02/04/10 Week 2 Day 2
Reveille was at 0500, more than half of my division had dentist appointment so the rest of us stayed in our compartment and cleaned. We stripped all the racks to get the sheets washed, checked everyone's lockers to make sure they looked good. We studied for a little while. You will be given a study guide and you will have it with you everywhere you go, classes, chow, marching. If you are waiting in line for something you will be looking at your book, you are not supposed to talk, look around but face towards the bulkhead (wall ) and study.
Overall it was an easy day, we have our first test tomorrow it will contain all the material covered during these first 2 weeks. Passing grade is 3.2, the division has to average 4.0 or above to get the scholastic flag. This flag will be carried everywhere we go.
A little bit of yelling here and there but it was a good day. Taps was at 2145. Right now most people are studying for the test. Folks that fail the test have another chance to take it and if they fail again they get set back in training and moved to another division. Tomorrow we will have 50 questions and I heard we have about 35 to 40 minutes to answer all the questions.
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
Navy Basic Training - Week 1
As I promised I will begin to post my experience during the Navy Basic Training, I arrived in RTC Great Lakes on January 19th of 2010. It was a long day I was up at 4:30 am to get ready to go to MEPS. There I saw the doc again, participated on another oath ceremony, signed more documents, ate and waited to be taken to the airport. I left Minneapolis on the afternoon and arrived in Chicago at around 1700.
I checked in at the Military office at the airport and went to get something to eat, after that I met three Navy personnel that went thru some debriefing. The bus to RTC did not leave until 1900. We all (recruits) sat on the floor while we were waiting to go to RTC. Not a lot of yelling until this point. During the 40 minutes trip to RTC we were showned a movie about boot camp, no talking at all, we were not allowed to talk during our pleasant ride.
As it was pretty cold that night, nobody was waiting for us outside of the bus, all the petty officers were inside the building.....that is when the yelling starts. Get used to it from there on the yelling will follow you and your division during your stay.
We formed to lines one facing each other and we were showed how to properly stand at attention. I can recall all they said, but basically telling us what the expect from us and explaining what is going to happen throughout the night. It was a long night, we got out photos taken for our IDs, received our sea bags, shorts, shoes, socks, shirts, towels etc. We had to do the urinalyses again...you will be busy with activities or sitting waiting for something. I was voluntold to help out the petty officers with miscellaneous stuff and that was cool. Don't plan on getting any sleep on your first night at RTC.
The next day we got hair cut, shots (5 or 6 ) and yeah be prepared for the peanut butter shot...thats all I'm going to say :) We finally went to bed at 2200...by that time I had been up for 40 hours. Reveille was at 5:30 and we were "politely" asked to get up and get dressed. The next few days (Pdays) were filled with different activities, classes, learning how to fold your clothes, stencilling all of your stuff etc. You will have 5 days of Pdays and then you will start your actual first week of training. Training days go from Monday thru Friday, Saturday and Sunday don't count even though you will doing something.
It has been a while so already forgot some stuff. Don't stress too much about your first day(s), pay attention on the info the Petty Officer are putting out once we get to RTC, this should stay with you. If you pay attention and do what you are told you will be fine.
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I checked in at the Military office at the airport and went to get something to eat, after that I met three Navy personnel that went thru some debriefing. The bus to RTC did not leave until 1900. We all (recruits) sat on the floor while we were waiting to go to RTC. Not a lot of yelling until this point. During the 40 minutes trip to RTC we were showned a movie about boot camp, no talking at all, we were not allowed to talk during our pleasant ride.
As it was pretty cold that night, nobody was waiting for us outside of the bus, all the petty officers were inside the building.....that is when the yelling starts. Get used to it from there on the yelling will follow you and your division during your stay.
We formed to lines one facing each other and we were showed how to properly stand at attention. I can recall all they said, but basically telling us what the expect from us and explaining what is going to happen throughout the night. It was a long night, we got out photos taken for our IDs, received our sea bags, shorts, shoes, socks, shirts, towels etc. We had to do the urinalyses again...you will be busy with activities or sitting waiting for something. I was voluntold to help out the petty officers with miscellaneous stuff and that was cool. Don't plan on getting any sleep on your first night at RTC.
The next day we got hair cut, shots (5 or 6 ) and yeah be prepared for the peanut butter shot...thats all I'm going to say :) We finally went to bed at 2200...by that time I had been up for 40 hours. Reveille was at 5:30 and we were "politely" asked to get up and get dressed. The next few days (Pdays) were filled with different activities, classes, learning how to fold your clothes, stencilling all of your stuff etc. You will have 5 days of Pdays and then you will start your actual first week of training. Training days go from Monday thru Friday, Saturday and Sunday don't count even though you will doing something.
It has been a while so already forgot some stuff. Don't stress too much about your first day(s), pay attention on the info the Petty Officer are putting out once we get to RTC, this should stay with you. If you pay attention and do what you are told you will be fine.
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