
Respect! Being a submarine cook is lowkey my dream job. How many years did you do it for? Also how was the transition back into civilian world? What was your first job outta the navy?
Congratulations! YN is not a bad rate. You will doing a lot of computer and paper work with lots of typing. You won’t have to worry about being on your feet a lot or getting dirty and being outside which is a good thing when your on deployment!
As a older recruit the rest of the division will probably look up to you and the RDC will probably call you out for being older..lol. I would use your age to your advantage and become the leader of the division because if you do a good job at it you could make rank while in bootcamp.
@@andrewandrew0791 Graduated July 16th! It was pretty easy tbh, ranked up from E1-E2. Currently in A School now, where life is better 🤣. Feel free to ask any questions you have about boot camp! Best of luck!
@@davidcardenas3315 oww nice!! Congrats on graduating. I will be going on Monday to bootcamp, then off to Mississippi for YN school. What is a school like? Are you allowed to have friends and family visit you? What is bootcamp like? I have trouble with my push ups
Aye bruh if you really questioning it. You can always pick another job before you leave. You don’t have to leave as a CS but soon as you do, you kinda stuck.
You start work at 6:30AM and get a one-hour lunch break. You will end your regular workday at 4:00pm. You will be assigned tack hours for study usually on average 2-3 hours a night you will have to do in order to keep a competitive GPA. Some maybe even require 4 hours extra study every evening. You will always be moving onto a new subject every single day so you must learn the content as soon as it is given to you. This is on top of keeping your barracks clean, miscellaneous certifications, maintaining PRT fitness standards, sat uniforms, car maintenance, and simply trying to prevent being phase stripped which limits your abilities and freedoms. Also, it is typical for entire classes to be punished collectively and lose their privileges even when they do conflict with necessary things you must complete in your life. You will deal with many people both students, staff, and instructors contemplating and committing suicide. Many are on antidepressants especially the instructors who teach day in and day out to simply get shit on for the smallest of mistakes. Also, many of the nukes will be 18 fresh out of high school with no common sense and socially awkward as fuck thereby leading to a lack of forming real friendships or bonds beyond mere platonic ideals. Also, you have to deal with the COs covid memos which are nothing but evil and unrealistic which is unfortunately forced upon him by an unscientific and political power structure. You will always be lacking sleep and be encouraged to drink energy drinks that will cause health problems and early onset of diabetes while simultaneously dealing with a Chain of Command that denies that there have ever been any true suicide attempts verbatim at their town hall meeting even when an instructor the following week puts a bullet in his head. The bonus is nothing but a trap to lock you into the highschool from hell. Don't do it.
@@admiralmurat2777 I think you are grossly exaggerating how stressful thos program is. These people are on contracts that expire. They can leave when that happens and get a high paying job or go to college on the GI Bill. Also, I don't think anyone could be a recruiter for that kind of job if it was that dreary.
@@alexcrowell3207 How are you going to ask the question and act like you know? That man told you every bit of the harsh truth with incredible precision and flawless syntax. He is hardly exaggerating.
Haha. Longest hours of anyone? I would have given anything for only doing 15 hours. Nukes days are regularly 18 hour days. This was the norm. We were lucky with 6 hours of sleep a day. The plant doesn’t shut down. Our duty rotation was, at best, 6 section while the rest of the ship was 18 or so. While your job may suck for some reasons working the longest hours can’t be one of them.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 yeah, the life is pretty brutal. Just how it was. But with the brutality came a reward. Nukes are really highly paid when they leave the service. Almost all make well over $100,000 a year when they get out.
@@dwightdonaldson7613 I run a civilian power plant. It isn’t nuclear. It is a natural gas plant. I have friends that design medical equipment, produce pharmaceutical drugs, work in metal plants, computer chip production and several other industries. I had job offers in several different industries. The civilian world sees nukes as trainable. They can train them to do anything.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 yeh we still deal with bullshit. But compared to other rates it’s not Odee. I remember in lejeune the CS’s used to fail us all the time for our rooms😂
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I mean it looked lived in; but marines barracks is trash they look like prison cells. Shit got roaches and the sink barely works
I'd love to be in the kitchen and part time in the rec center can't be any worse than feeding 1500 inmates an getting a free pass to the gym afterwards.the navy should lower their standards n possibly find what they need in recruitment area of finding the right people for the jobs everyone hates.
