Navy Recruit Trainers?

[KidA]

Not sure where to put this but I've got a good friend who just enlisted in the Navy at 30 y/o and he'll be arriving at Great Lakes this coming week (I believe).

Needless to say I want him to have a fun experience.

Do we have any Recruit Trainers onboard? What are you guys called anyway? DIs?

[Remington Raider]

they were called Company Commanders.

[Dumpsterchair]

RDCs (Recruit Division Commanders).

[Patrick7]

Any package you send him he will have to open in front of the RDCs so that could make for an interesting time depending on what you send.

[KidA]

Any package you send him he will have to open in front of the RDCs so that could make for an interesting time depending on what you send.

Well we're already preparing the 50lb sack of lemons and limes. :biggrin:

[Frog]

Navy Boot is not what it once was. No rifles, no close order drill. One day of shooting. Courses are taught on line at your own pace. Yes they still PT, get haircuts and have inspections, but this isn't my 1951 Father's (or my 1923 Grandfather's) boot camp. It does happens to be my 2008 son's though. . .

[KidA]

Frog - are you saying it's unlikely I'll be able to get anyone to say:

"Which one of you limp-wristed, fairy-farting, mid-life crisis having, faggots is the one who rides a goddamned queer-ass moped? Front and center!"

Then smoke him? :biggrin:

[grappler]

Any package you send him he will have to open in front of the RDCs so that could make for an interesting time depending on what you send.

I didn't have to do that in 2000.

[Patrick7]

We did in 01. They were mainly making sure people were not being sent supplements or OTC meds, at least that was their reasoning.

[grappler]

We did in 01. They were mainly making sure people were not being sent supplements or OTC meds, at least that was their reasoning.
Policy changes everywhere I guess...

KidA, is your buddy trying to get into NSW?

[bubblehead]

Navy Boot is not what it once was.
+1

I think the old salts I know tell me I am in "The Wine Cooler Navy." :p In some respects, I would have to agree.

[Cass]

Navy Boot is not what it once was. No rifles, no close order drill. One day of shooting. Courses are taught on line at your own pace. Yes they still PT, get haircuts and have inspections, but this isn't my 1951 Father's (or my 1923 Grandfather's) boot camp. It does happens to be my 2008 son's though. . .

Touché Frog.

I recall vividly my Company Commander, CPO Kroker. Up until the day we graduagted Boots he always addressed us as "You people." But he never bad named us or physically touched us. But he did tell me he was going to take his CoCdr sword out and cut my ass off if I did not learn the step for the cartwheel marching step. And we did lots of marching, lots. We had dress parades once per month where of Course the CoCdr's ability to teach and lead was viewed by the brass in the viewing/judging stand. My Company always won a pennant, including me marching with my ass still attached.

I do not recall any CoCdr below the rate of CPO.

But I did see other CoCdr's knock Boots around physically. Even then I wondered how can a kid learn anything with a Senior Rated, older slob punching you around.

We enjoyed the rifle range as it was an all day class which caused the Camp to serve picnic-buffet lunch, which meant all the milk you wanted to drink from 5-gal cans.

We had all classes, knot tying, JV phones, smoke room, and scrub your own scivvies in buckets. Real Boot Camp, and sea bag clothing inspection. One guy next to me did not roll his whites tight enough so the inspecting CPO threw his complete sea bag of clothing out the 2nd floor window. I could not help myself and snickered. The inspecting CPO (not my CoCdr) asked me if I thought it was funny, then whacked me over the head with a pair of rolled up, clothes stopped whites.

My Boots taught sea going sailors. It seemed like it lasted a hundred years.

[Domino]

When I was in boot camp, the company commander was an AT1. It wasn't until decades later that I realized an "AT" wasn't an Animal Trainer. I found out my law partner had been an Avionics Tech.

[pharmafrog]

Just wanted to ad my .02. I went through Boot in a Divefarer company. All diving disciplines were included (SEAL, Diver, EOD) I had 2 CCs (Company Commanders) CPO Bierce, which I have since run into at Group II and a BT1. Divefarer was the shit though, no one dicked with us ever, we got double Rats at chow, we had separate PT in the morning with SEALs (PO Ward, and MCPO Oliver). Fun, Fun, Fun. That combined with the fact that our barracks was below the female barracks with an adjoining fire escape and no CCs at night meant it was like a porn shoot in the showers and the berthing areas at night. I had a great time.

That being said, out of the 25 SEAL wannabes in that boot company only 3 of us made it through into the Teams.

SOC

[crc762]

Hello all,
I completed boot camp a very short time ago and probably have the most up to date info. Everyone in a special program was put into an 800 division, which sounds very similar to pharmafrogs time in a divefarer division. We got a "snack pack" right before taps and an extra few hours of divemo PT. Other than that it was just like a normal rifle division. A lot of folding clothes and a lot of drill. Our RDC's were from more combat oriented backgrounds (SARC corpsman with MARSOC/MSOB and an Infantry Marine) so I felt lucky to have a few btdt's bringing us into the military.

[Frog]

Frog - are you saying it's unlikely I'll be able to get anyone to say:

"Which one of you limp-wristed, fairy-farting, mid-life crisis having, faggots is the one who rides a goddamned queer-ass moped? Front and center!"

Then smoke him? :biggrin:

No, more like, "I understand some of you are emotionally confused. I have psychologists standing by to talk to you one on one, during working hours of course. Who needs a hug?"

