My Navy Boot Camp.avi

Navy Boot Camp in San Diego, California.

[@reginaldmines4569]

Aug 6, 1986 arrived in San Diego for Navy Boot camp best day of my life.. Hello to all my Navy brothers 💯💯

[@gtc1961]

Your first day of boot camp was the best day of your life?????????????????? I can honestly say it was one of the worst...great lakes, 1979.....they puT all of us into one huge room, probably 500 guys, Idiots were arguing whose city was the best ALL NIGHT LONG!!!! Mostly Baltimore and Philadelphia.

[@garyh4458]

May 5 arrived in Orlando for Navy Boot camp. Worst day of my life. Sounds like San Diego was more of a summer camp type thing.

[@gtc1961]

@@garyh4458 At Great Lakes, we thought both San Diego and Orlando were resorts! I think they were all the same....except in winter, of course!

[@garyh4458]

@@gtc1961 Great lakes was a bit more primitive, from what I understand. Doing pushups on asphalt in Orlando when it is 90 degrees outside wasn't very pleasant, though.

[@gtc1961]

@@garyh4458 When i went to Great Lakes in 79, I seriously don't think it had changed a bit in 60 years. I looked at google map photos of it now and it's unrecognizable so they must've upgraded it. I went in July and August...it was freaking HOT there too!

[@UltimateAnarchy]

Arrived there in December of 1990 and was in Company 073. Graduated then went to "A" school there right after leave. Made friends with some classmates and hung out in La Jolla on the weekends. Met a pretty young gal there, and made lots of great memories. There has never been nor will there ever be another time like that in our lives. Hold onto those memories, gentlemen! Fair winds and following seas.

[@teedepefanio4974]

Phukn A.. co 122, San Diego, 1986 Great times.. 🤙🍻

[@Logdog69]

I got there in December of 1990 also, but I was in 057, are you sure your that’s the right company number? I often wonder what all the guys are doing now, most if not all are probably retired. I just retired, but I transferred to the Army in 1995. I’m saving this video. This has to be sometime in 1991 I’m guessing

[@MyPapagio]

Arrived Sep 90. This is Orlando, right? C204

[@GooglyEyes73]

This is my old Navy Bootcamp video, my VHS copy got eaten by my VCR years ago. It's nice to see this online, now I can show it to my children. I went through bootcamp shortly after this video was produced, some of the same CC's and Officers were still in charge during my experience. That was September and October of 1992. Company 125. BTC (SW) Morales and ENC (SW) Dioquino were awesome CC’s. I wish I could bump into them today just to say hello.

[@Maurice76746]

I went to Great Lakes in 94 and it took my dumb ass 3 months to get out, I got ASMO'D twice.

[@GooglyEyes73]

@@Maurice76746 Getting rolled back is pretty common practice, don’t feel bad.

[@Maurice76746]

@@GooglyEyes73 Thanks bro, I was in company 267 "Rude Boys"!

[@JWH66]

I figured this was around 1990. Thanks for posting and posting it was 1992. I was there in March of 1986 ( Co 057). Saw a couple of differences. We weren't issued the Blue sweats. Maybe that's a seasonal thing. Also we carried rifles as part of marching and graduation ceremonies. I hated it weeks one and two. Mostly just home sickness and nicotine withdrawal, lol. No smoke, just Coke! ( for 3 weeks). Then as things became routine, it became easy. By the final week, I was glad to be graduating but also sad to see it end so soon as well. A few of the guys went to the same A School. A couple of those I saw again in the fleet. And one of them, who I met at MEPS, I got in touch with again via FB 30 years later.

[@Shylade]

This is 1992? I went there in 94 and this movie made it feel like it was so much older than I remember. Probably bc I am old! Lol

[@pauleypavillion6088]

Arrrived at NTC San Diego on November 05 1980 on greyhound bus at midnight and government picked me up in downtown San Diego bus depot. I ended up with R/O outfit group for a few days then formed Company 948 with MM1 Healy and glad it was a band/flag/specialty company; no KP duty. Best time of my life as a young man from that point onward. I ended up going to "A" school in Chanute AFB in Illinois from Jan - Apr 1981 as an Aerographer's mate. Did 20 years in the Navy.

[@shanejur]

I was '79. Came out as a CT. I think our bootcamp was tougher than they have now a days. I remember the DI yelling at us when picking us up on the bus. I remember bunks being flipped. I remember they'd "thump" you if f'd up. I remember one guy running around the company , yelling "I'm a sheet bird, I'm a sheet bird, watch me fly" for messing up a corner on his bunk. I was doing push ups, I couldn't help it, I busted up. hahahaha

[@johnhill273]

My Navy boot camp was in Orlando in 1970. At the time, I thought it was the hardest 11 weeks I ever experienced. However, I later learned that it was a walk in the park as compared to 3 years in the after engine room of the USS Lexington (CVT-16). Those 4 years absolutely turned a boy into a man.

[@Christracey889]

Best time i had in thr navy vs 3 years as an OS on the uss Vreeland FF1068. 🇺🇸 🇺🇲

[@dace938]

Same here in '73 at Great Lakes. Piece of cake. I told my wife I don't think I would have made it if boot was as above.

[@garyh4458]

LOL I hear you. I also went to Orlando for bootcamp and spent 4 yrs in an engine room on CGN-25. Boot camp was more intense but life at sea on a ship is worse because it goes on forever.

