Passed through HMS RALEIGH September 1979 ,,then went to HMS CAMBRIDGE, and I loved all of it ,just get on with it do lots of revision and try to keep ahead of the game ,then I proudly joined HMS INTREPID ,travel the world including the Falklands and did my bit .
@@therealmrsl2217 Well done him and Good luck... a bit of advice..we had to keep chasing the Navy careers office ...sometimes they needed a polite 'prod' to move things along...
My brother joined 3 years before me - I joined in 1980. He had already taught me how to bull up my boots And keep good kit. I could already run well as did cross country at school and rugby. Thirty joined up -28 of us were 16 and 2 were 18. Fitness and kit are a lot of it as well as square bashing, Gym is probably the most disciplined part of it. Swimming test, shooting, damaged control and firefighting as well as assault courses. They have probably added more since I was in. You get maths and English tests, naval knowledge and church parade. As well as passing out parades. You really do bond as a group. It takes you through civilian to being grooved into the naval life.
Hi Charlotte. I went in as what was called a stores accountant but now called logistics. I wanted to be a marine engineer but unfortunately found out that I was colour blind. I just wanted to be in so this was the job I picked in the end.
Thank you so much for this video, I can’t decide what to do with my future and the Royal Navy is what I’m leaning towards but it also makes me super anxious to think about.
Thank you for this video! Currently I'm in my final year of uni as a STN nurse and looking to join once I qualify - hopefully the process doesn't take too long
On week 4 now, things have changed a lot cause of coronavirus. Just finished pier cellars and now I'm on Christmas break, looking forward to the first kit muster when I go back. I'd say the first 2 weeks are the worst, I personally don't enjoy the small tasks like ironing the bedsheets and I enjoy the more adventurous tasks. Haven't been through enough yet to comment fully.
Enjoy your break Zabbas. Have a good sleep whilst you can.. I think the worst is over. Just ‘head down’ and focus on the joy of passing out in 6 weeks. Well done so far.
I joined up in March 84 aged 17',and it scared the S@#t out of me, but after the first 2: weeks I settled in, My tenior at Raleigh was the best 14 weeks I ever experienced,hard work but full of laughs,tears and sweat,I encourage anyone to give it a go, Cmon don't be a Jack n Danny,join the Navy and learn what life is really about.
Remember as they will tell you, you don't have to be Superman when you get there. Just a good level of fitness will help. The Marines will get you fit enough pretty quickly and trust me they are horrible doing it, but you learn alot about yourself at the same time. If you can boff up on your knowledge of the Navy and our current platforms and what they do roughly that may help with Naval General Training (NGT). You will be shown how to do everything when you get there so don't worry about that either, and you will work together as a division to get it done whilst in the mess deck. If you are rubbish at ironing but good at bulling shoes, then no doubt you will be on shoes and your ship mates will be help you iron. Its a family for your 8 weeks or 10 as it is now. And then when you join your ship it will be the same, but your family can then depend on eachother to stay alive and not worry about your shoes being shiny. She is right that Church will be amazing. Our Bish used to record Match of the Day for us to watch for an hour after church and you were left alone. Eat as many biscuits as you can!!! You do it once at Raleigh and its amazing if you live it breathe it and love it, and also hate it whilst you are there as that is part of the point of it all. You leave a better and stronger person and then its straight into phase 2 professional training which is not as rigerous certainly, but is still lots of the BS factor with marching everywhere and polishing shoes etc...and then the hardwork really begins when you finally join your ship, but then you start to reap the benefits that the Navy has to offer also. A side note is that I can't imagine what it is like to have had my phone though during basic training!!!!!!!!!!! You will certainly get shouted at when you never did anything wrong yourself and punished severely like standing in the rain etc, but suck it up, grin and bare it and you will be much better when it happens to you again onboard, and that is when you get really threaders with it all. The joke is that you are putting your notice in on days like that and you may have lots of those days. The collective punishments are a way of building individual repsonsilbilty towards the good of the team, but you will get some wasters that never understand that...you will deal with them as a group on your own no doubt or they get binned. People's fingers have a way of getting caught in hatches for example and I guarantee nobody will know it happened how if any questions are asked. So from that perspective, the collective certainly works in more ways than one and its normally problem solved. Or getting zipped up in your kit bag for a while or tapped to a table or something good like that. Just for you to be here though and asking questions shows me that you will do fine. Good luck.
