US Navy reviews

For a young college graduate, becoming an Officer in the US Navy gives you leadership and management as well as verbal and written communications skills from day one. Benefits above the other services include: world travel, the honor of serving as a warfighter (comparing being a Submariner or Naval Aviator vs. an Army or Air Force Communications Officer), camraderie. The Navy builds all of its officers to be leaders and generalists from day one. That may at times mean you have to succeed with little training, but those who swim and don't sink will find they are better leaders because of it. This also gives certain fields, such as Pilots, experience as budget managers, leading maintenance troops, etc, beyond just flying a plane.

There are very few jobs where a recent college graduate will be given so much responsibility and opportunity to achieve results. Almost every career field has specialized training and sets its officers up for success. The best jobs involve leading teams of people. Although the demographic is not very diverse ("white male" could describe the vast majority of commissioned officers), there is a tremendous amount of camaraderie.