Recently graduated from navy boot camp a month ago. our division was number one in everything =). Boot camp is not what you expect. Its like a summer camp with mean counselors thats it. The workouts are easy as fuck. all you have to do is do what your told and dont be a bitch.
I remember my days at Freedom Hall as if it were yesterday. The biggest ailment people in my divisision suffered from were from shin splints. My advise; try not to strike the ground with your heel, but more towards the midfoot or just behind the ball of the foot.
For everyone here who keeps on whining about how there needs to be more pain and hardship in navy boot camp, please stop. Most people that I know don't go into the navy to become the perfect soldier or to shoot people. The navy (and the air force) is mainly a supporting branch, which means that they are better at making sure that the guys who do want to be perfect soldiers can do so. I am joining the navy to do mental tasks, not physical ones. I need to be fit enough to do my job and perform as an average soldier, nothing more. It does not make sense to force the intel and linguist guys to stay as fit as a special forces unit in order to sit at a desk and be able to swim. Not everyone goes in to do shit that you see in action movies. EDIT: I've been in for a a few years now. I still stand by what I said in general about the boot camp. I do think the Navy needs to focus more on PT. We still do it, but not as often as I would have it done. Most of the Navy seems to focus on getting shit done than making time for PT (not talking about SEALs).
BadgerGaming BF4&More I have no idea, but there is this cool thing you can do. You can type your question into a magic thing called "Google", and it will give you instant answers. :P (I imagine yes. Technically TH-cam is part of Google, so there is your answer.)
HJW Pumps Nah, it should remain a secret. Boot camp is a special experience, and knowing already what's going to happen will ruin what it's trying to teach you. But trust me, it's not that bad. :) I had a lot of fun.
I have a book that does just that. It follows a division from arrival to departure. It's called "Honor Courage Commitment, by J.F.Leahy. it was written in 2000, one year before I went through, so It's a little different from the 2020 experience. But it is an excellent read.
yeah a ton of people are shitbags afterwards. i got out april 11th of this year and if i didnt get in trouble every single day for dumb shit then bootcamp wouldve been a walk in the park. the actual PT isnt shit but getting the whole orange IT card once or twice daily is a challenge. So many people ive encountered so far shouldnt have made it through but did anyway.
No shit! Even the Air Force in the 90's was hard compared to this. What is with the nice gyms? We were out on a hot cargo pad in the middle of Texas summer sun (August!) in BDU's and combat boots doing our shit. I know it was weak sauce compared to Marine or Army training but we were flyboys!
This video is most likely softened up for PR purposes. I went through GLakes boot camp in winter73-74'. Miss happy hour in the drill hall! Hint:( it's not happy and it's not an hour) That will make you a puddle of sweat and in great shape. Do they still have that? Remember that boot camp is to give you a foundation of discipline, training, physical conditioning, and mental toughness to meet the challenges of sea life when your assigned to a ship.
I guess it went company by company in boot camp. Both of my CCs in 87, were on the Fat Boy program. We didn’t get MASHED very much. Company upstairs did on what seemed like an hourly basis. PT wasn’t emphasized after you left boot camp before my time. Then the Stark got hit and a lot of the crew was so out of shape, that they reportedly had some guys fall out trying to keep her afloat ( per our CCs). PT supposedly got more attention in the fleet afterwards. In other words, they have tougher standards to maintain than we did.
Just got out last month, no bootcamp isn't really physically challenging if your in some sort of shape. The only difficult part about it was being apart from family with little contact. Also, after a while it just seems so repetitive. Same thing day in and day out. It was a great experience!
It all depends on your age. But you'd be safe with at least 60 of each. Those are not the minimums though. You get two minutes for each exercise (excluding the run obviously)
I went thru boot in 1971 in San Diego, CA. In 1971 we were put on a greyhound bus and arrived at San Diego about 2am. We then called for the boot bus which was an old clinker to pick us up. We arrived RTC/NTC at about 3:30am. We were put in a barracks given a rack and allowed to go to sleep. At 5am the trash can lids were clanging to get up. They took a muster than we went to the chow hall and got some chow. Then they day started with getting our clothing allowance and being told what will happen for the next 12 weeks. Yes, twelve weeks which we were the last battalion to get twelve weeks. The barber did not take a little off of the top instead it all came off. A real buzz but it did grow back. PT as they call it included the grinder. We did do PT every morning. White T shirts and dungarees. We did spend a week in the galley doing food service. The 6 week you crossed the bridge which pretty well meant you were half way thru. Plenty of class room time and knot tying classes. No fancy racks stacked two high. Lockers that stood on the deck with them properly folded clothes you had learned how to do. Also you learned the general orders so you could recite them in the gas chamber. Also you went out to the rifle range to see if you could shoot. What fun we had in 1971. Graduation with the best company in the battalion. We then had leave then A school and assignment to a ship and off to Vietnam.
Fyi I'm not in a military but thinking about joining next year... But what I don't get is why other people saying in the comments like its weak... I know it's not marine or army training but aren't in bootcamp teaches about "Team work"? Aren't we all in the same country/states that wanted to serve? My reason why I want to join is just to help people anywhere in the world I don't mind getting paid (unfortunately we need money for food) but come on marines and other branches THINK! "Like" my msg for changes.
Navy boot camp isn't overly physical. Unless your going to be a SEAL you don't need to be in elite physical condition. Army and Marines usually are on their feet and out in the field so their boot camps should be more challenging and you get more training afterwards. Personally for me I came out of boot a little deconditioned from when I went in. But I was running 5 miles in 30 and sub-30 minutes. I was already doing 125 push ups in 2 minutes and about 130 sit ups in 2 minutes. So boot camp training wasn't as daunting for me as for some of my other shipmates who weren't in the physical condition I was in. But it's about team work and trusting your shipmates to get y'all through the endeavors of serving in the military. Good luck and I say" go for it" !!!!
I went to boot in San Diego back in 92, like some said probably softened up a bit for PR purposes because I remember it being alot harder and more in your face yelling by the CC's but no branch is better or worse, we all took the same oath, to support and defend the constitution of the United States. Go Navy
0:56 I figured out a few good reasons why. 1. We live in a country where almost everyone keep eating one hamburger after another. 2. Talk about laziness.
