They build the hell out of shit AND they still get to wear DCUs, which I think is still the coolest-looking utility uniform the military has.
Navy Boot/Seabee questions
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I was thoroughly impressed by the Seebees during my deployment. They performed a complete makeover of our JOC and TOC within weeks and maintained our housing for us. We took them out to the range to blow shit up, they were loving it.
x2 on the seabee experiences, they were nothing but awesome for us as well, definately made deployments as comfortable as they could possibly be for us!
The Army is currently the only branch that will not accept any drug-related charge of any kind, I have had to send more than a few good dudes next door because of this. The Army's loss, the USMC/USAF/USN gain.
The Army is currently the only branch that will not accept any drug-related charge of any kind, I have had to send more than a few good dudes next door because of this. The Army's loss, the USMC/USAF/USN gain.
That doesn't surprise me. It seems like the Army is looking for ANY reason to cut troops right now, both in terms of accessions and re-enlistments.
It's actually been like that since I got here 2 years ago. I just wish they took the stuff on a case by case basis, one of the guys I had to send away had a UPM (unlawful poss. of marijuana), which is only a traffic ticket in NY, from when he was 14. The circumstances, and this was even recorded in the docs, were that he was with a group of people, two of them had it on them, all 7 were charge the same. B/c of the circumstances, his charge was sealed, but unfortunately that doesn't mean diddly when trying to enlist. I turned him away as a 25 y/o with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, a masters of mechanical engineering, a certified NREMT-P, and scored a 328 on the PT test I gave him. All b.c. of some BS when he was hanging with the wrong crowd a decade earlier. Now he is in USMC boot camp with the intention of getting to a recon unit and when eligible applying to the Marine Raiders, where I whole heartedly believe he will be very succesful. Like I said, the Army's loss...
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Did the hemp charge show up on his NACLC? I assume his waiver for glaucoma was denied? :nerd:
I didn't get that far with him, if I ran the NACLC with the intent of covering the charge up in the case that it didn't show, I could get myself into some pretty hot water. That being said, I have never seen a charge not show up on it when the person was fingerprinted for said altercation with the law, so I'm sure his would have shown as well.
Sorry for the tardy look at this thread and the consequently tardy reply. As a Seabee, I'll answer what I can here:
5. I haven't gone that route yet, but you have plenty of other stuff to worry about first.
6. Your chances are very high, practically guaranteed. I'm a bit of an oddball exception though and it's taken me nearly 5 years, but I'm going.
7. To get your SCW (pronounced "SKEW") you'll need to serve with a SCW qualifying unit - not all Seabees get billets in actual Seabee units. There is a long PQS. Also, I think it's a 6 month time in unit minimum. Also, you'll need to either have deployed with them or have completed a FEX (Flield Exercise). Then there's a murder board and an oral board/practical evaluation. Also, they've made it "mandatory." Some of my brothers say this cheapens the value of it, but I can't say. I haven't done it yet because I haven't been in a qualifying unit yet. I have the EXW (which we Seabees affectionately refer to as "SCW Lite".)
8. NWU type III is the new look now, at home anyway. And you won't be wearing those until after you finish A-School.
Best of luck to you.
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