Less than four months and nervous

[Anastasia Harrison]

Okay so I am a 17yr old female high school student with about four months left until I ship out and I'm really nervous. Is there anything I should prepare for? Also how do I keep myself of the radar during boot? And what's boot like? I've watched some videos but I'm not sure that I have a good idea yet. And I need to kind of calm my mom because she sometimes still freaks out that I'm leaving soon and I don't know what to tell her. If anyone can help me or has some advice, I will take what is given. 

[NavyDads Admin (Paul)]

as far as the physical end.....RUN

this is a link to the official training guide from RTC- start studying :  http://www.navydads.com/group/bootcamp/page/official-rtc-training-g...

most general advice when you get there: do what you're told, do it fast with confidence, and keep your mouth shut!!!!

[NavyDads Admin (Paul)]

this is a good link with Physical requirements: https://www.navycs.com/navy-fitness-assessment.html and this link has more info and some links as well: http://www.military.com/military-fitness/navy-fitness-requirements/...

[John F Swibes]

Anastasia.  Congratulations and the best of luck.  Being fit and able to beat the physical bench marks before getting to boot camp will go a long way to instilling confidence in your abilities.  My son graduated from an 800 division and everyone of the guys we met from his division all said the first four weeks were the worst.  There was a lot of initial self-doubt and regrets in the first two weeks, which everyone, you included will go through.  Relax it is normal.  But then these guys started getting out of shape because the physical demands in Navy boot camp is decidedly not like the Army nor the Marines.  You will not get "in shape" in boot camp...so look to the various areas on the interwebs to get advice on how to progress and build into a running regime so you do not get hurt.  Having overall strength will help as well.  Especially your core.  There will be plenty of standing at attention...sometimes for hours (literally) and having a strong core and strong legs will pay off big time!

As for your mother, she will cry.  You will cry.  You however will be too busy to dwell on this.  Not so for Mom, but she will get over it.  Make sure she has lots of envelopes and stamps!

[NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary]

You'll do just fine in BC. I asked my son what he's seen where the majority of recruits struggle or fail. RUN, RUN, RUN. Practice and meet the timed run.

[Anastasia Harrison]

Thank you all for your advice. I will do as you all say. God bless.

[Eric Mount]

I will also repeat be able to pass the prt easily before you get to boot.....one less thing to worry about and will make everything easier. Also know your little booklet with general orders and rank etc by heart. Again one less thing to stress about.

I thought boot camp was easy. Was in decent shape, had my general orders down, was never close to my folks....but I think I was an exception. I kept my head down for first couple of weeks. ALWAYS had my uniform squared away and boots POLISHED. Was the total wallflower until our port watch got fired. Then I excelled in a leadership role.

As for mom talk up all the benefits you will be getting: maturity, life experience, GI Bill, etc. also encourage her to join this site and navymoms.com. She will find the answers to the "unknown" that has her scared now. All of us have been there and know what she is going through.

Thank you for your decision to serve our country! Congrats to your family for raising a child who is going to serve our country!!!!

Please share this with your mom so she knows WE are here for her.

May you have fair winds and following seas!

[NavyDads Admin (Paul)]

The most important thing to practice is to always have confidence in yourself, confidence in your training and your abilities, and confidence and trust in your shipmates.  If you have any doubts or issues, look inward and just keep telling yourself "You've got this!".

[NavyDads Admin (Paul)]

You may want to ask your recruiter about this program: http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=27534