100+ Places That Give a Military Discounts

Here is a list of 100+ places that give a military discount.  Some are based on location and may vary from store to store it is always good practice to ask. 

Quotas for Chief are out!!!

Overall numbers are down from 24.09% to 23.64%.  Ratings like PR and MM are down a few pts but  most hard hit was CTN and CTI GRP4 dropping 30 pts.. Other rating saw 10+ point increases giving some 1st some much needed hope.  To see all the quotas Click here.

No more CAP now it’s MAP

The Navy has replaced the Command Advancement Program or CAP with the Meritorious Advancement Program or MAP.  Why did CAP get replaced with MAP and what changed other than the name and will it affect you?   

 

You May Want to Rethink Your Facebook Habbits.

NAVADMIN 129/15 released in May gives a guideline for “Standards of Conduct” on social media.  It applies to all DOD personnel contractor and Civilian and could affect how you treat social media.  As always I would suggest reading the full message but if you are lazy here is the abridged version.

Say goodbye to DON Requiered NKO GMT's......

I’ve been checking NKO and FLTMPS for the last couple days to see if GMT requirements would actually change like the SECNAV said.  Finally today they updated to the NEW required GMT list.  So what all training was removed from requirement by the navy?

Secretary of The Navy Announces BIG Policy Changes…..

In a recent speech the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus talked about why we have seen so many changes and announced some big changes coming to the navy.

“Some Changes will take place at the speed of my pen, some changes at the speed of congress.”

----Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus 

So what are these changes?

The 2015 September Navy Exam Message is out! Are you Eligible to Take the Exam?

2015 Exams start in September.  What questions do you  need to ask to make sure  you’re  eligible for the exam?

 

New Selective Reenlistment Bonus' 2015

Many SRB's have lowered or gone completely away but overall there has been an increase in bonus'.  How could this affect you and your money?

Congratulations to all Who Were Selected for Master Chief!

The list is out so go and see if a Senior Chief you know made it.

Go here to see the list.

Things My Recruiter Didn’t Tell Me: How to Survive “Cranking”

This will be the first of hopefully many posts on “Things My Recruiter Didn’t Tell Me.” These posts will be about stuff you may want to know about that the recruiter probably won’t/didn’t tell you.    

How to Survive “Cranking”

When I joined the Navy everyone told me including my recruiter “If you have the chance go to a ship first do it.  You will learn a lot and advance quicker.”  That advice turned out to be very true. My first and second commands were ships and I prospered, I learned my rating and advanced very fast.  After a few months at my first shore duty I put on First Class Petty Officer.  In only 6 years I had advance from E1 to E6 I attribute that to going to a ship first.

What they didn’t tell me about being going to a ship was that I would go Cranking.  I had no idea what Cranking was, even after my first couple weeks on the big deck amphib I was oblivious to what Cranking really was.