@@vxrdrummer still waiting for my allocation date applied in April more time to get fitter a guess a just want to start , gonna be a marine engineer and I’m thinking of going on the subs Dno yet tho
Hey Craig I’m the exact same as you I passed my PJFT (pre joining fitness test) on roughly 4/11/2020. I’m just waiting to get training dates not but I dunno how long I’ll be waiting. When did you do your PJFT and also please let me know when you get your training dates !!
any idea if females press ups are expected to be proper form or are we able to do them on our knees, going in soon and press ups have been my biggest problem.
I’m very unfit and really socially awkward so I struggle to make friends… I’ve been looking at going into the navy but I don’t know if I’ll survive. I’m also really worried that I won’t be able to make friends with all the other people :/
What was your daughters home life like after raleigh during her phase 2 ? As i know you are allowed to go home after phase 1 ?? And also during phase 1 is the weekend they're own time to chill out etc ?
My daughter only had the weekend 'off' after finishing basic training. She 'passed out' on the Friday and started phase 2 on the Monday. She's a submariner and her phase 2 was also at Raleigh. Yes, she had weekends off and it was much much more relaxed then basic training! You're allowed 'out' when you want pretty much. Some of her friends had 'hold over' for a few weeks before they started their training; depends on the branch you're going into etc.
I’m waiting on my PJFT date but getting really worried about upper body strength and I saw a video on pull ups test from a few years ago but isn’t mentioned on the website ? Are pull ups included with the strength tests ?
Hi Jess, You don't have any strength tests until you get to Raleigh and as long as you give 100% effort you'll be fine. You do a lot of climbing/ trying to climb ropes, burpees, press ups, sit ups etc.. I think the more you practice these the better but they are not expecting you to be superhuman!
@@jesschinn9301 (Mess Bosun) I think you was at Raleigh at the same time someone had the same name just clicked to me 🤷🏻♂️ thought it sounded familiar couldn’t remember why though until now 😂
Start now mate, there are some parts of it that take a while and you'll thank yourself for doing it so soon later on. You might think that having all that time off while your application is going through is great but believe me, as soon as the novelty wears off you'll be glad you applied so early so you cam get in sooner!
This is a really strange question, but can you take your phone with you? I'm training to join the Navy but I know what my mum is like and how she worries if she doesn't hear from me. Thank you!
I was too busy to be using a phone. What with keeping kit pristine, learning lots, and having fun. Keep your head down, your trap shut and enjoy it to the full
There's plenty of 'more mature' recruits there. There be some in their 30s, as well as others who are just 17. But, I don't think age is always a reflection of maturity - I think you'll find ;-) I think there was one 16 year old with my daughter's division.
You definitely get a whole big variety! I joined when I was 18, and most people were between 22-27 with some 30 year old and a few 16/17 year olds, you’ll be surprised how everyone just gets on regardless of age. There was one really annoying 16 year old but just get on with it as not going to get on with everyone such is life, but you’ll be surprised how she doesn’t matter really
I was 37 when I applied in December 2020 for the Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering) position. 38 when I had my formal interview, and if Capita get their act together with my medical assessment, I'll hopefully get a start date towards the end of the year or early next year when I'll be nearly 39. I had a chat with my recruiter after my interview about the age factor, and he said the same as any recruit, they break you down and build you back up in the militarised way that's needed, but he also told me that the instructors might have a word in your ear about the young recruits who're hanging stuff out of windows, not pulling their weight with the kit musters and PT etc. If this does happen, I'll just use it as a way to train my social skills within a team, and how to be diplomatic and get the best out of myself and others. It could put you in good stead for later in your career.
I've worked with many teenagers, and you'll find that quite a few of them do have a clue and have excellent work ethics, take instruction well, and just want to learn to be the best they can be. I haven't lost hope in our youth, especially when they make such rare and demanding decisions such as joining the armed forces.
Madam , you are talking rubbish. I served 22 years from 1967 and none of your list applies. I did my basic training at HMS St Vincent and we all breezed through our basic training without any of the rubbish you quoted relevant Get it right!
Madam , you are talking rubbish. I served 22 years from 1967 and none of your list applies. I did my basic training at HMS St Vincent and we all breezed through our basic training without any of the rubbish you quoted relevant Get it right!
Passed through HMS RALEIGH September 1979 ,,then went to HMS CAMBRIDGE, and I loved all of it ,just get on with it do lots of revision and try to keep ahead of the game ,then I proudly joined HMS INTREPID ,travel the world including the Falklands and did my bit .