Navy Boot Camp has changed a lot since I went through it in 1984. Not saying it was like Marine Boot Camp, but it was was much more "mental" than this. Much more yelling and Company Commanders getting up in peoples faces. There were no T-Shirts, Ball-Caps and sweat pants. Unless you were doing PT, you had to be "Squared-Away" meaning, your uniform had to be right! Many more people joined the Navy in those days, so they were more willing to "weed-out" the weaker recruits. People will compare Navy Boot-Camp to Marine Boot-Camp and Army Basic-Training. But they are worlds apart. People will say that The Navy is so much easier than the other two but it doesn't need to as strenuous as the other two. Most of the Marines and Soldiers that say that, wouldn't make through the first day of Navy SEAL-BUD/S training. Most aren't joining the Navy to be an elite commando. They will be in positions where they are operating equipment costing in the millions of dollars. You don't need to get screamed at for 8-weeks to operate a nuclear-reactor plant on a 5 Billion Dollar Ballistic Missile Submarine. Aren't many "Grunt's" that could pull that one off.
The same people who says it's weak or easy would be crying🤣🤣🤣🤣 some things are more mental than physical. Seen Marines cry on a ship because they haven't seen land in over two months. No branch is better than the other they are trained in different areas but fuck all that GO NAVY!!!!!!!💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
got med discharged from usmc recruit training (training day 43...) now trying to go to navy as a corpsman. my cousin was right, this looks pretty much like summer camp lol.
Physical fitness in the navy be a little less strenuous than other military branches, but it's just as much tedious and boring which is the real hard part of any military BT.
I am so glad to see this. Back in the Eighties, when I went through, there was not as much emphasis on PT. I lost weight when I went in, but it was probably due to diet and marching from barracks to school more than anything. Both CCs were on the “Fat Boy” program and we didn’t do that much PT. Though I can assure you, the Company upstairs from us got MASHED on a daily basis. Maybe hourly.
As a fairly recent Graduate of navy boot camp, I feel it necessary to point out that the PT is set to improve the lowest common denominator. I though that the PT was laughably easy. I at 25, Ive spent the past few yeas as LEO/SWAT/ for my department and came into boot with a pretty solid Idea of what I could do. The challenge came when I hit A-school. At A -school, it was quickly determined who was in shape, who wanted to be in-shape and who the "shitbag sailors" and treated accordingly.
WOW! Things have changed. I went through Basic in 87'. We had C.C.'s in our face from the moment we got there and yes we PT' D outside in the Chicago winter as well as inside the gym. "get those rifles up and I don't care if you are double timing on ice, you better not fall"! Best part was PT 'ing in the barracks with the heat up and all our winter gear on if we complained about being cold while outside!
Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm leaving for bootcamp in less than a week), but this looks like a total joke. I feel like I won't notice any improvement in my physical well-being (maybe even a retrogression) after I graduate. Hopefully there are decent gym facilities wherever I'm stationed so that I can properly get back on the horse.
Zachary Wherry this is a foundation the people who will do the combat jobs will go onto another school and relieve further training the people who want to do desk type stuff that doesn’t involve physical activity like that will go to other schools and get their training this is just foundation building
When I was in the Navy our boot camp really wasn't as physically demanding as the Marines but we still got the RDC's up in our faces and cussing like a sailor does so well every time we didn't do something right. It is no stroll in the park but it is not what it used to be. Tell your friend good luck and may the winds always be at your back.
OKAY, I'm all about branch equality and treating everyone equally but... DAMN, everyone picks on the Airforce, I went through AF BMT and may I say, this looks a lot more entertaining and appealing. In AFBMT, we did this shit face down on cement and the rocks would cut my hands up. I got medically discharged from the AF but I'm going Navy and will have to go through boot camp again, I literally cannot wait.
right. I'm 15 and am going straight to the navy recruiting ofice the day after i graduate (officially). I can't wait! going to the military is kind like tradition in my family. Both grandfathers, 4 or 5 uncles, My cousin tonya, and my cousin zac have gone. I'm so phsyched!
wow how things have changed. I attended boot camp in 1981 and from the bus ride at the airport all the way to NTTC Orlando, we had company commanders in or faces, screaming, telling us how lowly and unworthy of or great navy we were. Lol. You kids now day got it easy.
I had my boot camp in San Diego in 1989 and the real nightmare is when all of the CCs are Philippino. GOT DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET YOUR MUDDER PUCKING PT SHOES ON NOW!!!!!!!!MUUOOVE!!!!!!!!
Joe Gonzalez Bootcamp in 1993, orlando florida. Hot, humid and hellish. Not like Marines of course but we sure got yelled and screamed at. Pushed around and made to generally feel like crap. PT was hell. we usually did a ten count march all the way to the galley. ten steps, then a ten count bodybuilder, then ten steps then ten count bodybuilder. Our barracks was called the sweat room because by the time our CC was done PTing us, it was wet inside.
I went to Navy bootcamp in 2005 things were different then. We had several prior service army and Marine Corps in my division and it was just as hard for them as it was anyone else. When we pissed off our RDCs which seemed to happen every day they would do a little thing called "making it rain". They would crank the heat all the way up, and make us do calisthenics until there was a cloud in the room, and then we would open up all the windows and the cold air would literally make it rain sweat.
I train for elite house mma gym here in kc and I leave the 25th of this month and this looks like warm ups compared to what we do lol. Just being honest lol
McLovin most Navy recruits don't normally sign up for BUD/s training to be SEAL, but in case any of you do then don't worry too much of physical strength, just keep saying you can do it and you will breeze through BUD/s and other training
Not that easy lol. First there's 12 weeks of basic special ops or warfare training in Great Lakes, than 4 weeks pre buds training, than buds training for 12 weeks. Than 2 more years of the hardest training and school when most ppl fall out, if you can get that far lol
Back in 1978 when I enlisted in the U.S. Navy we were mostly already in shape given that we did not have video games, internet, cell phones, or cable TV. We spent most of our time after school hours outside playing sports or throwing rocks at each other.
lol looks like summer camp. Heading to navy boot camp soon and i can do 1.5 miles in 12 minuets easily.... I think im going to have an easier time than i thought, obviously its still a decent workout though. Alot of those kids look out of shape too..
