What It Takes To Survive Navy RDC School - Where Boot Camp Instructors Train | Boot Camp
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- Recruit division commanders, known as RDCs, are the drill sergeants of the United States Navy. Before they train Navy recruits at boot camp, future RDCs must graduate from Continuation School, or C School, at Naval Station Great Lakes near Waukegan, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago.
Business Insider spent four days at RDC C School to see how recruit division commanders are trained to instruct the next generation of sailors.
RDCs distinguish themselves from other Navy personnel with a red rope they wear around the left shoulder of their uniforms. They're responsible for training and mentoring Navy recruits during their time in boot camp.
During the 13-week C School course, RDC students learn how to motivate recruits, inspect their barracks, and lead them in physical training.
Although the Navy fell short of its recruitment goals in 2023, the branch shows no signs of dialing down the intensity recruits face during basic training. However, RDCs also learn how to implement the Navy's Warrior Toughness program, which provides recruits with tools to cope with the stress they experience during boot camp.
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What It Takes To Survive Navy RDC School - Where Boot Camp Instructors Train | Boot Camp
It’s a good day when Business Insider drops a new military video
I never got in so this is my experience provider
So true, I love these videos🎉
Truee 😂
Its all GOOD until YOU got to do IT!
Thanks for watching!
Imagine being yelled at just to learn how to yell at others..😂
You think this is yelling, watch how they train Marine Drill Instructors. Notice the before and after voice of the trainee once they put a campaign cover on. It's pretty jarring.
@@bluefin844 Agreed, Marine Drill Instructors become super Intense
Because the Marine Corps is intense
OMFG HERE COMES THE GAY MARINE SAYING THEIR GAY ORGIES ARE MORE INTENSE@@bluefin844
@@bluefin844 I blew my voice out every damn day lmao
Just graduated boot camp and my RDC is in this video Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander. One of the best RDC’s at that command. Amazing motivator and a great leader, nice to see him in this video. Thank you Petty Officer HOOYA!
I love it when some E2 makes assessments of a training command. Bwaaaaaaa
@@Madinfidelprepper What you mean make an assessment? I was using a hyperbole to express my gratitude towards my RDC. Yes I’m sure there’s other great RDC’s at the command but I had him and he was great to me and the rest of my division. Also thanks for giving me a promotion big dawg! Appreciate you!
@@blaccphilip6167ignore this guy bro, you're good 👍
Division 057 hooyah this is Leonard btw
He was the 2nd rdc for our division and were the division featured in this video hooyah 368!!
Best tour of my career, hands down. Enjoyed every single second I was there. Things have definitely changed since I went through it but still miss is. I loved the fact that I was given 88 recruits from 88 different walks of life and got the opportunity to mold them into one cohesive unit was extremely satisfying.
My nephew is in this video several times... Robert Allison.. watch for him... I am so proud of him....
You should be very proud, I’m thankful to them.
is it the chief?
So you are proud of an yeller? Very interesting.
@@madame-rosalitaduchesse7636🤡
When the HIIT workouts are hitting 👏 They have to know how it feels to be trained into order to lead their trainees to success. Great job!
I can never join any military branch. I have too much anxiety and would probably have a panic attack doing any of these trainings. I salute those who can and choose to do it. Thank you for your service. Thank you for protecting folks like me and my family. You are the reasons I can live in peace.
You for sure could, it’s something you can get over there if you really tried
I have intense anxiety myself and I’m in the navy myself. I have to dig deep at some moments. My mental health has suffered at some points but I’ve been doin alright. I know why I’m here and I’m proud of myself as well as my best friend, I got him to join with me and we graduated boot together. Oct 26th, 2023.
I see AO1 Covington and HM2 Beal. I won't forget the beating they gave me in Boot Camp for having a "good day". Congrats to them for becoming C school instructors and being problem solvers.
Covington is SOLID as hell, great person to rely on, used to be their DIVO as a brand new O3.