The only good things I can think off is you got access to the food on the ship. CS’s make great connections with other rates, so if you need new boots or uniforms you could easily acquire them. Cooks can get station pretty much anywhere and when you in the galley you don’t stand watch.
Yes that is true. I haven’t worked with any but I hear they are gaming nerds and spend a lot of time in the dark. But I also hear when they get out of the navy they make bank doing what they do on the civilian side.💰💰
When your out to sea you work at a minimum 12 hours a day 7 days a week so that’s 98 hours a week. In port it’s less because you get off days and you get off early some days.
In civilian life that would be about 60 hours overtime a week I have never worked 100 hours a week as a civilian about 60 at the most i served from 81 to 85 as.a deck seaman
I believe it! I was Army and during reception stay they detailed groups to the kitchen, just to help with serving, food prep and clean up and it was BRUTAL! Dishwasher room was fun but not the job I would choose AT ALL! One of the girl got a really bad burn/rash type on her hands, they had her peeling potatoes and cleaning the pots in extremely hot water and she even had gloves. I felt horrible for her, she could barely sleep that night. And cleaning protocols and regulations once the day is over is very strict!
Well said. As an old navy seaman I know that I looked forward to going to the mess deck for some good food. The friends that I had came heavily from the the CS ranks, we shared berthing on the CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson. Good times. Good sailors. Good chow. Thanks to all the early risers and dedicated food service professionals that, at least 20 years ago, we in the Navy could comfortably pride ourselves on being the best fed of the armed service branches. Lot's has changed, maybe, but it is my opinion that the food prepared and served for the navy personnel from the honorable culinary specialists was so much better than what the other branches had to tend with, the Navy looked like it would probably always be eating best . That had a bit of weight to factor in to my choice of service branches when I originally enlisted FC (Fire control), and after switching into an administration rate, Personnelman (PN), had the privilege of having some mighty fine sailors in close quarters as we shared berthing on the Chucky-V. I don't recall ever getting food borne illness while eating food coming from the kitchen. Thanks to you, and thanks to all who served.
When I was a Corpsman, I used to go to the Mess Deck to check on my Marines doing Mess Cranking. The CS's (MS's back when I was in) were really cool and would hook me up with extra cookies and I would hook them up with Aspirin and Motrin. The CS's had it pretty good when the Marine compliment was aboard ship, so their hours were not as bad.
Yeah it’s always good to make friends with CS’s we will hook you up!
It is so sad to hear this because it just means the A-school for those who went to CS didn't actually really succeed. I was told that when I join Boot, I will come in as an E-3 since I have a foreign college diploma. But I am DEFINITELY going to do my all to be able to rank up as fast as I can. CS is my second choice for my rating. My first choice is GM because unfortunately when I took the ASVAB that ACTUALLY counted, my score was just 6 points shy of my target rate. My heart sank but I don't feel like taking the test again. More power to you🙏
what was your 1 the gm or sum else
Thanks for the honesty man! Could you make a top 5 best jobs and top 5 worst in your opinion ?! Love your vids
I have a top 5 best already. But I will do a top 5 worst. Thank you for watching.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 Even better! I didn’t know you did Ima check that out. No doubt. You ever tried cross training rates?
@@AaronB1522 yes I tried Cross rating multipile times but the year I joined he navy the CS rate was undermanned.
Man cant imagine having to wake up at 3AM everyday. That's brutal.
It really is. I hated it. Then you work all day.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 Geez people need their sleep.
@@ThreeLions82 yes indeed
And recruitrs will try to make it sound good
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 how do u feel about LS?
Just talked to my son! Finishing school in Dam Neck for Gunners Mate VLT. He will be done in February and he heads back to Great Lakes for a month and off to Japan.
That’s good I know he will do great things!!