I joined in 2004 and I've got to say I'm glad they stepped up the PT training. We just did your basic physical fitness when I was there, but I'm glad they have incorporated some circuit training. I also think we were only doing physical fitness three days a week at the time.
half natty yep, there's about 3 different gyms on base, but you'll only have around an hour or 2 to workout on weekdays because A-school is 9-11 hours long. Food is going to be a problem if you wanna bulk but getting that lean body is easy.
I'm in ROTC and we had to take that assessment and I failed the push ups but I was the only one so it's kinda weird that cadets can pass this rather than 18-20 year olds
Back in my day they mad us run in place holding up our racks, while wearing our winter gear until it literally rained inside from all the moisture in the air from our sweat. The facilities in this video look a lot nicer than back then.
Too my fellow Shipmates, you guys worked sooooooo hard during deployments and in port. You guys felt sorry for Marines and the job we did but we felt sorry for you in maintaining the ship that took us to the fight.
Im In the navy, still remember boot camp PT. really, If it were just the pt part, boot camp would be easy, but there is so much more to boot camp, just adding the pt, +It'ing to the rest of the stress makes it difficult.. Once you reach a certain point (usually after capping ceremony) its all worth it. You see a tad bit more respect from those around you, and then at A school, everything 250% different for the better. If your leaving soon, or thinking about it, Do it. Best decision of my life:)
They are showing the organized pt which is really easy, where you really get into shape is when you or your division fucks something up and you get beat for a few hours.
It's the Nintendo age...or as it were, Xbox age...where they sit on the couch, they play video games all day long and they don't get any exercise and then when they sign up for boot camp and come to RTC... they're not physically fit.
don't' forget us we ans they call for fire missions off the coast of Vietnam. pulled yo out of trouble countless times. Navy's job is to support the Marines.
WootTootZoot it is I used to run a mile for gym and of course being in eight grade no one ran hard we barely even jogged and ran it in like ten minutes i think man those were the days my PE teacher was my principal and he woudl work us out
TV's in the berthing? Wow; times have changed. This boot-camp looks so refined now. When I was at RTC, the closest thing to modern technology were lights and running water. We didn't see any "amenities" until we were practically about to graduate...
I have actually watched some videos on the new Army and Marine boot camps. They are easier now than the branch that had the easiest boot camp back in the old days. The U.S. Air Force.
@KrazieDaveGaming Don't get me wrong, I love the marines. They are the best fighting force in the world. I'm just saying give a little more credit to the navy.
Exactly there are things in the Navy marines Couldnt and handle, one being on a ship all day dealing with choppy waters, possible attacks from the evils at sea like pirates and such, nit to mention possible enemy subs that one cant see on the surface nit to mention theres no where to hide in case of an attack from an enemy, you are a sitting Duck there is no fox hole or even building one can hide behind , lets see they also train in firefighting how to safely work machinery, sailors have been known to get their heads chopped off dealing with the anchor and so much more being on ship comes woth its own set if dangers just like any other branch one is not bettet then the other and while marines want to shoort down Thr Navy, they tend to forget they are the Navy they just decided long ago to branch out on their own they are the foot Soldiers of thre navy, air force is thr air of the Navy actually the only teo branches that are nit part of the Navy is the army and coast guard..At the end of the day each branch is needed one branch is incapable of fighting a war on their own...So it would do good if the egos stay at thr door and RELIZE each branch needs each other.. Heres the true order of branches NAVY, ARMY, AIRFORCE, MARINES,COAST GUARD
Chief: "HOOYAH PT" Division: (disgruntled mumbling) "hooyah pt" Chief: "I CAN'T HEAR YOU CHEESEDICKS, LOCK AND LOAD...54321.. GET THERE CHUCK. NOT FAST ENOUGH, ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE"
It really depends on what you want to do. Not everyone in the air force becomes a pilot. In fact many get "desk" jobs. The physical requirements for air force tend to be not as difficult as the other branches. Not only that there are quite a variety of things you can do in the navy. If you want more of a challenge go navy. Hooyah
If you're overweight, you won't be for long. Your RDC will beat you nightly to make sure that you're in shape for your final PFA. I HIGHLY suggest trying to build up some stamina before shipping out. You'll build up stamina as you go and will do a 3 mile run around the base before you graduate. Also, do as many push ups and sit ups as possible because you'll have to do roughly 50 each to pass your final PFA.
In 2005, we had to march at least 5 miles a day, because we didn't have everything built into our barracks. It was a 1.5 mile round trip to the galley from our barracks. We had to march 4.5 miles just to eat. Our RDCs thought it was really funny to "beat" us just after we showered everyday too, or right after lunch. It was a blast.
My brother div's RDC wasn't exactly the most fit looking man on the planet, but he still outran all of us and never broke a sweat... Don't judge a book by it's cover...
guy at 0:40 probably thinking, "Man, this shit too easy. Look at these arms. High School football off season was tougher than this. I feel like this is JV. "
I went thru boot camp when the Korean War started in 1950. They opened up a boot camp Newport , Rhode Island. Winter in Rhode Island was horrible, the camp was near the Atlantic Ocean, we marched in the cold, excercised in the cold and after 11 weeks were sent to ships in the Atlantic Fleet. I was sent to the USS Midway, at that time was the largest of three aircraft carriers. My job was as a "HOOK RUNNER" I was sent out to slap the hooks which the propeller driven planes, (No Jets UNTIL Late 1951). THAT MEANT WHEN ANY PLANE LANDED ON THE SHIP US HOOK RUNNERS HAD TO RUN OUT EACH TIME AND REPLACE THE TAIL HOOKS UNDER THE PLANES TAIL AND BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK TO OUR STATIONS ANOTHER PLANE LANDED. I DID THAT FOR A YEAR . NOW I WEAR "HEARING AIDS. THE NAVY GAVE US NO EAR PROTECTION. THAT PROTECTION IS NOW STANDARD FOR ALL DECK JOBS ON A CARRIER. FORTUNATELY I WAS TRANSFERRED OFF THAT SHIP AND WENT TO SCHOOL. I became a Photographer and finally had my own photo lab on a repair ship. I got out in 1954, a year after the Korean War ended.