[@michaelsteele1257]

Great discupline.// I was in the navy back in 1962.// recruit-training-command, san-diego,ca.//

[@efrem1]

1992, looks as if this was done towards the end of the base's life. Went there in 1981. A hot summer, lots of long nights. These scenes are from a time long gone.

[@Christracey889]

Made me cry when i found out they shut down the base. Great memories

[@Shylade]

@@Christracey889my service week I was breaking down barracks and racks. Was in the last female company to graduate in 1994. All I know is it was august and it was HOT!!

[@josephpatrick9174]

Vietnam Army vet here -- GO NAVY !! THE BEST.

[@mariom555]

I arrived there for training in June of 1986 from New York City. I will never forget. Watching this made me shed a few tears. How I miss my youth. I hope that everyone is doing okay today. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@pistolpt99]

Mario M thanks shipmate! Glad you liked it and thanks for your service!

[@TheTRAINOR11]

I was there in Feb86, then started 'A' school in May. Left from Ft. Hamilton. San Diego will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@edsalter9811]

Same here. Arrived June 1986. Company 137, Division 7. CC's were PO Bickler & Wertz... Marching over the Bridge every day & the smells to the Galley is in mind every day. Great memories☺

[@santiagoreccia2979]

Hello. We’re you stationed at ntc,?

[@1533TodaVida]

Yo, you were in the same ship out day as my uncle in June of 86, a month after he graduated high school he was 17 like me, I am also myself gonna Enlist, class of 2022.

[@samuelestigoy4219]

I was there August 05, 1986 to September 25, 1986. Drill Company 933 . I'm now RETIRED US Navy 😕 🎉

[@shellback1984]

When that duty driver picked me up back in 80 he didn’t tell us what to say but what he did say was, Boy did you guys F*** up!

[@KariIzumi1]

Lol! 😂😭

[@pendragonU]

Our driver said, "You guys still got a chance when the Judge asked you, Prison dungarees or Navy dungarees? After here, you don't get just a few years sentence, you're going to War next! Welcome to Hell gates for you, too late to cry for the Judge to change your destination. And prison guards here are worse morons, Jarheads!" He didn't just said, "you guys F..up" He delighted to spell each cause and effect to come, and that minimal Vaseline will not be provided, *******BOHICA Time!

[@leduaneherndon3866]

I went through Boot Camp at RTC Orlando from July to September 1988. I was 18 years old and, I had just graduated from high school 1 month and 8 days prior. To say that it was a culture shock is a grand understatement. However, the raw memory of those long, hot, scary days always brings a tear to my eyes. Those CC's (Recruit Company Commanders) literally made me into a man. After graduation, I served my enlistment as a Boatswain's Mate in the Amphibious Navy (USS Hermitage (LSD-34) out of NAB Little Creek, VA). I got out after several cruises and a Desert Shield/Desert Storm deployment. And then, five years after Navy Boot Camp, I would find myself in Army Basic Training (Feb through April 1993) at Ft Jackson, SC... going through a different version of the same pain. That experience made me into an even better man. I am in my 50's now and I have a great life but, with nostalgia and pride, I can truly say that it all started long ago on a hot, humid and terrifying night at RTC Orlando.

[@walterquick8649]

Sept 1983 for me and my son is AT FT. JACKSON NOW in week 4! Small world SHIPMATE ABH QUICK

[@karlhungus5554]

Ahoy, shipmates.

[@aegisofhonor]

an old friend of mine went through the same thing the opposite way, went into the Army served two tours in Iraq, left the Army, reenlisted in the Navy after about a year, again, going through Navy Boot Camp, then doing 3 or 4 more years in the Navy.

[@estebanmiguel6019]

I was there right after you. I started boot camp January 89’. Did 6 years, most of that on the Kitty Hawk CV-63 out of San Diego. From what I hear, the navy has changed too much in the last few years.

[@Wookie325]

Nice to go through that rigorous training on the hottest months of the year, then watch the Seoul Olympics on TV.

[@cactuskid1950]

I went through there in Sep 1968. This brought back so many memories. I went from a boy to a man in 9 weeks and learned a lot as well as making life long friends.

[@jimhowell1750]

Jim Howell company 348, August 1968. Definitely a time to remember I do not remember it being quite that lavish in our barracks and our clothing was quite different. Six or eight weeks at camp Nimitz and then across the bridge to the second world war barracks.

[@joserizal1158]

USNTC/RTC May - July 68 Co 321 CC SF1 Dishmon and SSC, SD "A" School July - August 68, USN, AK1 retired May 1989. Federal Service, VA/DEA retired,, July 91 - Nov 2015

[@KariIzumi1]

9 weeks? I went in 2010 and even with processing we had a 8 week training 😮

[@jackyandell2489]

I went through in July 68 Co.525

[@unionpepe7864]

@@jimhowell1750 think it'd be possible to hear an indepth explanation? I'm going to air force bootcamp in a few months but never got to hear about my grandfather's navel bootcamp experience before he passed away. (Although his was 1958) but still wanted to hear all the good and bad. Hazing included lmao

[@trinityregard634]

Went through Great Lakes in 1963, a hellava lot of difference, oh my yes. Would sure as hell rather go now.

