Went into boot camp in Jan 1978. Still remember that 1st night clearly. Actually there is a lot of Navy bootcamp I never forgot because it was the time I ventured from scared kid toward responsible adult.
I lost my prescription glasses before I went to boot, and all I had available to me to be able to see, since I'm very nearsighted, was prescription sunglasses until I got my BCG's. So I was Recruit Terminator or Roy Orbison, depending on the RDC.
Got to bootcamp the night of October 2nd, 2018. The intensity is accurate but be prepared to stand for 3 hours straight. You’ll have to write a number on the back of your hand and that number becomes what you represent in boot camp. I’m not gonna lie, I witnessed people quit on the spot, kneel down against the walls because they “had a bad headache”, and I heard someone in the head (bathroom) refusing to come out and senior chief went in there and made him get out (you don’t argue with senior chief lol). IMO, the best mentality going in to it is an honest one. Don’t be that one guy that’s like “I’m not worried about anything I’m fine” because EVERYONE is worried about something going into this. Be honest with your fears and expect the worst because once things start to get better you’ll start adjusting easier. And it will get better, you’ve just gotta keep going! Good luck to you future sailors reading this you’re in for a wild ride!
Ronald Martiny not many people quit. Most of the time you’ll start off with 80-90 recruits then graduate with losing only like 5-8 people. Not many people quit, they do get pushed back though. Study for the 2 tests bro. And make sure your fit enough to pass the PFA’s
I remember my first night of arrival. This is very accurate. Do exactly as you’re told. It’s scary for everyone. As you get through Bootcamp, it won’t be as bad. Just take it day-by-day. Right off the rip, make sure you get sleep before getting there. You will be up for 3 days straight. When I got there people were quitting due to no sleep. Don’t be one of those people. It’s tough not to fall asleep but just keep that will power. Study your training guide, as you will be randomly asked throughout this experience (though you’ll have plenty of time to study it). To me, it’s more mentally tough then physically (though there are physical aspects to it). It’s really not as bad, but it’s not a “walk in the park” either. As long as you don’t do stupid stuff and stay mentally strong, and do some running prior to Bootcamp, then you should be fine. It’s not crazy physically (though you’ll be tested on your fitness standard a few times). After P-Days, once you’re completely cleared to workout, you’ll work out 5-6 days a week. Nothing too bad. The worst part, IMO, were the inspections. Racks had to be perfect. RDCs would intentionally walk into other RDCs compartments are start inspecting everything…… For no reason other than being a D*ck. Do as you’re told and you’ll be fine.
My dad was a chief in the navy, I remember when I was a kid living in Orlando, FL he trained recruits, i remember them always treating me like the best kid in the world.
Probably in other branches, too. Look, face the facts. When you first get there, no matter what branch, you are going to get treated like SHIT! There's no other way around it.
Basic was a piece of cake compared to later on off the coast of Vietnam. Working 18-19 hours a day, and it was back breaking work bringing on ammo. Everyone came home ok.
My grandpa lost one of his close friends in Vietnam. Glad you guys made it home okay and know that our generation of service members appreciate you greatly.
I’m 19 Female 5’9 330lbs I’ve lost 20 since the beginning of this year I had never worked out a day in my life! I want to better myself and be a part of something greater. I’m going to be there one day.
I’m having a little nostalgia watching this, but 2007 was THE YEAR! Gosh! Man, watching this I just remember so much! The phone call home was the hardest part because no one answered and I just wanted to say “Mom, I made it here! And I love you!” Even now, tears just fall a little! But, these were the good ole days! I love all my Brothers/Sisters in arms! Don’t mind me ya’ll! ❤️❤️❤️
I went to bootcamp at Great Lake in May of 1989, I returned to RTC in 1998 as an RDC and pushed nine divisions through. RTC is NOT the same as it was when I left there in 2002 to return to the fleet. As a former RDC, here are my words of advice... 1. If you can't handle being yelled at, you're in the WRONG place. 2. If you aren't a "morning person", you're in the wrong place. 3. If you aren't physically fit, you're in the wrong place. 4. If mommy and daddy gave you everything and you expect the Navy to do the same, you're in the wrong place. 5. If you're an individual who does thingS their own way, you're in the wrong place. 6. If you do drugs... don't even think about joining... PERIOD! How do you get through bootcamp? Easy. 1. DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD, WHEN YOU'RE TOLD, HOW YOU'RE TOLD! 2. PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL! 3. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR MISTAKES, DON'T BLAME OTHERS FOR YOUR FUCK UPS! 4. LEARN FAST, THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK OR ACT! 5. NOBODY CARES IF YOUR DADDY IS A MASTER CHIEF OR AN OFFICER OF ANY RANK! THEY CAN'T AND WON'T HELP YOU! If you make it to Pass In Review day, you're family won't recognize you. You will be a different person, for the better I hope. After you leave RTC and go to your A School, remember, you're NOT in the fleet yet, you're still in training. When you get your orders and report to your first command, THEN and only then are you in the fleet. The Navy, the military in general for that matter, is what YOU make of it. Only you can determine your path, be "AJ Squaredaway" or be the asshole that is always in trouble and has the FTN (Fuck The Navy) attitude. You'll go and see places you only read about. Dolphins and flying fish jumping the bow wake in the early morning sun. Sunrises and sunsets at sea that will make you go DAMN! Shipmates, good and bad, that are etched into your memory forever. I will never regret joining the Navy nor serving for 20 years. I retired in 2009 as an HT1, I pray every day that a recruiter or someone comes to my door and says, "HT1, we need you back." I loved every minute of it. If you have the right attitude going in, you will too when it's all said and done. Attitude is everything in life.
On #5 NOBODY, I went to "A" school in Meridian, MS afterwards. One of the students acted out a few times and got into some trouble. He said, "Hey, my dad's a Master Chief." Uh, didn't help him one bit.
I did basic training in 98 at Fort Jackson for the Army and at this very moment my daughter is starting boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Bsde and I’m so nervous for her but I know she has my DNA and will get through this. 🖤
@@wendyclaproth9454 thank you, I appreciate it! I had a little bit of a wait but I actually leave this Tuesday (24th). I'm sure your son is doing great!