Actually, my partner and I will be joining shortly. And these aren't easy, I took simply ONE year of Navy JROTC (other two years were Air Force and Army) in high school, it was my favorite ROTC. I had a great coach, and since I had the class every day, we got to do PT every Monday and Friday. It was fun. We did nearly everything you see in this video and more. And yes, it felt like you were going to die at times. But I never wimped out. I can't wait to be in the Navy, I know it'll be a challenge
Very different then it was in 1976. We didn't get 'cool' shorts, t-shirts and sneakers. We did PT in long pants and 'boonies'. And many, many (many) cycles in front of our racks and lockers in the barracks (cycles = holding your arms out an front of you while running in place as fast as you can, than dropping down for push ups). Going out to the 'grinder' at 0600 in the Orlando summer to run was always a fun way to begin the day...
I am 17 years old, 200 pounds and I can do at most 35 proper push-ups in a row until my arms give out . I am really hoping to increase that to 60 before I go into basic training in the Navy .
I'm so glad we did not have to do this; San Diego June 15, 1975--9 weeks. The only running was to get to chow.When I went to sea, we never ran anywhere unless we had a major fire or had to RIG THE BARRICADE.
@Corpsefeast420 Best of luck man! I heard the grinder is brutal. The feeling of always being watched. They say you better count loud and put out hard or you'll be doing it wet and sandy.
Sounds like a hard choice, but when I did my Basic Military Qualification for the Royal Canadian Navy we did ruck sack marches, patrolls, 2 weeks in the field, in a forward operating base, stayed in hoochies plus 11 weeks of classes, drill, pt, shining boots, sewing my name on every article of clothing I owned, plus 0500 - 2300 a day for a month straight until we got weekends off. I dont know how the US runs it but if you like the field, go army, i like the navy, you go to cooler places.
and again I say that because my best freinds lost their lives so I keep their memory alive. they were like my brothers. and i shed tears because i had to see their family members cry, the same tears I shed when i saw my father die from cancer all my goals are for them. and I will suffer more if have to till I acheive my goals and I am sorry for the comment i made.
Yeah, the circuit training like you see here was run on Saturday mornings and always with your brother division. It was actually enjoyable. The IT sessions though are what freaking suck! Pretty sure you won't find any video clips of those...
Love the comments. If I wanted a harder bootcamp I'd join the Marines. I wanted to join the Navy, so I joined the Navy.
The YMCA still charges for a membership.
I wish I could join up
Recently graduated from navy boot camp a month ago. our division was number one in everything =). Boot camp is not what you expect. Its like a summer camp with mean counselors thats it. The workouts are easy as fuck. all you have to do is do what your told and dont be a bitch.
HJW Pumps if you wanted a physical challenge, you joined the wrong branch.
Forrest Gump says that's all you have to do in every branch of the military! That and reply to every question with "yes drill sergeant"
Brendan Carter you better tuck in that lip before you get it caught on a trip wire
+sienna three Yeah, so on those missions, Forrest is gonna have to be able to run on water.
How does this compare with navel sea cadet boot camp?
What they don't show is the thousands of 8 counts, scissor kicks and 6 inches you'll do in the barracks when someone fucks up
Jack Baucom HYDRATE
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lmao. when someone fuks up. lol. 1990 bootcamp
Thousands? Maybe back in the day, but now? Hell no. They have blue cards that tell them exactly what they’re allowed to PT us with.
@@Magnatross you have 30 seconds to hydrate do it do it now
I remember my days at Freedom Hall as if it were yesterday. The biggest ailment people in my divisision suffered from were from shin splints. My advise; try not to strike the ground with your heel, but more towards the midfoot or just behind the ball of the foot.
For everyone here who keeps on whining about how there needs to be more pain and hardship in navy boot camp, please stop. Most people that I know don't go into the navy to become the perfect soldier or to shoot people. The navy (and the air force) is mainly a supporting branch, which means that they are better at making sure that the guys who do want to be perfect soldiers can do so. I am joining the navy to do mental tasks, not physical ones. I need to be fit enough to do my job and perform as an average soldier, nothing more. It does not make sense to force the intel and linguist guys to stay as fit as a special forces unit in order to sit at a desk and be able to swim. Not everyone goes in to do shit that you see in action movies.
EDIT: I've been in for a a few years now. I still stand by what I said in general about the boot camp. I do think the Navy needs to focus more on PT. We still do it, but not as often as I would have it done. Most of the Navy seems to focus on getting shit done than making time for PT (not talking about SEALs).
where we lack in physical activity they intensify in mental. I graduated a month ago and mentally was the hardest thing in my life.
can you do wrestling in the navy?
BadgerGaming BF4&More I have no idea, but there is this cool thing you can do. You can type your question into a magic thing called "Google", and it will give you instant answers. :P (I imagine yes. Technically TH-cam is part of Google, so there is your answer.)
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They need to do a very detailed video on boot camp life from Shipping off from meps to graduation.
HJW Pumps Nah, it should remain a secret. Boot camp is a special experience, and knowing already what's going to happen will ruin what it's trying to teach you. But trust me, it's not that bad. :) I had a lot of fun.
"The making of a sailor" youtube playlist.
I have a book that does just that. It follows a division from arrival to departure. It's called "Honor Courage Commitment, by J.F.Leahy. it was written in 2000, one year before I went through, so It's a little different from the 2020 experience. But it is an excellent read.
Looks like summer camp. A lot has changed since the 90s. I can't imagine any military discipline being maintained after bootcamp is over.
yeah a ton of people are shitbags afterwards. i got out april 11th of this year and if i didnt get in trouble every single day for dumb shit then bootcamp wouldve been a walk in the park. the actual PT isnt shit but getting the whole orange IT card once or twice daily is a challenge.
So many people ive encountered so far shouldnt have made it through but did anyway.
chris anderson Hydrate...
No shit! Even the Air Force in the 90's was hard compared to this. What is with the nice gyms? We were out on a hot cargo pad in the middle of Texas summer sun (August!) in BDU's and combat boots doing our shit. I know it was weak sauce compared to Marine or Army training but we were flyboys!
