What happens at bootcamp - Day-per-Day? (Up to week #6)

[Nuke Guy]

Live fire is a mandatory activity at bootcamp. We also had someone miss it due to pink eye. He had to make it up after he was cleared as FFD (Fit for Full Duty) from medical. You can not graduate until you have done live fire. If there is not enough time for him to make it up, he will be ASMO'd to another division that has not done live fire and will do it with them.

Also, the Special Programs brief is between the swim test brief and actual swim test. The recruits who volunteer to try out for special programs are taken away to do their pushups, situps, run, swim, and pull ups, while everyone will stay and do the standard Class 3 swim test. Sorry about the confusion!

[prop827]

You CAN graduate without doing live fire. They will try to get it made up for you, but if they can't they can't. In those cases you will graduate as long as the recruit participated in all the classroom portions of firearms training except the actual pulling the trigger. They do need to be present at live fire however. If thats the case they will complete the training requirements and graduate boot. If they miss it from being SIQ or anything though they will have to either make it up or ASMO back to get the training. They usually make it up. If they don't shoot but take the courses they will not have a marksmanship ribbon. You also may not get the ribbon if you shoot twice and both scores are below ribbon qualifying. Those are the only people who will not have a marksmanship ribbon at PIR, those who didn't shoot and those who didn't get a qualifying score. Mostly its those who didn't shoot.

[blueberripie]

Thanks prop827 and Nuke guy

[sweetmtn]

Frazer, check out this link for what you would have to do to pass the physical tests:
http://www.stewsmith.com/linkpages/navyspecops.htm

[Frazer]

Thanks sweetmtn, I'm well aware of what the minimums are and have been working at handily exceeding them for months now. Sucks that P-days are going to be essentially PT free. Shipping tomorrow so I'll see ya'll in the fleet.

[nosaltnsugarpls]

Hi All! Hope all is well! This is really very nice! I hope we were able to read this before my hubby left for bootcamp. I'm thinking of mailing this info to him, do you think this is ok? Would he get in trouble if they (RDC) see this mailed to him? Thanks in advance!

[sweetmtn]

Originally Posted by nosaltnsugarpls

Hi All! Hope all is well! This is really very nice! I hope we were able to read this before my hubby left for bootcamp. I'm thinking of mailing this info to him, do you think this is ok? Would he get in trouble if they (RDC) see this mailed to him? Thanks in advance!

Not a good idea to mail this to him there, he could get in some trouble if his RDC's see it.

[nosaltnsugarpls]

Originally Posted by sweetmtn

Not a good idea to mail this to him there, he could get in some trouble if his RDC's see it.

Yikes! Yeah, that's what I thought. I've printed it out but didn't mail it. Oh well. Thanks for the reply Sweetmtn! Appreciate it!

[blessing]

I dont think its a good idea lol,he would only get more tense!

[Cris2369]

Originally Posted by sweetmtn

Not a good idea to mail this to him there, he could get in some trouble if his RDC's see it.

I have been reading this ever since my boyfriend left a month ago and we have been sending each other letters back and forth. He is already on his week 4 so I decided to print it and send him week 4 and 5 so he could be prepared and study hard... but I am so scared I got him in trouble for this and might get him quicked out!!! I feel so so sorry I wish I would of read this comment earlier... I was jut trying to help my sailor... Could he get in major trouble for this?