@@corindashockley991 I learned floating in 10 minutes by jumping into a deep pool and trying not to drown while still having access to the pool ladder of course. Then in 5 minutes, I tasked myself to just get to other side, had to yank on someone's floater half way, got violently rejected and somehow made it to the other side. Next day I was just exploring swimming styles. It is like walking. You do not need someone to teach you walking necessarily, it is that easy.
Also, tell parents not to send care packages at boot camp. My nephew had one parent do it in his division and they had to do pushups for every m&m ate.
On the topic of cell phones, back in 03 when I went through boot camp, there was a recruit in another division that was caught with a cell phone only a few days before battle stations. Apparently the rdc asked the recruit to just be honest and the recruit said they never used it in boot camp. Unfortunately the RDC checked the call log on the flip phone and it had in fact been used every night to call home and friends. I was told that recruit got recycled back to week 1 after those findings. May seem harsh but part of the boot camp experience is being out of contact with the outside world, so I got to side with the RDC on that one. Pro tip: don't try to smuggle your phone with you into your birthing, very little could go right with that plan, and a whole lot of wrong is very likely to happen.
Just graduated may 5th 2023 I can confirm this is 100% accurate and you get about 3 phone calls one after battle stations another one after OPFA and one during week 4
I'm going to be joining the Navy. I just have to be off my medication for another 6 months so I'm using that time to study and prepare myself in any way I can and finding a job that suits me and going for that.
Thanks for providing so much insight. I went to boot camp in March 2004 and got out in May 2015. It's interesting to see what has changed since then. -Battle Stations used to be jogging to each individual event around the base. The full ship mockup wasn't around yet. -Cell phones weren't a thing. I didn't own one anyway, and I actually didn't even get my first cell phone EVER until I reported to my first permanent command in Hawaii the following year (CG 70). My LPO wouldn't approve my request for a barracks room until I got a cell phone lol...if I ever needed to call home I'd buy a prepaid phone card at the NEX and use a payphone. -All of the personal effects you brought with you had to be mailed back to your parents. I remember being in ET 'A' school (also in Great Lakes) and having to shop for clothes to wear for liberty haha. I didn't bother having them mail it all back to me since I was going to get it back when I went on leave after 'A' school anyway. Other than that, I kept my head down in boot camp. My first division "master-at-arms" acted hard because he went to JROTC in high school...and our RDCs fired him after a week when he couldn't even do a single pushup properly.
I had senior chief Guzman, petty officer Multerer, and petty officer Rodriguez for my RDC's I was medically discharged 3 weeks in but I always wonder how the rest of my division did.
Checking things out for my daughter, but will tell her stories of her Grandfather who served 22yrs in the Navy and his main concerns in 1942 in the South Pacific was each island before the Marines hit the beach had to be cleared of mines . Later in the war kamikazes , which sank few ships close friends were on . Battle of Midway was tough . Battle of Coral Sea . Seeing the condition of surviving Marines come back to his ship was tough to see . I know he would tell today's sailors thank your lucky stars no one is trying to sink your ship and kill you and your friends . Todays sailors would be tough enough to face that . Yes todays Navy can be alot better, but it can and has been alot worse . My dad enlisted on Dec 8 Th. 1941 . Thanks for everyone who makes the sacrifice to serve . No matter when .
I was one of those idiots that joined the Navy not being able to swim. I learned enough to pass the swim and that was about it. I was also in a Submarine rate and not a diver so swimming for survival wasn't really a thing. Edit: Also, the stress card rumor has been a thing since at least the late 90s. It wasn't true 30 years ago and I'm assuming it's still not a thing today.
Those damn stress cards. They were rumored when I went in 2017, they weren't there. Then I was on the ship in 2018 and people were talking about it. Asked all the new guys. Looked up stuff online. This damn rumor wont die😂
I had a buddy come to my ship in 2002. He said they absolutely did have them. They were red. His division had em. They had to have em in his breast pocket. I still talk to the guy and he says they had em.
Can't help but anxiously watch all these USN vids while my Army brat's currently at USN Boot. Thanks for the debrief, and it's good to see a WHOLE LOT has changed since my era. Godspeed to you all, stay safe, and keep up the outstanding work! -Army BCT '96.🫡🪖🇺🇸
Bruh it hurts to see you pumping out these vids with little engagement man. For what it’s worth you do make a different to me at least. I ship out on the 25th of July.
I joined last year in my 30s. Ppl were shocked and thought I was in my 20s lol anyway. It was still a good experience. My advice would be to stay strong and start on working out now if you decide to join. Never compare yourself to others.