This video is most likely softened up for PR purposes. I went through GLakes boot camp in winter73-74'. Miss happy hour in the drill hall! Hint:( it's not happy and it's not an hour) That will make you a puddle of sweat and in great shape. Do they still have that?
Remember that boot camp is to give you a foundation of discipline, training, physical conditioning, and mental toughness to meet the challenges of sea life when your assigned to a ship.
We had marching party, if you got too many points at inspection time. they made us do 1,000 jumping jacks with a 7lb rifle.
I guess it went company by company in boot camp. Both of my CCs in 87, were on the Fat Boy program. We didn’t get MASHED very much. Company upstairs did on what seemed like an hourly basis. PT wasn’t emphasized after you left boot camp before my time. Then the Stark got hit and a lot of the crew was so out of shape, that they reportedly had some guys fall out trying to keep her afloat ( per our CCs). PT supposedly got more attention in the fleet afterwards. In other words, they have tougher standards to maintain than we did.
True in our day...Afraid standards have dropped considerably. Now it seems they are more concerned with pronouns than push-ups.
boot camp for a every branch gets you in shape
don't even worry about this
Just got out last month, no bootcamp isn't really physically challenging if your in some sort of shape. The only difficult part about it was being apart from family with little contact. Also, after a while it just seems so repetitive. Same thing day in and day out. It was a great experience!
+Zachary Willis how many push ups and sit ups would you recommend someone be able to do before they get shipped to boot camp?
It all depends on your age. But you'd be safe with at least 60 of each. Those are not the minimums though. You get two minutes for each exercise (excluding the run obviously)
+Zachary Willis Its really more mental than physical
Tbh it's called growing up, everyone going to college straight from highschool go through it but homesickness still affects some people
I served 4 years in the Navy and 3 years in the Army Reserve so I know it pays to stay in good shape and you don't have to over do it!
Anything to get kids started on the right track to staying healthy is always a good sight to see.
I went thru boot in 1971 in San Diego, CA. In 1971 we were put on a greyhound bus and arrived at San Diego about 2am. We then called for the boot bus which was an old clinker to pick us up. We arrived RTC/NTC at about 3:30am. We were put in a barracks given a rack and allowed to go to sleep. At 5am the trash can lids were clanging to get up. They took a muster than we went to the chow hall and got some chow. Then they day started with getting our clothing allowance and being told what will happen for the next 12 weeks. Yes, twelve weeks which we were the last battalion to get twelve weeks. The barber did not take a little off of the top instead it all came off. A real buzz but it did grow back. PT as they call it included the grinder. We did do PT every morning. White T shirts and dungarees. We did spend a week in the galley doing food service. The 6 week you crossed the bridge which pretty well meant you were half way thru. Plenty of class room time and knot tying classes. No fancy racks stacked two high. Lockers that stood on the deck with them properly folded clothes you had learned how to do. Also you learned the general orders so you could recite them in the gas chamber. Also you went out to the rifle range to see if you could shoot. What fun we had in 1971. Graduation with the best company in the battalion. We then had leave then A school and assignment to a ship and off to Vietnam.
Fyi I'm not in a military but thinking about joining next year... But what I don't get is why other people saying in the comments like its weak... I know it's not marine or army training but aren't in bootcamp teaches about "Team work"? Aren't we all in the same country/states that wanted to serve? My reason why I want to join is just to help people anywhere in the world I don't mind getting paid (unfortunately we need money for food) but come on marines and other branches THINK!
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Navy boot camp isn't overly physical. Unless your going to be a SEAL you don't need to be in elite physical condition. Army and Marines usually are on their feet and out in the field so their boot camps should be more challenging and you get more training afterwards. Personally for me I came out of boot a little deconditioned from when I went in. But I was running 5 miles in 30 and sub-30 minutes. I was already doing 125 push ups in 2 minutes and about 130 sit ups in 2 minutes. So boot camp training wasn't as daunting for me as for some of my other shipmates who weren't in the physical condition I was in. But it's about team work and trusting your shipmates to get y'all through the endeavors of serving in the military. Good luck and I say" go for it" !!!!
Looks like the PE class in middle school.
Avagantamos nothing like it at all
Avagantamos Not at all
Avagantamos I'm in volleyball group and we don't do like that
I had a Marine Corps Drill Instructor as my pe teacher in middle school
I miss my body from then
@@wing3234 you could've made 1 comment and said both?
1:42 Its Gomer Pyle!
KingxDillon ONE JELLY DONUT?! GOD DAMNIT SEARGENT PYLE!
I went to boot in San Diego back in 92, like some said probably softened up a bit for PR purposes because I remember it being alot harder and more in your face yelling by the CC's but no branch is better or worse, we all took the same oath, to support and defend the constitution of the United States. Go Navy
0:56 I figured out a few good reasons why.
1. We live in a country where almost everyone keep eating one hamburger after another.
2. Talk about laziness.
Situps, Pushups, Run, it doesn't matter America. The message is, stay fit!
What kind of push ups are those at 1:13
Unsat, that's what they are lol.
😂😂
Yeah he clearly hasn't been working out on his own time before camp, lol
They aren't pushups
I'm cracking up. Benefit of the doubt given though, what if my man here was on his hundredth push-up... ya know?
PT looks easy as hell. I workout alot so i think ill be good on the PT. im gonna see a recruiter next week and take a asvab test
When I got in Bootcamp I was mostly average on the exercises but them pushups got me hard.
Navy Boot Camp has changed a lot since I went through it in 1984. Not saying it was like Marine Boot Camp, but it was was much more "mental" than this. Much more yelling and Company Commanders getting up in peoples faces. There were no T-Shirts, Ball-Caps and sweat pants. Unless you were doing PT, you had to be "Squared-Away" meaning, your uniform had to be right! Many more people joined the Navy in those days, so they were more willing to "weed-out" the weaker recruits.
People will compare Navy Boot-Camp to Marine Boot-Camp and Army Basic-Training. But they are worlds apart. People will say that The Navy is so much easier than the other two but it doesn't need to as strenuous as the other two. Most of the Marines and Soldiers that say that, wouldn't make through the first day of Navy SEAL-BUD/S training. Most aren't joining the Navy to be an elite commando. They will be in positions where they are operating equipment costing in the millions of dollars. You don't need to get screamed at for 8-weeks to operate a nuclear-reactor plant on a 5 Billion Dollar Ballistic Missile Submarine. Aren't many "Grunt's" that could pull that one off.
