One of the things ill never forget- One of the guys in my div was humming a song while we were in line for chow and an RDC caught him and made hime sing the song. We were all trying so hard not to laugh because he couldn't sing if his life depended on it

Thank you to the RDC’s , It’s nice to meet you. I would also like to add that I attended church on Sunday while in company 351 by myself in 1995. I was 24 years old then. I graduated basic training with my 2nd company 373. My family attended. ❤🥰 I was Fireman Recruit Long then in Basic training. My ship was the USS Benfold DDG 65 in 1996. To the new sailors be safe on your journeys, have fun. Keep learning. God is with you! My old spirit 🫶🏾😇is there and I would love to visit again some day. Good vibes. Have a great day/night.

My enlistment date was July 5th, 1995. ⚓️. I stood watch. My job back then was mechanical repairman/Engineer. My discharge was July 31st, 1996. In my present and as a civilian, I am in food service and I am certified, servsafe ,and I’ve been thinking about new career in food service and new location. I’ve always kept my military demeanor about myself. I try to encourage and stay positive. Self respect, self love and self discipline.

I remember shaving my head a couple days before boot camp and they still sent me into the barber chair and they ran the clippers through my head, so yeah, probably don't bother shaving your head before going you'll just be wasting money and also in the galley in the first couple weeks, you were reading your general orders in line so if you didn't have them memorized before boot camp you will after those first two weeks, you're reading them nonstop

This what I looked like in my sailor uniform. I’ll leave it up for awhile. 😄

And I was awakening spiritually and I worked, I would go to gym and exercise, and it lead me back to Great Lakes., mentally. I am keeping myself grounded at this moment.

I went through basic training in 1982. I retired in 2005 as a Master Chief. Basic training isn't that hard if you keep a positive attitude, mind your own business when required, don't attract attention, and help out your fellow recruits when necessary. Divisions are a team. If you or someone else fails the whole division fails. Yes, you are graded as an individual but teamwork is paramount in basic training. Your training does not end once Bootcamp is finished. Many will go onto other schools specific to their rate or job in the Navy. Much has changed in 40+ years since I went to Great Lakes, but much hasn't. The bottom line is getting Sailors to the Fleet that are basically trained and squared away. The Fleet is everything. Make the most of it and you will find it rewarding.

I’m ready to go in so bad my ship date is sept 20th

If someone bully’s you in basic training, make sure you speak up about it. I was bullied in basic training in 1995. Its Allgood.

I married a Navy man in 1995 , Great Lakes. Divorced in 2020. We are still good friends.

I didn’t speak up back then, but I am clearing things up about it now!

My ship out date is on January 1. Very nervous but I’m excited, but what really worries me is the 11 general orders and memorizing them word for word 😅

Somebody asked this because I served: "Does everybody in the military have a tattoos?" My answer is it seems to be so... When my son was getting ready to go in and we watched countless videos from countless creators... We noticed almost everybody has got some sort of ink

I still maintain that jumping into that pool the first time was the scariest thing I've ever done. Not great with heights and am a mediocre to poor swimmer on a good day. Still managed to make myself do it though.

We did our initial PFA the day after our shots so some of us were still sore from the peanut butter shot and trying to run the PACER

I graduated bootcamp in 2001, and all female div's was a normal thing. I remember seeing an intergrated division before i graduated and we were like....dammit we came in too early lol!!! It was pretty rough not seeing women for all those weeks!

@pitchithard I was on the USS Benfold DDG 65 in 1996. Looks and sounds like I do know what I am talking about. Times were different back then , I have documents that says otherwise.l

Thanks for your videos. My son shipped last week and these videos are oddly comforting to me lol. 😅❤

Thank you so much for all your videos. I know they will be very helpful when I ship out for basic next month.

I shipped out on the 26th of March of this year graduated two weeks ago and the thing is for the urinalysis is that nobody watched us go which was surprising and confusing because I thought there was always someone that was supposed to watch but when we went there was nobody doing that still puzzles me to this day

Video recommendation I had to go through the whole process of picking a new job and I had to retake the asvab because I didn’t qualify for it. A lot of websites give false or outdated scores like IS I scored a 70 with above average line scores and barely got it. I think a video explaining updated scores etc

I love these; brings back memories of my time at Great Mistakes😂 February ’05. Quick question though. Never been a user of any kind, but what about CBD for sleep aids etc. would those pop?

When I went through in October they used the moment of truth as an amnesty for anyone that pissed hot for THC. Recruits would only get processed out for THC if they didn’t admit to it during the moment of truth. Recruits with certain rates would still get re-rated even if they admitted to it though, someone in my division got de-nuked and had to re-rate after admitting to smoking marijuana and testing positive for THC. I’m not sure if that amnesty is still in place so it’s probably not a good idea to show up to bootcamp with THC in your system.

just based on the comment at 5:15 they shouldn't still be wearing masks and I say that because I was in A school in great lakes and I know we followed the same regulations on masks as RTC. When I left great lakes in fall of 2022 (graduated boot camp september of '21) we weren't wearing masks or if we were it was for like 2-3 weeks and we took em right back off so I highly doubt they are currently wearing masks unless they still quarantine at the beginning of boot camp.

Good morning. Part of a key to success is…consistency!/Communication. I 🫡 salute you. True story (2018) a navy helicopter/aircraft found me at an old job (krogers grocery). I wanted to let you know that. And another navy helicopter found me at waffle house 2nd job. Moving forward.

they got goggles on we dont get those 😂

Going in September 5 I’m not worried about a damn thing 😂

I'm kind of surprised that the military, given how undermanned it is, hasn't switched to a saliva based test. That seems to be the trend amongst employers who still have to drug test for marijuana by law, but don't want to loose people who smoked weed over a month ago. Plus the results come back MUCH faster. It's a matter of minutes versus days.

How long have you been an RDC & do you plan on remaining one the rest of your time in? Also, what was your rate prior to training recruits?

RDCs kinda chunky. When I went to boot camp in 98 there weren't any chunky RDCs. Guess times have changed.

I can do no more than maybe 25-30 pushups. Will that be enough to pass the baseline PFA? Or will it be enough to get recycled to another division? I'm hoping to ship out by the end of the month.

What do you do with the recruits who just say, "This isn't for me"? Do you try and get them to stay or ASMO them?

I had an epiphany, I received my marksmanship medal. I got something certificate/ribbon for being a 3rd class rescue diver, as I am remembering.

they don’t separate people who pop on the drug test anymore

Yo bro so when do you take your preliminary pfa I ship out September 5

Before swim qual how do they know that you can't swim Or do they kind of ask you before that or do you go in and then they see ?

What if you take like pills for periods before you head out to boot camp and that shows up

Will the RDCs know if the recruit is prior service

I think having people do strenuous exercise with a cloth mask on limiting the oxygen needed to accommodate the output is grossly unfair. Professional athletes struggle to do it let alone a regular person attempting the same feat.

im nervous about the run time i’ve been running and practicing everyday

We did urinalysis like 3 days in

Going November15 😫

I hate the drug test, because, I always have an issue peeing on the clock. If they can cath me I would prefer that.

It’s amazing how people use others videos and change them up with narration to get views. KZfaq thief’s.

When i went to bootcamp in 2015, every RDC and sailor there were wearing NWUs, nobody was wearing NSUs, i wonder why in other videos i see NSUs, but not when i went