@@yumiko0017that's the advice you have. "Workout before you arrive to boot camp" How about what it's like being aboard a ship at 30 with abunch of 18 - 21yr olds..
Back in 1979 I remember getting my box of personal belongings at the completion of boot camp. Apparently all that PT made my thighs grow. My jeans were so tight that with one glance you could tell what religion I was. I immediately bought new trousers at the base exchange. A man's religion is his personal business after all.
Start doing your PT now running push-ups ect ect everyday , Pay close attention to every little detail you hear or see being done , Blend in with your company and remember lots of bootcamp is a mind game but have real punishment if not taken seriously , Hopefully your already rated in your mos after boot and good luck kid , Im old school US Navy went to boot in san diego which is closed now ca. 1984 , I was an Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd class in f-18 squadrons my 4 years !
if you are saying that you live near great lakes, then you will be picked up locally and dropped off. so most likely you will go to your meps station then get driven over to boot camp
How loyal would you say females are in the navy my girlfriend went in recently she’s in boot camp right now we are planning on getting married after she graduates but I’ve seen a lot of videos to just be single if your significant other joins that navy making overthink knowing that she could cheat while deployed
Not sure, it really all depends on your community manager. I would recommend talking to a NC or your chain of command when you get to your ultimate command. Recruiters like to say, "you can just switch rates". But in reality, some may never be able to unless they switch branches.
This is NOTHING !! to how it was back when we went through it in 1980s. Clearly, it's alot much more relaxed, easier, & simplified now, seeing they're letting all these soft-tail skirts in. That said, this man's navy is NOT the same now. As former military (& now a civilian), myself l would rather be defended by robots running the show. Have also NEVER accepted the idea of being defended by some Jane Wayne-type broad who should be in front of a typewriter (or selling fancy underwear at Victoria's Secret)
First myth: The Navy actually has a real boot camp ever since they dumped everyone at Great Mistakes... 2: No more real uniforms, just these ridiculous cartoon clothes... 3: No more treating you like a responsible adult, now it's "Pretty please, recruit, you really don't have to do anything correctly, we'll give you 3 rows of ribbons if you don't cry!"... 4: Everything else - the Navy has gone to shit!!
cause nobody is joining the military in general... the navy is actually up there with the airforce in recruiting goals... the marines had their first co ed company /platoon few years ago...not because theyre forward thinking... because nobody is enlisting ...kids today can make E-6 money outa high school at amazon or mcdonalds...or uber driving... with weekends off benefits for money for college ... why join to do 10-12 hour days ... no overtime and travel restrictions...Patriotism? we both know thats a myth...
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Literally at the airport shipping out. I'm so glad I have one last video to watch
How’s it been?? Congratulations y the way!
Good luck!! Please comment back when you're out, I am leaving in about a year
@@emilyeckert2707same
@@emilyeckert2707it’s super stressful and super boring
Same I’m shipping out today ready for an eventful 10 weeks 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I couldn’t swim at all…they taught me the basics. There’s nothing to it. All this time it was fear holding me back. Now I love to swim.
Hearing this makes me feel better.
@@corindashockley991 I learned floating in 10 minutes by jumping into a deep pool and trying not to drown while still having access to the pool ladder of course.
Then in 5 minutes, I tasked myself to just get to other side, had to yank on someone's floater half way, got violently rejected and somehow made it to the other side.
Next day I was just exploring swimming styles. It is like walking. You do not need someone to teach you walking necessarily, it is that easy.
I’d probably laugh my butt off watching the reaction of someone grabbing onto/getting rejected.
Also, tell parents not to send care packages at boot camp. My nephew had one parent do it in his division and they had to do pushups for every m&m ate.
facts
So the RDC’s ate all the M&M’s?🤣
@@averyjames4623 I have no idea.
On the topic of cell phones, back in 03 when I went through boot camp, there was a recruit in another division that was caught with a cell phone only a few days before battle stations. Apparently the rdc asked the recruit to just be honest and the recruit said they never used it in boot camp. Unfortunately the RDC checked the call log on the flip phone and it had in fact been used every night to call home and friends. I was told that recruit got recycled back to week 1 after those findings. May seem harsh but part of the boot camp experience is being out of contact with the outside world, so I got to side with the RDC on that one. Pro tip: don't try to smuggle your phone with you into your birthing, very little could go right with that plan, and a whole lot of wrong is very likely to happen.
I agree with his punishment. He shouldn’t have done that.
As of March 4th, 2024, cellphones are made available during training rather than having to use the payphone.
