navy bootcamp company?

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how many ppl are in ur company in navy bootcamp and how hard is it really? and whats the food like? how much sleep? how much physical activity? how much time to take showers and brushteeth ect? how much study time? talk when eating? does it feel like it goes by fast? thanks for answering all the questions

Answer 1

how many ppl are in ur company in navy bootcamp
There were about 60 in my company and, as I recall, about 8 companies made up the Battalion.

and how hard is it really?
Millions have made it... you can too.

and whats the food like?
I thought it was pretty good. Some probably think otherwise. It wasn't Burger King, or MacD's, if that's what you're wondering. Nor was it like mom makes.

how much sleep? Enough, once you get going. The first few days it's a little hectic, but once you get situated, you have plenty sleep.

how much physical activity?
You march everywhere. You have PT also, but it's not geared so make you muscle-bound narcissists than to get you to think and function as a unit.

how much time to take showers and brushteeth ect?
Geesh... you worry more than my grandmother... you'll have time. Um... but don't count on long hour-showers.

how much study time?
You have to really focus on studies. Some people don't. We had one kid who was... well, not the brightest bulb in the box. So we tutored him. But most can hack it.

talk when eating?
Yes, you can talk when you're at chow. .but not while you're eating... it's impolite to talk with your mouth full. But most of the time you're more intent on getting finished. The meals aren't timed, but they have a lot of mouths to feed and they don't all eat at the same time.

does it feel like it goes by fast?
At the beginning, the first few days, you're kind of in a daze. Then you're concentrating on doing everything right.... and wondering if you can survive the ordeal. And then you look up and it's half way to graduation. And you realize that it isn't as bad as your first thought.

Nothing they do is personal. Just about everybody gets a chance to have some dude screaming in their face. It's to see how you take the stress. If you screw up a lot, you many get more than your fair share, but these guys aren't trying to make you crumble. They trying to make you into a sailor who can go out in the fleet and come back alive without destroying a piece of expensive military hardware.

They take all outward symbols of your individuality. You all dress the same. You all have the same haircuts. Initially you all even smell the same... or they used to. New recruits were referred to as "mothballs." Again, the idea is not to take away your soul. Rather it's to get you to act and think as part of a unit rather than a lot of individuals.

Your company commander (CC) will probably be a Chief Petty Officer (you'll learn the ranks too). He's been there and he's done that. He too is not out to break you. He's trying to turn a bunch of scared kids into functioning Navy personnel who, when they go into battle (that is, after all, what the military's all about), have the best chance of coming home again alive.

Most Navymen seldom fire a weapon except in boot camp. You'll probably have a day at the range where you'll fire a rifle and a .45. They may walk you through a few other weapons, but if you ever going to be assigned where you'll need to use them, you'll get a lot more training.

Answer 2

first of all Navy bootcamp no longer has companies they are divisions. My division started with about 100 but within a week we were down to about 80, which is where it stayed till around pass & review. As for sleep you'll get about 6 hours most nights. You will work out quite a bit, but if you want more just mess around a lot they'll give you extra. As for shower time I wouldn't count on more than 20 minutes for shave, shower and brushing teeth. Between class room instruction, review in your compartment with your divisional Education Petty Officer and Ricky sunday you will have plenty of time to study everything you need to know to pass the exams. No you can't talk in the Galley, doing so will get you a report chit, which will get you more PT. Honestly the weeks seem to take forever, but the days go quickly. The food is not so great if your hungry enough it's really good but most of the time its not so good. Find something you can eat and stick to it. Avoid things you won't eat they don't like it when you waste food at boot camp.

I didn't think it was that difficult, keep your head down follow instructions, if you don't understand ask, and don't take anything personal. When your RDC yells at you, and they will don't take it personally. If you have any skills like drill from jrotc you may be expected to take a leadership role don't be afraid of them just do what they ask.

Answer 3

As the "Navy Boot Camp Guide" listed in some of the posts may be a fine source of information, the site is simply an ad for the book, so I'll give you some first-hand, if rather old information.

A recruit company tends to be between 75-100 recruits. The exact number has changed back and forth through the years, but the norm seems to be around 80.

The food is decent and plentiful, but tends to be rather bland. You'll learn to eat quickly, as they don't give you much time (in my day we got around 20 minutes). Rules about talking while eating change periodically, but you won't have much time for talking at meals anyway.

Most nights you'll get between six and eight hours of "sack time", but several times during boot camp, this will be reduced because of drills or "watches" where you patrol the barracks (or something else) for four hours during the night.

Physical activity is strenuous, but not to the point of being rediculous. It will help if you're in decent shape going in, and if you're a smoker, quit well before boot camp. It will make things much easier for you.

You'll learn that you can shower, shave, brush teeth and be dressed and ready for inspection in ten minutes flat. Don't skip the shower, as Sailors have an old tradition for folks that cannot keep themselves clean, and you do not want to experience floor brushes and tsp.

You'll spend so much time studying that you'll wonder if you didn't join a college, and not surprisingly, many colleges give elective credit for completing boot camp.

Some of the tasks you'll be given will seem frivilous, even silly. After all, who cares how you fold your underwear anyway? Many of these tasks are used to teach attention to detail.

Some of us old-timers occasionally suggest that we could teach it better using live grenades and written instructions, but the letters from parents to Congress would probably not be pretty, so we just scream at you for how you folded your socks. Don't take it personally, it's just a tried-and-true method of teaching people to pay attention to follow instructions carefully.

Almost every waking hour will be filled with something. At times you'll wonder if it's ever going to end, at others you'll be sure that you haven't got nearly enough time to get everything done.

Boot camp is not the Navy. It's more like a game that you have to play in order to get into the Navy. We're teaching you and testing to see if you have what it takes to become a Sailor. If you can't make it through boot camp, then there is no chance of your being able to handle the stress of being in the military, but the goal is not to try and wash you out, the goal is to help you succeed as a Sailor.

Good luck, Shipmate!

Answer 4

Well I took my boot camp at Great Lakes,Illinois,and from what I remember the food is food what difference does it make and i could answer all of ur questions since I went through it but if u want to know about Navy boot camp go to (Military.Com) they cover all of the military branches ok.
I'll put it to u this way u won\t get much sleep while ur in boot camp if that is what u-r- planning to do what do u think it is civilian life!
And after u get thorough the initial phase of introduction and the first week it does go pretty fast and if u go to Great Lakes,try not to go during the Winter,months like I did u will freeze ur buns off in formation,and in ur other question there was 55 men to a platoon when I went through boot camp and a company consists of four platoons so that 220 in a full company so I hope that answers some as for the rest go to the website I gave u-n-good luck.

Answer 5

should be more than 30 but not over 40. If you used to live a good life, first day you will experience public shower with other shipmate naked.. alot of intruction baby sitting at first, treat you like a inmate. Physical Actitivy is alot less than before, because almost everything is indoor. Showers is called navy shower basically you had get done like 2 minutes becaue there's like alot people waiting at line after you. Sleep is usually aleast 8 hours but your first night won't get even half of that. eating is indoor, food is alot like your school cafeteria. Well goes fast after few week, because everything is stable and you know the rule. First few day and last few days will be your most memorial experience in bootcamp, so go enjoy

Answer 6

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Answer 7

You can get answers to all your questions and more if you talk to a Navy recruiter. Better hurry up before the Democrats forces us to pull out of Iraq.

Answer 8

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