IC2 in less than 3 years in the navy here. Had to study my ass off on deployment and scored in the 99th percentile just to make it by 4 points. Whoever needs to hear this: DO NOT STOP GRINDING. You never know what or how much you can achieve by just continuously and restlessly working. Congrats too bro!
Made E6 right at my 7 year mark and got selected for OCS the same year. Do NOT Stop Grinding! I repeat do not stop grinding. Don’t let folks tell you what you can and cannot do. 8 years in now
A lot depends on work ethic and desire. Quotas for different rates come out every advancement cycle. I never paid any attention to that. And they change every cycle, dependent on what the Navy requires. Study, qualify your watch stations quickly, take on collateral duties (DCPO, 3M Coordinator, etc), and it will fall into place. As you advance, it starts getting harder. Especially the jump from E-6 to E-7. Now you are going against a lot of hard chargers and your evaluations which are studied by a board of Chief Petty Officers mean as much or more than the test percentage-wise. After Chief (E-7) you will no longer take a test. Everything is about your record and what you have done during your career is studied by a board. You are now going against some very elite competition for Senior Chief (E-8) and Master Chief (E-9). This is where arduous duty really pays off. Where you didn't take the "cake" assignments during your career. I made CPO in 8 years. SCPO took longer, as I made it at 17 years. I made Master Chief at 20 years. Sorry, this is long-winded but it may help someone out who makes the Navy a career. Take the hard assignments and it will pay off.
New sailor here. And, I just got promoted to E-4 with the "accelerated advancement program" from A-School. Do you have a video or can you, please, explain the eval grading system? You're talking about MP, EP, etc... What does that mean? And how can an eval affect your chances to rank up or not? Can you give practical examples? Truly appreciate it.
Congrats man, I respect the grind. Been watching your videos on being a sonar technician. Thx to you I plan on joining as one as well, I take my ASVAB on Monday wish me luck.
I know an ETCM that made E7 in 8 and E9 in 14. A PSC that made E7 in 6. What you are saying is correct, but there are so many factors that play into it. As a 6Y.O. STG you get pushbutton E4, which you can get in under 1 year (if you graduate bootcamp as an E3). Everything after that is eval based, how well you do on the test, and quotas for your rate. My only advice is to be careful doing too much too soon. If you want to make it a career, understand that you want to show progression in your evals. Which means you don’t have to get every qual so quickly. Hopefully that makes sense. Congrats! -FC1
Yeah I realized that taking a lot of collaterals early on doesn’t give a lot to do to show growth so you end up having to just do a lot more to show progress for a good eval
To any Corpsman, I will say your best shot for quick HM2 is a combo of luck, hard work, ass-kissing, and an SRB wouldn't hurt. We are, if you didn't already know, are notorious for not picking up. I've worked with an HM2 who was in for 3 years and he had all of the above minus the SRB. Say focus, work hard, and most importantly remember that your job is helping your fellow service members and saving lives. Too many corpsmen forgetting what the rate means.
Made HM2 just under 3 and got a CMAP to HM1 at 5.5. Commissioned at 8.5 years. It is very possible to pick up rank fast. Did three deployments (OIFx1 and OEF x2). I worked at a Hospital at my first command and was deployed for most of it. Wouldn’t say I was well-liked by 1st classes at my first command some of that had to do with me calling them out when orders to Iraq or Afghanistan came up and they disappeared and some of it had to do with jealousy. When you have E3s & E4s coming back from Iraq who when they left only had a national defense medal and then they come back with CARs, NAMs, COMs, Purple Hearts, or in one case an E3 with a BSM/V. I saw a lot of jealousy from 2nd and especially from a lot of 1st Classes at my command. If you work hard it’s hard to ignore. I will say the Chiefs at my command were great and lead from the front.
Don't forget to think beyond the next chevron. If you even have an inkling that you might want to stay longer than one hitch, remember that the system changes once you start charging for the anchor. The test only qualifies you to get before the board. Take the hard jobs, continue to grind, focus on leadership and expertise. In today's Navy, be sure to have more than one warfare qual (thank God that in my Day (yes, I'm that old...) one was enough). Keep your nose clean and be diplomatic in standing up for what is right.
