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Quitting Job in the Navy?
My friend Matt has a problem. He called me today explaining that hates his job and wanted to go undesignated. That request was shot down by the LPO. He has two options now. Do two or three years as a Quartermaster(Navigation) and then cross rate or go home. He's graduated Basic and currently 3 or 4 weeks into A school for QM. He always spoke highly of the Navy and even wanted to go into SWCC now he does this. My question is what kind of discharge would he receive? He believes it will be a General but I doubt that will be the case. He said if he comes home he's going to try another branch; either Army or Marines and go infantry. I don't believe the Corps is taking prior service at the moment if he could even be called that. What are his chances?
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- Tincan NavyLv 48 years agoFavorite Answer
The way I see it, there are two possible options. 1. Complete A school and do QM job to best of ability for a min of one year. Pick a new rating and do a lateral conversion.
Note: lateral conversions are only done if you have good performance evaluations!
New rating must be a rating that is hard to fill or more critical than QM.
2.Get an academic failure in QM A school. You will more that likely go to a review board, and sent to fleet as undesignated. Note: Not really advisable! This may have negative impacts in future.
Source(s): USN ret - Anonymous8 years ago
Any quitting of the Navy would be very unsatisfactory. The only discharge anyone should want is an Honorable Discharge.
And he can kiss the reenlistment idea goodbye. Not only are none of the services routinely taking prior service applicants, but those without an Honorable Discharge are being shown the door right from the start.
Source(s): Army Recruiting Veteran - ChuckLv 78 years ago
>He said if he comes home he's going to try another branch; either Army or Marines and go infantry.
No branch is currently accepting prior service. His chance of reenlisting is zero.
- Poisson FishLv 68 years ago
He isn't even out of A school and he hates the job he's in? Well that's a problem, because he is likely locked into that position until his enlistment is up. That's the military: if he didn't like it, he shouldn't have joined. If he just "quits", which isn't something that's easy to do once you have enlisted, the likelihood that another branch will take him is slim to none.
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- USAFisnumber1Lv 78 years ago
He will get a general discharge for refusing to do his duty. There is no way they are going to cut him loose and give him an honorable discharge. No other service will even consider taking him because he could do the same to them.
He either sticks it out or he becomes a civilian forever. Sounds to me like he would be a good civilian.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Your friend is in for a rude awakening! IF he is somehow allowed to "quit", there is no way in he!! that another branch of service will take him!