I joined on the 4th June 1979 so we must of been there at the same time !
Thank you for this Video from a parent who’s son is currently on the last day of week 7… congratulations to your daughter ❤
Thank you - My son has just applied - listening to your story and insight, has eased my mind
Royal navy is very professional and I am your new subscriber from Afghanistan.
Awesome! All the best to your daughter. Very interesting how training varies in the Navy as I went through RAF Basic Training back in 2019
Very helpful for us mums with teenage recruits - thankyou.
There are some good/ informative facebook pages for Raleigh parents.. worth joining.
@@2010Whites he passed his interview today and just medical to go, he's only 16, at least we live close to portsmouth.
@@therealmrsl2217 Well done him and Good luck... a bit of advice..we had to keep chasing the Navy careers office ...sometimes they needed a polite 'prod' to move things along...
@@2010Whites we've already noticed that...! He just wants to get going now but updates and information from the careers office is somewhat random!
@@therealmrsl2217 it’s a shame that HMS Raleigh isn’t in Portsmouth it’s in torpoint Cornwall
My brother joined 3 years before me - I joined in 1980. He had already taught me how to bull up my boots
And keep good kit.
I could already run well as did cross country at school and rugby.
Thirty joined up -28 of us were 16 and 2 were 18.
Fitness and kit are a lot of it as well as square bashing,
Gym is probably the most disciplined part of it.
Swimming test, shooting, damaged control and firefighting as well as assault courses.
They have probably added more since I was in.
You get maths and English tests, naval knowledge and church parade.
As well as passing out parades.
You really do bond as a group.
It takes you through civilian to being grooved into the naval life.
Thanks Anthony. What Branch did you go to after Raleigh?
Hi Charlotte.
I went in as what was called a stores accountant but now called logistics.
I wanted to be a marine engineer but unfortunately found out that I was colour blind.
I just wanted to be in so this was the job I picked in the end.
I served 12 years from 1979 and have n3ver had a day out of work thanks to the Navy !!
My son starts on the 9th and we’ve all been watching your very informative video. Thank you
Thank you so much for this video, I can’t decide what to do with my future and the Royal Navy is what I’m leaning towards but it also makes me super anxious to think about.
same here. im pretty set on the navy but i dont know what role
Don't join the Navy. Look at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary instead. Far better terms and conditions.
Thank you for this video! Currently I'm in my final year of uni as a STN nurse and looking to join once I qualify - hopefully the process doesn't take too long
My advice is a lot of listening and not a lot of talking.
Its easy listen dont think do what your told ! But the biggest trick that they dont tell you is work as a team !
On week 4 now, things have changed a lot cause of coronavirus. Just finished pier cellars and now I'm on Christmas break, looking forward to the first kit muster when I go back.
I'd say the first 2 weeks are the worst, I personally don't enjoy the small tasks like ironing the bedsheets and I enjoy the more adventurous tasks. Haven't been through enough yet to comment fully.
Enjoy your break Zabbas. Have a good sleep whilst you can.. I think the worst is over. Just ‘head down’ and focus on the joy of passing out in 6 weeks. Well done so far.
@@2010Whites thank you! I'll do just that!
leave whilst you can. i'm 6 years in and it's shite!
@@blardmann shut up better than working for someone else’s dream ,
@@fearlessgodlikemission6924 makes no sense im literally telling him the truth
Haha, mum getting it on with the Jackspeak! :0))
I joined up in March 84 aged 17',and it scared the S@#t out of me, but after the first 2: weeks I settled in,
My tenior at Raleigh was the best 14 weeks I ever experienced,hard work but full of laughs,tears and sweat,I encourage anyone to give it a go,
Cmon don't be a Jack n Danny,join the Navy and learn what life is really about.
Such a proud moment ❤
Am just waiting for my allocation date passed everything, now frantically searching TH-cam for help so thanks aha
Hi Craig. Good Luck. Shouldn't be long now... just keep running and doing some weight training and you'll smash it!
