<p>I was wondering if anyone could supply insight as to what life is like once you have actually been commissioned into the Navy? If I were to be married to someone in the Navy does it make family life more difficult? What if both my husband and I wish to go career Navy?</p>
<p>Oh and I want to be an aviator-does anyone know how that could affect your family life?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!</p>
<p>If the Navy wants you to have a girlfriend / wife, she will be issued with your seabag. 
If you are interested in dual Navy careers, find yourself a Navy Nurse. Also, don’t go to the Naval Academy with the idea of finding a spouse from within the Brigade; the academy isn’t a dating service.</p>
<p>I appreciate the advise- and I def. will not use the academy as a dating service. However, I’m a girl (and from what i’ve heard the Navy has a don’t ask don’t tell policy prohibiting me from having a wife-lol) . I was more wondering if it is difficult to have support a family if both parents are career Naval officers?</p>
<h2>Both of my parents were career navy (until my mom passed away)–but up until that point, and even when it was just my dad in the navy, things were alright. you move a lot that’s for sure, in my dad’s 21 years of service that i was alive for (18), we moved 4 times (they moved a few times beforehand based on where he was stationed and all that), but it was all before 1st grade for me & my brother and 3rd grade for my sister, so it wasn’t that big of a deal for us. when i was younger, he was at work almost all the time–but that’ll be the pretty much the same with any career choice–and even with that he did have the time to be my coach in youth league sports. looking back i know i wasn’t anything but positively affected by his career in the navy (haha i’m pretty sure i turned out alright). so with that being said, hopefully it’ll give you some insight from the family’s perspective–especially being raised for the most part by a single-career navy-dad.</h2>
<p>this is definitely a good thing to think about before you commit at a minimum 9 years to the navy (including the 4 @ Annapolis). this question was touched on in some depth actually during my interview with my senator’s nomination committee.</p>
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<p>not sure if this is important, but my dad was a submariner and my mom was in the medical corps.</p>
<p>Thank you so much! That is exactly what I was hoping for! A family is important to me and I want to be sure that I will be able to both pursue a Naval career and raise awesome kids! You sound like you turned out alright to me! Thanks again!</p>