What is Navy Boot camp like?

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I just want to know what is it like at Boot Camp for the Navy? I'm just now getting my paper work started and I want to know what kinda things to expect. Is it anydifferent for a woman? Any and all details would help. Thanks!

Answer 1

It is hard, like all boot camps. It is different from the other services though because you are supposed to be trained with the goal of serving on a ship, so you won't have all the field training you see in the army or marines. When you first get their you will get processed in. They will search you for contraband and send you through the processs of getting your paperwork, clothing, drug testing, etc. done. They will be extremely rude to you and will yell at you every step of the way. Do your best to follow their instructions exactly and do not talk back what ever you do. You will get yelled at and talked down to, accept it and move on. You will then go to a processing unit where you will wait for a permanent training unit. This can take up to three weeks. You will march as a group everywhere you go. Try and make sure you get everything done you can with your group, because you don't have to walk anywhere by yourself, as individuals get singled out for harassment by the sailors on the base, even if they are not RDC's (Drill instructors). You will eventually get sent to a permanent unit where you will finally begin training. Everyting from above still applies, but now you are making progress. You will get trained on a schedule based on weeks. If you screw up, get sent back a week, or more depending on how bad you screwed up. You will be assigned a specific job in your unit and you will be responsible for making sure it gets done. If it gets screwed up you will get punished. It sounds completely counterintutive, but the best job is actually cleaning the head (bathroom) at the end of the night. These guys typically never get yelled at and during cleaning timet the RDC are messing with everyone else, but typically leave these guys alone. In the middle of training, which takes nine weeks not including the time you took to process in, you will have a "service week" where you will break off from your unit and work around the base. The best job seemed to be in the Drill Halls. You want to do your best to avoid the Galley. After that you will go back to your unit to complete training. About week 7-8 (can't remember exactly which) you will do "battlestations". This is a three day event where you will do many events based on actual combat situations. You will get almost no sleep during this time and your unit will be running everywhere you go. After this you get to take off you recruit cover (hat) and put on your Navy cover and you now get to call yourself a sailor. After that you just try and keep out of trouble until graduation. Through out the process you will notice that the RDC's treat you better, though it depends on the individual instructor as they all have different styles. While you are in training you will have to all attention on deck for Petty Officers who enter your barracks, and you will have to take a turn on fire watch once every so often during the night. Petty officers are constantly coming in and out of your barracks all the time day and night so always be prepared for an inspection and NEVER EVER fall asleep on watch. Whenever you have down time, I suggest you either shine your shoes or at least pretend to read your study manuals because the RDC's will leave you alone if they see you are doing either of those two things. Just remember don't complain and do as your told and it will go much easier for you. Good Luck

Answer 2

Currently in Navy and out of boot camp a year. It was easy! There are mind games and just keep remembering that. They will say things to you that really make you want to go off on them or even leave, but that is their way to get to you. Yelling, yeah, just a bit. You get used to it. My dad is ex Army so the yelling I was used to before I went. I did get injured from pt (wrong shoes and running don't exactly mix) so I was taken out of my division the week before graduation. That sucked and I stayed in Great Mistakes for a total of 5 months. You Battlestations will be easier since there have been quite a few changes since I left. Don't think too much about missing your family. It's only 2 months, have fun with it. In the end you get to see them again. The training isn't any different for males and females. You work side by side everyday, but don't flirt or try to hook up b/c I have seen people kicked out for it. got any questions, just shoot me an email [e-mail]

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She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

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What is Navy Boot camp like?
I just want to know what is it like at Boot Camp for the Navy? I'm just now getting my paper work started and I want to know what kinda things to expect. Is it anydifferent for a woman? Any and all details would help. Thanks!

Answer 6

I dunno about the "different for a woman" part obviously, but mostly it's boring. No kidding. In general, the worst part about it was kinda split 50/50% between lack of sleep, and not being able to call me wife for x number of weeks in a row. Not really hard, just long days, and weird. When are you shipping? 'Cause I can tell you that I wouldn't go to Great Lakes in the Summer/Early fall if I were you, unless you are used to the heat and humidity. That sucks!!! Good luck and congrats on joining the finest Navy of the Planet

Answer 7

Navy boot camp is not as hard as the Army, and Marine Corp; don't get me wrong, it will be tough. You will have to learn to fold your clothes and have your locker as neat as it can be, but as for the physical training, it is somewhat easier than the Army and the Marine Corp. It will not be that much more different for men as it is to women, but hang in there; you are making a right decision.

Good luck and God bless!

Answer 8

Lots of folding and stenciling clothes, making your rack, getting woke up early, Standing watches, cleaning, marching, PT, getting yelled at, push-ups, sit-ups, we-want-some-mo, hoo-rah, etc..

It's everything you think of boot camp as being. And more.

A word of advice: Don't take it too seriously. It's just a game. Just do what you're told and you'll be fine.

Good luck and Welcome Aboard!!

Answer 9

My suggestion, get used to marching and ironing clothes. It's not as bad as alot of people say though. yes, they do yell, but only if you mess up. And get used to running too. The navy is all about running. You'll spend alot of time marching and alot of time in classrooms as well. i'll give you the same advice i was given. Keep your chin up, mouth shut, and follow orders and you'll be just fine.

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No - everyone who needs glasses is given the dorky looking ones to wear in boot camp. No contacts are allowed.