Remember as they will tell you, you don't have to be Superman when you get there. Just a good level of fitness will help. The Marines will get you fit enough pretty quickly and trust me they are horrible doing it, but you learn alot about yourself at the same time. If you can boff up on your knowledge of the Navy and our current platforms and what they do roughly that may help with Naval General Training (NGT). You will be shown how to do everything when you get there so don't worry about that either, and you will work together as a division to get it done whilst in the mess deck. If you are rubbish at ironing but good at bulling shoes, then no doubt you will be on shoes and your ship mates will be help you iron. Its a family for your 8 weeks or 10 as it is now. And then when you join your ship it will be the same, but your family can then depend on eachother to stay alive and not worry about your shoes being shiny. She is right that Church will be amazing. Our Bish used to record Match of the Day for us to watch for an hour after church and you were left alone. Eat as many biscuits as you can!!! You do it once at Raleigh and its amazing if you live it breathe it and love it, and also hate it whilst you are there as that is part of the point of it all. You leave a better and stronger person and then its straight into phase 2 professional training which is not as rigerous certainly, but is still lots of the BS factor with marching everywhere and polishing shoes etc...and then the hardwork really begins when you finally join your ship, but then you start to reap the benefits that the Navy has to offer also. A side note is that I can't imagine what it is like to have had my phone though during basic training!!!!!!!!!!! You will certainly get shouted at when you never did anything wrong yourself and punished severely like standing in the rain etc, but suck it up, grin and bare it and you will be much better when it happens to you again onboard, and that is when you get really threaders with it all. The joke is that you are putting your notice in on days like that and you may have lots of those days. The collective punishments are a way of building individual repsonsilbilty towards the good of the team, but you will get some wasters that never understand that...you will deal with them as a group on your own no doubt or they get binned. People's fingers have a way of getting caught in hatches for example and I guarantee nobody will know it happened how if any questions are asked. So from that perspective, the collective certainly works in more ways than one and its normally problem solved. Or getting zipped up in your kit bag for a while or tapped to a table or something good like that. Just for you to be here though and asking questions shows me that you will do fine. Good luck.
@@vxrdrummer still waiting for my allocation date applied in April more time to get fitter a guess a just want to start , gonna be a marine engineer and I’m thinking of going on the subs Dno yet tho
Hey Craig I’m the exact same as you I passed my PJFT (pre joining fitness test) on roughly 4/11/2020. I’m just waiting to get training dates not but I dunno how long I’ll be waiting. When did you do your PJFT and also please let me know when you get your training dates !!
@@joeblackwell475 I thought that they weren’t doing PJFT atm because of COVID 🤷🏽♂️
Thank you for the video, very helpful
any idea if females press ups are expected to be proper form or are we able to do them on our knees, going in soon and press ups have been my biggest problem.
It will be normal press ups definitely
yes, full ones but press ups aren't part of the fitness test..they are in the RAF but not in the Navy... you just do them in the IMFs.
I’m very unfit and really socially awkward so I struggle to make friends… I’ve been looking at going into the navy but I don’t know if I’ll survive. I’m also really worried that I won’t be able to make friends with all the other people :/
Trust me you’ll make friends no matter what
Did you join
@@barbiejoanne_jojonot yet, I’m still 15 so I’m going to join when I’ve finished school.
Enjoy stretcher run
What was your daughters home life like after raleigh during her phase 2 ? As i know you are allowed to go home after phase 1 ?? And also during phase 1 is the weekend they're own time to chill out etc ?
My daughter only had the weekend 'off' after finishing basic training. She 'passed out' on the Friday and started phase 2 on the Monday. She's a submariner and her phase 2 was also at Raleigh. Yes, she had weekends off and it was much much more relaxed then basic training! You're allowed 'out' when you want pretty much. Some of her friends had 'hold over' for a few weeks before they started their training; depends on the branch you're going into etc.
Could somebody get an 'um' counter on this please
I’m thinking of joining I’m in college till I’m 17 re taking my maths and English does she enjoy the navy thinking of joining after college
Very handy info thanks
I’m joining on Monday 12 july, I’m just nervous 😬
Good luck Daniel. Just give 100% and you'll be great!
@daniel g when did you applie ?
@@mcswagger2044 January 2020
I go 6th December but have my PRNC on the 27th did you do yours if so do you have any tips for me on what I should expect
I’m waiting on my PJFT date but getting really worried about upper body strength and I saw a video on pull ups test from a few years ago but isn’t mentioned on the website ? Are pull ups included with the strength tests ?
Hi Jess,
You don't have any strength tests until you get to Raleigh and as long as you give 100% effort you'll be fine. You do a lot of climbing/ trying to climb ropes, burpees, press ups, sit ups etc.. I think the more you practice these the better but they are not expecting you to be superhuman!
