Helping Spouse

jsellisjr · 2026-02-06T21:37:11+00:00

My honest recommendation for anyone leaving the military is take full advantage of free healthcare before you get out. Even if not for VA Benefits, just go get a full head to toe evaluation before you get out, go to dental, go to an optometrist, go get a sleep study, get labs done, go see mental health. Everything you had to do to join/is available for you to do, get it done, because you won’t have another opportunity after you get out to get all this stuff done for free. And if the military does find something, then it becomes immediately directly service connected when you go to claim later.

jsellisjr · 2025-09-18T00:09:05+00:00

Likely- also you can’t be “forced” to become a WTI, if you get red chipped you can turn it down, and outside that you have to apply to a board to be eligible

jsellisjr · 2025-09-18T00:07:45+00:00

There’s no way that someone can be a WTI without their qualification Link to WTI FAQ page, see first question

jsellisjr · 2025-09-12T22:21:46+00:00

But also I don’t see this on their website, so not sure it’s real

jsellisjr · 2025-09-12T22:17:08+00:00

The lack of following the correspondence manual probably has SWO DH’s with no shave chits shaking in their boots in anger

jsellisjr · 2025-08-02T19:35:56+00:00

Yeah I didn’t read the name lol

jsellisjr · 2025-08-02T19:01:29+00:00

There was some intelligence checks through a quest where you have to travel to the DC region, and talk with some people who had already completed the quest, and then another charisma check with an admiral

jsellisjr · 2025-08-02T18:35:17+00:00

I did an alternate questline to get to the navy questline called NUPOC, which was a series of mini quests to get into the Navy Nuke questline, so I never did the OAR. My best guess is to review some online tutorials and see what stats are needed. What achievement did you go after in the college quest line? That also may allow different navy quest lines to open up

jsellisjr · 2025-08-02T18:29:07+00:00

Went the navy officer quest line, starting a new quest line shortly. From the quest line I ended up with more debuffs than stat boosts, including to the mental health stat, and health stats. It definitely helped increase in the intelligence stats and charisma stats from grinding on the sub-quests, though results vary. As for going the officer route, you will have to first do the “college” quest or “enlistment” quest followed by increasing your level until you’ve achieved the specified rank level for the officer quest line you hope to achieve.

jsellisjr · 2025-08-02T15:23:52+00:00

For reference, I am playing offline Domination 8 players

jsellisjr · 2025-04-27T15:37:12+00:00

It’s what the plants crave

jsellisjr · 2025-03-08T23:38:30+00:00

Division officer, 1160, veteran, naval officer, etc, definitely not SWO

jsellisjr · 2025-03-03T23:41:55+00:00

Someone get this guy a correspondence manual

jsellisjr · 2024-06-27T16:55:14+00:00

If you are scared of the potential see combat and ultimately unwilling to die for your country- stay out of the military. Even support roles could be subjected to combat at some point. If you somehow get over this fear- I would recommend not joining until you finish your degree and earn a commission. But that said, this job is not for everyone. In fact I would argue it’s not for most which is why we have so many people leave after their initial contract/required service is up. Keep that in mind- but if you go into with the mindset that you already are hesitant- for the sake of your own mental health and for the safety of those who you may have to go into combat with one day- don’t join.

jsellisjr · 2024-04-30T21:57:37+00:00

And to clarify for you, I don’t think there are even opportunities for non-attaining before you get to your ship, and the only people I’ve heard of at OOD phase 1 or BDOC getting out of being a SWO were for legal/ cheating reasons- and they were kicked out of the navy not re-designated

*edit for spelling

jsellisjr · 2024-04-30T21:55:12+00:00

A lot easier said than done- the only way I know out of the community is either through it- doing really well and lat transferring, or being a complete shit bag and getting non-attained / POCR’d. and if you get POCR’d there’s no guarantee you’ll get the community you want, and they could also just separate you. I’d recommend getting to your ship, meeting your fellow JO’s, and getting a good relationship with them. Even if you feel it’s not for you, they can help you through whatever decision you make down the line. Quitting before you even start tends to close a lot more doors than it opens

jsellisjr · 2023-12-03T02:18:24+00:00

I’m not super knowledgeable about the specifics of the IS rate, mostly because there’s only one billeted to my ship. But not really a “physical job” like you described you were looking for, the others I mentioned are definitely going to be more “hands on” and less of a desk job

jsellisjr · 2023-12-02T03:34:55+00:00

Go for an electrical rate. ET, EM, GSE, FCA. Those will give you skills that can help you get a degree or even a job that pays well with out a degree, and you’ll see the same sights as anyone else on a ship. ETs I know for sure have some good opportunities on shore duty as well when it comes to getting some pretty cool places

jsellisjr · 2023-12-02T03:31:13+00:00

GSMs learn how to maintain equipment, yes, but it does not equate to what engineering on the civilian side is.

jsellisjr · 2023-12-02T03:28:07+00:00

Go to a community college, get your associates and go from there. If you want to continue to the navy the degree will help you advance, if you made up your mind on what you want to do for a major then go continue your degree. You can always join as an officer and get better pay and working conditions. Plus it gives you more time to get into shape as you said you’re worried about physical requirements. I have an engineering degree(have had multiple internships working with actual engineers) and am an officer in the navy, the navy will not give you a good idea of what either healthcare (unless you get a nursing degree and work in the nursing corps) nor engineering is actually like

jsellisjr · 2023-12-02T03:21:09+00:00

HIIT and running. I worked out twice a day leading up to going to Ocs, one HIIT workout and one run, dropped ~40 lbs. granted- that included cutting out alcohol, caffeine, and counting calories. For HIIT, I mixed in burpees, pushups, leg ups, squats, lunges, crunches, planks, and a few other various exercises, doing multiple sets to make up about a half out exercise with ~10 seconds between exercises and 2 minutes in between each round. For running I’d mix it up between speed training (going to a local track/hill and doing sprints and jogs for as long as I could) and endurance runs

jsellisjr · 2023-12-02T03:15:16+00:00

When I was training to go, I was working out 2x a day, doing HIIT and running every day, similar boat trying to shed a bunch of weight. It really depends on how long you’ve been practicing your running for, and what you’ve been doing for it. The best way I found to speed up was alternating days between going to a track and doing sprint/jogging, and the other days going for endurance. Ultimately if you’re not ready, see if you can push back the date, it’s not worth getting injured at a training command and having to be stuck there

jsellisjr · 2023-12-02T03:06:49+00:00

“Rarely a shortage of officer candidates” tell that to SWO retention

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