@Red Salmon, I’m a retired Gunners Mate ... many receive re-enlistment bonuses with a VLS NEC 👍
Dang I been waiting for you to post , thank you lol
Yeah it’s been a minute..lol. Thank you for watching!!
Thanks for the information man, was planning on enlisting in the navy next year!!
Yes you definitely should. I don’t regret it at all!
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 yeah I will man, I'm going to talk to a recruiter at the beginning of the new year wish me luck👍🙏!! That's good you don't have any regrets being in the service. I think the military is a great option to get somewhere in life!
@@alejandropena9802 yes the military is a great stepping stone and will recommend it to anyone at least do 4 years and you will be set in life there are so many great benefits for veterans!! Good luck!
@@alejandropena9802, what rating are you hoping to pick?
@@LauraZorza either a rate in aviation or a crewdeck operator, those sailors that help the jets land or leave the deck on top of the aircraft carrier.
I feel you on that CS schedule. I was TAD to security for 16 months. I about to go on deployment and it fu my off time
Yeah it’s rough
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I was cranking for seven months in S-11,I was port watch, and we used to ''dog the watch'' a lot in port and underway was just wild lmfao.............good times
@@tx_7134 yes dogging the watch is the best!
Thx for info brother🖤🖤
You rwelcome bro and thank you for watching!!
When I was in the navy and I had to do cranking duty working with the cooks the firat 3 months of my first deployment on a DDG. the cooks by far work harder and longer than any other job in the navy. It's a tough job
That’s what I be telling people. Cooking is not a easy job on the ship.
Thank you for your service!
Hey I have nothing but respect for the various Services career fields . We’d all be eating MREs and living some real field conditions without them . 🙏🏽
Thank you!
You still doin ya thing brotha !
Thank you! 🙏🏾
what job would you recommend to your son if he was going in?
💯 thank you for the information
That’s what I’m here for!!
Green side corpsman, worked on average 10-12 hours on a normal day, sometimes more but Marines like their 72s and 96s so that was a nice perk
That’s a lot.
I back out the CS job ,because they seem they trying to force me to take the job. So I wrote a letter to recruiter stationed drop me from DEPS. I took the border patrol and passed the test which I don’t know how that happened. So I am going with the border patrol process now.
I was a FMF corpsman best job in Navy if you want to do hard work and feel good about it. But no lie CS do work alot food is a necessity, that time schedule is crazy. I would have to go to the field with the marines and be up early but CS always have to be up before everyone else.
Thank you for your service!! Yes our sailors and marines have to eat. It’s a very thankless job.
Hey Laquisha did you ever get to use guns or no?
When I was in the navy cs was ms, mess specialist. Your right it sucked lol. Long ass hours, inspection of galley all the damn time. I did like being in the navy and traveling, but I didn't reenlist after my 4 years because it sucked being a cook.
Well thank you for your service! What years did you serve? And I see nothing had changed from when you was in..lol
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 1991-1995, uss germantown lsd 42 in sasebo Japan, after that uss long beach cgn 9 decom crew Norfolk VA
I'm in delayed entry and already passed MEPS and got my GM rate. How is it? Ive already gone to a machining technical school for 3 years so that might help a bit. But how is daily life? Will I be able to have time to explore the places I go to?
GM is a good rate you handle with guns and do a lot of maintenance on them. Yes you will have time to go out and explore.
My advice...enjoy the scenery. Stay on the boat.
Anyone starting out just take power naps your body can change your sleep schedule it will get easier from there I recommend doing it at home so u get use to it
so how bout retail specialist??? RS.. what do you think about that rate
I was gonna disagree if u said anything other than CS lol. I wasnt a CS but only TAD to them on the ship on the USS Nimitz. But damn i was tripping on the 16 hr shifts everyday. I still buss my ass but damn i was so happy to go back to wrenching on the aircraft and do 13hr shifts
I heard this job can travel a lot. How does that work? So, when you are done with your long hour shift, you can just leave the ship and explore the area you are in? sorry, if this is a dumb question
You would probably be to weak to go anywhere
What are your thoughts about DC?
You was a COs cook? What was is like? Was the job easier?
Undesignated SN was the worst. I went to a AOE and did Unrep 18 hours a day. Scary and dangerous.
