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Questions about Bootcamp?
My name is ETSN Balesi and I graduated from bootcamp in May 2010. I checked out this site again today for the first time since I went to bootcamp last year, and I thought I'd try to give back a little... so, if anyone has any questions about bootcamp, from how it is, to how to be in leadership once you get there, etc... just ask me on here, or email me at jbalesi@gmail.com .
- ETSN Balesi
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Permalink Reply by KristyPedy on
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I always have plenty of questions because I am considering enlisting but I am not sure when I want to go back to my recruiter (talked to him once but haven't signed anything) and say, "yes! this is what I want to do!" I am definitely out of shape so if you have any suggestions on how to get into better shape, I'm all ears! I am about 20-25lbs over what I should be but I am a bigger build. I believe I am 5'9" (69 inches? I think) and it says on the website that I need to be 174lbs. My recruiter said he could always have someone come down and measure me; thighs, stomach, chest, arms, etc to see if I am able to make it in at the weight I am at. I told him I'd like to drop some weight first. I had childhood cancer (over 13-14 yrs ago) but he said it shouldn't be a problem if it's gone and has been gone for that long. I've always been a "bigger build" but I like to blame that on the steroids I had to take while I was going through my illness. lol
Hmm... what tests do you have to pass to graduate boot camp? I think my recruiter said a female at my age has to be able to do at least 46 crunches (or was that sit ups?? what's the difference??), 16 push ups, and be able to run 1.5miles in 15:30. I don't know if those standards are still the same or not...
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Permalink Reply by jbalesi on
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Go here: http://www.navy-prt.com/femalestandard/femalestandard.html
The site has prt standards for everyone. It's better if you show up being able to do all of this easily, but trust me... you will be able to pass the test by the end of boot camp with all the exercise you do.
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Permalink Reply by RWG (ship 09, div. 206) on
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Can recruits recieve anything by mail other than just a letter? When do they get mail? Everyday, once a week?
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No, just letters, and depending on the RDC, they will screen what comes in the letters. Obviously you can't send any food or anything like that... and if you do, it will be confiscated by the RDC and kept until the end of boot camp. So yes, only personal letters... if you try to send magazine articles or anything like that, those will be confiscated as well. And they will receive mail monday through friday, but can only turn in letters to send out on sundays. If you want to embarrass them in a funny way, send them an audio card. The RDC's will make them play it while everyone listens.
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I dont want to embarrass him. Hes in there getting in shape enough to whip his old Dad lol
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What about pictures of family?
& yeah, I've been to that site for female standards. I'm 20 years old but was wondering for the last amounts "Probationary" are those the lowest they will accept? or is that bad as well? The recruiter here told me that for my age group it would be 46, 16, and 15:30 (which is listed as probationary). So the swimming is part of the test you have to pass as well or is it just the crunches, push ups, and running that get you through?
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Pictures of family are fine; any picture that you receive you are supposed to show to your rdc. They won't show them to the rest of the recruits, but they check them to make sure that they are not inappropriate. If they are, everyone will laugh as it's confiscated from you, and then you will have to do pushups for not telling your family not to send anything of that nature.
As far as those standards go, I would shoot for at least "satisfactory medium". It's just a couple seconds more, and a couple more pushups/situps each... their standpoint is "this is your job, you should be able to do at least just above the minimum". If at bootcamp you fail, they will push you out of your division into another one that has prt's every other day until you pass (and can then graduate boot camp).
The swim test is a one time thing at bootcamp, granted that you actually pass. It's relatively simple, but if you fail it you will repeat it daily as many times as your schedule allows until you finally pass it (you walk from one side of camp to the other every day during your non-busy time, while everyone else is catching their breath a little bit, studying for tests, etc.) The swim is not counted into your prt scores. This type of thing is only for the PST, the spec war required physical readiness test.
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Permalink Reply by mnsailormom on
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We are making my son an Easter card that we will all sign. It is hand made by his step sister who is 13. This shouldn't cause him any grief...should it??
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No! Send him the one from his step sister too, even if it is after easter. Trust me, it will definitely cheer me up.
While I was in boot camp, I had a really tough day one day... I was yelled at a lot, I did about 500 8-count bodybuilders (literally), and people in my division were arguing amongst themselves. Coincidentally, the same day I received a letter from my grandfather, who is completely not the type to sit down and write a letter, and he wrote about how proud he was of me, and that he is so happy to see one of his grandchildren carrying on military tradition, and he included pictures of himself and my grandmother, and talked about how she was bragging about me to everyone she knew at church, and so on. And... yeah, he has never talked to me like that before, and I am not one to cry, but I cried and cried after reading that letter, haha. It kind of gave me some comfort knowing that no matter how bad of a day I had, there was a reason that I was there, and after reading that there was no way I was going to quit halfway through and disappoint everyone back home.
So... yes, in summary, definitely send him the card she made, and anything else you can think of. The only things they publicly make fun of are like... if someone's girlfriend sends a naked picture, or a card that plays music, and so on. But if the RDC sees that it is something that is actually personal to the recruit, they don't say anything at all.
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I sent him a "store bought" Easter card earlier this week..hope it was ok!
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Jo1 yes comics should be fine Don't send a whole bunch at first....ask him to let you know if it is okay. Each RDC is different. I was sending entire newspapers by my son's last few weeks
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