[@1533TodaVida]

My big uncle arrived there at 86 of June, basically he is an inspiration, that’s why I myself is going to join the US Navy, Class of 2022.⚓️💪🇺🇸🙌

[@jbshave]

I was there June 86 - Aug 86 for boot camp, then I switched over to NTC for seaman apprentice training from Aug 86 - Sep 86. Back then, "It wasn't just a job, it was an adventure!!" Which turned out to be true!! I had a 20 year adventure!!!

[@odyshopody9387]

What company were you in? I was there the same time, Co. 178.

[@jbshave]

@@odyshopody9387 I was in Co. 126

[@williamhaynes4800]

Thank for your service to this great nation. Dad was a Sailor too, I wanted to follow in his footsteps but failed the physical due to severe asthma and blindness in the right eye. I know I missed out on something great; being a UNITED STATES NAVY SAILOR.

[@tramey1959]

Me too but I went to Great Lakes🏴‍☠️

[@davidreed7718]

My co. Commander was a 1st class radarman tilbery

[@ramonamparan3341]

rtc june 13, 1973. san diego. what a ride. Go Navy

[@matthewchiz8488]

I was there in the summer of 1990. Company 198. Brings back a lot of memories. Wish I had bought the company photo.

[@dougrife1633]

RTC NTC San Diego. Company 120 June -August 1981. Why the hell did they close that base down anyway? They should have closed Great Mistakes instead.

[@sarahartman133]

RTC/NTC San Diego Grad day Aug 1972

[@Motorjock45]

I was there with you during this time company 108!

[@SoapinTrucker]

Summer of 81! 😎👍

[@SoapinTrucker]

Doug, I was there about the same time! Once I graduated, I went through seamanship training for 3 weeks, I'll ALWAYS remember the beer machines!!!!! LOL 😂

[@13bcoffee]

The Great Lakes had more follow on A Schools and better facilities. But I always thought that the sunny weather in SD made for a better bootcamp. But there is no doubt that Great Lakes was a tougher place to be. The bootcamp there nowadays is much more focused on shipboard stuff in the training.

[@JavierMartinez-bt9jh]

San Diego RTC I was there october 1976, Bootcamp was 12 weeks long and 1 week working in the chow hall from 05:00 to 22:00 everyday for 7 full days.Marched everyday on the GRINDER with those ancient wood stock M1A Rifles, after a few hours they got real heavy..I still miss the NAVY, wish i could go back..COMPANY 186 AD2/AIRCREW

[@davidmachado4400]

Javier Martinez how long did u serve ? And what ship or ships were u on ?

[@cellardoor199991]

Please read and respond : I was in Aircrew in Pensacola('03). Supposed to be AD also. Got injured and kicked out. Graduated NACCS . But, didn't go to AD training. My mile swim was 72 min. How hard was it back then? Also. I hear you used to have an obstacle course everybody DOR on.

[@joejackson9546]

Hmm.. I started there in September 76 there was no marching with rifles

[@vegasmike]

12 February 1991 Company 101. 13 Weeks for me.

[@1SemperDad]

We were designated for Special Company (Drum and Bugle Corp) so we got to ditch the rifles after crossing over from "Worm Island". Summer of 1974

[@GulfCoastSportsLLC]

This is where I wanted to do boot camp in 1996. Anyway, thank you to all my shipmates who have served our nation.

[@briancheshire1113]

It was great to see these scenes from RTC San Diego. I was there from Sep to Dec of 1966 - Company 559. I had a chance to visit RTC one more time in 1990 before they closed. I still think San Diego was the best place to have boot camp - it was a great experience in many ways.

[@crimpcreep6887]

Brian Cheshire I'll pick Orlando myself. I lived in California and it was October, so Orlando was it! Plus the girls there helped out.

[@keenancasady2744]

Brian, do you remember the name of the company commander? Adjutant?

[@RONALDB62]

back in the day, Great Lakes was the hardcore boot camp, no girls or other BS

[@bb38313]

I was in Orlando in 1971

[@leedavison7215]

@@bb38313 I was in Great Lakes in February 1968 and was surprised they said you 8 people are going to Great Lakes from the Denver Co. induction center. I was glad it worked out that way since we were all of the time bundled up in blues, pea coats and watch caps making the inspections easier. Many fellow sailors at my first assignment said they be damn glad you didn't have to scrub whites and stand personnel inspections outside with flies landing on you and you can't even move let alone smack them jus to name a few of the the things you don't have to deal with doing it in the winter time at Great Lakes.

[@Growthat]

thanks for posting this.this was way before my time but when i was training at NTC for fire training i couldnt help but to walk around and wonder about all the memories shared in those buildings.

[@rawclavdia6349]

They all look very fit compared to now.

[@bigmanmarine4028]

15:52 The two guys ( Travis Lively and Justin Legg) also went to BUD/S training and are featured in a documentary called BUD/S CLASS 234. HOOYAH 🇺🇸

[@pistolpt99]

That's pretty cool! I will have to look up that video!

