It has been said often that without recording something on film it is like it never happened. This is the reason the Navy is always in need of those with a passion for taking pictures. The pictures you take will help to not only commemorate the efforts of the rest of the soldiers. You will be able to help in military planning and in recruitment. There are several incentives to help you make up your mind to pursue a career in photography in the United States Navy.

What Talents You Should Have

Obviously if you are thinking about pursuing a photography career in the Navy, you should have some experience using a camera. This is important so that you can have a base on which you can build. The classes you will go through will help you to learn the best ways to take professional looking photographs in combat situations as well as around the base for other types of promotions.

How the Training Benefits You

The very first thing you will do in training for a career as a photographer in the Navy is combat training. This is because you do not want to be defenseless when you are put into a combat situation. You will learn how best to protect yourself and the rest of those in the unit you will be attached to.

Your future will be set when you work as a Navy photographer because you will earn what will translate into college credit if you choose to pursue a college degree in the arts. You will also gain education and experience which will be useful in the pursuit of future careers in the civilian world.

That’s right. Veterinary services in the Navy are in high demand.  Animals and people have worked together for thousands of years and nowhere have they proved more useful than in the US Navy. Service dogs can be found aboard almost every ship and on every Naval installation in many countries around the globe. Want to learn how you can become a Navy veterinarian?  Click here.

Earn While Your Learn to Become a Veterinarian

The average cost of attending a civilian veterinary program in the United States is approximately $15,000 to $20,000 per academic year for in state students and up to $50,000 or more for out of state students, with most programs lasting 4 years. Students attending a veterinary program in the Navy will pay absolutely nothing to attend the program and will earn a respectable salary while enrolled in class.

This is on top of the excellent medical benefits and paid room and board. No other program can offer the same opportunities to prospective students. Plus, after graduation, students immediately go to work diagnosing and treating a number of illnesses and injuries instead of spending years as a resident. To find out how to take advantage of this lucrative opportunity, click here to learn more.

Life After the Navy

Your training, education and experience will last long after you leave the military. Your hands-on experience will translate directly into college credit at almost any university or college around the country. If you have been dreaming of becoming a veterinarian and would like to serve your country while getting a free education, click here to find out more.

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When we say get physical, we don’t just mean during boot camp or physical training. We mean getting physical helping others heal from their wounds. Yes, it is possible to get physical while using your brain in the Army, Navy or any other branch of the military. It’s called physical therapy. Click here to find out more about physical therapist Navy jobs.

Navy Physical Therapists are Healers

When you think of a healer, you may think doctors, nurses, or maybe even a religious career. But Navy physical therapists are also healers. Helping injured soldiers returning from war or even those who hurt themselves during training is not only rewarding for the soldier or sailor your are helping, but also for yourself. Imagine the feeling of helping someone and maybe even changing their life for the better, then imagine that feeling every day for the rest of your life. That’s what it’s like being a US Navy physical therapist.

Get a Leading Advantage over Civilian Physical Therapists

Many civilian physical therapists help people who have ankle sprains, are healing their broken bones or athletes recovering from a sports-related injury. But as an Army or Navy physical therapist you will be helping sailors and soldiers get their lives back together after injury. You are trying to them return to a workplace that means more than just a cubicle. It means serving their country. Find out here how to get into this rewarding career.

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Are you fluent in a language other than English? Have you always wanted to become fluent in a language other than English? Are you interested in traveling the world by plane and submarine? If so, consider a career in linguistics… beginning with full benefits and paid training in the Navy!

Interpreting Allies and Enemies

After joining the Navy, you’ll enter training where you’ll learn what it takes to be a world-class sailor in one of the most elite organizations in the world. Then, you’ll begin advanced training where you’ll study your language of choice for up to one year. You’ll then enter the Navy as a full-fledged member where you’ll handle and interpret high classified information from both US allies and enemies. During your time in the Navy, you’ll be placed overseas on a Naval base and you’ll be required to volunteer in the air crew and aboard a submarine, making your experience truly diverse.  Click Here to begin your adventure today.

Civilian Life

When you’re finished with your tour of duty in the military, you’ll be qualified to work as an interpreter for any organization at home or abroad that needs one, or you can teach your language by enrolling in the Troops to Teachers Program. You’ll also receive college credit for your time in the Navy, giving you a jumpstart on your college career.   Click here to begin an in demand career with top of the line pay that unites the world.

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Tree-huggers find Navy jobs as environmentalists. Environmentalists work in all branches of the Military including the Army, Navy and National Guard. The job of the environmentalist is to protect the other Military personnel members from dangers posed by the environment, whether this be through stagnant or unsanitary drinking water or disposal of human waste.

Navy Teaches How to Hug Trees

After the required 9 weeks of basic “boot camp” training, the training Military environmentalist will receive additional educational training to learn how to complete his or her required job duties during Military service. Courses of training will include leaning how to regulate and sanitize drinking water, inspecting food for safety, proper disposal of human and other hazardous waste and even learning how to defuse bombs. Environmentalists also learn how to plan for natural disasters and detect and defend against nuclear and chemical warfare or radiation in war zones and on the home front.  

Learn more about training for Navy environmentalists when you Click Here.

Hug Onto a Great Career after Navy Service

Finding a career on home soil will not be a problem for a retiring Military environmentalist. The experience and knowledge gained during Navy service will prepare the veteran for numerous environmental careers back in the States. Optional careers for the veteran returning to civilian life include sewage waste management, water treatment and crop sciences. Environmentalists may work for local communities or as advisors to national organizations or the government and depending upon experience and expertise, may bank between $37,000 and $58,000 yearly, according to 2006 figures.

Fancy yourself a Tree Hugger? Click Here to find your place in the Navy.