The same people who says it's weak or easy would be crying🤣🤣🤣🤣 some things are more mental than physical. Seen Marines cry on a ship because they haven't seen land in over two months. No branch is better than the other they are trained in different areas but fuck all that GO NAVY!!!!!!!💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
got med discharged from usmc recruit training (training day 43...) now trying to go to navy as a corpsman. my cousin was right, this looks pretty much like summer camp lol.
Boot Camp use to be so much harder. This seems more like summer camp.
I failed my baseline. But passed my 2nd PFA with a time of 13:21 as 21 years old. Final PFA i got 12:13. Go Navy!
Are you still in the navy?
Physical fitness in the navy be a little less strenuous than other military branches, but it's just as much tedious and boring which is the real hard part of any military BT.
Tyler, thanks for watching. Are you thinking of joining the Navy after high school?
U.S. Navy hey
Am I the only future sailor who wished to have seen more suffering and in-your-face yelling in this video?
its the navy what do you expect lol. if you want that go watch a marine boot camp video
I agree
There's no such thing as a future sailor. You're eather a sailor or you're not.
Trenton Whaley if you want "in-your-face" yelling, join the army or the marines. you will be yelled at plenty there.
Join the Marines if you wanna get slayed. The Army doesn't yell at you as much as the drill instructors do.
I am so glad to see this. Back in the Eighties, when I went through, there was not as much emphasis on PT. I lost weight when I went in, but it was probably due to diet and marching from barracks to school more than anything. Both CCs were on the “Fat Boy” program and we didn’t do that much PT. Though I can assure you, the Company upstairs from us got MASHED on a daily basis. Maybe hourly.
really looks alot easier than it was in 1992!!! damn
As a fairly recent Graduate of navy boot camp, I feel it necessary to point out that the PT is set to improve the lowest common denominator. I though that the PT was laughably easy. I at 25, Ive spent the past few yeas as LEO/SWAT/ for my department and came into boot with a pretty solid Idea of what I could do.
The challenge came when I hit A-school. At A -school, it was quickly determined who was in shape, who wanted to be in-shape and who the "shitbag sailors" and treated accordingly.
I Hope I Can Score High Enough on The ASVAB So That I Can Experience This
Do you have a pulse? Congratulations, you're in! 😂
WOW! Things have changed. I went through Basic in 87'. We had C.C.'s in our face from the moment we got there and yes we PT' D outside in the Chicago winter as well as inside the gym. "get those rifles up and I don't care if you are double timing on ice, you better not fall"! Best part was PT 'ing in the barracks with the heat up and all our winter gear on if we complained about being cold while outside!
+dumkoph i went in in 1990,and it was so laid back,,none of this "in your face crap",,they yelled at you as a group.
Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm leaving for bootcamp in less than a week), but this looks like a total joke. I feel like I won't notice any improvement in my physical well-being (maybe even a retrogression) after I graduate. Hopefully there are decent gym facilities wherever I'm stationed so that I can properly get back on the horse.
You will.
Zachary Wherry this is a foundation the people who will do the combat jobs will go onto another school and relieve further training the people who want to do desk type stuff that doesn’t involve physical activity like that will go to other schools and get their training this is just foundation building
When I was in the Navy our boot camp really wasn't as physically demanding as the Marines but we still got the RDC's up in our faces and cussing like a sailor does so well every time we didn't do something right. It is no stroll in the park but it is not what it used to be. Tell your friend good luck and may the winds always be at your back.
OKAY, I'm all about branch equality and treating everyone equally but... DAMN, everyone picks on the Airforce, I went through AF BMT and may I say, this looks a lot more entertaining and appealing. In AFBMT, we did this shit face down on cement and the rocks would cut my hands up. I got medically discharged from the AF but I'm going Navy and will have to go through boot camp again, I literally cannot wait.
what did you get discharged for?
right. I'm 15 and am going straight to the navy recruiting ofice the day after i graduate (officially). I can't wait! going to the military is kind like tradition in my family. Both grandfathers, 4 or 5 uncles, My cousin tonya, and my cousin zac have gone. I'm so phsyched!
This is just like my gym class.
glad thing i did USMC boot camp. This looks easy. Going to try to re-enlist for navy next year.
Im In boxing right now and staying in it till I live to the navy pt will be. A breeze for me
If your doing boxing this won't be hard at all.
I need to do excercise and learn how to swim before I join
They can also teach you how to swim there
This looks like my warm up
unknown What i was thinking
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Nope, this is the final PT test.
HardlineAthiest First P.T test **
everytime I heard the background drums my head started playing "we want you, we want you, we want you for the captain's crew"
wow how things have changed. I attended boot camp in 1981 and from the bus ride at the airport all the way to NTTC Orlando, we had company commanders in or faces, screaming, telling us how lowly and unworthy of or great navy we were. Lol. You kids now day got it easy.
Proven fact, soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines are smarter, faster, stronger, so good for you.
I had my boot camp in San Diego in 1989 and the real nightmare is when all of the CCs are Philippino. GOT DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET YOUR MUDDER PUCKING PT SHOES ON NOW!!!!!!!!MUUOOVE!!!!!!!!
Hahaha, happens in the fleet too
Joe Gonzalez in the army basic training, if your company commander talked to you and wasnt congratulating you (didnt happen) then you FUCKED UP
Joe Gonzalez Bootcamp in 1993, orlando florida. Hot, humid and hellish. Not like Marines of course but we sure got yelled and screamed at. Pushed around and made to generally feel like crap. PT was hell. we usually did a ten count march all the way to the galley. ten steps, then a ten count bodybuilder, then ten steps then ten count bodybuilder. Our barracks was called the sweat room because by the time our CC was done PTing us, it was wet inside.
I went to Navy bootcamp in 2005 things were different then. We had several prior service army and Marine Corps in my division and it was just as hard for them as it was anyone else. When we pissed off our RDCs which seemed to happen every day they would do a little thing called "making it rain". They would crank the heat all the way up, and make us do calisthenics until there was a cloud in the room, and then we would open up all the windows and the cold air would literally make it rain sweat.