@@SampsonWrestling woww!! He called me yesterday only for some documents he needed. He sounded calm, grounded. Gave me peace of mind. Expect it to be hard and pay close attention to instructions. Do as you’re told. You’ll see it’ll start getting better before you know it. Proud of your decision to serve your country. God bless. Go be there best version of yourself 🙏🏼You will do wonderful!!
I noticed this was filmed during nice weather. There is a good reason we Navy Vets refer to Great Lakes as Great Mistakes if you went there in the winter like I did. But the training you go through never leaves you. I was in what was called a "State Flags" company. Not everyone is meant to enlist in the military, but it was a part of my life I will never forget.
There were two times when I realized that I was actually going to make it through "boot" camp, 1981. The first was putting out the fire on the USS Neversail. Even though the drill was staged, it still was a hurdle over which we had to climb. The second was field-stripping, reassembling, loading, and firing the hand gun. At the end of both sessions, the women in my company were silent. We realized we had accomplished something that bloody few of the people we knew or grew up with or went to school with ever had or ever would. That was followed by a sense of accomplishment and, yes, a little bit of pride. I miss the US Navy and I loved my time serving within its ranks.
If you are in any kind of physical shape... it's really not that tough...in fact at the end of boot camp...you will wish that they made it harder. What you may not miss is the extremely close supervision.
When I arrived at great lakes in Jan 68, it was 16 degrees with several inches of snow on the ground. This Georgia boy had never seen weather like this. Those old barracks at camp Barry had radiators for heat, and they didn't put out much heat.
Day 2 of Marine boot camp doing a 3 mile run in combat boots, looked across the bay and saw the Navy in there white tennis, white socks, white shorts and white shirts playing volleyball. I'm still laughing today and that was over 40 years ago.
I love this. I also appreciate that as Navy Mom and a government worker I was able to email my son. Who when in the Navy on the flight deck of the U.S.S.Abraham Lincoln. I appreciate that.
I went to RTC Great Lakes 38 yrs ago! Still recall that first night and the other 9 weeks to follow. Got to the Fleet Jan 29th, 1983 on USS Semmes DDG 18 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
Went to navy boot camp sum., '63 in San Diego. Don't know how things are today in boot camp, but prob. easier, I'm guessing. Proud now that I served a hitch.
21 yr olds and older make the best recruits- THEY have more life experience and can adjust quickly to the rigors of the process that Military Boot Camp provides.
This is true. 10 of us in my division were at least 21 and we adjusted to everything quickly. We also slept during the life lessons classes, because we already knew how to handle that shit.
After I get my bachelors at 24 I plan to join. Any tips? I'm a Mining and mineral Engineering major, no idea what I'd do in the Navy or Army. (Two branches I'm looking at. I will be honest. Student debt help is of consideration. ) my family is a military family. I want to be an EDO or maybe something else. I can list what kind of classes I'm taking. Fluid/thermoDynamics, Geomechanics, Explosives, Project management, Mineral processing, Surveying. Those are some of the classes I have, am, and will be taking.
@@rye-bread5236 first, decide if you want to go in as officer or enlisted. I recommend enlisted before officer. Yes, everyone knows officer is far more money - but I promise, as a former enlisted man, the entire of the Navy will respect your authority and decisions so much more if you were enlisted BEFORE you went officer.
I can still distinctly remember the smell of the old WW2 wood barracks we were billeted in during our stay in reception battalion that very first night in the warm, humid Missouri late May weather with the buzz of the large fan-no AC for us. Hard to imagine all the thousands upon thousands of earlier recruits with homesickness, nervousness, and honest regret that passed before me with the same emotions. You're stepping into a completely different world and you're on your own.
@@yeager6882 lol, I have became more than anyone I was in with. Went to college and started multiple companies, with a track record of success. Boot camp was the biggest joke, the Navy was definitely gravy compared to other branches. Just because you did nothing with your life after is your fault, don’t project your shortcomings on others.
@@rigging1377 I am doing no such thing. Maybe you did boot camp after to was complete watered down and its true purpose lost. Boot camp has some very significant purposes that cannot be avoided. To avoid them would be to deceive yourself about responsibility and consequence. Anyone can be a success if character and integrity doesn't matter. Today's idea of success is merely putting on a show and swindling people. Doesn't take much to do that. I did plenty with my life and still do. Like yourself I went on to do other things as well.
As enlisted, I only had one Company Commander, ETC Romano while in Orlando, Florida. He was super easy, laid back, never heard him raise his voice and we were his last class before he retired. When I entered Officers School, we had a United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant that came from Marine Corps Recruit Depot as a Drill Instructor and he was our Drill Instructor. Gunnery Sergeant Camilli was super easy and treated us more like friends than as his new class. He was just as easy as our enlisted boot camp training. Gunnery Sergeant Camilli was also planning his retirement. When I see videos such as this one, I cannot believe that our training was just the opposite as enlisted and as an officer. God Bless our fellow service members.
yall need to show the 6 hours straight that you stand at attention waiting for other recruits to get off the bus and process in lol the only time I thought wtf
I enlisted Sept ‘73…..graduated RTC San Diego, December 1973. Because I had three years NJROTC in high school, I graduated an E-3 Airman. Made E-4 (AW3) and E-5 (AW2)my first attempts. Left after four years, went to college, and reentered the Navy in 1982 at Newport RI Navy OCS. Five more active years, and then I entered the Reserves. I eventually retired in 2013, as an O-6 Captain…..37 years service. There are some days that I miss it…..what a glorious ride it was! Fair winds and following seas, best wishes to all of you who are watching this and considering a Navy career. Bravo-Zulu, shipmates!
