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Originally posted by Ancient2007:
I know that many recruits have enumerated their experiences on this subject. Perhaps,a fresh Graduate can tell us the current environment in Great Lakes for the benefits of those who are close to joining.

Has food gone better or worse? Have sleeping hours been reduced? Are the Instructors meaner than they used to? Do Recruits shape up quicker nowadays? These and many other topics are welcomed.

Ancient

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Has food gone better or worse? Better or worse than what? They have nothing to compare it to.Have sleeping hours been reduced? From what? Again, nothing to compare it to.Are the Instructors meaner than they used to? Once again, unless they have gone through boot camp before, no way to know.Do Recruits shape up quicker nowadays?Ummm... These and many other topics are welcomed.

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Originally posted by Ancient2007:
Let me be more clear:

Any Graduate of the last six months who would like to share with us his/her experience from Basic Training.

Ancient

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Originally posted by BoatsBM1:

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Originally posted by Ancient2007:
Let me be more clear:

Any Graduate of the last six months who would like to share with us his/her experience from Basic Training.

Ancient

The "Find" feature is your friend.

A good number of previous "threads" were explored before the addition of your comment.


OOOOHHHHHHHHH !!! Heck, wait, wait, wait, you want others to do your research for you.

I do not think I need you to do "research" for me.

Can you please do me a favor? Try to be more constructive in your criticism or at least more polite - if indeed you were taught manners from your parents or our Great Navy.

Of course, you might be tempted to say that manners are extinct in " Boot Camp".
I think politeness would help a bit.

Have a Great Navy Day !
Anceint

BoatsBM1

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Originally posted by catherine0830:
Ancient-

Boats is trying to help you out. In the Navy you are expected to research on your own, find your own answers, qualify on your own, etc. You will not be spoon fed information. Get used to it. Also, if you're concerned about politeness or niceness, you've picked the wrong job or you need to grow thicker skin.

Catherine, I appreciate your feedback.
I am old enough to have grown my thick skin.
I just didn't appreciate the way he phrased things. It is one thing to be thick skinned and another one to be insulted.


There is a sticky on the top stating that we expect you to look stuff up before asking, because basic questions such as these have been answered multiple times. It gets annoying for us to ansrew those over and over when the info is SO much more readily available than it was a few years ago even. Specific questions that are harder to find the answers to, you will get a much better response to.

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Ancient2007
Basic Training
Posted Sat 27 September 2008 02:37 PM
Let me be more clear:

Any Graduate of the last six months

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Ancient2007
Basic Training
Posted Sat 27 September 2008 06:52 PM
Perhaps, I should have made my self clear

I was only interested to read more recent experiences namely, experiences from someone who might have graduated during the last few weeks

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Originally posted by BoatsBM1:

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Ancient2007
Basic Training
Posted Sat 27 September 2008 02:37 PM
Let me be more clear:

Any Graduate of the last six months

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Ancient2007
Basic Training
Posted Sat 27 September 2008 06:52 PM
Perhaps, I should have made my self clear

I was only interested to read more recent experiences namely, experiences from someone who might have graduated during the last few weeks

You have tried twice to supposedly 'make yourself more clear' but have still failed to do so.
"Months", "Weeks". Whats next, days and or hours?

Next is not "Days" or "Hours" .What I would like to see next is additional views on the topic. It can be between the last six months up to the most recent weeks.

Like I said before, the "Find" feature is your friend.

The "Find" feature has been used.

Not all that have attended RTC,in the time periods you desire, were a part of these forums before they attended RTC. If some were a part of these forums before they attended RTC and came back here to impart their knowledge it could still be tainted,as they might thought their time there was the worst time of their life. Where as someone else may have thought it was the 'greatest thing since peanut butter'.

Objective observations can always include personal opinions. After all, not every one wears the same pair of spectacles.

If you get there you then will know how it was for YOU but NO one else but YOU.

Are you adding something new here? Isn't this the case with everybody?

The 'Politeness Master'
BoatsBM1

Have a Great Navy Day BM1

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Originally posted by Ancient2007:

Have a Great Navy Day BM1

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Originally posted by fastbreak8:

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Originally posted by Ancient2007:

Have a Great Navy Day BM1

See if you can edit that post and change your comments to a different color.

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Originally posted by miraglia:
there are a lot of days when you don't see the sun because classes, the galley and everything is in one building now, called your ship.

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Originally posted by miraglia:
i graduated a little over a month ago. boot camp wasn't so bad. p days are obviously the worst few days of your life and you want to die and regret ever signing but once you get to like week 6 or 7, you look back and say wow, boot camp wasn't so horrible after all.

Miraglia, Congrats and thank you for taking the time to respond. I apologize for my ignorance but I will ask you some questions:


How long do p days last? Do recruits hate these days because they have to stand in line to through paper work and med evaluations? How long do these days last?

the hardest part is being homesick and feeling isolated when you just want someone to talk to like your family. you never get used to that while your there.


Did you make friends there ? Were you able to share thoughts or concerns with any of your fellow recruits?

the chow is decent most days. no matter what, you get 8 hours from taps to rev. doesn't mean you get 8 hours of sleep but you get 8 hours of potetional (sp?) sleep. of course you need to stand watch or iron, its more like 5 or 6 hours and people never shut up neither. all 8 weeks, no one ever was quiet and you will get IT'd. at first it sucks but you get used to it. get used to the term, 'lock it up'. I ****ING HATE IT. and people still use it here in a school and i want to kill all of them, its so annoying.

What is chow?

What does "lock it up" mean?

Do recruits get quiet during night sleep or is there always something going on?

What was your personal opinion of your Drill Instructors?

there are a lot of days when you don't see the sun because classes, the galley and everything is in one building now, called your ship. we even pt'd in there. from what i've heard, everyone used to march to chow and march a lot more. not anymore. the sun would kill our eyes on the grinder, i hated it. you basically work the whole time for battle stations but i won't tell you about that, well i could tell ya, but then i'd have to kill ya. i just rambled on so if you have anymore direct questions, ask away, i don't mind

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Originally posted by LbrtyorDeath:
I know you're not supposed to answer questions unless you've been there, but I feel compelled to state the obvious.

CHOW = Food

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Originally posted by Ancient2007:
What does "lock it up" mean?

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What was your personal opinion of your Drill Instructors?