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BonzerAsp · 06-07-2015, 10:33 AM

Are they still doing the whole, "Where your NWUs with sneakers" still? A few divisions behind me when I was there had to do it

blacktemplar · 06-07-2015, 12:53 PM

I'm just wondering how much yelling there is in boot camp. The welcome to boot camp videos and what not and there's no yelling, and I assume there has to be some.

BonzerAsp · 06-07-2015, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by blacktemplar

I'm just wondering how much yelling there is in boot camp. The welcome to boot camp videos and what not and there's no yelling, and I assume there has to be some.

Depends on the RDCs. My 3rd RDC yelled a ton. He also got screwed over by hid COC when he got assigned to us. So needless to say he was a little salty

futuresailor31 · 06-08-2015, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by blacktemplar

I'm just wondering how much yelling there is in boot camp. The welcome to boot camp videos and what not and there's no yelling, and I assume there has to be some.

It depends! My 1st RDC pushed 800 divisions previously and he was super tough, my 2nd RDC was just crazy lol so yes. A lot of yelling.

futuresailor31 · 06-08-2015, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BonzerAsp

Are they still doing the whole, "Where your NWUs with sneakers" still? A few divisions behind me when I was there had to do it

YEP. 2 training groups behind me is a "trial group" where they wear tennis shoes one week, boots next and they just rotate it. Supposedly helps with shin splints? I don't know it's BS. Lol but of course people with medical problems wear tennis shoes but my division did not wear tennis shoes with our NWUs!

BonzerAsp · 06-08-2015, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by futuresailor31

YEP. 2 training groups behind me is a "trial group" where they wear tennis shoes one week, boots next and they just rotate it. Supposedly helps with shin splints? I don't know it's BS. Lol but of course people with medical problems wear tennis shoes but my division did not wear tennis shoes with our NWUs!

Yeah they started doing that several divisions behind me last year. I guess it's still in trial if every division isn't doing it yet. I personally think it looks ridiculous.

futuresailor31 · 06-08-2015, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BonzerAsp

Yeah they started doing that several divisions behind me last year. I guess it's still in trial if every division isn't doing it yet. I personally think it looks ridiculous.

It's stupid. They look so tacky and literally everyone looks like they're LLD or something. 😂

CTR3(IW/SG) Freddie · 06-08-2015, 04:22 PM

I was in an accident during my dep. Chipped my spine and gave me a concussion. Was in bed for weeks. I healed up just fine and went and got my screening from my doctor and asked her if she thought this would be a problem for my navy career. She said no. So I asked her to annotate that in her computer and have her print it out so I could bring it to my recruiters. They didn't want to deal with the paperwork. So the Navy didn't know about it. Got to the moment of truth and got guilt tripped into it. I thought I was going home.

But what they did was give me the option to file a report. They send you to medical and get out on LLD till you can have an appointment with an actual doctor. Which doesn't really matter anyways if you are LLD. No one does any physical activity during the first week. I went to my appointment a couple days later. And the doctor pulled up the exact document I had my doctor back home fill out. So yes they have access to your stuff. Do they look at every recruit that passes through. Probably not.

But after the doctor saw the note my previous doctor wrote down, he cleared me and put me back on for for full duty and sent me back to my division. Haven't heard anything of it since. I'm glad I did it. I have had screenings where they brought up stuff I truly didn't know about. Wasn't a big deal but if they saw something that was recent that I didn't release. I could have gotten in trouble.

So have some integrity and do the right thing.

blacktemplar · 06-08-2015, 05:53 PM

Was boot boring? How would you describe it in one sentence.

MickeyMcD · 06-08-2015, 08:05 PM

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Was boot boring? How would you describe it in one sentence.

As easy as putting your pants on. Honestly, its harder to build a Lego creation than it is to pass boot. Just listen to what instructors/RDCs/facilitators say, follow the instructions, do everything like it actually matters to you, and just shut your mouth and it will be as painless as humanly possible. You think I'm kidding about the shut part? Haha...even being in an all male division felt like being around a bunch of gossiping teenage girls 24/7...it got us in hot water a lot. Lol

Matt · 06-10-2015, 09:55 PM

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Was boot boring? How would you describe it in one sentence.

Insanely boring, I would recommend getting crossword puzzles and sudokus mailed to you, just don't let the rdc's see them...

06-07-2015, 10:33 AM	#1
BonzerAsp Active Duty Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Everywhere Posts: 418 Rep Power: 0	Are they still doing the whole, "Where your NWUs with sneakers" still? A few divisions behind me when I was there had to do it

06-07-2015, 12:53 PM	#2
blacktemplar Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Wouldn't you like to know? Posts: 119 Rep Power: 0	I'm just wondering how much yelling there is in boot camp. The welcome to boot camp videos and what not and there's no yelling, and I assume there has to be some.

06-08-2015, 04:22 PM	#8
CTR3(IW/SG) Freddie Active Duty Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: That's classified Posts: 204 Rep Power: 0	I was in an accident during my dep. Chipped my spine and gave me a concussion. Was in bed for weeks. I healed up just fine and went and got my screening from my doctor and asked her if she thought this would be a problem for my navy career. She said no. So I asked her to annotate that in her computer and have her print it out so I could bring it to my recruiters. They didn't want to deal with the paperwork. So the Navy didn't know about it. Got to the moment of truth and got guilt tripped into it. I thought I was going home. But what they did was give me the option to file a report. They send you to medical and get out on LLD till you can have an appointment with an actual doctor. Which doesn't really matter anyways if you are LLD. No one does any physical activity during the first week. I went to my appointment a couple days later. And the doctor pulled up the exact document I had my doctor back home fill out. So yes they have access to your stuff. Do they look at every recruit that passes through. Probably not. But after the doctor saw the note my previous doctor wrote down, he cleared me and put me back on for for full duty and sent me back to my division. Haven't heard anything of it since. I'm glad I did it. I have had screenings where they brought up stuff I truly didn't know about. Wasn't a big deal but if they saw something that was recent that I didn't release. I could have gotten in trouble. So have some integrity and do the right thing.

06-08-2015, 05:53 PM	#9
blacktemplar Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Wouldn't you like to know? Posts: 119 Rep Power: 0	Was boot boring? How would you describe it in one sentence.