I did 10yrs Navy (Submarine Force) now I’m at year 19 in the Army Reserves … It’s an experience to do both.. It’s all mental and about 5 to 10 percent physical.. Just do what they say and you’ll be fine…
What I remember is we arrived late and had to sit and wait for gear issue and haircuts. So we sat in a large room. Had some good conversations with people, made some friends. We had a nice little group thing going. Then later in the morning we had to go get haircuts. This was the 70s and we all had long hair. We went in one door. Got our hair cuts. Out the other door. I lost my friends once we got a haircut. Had no idea who I spent the previous night talking to.
I went to bootcamp in 1988 great lakes...it was fun,easy and i enjoyed every minute. The food was great and i needed the life structure. I didnt want bootcamp to end...met some lifelong friends throughout my navy career...would recommend navy for all 18yo men and women....great times and a great job...🇺🇸💪
My son leaves in 4 days and I'm trying to prep him, although I am worried. I'm a former Marine graduated MCRD Kilo Co, 3rd Bn, 1994. I know there is no comparison between Marine Corps boot camp 25 years ago and Navy boot camp now but I do worry for him. I feel his generation lacks the self confidence we had growing up a product of the 70s and 80s.
Great Lakes in 2004...respiratory infection from freedom hall constant pushups with the RPOC (as the AROC at the time) and always made sure that I was there for the female side of my division (Division 166 and 165) It was a very interesting and stressful and proud and fun time (even though they made me get a haircut)
I arrived at Great Lakes at 2am in June, 1961, marched to Camp Barry, was issued bedding and given a rack. At 5am the lights came on and a First Class ran a coke bottle around the inside of a corrugated trash can on the Quarter Deck. Welcome to Boot Camp. I never forgot it.
Enlisted in 1968 and went to boot camp in June of that year. The first words I heard when we went thru the gate was " You're in a world of shit ". Spent a week at Camp Barry in old WW2 barracks . Had SFC ( Ship Fitter Chief ) for a company commander and he drove us into the ground with lots of marching every day. But near the end of boot camp , he lightened up on us and turned out to pretty decent guy. This was at the height of the Vietnam war and everyone was worried about getting orders to that country. I was one of the lucky ones and got assigned to "A" school at Great Lakes and after completing that was assigned to a Naval Transmitter site in the Caribbean . It was all " gravy " after that. To this day , I still remember many of the guys that worked in our division . I 'd like to give a shoutout to ETC LaVerne Witt. He's been dead for 50 years and was very easy to work for. Great guy and he could party with the best of them.
My boot camp was 48 years ago and was greatly inferior to today's training. Today's BC...these videos... show a MUCH improved BC!!! Wish our's back in '72 was this good. It was adequate for then but today's BC looks much better!!!
Company 103 at RTC San Diego in ‘88. Expected Full Metal Jacket and found it more like Biloxi Blues. Strict and firm with never ending drills but occupied with suppressed moments of hilarity.
I served 22 years in the Royal Navy, 1973 - 1995. We do it slightly differently being the UK 🇬🇧 senior service formed by Royal Proclamation around 1545.. its a lot more nuanced although the end result is probably the same to produce the best and most adaptable team member. We also do it much quieter, as a retired Chief Petty Officer I very rarely ŕaised my voice even during my time working with new entry recruits, if I raised my voice it was for effect, if I invited you for a quiet word in my office then you had a problem. I still remember by basic training at HMS Ganges and how it shaped us.
I went through Navy bootcamp in Sept. of '92 in San Diego. I stll remember how terrified I was of my two company commanders. By the end of bootcamp they were voted the two best CC's in our divison and they were awesome mentors. Honestly, I wish I could bump into them today and say hello. BTC (SW) Morales and EMC (SW) Dioquino.
During covid times, graduated 19mar21, the adrenaline when we first got there was dope, we were all excited. Then we got back on the bus and went to fort McCoy 😂😂. Hated our lives for two weeks
Holy shit I had the same chief welcome me first night at pearl. Someone called him a senior chief and he got pissed off saying “Chief, thanks for reminding me that I didn’t get promoted last year!”
After passing though OSUT at Ft Benning, GA, Great Lakes was a sad parody. Learned a lot of USN specific tech stuff but was so easy. Had another guy who had been prior service Army in my Company. Still enjoyed it, # CO948. MM1 SS K. Wojtanik Company Commander is still one mof my heroes.
For me, it was September, 1969; San Antonio, Texas for induction (I really hated that smelly ink used for labeling the uniforms) , then Orland Florida for the first full day. 😎
USN '65-69 left as a TD2. Boot at NTC San Diego. 4+ years in the Navy were the best first years of my young adult life and laid the foundation for my later civilian success. Wouldn't trade it for nuthin'. Keep your noses clean, listen to orders and the best to you all.
I went to RTC Orlando, which has been closed for many years. It’s only a couple months of a long life, but it’s a memorable few months.the quitters and complainers are often the same people. Just embrace the suck. Just another evolution, another day. Before you know it, it’s all a nostalgic memory. My former command, my rating, even my basic training command, none of them exist anymore. I’m still a sailor though.
NTC Orlando unit company 0344 August 1977. My step father was a BT2 so I heard sea stories before I joined the Navy, that actually prepared me mentally because his boot camp was REAL boot training compared to my walk in the park training. Honestly, boot training for me was the easiest time I had in my enlistment. Try working almost non stop 18 hours a day on a aircraft carrier or just life at sea on a FFG. The Marine Corp. Have and always will have the hardest boot camp to complete. Bootcamp... just follow orders, and become someone special. Fair winds and smooth sailing shipmates.
When I arrived at Orlando recruit training center it was a dark , warm , misty morning in February and when the bus stopped I sat there for a second and looked out of the bus window at the barely visible palm trees in amazement , never seen palm trees before , they don't grow in Pennsylvania and the next thing I knew this guy was in my face screaming " what the fu*k are you doing on my bus , get off my bus !!!! and it was at that moment I knew I was right where I was suppose to be .
So what the intro song. But that intro scene is fucking intense man. Shit. My brother told me that Bootcamp is tough it meant to be tough. Gotta have a strong voice, highly respect, and just listen to the RDC (Recruit Division Commanders). Those RDC will push all of you guys if you are willing to take what it takes to be a Sailor.