So to sum it up you worked you rear off. Great job. Air Force vet here and my job was fixing medical equipment. It was not like the flight line guys who had manuals and guides for every little thing. We had to learn a lot more hand on or even how to call tech support and work with the mfg. When it came to work on the more dangerous/critical pieces like sterilizers or x ray equipment you could tell the ones who wanted to learn and work. Oh that’s broken can I come with you and learn how to work on it? Also those that volunteer vs voluntold to do something. Just the attitude difference helps.
Highly motivated persons are exactly the ones who will always have the greatest intrinsic rewards. The "system" is not always fair, never be deterred. Good leadership will encourage you, sometimes there is none, never be deterred. You will learn how "not to lead" from worthless leadership, use that experience to set an example, and be a leader for the new sailors. Some so called leaders will not like you setting a leadership example that they fail to set, do not be deterred, what matters is what you learn that helps others, that is the key to battle readiness. Battle readiness is everything, do not be deterred. It is "not" about you, it is about being a good shipmate, which worthless leadership will never be. Do Not Be Deterred. ~~~~~~~~~~~ FAIR WINDS AND FLLOWING SEAS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you for great advice, for People looking at promotion. YES ask questions no matter hao people look at you, as that's a stupid question. No question is ever stupid if it make or Learns you what you need to know. The only stupid question is the one not asked. When at Sea you might as well study, Learn as much as you can, being confined to a steel hull. Why not take advantage of that, being your on a small Island. Beat to luck with your future.
Wow nice job. This is a testament to your hard work & dedication. I was inspired by your video. You have a valuable mindset that will allow you to achieve great things in whatever you put your mind to.
Hi Kello, would you do me and prob. others a favor and break down the abbreviations of the rates and other description of all the abbreviations of activities or paperwork etc. ive been out of the NAVY since 1985 and dont remember alot of the abbreviations plus dont know any new ones other than my own rate wich was FC-E5, Thanks really will appreciate it looking forward. I really enjoy your vids and your style, good luck!
This is a good advice more me, I enlisted 2 weeks ago. I am leaving within the 25th of August. I wanna make it to OCS since I got cybersecurity job and I have a bachelor's degree so I really want to build a career in the Navy. Wish me luck, still need to workout to build endurance for boot camp.
My granddaughter is graduating HS this year and wants to enlist . Her goal is to go for HM but it seems she doesn’t have the best recruiter to advise her. He seems more interested in just getting her name on a list and not at all concerned as to what she would like to go for. Any advice on today’s NAVY? It wasn’t like this during my years of service.
I went during COVID which was an interesting time but your job honestly determins your experience so I would say slow down and choose wisely cause you could end up doing something you hate and being stuck in a contract
E5 is the best pay jump and if you’re unmarried in the navy give you a housing allowance and some privileges that you wouldn’t get at a lower rank unless you’re married
Heck, I was E-5 in two years in 1972....all I wanted to do was get out. And I did........became a multimillionaire, I made more money in one week in the stock market than my entire 30 month navy career....which bored me to death......glad I served, though. I was in Vietnam half my time, the ship Oklahoma City sucked, terrible
Yes it can be. E5 on a smaller ship pretty much take on a load of responsibilities, you’re not too high in the ranks to sit in the office all day doing paperwork but not to low to be doing random busy work so it’s a mixture of everything. You’re a leader and a worker bee combined
@@omari7877 it depends on what type of E5 you are tbh… if you are more growth and leadership focused it can be stressful but if you’re kinda like whatever and don’t take on leadership roles and stuff it’s not as stressful
@@KelloTheArtist ok...im an E4 right now and I’m studying for the E5 exam.I’m just a little nervous since I’ll have a lot more responsibilities.I really want to be ready.I don’t want to suck as a high ranking.
@@omari7877 what I did was start taking on some of the higher roles and quals early and I feel like it helped because when I made E5 I wasn’t worried about going dinq on quals and trying to catch up to everyone and already was being trained by people in the positions I wanted so I had an idea of how to do stuff