@@finosborne5086 That’s great to know ! Have you got any other tips ?
I just did the run for my fitnes test
@@j.4354 mb?? I’ve passed basic now I’m in phase 2 I’m ssm
@@jesschinn9301 (Mess Bosun) I think you was at Raleigh at the same time someone had the same name just clicked to me 🤷🏻♂️ thought it sounded familiar couldn’t remember why though until now 😂
I don’t know if I should put in my application at the moment because I’m in the last few months of year 11 or wait till I have fully finished school
Start now mate, there are some parts of it that take a while and you'll thank yourself for doing it so soon later on. You might think that having all that time off while your application is going through is great but believe me, as soon as the novelty wears off you'll be glad you applied so early so you cam get in sooner!
@@jacksuper22 thank you pal I did it about tow three days ago so I got time to be ready for the tests
@@royalhunter3937 best of luck to you mate
@@jacksuper22 thanks pal that really means a lot
It takes up to a year to go through the application/ joining process so put it in now.
This is a really strange question, but can you take your phone with you? I'm training to join the Navy but I know what my mum is like and how she worries if she doesn't hear from me. Thank you!
Yes, you can. They are locked away and you can access them on the weekend and some evenings.
You can take your phone but access and use is limited, so you can stay in touch but not hours on social media etc.
You get your phone from 8 till half 8 Monday- Thursday then Friday is 7pm-10pm and weekend is 1pm-10pm
I was too busy to be using a phone. What with keeping kit pristine, learning lots, and having fun. Keep your head down, your trap shut and enjoy it to the full
What is this pay like the first months?
I think your take home pay is about £1000 p.moth.
Wait why you telling us why isn’t she telling us so
Because she's 100 metres below the surface doing her job 😲
there you have it,they join noivee cause merchant navy is toooo hard to pass
My Dad was Merchant Navy so I have the utmost respect for them :-)
@@2010Whites Thank you,from x merchantman,lovely lady
Great video. I’m joining November and my only concern is I’m 29 and going to be around teenagers that haven’t got a clue 😂
There's plenty of 'more mature' recruits there. There be some in their 30s, as well as others who are just 17. But, I don't think age is always a reflection of maturity - I think you'll find ;-) I think there was one 16 year old with my daughter's division.
You definitely get a whole big variety! I joined when I was 18, and most people were between 22-27 with some 30 year old and a few 16/17 year olds, you’ll be surprised how everyone just gets on regardless of age. There was one really annoying 16 year old but just get on with it as not going to get on with everyone such is life, but you’ll be surprised how she doesn’t matter really
@@mallaig33 👊🏻 got it
I was 37 when I applied in December 2020 for the Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering) position. 38 when I had my formal interview, and if Capita get their act together with my medical assessment, I'll hopefully get a start date towards the end of the year or early next year when I'll be nearly 39.
I had a chat with my recruiter after my interview about the age factor, and he said the same as any recruit, they break you down and build you back up in the militarised way that's needed, but he also told me that the instructors might have a word in your ear about the young recruits who're hanging stuff out of windows, not pulling their weight with the kit musters and PT etc.
If this does happen, I'll just use it as a way to train my social skills within a team, and how to be diplomatic and get the best out of myself and others. It could put you in good stead for later in your career.
I've worked with many teenagers, and you'll find that quite a few of them do have a clue and have excellent work ethics, take instruction well, and just want to learn to be the best they can be.
I haven't lost hope in our youth, especially when they make such rare and demanding decisions such as joining the armed forces.
Very changed to my time.Not so sure you had to stand up all the time and no idea about the country club.
Hi
why are you called a DR
Because I have a PhD.
@@2010Whites well done, in what field, i thought you were a medical doctor
@@simplybuyer1 Education :-)
@@2010Whites well done, you are a very bright women, i need a good wife one day who is also like you,
@@simplybuyer1 Good luck!
Madam , you are talking rubbish. I served 22 years from 1967 and none of your list applies. I did my basic training at HMS St Vincent and we all breezed through our basic training without any of the rubbish you quoted relevant
Get it right!
You are the type of parent that makes recruits fail!
it's not about you !! now I bet your some 2 stripe officer cadet who failed lmao
errrrrrmmmmm
Madam , you are talking rubbish. I served 22 years from 1967 and none of your list applies. I did my basic training at HMS St Vincent and we all breezed through our basic training without any of the rubbish you quoted relevant
Get it right!