Great Lakes 1976 (Co. 116) PO2 Michael Armstead.... we had 15 week boot camp extended to 17 because of a ‘service week’ snafu where we worked an extra 2 weeks in chow hall.
I quit navy boot camp because I wasn’t prepared and went in with that mindset of “I’m not worried, I’ll do fine how hard can it be” and when I realized how hard shit hit me I quit. Plus I wasn’t ready to die for my country and in boot camp they are always etching that sort of narrative in your head. If you’re truly not ready to give your life up for your country then you won’t even make it through boot camp. I wanna try to go again because I think that I’m stronger and i know I’m prepared to die. But if I can’t re enlist then I’ll be a firefighter; all ik is that I have to serve my country in whatever way. Thank you and respect to all those who serve💪🏽
Great Lakes in March 1966 was still pretty cold. One year aboard ship was enough for me. Then there was that Vietnam thing. In retrospect the Navy was some of the best years of my life.
That first night is the only night where you remember everything that happens for the rest of your life. It has been almost 20 years for me.
Went into boot camp in Jan 1978. Still remember that 1st night clearly. Actually there is a lot of Navy bootcamp I never forgot because it was the time I ventured from scared kid toward responsible adult.
I don’t remember anything other than being hungry and needing to piss
You're not wrong man. I remember that night like it was yesterday, but the rest of boot is a blur.
You're not wrong. I remember just about everything from Golden Thirteen, but the rest is kind of a blur
I remember the shitty tasting powdered eggs for breakfast after getting 2 hours of sleep the first night I arrived.
That chief in the beginning called me a power ranger for having on an all red sweatsuit
Jay Williams Imao
Jay Williams Jesus loves you
I lost my prescription glasses before I went to boot, and all I had available to me to be able to see, since I'm very nearsighted, was prescription sunglasses until I got my BCG's. So I was Recruit Terminator or Roy Orbison, depending on the RDC.
Im watching this to see what you guys wearing 😭
Got to bootcamp the night of October 2nd, 2018. The intensity is accurate but be prepared to stand for 3 hours straight. You’ll have to write a number on the back of your hand and that number becomes what you represent in boot camp. I’m not gonna lie, I witnessed people quit on the spot, kneel down against the walls because they “had a bad headache”, and I heard someone in the head (bathroom) refusing to come out and senior chief went in there and made him get out (you don’t argue with senior chief lol). IMO, the best mentality going in to it is an honest one. Don’t be that one guy that’s like “I’m not worried about anything I’m fine” because EVERYONE is worried about something going into this. Be honest with your fears and expect the worst because once things start to get better you’ll start adjusting easier. And it will get better, you’ve just gotta keep going! Good luck to you future sailors reading this you’re in for a wild ride!
That number is your division.
thanks man i leave for Sept 12th with my buddy..question tho how many people quite by graduation?
Ronald Martiny not many people quit. Most of the time you’ll start off with 80-90 recruits then graduate with losing only like 5-8 people. Not many people quit, they do get pushed back though. Study for the 2 tests bro. And make sure your fit enough to pass the PFA’s
@@ronaldmartiny5425 I leave September 12th too man. My rate is HT.
@@filthystripestv5089 lit whats ur name ill remeber you homie
I grew up in a crazy home with daily screaming and yelling. Boot camp was a walk in the park for me!
Me too. It was a cake walk for me. The only thing I disliked was super lazy whiners.
I doubt your family made you ITE
Joining the Navy is up there with the best decisions that I ever made.
That's good to hear! Can you share more, like how long did you serve and would you have served longer? My husband is going in soon he's 30yo.
I wish I did
Thanks to all who continue to serve. I sleep well at night knowing our sailors, soldiers, air men, and marines are on duty. My God Bless!
@@cellardoor199991 okay there bud
And Coast Guard gets no love? Lol. I’m not Coast Guard though, just saying.
Robert Sparkes God loves you
@@naveygill1793 Don't they count as sailors? I mean he never specifically said a branch, so couldn't we count them as sailors?
TotallyNotAHydraAgent I think they’re just called Coast Guardsmen, not the most glamorous. But you’re technically right too.
I remember my first night of arrival. This is very accurate. Do exactly as you’re told. It’s scary for everyone. As you get through Bootcamp, it won’t be as bad. Just take it day-by-day. Right off the rip, make sure you get sleep before getting there. You will be up for 3 days straight. When I got there people were quitting due to no sleep. Don’t be one of those people. It’s tough not to fall asleep but just keep that will power. Study your training guide, as you will be randomly asked throughout this experience (though you’ll have plenty of time to study it). To me, it’s more mentally tough then physically (though there are physical aspects to it). It’s really not as bad, but it’s not a “walk in the park” either. As long as you don’t do stupid stuff and stay mentally strong, and do some running prior to Bootcamp, then you should be fine. It’s not crazy physically (though you’ll be tested on your fitness standard a few times). After P-Days, once you’re completely cleared to workout, you’ll work out 5-6 days a week. Nothing too bad. The worst part, IMO, were the inspections. Racks had to be perfect. RDCs would intentionally walk into other RDCs compartments are start inspecting everything…… For no reason other than being a D*ck. Do as you’re told and you’ll be fine.
I think that boot camp was design to see if you can stand the pressure.
It was wild getting off that bus, I was scared shitless lmao.
🤣😂
My dad was a chief in the navy, I remember when I was a kid living in Orlando, FL he trained recruits, i remember them always treating me like the best kid in the world.
Lol they had better 😂😂 Navy brat perks ❤
Chief: HYDRATE
Recruit: Awe Shit Here We Go Again
Big Facts
You're going to hear the F-Bomb about 200 different times your 1st 48hrs at bootcamp.
48 hours? Oh hell no lol I had to have heard Fuck at least 200 times from the Bus to the doors of the Golden Thirteen
TheBlackKnight got called a dumb ass the first hour there lmao
TheBlackKnight Jesus loves you
@@samanthadalke1860 thanks I know He does
Probably in other branches, too. Look, face the facts. When you first get there, no matter what branch, you are going to get treated like SHIT! There's no other way around it.
