Salam everyone,

As some of you might already know I signed up for the US Navy a while back. Well I was scheduled to go to boot camp May 27th but due to circumstances I'm going on Monday. My plans are to become a Naval officer but first I must go through boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois followed by A school in Mississippi(Ya I know a Persian American in Mississippi this should be fun).

Well I just want people to understand that I'm not some sort of vatan foroosh. I still love Iran with all of my heart but I've been laid off now for a year. I was working at Worley Parsons as a scheduling coordinator untill I got laid off, along with probably 2,000 other people who worked there. Not everyone there is an engineer at Worley like me I was more on the business side. The US economy is TERRIBLE the worst since the Great Depression in the 1930's.

I say this so that you guys don't think I'm some gung ho redneck American. I also recently finished the 2nd grade in Persian and will continue once I finish my boot camp. I hope that in four or five years the economy will get better and I can leave the Navy. I won't be able to post here for at least two months so if you don't see me here you know why.

Good luck to everyone here I'll keep you guys updated once I finish boot camp.

Good luck man, and let us know how things are going when you get a chance.

Good luck agha.

Thank you artavile and Kaesra jan I will definately update you guys once I have internet access after boot camp. I'm like 99.9% positive I won't have internet access at boot camp but 8 weeks from Monday I'll graduate. The second I have a chance I'll tell you guys all about my experience.

Sherwin jaan, I personally think that your making a mistake, but I still wish you nothing but success and happiness.

Sherwin jaan, I personally think that your making a mistake, but I still wish you nothing but success and happiness.

I respect that ramino jan you are entitled to your opinion but it's not going to change my mind. You are not the only one who thinks I'm making a big mistake, but once my mind is made up on something I don't listen to anyone. Oh and by the way I'll shoot you a PM because I was asked by Irani Admin for us to be writers for this forum so check your pm box.

Salam everyone,

As some of you might already know I signed up for the US Navy a while back. Well I was scheduled to go to boot camp May 27th but due to circumstances I'm going on Monday. My plans are to become a Naval officer but first I must go through boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois followed by A school in Mississippi(Ya I know a Persian American in Mississippi this should be fun).

Well I just want people to understand that I'm not some sort of vatan foroosh. I still love Iran with all of my heart but I've been laid off now for a year. I was working at Worley Parsons as a scheduling coordinator untill I got laid off, along with probably 2,000 other people who worked there. Not everyone there is an engineer at Worley like me I was more on the business side. The US economy is TERRIBLE the worst since the Great Depression in the 1930's.

I say this so that you guys don't think I'm some gung ho redneck American. I also recently finished the 2nd grade in Persian and will continue once I finish my boot camp. I hope that in four or five years the economy will get better and I can leave the Navy. I won't be able to post here for at least two months so if you don't see me here you know why.

Good luck to everyone here I'll keep you guys updated once I finish boot camp.

best of luck man. Navy will make man out of you :laser:

Good luck.
Bring back photos.

Good luck.
Bring back photos.

I will definitely ask my mom or dad to bring a camera with them and take pictures of me graduating from boot camp. I won't be able to take photos while I'm in boot camp lol national security man. They would dishonerable discharge my ass so fast it will make my head spin if I tried something like that, but taking pictures on graduation day no sweat. Thank you for your kind words bro.

Sorry I didn't respond earlier Sherwin jaan, but this is one of the main reasons I decided to log in this weekend.

The best of luck to you bro and try to stay out of trouble. From what I've heard the US Navy is very strict, even more so than the army. You being Iranian, it's not out of realm of possibilities for your peers to butt heads with you or try and get you in trouble. So, just keep a cool head and consider yourself a cultural ambassador while you're there. :)

So, how long is your commitment or can you leave any time you want (let's say if you find another job)?

Good luck to you Sherwin and I wish you a great success on your new endeavor.
And NO!! it is not vatan forooshi.
US Armed Forces have 10s of 1000s enlisted military personnel with different ethnicity than those of who wer born in US for generations.
As I told you on the other board they will never ask to do anything against your native land ever, as a matter of fact if you voluntarily decide to do so there will be multiple sessions of consultaion to discourage you from doing it because of possible future remorse and consecuent mental stress.
So good luck to you, and try to graduate as head of of your classmates.

