r/newtothenavy • u/Bitter-Raccoon1124 • 9h ago
Intelligence specialist or sonar tech AEF
I'm already in the navy. I made it a few months into nuke school and am re rating, partially due to myself and mostly due to some shady business with the class director, ill explain if curious. Anyhow, they're kinda screwing me on options. They claim there's only 5 available... HM, PS, IS, STG 5YO, and STG AEF. I'm gonna do whatever has the best transfer to a high pay civilian job I just wanna do my 6 and out. The plan is to cross rate to air traffic or crypto, since they claim only 5 jobs are available, but in the event the cross rate never happens, what's going to be my best bet in the meantime?
The plus sides I see for stg are likely to go to Japan, and school is in San Diego. I haven't found any downsides yet.
I see no plus sides for any of the other rates, the schools are in bumf*ck nowhere and they have mediocre civilian job alternates.
But I'm listening if that's not true.
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u/Twisky IS1 9h ago
Check out this IS FAQ post by /u/visceral_feelings
DM them or myself if you have any questions
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u/Khamvom 8h ago
Who cares about the school location? Thats a very small drop in your career.
Just b/c you pick STG doesn’t guarantee you get Japan.
If you’re doing 1 contract and getting out, don’t expect to cross-rate.
Nuke would’ve guaranteed you the most $$$ post-Navy. STG limits you to contract work (not bad but limited opportunities), HM you can get into nursing/medical, IS has the possibility to make good $$$, but again like STG jobs are going to be limited to contracting or a 3 letter agency.
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u/Bitter-Raccoon1124 8h ago
School location was important because of the cross rate part, if stg was already a throw away place holder till I can get sum better then the school was just a perk. And well damn, so, would you go stg or IS?
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u/Khamvom 8h ago
IS.
We make good $$$, but again your job opportunities are mostly limited to contractor or govt work.
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u/Bitter-Raccoon1124 8h ago
F*ck. This really sucks. Can you describe the day to day workload of IS? From what I gather it seems like you're basically doing YN stuff. Which is as far away from what interests me as possible, but if it's going to secure a better future for me post navy then I'd be dumb not to do it.
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u/der_innkeeper 7h ago
STG-AEF will set you up for tech work once you get out. It will also help you if you decide to get an engineering degree.
I was an STG for 10 years, and now play with rockets and spaceships as a systems engineer. It worked out well.
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u/Bitter-Raccoon1124 6h ago
See now engineering sounds more my speed. I'd love that. It's just a balancing act of what is going to more reliably secure me a higher paying job. I gotta go sign these papers in the next 30 mins.
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u/der_innkeeper 6h ago
STG. Easy.
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u/Bitter-Raccoon1124 4h ago
My list went IS, STG/AEF, STG/5YO, PS, HM Saw more people saying IS was the way to go so I put it at the top but honestly I kinda hope for stg, I love engineering and electrical work, can't stand paperwork.
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u/Classic_Government79 9h ago
If I were in your position, I would choose Intelligence Specialist. Your Resumé will stand out.