i went to boot camp last year, it is 8 week long, it is not that hard it is more of a mind game, you can sign up for any amount of time, and after boot camp you will go to school, it all depends on you job how long your there, then they send you to the fleet
2007-09-16 17:54:52
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answered by kittyshark15 2
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I went to Great Lakes RTC 36 years ago while Vietnam was going on
(Company 320 -1971)
We went for 13 weeks and there were shitloads of other companies there! They still had the draft back then.
The typical day was up at 0530.
0600 breakfast
0700 -0800 Company Commander's orders and instructions.
0800 PT (Physical Training) running.
1000 - 1200 classes in various subjects, firefighting, safety, communications,gunnery, self defense-hand to hand combat, various other subjects.
1200-1300 lunch
1300-1500 more classes in various subjects, close order drill with Company Commander Sadist on "Grinder" marching in rain in November.
1500-1630 classes. obstacle course, weightlifting
1630 hours dinner.
1800-1900 hours more instruction with Company Commander.
1900-2200 hours free time or could be interupted by 3 mile run if CC so desired.
Every day was like that except for sundays was free time.
Go see Chaplin Charlie or go out into the woods and do whatever you got to do.
Lots of classes to make you familiar with shipboard life and a lot of physical conditioning!
We had two "fat boys" they wearn't fat for long!
Things might be a little different now.
That whole place was crawling with recruits.
I think they graduated 1,000 per week back in those days.
2007-09-16 18:34:42
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answered by tom p 3
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long complete naval boot camp
2016-02-02 13:37:21
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answered by ? 4
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It all depends. Prior to the first "official" week of training, you're in the so-called "P-Days". These days are all spent doing paper work and class room stuff in PT gear, since you still haven't been issued uniforms.
After your entire recruit division and your brother/sister division (I began boot camp in 99-162, and our brothers were 99-161), the official training commences. From the first day of official training (referred to as 1-1 day; 1st week, 1st day) to the last day of the fourth week (referred to as 4-7 day), training progresses on a normal schedule.
Your fifth "week" is Service Week, which can take from one week to, I believe, three weeks - depending on where your division lays within the graduating group (divisions are graduated ten at a time and Service Week is often used to get divisions together as graduating groups). Service Week is also when any major work on you will be done, including having wisdom teeth pulled.
After Service Week, you're on 6-1 day and the home stretch. Officially boot camp takes 8 weeks (1-1 day to 8-7 day) to complete, but can vary based on how long your P-Days and Service Week lasts. And you also can be ASMO'd (I forget exactly what it stands for) to a newer division if your class room scores or physical readiness isn't developed enough (I gradated boot camp as a part of 99-186 despite entering with 99-162 and spent a total of 13 weeks in boot camp because I couldn't run the mile and a half quick enough - kept missing it by 20-30 seconds).
After graduation, once again your division's arrival date plays a part. When I graduated with 99-186, we were a "grad-and-go" division that left RTC Greak Lakes the same day we graduated and went directly to NTC Great Lakes for our next set of training.
After boot camp, your training will vary. If you're entering the Navy as an undesignated seaman, you'll spend 3 weeks at NTC Great Lakes in basic seamanship training before being shipped off to your ship (no pun intended) as a member of deck division (usually referred to as OD Division - Operations Deck). If your contract has a more advanced rate guaranteed, you can still have any number of schools ahead of you.
For me, I had to attend Tech Core for 16 weeks at NTC Great Lakes, designated as an FC, attended FC A School for 11 more weeks at NTC Great Lakes, and then transfer to FCTCLANT Dam Neck for 36 weeks of C School for Phalanx CIWS.
And yes. When you finish boot camp, you have to serve. It's in your contract to complete eight years of service to Uncle Sam, unless your re-enlist (usually this is split between four years Active Duty and four years Individual Ready Reserves) and can drop the Reserve time in exchange for more Active Duty time.
2007-09-16 18:03:46
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answered by theREALtruth.com 6
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Best bet would be for you to go talk to a recruiter, but I know if you join the National Guard you will go through basic and A-school then you are free to go back to college or sit around on your ***.
2016-03-18 07:20:08
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answered by Anonymous
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