What happens in Navy basic training?

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Answer 1

Not too much actually....

The first week or so are called "P Days" processing days. This is where you go through and fill out all of your paperwork and get your shots and what not...

Then you have 8 weeks of training. Mostly your days are filled full of training.

Sundays are a little more relaxed and you can actually take a decent shower and get your mail from the week.

In the first week they will ask if anyone wants to volunteer for anything...DO IT!!! This will give you time away from the division and for some reason also gets you some "perks".

They count the days 1-1 (day 1) through 8-5 that's graduation.

You will learn to march and the basics and like I said you will have a lot of in class time....JUST STAY AWAKE.

Also, should you be found doing anything inappropriate or just not following the rules....they will "ASMO" your asss. That means send you back in training. It might be a week...it might be 2...depends on what you do. You will get a new division and you will be treated like crap for the rest of the time because you will be labled as a "shitbag".

Just do what you need to do, keep your mouth shut and you will be fine.

Also, and I can not stress this enough....TAKE THE MGIB (Montgomery GI Bill)....I am using mine now and the $1075 a month that I get is nice. They will ask you if you want this in your "P Days".

Also, the first week or so you will be running around in sweats. You won't get your uniforms for about a week. This also let EVERYONE on base know that you are new...hee hee.

Week 5 will be "galley week" and this is when have some other duties comes in handy. Working at the galley SUCKS...but if you volunteered for anything, you can get out of galley duty since they will have you doing something else....

If you need anything email me...

GOOD LUCK!!!!

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PS Whatever you do....don't loose your ricky recruit notebook....it sucks to make a new one and sometimes if they find out that you have lost it, you will get ASMO'd.....they make you write a ton of stuff in it...songs, chain of command and what not....

Good luck and have fun...if you play your cards right...it is fun. I am still in touch with some people that I met there!!!

EDIT TO ADD----

I was actually stationed at RTC and worked in "Inprocessing" so really....if there is anything that you need to know...feel free to ask.

Answer 2

You get a uniform. They send everything you brought with you home. They give you a haircut. They teach you the rules and regulations that will govern your life for the next few years. They teach you about shipboard life. You'll learn that every place in a ship has an address. You'll learn to stand watch. You'll wash your clothes. You'll make your bed. You will keep your area cleaner than you ever thought possible. You will be fed You will be inoculated. You will be tested to determine where you might best fit into the Navy. You will be marched to class. You will be marched from class. You will be marched to chow. You wll be marched from chow. You will be marched to PT. You will be marched from PT. You will start thinking like a Navyman... part of a team. You will think less of yourself and more for your team, and the Navy. You will become more responsible. You will be able to multi-task. Your attention to detail will improve. And you will have more respect for those guys who have gone before you.

You will start out a little bewildered, but that will pass. You will be busier than you can imagine. You might be prone to homesickness. No sweat... part of the training. When you're deployed at sea for six months to a year, the few weeks in boot camp will seem like an overnighter. If you're aboard a sub, you don't even get mail regularly.

Probably bout 2/3 or 3/4 through, you'll be allowed a phone call. They wait that long because during the first few weeks you know you are going to die. You know no animal capable of walking on its hind legs could possibly survive this thing. You may hate the food. You may hate your CO,. You may hate your classmates. You may hate everything. But about half way through you can see the end in sight. You can see how just maybe you'll make it. A couple weeks later, you're certain. Things start looking up. If you called before that, you'd just worry your family.

Remember, there have been a few guys before you who made it through.

Answer 3

I did my boot camp 12 years ago so it could have changed but you are in for an experience. First, everything you take with you, and I mean everything, except maybe a small bible, gets put in a box and shipped home. You will be issued sweats and basic toiletries on day one, probably no sleep. The food is awful, just cover it in ketchup and eat fast. They are going to screw with your head for the first few days. They don't let you sleep, then put you in a dim classroom to write a letter home, just to see who will fall asleep. They then make an example out of this person. Physically it is not too hard, they just try to break you mentally. Once you class up it gets more normal, but lack of sleep and bad food keep you tired. You'll need to learn your general orders, chain of command, core values. There are various classes, some minimal weapons training, water survival training. The most fun was fire fighting training. When you get stressed out and don't think you can take it anymore, just remember that it is only 8 weeks and life after boot camp is a whole lot easier. The toughest part is learning how to turn your brain on again after boot camp. They work hard to condition you not to think. But you'll be ok. Don't voluteer to be the division Yeoman, it is a crap job, more stress than most people can handle. Starboard watch is where the power is. They write the watch schedule. Stay on their good side.

Answer 4

Here is % of time you will spending in bootcamp other than sleep and eat.
30% Very Babasic human stuff - fold your underway, t-shirt, uniformn in a perfect shape like the way your brough it.
10% PT (physical Excersive, swim etc..)
25% in classroom study for test (if you think joning the navy to get away from school = wrong)
5% free time
20% matching, formation (you will spend alot in first few days in bootcamp).
10% been yelled and babysitted.

Answer 5

You learn how to fold clothes!

Answer 6

you mop a lot of decks and sing songs

Answer 7

A lot. I feel bad for you.