Basic was a piece of cake compared to later on off the coast of Vietnam. Working 18-19 hours a day, and it was back breaking work bringing on ammo. Everyone came home ok.
My grandpa lost one of his close friends in Vietnam. Glad you guys made it home okay and know that our generation of service members appreciate you greatly.
I’m 19 Female 5’9 330lbs
I’ve lost 20 since the beginning of this year
I had never worked out a day in my life!
I want to better myself and be a part of something greater.
I’m going to be there one day.
Look up David goggins
Great job. Just keep pushing and you’ll get there💕 I’m also losing weight so I can join the navy.
Height: 5’7
Starting weight:370
Current weight: 315
Dark_Eyed_Angel awesome 👏 it’s always good to work towards your goals. Remember some people have given up
Look up David Goggins and you can do anything you put your mind and soul into
@@brittanyperkins2208 I gained 20 pounds in boot camp lol
I’m having a little nostalgia watching this, but 2007 was THE YEAR! Gosh! Man, watching this I just remember so much! The phone call home was the hardest part because no one answered and I just wanted to say “Mom, I made it here! And I love you!” Even now, tears just fall a little! But, these were the good ole days! I love all my Brothers/Sisters in arms! Don’t mind me ya’ll! ❤️❤️❤️
Me: “AYE AYE PETTY CHIEF!!”
Chief: *Loses temper completely*
Me: *shitpant*
Did similar. I was pretty tired and didnt realize it until it was too late.
Yaboii Marc Jesus loves you
Heard a guy say “professor” instead of petty officer, we all laughed, we all got screwed
I'm not a petty chief!
When I got to basic training I learned real quick what navy stood for
Never
Again
Volunteer
Yourself
🤣🤣🤣🤣
True statement
Marines
Marines always ride in navy equipment
M. A. R. I. N.E.
Army-Aren't Ready for the Marines Yet.
I went to bootcamp at Great Lake in May of 1989, I returned to RTC in 1998 as an RDC and pushed nine divisions through. RTC is NOT the same as it was when I left there in 2002 to return to the fleet.
As a former RDC, here are my words of advice...
1. If you can't handle being yelled at, you're in the WRONG place.
2. If you aren't a "morning person", you're in the wrong place.
3. If you aren't physically fit, you're in the wrong place.
4. If mommy and daddy gave you everything and you expect the Navy to do the same, you're in the wrong place.
5. If you're an individual who does thingS their own way, you're in the wrong place.
6. If you do drugs... don't even think about joining... PERIOD!
How do you get through bootcamp? Easy.
1. DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD, WHEN YOU'RE TOLD, HOW YOU'RE TOLD!
2. PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL!
3. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR MISTAKES, DON'T BLAME OTHERS FOR YOUR FUCK UPS!
4. LEARN FAST, THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK OR ACT!
5. NOBODY CARES IF YOUR DADDY IS A MASTER CHIEF OR AN OFFICER OF ANY RANK! THEY CAN'T AND WON'T HELP YOU!
If you make it to Pass In Review day, you're family won't recognize you. You will be a different person, for the better I hope. After you leave RTC and go to your A School, remember, you're NOT in the fleet yet, you're still in training. When you get your orders and report to your first command, THEN and only then are you in the fleet.
The Navy, the military in general for that matter, is what YOU make of it. Only you can determine your path, be "AJ Squaredaway" or be the asshole that is always in trouble and has the FTN (Fuck The Navy) attitude. You'll go and see places you only read about. Dolphins and flying fish jumping the bow wake in the early morning sun. Sunrises and sunsets at sea that will make you go DAMN! Shipmates, good and bad, that are etched into your memory forever.
I will never regret joining the Navy nor serving for 20 years. I retired in 2009 as an HT1, I pray every day that a recruiter or someone comes to my door and says, "HT1, we need you back." I loved every minute of it. If you have the right attitude going in, you will too when it's all said and done. Attitude is everything in life.
On #5 NOBODY, I went to "A" school in Meridian, MS afterwards. One of the students acted out a few times and got into some trouble. He said, "Hey, my dad's a Master Chief." Uh, didn't help him one bit.
I did basic training in 98 at Fort Jackson for the Army and at this very moment my daughter is starting boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Bsde and I’m so nervous for her but I know she has my DNA and will get through this. 🖤
hey im headed off to bootcamp soon, is there any tips you can think of based off of what your daughter mightve told you?
@@SampsonWrestling hope you’re doing great if not done yet!! My son is in Great Lakes now 😅
@@wendyclaproth9454 thank you, I appreciate it! I had a little bit of a wait but I actually leave this Tuesday (24th). I'm sure your son is doing great!
@@SampsonWrestling woww!! He called me yesterday only for some documents he needed. He sounded calm, grounded. Gave me peace of mind.
Expect it to be hard and pay close attention to instructions. Do as you’re told. You’ll see it’ll start getting better before you know it. Proud of your decision to serve your country. God bless. Go be there best version of yourself 🙏🏼You will do wonderful!!
@@wendyclaproth9454 That's awesome, I'm so glad to hear it. Thank you for the advice, and I really appreciate the kind words!!
I noticed this was filmed during nice weather. There is a good reason we Navy Vets refer to Great Lakes as Great Mistakes if you went there in the winter like I did. But the training you go through never leaves you. I was in what was called a "State Flags" company. Not everyone is meant to enlist in the military, but it was a part of my life I will never forget.
Nervous for my niece leaving Florida for camp next week. Right in time for the cold wave to move in too.
Right! That's why I told my daughter to enlist in early April.
“You no longer have personal space”
That is breaking one of the COs top 6 Chief
NO RECRUIT TO RECRUIT CONTACT
Hydrate
@@brendanhenry4929 30 seconds...
Your first exercise will be eight counts
@@extinctionteam7594 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...