Damnnn I remember AO1 giving us our DMI and HM2 giving us hell after taps bc we were all out of our racks XD
@@bdrlittleman those guys knew me as "good day" and they weren't even my RDCs! Their screams and insults are very unique, and I will never forget them 😂
I had covington
Wow crazy what division were y'all division 108 here 🔥💯 HM2 Beal beat the shit out of me all the time in our div we called him "beat em beal" A01 Covington dude would go around with a long stick banging the shit out of it everyday on the ground we called him the reaper
Me yesterday: Yeah, I'd love to be an RDC
Me today: Yeah, i wouldnt love to be an RDC
So you want to kill your voice by yelling.
I just graduated from bootcamp and I had Petty Officer Rodriguez as my 3rd RDC. She is the best!!!! She’s very hard working and also puts a lot of pride in her job. ❤
while in bootcamp petty officer sublet, torres, and anderson shadowed my division until they got there red ropes. if they ever come across this comment i just want to say thank you for everything you taught us and kept us motivated throughout our time in great lakes in div 011. petty officer sublet you helped push me through the run on the prt and helped me drop my run time by 3 mins. you guys are awesome rdc.t hank you again. i still say F no clown!
Torres as in master chief Torres?!
Yoooooo it’s mcmillen!!!!!! What’s up!!!!
Galllllyyyyyy is that you??????
I am the Division Officer in the video. I would like to address some of the comments I have seen so far.
The military as a whole has had difficulties hitting their recruiting numbers. That's the side effect of a volunteer military and has nothing to do with the caliber of individual joining. Not everyone wants to volunteer, but we appreciate those that do and are willing raise their hand and swear to defend our constitution. Same goes for RDCs. It is a difficult job with long hours. We hold C school students to a standard but ultimately, I would rather have someone competent that can train and mentor these recruits, instead of a meathead because they're good at PT.
Also, if you think that how fast you can run is anywhere near as important as discipline and competency when it comes to operating in our technologically advanced war-space, then you are stuck in the past. Our foreign adversaries would not have any sort of upper hand just because they can do more push-ups. It doesn't matter which boot camp is "harder", as long as they get the results necessary to train the next generation to operate effectively in future conflicts.
This sounds like cope, the USA gave up on having healthy fit men in the armed forces. The average american citizen weighs 100kg. This looks like an absolute disaster and it does not bode well.
Do you think the Navy would ever increase the age limit at least up to 43?
@aleale6277 You're focusing too much on appearances and acting as though we're only recruiting obese men and women. While the military reflects the American population in some regards, those that need to be in peak physical condition for their jobs still are. So I struggle to see how this is indicative of the US losing an armed conflict due to current physical conditioning.
Sir, I think you make a good point about physical fitness. Most people who think the standards are falling dramatically seem to be judging purely off how people look; one thing I learned in boot camp is that how somebody looks doesn't always correlate to their physical ability as much as you'd think it would. Based on my (admittedly much more limited) experience, it seems like something which matters more is how far an individual is willing to push themselves, which stems from a good attitude and a willingness to tolerate pain and discomfort. In that sense, even if physical fitness is not as important as the ability to develop technical expertise, it still might be useful for figuring out who the "high performers" are going to be because I'd wager that there's going to be a lot of overlap between the people who are determined to push themselves physically and the people who are determined to excel in rate-specific expertise.
@@dm-rj2zg There are some big ass dudes in the military who still run 12 minute 2-miles out of pure grit. You're right - it's mind over matter
I deployed with BM2 Wood, when he was still a third, great guy
Petty officer wood was my blue rope in boot camp, he gave me shit when I needed it and gave me praise when I earned it. I saw him get his red rope and volunteered for his first ever IT session. He helped me just as much as my RDC's. Amazing petty officer
It’s cool to see what they go through before they become the instructors all of the recruits come to know & love.
Finally a C school video on RDC training 😂
Such great RDCs! 🙌
ya, tuff shit they dont got no one to train huh
Why cant I login into BOL?
❤Thank You For Your Service❤
OS1 Santiago! What a great RDC, he taught me a lot while going through boot camp.
Same here
The blue rope in the first 60 seconds was my blue rope back in October great guy
At 18:25 the blue rope marching with the cutlass was my red rope. Boy was she mean!
@@samjones2412🙄 I’ll be jack slapped for this but women have no business being in the military training recruits imo and I’m a woman 🤷♀️
It’s been almost 2 years since graduation and seeing PO Simpson made me smile. If she sees this I hope she knows how much she motivated me during bootcamp. Losing 40lbs was very hard but so worth it. Also Roraff and I are still friends!! (This is Monahan)
Seen a lot of these rdc’s as a recruit in boot camp I graduated boot camp last December 2023
Same! What division? I was 001
@@britonkI WAS 001?!
