IN THE NAVY

So I went to MEPS yesterday and was sworn into the Navy. I am now govt. property. I scored pretty well on my ASVABs; a 97. The day was long and made so by unnecessary delays, mainly those caused by some of the more undisciplined of the recruit hopefuls. I have to hand it to the staff at MEPS, they must have the patience of saints in order to work there and deal with some of the characters who go through. The medical briefing for example probably should have taken only 20 minutes but dragged on for nearly an hour due to interruptions. We even had one genius pop positive on the breathalyzer test immediately following, though we had been strictly ordered not to drink at all the night before. In any case I spent my time there attempting to be as quick and efficent as possible. If I was told to do A then I damn well did it right then and there. Once medical was done I got on over to the Navy office and handed in my paperwork, from there I went to lunch and had that delicacy of delicacies, government fish! It was edible which was fine by me. Once I was finally called back into the Navy office the Petty Officer pretty much said one thing "What do you want to do" I said either the CTI or IS rating. What suprised me was that I received no resistance on either. I went in imagining that I'd have to go into and hour long horse trading to get into a job I could live with. Apparently I did well enough to take pretty much any rating I wanted. Once that was done I was sworn in and driven back home. So thats it, I'm now an IS (Intelligence Specialist) E-1 recruit. I ship out to training in January so it'll be some time before I go. I can't wait to get started. RTC will be hell, Great Lakes in the Winter does NOT appeal, but thats life. I am really eager to get to A-school in Dam Neck. Learning my specialty will be thrilling to me and right where my interests lie. So thats it for this, maybe I'll have something new later.