ChAnGiNg My NaVaL JoB....SoMeOnE ThAt KnOwS PlEaSe HeLp!!?

You can try and gain access to a different rate when you meet with the classification personnel in boot camp to fill out Page #3 of your Service Record. The reason for the October 1st cut-off date is simple. That day is the beginning of the new fiscal year (Fiscal Year 2009). So, regulations and/or Federal law might prohibit your entry with only a GED after that date.

So, you better begin to comprehend and understand that sort of "B.S." because you will be guided by it throughout your enlistment. As far as your pay goes, the year starts on October 1st and ends on September 30th of the next calendar year.

you still don't have to go.....your only bound to the dep contract not the official enlistment contract....i would advise going to college for a year or two....get an associate's in something that relates to the rate you want or atleast a year of college and you will get E-2 or even E-3...you will get the rate you want when you enlist and you'll be an airman already when everybody else is still a recruit. think about it only a year...that's nothin. play it smart cause they don't like change crap once you've signed papers.