As I told you on the other board they will never ask to do anything against your native land ever, as a matter of fact if you voluntarily decide to do so there will be multiple sessions of consultaion to discourage you from doing it because of possible future remorse and consecuent mental stress.


That's cool Rasoul jaan. I didn't know that. Do you know if Canada has similar practices? That was the main reason I didn't join the CAF. They would have paid for my Aerospace degree and given me a salary while in shool. It, sure would have beat finishing school with a huge student loan (which was still very small compared to others).

That's cool Rasoul jaan. I didn't know that. Do you know if Canada has similar practices? That was the main reason I didn't join the CAF. They would have paid for my Aerospace degree and given me a salary while in shool. It, sure would have beat finishing school with a huge student loan (which was still very small compared to others).
Behrou jAn,
I don't know about Canada, but it is very possible that they have implemented similar regulations because among all Western world armed forces there are plenty of non-native recruits who under no circumstances will do anything in detriment of his/her own native nation.
OH BTW: You let go of flying a F/A-18 Super Hornet? I will never forgive you for that.;):)

Sorry I didn't respond earlier Sherwin jaan, but this is one of the main reasons I decided to log in this weekend.

The best of luck to you bro and try to stay out of trouble. From what I've heard the US Navy is very strict, even more so than the army. You being Iranian, it's not out of realm of possibilities for your peers to butt heads with you or try and get you in trouble. So, just keep a cool head and consider yourself a cultural ambassador while you're there. :)

So, how long is your commitment or can you leave any time you want (let's say if you find another job)?
You got to have a thick skin and if you show them that it doesn't bother you, soon they will accept you and you will be apart of the team. My commitment so far is 4 years but I'll hopefully become an officer after a year and I might need to sign for anotehr 4-5 yeras. I think of myself as a cultural ambassador because I can hopefully change some of their early perceptions about how Persian Americans really are. Hopefully I will get to learn from other cultures while I'm there as well.

Motori jan damet garm and I agree with you bro. Oh and since I wear glasses they won't let me near any planes so you don't need to worry about that lol.

Granted this is too late but I just wanted to share you something about when I had a brush with the US Navy back in 1994. i was in college and saw a flier advertising recruitment for the Navy nuclear engineering program. As I was studying engineering it interested me and I called up and set an appointment. As a college student the money was fantastic: $4000 upon acceptance and $1200 a month until I graduated at which point I was obligated to two more years. They paid for a trip to their base in Jacksonville and it was only when I got there that I realized this had nothing to do with engineering at all but rather joining the navy as any high school graduate might also do. I already started to doubt whether it was a good idea but what really sealed the deal for me was when they said once I got accepted, regardless of all of the family and friends that I have in Iran, I would have to cut all ties and correspondence 100%. I didn't say anything at the time but once I got back from Jacksonville, I politley thanked them for the all expense trip and then declined their offer.
I'm hoping they don't have any such restrictions on you regarding communicating with Iran or Iranians.

Behrou jAn,
I don't know about Canada, but it is very possible that they have implemented similar regulations because among all Western world armed forces there are plenty of non-native recruits who under no circumstances will do anything in detriment of his/her own native nation.
OH BTW: You let go of flying a F/A-18 Super Hornet? I will never forgive you for that.;):)

Tell me about it Rasoul jaan. The super hornet is slightly after my time :Oldguy: but the CF-18 would have been a great little ride and an F-16 (if we had them) would have sealed the deal for me. I don't know why I have always had this affinity for the F-16 - it's such a sexy little plane! :)

This is why it's always good to have more experienced friends though. Had I known the fact that I would never be required to go to comabt against my native country when I was 17, I really think it would have made a difference in the decision I made. It was such a sweet deal, having my education pad for, getting paid on top of that and maybe getting the opportunity to fly something like the CF-18. I think I would have made a very good adrenaline junkie too. :(

Good luck Sherwin jan.