navy

for those who don't know...

Since about september of 2008 I've been feeling more like I need to be attending school elsewhere. I have slowly been getting more direction and it's distinctly been feeling like I should be attending NYU. There are a few locations they're at in new york, and I'm not sure which one, but I'm sure one of them is right for me.

I've also been feeling like I'm supposed to be living back east.

My wife has also been getting these promptings and in time we've been getting better at recognizing what and how things are to work out.

We came to the conclusion of my joining the navy, and feel like it's where we're supposed to be right now. I tested well on the pre-asvab, I got an 82 where utah averages 27 (minimum required is a 30...). I'm putting in my papers today, so hopefully by the end of the week I'll have most of the preliminary stuff taken care of.

The next major step is to take the actual asvab which consists of 10 catagories, 4 which test your mental capacity for certain things (math and english mainly), then 6 catagories to see how you do in other things, like coding, engineering, etc. Upon taking it I'll be given a physical, etc, and depending on my scores in areas will determine what positions I might be able to take. There are currently positions open in journalism/photography right now, and it's my hope to make it into them.

Mom took it better than I expected, Army_sgt-bro and his wife have known for a while...My wife and I have been asking them questions. If you get calls from government people it's a background check on me seeing if I qualify for security clearance. I'm not terribly worried about it, I've had enough background checks in the past 7 years I'm not afraid of what they might find. (3 from living with mom and dad from having the proctors in the house). I do realize this one will be more in depth, much more. We would appreciate your prayers as we're heading in to this.

So far I'm looking to enter basic (I can't recall the name for it, it's the navy's form of basic training) on the 27th of April, it's a week following the monday AFTER a certain wedding we all know about. It'll be six weeks. I'll have more information about what all is going on as time rolls on, so keep listening and I'll keep putting info up about it all. Love you all, take luck!