Crazy comments
imagine getting chewed out by ft1@@herodestime4380
Just handing out rank now in order to "retain." Quantity not quality.
Seeing coast guard Company commander school would be awesome!!
Damn look at all those people that didn't pick orders in their windows. 1 in 3 is crazy.
😂😂😂that’s why you should only reenlist 2-3 years at a time. Can’t get fucked if you the Option to leave open. Big navy hates it but great loophole
So Glad I can never be pulled into a MTI role in the Air Force. Love to see other Branches doing their work.
I was in Division 083 and in the USS Arizona in Camp John Paul Jones, I know those C School instructors too, we had a shark attack in the beginning they came in and ITed us, along with our third RDC.
Great video!
What’s funny is the same people on here talking nonsense are the same people who don’t even serve, people living in the past, or other service members in different branches. You talk about winning wars or how other countries are “this and that” yet, we can’t even come together and uplift each other. Instead, you want to down play your other fellow branches and say standards are not set in place. Most of you have become so jaded from what a standard is, based on these Hollywood movie images of what the military needs to be like in order to win. If you all were Olympic athletes you probably wouldn’t be in the service, that’s not what is needed to win. It’s being tactful, it’s having a warrior and “war ready” mindset, constantly improving and repetition. Each branch has a different, yet, vital role they play in order to protect this country. The same branches you spit on are the same young men and women who decided to make that sacrifice to serve and protect the freedom and countless liberties that you enjoy and take for granted. We’re quick to talk down on someone instead of bringing that person up with us. Everyone can continue to say what they want about what apparently is “more difficult” or “the standard” while the rest of us will continue to protect that right for you and work day and night standing the watch because we believe in selfless duty and service for others.
So the answer is to make excuses and empower mediocrity? Got it. Where real growth takes place is when you acknowledge deficiencies and fix them. The Navy has a lot of fixing to do to get back to where it once was.
So the answer is to make excuses and empower mediocrity? Got it. Where real growth takes place is when you acknowledge deficiencies and fix them. The Navy has a lot of fixing to do to get back to where it once was.
The navy feeds you good!
so does the air force
No
I would venture to say that it’s not the Navy, it’s the person. Sailors are held to the “big boy/girl” standard at most commands, meaning it falls on you to stay in shape on your own personal time.
No it doesn’t lol
I can’t wait to see the RDC RDC RDC school. The people who train, the trainers, trainers.
BRO EM1 LUCIUS WAS MY RDC IN BOOT!!! we were his first division, 006. i"m sure now he's working with another division. If you ever get the chance for him to be your RDC, his IT sessions are actually crazy, but he's good at what he does. He made it seem like he's been an RDC for a minute.
This was filmed probably in October. My last partner was a blue rope here, and we graduated that division in early January.
"The Marine Corps is the only branch that met its recruiting mission... and the Space Force." Lol.
The saying goes, “get paid to get trained” get those boys and girls FIT. Now if we can work on diets. Particularly adding healthier base-wide food options. Military needs more options for whole foods rather than fast foods and the curtailing of alcohol and tobacco distribution and use.
"Yellow" flake fried fish ALL DAY EVERYDAY! That was my experience years ago. They need to pump out "Green" meals a hell of a lot more. Breakfast needs to be stepped up for recruits too.
"yellow" lol@@tyvernoverlord5363
Abh1 sheare is in this he was a brutal rdc but he was a great teacher good to see he’s an c school instructor
my 2nd RDC HT1 Kozlowski was in this, one of the coolest RDC’S out there and we was his first Red Rope push, definitely someone to look up too & taught me and the division a lot as a whole but he’ll beat the shii outta you😂 thank you petty officer!
I see familiar faces in here! MA1, ICC, HT1, good to see em getting some!
Petty officer Santiago was my first RDC not to long ago, would follow him to war any day
Man, I gave serious consideration to becoming an RDC. I decided it wasn't for me, but props to those who do this.
The day the Navy was tougher in boot camp is a day I never thought would ever happen.
