Navy membership

[Anonymous]

How do you become a member of the navy without knowing someone

[Adkins]

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@Anonymous wrote:
How do you become a member of the navy without knowing someone

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There used to be a loophole to join NFCU without military affiliation but it's closed now. You must a member of the armed forces or an family member of one (parent, grandparent, etc.) to join. 

[Anonymous]

I assume you mean how do you become a member of the Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU), and not the Navy itself.  Heh.

[Anonymous]

I believe you can find yourself a roommate in the military and get in that way.

[CH-7-Mission-Accomplished]

I got in through that loophole - Navy League of San Diego -- before they shut it down.  I had been away from here for some time, but I thought I read that when they closed that loophole, they changed membership so that it's like USAA -- you just need a family member who is a vet, not currently serving or a retired lifer.  Is this true?   That makes it so much easier to find a connection if they can just have served but not career.

[Dalmus]

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@CH-7-Mission-Accomplished wrote:

I got in through that loophole - Navy League of San Diego -- before they shut it down.  I had been away from here for some time, but I thought I read that when they closed that loophole, they changed membership so that it's like USAA -- you just need a family member who is a vet, not currently serving or a retired lifer.  Is this true?   That makes it so much easier to find a connection if they can just have served but not career.

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 Correct...  But I believe they have to be a direct family member (meaning your children, your direct siblings or your parents/grandparents).  I'm not sure you can use your cousins or uncles.