Job Responsibilities
Supervision of 9-180 personnel, to include training and daily
supervision. Management of budgets from $1 million - $25 million.
Dependent on tour, could be responsible for 350 lives and $1
billion dollars worth of equipment (e.g., Guided Missle Cruiser,
Aircraft, Submarine, etc.)
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Job Requirements
Undergraduate degree required to become an Officer in the Navy.
School can be paid for by scholarship, contact your local NROTC
Recruiting Officer.
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Uppers
Satisfaction of serving your country, mentoring younger people that have little
direction in life, and gaining leadership and management experience. Travel the
world.
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Downers
Constant travel, including six-month deployments, away from
family. Working some weekends due to standing duty.
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Lifestyle
Work hours are long, duty requires 24-hour days, deployments or underways
require 20-hour days; travel is tremendous, but you get to see the world.
Tight-knit social group (unavoidable living on a ship...), dress code is very
strict.
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Compensation
100% medical and dental coverage, compensation is commensurate
with somewhat lower level management positions in the private
sector; compared with hours worked, compensation is not commensurate.
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Advice to Jobseekers
It not a job, it's an adventure. Cliche, but true. Those that
want to serve in the military don't do if for the money. You have
to want to serve, or really need the money for school.
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