[@bigmanmarine4028]

@@pistolpt99 yeah man...have a look at it. The documentary is in Discovery channel. BUDS CLASS 234. 4 hours long

[@nick.623]

I don’t think so. Legg was a USNA officer and 234 graduated in 2001

[@bigmanmarine4028]

@@nick.623 yes bro...I heard about it thanks

[@odyshopody9387]

Thanks for posting, definatley brought back memories. I went through there the summer of 86'. Was down in San Diego last month for my daughters wedding, took my nephew back there, not much of the old RTC left. The old 1930's buildings in the front of the base is a hippster shopping and restraunt area now. The USS Recruit is still there but all the barraks, grinder, chow hall and classroom buildings are all gone. Even Nimitz brigde is changed, no longer wood now cement and steal! Remember having to march out of step going over the old wooden one because they said it would collapse if we didn't. Not sure now how true that was. Anyway thanks again for the trip down memory lane.

[@brucekulickfan4206]

I went through it in 96 in "Great Mistakes" I loved boot camp. It definitely helped me get my act together!

[@glennmathews3548]

Went in October 1966. I stayed an extra month so I could play drums for the drum ,& bugle corps. I am so glad for this post. Brought back a lot of memories. Thank you!

[@hangemhigh64lv]

What a cool video! Brings back memories of my boot camp days (Sept. 86) the only difference was that we had the boondockers glued to our feet except for P.T. Thank you for sharing this 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@travisgrant5608]

In 1964 - 1965 RTC SAN DIEGO NAVY BOOT CAMP we had to wash all of our own cloths on concrete slabs with a bucket of water, soap & a scrub brush then hang them up using knots on the clothesline outside of our barracks. Even when it was raining. We wore work boots, no tennis shoes were issued back then.

[@tallwalls76]

Nostalgia, boondockers, clothes stops, USS Recruit......Co. 336, 1965. San Diego.

[@odgie918]

RTC San Diego, Company 607, 1964-1965. Polishing boondockers every night. A couple of suicides in other companies.

[@bjvanzandt2786]

I had clothes line watch several times and it usually rained.Longest 2 hours in my life.

[@davidwolf226]

I had the same experience in early 1971 there at NTC San Diego. What a cryin' shame they closed that one and Orlando down in favor of Great Lakes! smh...

[@roywilliams9089]

Coming out the Bronx in 1997 I didn't mind any of that initial boot camp stuff! I miss it and loved it!

[@masieldubois6882]

Thank you for your service! I shipped out June of this year

[@haroldanderson7327]

This is a great video, I was at RTC San Diego in 1983 and my company number was 162, Lots of memories of the flint guns for the shots, R & O, the barracks, dining facilities, class, the USS Recruit etc, Thanks for taking me down memory lane.

[@kryptoekid]

Company 092 1983 here also, we got to pick where we wanted to go after boot camp and “A” school.

[@johnie14151]

I went to RTC Orlando in June of 1984. It’s hard to believe that it is closed. Heartbreaking to me. I became a sailor there

[@dougbenton7445]

Great video. As a recruit you did not realize how much the chiefs, and first class PO's, cared for everyone's success. They put in hours to allow the recruits to succeed. Still remember a recruit that told the CC 'I ain't doing any more pushups', shore patrol took him away. Play the game and you succeeded. Thank you Chief Lynch. Company 171, 1982.

[@glennsoucy4359]

If you were 171, I was about 2 months ahead. 116

[@72floyd]

@@glennsoucy4359 Which RTC? I was Orlando in '82

[@skysailorman]

WoW, this brings back Memories!. I got there Oct 21, 1990. Company 024.

[@richies6420]

This is really great to see. It brought back A LOT of things I havent thought of. I got there Sept 93. I was in the last of the last before they closed it. I am glad that I got to go before bootcamp changed.

[@johnie14151]

I went to boot camp in 1984. You had the privilege of being one of the last recruits. In a way I am envious . In a wayI am not. God bless.

[@krista8404]

I was the very last all female company 1992.

[@Mjflight98]

I thought it be very cool to look back at the At the Navy bootcamp back in the day because I ship Mar11th Plus just looking at this is definitely giving me a. Motivation

[@nach2821]

A lot different than my basic 1970. Our basic was 12 weeks and we had different PT events. However, I still remember that Friday graduation; my dad and brother were there and yes, I was proud as hell. Some Chief from another company came up to my dad and told him what a great sailor I was and how proud of me he was. Not even my Company Commander.

[@Shawntraci]

Wow, I instantly remembered getting too boot camp in Orlando FLA. This brought back great memories. I had an awesome time during my naval career…

[@btfambtfam7079]

Graduated, Oct. 1989 Co. 259 CC's were BM2 Parquet & MMC Mulzac. Went on to AO "A" School in Millington, TN, then on to USS Saratoga CV-60 during Desert Storm. What a ride!!

[@Christracey889]

YES ME TOO! San Diego bootcamp 1988 to 89. Then millington TN. Then Damneck VA for OS school

[@ritaloy8338]

When I arrived at Basic Training on 15 July 1974 we learned to drill with the 1903 Springfield rifle.

[@douglassanders460]

They still had them in 87. Heavy bastards

[@Fear_the_Doughnut]

For me in 1984 it was an M-1

[@Casey757]

Awesome rifle

[@charlesgallagher1185]

I was at rtc san diego the same time

[@ritaloy8338]

@@charlesgallagher1185 what company? I was in 218

[@leecoffman2594]

Lee Coffman USNTC San Diego company 826 Oct 1952---Jan 1953. Wow what great memories ! We were issued Springfield 1906 riffles and had to carry them every day, and we had to wear canvas leggings every day. Our Company Commander Chief Graham drove us hard but we won every award including whaleboat champions and we were awarded first in the chow line. Great times and wonderful memories !

