What is Boot Camp Like for Navy Recruits?

It’s been called one of the most demanding assignments in the Navy - but also one of the most rewarding. Follow along as we take you behind the scenes and show you what life is like for the men and women who train the next generation of Sailors at Navy Boot Camp.
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[@DanSaldana92]

The hardest part of navy bootcamp was not messing up the deck log.

[@GSXR-1000]

Fuck that deck log and starboard watch

[@eli-yj1mc]

Not once did I have to do the deck log was cool with starboard watch

[@newdawngamingchannel]

Starpoc hater their lives

[@DrakeB123]

100%

[@user-vd9ue3qe6g]

Y’all grown ass men can’t even write properly 😂

[@codclipz8454]

The hardest part of navy bootcamp was the folding

[@tallwalls76]

I was never crazy about washing my clothes on stone tables and hanging them with clothes stops…different strokes…Co 336-65 San Diego.

[@user-eb7gz5ot5r]

Yea folding clothes getting a navyship and realize. It made no difference, YELLING AT THE BOOT CAMPS. THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN THE FLEET

[@atnfatality3026]

Not falling a sleep in class, best part of being a YN was skipping chaps stories

[@cr-nd8qh]

Yep and staying awake

[@NoahIAnderson]

literally and swimming for me 😂😂😂

[@brauliofernandez5605]

Watching this on MEPS hotel😭

[@uhhjesselol]

you’ll be fine

[@limeflavoredbleach5570]

Good luck

[@lilpumplilpump5710]

Wish you the best 🤙🏾

[@steelysam7189]

As long as you can follow instructions, move fast, and fold clothes well, you'll do fine. I went January 2009.

[@shelbycarden7244]

Hey you will be okay my husband is graduating this week and the 10 weeks go by fast if you have people to write to like your mom or dad or who ever plus they have a few hours of down time to write letters or church services on Sunday but my husband wrote me back every day until this Tuesday since he graduates less than 2 days

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

Retired a Chief after 20 yrs.....loved it!!! Good luck to all the new sailors!

[@Godsoldier444]

I ship out Aug 13th

[@darlinradunz8445]

@@Godsoldier444It’s not that hard you got this

[@cheriecabbler9346]

I'm thankful for the video's, my son is in boot camp now and this actually helps me see what he's doing and going through 🙌🏽💪🏽💙

[@aljones1405]

Shout-out to that recruit in the background at 21:00 who stopped when the FQA was reaming out the other recruit, waited until she was occupied, then slipped away down the street, LOL.

[@leo29hornsfan]

lol 😂 shit man when did FQA become first class petty officers? I remember when I was in it was all E-7 and above and when they were around the whole division was on their best behavior. Shit it was as quiet as a pin drop when they came around. I remember i use to hate going alone to get chow or liquidate my smart card especially wearing a navy ball cap when a master chief would walk by you and begin to fuck with you because you were a sailor now.

[@leo29hornsfan]

Damn waking up at 5:00-5:30?? You recruits are spoiled. I remember reveille was 0400 everyday no matter what back when I was in 2000. Shit I always had the balls to 0200 watch because I knew how to do the deck log and was promoted to E3 because of it but gosh damn that was rough getting only literally 4 hours a sleep just about every night. The hardest thing about bootcamp was the first couple of weeks there and that P-day week. I have nothing but the upmost respect for those who take off from their home town to go do this.

[@egsundocked3465]

Shoulda been chill with starboard watch i got all the good ones because we were chill with eachother

[@johnoconnor6356]

Company 359, 23rd Division, October-November 1986. Recruit Division Commanders, as they are called today, were referred to as Company Commanders then. The most recent pictures of RTC today, suggest that the whole base was torn down and rebuilt. Also, in my time there, whenever a CC asked you anything, you would respond, "Yes Sir" or "No Sir".

[@joumasepoes88]

RTC Great Lakes Company 154 div 22 1992. The place was obviously rebuilt. Nothing looks like it did when I was there. My class was one of the last all male.

[@christopherfranklin1693]

Theyre still mostly all male. Mime was all male 2 years ago. Every once in a while there's enough women for a division or 2 to be mixed in a training group.

[@MrRoyale]

At 24:01 I heard C130. Wow. That was my company way back in 1986 at RTC Orlando.

[@RiverRockXIII]

It's crazy how much their buildings remind me of a school.

