A Great Place To Launch Your Telecommunications Career

So you want to enter the telecommunications field, but you don’t know where to start? Consider the U.S. Navy. When you join the United States Navy, you’ll receive top-notch training in your chosen career field, but beyond that you’ll gain the intangibles that other formal schooling or corporate training lacks. Self-discipline, attention to detail, time management—these are all second nature to a Sailor. From the time you join the Navy, you’ll see your confidence grow and you’ll find a deep sense of integrity that comes with being a defender of freedom.

Navy telecommunications professionals are some of the best in the nation, if not the world. That is due in no small part to the first rate training provided to our men and women in uniform. But beyond the vocational training, you’ll learn life skills that you’ll carry with you beyond your time in the service. In addition, Sailors can count on a paycheck every two weeks, housing, health care and a strong retirement plan. Bring your high school diploma (or equivalent) and a readiness to learn, and the Navy will provide the best telecommunications training they have to offer. You can also be sure that your training will continue, as the military works to keep its people at the front of cutting edge technology.

Secure Jobs

In this day and age, jobs are hard to come by and in many circumstances even harder to keep. Front page news sites layoffs and cut backs. The United States Navy offers job security. There’s always a job in the Navy and the Navy takes care of its own. Perhaps you’ve shied away from the military in the past because you didn’t want to be on the front lines. Rest assured that almost 80% of the jobs in the Navy are support positions. The Navy always has a need for doctors, lawyers, cooks, and yes—computer programmers.

Telecommunications is the wave of the future. In this age of instant communication, there is a great need for people to design, create and implement the technology that brings information from next door or around the world. The military world is no different—in fact, there may even be a greater need as the United States carries out missions around the globe. Navy professionals run radar, sonar and satellites. Sailors are trained in navigation and digital communication. The skills you learn in the Navy are highly transferrable to the civilian world, as well.

Advanced Training

Yes, there will be classroom work when you are learning your job in the Navy, but stepping outside the classroom is also a critical component of your education. Simulated events can help the Sailor practice designing and reading schematics or blue prints. There’s no greater way to learn computer repair and programming than just doing it. If you’ve seen a job in the private sector that interests you, it’s very likely that you can find a counterpart in the United States Navy.

Your training begins on your very first day as a Sailor. Of course, you’ll learn the basics of what it means to be in the United States Navy right off the bat. Beyond that, you’ll attend a school that offers specialized training in your career field. This may last weeks or months or in some cases, even years. Once you have a grasp on the critical information for your field, you’ll begin on-the-job training and work right alongside a seasoned Sailor. As your skills and knowledge base increase, you’ll be able to pass along what you have learned to the young Sailors who come after you.

Your Future In The Navy… And Beyond

Traditional schools can be costly. Industry is hesitant to hire workers who don’t have experience in the telecommunications field. If this is the path you’ve chosen, consider talking to a United States Navy recruiter. He or she will help you discover the opportunities that await in the Navy. Still not sure what is the ideal career path for you? A recruiter can help you sort out the choices before you. The Navy offers aptitude testing that can identify your strengths and aptitudes and match you to appropriate jobs. Make a career of the Navy, or let the United States Navy get you started in the right direction. Either way, you’ll carry with you a set of skills that will serve you throughout your life.

Of course training and benefits are some of the big draws to a military career, but it is the intangibles that will be, perhaps, the greatest things you take away from being a Sailor. As a member of the United States Navy, you’ll experience the camaraderie that comes with working and living as a team. You’ll have the confidence of knowing that you are prepared for whatever lies ahead. You’ll have the pride of knowing that not only are you looking out for yourself and your family, you’re serving your country and protecting the freedoms of the United States of America.

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