[@kennethmcdonald5278]

Same here in1973 we matched with 06springfields

[@Blue2004Z71]

Company 123, March 26, 1990. BMC Tanksley, MMC Ferrer, and BTC Parks. Good times, getting mashed in front of the barracks in a heavy rain storm…..getting mashed all the time, even in dress blues on picture day. Loved every minute of it!

[@xTinBenderX]

Co 146 8 May 1990. You guys were the ones we looked at and said to ourselves, that’ll be us someday 😂

[@gmoney9217]

I went there in Dec 92-Feb 93 company 032. This video does a great job at showing what our life was like as a recruit. Great job!

[@maximilliangenius5572]

HAAAAAAA! I was in company 024 with petty officer FRYE & Chief Marquez. I left in mid January '93..... Remember the steak & lobster meal in galley 5 on new years '93?...

[@caltagerone77]

I did my boots at Great Lakes January 1999. Company 109 with Chief Logan. Great memories. It's great to read all of this comments from shipmates who have gone through this amazing experience at various times throughout the last 70 years.

[@mrchronicblack5810]

I went to great lakes in 93. My first company was company 109. But I got asmoed after the first test and got set back a week to company 116 Where I graduated from

[@robertbiondo]

Great lakes 73

[@buffyl9782]

Marching Party for all of you !!!!

[@xTinBenderX]

Better than Short Tour! 🤣

[@davidrobertson4332]

@@xTinBenderX I was lucky not to go to either. i was a screw up early in the process but got better and never got on their radar again.

[@mariom555]

Great memories! I love this video. I went there in June 1986.👍🏻

[@jamesdewer]

God I miss the winning. The only organization I ever joined or was even associated with that won.

[@america8187]

U.S Navy 8 year Veteran 2007-2015 2 Deployments & 5 Countries‼️ The Navy has changed Dramatically since those days except Bootcamp is still 9 weeks 🇺🇸 😎‼️

[@TheTurk56523]

Thanks for the memories.

[@bradhilsenhoff4621]

Man this was fun to watch, thank you.. Graduated March 1990 from NTC San Diego Company 070! This bring back so many memories!

[@seymourbutts4654]

I was in company 080. Graduated same month.

[@jeffmayle6776]

Did my basic in nov. 86’ Orlando, Fl. Heard about the bridge at San Diego from guys at A school. Video brought back some memories for sure. Glad I watched 👍

[@michaelbrown2220]

March ‘90 to May ‘90! Company 126! That’s where I was from! RTC San Diego! Right now, it’s Liberty Station!

[@ctvenable]

1985 Great Lakes RTC Company 165. Every time I smell mothballs, it reminds me of clothing issue!

[@NervousNick]

"Great Lakes" June 82' Company 123

[@tstahler5420]

Great Lakes Co. 400 21st division. November 21, 1985- January 17, 1986.

[@azbandit2747]

Company 131 RTC San Diego. June 85. Always remember the shots had a big square needle. Lol. Such a shame to only see the USS Recruit only left standing in a shopping center parking lot.

[@craigrusso6150]

USMC Veteran 83 to 90. You guy always gave us the best rides to battle

[@tboone8680]

Thanks for the memories ,Company 040 ,5 Division, San Diego, 1988

[@clintjohannesmann2465]

went through Orlando boot camp July 90 to Sept 90. great memories

[@veteranpatriot4474]

Definitely brought back Some memories for Sure as I Graduated from there in 1984 , Got Held back for a week as I Injured my Right Knee on a Run . Sucked quite Bad But I finished it. It was true what the Chief said, We had accomplished something that Few American Men and Women ever had . We had because become Sailors in the United States Navy.

[@josehuerta1890]

I went through Boot Camp at NTC, San Diego in 1951 Co. 777. 68 years ago and retired in1975. I remember Camp Elliot well for the first 3 weeks then to NTC. AH, those were the days, sweet memories, never forgotten. Joseph G. Huerta, USN (RET)

[@dogrunner9918]

I arrived at San Diego RTC April 10th 1970, this video has brought back so many old memorie.

[@ghostcarter701]

I arrived February 1970. company 125.

[@mikebelcher560]

Great memories! CO 048 Nov88 - May88 Did my "A" school there to right down the road from RTC Radioman "A" school! Greatest mistake i ever made was getting out after 4 years. I have regretted it ever since. Proud to have severed proud to be a sailor on board the USS John F. Kennedy CV-67.

[@michaelb.8953]

I was at Great Lakes bootcamp from July 1989 through sept, then went across the street to the GM "A" school. All combined I was in Great Lakes for just shy of a year. Just like you I regret not doing things a little differently and at the very least stayed in a little longer. Right now as I type this my daughter is in Great lakes bootcamp as she's half way done with a graduation date of May 8th, sadly I don't think we will be able to attend her graduation. Her twin brother is waiting for the word from his recruiter and he will soon be joining his sister out there, but with everything going on in the world he's in a temporary hold right now wasting his time at home. Looks like he'll be leaving in the next two to three weeks. I instructed my kids what NOT to do during their Navy service and the benefits of taking advantage of the options available to them while in service. Most importantly keep your head screwed on straight and DON'T get into the party drinking scene. Sadly it's so easy to do, but I trust my kids.

