A question about being a language translator in the Navy?

I'm thinking about being a language translator in the Navy. I want to enlist for just 2 years. But, the training typically takes a little over 1 year. Would the one-year training period be counted towards the 2 years of the initial sign-up? or would I have to serve the 2 years in addition to the one-year training, thus making the total time in the Navy a little over three years?|||National Call to Service is a program that will allow you to only serve 18 months on active duty. This 18 month counter doesn't actually start though until you complete all of your initial training. After your 18 months you will be required to serve an additional 4 years in the selected reserves. Which means that you will drill at least one weekend per month and attend 2 weeks annual training every year. The NCS program is only open to a select group of ratings or jobs. I don't remember ever seeing a NCS option for CTI (Crypto Tech Interprative). You may want to contact your local recruiter to double check that for you.





NCS is the only possible way you will get into a CTI seat without having to serve at least 6 years of active duty time. The 6 years starts the day you arrive at Basic Training. In the Navy the shortest contract that you will see is 4 years of active duty, not including the National Call to Service.|||I don't think you can enlist for 2 years active to get a CTI school slot. In the past 2 year enlistments carried with them 6 year active reserve commitments. I don't know if that's offered any more. You really need to discuss it with a recruiter.





School time is included as a part of the total active duty commitment.|||there are NO 2 year contracts in the Navy. closest is NCS: 15 months of AD service( clock starts AFTER A school) followed by a mandatory 24 months in the reserves.





CTI is NOT part of that program.





CTI is a minimum 5 years commitment, based on the length of A school training.|||A contract is a contract. If you sign up for 2 years or 4 years, that's how long you're in. If the training takes 1 of those years, then the remaining time is left on the contract.





BUT....... be sure to read the contract!!!|||Unless you get an answer from a recruiter or someone else who should really know, ask a recruiter.





One thing I know for sure, your training would be in Monterey, California, a really nice place to be.|||You can do national call to service which is 18 months, starting after school. Far as 2 yrs. goes, no you have to do 4 or more. Ask your recruiter about national call to service.