Any advice for high school student wishing to enlist in the Navy?

My son, who is 16 1/2 is wanting to go NAV when he turns 18 and graduates from high school. Is there anything he needs to be doing now to prepare? He is not wanting to do officer training, but is looking towards a career in the military. Would any of you recommend vo-tech or any other speciality classes to get him ready for his future?Any advice for high school student wishing to enlist in the Navy?
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Your son will receive all the applicable training that he is required to learn once he joins the Navy. He may get a taste of structure and military bearing by joining JNROTC, but at this point, not enough to matter.





The best he can do personally is educate himself about the military by visiting a local base, researching online at OFFICIAL Navy sites (www.navy.mil) prior to talking to a recruiter. No offense to the recruiting world, but they will tell him a lot of anything he wants to hear to get him to enlist.





He should decide what kind of career he wants in the military (his rating/job specialty) and talk to people about that job and what it entails. Then he should brush up on math, verbal skills and reading comprehension prior to taking that ASVAB (the entry level exam for the Navy).





The last thing he should do to prepare is increase his endurance for the Navy's physical readiness program. He has to be able to run a mile 1/2, do push ups and situps that meet the standard of the Navy. For 18, the run is around 12:45...





Other than that, the Navy can provide great benefits to young adults, including a steady pay check, education money, life insurance, medical and dental coverage and discipline. He will be demanded to be structured and he wil be challenged during his first enlistment.





Good luck.Any advice for high school student wishing to enlist in the Navy?
Mainly he needs to keep his nose clean, not get anyone pregnant, and avoid any trouble with the law, especially drugs.





The Military will overlook one time pot use, but any involvement with hard drugs makes it pretty much impossible to enlist, and will torpedo his chances for a security clearance.





Single parents can be difficult to deploy, the military doesn't like people who are difficult to deploy.
He should be paying attention in his regular classes. If he can't do that then the Navy is going to be a tough transition for him no matter what job he takes on. Specialty areas of study depend on what he's interested in. He should be using high school to round out his interests and try things he might like.
Assuming his scores are good, anything technical is typically a good career choice. He should talk to recruiters from every branch before deciding on Navy.
If the school has a Junior ROTC unit he should do that as much as he can. That will get him quick promotions once he gets out of basic.





He should focus on hard courses like math and science and skip the crap like Art.