I train for elite house mma gym here in kc and I leave the 25th of this month and this looks like warm ups compared to what we do lol. Just being honest lol
Are you going to become a SEAL?
McLovin most Navy recruits don't normally sign up for BUD/s training to be SEAL, but in case any of you do then don't worry too much of physical strength, just keep saying you can do it and you will breeze through BUD/s and other training
Not that easy lol. First there's 12 weeks of basic special ops or warfare training in Great Lakes, than 4 weeks pre buds training, than buds training for 12 weeks. Than 2 more years of the hardest training and school when most ppl fall out, if you can get that far lol
Joseph Naiuli my question is how does the process work from basic training to transferring to BUD/s
I know right? Those pushups are shit!
Back in 1978 when I enlisted in the U.S. Navy we were mostly already in shape given that we did not have video games, internet, cell phones, or cable TV. We spent most of our time after school hours outside playing sports or throwing rocks at each other.
lol looks like summer camp. Heading to navy boot camp soon and i can do 1.5 miles in 12 minuets easily.... I think im going to have an easier time than i thought, obviously its still a decent workout though. Alot of those kids look out of shape too..
@Brittnoiserz Im taking my ASVAB tomorrow and trying to get to boot camp asap. It's an awesome feeling.
Navy Seals must just watch this and laugh.
Idiot seals go through this exact training also
Yes I know.
It was a joke, Stephen Hawking.
+Jack Jameson You are a special fucking idiot.
+Jack Jameson You are a special fucking idiot.
+Jack Jameson lol bro go watch a documentary on hell week that shit is brutal
I really appreciate your advice:) but I'm looking at both. Not for the money but for the life experience and the benefits.
wow, this looks worse then a high school gym class. Everyone is putting in no effort. The Navy should really up its PT standards.
I joined in 2004 and I've got to say I'm glad they stepped up the PT training. We just did your basic physical fitness when I was there, but I'm glad they have incorporated some circuit training. I also think we were only doing physical fitness three days a week at the time.
this is gonna be a breeze LOL
Its a breeze indeed but
say goodbye to your gains and sleep.
+AeonProjectz fuarkk I know, I'll just get it back after basic during school, they have gyms there right
half natty
yep, there's about 3 different gyms on base, but you'll only have around an hour or 2 to workout on weekdays because A-school is 9-11 hours long. Food is going to be a problem if you wanna bulk but getting that lean body is easy.
I'm in ROTC and we had to take that assessment and I failed the push ups but I was the only one so it's kinda weird that cadets can pass this rather than 18-20 year olds
yep, it's easy, but sleep doesn't exist in the navy, but hoorah seabeas. fuck a boat
Back in my day they mad us run in place holding up our racks, while wearing our winter gear until it literally rained inside from all the moisture in the air from our sweat. The facilities in this video look a lot nicer than back then.
Mile and a half in 12 minutes? I have to do 2 miles in 12 mins to be on a soccer team.
CannibalismHD They changed it, it's now 1.5 miles in 16 mins.
Andy Sharma thats to get in not to pass
Too my fellow Shipmates, you guys worked sooooooo hard during deployments and in port. You guys felt sorry for Marines and the job we did but we felt sorry for you in maintaining the ship that took us to the fight.
Fat bodies, they would be in the Pork Chop platoon at MCRD
Im In the navy, still remember boot camp PT. really, If it were just the pt part, boot camp would be easy, but there is so much more to boot camp, just adding the pt, +It'ing to the rest of the stress makes it difficult.. Once you reach a certain point (usually after capping ceremony) its all worth it. You see a tad bit more respect from those around you, and then at A school, everything 250% different for the better. If your leaving soon, or thinking about it, Do it. Best decision of my life:)
In 84 at Great lakes, everybody had to run 2 1/4 in 18 minutes,
They are showing the organized pt which is really easy, where you really get into shape is when you or your division fucks something up and you get beat for a few hours.
xbox 8?
Xbox age
Robert Kite lmao wtf
It's the Nintendo age...or as it were, Xbox age...where they sit on the couch, they play video games all day long and they don't get any exercise and then when they sign up for boot camp and come to RTC... they're not physically fit.
i ship out to MCRD San Diego (US Marines) on July 9th. Thank you for your service, sailors
don't' forget us we ans they call for fire missions off the coast of Vietnam. pulled yo out of trouble countless times. Navy's job is to support the Marines.
This not shit compared to USMC bootcamp
i mean ya know, one is our country's elite fighting force.
in infantry basic we were carrying 12 feet long tree logs through the woods. they are handing a ball back and forth.
Thought i was watching a fat camp video until i read the title
man Navy boot camp PT was cake walk for me, I got the real beating in Field Medical Training Battalion training to be assigned to the Marines
this looks watered down compared what i went through.
And what did you go through
A mile and a half in just over 8 minutes is like walking fast
WootTootZoot it is I used to run a mile for gym and of course being in eight grade no one ran hard we barely even jogged and ran it in like ten minutes i think man those were the days my PE teacher was my principal and he woudl work us out
TV's in the berthing? Wow; times have changed. This boot-camp looks so refined now. When I was at RTC, the closest thing to modern technology were lights and running water. We didn't see any "amenities" until we were practically about to graduate...
I have actually watched some videos on the new Army and Marine boot camps. They are easier now than the branch that had the easiest boot camp back in the old days. The U.S. Air Force.
Oh man after being in the army, this looks like a breeze. Here i was worried about doing boot camp again.
i remember doing this! elementary school P.E. class! not even middle school status yet!
@KrazieDaveGaming Don't get me wrong, I love the marines. They are the best fighting force in the world. I'm just saying give a little more credit to the navy.