I agree undes is up there with the worst jobs.
I signed for yn, does most people think it’s decent?
In my opinion, it's the engine workers. They work in the heat 24/7.
You might be right!
Yeah that sounds brutal.
Ye. Cooks and us GSMs
I scored a 32 on the ASVAB and I was a SEA Bee Construction so I truly don't know what your AFQT Or ASVAB Score has to do with a person's intelligence you just had guys in your fleet that were jacked up. Every Div has Jacked-up sailors
CWO2
Thoughts about the Rate IC? I have an IC ATF contract and I ship out June 10th 😅.
Did you get IC?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 Yes my rate is an IC
@@fuhfuhwostyy2069 cool. They worked on phones on the ship and other cool things.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 alr sweet thanks !!
@@fuhfuhwostyy2069 your welcome
Signed on as a Quartermaster last month, shipping out early august!
Congratulations!! That’s one of the good rates.
I was an OS and were manned up 24/7 out at sea but inport we were either in school or getting off by 1. My opinion the hardest working job in the Navy is your, HT's and your BM's
Man that’s cake getting off at 1pm. How many years did you do?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 10yrs
@@redta93kwy oh ok I just got out this year at 8
OS was the best.
I was in deck from 82 to 85 on the USS Okinawa out at sea we had to work 16 to 18 hour days out at sea 7 days a week it's not worth thats why people get out of the navy I'm 62 now I'm getting my social security and work part-time yes the cooks work the most hours in the navy out at sea but most jobs work a lot of hours out at sea and very little sleep the ship was out sea when I got out they flew me in by helo to north island and I stood a midwatch night before I got out i was very happy to leave and I don't miss it
What’s your opinion on nuke? Is it worth the grind?
Haven’t worked with any nukes but I hear they get a nice reenlisting bonus! They also make good money when they get out the navy if they can find a job doing what they do while they were in the military.
I'm not a nuke, i'm an hm but i've been to boot camp with a bunch of nukes. They go to school for 2 years. They do long watches. They are in high risk of radiation. Most of them come out depressed , but thats all i know.
I’ve been in the Navy for 3yrs now, some of the nicest sailors I’ve worked have been CS’s and LS’s.
Oh really? What’s your rate?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 AO. I use to watch your videos a few years back, when I was undes. When I was cranking on my last ship I did “cranking” and TAD with the LS doing hazmat. Supply in general was always cool.
I want to do something medically. But I feel like they would stick me in CS position
Tell them no you don’t want to be a cook.
Is there a radiology department on the ship when u go on deployment?
Yes on our ship we had one. Why do you ask?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 wondering to see if i can choose radiology as a job for the navy
@@brandonn_9733 you have become a HM first.
Im going to CS but im going to boot camp this May. How is the off?
How did it go
Please give insight on YN because all I’ve heard is hate saying they’re soft and lazy, but I see them with Seabees and other expeditionary units.What else can you do as a YN and is it easy to switch jobs?
I’m sorry I don’t know much of what YNs do but they do a lot of computer/paper work. Sitting at a desk. A lot of typing.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 thanks
If you want to do expeditionary stuff don’t be a YN. Most YNs are topsiders sitting at a desk all day with paperwork. YN is a great job if you like that type of stuff but personally I don’t find it rewarding or challenging. YNs do go expeditionary and with seabees but they are only in the field during training exercises mainly. Cushy job though.
Keep YN, they have some of the best billets (duty stations). You can go to any navy ship, and land commands in. Spain, Germany, Bahrain. If you let people discourage you saying they are lazy, you will regret it later if you do end up changing your job. YNs know more about navy correspondence and procedures than most. You will learn how to write your own awards and not depend on these lousy first classes
@@tym4536 thank you so much
What about a DC? I’m supposed to be leaving in the next couple of months and I haven’t really found videos about DC do you have any information?
As a navy veteran I can tell you DC's work a lot. Y'all were on "6 on 6 off". Meaning you work 6 hours then you're off 6 hours, however when you were off 6 hours if the ship ever had drills such as battle stations or fire drills you were right back at work. Dont let that discourage you though.