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Many people don’t realize that 88% of the recognized professions in the civilian job market exist within the military as well.  This includes finance and accounting.  And while many other firms in the financial industry have found themselves downsizing to reduce operating expenses, the US Navy is hiring.  As a matter of fact, the Navy has never laid off any active duty sailors since its inception.  Are you looking for that kind of job security?  Click here to find out more.

Accountants are in High Demand All Over the World

The US Navy needs accountants.  Accountants with the Navy may be stationed in one of many different countries, on an aircraft carrier or even in a submarine.  Accountants in the Navy are responsible for preparing semi monthly payroll, tracking expenses, managing shipboard stores, ATMs and other cash transactions.  Accountants in the Navy will also man most of the branch post offices and handle certain types of certified mail.  The education and training of a Navy accountant range widely, making them well respected and highly sought after in their fields.  For more information, click here.

After the Navy

Navy accountants can expect to transfer most if not all of their training and military education to almost any college or university in the country.  Or, if you prefer, you can enter into the job market immediately, secure in the knowledge that you will qualify for many upper level accounting and management positions.  Many individuals with prior Navy experience open their own bookkeeping or accounting firms.  The options are limitless.  To find out how to get started in accounting through the US Navy, click here.

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Are you interested in becoming a rabbi or minister but have found it difficult to begin pursuing the career? Do you want to travel around the world while you counsel some of the most elite sailors in the world? If so, consider a career as a chaplain in the US Navy.

Serving Others

After joining the US Navy, you’ll receive training to become a world-class sailor. You’ll learn the skills needed to become a top marine. After your regular training, you’ll receive advanced training on providing counseling, leading prayer and memorial services, lending your hand as a support to members of the US Navy and learn to provide moral guidance to sailors. As a US Navy chaplain, you might travel aboard a ship to provide counseling and assistance, or you might be stationed on land as US Navy chaplain in a hospital. Whatever you do, you’ll be an important member of the US Navy team, providing marines with an ear of support and a word of comfort.  Click Here to begin your path to a Higher Calling.  

Investing in Your Future

The time you spent in the US Navy is fully transferrable to an accredited institution of higher learning. Use your skills you’ve learned to study to become a minister or rabbi, or plan to study something else. Either way, you’ll have a head start on your degree and will be well on your way to a civilian career.  Click here to begin your journey today.

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Have you always drawn as a hobby but were unsure how to make the leap to a professional? Do you love to create graphics for friends and presentations? Are you looking for a career where you can serve and protect your country while doing what you love? Consider a career in the US Navy, and make those dreams a reality!

Sailing Toward Your Goals

Upon joining the US Navy, you’ll receive several weeks of basic training where you’ll learn how to become one of the most elite sailors in the world. You’ll then receive advanced training where you’ll learn about all kinds of illustrating mediums, including airbrush, pencil sketches and paints. Your graphics may even end up in a high profile Pentagon presentation or in the US Navy Magazine. Click Here to begin a career where you can do what you love and serve your family and country.

When Your Navy Service is Over, Your Career Continues!

After you’ve been discharged from the US Navy, you’ll have the skills to become a graphic designer at any major advertising firm, be able to work at a web design company or even lend your skills to Hollywood as a cartoonist. If you’d rather keep drawing as a hobby and go back to school, you’ll already have a head start: the US Military grants college credits to those who have completed its programs.   Click here to begin a career that offers you real rewards.

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Journalists in the US Military help to spread the word of important news to all military branches including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and National Guard. Journalists may work as writers, video reporters or voice reporters to convey relevant and important news according to military guidelines for information disclosure. Journalists must pay close attention to information and ensure that security is not breached through disclosure of news items.

Learn the Words of the Navy

Educational courses are required to become a Navy journalist. The first course a potential journalist will take is the Basic Public Affairs Specialist-Writer course. During this course, candidates will perform voice auditions in order to receive acceptance into the Basic Public Affairs Specialist-Broadcasting course. Upon completion of both courses, the journalist will work an apprenticeship of 6 months at a Military Broadcasting Service such as a radio, television or newspaper service for the Armed Forces.

 Read into the journalists work duties when you Click Here.

 Hang On Every Word: Reporting the Word after Navy Duty

Retiring military journalists should have no trouble putting their experience and skills to use at a civilian journalist career. Well-known military journalists will easily slip into reporting careers with national broadcasting services while other military journalists should be able to find career opportunities in their own communities. Local radio stations, television stations and newspapers offer careers to veteran military journalists. In the modern world, Internet broadcasting and Internet journalism are great options for veteran journalists who wish to work from home or cannot find positions elsewhere.

Click Here to find out more about transitioning to civilian life after military service.

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Do you want to be a teacher but are unsure of how to start your job? Do you want to travel around the world serving something bigger than yourself before you start your career as a teacher? If so, consider a job in the US Navy where you can make an investment in yourself before making an investment in the future generation.

Learning a Trade

The US Navy has set up a program called Troops to Teachers, which allows former members of the US Navy to seamlessly transition from a sailor to an educator. When you join the US Navy, you’ll first enter into basic training where you’ll learn to become a sailor. When you’ve finished your training as a sailor, you’ll be able to go into advanced training where you’ll learn a trade. Hundreds of careers are available within the US Navy, from music to plumbing. Choose one you have a background in or learn something new.  Click Here to begin your US Navy adventure today!

Teaching the Future

After completing your time in the US Navy, you can go back to school to earn your Bachelor’s degree (you’ll even receive college credits for participating in the US Navy) or go straight into the Troops to Teachers Program, if you’ve already got a Bachelor’s degree. In the Troops to Teachers Program, you’ll receive support to gain your teaching credential and a stipend of up to $5,000. Those with a background in science or mathematics are given priority, although all former members of the US Navy are welcome. Click here to start a career with tangible rewards.

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