16:55 ENCS Parrish, we were his first red rope division. One sneaky badass guy 🤘🏼
Chief Wilson was my chief rdc!!! Great leader, and even better Man, couldn’t have asked for a better chief! And if he ever sees this..”let the bodies hit the floor”
the 2nd half of this video is my division !! and brother div 367/368
I WAS IN 368
I was in 368
Yooooooo. That red rope Chief Woodbury beard super out of regs. That chin dingle shit is way past 1/4". And of all places, RTC should be the place where this waiver should be closely monitored.
It’s a religious accommodation if you are Norse your beard can be as long as you want it to be
Air chairs!! Get there!!
Very original!
I got to meet Captain Froberg when I went through, very nice guy, did not meet him due to disciplinary action but as honor grad recruit
makes me happy
Love seeing my rdc
HTC tattoo on the right hand LETS GO! -HT1
0:28 I felt that on a personal level
Oh shoot, I didnt expect to see 'the reaper' in this video. He was one of my favorite and respected RDC'S when I went to boot. I'm going back soon
WHERE IS HE?
@@ETZFuzZBall 3:16 he is the first instructor to walk in the door after slapping a page on something
💀
I just graduated Feb 22nd. S/o to RS1 (RDC) Alexander !
he was my bro div's rdc "good evening brother divvvv" 💀
I went through a month i was MA in my division didn't graduate due to medical reasoning but it was incredibly intense but when you look back you appreciate it because they dont hate you they dont despise you they only try to prep you
“Petty Officer Santiago” I would’ve got beat if I said that 😂 we can’t say names in bootcamp, it’s 1st, 2nd, or 3rd rdc if you’re talking about them. Atleast that’s how my rdcs told us.
He is a great RDC!
Wow, how are they out of shape???
What made them give up exercising or eating right? 😂😂😂
the food served on the ships is low quality, plus the 16 hour shifts a day on deployment make it hard to go to the gym and work out. the navy is low quality of life and high work hours. so that why they look like that.
@@PhotoFlaimeSad but true fact. Between regular job, watchstanding, and then having to get all the quals they push.. you either workout and sleep less, or just sleep the meager 4 hours you have
You can easily get an hour to do some body workouts underway. Mostly the out of shape ones are eating junk foods and playing videos games or watching movies when they aren't working. You can easily lose weight underway because they feed you small portions of food. The food isn't the best quality but you should know by now what's good to eat and what isn't.
San Diego!!! It's too bad modern recruits won't get the NTC San Diego experience.
Being in formation and unable to laugh at the guy at you that just got shyt bombed by a grinder bird is unforgettable 😅
China after watching this: 😂
0:26 I recognize that voice and yelling anywhere. BM2 Brown, was my 3rd RDC when I went through RTC in ‘22. He’s definitely a great fit as a C-School Instructor.
Also, EMC Suttie in the background. Was my 2nd RDC before he put on Chief.
My RDC DC2 Salcedo was in this, I have forgotten how to spell her name, one mean and pretty good rdc. My RDC’s we’re pretty good at the end giving a lot of good advice. I wish my division did better but glad to have had the proper leadership.
Time code? I think i know who youre talking about
RS1 Alexander was the greatest RDC
Lets gooooo, this boot needed some new moto
That puddle of sweat drippin down onto the quarter deck WHOO!
Yall need to do a doc-u-series on Navy Dive school
me when I see Business Insider uploads a new video 💁♀️
My good friend was in this!!! Allison!!!!! So proud and thankful for you all ❤❤❤❤
PO Alexander is the best 😎🤝🏻my favorite RDC. Graduated with him 2 weeks ago. With respect🫡🇺🇸forever in my heart.
Recruit barracks now look a lot nicer than when I went in 2000.
1:17 first time seeing a SF tab and ranger tab soldier wearing a the bct wombo combo eyepro, pt belt and camelbak 😳
Navy Chief, NAVY Pride!
To survive this school all you need is a heart beat
Honestly, my rate right now is constant schooling and tests. I still have another year and a half of schooling and getting qualified to go through, I’ve already been training for 9 months. Even with all that training this is still a duty I want to try on my first shore duty.
PARSONS🫡 he was brother Div. When I was at bootcamp. Some reason for my turn around. Gave me a good talk when he was OOD! Some really good RDCs from this group HOOYAH!!
