Could anyone tell me how boot camp was? I'm leaving in two months to go to it for the Navy.?

Answer 1

I went through Navy boot camp in '97. They were going through a lot of changes back then, so what you might go through might not be exactly what the ones before you had.

The week I went in (second week of June that year) they were still trying to decide whether females should have to cut their hair short or not. The ones who went in right before me didn't have to. We did. They cut my pretty long hair up to my ears. What really got me, is that they changed their minds again a couple of weeks later and the ones who came in after my division didn't have to.

I was also among the very first group of August graduates that had to go through "hell night." We were sort of giunea pigs, so again, they might have changed some things. It was a requirement to pass in order to graduate. Basically, they took everything you've learned and you had to do it all in one night. Back then we had to run to each station, which made for a very exhausting night once you see how big that base is. I've heard they since built a huge building with all of the stations in it, so it's now in easy mode compared to what we did.

But, basically, as long as you go in with the understanding that it's their job to break you and build you back up into a better person and not take anything said or done personally, you'll do fine. You'll be up before the sun rises and in bed at 10 pm. You'll do a lot of exercising, especially running and push ups to prepare for the physical readiness test (PRT) that you must pass to pass boot camp. You'll learn basic things like how to stand duty, how to march with your peers, your general orders, how to write in a log, how to fight fires, how to tie different kinds of knots, how to sew your patches onto your uniforms, how to make a bed and fold your clothes. The hardest part I found was learning to deal with the drama of sleeping, showering and living 24/7 with 60 other females. I'm sure you can imagine.

It's one of the best things I've ever done. There is no comparison to the pride you feel on the day you're standing in your whites in front of a crowd at graduation. Best of luck to you.

Answer 2

Boot camp will seem tough, as you will go through a culture shock when I get there. But if you pay attention to detail, follow orders, and stay out of trouble, you will be fine. Boot camp becomes a cake walk once you get used to it.

You will be going to Great Lakes for boot, so the weather won't be so nice. I went to Orlando back in 1987, a lot warmer.

The Navy is a great life and it is the best thing I ever did was enlisting.

Answer 3

If your going into Navy boot camp, then you'll be surprised because you'll find that you have been sent to a resort! Navy people have the very best food, and all they can eat each and every day of your tour of duty. Army food is swill, their idea of good food is K-rations! Navy personnel never have to worry about being rifted,once they're assigned to a permanent duty station they can stay for life, regardless whether they get promoted ever again or not! Army requires that if you don't get promoted you will be released! Navy boot is so easy I could do it standing on my head and having to walk about on my hands all the time,it's a piece of cake, you should have no problem what so ever!

Answer 4

Navy boot is sort of like camp or pledging a sorority in college, you will have a few people yell at you but it will never be like real military.

The most dangerous thing you will ever do in the Navy is to go ashore in Naples Italy.