Just graduated may 5th 2023 I can confirm this is 100% accurate and you get about 3 phone calls one after battle stations another one after OPFA and one during week 4
Is it true you shower together. I'm a chick btw
I graduated 04AUG23 and I got a phone call every 2 weeks besides the first 2 weeks because I was at P-Days for 1.5 weeks
What is OPFA?
Man you guys got 3? I only got 2 lol one for around week 1 or 2 and the one after battlestations. But then again I graduated APR 10, 2020
I'm going to be joining the Navy. I just have to be off my medication for another 6 months so I'm using that time to study and prepare myself in any way I can and finding a job that suits me and going for that.
what kind of meds is it for??
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Thanks for providing so much insight. I went to boot camp in March 2004 and got out in May 2015. It's interesting to see what has changed since then.
-Battle Stations used to be jogging to each individual event around the base. The full ship mockup wasn't around yet.
-Cell phones weren't a thing. I didn't own one anyway, and I actually didn't even get my first cell phone EVER until I reported to my first permanent command in Hawaii the following year (CG 70). My LPO wouldn't approve my request for a barracks room until I got a cell phone lol...if I ever needed to call home I'd buy a prepaid phone card at the NEX and use a payphone.
-All of the personal effects you brought with you had to be mailed back to your parents. I remember being in ET 'A' school (also in Great Lakes) and having to shop for clothes to wear for liberty haha. I didn't bother having them mail it all back to me since I was going to get it back when I went on leave after 'A' school anyway.
Other than that, I kept my head down in boot camp. My first division "master-at-arms" acted hard because he went to JROTC in high school...and our RDCs fired him after a week when he couldn't even do a single pushup properly.
Of course the JROTC guy failed lmao.
I remember running all night On battlestations. Sep 1999
My division was one of the Bata testers for that life skills, definitely benefited from it
I had senior chief Guzman, petty officer Multerer, and petty officer Rodriguez for my RDC's I was medically discharged 3 weeks in but I always wonder how the rest of my division did.
I graduated last week and I can tell you. That you do not get it back until after the graduation. Not days before
Depends on the RDC. we got it the night before
In 99 no one had cell phones. But. We got 1 to 2 calls a week. There were days were no one would answer lol
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I ship on the 23rd thank you ❤
Hope it all turned out well. Have fun. Be safe. Go navy
Checking things out for my daughter, but will tell her stories of her Grandfather who served 22yrs in the Navy and his main concerns in 1942 in the South Pacific was each island before the Marines hit the beach had to be cleared of mines . Later in the war kamikazes , which sank few ships close friends were on . Battle of Midway was tough . Battle of Coral Sea . Seeing the condition of surviving Marines come back to his ship was tough to see . I know he would tell today's sailors thank your lucky stars no one is trying to sink your ship and kill you and your friends . Todays sailors would be tough enough to face that . Yes todays Navy can be alot better, but it can and has been alot worse . My dad enlisted on Dec 8 Th. 1941 . Thanks for everyone who makes the sacrifice to serve . No matter when .
Your father sounds like an amazing person
@askardc He passed away in Nov 8, 1996 and laid to rest Nov 11th . Good day of those who serve to be laid to rest .
Veterans day is for people like your father
I was one of those idiots that joined the Navy not being able to swim. I learned enough to pass the swim and that was about it. I was also in a Submarine rate and not a diver so swimming for survival wasn't really a thing.
Edit: Also, the stress card rumor has been a thing since at least the late 90s. It wasn't true 30 years ago and I'm assuming it's still not a thing today.
I will have been in the DEP pool for 362 days when I ship, this has been well awaited. August 1st ship date
Those damn stress cards. They were rumored when I went in 2017, they weren't there. Then I was on the ship in 2018 and people were talking about it. Asked all the new guys. Looked up stuff online. This damn rumor wont die😂
Even in 2007, the stress card myth was a lie😂
I had a buddy come to my ship in 2002. He said they absolutely did have them. They were red. His division had em. They had to have em in his breast pocket. I still talk to the guy and he says they had em.
Can't help but anxiously watch all these USN vids while my Army brat's currently at USN Boot. Thanks for the debrief, and it's good to see a WHOLE LOT has changed since my era. Godspeed to you all, stay safe, and keep up the outstanding work! -Army BCT '96.🫡🪖🇺🇸
Bruh it hurts to see you pumping out these vids with little engagement man. For what it’s worth you do make a different to me at least. I ship out on the 25th of July.
In shipping out the 27th maybe I'll see you there lol
thank you for the helpful information
we didnt send anything home in the 1980s either... boxed up clothes in storage until you get separated in boot camp or graduate ...