Dude I'm a real estate investor i cleaned a toilet last week. Worst job in the navy is Undesignated Seaman. I hated crank duty, worked in the trash room. I still loved that shit.
DC’s do a lot of maintenance and standing watch. They also give a lot of training.
@@GreenJanuary how long have you been out? I want to be a real estate investor myself.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I've been out of active duty for 11 years but out of the reserves for just two years. I'll likely go back in the reserves.
What about Yeoman? I have that rate and my ship date is July 26th
Good rate
From what I’ve heard it’s a cushy desk job
I scored a 42 on practice I'm screwed 🤦♂️. I like to cook but shit cooking in the navy sounds kinda crap.
Yes I would definitely try to get a higher score. But you may have other job options other than cook with a 42
So true. It’s been 2 years what are you up to now?
did you apply to be CS?
This was nothing but facts lmao I went crancking and I’m a DC that says a lot ik how much work y’all go through it ain’t fun
Yeah I never worked that much in my life..lol. Everyday at quarters we got yelled at about the meal.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I got fsa of the month so ik u said most of us shitty but I didn’t skate lmao
@@asapjxan6245 well thank you for that. There were a few amazing FSAs that did a great job but very few.
I went in the navy when I was 17 started out in deck deparment then became QM when a ship is out at sea almost everbody works long hours 7 days a week. I stayed in for 20 years on 6 ships had a great time inthe navy.
True, everyone says they have the worst rate because they work a lot.
Also, how did you managed to do 20 years?
@@Me-eb3wvI went in the navy because I wanted to travel and I did not want end up living my whole life in the town were I grew up like a lot of my friends. To stay in for 20 years was not easy but I work with a lot of great people and I got see and experience a lot of things most cilvilains don't. I just took it one day at a time and before I knew it 20 years was over. I have so many great memories plus great benefits for the rest of my life.
Wolf Gang Puck - Not a bad Chef. Keep your head up Sailer. Culinary is Special too.
Thank you so much I will.
About to enlist what jobs would you recommend
What do you like to do?
I am deciding between Marines and Navy! If I go to the Navy I want to be a Seal and Marines idk maybe a scout sniper idk! I do know that Marines pay SUCKS so idk?? What you think
Pay is the same across all branches.
@@eeswinarroyo2896 base Pay? Is that what you’re saying?
@@navysealteam5584 it’s the same across all branches. The pay grade of an E-4 in the Marines is the same as an E-4 in the Air Force but it will be different if an E-4 has 15 years of service than an E-4 with 5 years of service
@@jacoblutz3524 thanks 😊
@@jacoblutz3524 not true, eventually a rank won’t make any more money no matter how much more time u serve. You would have to get promoted.
can you do one on fn/ pact fireman
I don’t know much about them rates.
Do you still throw trash in the ocean out to sea? That shit weirded me out when I first did it.
Hell yeah I couldn’t Believe it the first time I seen it but we still do. Just metal, food and paper.
U seriously do that? That's not cool 😕
@@andrewandrew0791 Where else would it go
Poor turtles :((
CS's (MS) in my day - make a HUGE contribution towards morale. I had many a great meal!!!
Do you still do Mongolian Barbeque? That was the best. No civilian restaurant can match it!
Thank you for your service and yes we still do Mongolian bbq it is one of the best meals with have but it’s hella of work tho. When did you serve?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 78-84;
I will never forget working in the Galley for service week. We all came away with a huge appreciation for the work that goes into keeping sailors fed.
@@kennolan3558 thank you so much for your service!
Do you know anything about ETs? That E-4 promotion sound to good to be true.
Sorry I do t know much about ETs. Is that the rate your going for?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 Yes that is the rate I got. Technically I’m not an ET yet I got into the AECF program so I could still get FC but I wanted to know just a lil bit more about ETs. But thanks 🙏🏾.
Do ET and it is true. It’s a great job, great ranking up opportunities
I struck YN rate and honestly I think I love it so far
Is EM a bad job?
I just signed SN, will I have the same hours as CS?
No your hours will be a little different from a CS. You still will work long hours when your out to sea.