[@neonjim8]

@@michaelb.8953 Best of luck to your kids, Michael. I wish I had stayed in as well.

[@Seemsayin]

When I got my orders out of bootcamp, I almost died when I saw CVN-65. Was always a big Star Trek fan, and everyone I knew couldn't believe it, as well. 4 years on the USS Enterprise. I got out in '86, and I remember it like it was yesterday. Thanks for your service, shipmate.

[@k2mslskier]

We were there about the same time together. Company 050 NOV88-JAN89. Went back for the first time a few years ago with my wife and son. Most of the base is part of the neighborhood now. USS Neversail is still there. Walked the bridge across the canal that went to R&O/medical. Stopped halfway across to look around. Told my wife that was the first time I was able to do that since we weren’t allowed to stop on it way back when. Definitely brought back a lot of memories.

[@jaffsharp769]

When sailors dressed like sailors. Unlike today.

[@72floyd]

You got it shipmate! Dungarees and salt and peppers! I'm with ya!

[@krispytoast8804]

I like the “salad suit” we wear today, it hides dirt easy and when you work in a mechanic rate it helps

[@stevenlovejoy6838]

Okay, Boomer

[@pendragonU]

@@72floyd that was for you Gas station attendants. We had working blues or white jumpers, with sleeves already off cuffs _no need to roll them up, already issued to work. We were clothed like SEAMEN not like seabees in jungle fatigues or chain-gang prisoners. Looking NAVY, no army or air force uniforms

[@Blackman19498]

Oh yeah when we wore dungarees and blue shirt, like all state prisons😮knock it off old man all enlisted personnel hated the working uniforms!!

[@mm2024-7]

Company 025 started April 20, 1992- Graduated June 22, 1992. I loved San Diego & time spent at RTC. We had a great crew. Very few failures. We got there after the last base renovation and before base closure!

[@nathanphillips3640]

I went there in 15 June 1990, company#167. Best time of my life this video brought back lots of memories. We were color company , ironman company our cc'd were senior chief Hammond, senior chief Sorrel and BM1 Bentley.

[@nathanphillips3640]

I also did my A school for my rate of MR at NTC

[@dalehood1846]

@@nathanphillips3640 Machinery Repairman?? I went through in Nov. 73- March 13, 74. Stay safe and GOD bless all.

[@nathanphillips3640]

Yes, MR is machinery repairman aka a full fledged machinist

[@xTinBenderX]

There just ahead of you. May 8 1990 Co 146 also Colored and Ironman🫡

[@mikeortiz568]

OMG! That’s my old company commander ‘Bell’ but back then he was just first class, I graduated in March 1989 but cannot for the life of me remember my company number, getting old 😳 thanks for the video and thanks for the great memories, made my day! NAVY RULES! 😉 (GMG2)

[@xxxterm]

I was there in June 1989 company 193 I remember Bell also, we failed our first inspection and were called a bug company but after that we won every event in sports day except basketball and that was a close one. We won best at graduation and all the other awards. Senior chief (diver down) Dively and MM1 Dimalanta were our CC's

[@davidhowell7901]

Ortiz, I think we graduated together with Co. 126. I went out the front gate and down the street to "Sea World" (that's what they called the blue buildings at Anti Submarine Warfare) A school and Ops before heading to Mayport Fl. DD 963 'THE' USS Spruance! STG3.

[@franzhaas5597]

RTC. NTC 250. 1987. WOW.....THIS BRINGS BACK MEMORYS. THANK YOU FOR THIS. IM REALLY MOVED RIGHT NOW.

[@wayneanthony597]

I was there May87

[@franzhaas5597]

@@wayneanthony597 What was your company number?

[@wayneanthony597]

@@franzhaas5597 CO 092

[@wayneanthony597]

DIV 5

[@franzhaas5597]

@@wayneanthony597 Great memories Thank you.

[@yesop1124]

I went to RTC, Great Lakes NTC from October 1970-Feb 1971, the coldest months to go through boot camp. We had a longer boot training 13 weeks, but we go to go home for a week during Christmas, which was a surprise to us, and our families. Many of the things in this film were nearly the same, but we didn't get to the the big fires in our fire training, and we didn't go to any indoor shooting range to fire our pistols. We were taught how to disassemble and assemble them and in a timely manner. We did get two 12 hour liberty days, on one I went to Chicago, by train, and the other I went to Milwaukee, by train. No one deserted, and we didn't lose anyone to too much alcohol. I recall that we had an open barracks with lockers between, and don't recall the tight inspections that were portrayed in this film, but we did get inspected on our laundry lines, and other things. Some great memories I still carry with me from those weeks in Great Lakes. If I did it again, I would rather go to San Diego, or Orlando, FL (I think that is where the other RTC's were when I went in. I am proud to have served in the world's best Navy. I was discharged in 1974 as YN2. Great experience and great memories.

[@paulgrogan8032]

I went through Camp Nimitz 1980 Co.117. So many reminders i.e. USS recruit, the track behind the barracks, Galley #5, and of course the Grinders.⚓

[@hazegraystudios]

Jeez I remember every minute of this. I was literally watching to see if I was in this video.

[@disett]

Same.... although I went through the summer after this.

[@rogerdrysdale7108]

M

[@StvzNuts]

Went to RTC San DIego in 1991 Co. 198. This looks like it was filmed right around that time. Really cool to see how it looked when I did it. Great video!

