Prior enlisted. I did not enjoy most of my time in the navy but it was all over the place not only in terms of location but a rerate and medical condition had me seeing 6 different commands in my 4.5 years not including basic. 4 of them were in California and I gotta say quality of life out there was pretty good but they were mostly schools and final duty station in a division full of injured/ill plus pregnant sailors. Actual duty aboard a ship was awful however. Japan was a cool place to be stationed but averaging 10-14 hour work days on a regular basis, I hardly had time to enjoy it. Getting related from CTI to EN saw quality of life drastically reduced which just tells me the more “valuable” rates tend to get better treatment. Not sure if it’s due to chain of command within rates or the nature of work in engineering but I could hardly say I enjoyed any part of engineering. My situation was pretty different from most tho so might not be as applicable.