When I was enlisted everyone worked long hours on deployment. Usually every day. I worked in fuels on carrier so it might be different. When I switched to my rate I signed up for AG it was a cakewalk.
What about CS(Submarines)?
Idk much about CS on subs but it can’t be much different.
Damn I leave for Great Lakes at January 12th. I got the CS Rate
Congratulations !! Go in with an open mind and decide for yourself weather the CS rate is for you or not. Who knows you might like it!
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I was a little discouraged watching this video. i went ahead and watched your other videos such as the Pros and cons and deployments while being a CS. Where have been some of the countries you've been since becoming a CS and do you plan to do the 20 years?
You can always change your rate at a later time
Lol i heard the CS jobs sucks... i met someone at Meps a while back and he was so excited for being a CS . I’m like hell no . My rate is a EN, what do you think of that?
I wonder if he still excited about being a CS..lol. EN is not bad I know y’all stand a lot of watches, do a lot of maintenance and change a lot of light bulbs.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 right lol and we will see 😬
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 right lol and we will see 😬
I just joined as an EN too!
Lol expect working in a bery hot place 24 7 out at sea
They were called MS when I was in. Can't you try to cross rate?
I tried but they make it so difficult
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 of course they make it difficult. They love difficult. You be persistent and it can happen.
What’s your thoughts on the rate IS?
I only meet 2 people that where IS and they both said they love it! It’s a small community.
Great job, small community just like Dave said. Make sure your credit is good, and STAYS good. Because if you lose your TS clearance you lose your rate. The watches are boring and many IS fall asleep because the rooms stay dark. But if the job is offered to you, definitely take it
@@tym4536 when you go to MEPS to choose your rate, do they offer you a rate or do they just give you a list of rates and you pick one?
@@lablabdog depends. If they are low on jobs they will try their best to find the job closest to your best interest. I will say it will behoove you to be interested in more than one job. If you are the type of person that is only interested in one job and one job only, expect bad news, but hope for good news. If the jobs you want aren't available when they show you the list, pick a job, but make sure you get something with a FAR OUT SHIP DATE!!!! This way you have time to change your job while in DEP
I was a cook Submarines loved it cooked 90% from scratch 12 on 12 off had my on rack
Respect! Being a submarine cook is lowkey my dream job. How many years did you do it for?
Also how was the transition back into civilian world? What was your first job outta the navy?
Where did you get that watch from! 👀
My wife got it for me I’ll ask her and let you know.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 🙌🏾
@@samd5023 she said she got the watch online. Go to MVMT watches.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 thanks my man you have a blessed New year. 👊🏾
@@samd5023 you too bro!
I’m shipping May 5th as a YN. Any thoughts on this rate? Lol. I’m 27 years old too bro any advice for an older recruit?
Congratulations! YN is not a bad rate. You will doing a lot of computer and paper work with lots of typing. You won’t have to worry about being on your feet a lot or getting dirty and being outside which is a good thing when your on deployment!
As a older recruit the rest of the division will probably look up to you and the RDC will probably call you out for being older..lol. I would use your age to your advantage and become the leader of the division because if you do a good job at it you could make rank while in bootcamp.
Me too!! I'm going as YN and im 39..so don't think ur old. God knows why u didn't do it earlier, so enjoy it and good luck in bootcamp
@@andrewandrew0791 Graduated July 16th! It was pretty easy tbh, ranked up from E1-E2. Currently in A School now, where life is better 🤣. Feel free to ask any questions you have about boot camp! Best of luck!
@@davidcardenas3315 oww nice!! Congrats on graduating. I will be going on Monday to bootcamp, then off to Mississippi for YN school. What is a school like? Are you allowed to have friends and family visit you? What is bootcamp like? I have trouble with my push ups
I know I should have went az Yn ps lol but choose AO now I’m converting to RP
whats wrong wit AO
@@officialosha777 do it for 10-20 years and you’ll be 100 percent VA lol
Here after signing the CS contract I ship June 24th🥲
Don’t worry you might like it. Just go in with a open mind. There are a lot of positive things about being a CS also.
