What combat oriented jobs are available for the enlisted in the Navy?
Rave?now! asked:
It seems to me that special operations is the only job directly in combat for the Navy enlisted members. The other jobs seem to be more mundane tasks. Not trying to offend anyone I am just genuinely curious.
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It seems to me that special operations is the only job directly in combat for the Navy enlisted members. The other jobs seem to be more mundane tasks. Not trying to offend anyone I am just genuinely curious.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:00 am
my job for one the seabees. i am a builder and we get seal training basically Brock
December 19th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I was a radioman who sent the ATO Air Tasking Orders to the Tommy’s and Hornets with there bomb runs. Hardly mundane. Extremely fun. Especially when you walk out to the deck and smell the sulfur. mmmmmmmm. I miss those days Tuskdaddy2
December 19th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
no not just the seals are combat. You also have corpsman with a marine unit because marines dont have medics. the navy construction(seebee) can see combat. They are called the fighting seebees for a reason. Enforcer of Oblivion
December 21st, 2009 at 11:16 pm
First and foremost it would be the Navy Seals, then the Seabees. Contrary to the above answer, the Seabees DO NOT receive the same training. scotty
December 24th, 2009 at 12:56 am
SEALs, SWCC, EOD, Seabees, corpsmen (who decide to be marine medics), aircrew can see some action, but not too likely. Ekrul
December 27th, 2009 at 7:43 am
Brock, Seabee’s do not get SEAL training and please capitalize SEAL correctly. It’s not Seal or seal, it’s SEAL. It is a warfare rating, like SCW (Seabee Combat Warfare).
To answer the question. The main combat oriented ratings are SEAL, SWCC, EOD, Seabee’s, and FMF Corpsmen. Inquire further at your nearest recruiting station.
Ratings: SO,SB,EOD,CM,EO,SW,BU,EA,UT,CE,HM(FMF,8404)
Despite what they think, MA’s are not high speed Bobbi-Lyn C
December 27th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Corpsman and SEEBEES can be combat related depending on if you go FMF. Most other rates are not. Though you can volunteer to go IA (Individual Augmentee) and you can be assigned with a combat support group. John H
December 30th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
A guy from my recruiting station shipped to basic with a Combat Mechanic rating, I had never heard of it til he told me about it. Evan