Some questions about the Navy(Irish Naval Service)

Riddle101

I'm a little interested in the navy at the moment and just wanted to know a little bit more about them so I thought I put it to boards for some answers. Basically i just want to know what are the diffrences between the Navy and the Army?(Besides the navy be working on sea), what's the fitness reqirements like? do you get the same credibility being in the Navy as you would in the Army? Is it a worthwhile decision going into it and how would I go about enlisting in it?

minidazzler

Fitness is the same.

Credibility, in fairness, does the average Irish person even care about a thing our army does? I do, but the Average Joe or Jane soap doesn't. So, I don't know. But you wouldn't join the Navy to prove yourself to the world would you? Join for you, noone else.

I have friends in, they love it, they love the travel, they love the sea and they love the pay, sounds worthwhile to me.

To join you would wait until the end of the recruitment embargo and you would ring the Man power office and get the forms filled out.


Another Plus is that you get to live in Cork, A Negative, is you would probably move to Cobh (Ewww):D

Zuiderzee

I guess the main advantage to the Army is a wider range of career paths and locations.
There is also the fantastic opportunities in the Apprentice school.
Also the increased probability of overseas deployment.

The Naval service is - funds providing - undergoing a major capital equipment upgrades, there are increased opportunities for overseas deployments and most of my friends in the PDF are NS.
They all seem to enjoy the work and feel they are growing and developing in capability and scope.
A drawback maybe that it is still a comparativly small organisation, and this has its drawbacks.

serjical_strike

hello

just thought id give you my thoughts and experiences with the navy in my 5 years serving so far.

i joined when i was 18 a few months after finishing school and the recruit process was a big change for me but i got used to it and in the end i really enjoyed it and made friends there that i will have forever, i might not see them for months or even over a year but can go right back like i just seen them yesterday, there is a wierd bond that you get from going through 6 months living with them in the same room/building and goin through all the training.. anyway after my 6 months training in there i got my specialised branch which can either be seamans, supplies, mechs or communications, i got into communications so there was another 6 months training for that. now 4 branches might seem a little thin but there are sub divisions of these 4. after my 6 months of that i went to sea for 2 years and 2 months i have to say i loved every moment of it, more friends on the ships and the fun we have when we get somewhere at the weekend after a long weeks work at sea is great although you wont get in every weekend.

the patrols are usually 4 weeks at sea and 2 weeks at home but during the 2 weeks at home you will be working on the ship while its alongside at the naval base doing duty and general ship maintenance. its not all bad tho half days and some rest off days usually 3 for doing the 4 weeks at sea.

you also get a chance once or twice a year to go on a foreign trip ive been to malta, greece, croatia, london and canada over my 2 years and a bit at sea and its a great experience to be somewhere with a naval ship.

so i finished my 2 years at sea and worked on the naval base for a year and then applied for chad which is where i am now.. on watch.. and slightly bored in the comcen.. so as far as comparisons with the army which i have now since ive worked with both is that i definitly prefer the navy than the army and cant wait to get back to sea again, i find it more adventurous and rewarding than being in the army even though chad is a good experience too. the thing about the navy is that you can do most things a soldier does like the courses they do and the overseas missions but a soldier can not do anything a sailor can like go to sea or come on our foreign trips.

so when i get back from chad ill be due back to sea in april but i will go earlier if i can get the ship i had the last time since i know and and think its the best ship.

anyway any questions you have about the navy just ask me and i might be able to help.

(man that was some rambling gibberish, get me off duty quick :P)

McArmalite

serjical_strike wrote: »

hello

just thought id give you my thoughts and experiences with the navy in my 5 years serving so far.

i joined when i was 18 a few months after finishing school and the recruit process was a big change for me but i got used to it and in the end i really enjoyed it and made friends there that i will have forever, i might not see them for months or even over a year but can go right back like i just seen them yesterday, there is a wierd bond that you get from going through 6 months living with them in the same room/building and goin through all the training.. anyway after my 6 months training in there i got my specialised branch which can either be seamans, supplies, mechs or communications, i got into communications so there was another 6 months training for that. now 4 branches might seem a little thin but there are sub divisions of these 4. after my 6 months of that i went to sea for 2 years and 2 months i have to say i loved every moment of it, more friends on the ships and the fun we have when we get somewhere at the weekend after a long weeks work at sea is great although you wont get in every weekend.

the patrols are usually 4 weeks at sea and 2 weeks at home but during the 2 weeks at home you will be working on the ship while its alongside at the naval base doing duty and general ship maintenance. its not all bad tho half days and some rest off days usually 3 for doing the 4 weeks at sea.