Aye bruh if you really questioning it. You can always pick another job before you leave. You don’t have to leave as a CS but soon as you do, you kinda stuck.
@@primetime2k940 facts!!
Yo i ship out the 6/28
Im close to getting to Basic training im glad i saw this vid
Are you going to do 12 more years of CS and retire from Navy.?
Probably not I’m thinking about going into the reserves. I inspire to be something else.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 thounghts and opinions on aviation boatswain's mate - fuels ?
@@stevenmajicmike that’s not a bad job in my opinion. I actually wanted to do that but never could cross rate. It’s just hard job to rank up.
Have you met nukes? If so, what were they like? Do they work long hours?
You start work at 6:30AM and get a one-hour lunch break. You will end your regular workday at 4:00pm. You will be assigned tack hours for study usually on average 2-3 hours a night you will have to do in order to keep a competitive GPA. Some maybe even require 4 hours extra study every evening. You will always be moving onto a new subject every single day so you must learn the content as soon as it is given to you. This is on top of keeping your barracks clean, miscellaneous certifications, maintaining PRT fitness standards, sat uniforms, car maintenance, and simply trying to prevent being phase stripped which limits your abilities and freedoms. Also, it is typical for entire classes to be punished collectively and lose their privileges even when they do conflict with necessary things you must complete in your life. You will deal with many people both students, staff, and instructors contemplating and committing suicide. Many are on antidepressants especially the instructors who teach day in and day out to simply get shit on for the smallest of mistakes. Also, many of the nukes will be 18 fresh out of high school with no common sense and socially awkward as fuck thereby leading to a lack of forming real friendships or bonds beyond mere platonic ideals. Also, you have to deal with the COs covid memos which are nothing but evil and unrealistic which is unfortunately forced upon him by an unscientific and political power structure. You will always be lacking sleep and be encouraged to drink energy drinks that will cause health problems and early onset of diabetes while simultaneously dealing with a Chain of Command that denies that there have ever been any true suicide attempts verbatim at their town hall meeting even when an instructor the following week puts a bullet in his head. The bonus is nothing but a trap to lock you into the highschool from hell. Don't do it.
@@admiralmurat2777 well I see you had a fun time in the program
@@admiralmurat2777 I think you are grossly exaggerating how stressful thos program is. These people are on contracts that expire. They can leave when that happens and get a high paying job or go to college on the GI Bill. Also, I don't think anyone could be a recruiter for that kind of job if it was that dreary.
@@alexcrowell3207 How are you going to ask the question and act like you know? That man told you every bit of the harsh truth with incredible precision and flawless syntax. He is hardly exaggerating.
Nukes are all depressed as hell and they are exposed to radiation a lot. It legit might give you cancer.
How can you be a CS with facial hair?
You have to go to medical and get a no shave chit (shaving waiver)
What job do you have?
Culinary Specialist (CS) cook
My dad was a cook in the Navy.
Did he like it?
But don’t forget. HEART OF THE SHIP. MORALE OF THE CREW.
That’s true!
I’m going retail specialist I leave in March for bootcamp
That’s a great rate and good luck
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 is it really tho
@@justinmosqueda5454hella easy
How about an en?
I met people that didn’t like en but it’s not worst than CS.
Haha. Longest hours of anyone? I would have given anything for only doing 15 hours. Nukes days are regularly 18 hour days. This was the norm. We were lucky with 6 hours of sleep a day. The plant doesn’t shut down. Our duty rotation was, at best, 6 section while the rest of the ship was 18 or so.
While your job may suck for some reasons working the longest hours can’t be one of them.
Man that sucks. I never worked with nukes is it really that bad?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 yeah, the life is pretty brutal. Just how it was. But with the brutality came a reward. Nukes are really highly paid when they leave the service. Almost all make well over $100,000 a year when they get out.
@@rorymajors2504 what jobs can you do in the civilian world as a nuke?
@@dwightdonaldson7613 I run a civilian power plant. It isn’t nuclear. It is a natural gas plant. I have friends that design medical equipment, produce pharmaceutical drugs, work in metal plants, computer chip production and several other industries. I had job offers in several different industries. The civilian world sees nukes as trainable. They can train them to do anything.