@@ZeroDividedByZero you forgot “COME TO THE READYY”
There were two times when I realized that I was actually going to make it through "boot" camp, 1981. The first was putting out the fire on the USS Neversail. Even though the drill was staged, it still was a hurdle over which we had to climb. The second was field-stripping, reassembling, loading, and firing the hand gun. At the end of both sessions, the women in my company were silent. We realized we had accomplished something that bloody few of the people we knew or grew up with or went to school with ever had or ever would. That was followed by a sense of accomplishment and, yes, a little bit of pride. I miss the US Navy and I loved my time serving within its ranks.
If you are in any kind of physical shape... it's really not that tough...in fact at the end of boot camp...you will wish that they made it harder. What you may not miss is the extremely close supervision.
Yeah the mental shit was the hardest for me
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That’s crazy that was my chief
When I arrived at great lakes in Jan 68, it was 16 degrees with several inches of snow on the ground. This Georgia boy had never seen weather like this. Those old barracks at camp Barry had radiators for heat, and they didn't put out much heat.
P Days is the worse part of boot camp .
ZiggyZig facts
You’re wrong all of Bootcamp is just trash lmao
Facts. We ran out of things to talk about sitting in the berthing within 3 days. We we're in pdays for like 2 weeks.
Fuck, P days was the worse.
ZiggyZig God loves you
Day 2 of Marine boot camp doing a 3 mile run in combat boots, looked across the bay and saw the Navy in there white tennis, white socks, white shorts and white shirts playing volleyball. I'm still laughing today and that was over 40 years ago.
I love this. I also appreciate that as Navy Mom and a government worker I was able to email my son. Who when in the Navy on the flight deck of the U.S.S.Abraham Lincoln. I appreciate that.
Thanks for molding our future sailors
I went to RTC Great Lakes 38 yrs ago! Still recall that first night and the other 9 weeks to follow. Got to the Fleet Jan 29th, 1983 on USS Semmes DDG 18 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
Went to navy boot camp sum., '63 in San Diego. Don't know how things are today in boot camp, but prob. easier, I'm guessing. Proud now that I served a hitch.
21 yr olds and older make the best recruits- THEY have more life experience and can adjust quickly to the rigors of the process that Military Boot Camp provides.
This is true. 10 of us in my division were at least 21 and we adjusted to everything quickly. We also slept during the life lessons classes, because we already knew how to handle that shit.
After I get my bachelors at 24 I plan to join. Any tips? I'm a Mining and mineral Engineering major, no idea what I'd do in the Navy or Army. (Two branches I'm looking at. I will be honest. Student debt help is of consideration. ) my family is a military family.
I want to be an EDO or maybe something else.
I can list what kind of classes I'm taking.
Fluid/thermoDynamics, Geomechanics, Explosives, Project management, Mineral processing, Surveying.
Those are some of the classes I have, am, and will be taking.
@@rye-bread5236 first, decide if you want to go in as officer or enlisted. I recommend enlisted before officer. Yes, everyone knows officer is far more money - but I promise, as a former enlisted man, the entire of the Navy will respect your authority and decisions so much more if you were enlisted BEFORE you went officer.
Matthew Reichert If you are an officer you don’t get yelled at
If you can make it through the first 4 weeks at RTC, it gets better in the last 4 weeks. Good luck Shipmates
My daughter graduated Navy bootcamp two years ago. Iam a Marine Veteran military experience is like no other its unmatched Semper fi.
Coming here a week after graduating, I remember being really scared and intimidated, especially since I was half asleep on the bus lmao.
@@tucansamwell6209 you can go whenever kinda, but there will be times where they wont let anyone go in. You'll see. Good luck future shipmate.
@@tucansamwell6209 No problem, see you out in the fleet future shipmate
I can still distinctly remember the smell of the old WW2 wood barracks we were billeted in during our stay in reception battalion that very first night in the warm, humid Missouri late May weather with the buzz of the large fan-no AC for us. Hard to imagine all the thousands upon thousands of earlier recruits with homesickness, nervousness, and honest regret that passed before me with the same emotions. You're stepping into a completely different world and you're on your own.
Sept 1967 Great Lakes. 50+ years later and I can still remember it like it was yesterday.
It was the biggest joke. Bootcamp was a whole lot of folding clothes, and learning how to iron.
Shit so I'm going to turned into an housewife?
KrispyKidTay Gotta fit the role they want you to play when they get a little bit horny.
Oh you're one of those guys. That guy that didn't learn anything. that guy that is still the same guy today as he was years ago.
@@yeager6882 lol, I have became more than anyone I was in with. Went to college and started multiple companies, with a track record of success. Boot camp was the biggest joke, the Navy was definitely gravy compared to other branches. Just because you did nothing with your life after is your fault, don’t project your shortcomings on others.
@@rigging1377 I am doing no such thing. Maybe you did boot camp after to was complete watered down and its true purpose lost. Boot camp has some very significant purposes that cannot be avoided. To avoid them would be to deceive yourself about responsibility and consequence. Anyone can be a success if character and integrity doesn't matter. Today's idea of success is merely putting on a show and swindling people. Doesn't take much to do that.
I did plenty with my life and still do. Like yourself I went on to do other things as well.
A retired SEAL saying "the most stressful part of joining the Navy." Lol. Real convincing, boss.
He said joining the Navy, not becoming a seal. reading comprehension dimwit.
@@JeffSpehar-ov1cn Reading comprehension? He didn't read anything, he failed to listen and you wrongfully criticized him for it....Dimwit who?