[OldSwabbie]

I went to Navy Boot in 1976 in Orlando. My Company Commander was HT1 Clark.. Our company... "Clarks Clowns". We had a flag painted with a clown in a Dress white jumper top.. Funny... But he (Clark) wasnt. That SOB was tougher than woodpecker lips. He never hit us but he did throw me in a wall locker for 2 hours because I did something wrong or said something.. or blinked .. maybe even breathed at the wrong time :biggrin:..

We had to open packages in front of either the CC or Assistant CC.. no Exceptions. They wanted to know what was in there. The RULE was.. if there's food.. EVERYONE gets some of it. I quickly cautioned my Mother NOT to send anything.. I was fine :) I would appreciate the care packages overseas she would send overseas soon enough..

KidA.. if you send him something.. think carefully.. they might even nickname him something bad depending on what you send him. I can only imagine the uproar in the Recruit Barracks if you sent him Lingere or silly shit like that! LOL

[Doc-inator]

Hello all,
I completed boot camp a very short time ago and probably have the most up to date info. Everyone in a special program was put into an 800 division, which sounds very similar to pharmafrogs time in a divefarer division. We got a "snack pack" right before taps and an extra few hours of divemo PT. Other than that it was just like a normal rifle division. A lot of folding clothes and a lot of drill. Our RDC's were from more combat oriented backgrounds (SARC corpsman with MARSOC/MSOB and an Infantry Marine) so I felt lucky to have a few btdt's bringing us into the military.

Sorry, I am calling BS on that right there. There are no Marine Corps RDC's let alone an 03 Marine. Second, I would bet my next paycheck that an 8427/8403 would never pick up an RDC billet and go to the required course to become an RDC.

I went through boot June and July of last year.

[bm2bob]

Sorry, I am calling BS on that right there. There are no Marine Corps RDC's let alone an 03 Marine. Second, I would bet my next paycheck that an 8427/8403 would never pick up an RDC billet and go to the required course to become an RDC.

I went through boot June and July of last year.

Doc,

You aren't aware yet of what people will do to make Chief. I am sure a Recon Corpsman would take that billet, I say this because there are some running around the hospital I work at right now. RDC is a big time promotion location.

[Spinner]

Not sure where to put this but I've got a good friend who just enlisted in the Navy at 30 y/o and he'll be arriving at Great Lakes this coming week (I believe).

Needless to say I want him to have a fun experience.

Do we have any Recruit Trainers onboard? What are you guys called anyway? DIs?

Some friend. :biggrin:

Good for him, though. Best of luck to him.

[Doc-inator]

Doc,

You aren't aware yet of what people will do to make Chief. I am sure a Recon Corpsman would take that billet, I say this because there are some running around the hospital I work at right now. RDC is a big time promotion location.

I'll take your word for it, but damn, RTC Great Lakes, lol? I was in Corps school with a BM2 who was cross rating to become a DMT. He was a swim instructor at RTC for several years and from what he told me RTC sounds like one of the most nasty, cut throat commands out there. Not to mention I couldn't help but pity some of the RDC's seeing what they had to put up with day to day, and I was a recruit, lol!

[chai'fa]

I was a Company Commander at RTC, Orlando, Fl from 1986 to 1990. Tell your friend to listen, learn and follow instructions; during my tenure, we allowed them fun after service week (around the fifth week), maybe, unless they brought back bad habits from their assigned service areas (the CC's enemy was the 'sky pilot' - Chaplain); our recruits came back telling us what we could and couldn't do to them! Those recruits ended up getting set back one or two weeks; hard headed, failed inspections, etc., tell him to do as he's told and he'll be outa there in no time! He'll love it and miss it all come Pass in Review.

[bm2bob]

I was a Company Commander at RTC, Orlando, Fl from 1986 to 1990. Tell your friend to listen, learn and follow instructions; during my tenure, we allowed them fun after service week (around the fifth week), maybe, unless they brought back bad habits from their assigned service areas (the CC's enemy was the 'sky pilot' - Chaplain); our recruits came back telling us what we could and couldn't do to them! Those recruits ended up getting set back one or two weeks; hard headed, failed inspections, etc., tell him to do as he's told and he'll be outa there in no time! He'll love it and miss it all come Pass in Review.

What companies did you push in late '88? Anything around C258 or C015?
MM1 Farris, BT1 Smith, BTC Clyborne, CPO McCluskey?

[1026]

I was a Company Commander at RTC, Orlando, Fl from 1986 to 1990. Tell your friend to listen, learn and follow instructions; during my tenure, we allowed them fun after service week (around the fifth week), maybe, unless they brought back bad habits from their assigned service areas (the CC's enemy was the 'sky pilot' - Chaplain); our recruits came back telling us what we could and couldn't do to them! Those recruits ended up getting set back one or two weeks; hard headed, failed inspections, etc., tell him to do as he's told and he'll be outa there in no time! He'll love it and miss it all come Pass in Review.

I pushed at Great Lakes from 1984 to 1987; our "enemy" was more likely to be our own division officer than the chaplain, lol...

[grappler]

He'll love it and miss it all come Pass in Review.

Totally 100% disagree. There is nothing to be missed of Navy boot camp -- that is not in saying it's tough, but who wants to fold cloths for 9 weeks?? Not me!