[@timebong8366]

I was in company 107 graduated April 1991

[@brianchisnell1548]

Wow. Enjoyed this. My Dad was there in '46. Did 20 years. Chief Radioman, Admiral's staff. USS Pickaway, George Clymer, Henrico. All APA's.

[@Christracey889]

Its 2023 now. I graduated in 1989 company 038. This brought back all my great memories of bootcamp in san diego! Thank u for this vid

[@rogerhuber3133]

I went to boot in Great Lakes in 1969 and many things were different. I basically enjoyed it all and still do many things the "Navy way". It was the best thing that ever happened to me besides meeting my wife of 46 years.

[@karlhungus5554]

Great comment, shipmate. I arrived at Great Lakes RTC in late 1985. Hope you and yours are well.

[@dace938]

Me too. Taught my kids "no such thing as early". A bi-product of "hurry up 'n wait" :)

[@jessop619]

Thanks for posting this! I have worked with John Savoy for the past 4 years and it’s a riot to see him as a young man.

[@pistolpt99]

That's cool! Tell him Senior Chief Savoy hello from Fireman Michael Peterson!

[@SanDiegoTeslaGuy]

I remember these days like they were yesterday. I went to Navy Boot Camp ORLANDO FL. Oct '88 - Dec 88. C018

[@msstepv539]

Orlando, FL Dec88-Feb89 K030

[@DumpTruck0733]

July 1961 I had just truned 17 and went to San Diego bootcamp. One of the best things I did in my life.

[@jayjay269]

That's old school! I went through RTC Great Mistakes May-July 2001. I lost my video back in 2005...

[@rustincohle2135]

Damn! Was it standard practice back in the day for every division to get a video of their training?? I was at boot camp in 2005 and we never got a goddamn video! I'm envious.

[@markchase3582]

I was division 412 Great Lakes Aug-Oct 2001. Seems long ago right now.

[@stormcop55]

Man …… this brought back so many memories!! CO47, NRTC Orlando, Dec 87-Feb 88.

[@Christracey889]

Company 038. Oct 1988 to January 1989. I remember the marching on the bridge from barracks to chow. Our rlpo got busted for selling phone chits from CC office 😂 great days

[@stormcop55]

@@Christracey889 good times, shipmate!!

[@cargo4441]

1986 RTC Orlando who remembers the most awesome boot camp experience!

[@waynevej]

I arrived in San Diego in August, 1969. Company 584. My Company Commander was Chief Gibson. This video sure brought back memories. I still have the key to my locker from the barracks. When I was there, guys training to be Seals were there. They started in UDT I believe. Most of the guys in my company were from the Midwest and West Coast. I remember playing shuffleboard on the washracks and having to hang our laundry up on lines and tie them with square knots. I heard recruits don't even wash their clothes anymore!

[@robertmunro1248]

I can't believe it. I just saw my company commander in this video. Brought back some memories. Thanks for putting it up.

[@warpony4589]

MM1 Bell was my company commander...1190 company 106.

[@davidhowell7901]

@@warpony4589 MM1 Bell and BM2 Parquet Co. 126 in 1989.

[@RISKStudioProduction]

Sports weekend looks cool, they should bring that back

[@NavyVet1959-hj3fr]

CO 045 RTC San Diego graduated April 1985, served 20 years as a Navy Corpsman and retired 2005!!! Salute Navy brothers!!!

[@MrCatfarmer]

Company 111, Great Lakes 1971. Loved it.

[@briand.1694]

Boot Camp now is light years different than when I went through in 1984 Company 099 San Diego RTC.

[@ericddenison4016]

CO 036 Feb-Apr 1984 RTC San Diego, CA (USN 1984-2004) Go Navy!

[@SMOBY44]

Brought back a lot of memories. I arrived 22 Oct 1985, was assigned to drill team 945, graduated 20 Dec, D-day was 24 Dec. Seeing those individual squares in the tile floor of R&O brought back so much of the feeling of that first day. "Sit on that goddamn square right there and do not move!" They isolated those of us destined for drill right there, still had my mullet! I actually saw one guy stand up when they asked if anyone wouldn't pass the piss test. Never saw him again. I was 17 and by the end of December I was at least 36. Still looking for anyone from company 945 from 1985.

[@265hemi7]

Have you tried looking up anyone on Facebook ? .

[@cnn787-i9e]

Brought back so many memories, it was fun. 🎉 RTC San Diego. 1993, Company 111.

[@erichildebrand6065]

RTC San Diego March - May 1991, Company 130. Company Commanders ABM MC Rabarra and BM2 Corpuz. Remember Chief Bell, he attempted to infiltrate our barracks one night while I was on quarterdeck watch...good times! I REALLY remember the female corpsman giving shots at R&O, she was Hawaiian if I recall. Hard to believe it was 30 Years ago!

[@timebong8366]

I was graduated 1991 April company 107

[@Christracey889]

1988 to 89 1st class Geronimo and Chief Tiglao. I remember my bootcamp experience in fragments but this video brought it all back to me

[@davidrobertson4332]

she used to run in shorts around the base and tha was distracting to the recuits, I was in company 129.

[@torquewrenchjeff2622]

In 1987 we had to run and double time in our boondockers and I noticed these guys didnt have to do this.

[@wayneanthony597]

That’s right, every move double time!