As enlisted, I only had one Company Commander, ETC Romano while in Orlando, Florida. He was super easy, laid back, never heard him raise his voice and we were his last class before he retired. When I entered Officers School, we had a United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant that came from Marine Corps Recruit Depot as a Drill Instructor and he was our Drill Instructor. Gunnery Sergeant Camilli was super easy and treated us more like friends than as his new class. He was just as easy as our enlisted boot camp training. Gunnery Sergeant Camilli was also planning his retirement. When I see videos such as this one, I cannot believe that our training was just the opposite as enlisted and as an officer. God Bless our fellow service members.
yall need to show the 6 hours straight that you stand at attention waiting for other recruits to get off the bus and process in lol the only time I thought wtf
Jules Leguria God loves you
While wearing go fasters. Terrible
@@static312 them ugly ass black shoes 😂😂😂
My brother is currently in bootcamp right now, so proud of him
I enlisted Sept ‘73…..graduated RTC San Diego, December 1973. Because I had three years NJROTC in high school, I graduated an E-3 Airman. Made E-4 (AW3) and E-5 (AW2)my first attempts. Left after four years, went to college, and reentered the Navy in 1982 at Newport RI Navy OCS. Five more active years, and then I entered the Reserves. I eventually retired in 2013, as an O-6 Captain…..37 years service. There are some days that I miss it…..what a glorious ride it was! Fair winds and following seas, best wishes to all of you who are watching this and considering a Navy career. Bravo-Zulu, shipmates!
I liked Navy boot camp it gave me structure that I needed and I liked the comradery also.
I did 10yrs Navy (Submarine Force) now I’m at year 19 in the Army Reserves …
It’s an experience to do both..
It’s all mental and about 5 to 10 percent physical..
Just do what they say and you’ll be fine…
What I remember is we arrived late and had to sit and wait for gear issue and haircuts. So we sat in a large room. Had some good conversations with people, made some friends. We had a nice little group thing going. Then later in the morning we had to go get haircuts. This was the 70s and we all had long hair. We went in one door. Got our hair cuts. Out the other door. I lost my friends once we got a haircut. Had no idea who I spent the previous night talking to.
I went to bootcamp in 1988 great lakes...it was fun,easy and i enjoyed every minute. The food was great and i needed the life structure. I didnt want bootcamp to end...met some lifelong friends throughout my navy career...would recommend navy for all 18yo men and women....great times and a great job...🇺🇸💪
Was in company 934 in August 88
My son leaves in 4 days and I'm trying to prep him, although I am worried. I'm a former Marine graduated MCRD Kilo Co, 3rd Bn, 1994. I know there is no comparison between Marine Corps boot camp 25 years ago and Navy boot camp now but I do worry for him. I feel his generation lacks the self confidence we had growing up a product of the 70s and 80s.
How'd he do?
Save himmm
I didn’t sleep for days it felt like. The first week truly was an experience.
This takes me back to my bootcamp days
I just got out of boot camp today…this video helps
Great Lakes in 2004...respiratory infection from freedom hall constant pushups with the RPOC (as the AROC at the time) and always made sure that I was there for the female side of my division (Division 166 and 165)
It was a very interesting and stressful and proud and fun time (even though they made me get a haircut)
I arrived at Great Lakes at 2am in June, 1961, marched to Camp Barry, was issued bedding and given a rack. At 5am the lights came on and a First Class ran a coke bottle around the inside of a corrugated trash can on the Quarter Deck. Welcome to Boot Camp. I never forgot it.
My dad was in the Navy on the USS Buchanan in the Pacific before I was born.
Enlisted in 1968 and went to boot camp in June of that year. The first words I heard when we went thru the gate was " You're in a world of shit ". Spent a week at Camp Barry in old WW2 barracks . Had SFC ( Ship Fitter Chief ) for a company commander and he drove us into the ground with lots of marching every day. But near the end of boot camp , he lightened up on us and turned out to pretty decent guy. This was at the height of the Vietnam war and everyone was worried about getting orders to that country. I was one of the lucky ones and got assigned to "A" school at Great Lakes and after completing that was assigned to a Naval Transmitter site in the Caribbean . It was all " gravy " after that. To this day , I still remember many of the guys that worked in our division . I 'd like to give a shoutout to ETC LaVerne Witt. He's been dead for 50 years and was very easy to work for. Great guy and he could party with the best of them.
Leaving August 18th. I’m hyped
My boot camp was 48 years ago and was greatly inferior to today's training. Today's BC...these videos... show a MUCH improved BC!!! Wish our's back in '72 was this good. It was adequate for then but today's BC looks much better!!!
Company 103 at RTC San Diego in ‘88. Expected Full Metal Jacket and found it more like Biloxi Blues. Strict and firm with never ending drills but occupied with suppressed moments of hilarity.
I served 22 years in the Royal Navy, 1973 - 1995. We do it slightly differently being the UK 🇬🇧 senior service formed by Royal Proclamation around 1545.. its a lot more nuanced although the end result is probably the same to produce the best and most adaptable team member. We also do it much quieter, as a retired Chief Petty Officer I very rarely ŕaised my voice even during my time working with new entry recruits, if I raised my voice it was for effect, if I invited you for a quiet word in my office then you had a problem. I still remember by basic training at HMS Ganges and how it shaped us.
I went through Navy bootcamp in Sept. of '92 in San Diego. I stll remember how terrified I was of my two company commanders. By the end of bootcamp they were voted the two best CC's in our divison and they were awesome mentors. Honestly, I wish I could bump into them today and say hello. BTC (SW) Morales and EMC (SW) Dioquino.
Graduated boot camp on Nov 11, 2376, had a blast
I laughed my whole way through. I always was told to get in pt gear, get in GQ and do 8-counts 😂
Battle Stations was wild though 🤫🤫
Next day shore patrol scooped up two that went over the fence..welcome back!
Navy Here I come 🙏I got 1 more week
Thank yhall for your support💯
Tray Mane bootcamp isn’t that bad but good luck future sailor
Good luck man. Wish u the best
Tray Mane good luck
1 month for me
@@boyceduncan3448 I see you there remember my last Namebrown
No one there acts this calm and friendly.This must be for recruiters to use
i really want to make my family proud and even myself, i will go there someday :(
Lacie Calvert Jesus loves you
I entered boot camp 10 years ago. Seems like yesterday when I got off the bus, a ball of anxiety for the next 8 weeks.
this Chief was actually my RDC in boot camp 3 years ago. Definitely will never forget the guy.
He was also my chief 3 years ago, 907?
During covid times, graduated 19mar21, the adrenaline when we first got there was dope, we were all excited. Then we got back on the bus and went to fort McCoy 😂😂. Hated our lives for two weeks
Yooo what div? I’m 146 Ship 10
Having endured Parris Island and serif in the Marine Corps, all I can say is that you sailors are soooooo cute!
