u/Desperate-Laugh-7965

With AI taking over..wondering if IT is still a rate worth looking into in today’s world with hopes of making good money when out.

I’ve considered so far…STG, but being on a destroyer as someone who gets motion sick idk..plus it doesn’t really translate to civilian jobs as much. HM…I have some previous background in some medical. But, with the slow rank up and honestly not the highest paying civilian hospital jobs etc..Then I go back to considering IT. Do most IT’s go on carriers? Are there any spots for them on shore? Honestly at my age of 40, almost 41 if I do decide to enlist, I want to do something I can get out and make really good money. Cyber Security sounded interesting but I don’t really want to be in a windowless room for years. At least with IT if I get assigned a ship, I would travel.

I’m just lost and can’t make up my mind. Enlisting would flip my whole world upside down. Not necessarily in a bad way as I’m down and out and honestly enlisting would be a great opportunity for me. I’m having trouble accepting I’d have to leave my friends and dog for months or even years, depending where the navy puts me. But I would be bettering my future. How do yall cope with leaving behind loved ones and pets while enlisted?

How long does it take to rank up to E5 as a Corpsman? Assuming I go in as E3. I’ve heard it takes a long time. My main goal is to reach E5
ASAP to get BAH to live off base. I’m single and no children.

Are there any specific NEC’s that would rank up faster?

Thanks for any replies.

I’m 40 and female and have posted a few times about other rates. I have discovered what I really want to do is be a medic in the field with the marines. I do have an associates in MRI technology but I feel like being in a hospital all day would bore me. I’m more into the liking of being a part of a greenside battalion and working along side marines. I’m too old to enlist as a marine, and it seems the HM rate greenside field medic would be a loophole for me to do the job I really want to do. I’m also already living in north county SD, so it would be amazing if I got lucky and was stationed at Camp Pendleton or Miramar.

Any insight on how to go about securing this role? I’ve read many HM prefer not to do field work and would rather work in hospitals which I think would increase my chance of getting what I want?