Consider This Before Joining The Navy - Jocko Willink & Ed Thelander

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[Kevin_]

I enlisted in 1972 just out of High School. It was what I needed although I didn't know that at the time. If you embrace the discipline and opportunities it carries through your whole life. My boot camp was in San Diego and yes I still fold my clothes the way I was taught in boot.

[HJonez]

Navy Boot camp was mentally challenging for about the first two weeks but after that it was extremely easy. Only thing that's gonna happen is a little yelling and some intense physical workouts but other than that.. it was a breeze. You leave there and go to Japan or San Diego and it's an easy check.
Graduated February 2018.

[Tacit_Tern]

*Jocko Willink is the Reluctant Leader we need.*
know you've done enough, but your Nation needs you.

🇺🇸 *2024* 🦅

[joelvaldez]

I was a police officer before I signed up with the Navy so Boot Camp itself wasn't really stressful. The hardest part was time away from my wife and five year old. We've never been apart before so I just thought of them every second of every day and I was miserable. But it taught me to be more positive. I'd rather just stay positive for two months than be miserable like that again.

This video is so accurate. We had multiple guys wig out. The jobs are very industrial. Boot Camp now does a lot of good simulation. What isn't in here is A-School. When you get to A-School, don't try to find love with A-School classmates. It'll never work out. And just because you now have your cell phone and video games back, don't be that entitled brat that forgot he signed a contract with the Navy. Do your job. Don't spend all your money in A-School either. Especially on shit you can't take with you like computer monitors and Playstations.

[DawG]

had enlisted right out of highschool; 2 days before battle stations my lung was on it's last 'efforts' before near collapse; my bunk mate ratted on me for coughing all night - thought i spit all the blood evidence away, but my teeth showed signs obviously and if not for a smart PO I might of gotten through, but he sent me to medical and they discharged me for medical cause it showed signs of asthma; was sent home in shame. In time life worked out as I now have a wonderful family, but I do pondered many a day in what my days in the NAVY would of been. My MOS was SeaBee and SW was my destination. I imagine I would be a different man, but I hope with similar values. Like to think the journey got me to be who I needed to be, but as the world starts to tilt a little more each day I wish I could do more than just shake the hand and thank those that serve. If not for my Beloved I might try blue boys, but I respect her desire to not be wed to that life. Any who, didn't mean to write a novel, good clip Jocko!

[lordsesshomaru]

Thanks for this, I'm getting ready for a career in the Navy. It's not what I initially want to do but it'll be a stepping stone for me. Nothing else beats the long term benefits either. Godbless ✌

[mdhj]

Got through Navy boot camp just fine. Did recruit training in San Diego. Went to A School in San Diego. Got billeted to an LST out of 32nd ST, San Diego. I have to confess, the attention to detail thing never stuck with me. Did just one enlistment and got out. The Navy made me a better man and I'm glad I did it but the life wasn't for me.

[thundergrace]

important to get the details right when it comes to mechanics...#industrial be the best

[scotthorton]

Drove " into" the railing in front of recruiters office half tanked. Had parent consent to join at 17. Basic at Benning.
Airborne at Benning
Then RIP at HAAF
Then
1/75th at HAAF (Savannah Ga)
Back to Benning Ranger school, oh the joy. From drunk teenager to psycho gun toter in a year.

[Canopus]

When did you guys go through Orland? I was in Company 31, 1969. We watched CO 1 graduate.They did have a mock up of a ship in Orland after I was there. I agree with what you're saying to a point. Boot camp was an introduction to the Navy. After boot camp you had A school or other schools like Corpsman. Depending on the tests you took in Boot camp determined what you did next. For example I did well on the mechanical side so I was sent to Great Lakes. I went through the BPE course. This covered things like refrigeration. After that I went to Enginemen A school in the same building. I got very lucky. Remember this was the era of Vietnam. Most of my EN class went to CA for PBR school then 'Nam. I went to a sub tender in Bremerton WA. After we got out of the yards we went to Scotland. The Captain had never crossed the Equator so we took a side trip to cross the equator. After that was Panama and Cuba. In Scotland I worked on the liberty boats and landing craft. I got out when my EOS came up. However, to earn more money I joined the Reserves and tried several units. I was in MIUW 202 when I was called up and went to Desert Storm. The Coast Guard provide our water born assets so I ended up driving Army trucks from Bahrain to Kuwait as the war ended. Those oil well fires were something. The highway of death was wild. As we walked around we saw a truck with bathroom fixtures. Another truck was filled with BMW car parts. The even tried to steal a steam roller that must have been 70yrs old. EN 1

[AndrewGrey]

Infantry was pretty brutal at Benning in '91. I was company PT leader, anyway. Spent the whole winter cold and wet. It sucked. Never seemed as bad in the unit after basic.

[sbboy]

One of the best things I ever did was enlist, especially coming from a idyllic coastal CA community. You get stripped of everything, and in turn you forge quick and lasting friendships with a bunch of dudes who made the same stupid decision 😜 The Navy helped me take ownership of myself, and gave me a sense of earning my place in this country.

[victorhernandez]

It was "Skinny-Fat-Fat-Skinny" at Great Lakes

[fazole]

I met a frmr Navy CPO who really knew how to manage people. He told me about managing wily teens in the Navy like when a woman refused to mop the floor saying her back hurt and she couldn't carry a bucket. He gave her a paper cup and said "carry on"! 😂

[earnestbrown]

We had a guy come into our company that had been on medical hold from further along in training. He had a P Coat but none of us did. I walked by it and saw that it wasn't hung like our Utility Jacket and changed it. Hours later our Company Commander finds it questions the owner and then drops everyone to find out who hung it wrong.
I had totally put it out of my mind and didn't make the connection till 40 or 50 pushups in. Told the Company Commander it was me, he had me stand up and had the rest do more pushups to "make friends." After the CC was gone some of the others came up to me and thanked me for taking the fall. So I did make friends.

[filmswithpurposestudios]

I served in the Navy, Army and Air Force. I joined the Navy in 1997 at age 26. I had a great time especially being older. Laughed alot. Let me give you all a heads up. The Navy is on grown up mode. When you leave basic training you are treated like an adult. The fleet is alot different from Navy basic training. The Army is like you never left basic training. I hated that about the Army. In the Navy you did PT on your own after you left basic training. In the Army it was formation PT just like at basic training and marching in formation. The Navy you were treated like an Adult, Army you were treated like a child. Join the Navy or the Air Force. Army was great for training.

[taps]

I still fold the same way as Navy bootcamp, 27 years later.

[doughboybellmore]

Why I joined the Army, I go in nothing bigger than a bathtub, I'm a land lover

[HunterCihal]

Just graduated from RTC in December. The t shirts are folded thin thick thick thin now 😂

[patrickw]

We need to make joining militias a thing