Exactly there are things in the Navy marines Couldnt and handle, one being on a ship all day dealing with choppy waters, possible attacks from the evils at sea like pirates and such, nit to mention possible enemy subs that one cant see on the surface nit to mention theres no where to hide in case of an attack from an enemy, you are a sitting Duck there is no fox hole or even building one can hide behind , lets see they also train in firefighting how to safely work machinery, sailors have been known to get their heads chopped off dealing with the anchor and so much more being on ship comes woth its own set if dangers just like any other branch one is not bettet then the other and while marines want to shoort down Thr Navy, they tend to forget they are the Navy they just decided long ago to branch out on their own they are the foot Soldiers of thre navy, air force is thr air of the Navy actually the only teo branches that are nit part of the Navy is the army and coast guard..At the end of the day each branch is needed one branch is incapable of fighting a war on their own...So it would do good if the egos stay at thr door and RELIZE each branch needs each other..
Heres the true order of branches
NAVY, ARMY, AIRFORCE, MARINES,COAST GUARD
Chief: "HOOYAH PT"
Division: (disgruntled mumbling) "hooyah pt"
Chief: "I CAN'T HEAR YOU CHEESEDICKS, LOCK AND LOAD...54321.. GET THERE CHUCK. NOT FAST ENOUGH, ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE"
It really depends on what you want to do. Not everyone in the air force becomes a pilot. In fact many get "desk" jobs. The physical requirements for air force tend to be not as difficult as the other branches. Not only that there are quite a variety of things you can do in the navy. If you want more of a challenge go navy. Hooyah
Our son did a lot of working out through his recruitment office BEFORE he left for bootcamp.
Yes this was out pt. Our I.T was just as weak. Football practice warmup Div 104
If you're overweight, you won't be for long. Your RDC will beat you nightly to make sure that you're in shape for your final PFA. I HIGHLY suggest trying to build up some stamina before shipping out. You'll build up stamina as you go and will do a 3 mile run around the base before you graduate. Also, do as many push ups and sit ups as possible because you'll have to do roughly 50 each to pass your final PFA.
In 2005, we had to march at least 5 miles a day, because we didn't have everything built into our barracks. It was a 1.5 mile round trip to the galley from our barracks. We had to march 4.5 miles just to eat. Our RDCs thought it was really funny to "beat" us just after we showered everyday too, or right after lunch. It was a blast.
i joined 2001Sept12 and shipped in November that year. Same it was harder because all the marching.
Leave for basic March 19th, CAN'T WAIT!
Yeah swimming is no problem for me. Just running. But Im contracted for EOD
that looked easy, once I pass the asvab I'll be able to experience it for myself.
My brother div's RDC wasn't exactly the most fit looking man on the planet, but he still outran all of us and never broke a sweat... Don't judge a book by it's cover...
guy at 0:40 probably thinking, "Man, this shit too easy. Look at these arms. High School football off season was tougher than this. I feel like this is JV. "
I went thru boot camp when the Korean War started in 1950. They opened up a boot camp Newport , Rhode Island. Winter in Rhode Island was horrible, the camp was near the Atlantic Ocean, we marched in the cold, excercised in the cold and after 11 weeks were sent to ships in the Atlantic Fleet. I was sent to the USS Midway, at that time was the largest of three aircraft carriers. My job was as a "HOOK RUNNER" I was sent out to slap the hooks which the propeller driven planes, (No Jets UNTIL Late 1951). THAT MEANT WHEN ANY PLANE LANDED ON THE SHIP US HOOK RUNNERS HAD TO RUN OUT EACH TIME AND REPLACE THE TAIL HOOKS UNDER THE PLANES TAIL AND BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK TO OUR STATIONS ANOTHER PLANE LANDED. I DID THAT FOR A YEAR . NOW I WEAR "HEARING AIDS. THE NAVY GAVE US NO EAR PROTECTION. THAT PROTECTION IS NOW STANDARD FOR ALL DECK JOBS ON A CARRIER. FORTUNATELY I WAS TRANSFERRED OFF THAT SHIP AND WENT TO SCHOOL.
I became a Photographer and finally had my own photo lab on a repair ship. I got out in 1954, a year after the Korean War ended.
Actually, my partner and I will be joining shortly.
And these aren't easy, I took simply ONE year of Navy JROTC (other two years were Air Force and Army) in high school, it was my favorite ROTC. I had a great coach, and since I had the class every day, we got to do PT every Monday and Friday.
It was fun. We did nearly everything you see in this video and more. And yes, it felt like you were going to die at times. But I never wimped out. I can't wait to be in the Navy, I know it'll be a challenge
im going soon but honestly this looks like fun more than anything
Very different then it was in 1976. We didn't get 'cool' shorts, t-shirts and sneakers. We did PT in long pants and 'boonies'. And many, many (many) cycles in front of our racks and lockers in the barracks (cycles = holding your arms out an front of you while running in place as fast as you can, than dropping down for push ups). Going out to the 'grinder' at 0600 in the Orlando summer to run was always a fun way to begin the day...
I am 17 years old, 200 pounds and I can do at most 35 proper push-ups in a row until my arms give out . I am really hoping to increase that to 60 before I go into basic training in the Navy .
I suspect you will be the first washout in your unit when you do get to boot.
I'm so glad we did not have to do this; San Diego June 15, 1975--9 weeks. The only running was to get to chow.When I went to sea, we never ran anywhere unless we had a major fire or had to RIG THE BARRICADE.
@Corpsefeast420 Best of luck man! I heard the grinder is brutal. The feeling of always being watched. They say you better count loud and put out hard or you'll be doing it wet and sandy.
Sounds like a hard choice, but when I did my Basic Military Qualification for the Royal Canadian Navy we did ruck sack marches, patrolls, 2 weeks in the field, in a forward operating base, stayed in hoochies plus 11 weeks of classes, drill, pt, shining boots, sewing my name on every article of clothing I owned, plus 0500 - 2300 a day for a month straight until we got weekends off. I dont know how the US runs it but if you like the field, go army, i like the navy, you go to cooler places.
and again I say that because my best freinds lost their lives so I keep their memory alive. they were like my brothers. and i shed tears because i had to see their family members cry, the same tears I shed when i saw my father die from cancer all my goals are for them. and I will suffer more if have to till I acheive my goals and I am sorry for the comment i made.
@wlchambers
Corn rows/braids are in regs for females.
Yeah, the circuit training like you see here was run on Saturday mornings and always with your brother division. It was actually enjoyable. The IT sessions though are what freaking suck! Pretty sure you won't find any video clips of those...