[@Me-eb3wv]

Military, schools and prisons all have the same vibe

[@kellywilson8440]

Doesnt look like anything like we did in RTC San Diego back in the day , Seems like a whole different Navy now !

[@jessewarr1277]

Man that base ain’t even a thing anymore

[@ElMCH-vb7xv]

They should of never left san Diego

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

@@ElMCH-vb7xv -Cheaper to be in the middle of the Country

[@ElMCH-vb7xv]

@@commonsenseisntcommon1776 should of just shared it with Parris Island and san Diego Marines same dame department mine as well .

[@stephenrobertson21]

They turned that place into a park and random restaurants and stores, look it up, “Liberty Station”

[@samrosenthal6362]

Navy Chief Navy pride !!

[@MrRoyale]

It's definitely a whole lot different from when i went in. C130 1986 RTC Orlando.

[@bigwillietheb]

if I could go back 32 years & join the Navy like i was gonna do I know my life would be different , someone asked me what if you would have gotten killed & I said no regrets I would have died serving my country

[@markfeng4546]

Now they raised the maximum enlistment age to 42.

[@markfeng4546]

And navy medical officer candidates can earn their commissions up to the age of 64 just like the other branches (not the USMC).

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

Go NAVY!

[@usscamdenaoe2]

I joined in September 2003 we had the old buildings Uss Hopper ship 11 division 421

[@jusskb5844]

Maaaan this was no joke omg it's tough I was MA

[@johnKey-go4gq]

😂 tidak Jika saya full MILITARY baik latihan fisik pastinya menjadi pembunuh masal,.. Karena yang saya lakukan Setengah saja sudah ringan Semua terasa bada, tangan kaki.. Dan tentunya RINGAN TANGAN 😂 BY TEWEAY PUSHUPP SEPERTI ITU SAYA DI INJAK BAHUNYA,DAN JARI SAYA.

[@kristenschnese6980]

In my basic training sept 1987 Orlando Fl we ended up with one RDC the other fit in trouble for jerking recruits head with her hands and actually hit busted down in rank too We didn’t need her all she did was try to destroy what the other one did. With one lad Chief petty officer Katherine Scott we rocked it ended up coming in second best company i respect you all that train troops thank you fir your service but I can tell you she would have never accepted any of those push ups I’ve seen here..

[@Truealpha56]

I'm just waiting to go do my physical and medical for the Navy

[@bigwillietheb]

well good luck to you & thank you for serving

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Good, good

[@joelrutkowski7388]

I admit that when we got our leggings, we all thought we were the shit. I am glad to see they beefed up the physical aspect though.

[@d.rcarrera6599]

This is a fkn cakewalk. I went through the Marine Corps recruit training and it was no joke. I also served in the Army reserves and at my AIT School, it was tougher than this.

[@John-gn2dp]

Its not a matter of who’s tougher.

[@iamtwosday]

Dude shut up. Every branch does a great job at turning civs into military service members. Nobody cares about how hard your training was compared to this.

[@gavink2834]

you want a cookie lol.

[@JoseRamirez-et5di]

Straight up it depends on your RDCs. But to sum it all up Navy bootcamp is a joke we had overweight mfs graduated with “Bike chits” cause they couldn’t pass the OPFA. THE FUCK??

[@TyroneBiggums26]

​@@gavink2834typical marine😂🤌🏾

[@Kurisu2077]

18:00 What an asshole our RDC never failed us because of IT. Theres literally a limit when you just drop and can't do anymore.

[@treavorprange4336]

Weight standards are different too

[@oldsalt7534]

A lot different than it was in '64

[@nicholasvandal6948]

It was a joke in 2005 as a 17/18 year old kid (birthday is in August)…..submarine school was “harder” per se, but luckily as a Bostonian, I drove home every weekend and hung out with my friends since we would’ve all be freshman in college lol. As a cop, even the police academy is dumbed down……. But!!! I enjoy my 12 hour midnight shifts over waking up at 0330 every day for recruits. Fuck that nonsense

[@75keeper]

What is Petty Officer Isaacson's insignia under his Surface Warfare insignia? I don't recall that one

[@LauraZorza]

@75keeper, EXW (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist) 👍

[@treavorprange4336]

I think that's a seabee combat warfare pin also known as a scew

[@LauraZorza]

@@treavorprange4336 it’s an EXW, not a SCW.