While being a nuke sounds depressing at least they have good job prospects in the civilian job market
Why didn’t you switch out jobs ?
Is that even possible? I’ve heard it’s impossible
I ship August 19th 🇺🇸
Great! Good luck!
Hell naw; I’m a corpsman on shore duty and we don’t do none of that shit
Must be nice..lol. I did get a break on shore duty I worked at the barracks inspecting rooms.
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 yeh we still deal with bullshit. But compared to other rates it’s not Odee. I remember in lejeune the CS’s used to fail us all the time for our rooms😂
@@christiano8104 lol..was y’all rooms dirty?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 I mean it looked lived in; but marines barracks is trash they look like prison cells. Shit got roaches and the sink barely works
Enjoy that shit bro, I remember going from green side to a ship.... I was shocked when I wanted to go back to the green side 2days in😂
Undes seaman is just as bad if not worse, atleast you actually have a rate
Yeah undes is bad. Working for the BMs standing watch all the time, sweeping and swabbing.
👏🏼
Thank you😜
Best Jobs in the Navy:
-MC
-ND
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I ship September, wish me luck!
Good luck bro!
@Blake Colvin what day in september?
Sep. 7th for me
I’m going next month. :/
@@devonthomas5880 I leave september 8th
I'd love to be in the kitchen and part time in the rec center can't be any worse than feeding 1500 inmates an getting a free pass to the gym afterwards.the navy should lower their standards n possibly find what they need in recruitment area of finding the right people for the jobs everyone hates.
I miss mid-rats when i had the balls to 6 watch.
That sucks I know a lot of people like that.
Shipping out next week as a STG 🥳
Like this comment if you’re shipping out this month!! And good luck to y’all
Congratulations!! Good luck!
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 thank you so much !! I appreciate it 👍🏾
@@cchantae_ no problem!
Not me watching this video as a CS and I ship out next month 🥲
I hope you enjoy it. Some people like being a cook but I don’t.
ABE is alot worse we worked 20 plua hours 7 days a week especially on deployment
EMs hate CS the most
Is there really a good part of been a CS?would love to hear that
Nah lol
Why work for 7 years or more,if the contract is for 4 years and there ain't still no good part of this rate?@ArmandoMunguia
The only good things I can think off is you got access to the food on the ship. CS’s make great connections with other rates, so if you need new boots or uniforms you could easily acquire them. Cooks can get station pretty much anywhere and when you in the galley you don’t stand watch.
@@MamasTv249 CS shore duty is easy if you work at the barracks that’s why I re-enlisted for 3 more years after my first contract.
Good thinhs about CS rating is that they aren't in duty sections and dont stand watch while in port.
I was supposed to have nuke as my job. Is it bad from what you hear? I heard they're nerds that don't see sunlight.
Yes that is true. I haven’t worked with any but I hear they are gaming nerds and spend a lot of time in the dark. But I also hear when they get out of the navy they make bank doing what they do on the civilian side.💰💰
I ship june 5th as a PR 😅
I’m goin in as a Bm
i ship september 13th
Man I got a 31 on my Asvab so CS might be the only rate available for me idk.
Usually it’s CS BM or undes. Did the recruiter say you can get in with a 31?
@@theofficialdaveharris8794 Yes sir all I have to do is lose some weight then I’m in....
@@toyag638 you can do it just keep working at it! Take it one day at a time.
How’s the pt schedule?
@@itskikibeloved usually commands will pt 3 times a week but because of covid it’s been off and on.
Cook in the navy seem bad. The army didn't have such long hours.
How many hours did they have
CS rank up, HMS don’t
im a culinary specialist, i hate this shit with a passion.
Yeah it’s definitely not for everyone. How long have you been a CS?
Am e2 cs
Do you like it?
How many hours do u work a week?
When your out to sea you work at a minimum 12 hours a day 7 days a week so that’s 98 hours a week. In port it’s less because you get off days and you get off early some days.
In civilian life that would be about 60 hours overtime a week I have never worked 100 hours a week as a civilian about 60 at the most i served from 81 to 85 as.a deck seaman