<p>this is probably a stupid question, but when you say rates, what exactly are you talking about?
:P
thanks!</p>
<p>nah its cool. rates are like pieces of knowledge and information that you are supposed to know. they will give you a sheet or two of paper with rates on them like the mission statement, 5th law of the navy, code of conduct, rank structure, etc. which is basically your entire NASS set of rates.</p>
<p>it won't take long to memorize the rates, so don't worry about them too much. you'll notice very quickly that it's hard to stay awake in the classes so one thing i did, and i know a lot of other people did too, is write your rates over and over again in the notebook they give you. it may be boring and tedious but it keeps you awake and you learn your rates.</p>
<p>Mid_13,</p>
<p>Rates are what the Navy calles Ranks. It's also a commonly used term to describe the specialty or job of the person once they are in the fleet.</p>
<p>Marines don't use the term rates. They typically use rank and mos (military occupational specialty). </p>
<p>My daughter went to the summer seminar 2 this year and she loved it. She studied her rates when she felt like she was going to nod off. I had told ahead of time to make sure to do anything necessary to prevent nodding off.</p>
<p>The instructors have volunteered their time to come in and teach, it would be highly disrepectful to fall asleep when they are trying to teach.</p>
<p>James
Marine for Life</p>