4:40 ok that was hilarious
Our division is in this video that’s crazy
Graduated bootcamp 05OCT23! Miss BC!
We need the latest Marine Corps Bootcamp
One of those RDC’s was my baby divisions RDC and he beat/IT us for 40 mins 😂
15:10 Santiago was a blue rope when I went through in 2021. Glad to see he’s whopping ass
I went through navy boot camp almost 50 years ago In Orlando, FL. They closed that base long ago. Shalom
It's time for a prostate exam
@@briguy459Bend over anytime that you want one, but wait until you're at your doctors office this time. Shalom
Ive actually worked with a few RDC here from my whole service time.
My son’s graduation is this may 9th. I am so excited
Those workouts really push you. You don't think it's that difficult or long till you're waiting on everyone else while you're suffering ha ha I am actually glad there are more people who are opting out of serving because civilians are getting better information for what it is you're signing up and volunteering for.
Oh man... love these. Great mistakes 1998. the 1 hour cycling sessions drenched in sweat.
I went through in 1999. Gosh I remember those sessions all too well.
HM2 Beal smoking em at the beginning 😂 let’s go
My boy is a sailor very proud of him 💙
This makes me glad I joined the USAF.
Navy bootcamp is nothing compared to Marines or even the Army boot camp lol
@@ian7133yeah Navy boot was pretty easy, it's definitely less physical focused but more technical since it's a more technical branch
@@ian7133stop acting like your boot camp is hard it’s literally the easiest camp there you sit in class all day and get your phones on Sundays. Marines have an easy basic as well, it’s not making you tough stop acting hard.
@@Dhdjdjsjdjsjk smh people always trying to rank the boot camps as some kind of dick measuring contest... When none of that shit matters cause the coasties have us all beat
@@Unload-ShowClear seals are twelves times as tough as classroom work lol no wonder marines have the worst you can’t even do anything in the marines and your treated like a toddler!
both my RDCs are in this video !
Good for the navy.
My third RDC was training in the video MR1 Smith
i was there for my nephews graduation back in january
I’m seriously considering becoming an RDC one day. But I’ve only just begun my Navy journey. I think the benefits are definitely worth it as well as the memories. Honestly though I don’t know if I’d be a good leader where I am right now though😕
Love EM2 Rodriguez!
Along with my brother division’s RDC HM1 Vargas Davila
I literally just got out of Navy boot camp a few days ago. (I graduated on 28MAR24 and it’s 01APR24.) My 3rd RDC is in this video. I was part of his first push. He explained a little bit about what his C-school was like. I would say this is pretty accurate. Just some really knitpicky things.
Like, for instance, at one point in the video, it said that the RDC’s had to run 12 laps in 20 minutes, which is 1.5 miles. Yeah, but that’s only applicable to the tracks at Freedom Hall. The location that was being filmed at was Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall. That’s also unfortunately where we had to do our pride run because the weather was too bad for us to run outside. At Atlantic Fleet, 9 laps is 1.5 miles. 12 laps there is 2 miles.
Oh, and the video said the red card runs for only 40 minutes max. I am almost positive that one’s not true. Our division got IT’d for a solid 1 hr 15 minutes once (and the division across the hall from us). You’d occasionally get IT sessions going beyond 40 minutes. Not often, but it definitely does. It’s weird, though, because it’s not really a time limit thing. It’s more like the different exercises on the card have max reps that recruits can do. BUT, the card doesn’t prohibit the RDCs from bringing the count back down to 0, or from making you hold certain positions in the exercises for extended periods. So they can really stretch the beating out. And this isn’t even mentioning the black card, which can easily run for 2 hrs. A kid in our division got that one. Officers came into the compartment along with RDCs to take part. To be fair, he drew a bunch of dicks on someone’s dress blues.
one of my RDCs are in this video and a lot of the RDCs in this videos were in my ship (ship 12)
Hooyah from Bahrain
Love your channel 👋
@@Godblesstheusa16 Thanks
@@HaedenBeck ☺
That was my division when class 380 graduated from c school
Ayoooo STG1 Henderson was my rdc back in bootcamp lmao
2:01 warrior toughness exercises 😂
Hooyah Chief Wilson.