Seemed like they did it right the first time.
Would love to hear your thoughts on recruits in their 30s
More than happy to give it. In fact, we will have it in the next video
@@askardc sweet. Itd be cool to see a whole video on joining as a basically a grandpa haha
I joined last year in my 30s. Ppl were shocked and thought I was in my 20s lol anyway. It was still a good experience. My advice would be to stay strong and start on working out now if you decide to join. Never compare yourself to others.
@@yumiko0017that's the advice you have. "Workout before you arrive to boot camp"
How about what it's like being aboard a ship at 30 with abunch of 18 - 21yr olds..
Back in 1979 I remember getting my box of personal belongings at the completion of boot camp. Apparently all that PT made my thighs grow. My jeans were so tight that with one glance you could tell what religion I was. I immediately bought new trousers at the base exchange. A man's religion is his personal business after all.
Thank you for your service old salt
The first myth did not apply to me because in 1978 cellphones did not exist. RTC Orlando, Company 244.
I believed the swim myth and couldn't swim at all. I was smart enough to take lessons. Once I got into the fleet, I preferred to run my PRT.
Glad you did not fall for that myth! I prefer to run mine too or at the very least on a treadmill
I watch every one of them honestly.
How do you manage to finish, pass out of training with medal ribbons after 8 weeks ?
I ship out july 11th. Need all the info i can get
Start doing your PT now running push-ups ect ect everyday , Pay close attention to every little detail you hear or see being done , Blend in with your company and remember lots of bootcamp is a mind game but have real punishment if not taken seriously , Hopefully your already rated in your mos after boot and good luck kid , Im old school US Navy went to boot in san diego which is closed now ca. 1984 , I was an Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd class in f-18 squadrons my 4 years !
Thanks for sharing
Sounds like its easier then highschool gym.
I leave in just under 2 months July 26
I leave a day after you maybe I'll see you there
For those of us that live within driving distance do we just drive to base And get dropped off?
if you are saying that you live near great lakes, then you will be picked up locally and dropped off. so most likely you will go to your meps station then get driven over to boot camp
How loyal would you say females are in the navy my girlfriend went in recently she’s in boot camp right now we are planning on getting married after she graduates but I’ve seen a lot of videos to just be single if your significant other joins that navy making overthink knowing that she could cheat while deployed
Better just kiss that one goodbye!!
With all she’s going thru rt now i can promise u cheating is the last thing on her mind
Listen to the loud 'Ka-ching!' as the wedding rings hit the pier as the ship casts off her lines... just saying...
She gonna be fkn every dude on that ship its not worth it. You can be stubborn if you want but it's the truth.
I signed as av do i have a chance to re class to eod at any point in my career?
Not sure, it really all depends on your community manager. I would recommend talking to a NC or your chain of command when you get to your ultimate command. Recruiters like to say, "you can just switch rates". But in reality, some may never be able to unless they switch branches.
Can any rate become an RDC?
To my knowledge, yes
This is NOTHING !! to how it was back when we went through it in 1980s. Clearly, it's alot much more relaxed, easier, & simplified now, seeing they're letting all these soft-tail skirts in. That said, this man's navy is NOT the same now.
As former military (& now a civilian), myself l would rather be defended by robots running the show. Have also NEVER accepted the idea of being defended by some Jane Wayne-type broad who should be in front of a typewriter (or selling fancy underwear at Victoria's Secret)
Learn to swim before joining or they will drown you
Petty Officer Couto? That you?
Afraid not
Yes, car loans and marrying strippers are BAD DEALS for young sailors
Stay from both
First myth: The Navy actually has a real boot camp ever since they dumped everyone at Great Mistakes... 2: No more real uniforms, just these ridiculous cartoon clothes... 3: No more treating you like a responsible adult, now it's "Pretty please, recruit, you really don't have to do anything correctly, we'll give you 3 rows of ribbons if you don't cry!"... 4: Everything else - the Navy has gone to shit!!
cause nobody is joining the military in general... the navy is actually up there with the airforce in recruiting goals... the marines had their first co ed company /platoon few years ago...not because theyre forward thinking... because nobody is enlisting ...kids today can make E-6 money outa high school at amazon or mcdonalds...or uber driving... with weekends off benefits for money for college ... why join to do 10-12 hour days ... no overtime and travel restrictions...Patriotism? we both know thats a myth...
Todays Navy is much softer… they have drag queen recruiters as well
depends on your definition of softer. did you serve?
@@askardc I did 4 years 3 west pacs on 2 carriers Midway & Vinson AO