....serif?....that cute little foot at the bottom of a letter? sans-serif is soooo much more chill.
No wonder you were a " Jarhead " You can't spell asvab score of 10 will do that..
Idk if anyone will see this that needs it...but PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND LISTEN. You'll go far
Holy shit I had the same chief welcome me first night at pearl. Someone called him a senior chief and he got pissed off saying “Chief, thanks for reminding me that I didn’t get promoted last year!”
After passing though OSUT at Ft Benning, GA, Great Lakes was a sad parody. Learned a lot of USN specific tech stuff but was so easy. Had another guy who had been prior service Army in my Company. Still enjoyed it, # CO948. MM1 SS K. Wojtanik Company Commander is still one mof my heroes.
For me, it was September, 1969; San Antonio, Texas for induction (I really hated that smelly ink used for labeling the uniforms) , then Orland Florida for the first full day. 😎
USN '65-69 left as a TD2. Boot at NTC San Diego. 4+ years in the Navy were the best first years of my young adult life and laid the foundation for my later civilian success. Wouldn't trade it for nuthin'. Keep your noses clean, listen to orders and the best to you all.
Leaving August 15th, can't wait to be apart of the fleet. NAVY BABYYYYY
Good luck
You are going to regret it lol
@@veteranentrepreneur8429 you must be one of the fleet's crybabies 🤣
@legend your one of those loser lifers scared to survive in civil life , how long have you been in booster.. lolol
Tato Amador don’t join then if that’s how you feel. And if you did you obviously just mad because you don’t belong
I went to RTC Orlando, which has been closed for many years. It’s only a couple months of a long life, but it’s a memorable few months.the quitters and complainers are often the same people. Just embrace the suck. Just another evolution, another day. Before you know it, it’s all a nostalgic memory. My former command, my rating, even my basic training command, none of them exist anymore. I’m still a sailor though.
NTC Orlando unit company 0344 August 1977. My step father was a BT2 so I heard sea stories before I joined the Navy, that actually prepared me mentally because his boot camp was REAL boot training compared to my walk in the park training. Honestly, boot training for me was the easiest time I had in my enlistment. Try working almost non stop 18 hours a day on a aircraft carrier or just life at sea on a FFG. The Marine Corp. Have and always will have the hardest boot camp to complete. Bootcamp... just follow orders, and become someone special. Fair winds and smooth sailing shipmates.
When I arrived at Orlando recruit training center it was a dark , warm , misty morning in February and when the bus stopped I sat there for a second and looked out of the bus window at the barely visible palm trees in amazement , never seen palm trees before , they don't grow in Pennsylvania and the next thing I knew this guy was in my face screaming " what the fu*k are you doing on my bus , get off my bus !!!! and it was at that moment I knew I was right where I was suppose to be .
1:44 the Petty Officer here was the 3rd RDC of my brother division. Great guy.
I served in the army..have been out for 6 years..but damn I wish I would have joined the navy..I love the navy
I just graduated last week I still remember that night
Oh ya that brings back memories.
O snap they made new ones 😂 gonna learn today
It is SO wild seeing this from an outside perspective now :O
Wasn’t there one from all hands magazine recently? I actually liked that one
Yeah, this one is kind of pointless. Btw love your videos
ARCHIEzzle Jesus loves you
So what the intro song. But that intro scene is fucking intense man. Shit. My brother told me that Bootcamp is tough it meant to be tough. Gotta have a strong voice, highly respect, and just listen to the RDC (Recruit Division Commanders). Those RDC will push all of you guys if you are willing to take what it takes to be a Sailor.
Great Lakes 1976 (Co. 116) PO2 Michael Armstead.... we had 15 week boot camp extended to 17 because of a ‘service week’ snafu where we worked an extra 2 weeks in chow hall.
I quit navy boot camp because I wasn’t prepared and went in with that mindset of “I’m not worried, I’ll do fine how hard can it be” and when I realized how hard shit hit me I quit. Plus I wasn’t ready to die for my country and in boot camp they are always etching that sort of narrative in your head. If you’re truly not ready to give your life up for your country then you won’t even make it through boot camp.
I wanna try to go again because I think that I’m stronger and i know I’m prepared to die. But if I can’t re enlist then I’ll be a firefighter; all ik is that I have to serve my country in whatever way.
Thank you and respect to all those who serve💪🏽
You guy's quit Navy boot camp lol. That shit was so easy hahahahahahahaha.
@@rigging1377 Everybody is different. In boot camp we had people attempt suicide. You never know someone's life journey.
I never thought seeing the terror on those faces would be so hilarious all these years later.
Ahhhh what a timeee
Great Lakes in March 1966 was still pretty cold. One year aboard ship was enough for me. Then there was that Vietnam thing. In retrospect the Navy was some of the best years of my life.
Well it was the same place is my daddy and my grandpa went. Once I showed her that they were thrilled at my long hair 🤣
This video was shared by my DEP instructors. Why are people hating on this series?
After watching Marine basic videos the past week this doesn't look so bad.
Graduated Jan 10, he was my chief. Glad he was. Krein here for any fellow 907
Man I went through this over 10 years ago it was fun
I just retired from that rat race. I'm glad to have been a part of it, but even more glad to be done with it!
my boss is a retired naval chief ... yes sir and no sir are the only words he wants to hear..it helps I'm from a Navy family.. God bless America!
lol, not a sir, if he works for a living.
@@Bailes1983 I grew up in the south sir, to the best of my understanding we play by the rules down here, sir.
I did army and I’ll never forget it
my best friend just left last week. watching this i already know she hates it, that first letter is gonna be hilarious
August 2002 for me. Good ol’ NS Great Lakes or should I say Great Mistakes 😂. Wouldn’t trade the experience for the world. Haze grey and under way!
Only way to be
Two top nicknames for basic: Great Mistakes and in the Army, Fort Leonard Wood, MO (Fort Lost-in-the-Woods).