[@AverageAngler512]

Division 288 2015-present

[@Vintian]

Military Bearing seems way off nowadays

[@GSXR-1000]

Trust me this is not how it was when I went lmao completely different off camera and the cussing was through the roof

[@Nick-rk2ew]

12:40, Thank you sir?

[@molicab853]

this would've been just a roast session if it was USMC bootcamp 9:10

[@SamGouldsboro]

Go Navy

[@chulin1834]

THEY TOLD ME I NEED TO BE AT LEAST 186 ON WEIGHT AND I SEE PEOPLE THERE BIGEER THAN I!!!!

[@MichaelSandolo]

Those who cannot do, teach. Remember that RECRUITS.

[@shawnasweet]

I walk where I want to walk

[@YANKnTANKSwAndyTheHank]

can't help but laugh every time I watch Navy bootcamp videos, it reminds me of JROTC, I would have a hard time taking these instructors or whatever they call themselves seriously...GO ARMY!!!

[@michaelchadwick5824]

So easy compared to the old days

[@yam3333]

cant decide between navy or army i'm just watching a bunch of videos helppp lmao

[@TheirGrumpy]

Depends on what you wanna do

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Navy or Airforce

[@WACG615]

Pretty easy decision. You wanna live in a prison on water? Join navy

[@Motomike_]

Whats phone privileges like in the navy boot camp

[@therazorsedege]

Alright so check this out as an RDC I can tell you you will use your own phone every 2 to 3 weeks usually on Saturday

[@crewunited1058]

Why are they even saluting an enlisted.

[@kellywilson8440]

Company commanders are commisioned during bootcamp only !

[@anthonyxpedigo6512]

it’s because when they are reporting when someone walks in they always salute other than that they don’t salute enlisted. It’s a thing when reporting

[@black5corpion76]

There is a lot of bullying in there with other sailors.

[@keepingitreal601]

Definitely not paid enough for this.

[@BAST-CatGODDESS]

ℹ️🧿Hello Petty officers i am your drill sergeant in a Enchantress 🫡⚡🧜‍♀️🕊️, greetings and salutations 🇦🇫⭐®️⚔️📜

[@mcflyer8150]

Y’all don’t have to stand at attention??? 13:52

[@user-jh8wy4cm3r]

Its funny to see the navy act hard when every knows they arent

[@jessewarr1277]

Sure the navy goes the hardest

[@user-jh8wy4cm3r]

@@jessewarr1277 sure they do sir iv been here a long time and i gota say they do not its nothing but a lil pt belive me when i say the only branch the navy hold a candelstick to is the airforce lol and there just as soft

[@user-jh8wy4cm3r]

@@jessewarr1277 plus the cant even mount a scop on there rifle the right way look the navy is amazing but its not the usmc and its a joke to try to say its the hardest no its not Delta force is better than the seals and thats about the best the navy offers so the truth is yes the navy does have a lil power but thats all subs as far as trying to say it goes hard isent true at all

[@inhocsignovinces1081]

You’re too young to remember 1978, that’s the year I entered Boot Camp. It’s hard only if you fail to follow instructions.

[@user-jh8wy4cm3r]

@@inhocsignovinces1081 i was born in 1978 but i joined the FFL in 98 my brother the usa navy i remimber him telling me that bootcamp was like pe in school my bootcamp was tourture the american kids are so weak now so its seems hard to them but the truth is its funny to see the navy try to act like the marines

[@jt.8144]

11:13 GEEZUS. Today's generation of UNFIT Recruits. 13:31

[@newdawngamingchannel]

Running in boots??? Navy must not want them staying in.

[@TheirGrumpy]

Sloppy salutes.....

[@BAST-CatGODDESS]

Boring goodbye 🫡🇩🇪👁️🙂‍↔️👩‍🎓✝️

[@ian7133]

No one wants to join bro

[@user-nc3pt7zc3c]

First MAJOR Mistake was letting women in.

[@Cloby02]

I bet you’re surrounded by family and loved ones.

[@Robotdad474]

@@Cloby02😂😂

[@acornautumn9927]

Ok grandpa go back to bed

[@jessewarr1277]

Go to sleep bro

[@DeniseLopez-gt9wg]

Exactly I'm a female and women shouldn't be cops firefighters and never in the military like seriously women are not physically strong like a man and a woman can not carry a man over their shoulders in a war or anytime, women put men in danger all the damn time n