you also get a chance once or twice a year to go on a foreign trip ive been to malta, greece, croatia, london and canada over my 2 years and a bit at sea and its a great experience to be somewhere with a naval ship.

so i finished my 2 years at sea and worked on the naval base for a year and then applied for chad which is where i am now.. on watch.. and slightly bored in the comcen.. so as far as comparisons with the army which i have now since ive worked with both is that i definitly prefer the navy than the army and cant wait to get back to sea again, i find it more adventurous and rewarding than being in the army even though chad is a good experience too. the thing about the navy is that you can do most things a soldier does like the courses they do and the overseas missions but a soldier can not do anything a sailor can like go to sea or come on our foreign trips.

so when i get back from chad ill be due back to sea in april but i will go earlier if i can get the ship i had the last time since i know and and think its the best ship.

anyway any questions you have about the navy just ask me and i might be able to help.

(man that was some rambling gibberish, get me off duty quick :P)

Good post. I remember meeting some lads form the navy in Dublin and asking a few questions about it. One of the things that I found surprising is that most of the blokes were from inland counties like Tipp, Carlow and one bloke from Tyrone. Thing is and this is a sort of foolish expectation, is that I expected most of the sailors to come from a sea fairing background, sons of fishermen etc
Besides that, they all seemed to really like been in the navy, most seemed to think they would spend the rest of their working days in it ( and this was well before the recession ). Seems like a good career choice to me.

serjical_strike

McArmalite wrote: »

Good post. I remember meeting some lads form the navy in Dublin and asking a few questions about it. One of the things that I found surprising is that most of the blokes were from inland counties like Tipp, Carlow and one bloke from Tyrone. Thing is and this is a sort of foolish expectation, is that I expected most of the sailors to come from a sea fairing background, sons of fishermen etc
Besides that, they all seemed to really like been in the navy, most seemed to think they would spend the rest of their working days in it ( and this was well before the recession ). Seems like a good career choice to me.

hey

most of the lads i know are from inland counties and people from opposite ends of the country like donegal, galway dublin etc so for them to move to cork which is as most know the base for the navy in ireland is a big thing for them, im lucky in that im from cork city originally so a 20 minute drive every morning is all i have to do but these lads dont get home for months on end and sometimes have to apply for leave just to see there families so i think they have it harder than most.

i have no sea going background what so ever which is the same for most people in the navy, lots of people from cobh in the navy but that is a navy town so most just follow what others do or what their fathers have done before them, i joined after seeing a navy booth at a career exhibition and it appealed to me since i knew i wasnt the type to sit through 4 years of college and spend the rest of my life in an office or somethin to that extent. so i joined the navy and its been exciting so far. im in chad now so im getting around a bit.

i plan on staying in the navy although ill take a leave of absence for a year or so and go travelling but i plan on coming back and continuing my career in the navy since its a very secure job in the economic conundrum we have ( its all that obama and the bildeburg group i tells ya) at the moment.

McArmalite

serjical_strike wrote: »

hey

most of the lads i know are from inland counties and people from opposite ends of the country like donegal, galway dublin etc so for them to move to cork which is as most know the base for the navy in ireland is a big thing for them, im lucky in that im from cork city originally so a 20 minute drive every morning is all i have to do but these lads dont get home for months on end and sometimes have to apply for leave just to see there families so i think they have it harder than most.

i have no sea going background what so ever which is the same for most people in the navy, lots of people from cobh in the navy but that is a navy town so most just follow what others do or what their fathers have done before them, i joined after seeing a navy booth at a career exhibition and it appealed to me since i knew i wasnt the type to sit through 4 years of college and spend the rest of my life in an office or somethin to that extent. so i joined the navy and its been exciting so far. im in chad now so im getting around a bit.

i plan on staying in the navy although ill take a leave of absence for a year or so and go travelling but i plan on coming back and continuing my career in the navy since its a very secure job in the economic conundrum we have ( its all that obama and the bildeburg group i tells ya) at the moment.

Dare I say it but I think they'll be a few jealous blokes here after reading your posts - and do you think I might be one of them . ( On the economic front I have a building trade and as you can see I have plenty of time on my hands at the moment !!!!)

serjical_strike

McArmalite wrote: »

Dare I say it but I think they'll be a few jealous blokes here after reading your posts - and do you think I might be one of them . ( On the economic front I have a building trade and as you can see I have plenty of time on my hands at the moment !!!!)

ah i doubt there will be anyone jealous here its just lucky i landed in this since before this i was an apprectice plasterer and that fell through so i joined the navy which in the long run was for the best.