[@dougpaige]

Holy stuff. I went through in 87 at Great Lakes. We only got to try tennis shoes and shorts during the two pft's. It was double time boondockers and dungerees every FREAKIN where we went. This guy looks like a bible camp counselor compared to my CC's.

[@wayneanthony597]

Yes sir! I was there in 87 too, Double time everywhere

[@torquewrenchjeff2622]

@Doug Sanders lol i was in 080 San Diego and i heard the term rubber necker 1000 times a day from phillipinos. And yes i did marching party like 6 times and it was a SEAL that was in charge of it. lol dudes were crying n shit lol

[@jessemoody7313]

Same here, went through in 85, boondockers all the time except for PT, double time every where, 3 chits in my shirt pocket, marching daily on that grinder, marching with our riffles. There was no singing at graduation and our CC was never buddy buddy with us.

[@scottinbr]

Company 199 August 1988. Hated almost every second and really wouldn't want to do it again, but I still carry the pride with me!

[@duanebontekoe7871]

Boot camp San Diego 1959 , made Color Guard and missed a lot of PT. Made E5 on USSCatamount LSD17. Vietnam 1962 up the Saigon river, what an Adventure.

[@V29546]

I'm 15 years in the Navy. Currently ABF1. Seeing this made me wanna go back and do it all over again!

[@williamcoe9200]

I was an aABF2 and worked on the deck of the Saratoga..I'd do it again in a heartbeat,you grow up real fast.

[@walterquick8649]

ABH here Indy, connie, ranger, 4 year then retired, wish i stayed for the pay only. IT SUCKED

[@welderjedi5145]

I was an ABF3 on the vinson 97-01 i also would go back in a heartbeat

[@danseitsinger6737]

That's a HUGE DIFFERENCE between when I went through Boot camp in June-August of 1976. We didn't have any rifles to carry for one. I always wondered what happened to my CC(Company Commander in those days). Hell, I know that he's long gone but what a GREAT CC HE WAS!! We started out as THE WORST COMPANY IN THE BATTALION all the way through our 3-2 day. Our then CC marched us to the grinder and put us AT-EASE. 10 minutes later, we received a NEW CC in CPO DRAKE. We hadn't had a cigarette since day 2 and somebody said that he needed a smoke. The CC asked the RCPO when our last smoke break was and was told not since day 2. THE CC marched us back to the barracks and gave us an HOUR LONG SMOKE BREAK!! He earned our respect right then and there. Our Company, #149, graduated the BEST IN THE BATTALION with every single flag times 6 weeks. What an AMAZING MAN HE WAS. I can't believe that it's been 46 years ago. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES!! MS3 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

[@danseitsinger6737]

AND, I think that from 1976-1978, we didn't have the TRADITIONAL NAVY UNIFORM. The "CRACKERJACK" uniforms were not issued to anyone during those years. We had "SALT AND PEPPER", DRESS WHITES and nothing else. As a RECRUIT graduating from boot camp, we looked like a bunch of "MILKMEN" because they wouldn't allow our STRIPES to be on the sleeves until after graduation. I couldn't wait to get my 3 stripes put on! Nothing more embarrassing than to show up on a ship dressed as a milkman! I should have stayed in and retired from the NAVY!!

[@edwardfleming5434]

@@danseitsinger6737 I ended up with like 3 or 4 duffel bags of uniforms. Original issue crackerjack type, then the officer/CPO style, followed by Marine uniforms when I pulled duty with them olive greens then camos.

[@danseitsinger6737]

@@edwardfleming5434, what did you do with all of the uniforms?

[@edwardfleming5434]

@@danseitsinger6737 My wife made me dispose of them since I had been out of the service for years.

[@danseitsinger6737]

@@edwardfleming5434, What a way to wake up, get my coffee and open up KZbin. I think that I CRIED when I read what happened to the duffle bags full of uniforms!😯😯😥😥 I'm not 100% sure that I cried because I think that I blacked out!! 😅😅 So, were you in both the Navy and the Marine Corp? And, when were you in and for how long? It sounds like you put in at least 20 years? A LIFER as we called them back in the day. BTW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

[@brucedyer646]

Brings back great memories. Was at NTC San Diego from August to November 1966. Followed by Yeoman "A" school Until January 67.

[@oooo-tu1sy]

8:11 Even though I went through USMC training, I have a lot of respect the for the Navy. The CPO on my time stamp would help a lot of Marines get through their training, knowing what they are doing. After watching this video, I'm amazed at the positive motivation given to these recruits. Physically the Marine Corps is more difficult, and the Marines are always putting down the Navy... After seeing this video, I can't put down the Navy. I've always respected all branches of the military, but this video shows the Navy is one of the best as are all military armed services.

[@supreme2005]

I miss the old uniforms

[@ronrainey7265]

Brings back memories of Orlando, CO 062 Feb 69. Also noticed in fire fighting part my old squadron"s A-4 was used. VA-12. Went to A-7s in 70.

[@bennybenitez2461]

Yup remember my Company C-018 RTC Orlando, Florida 4th Qtr 1982. The corner of my success in life and business.

[@robertkinslow8953]

This video makes it seem like it's all fun and games.

[@ajmittendorf]

I was in Company 145 in the fall of 1983, San Diego, Ca., U. S. A. Still have nightmares regarding those weeks. I think there were 13 weeks, then.