Enter Boot camp at an older age

RockyFin · 11-09-2013, 09:27 AM

I had a few thoughts running through my head and i just wanted to ask this question. What was Bootcamp like for recruits over the age of 25. I know im going to be treated just like everyone else that will be there. Just want to hear others experence

LT Guppy · 11-09-2013, 09:34 AM

Check out this thread:

http://www.navydep.com/forums/showth...hlight=grandpa

notjustaUSNwife · 11-09-2013, 01:34 PM

This is the thing that makes me the most nervous. I'm 25. I'm just concerned about how I'll react to some of the younger people. I've been in the gym and out running 5-6 days a week and studying my butt off. This means a lot to me being older. I want this to be my career so I'm determined to try 10 times harder and be more serious than I ever was in college.

Haasino · 11-09-2013, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by notjustaUSNwife

This is the thing that makes me the most nervous. I'm 25. I'm just concerned about how I'll react to some of the younger people. I've been in the gym and out running 5-6 days a week and studying my butt off. This means a lot to me being older. I want this to be my career so I'm determined to try 10 times harder and be more serious than I ever was in college.

You're gonna be one of the few who has no problem with the PFA, and will probably have an overall easier time at RTC due to your maturity and experience. Yes, it will get boring and frustrating paying for younger recruits mistakes, but you just have to roll with it and do what you can to mentor your fellow recruits after hours.

D.Brothers · 11-09-2013, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by notjustaUSNwife

This is the thing that makes me the most nervous. I'm 25. I'm just concerned about how I'll react to some of the younger people. I've been in the gym and out running 5-6 days a week and studying my butt off. This means a lot to me being older. I want this to be my career so I'm determined to try 10 times harder and be more serious than I ever was in college.

I am right there with you. Although I'm 23, so I'm a little younger but i have always been more mature than my peers.

Diesirae27 · 11-09-2013, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Guppy2010

Check out this thread:

http://www.navydep.com/forums/showth...hlight=grandpa

Well...guess I'll be Grandpa too! My little sister (18 years old) is at BC now. She has written me to say that the older wiser recruits get placed into leadership roles.

HMYert · 11-09-2013, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesirae27

Well...guess I'll be Grandpa too! My little sister (18 years old) is at BC now. She has written me to say that the older wiser recruits get placed into leadership roles.

Diesirae27, when do you ship?

Mackin1231 · 11-09-2013, 02:14 PM

Ill be 25 when I go. I know it'll be annoying being around some many younger people but I am ready to do my time and get it over with.

Angst · 11-09-2013, 09:49 PM

I was 32. The worst part was the stress on your knees from doing fun shit like air chairs, constantly sitting on the deck or standing at attention for hours, folding your clothes on the deck.

The lack of any caffeine mixed with very little sleep is rough to adjust to at first.

You'll likely want to punch a mouthy teenager in the face at some point too. The drama is worse than what I remember from high school.

But you get through it one meal at a time.

johnplisac32 · 11-09-2013, 10:19 PM

angst said it all i will be 33 on tuesday i graduated boot 1 nov 13 i was the MA got fired after 2 weeks cause i was too hard on the younger recruits

kforbs126 · 11-09-2013, 11:33 PM

I wouldn't really worry about being old in boot camp. Once you get to the fleet is when I think it's worse. Most of you will be E3's and older than your chiefs. You'll have to compete with guys/girls that are way younger than you.

Diesirae27 · 11-10-2013, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by HMYert

Diesirae27, when do you ship?

June 09 2014

RockyFin · 11-12-2013, 09:20 AM

ya i can already see the lack of intellagence in most of the recruits at my dep meeting. Most of them have been in dep over 6 months and didn't know the creed-maxim or the general orders. I learned all of those in a few days lol.

LT Guppy · 11-12-2013, 09:46 AM

Remember, you will be doing the same push ups, the same job as these younger recruits. Insulting their maturity or intelligence is more a reflection on you then on them.

Chance · 11-12-2013, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Guppy2010

Remember, you will be doing the same push ups, the same job as these younger recruits. Insulting their maturity or intelligence is more a reflection on you then on them.

Well put.
I'm 25, and sure I may be a bit annoyed with a few 18 year old recruits, but I was 18 once too.

Just remember you are there to train and learn. let the RDC's and RPCO's worry about immiturity amongst ranks.

11-09-2013, 09:27 AM	#1
RockyFin Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Kentucky Posts: 57 Rep Power: 11	Enter Boot camp at an older age I had a few thoughts running through my head and i just wanted to ask this question. What was Bootcamp like for recruits over the age of 25. I know im going to be treated just like everyone else that will be there. Just want to hear others experence

11-09-2013, 09:34 AM	#2
LT Guppy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,858 Rep Power: 343	Check out this thread: http://www.navydep.com/forums/showth...hlight=grandpa __________________ Officers: making simple stuff hard since 1775 ACTIVE DUTY SAILORS - Click here to have your account verified

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LT Guppy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,858 Rep Power: 343	Remember, you will be doing the same push ups, the same job as these younger recruits. Insulting their maturity or intelligence is more a reflection on you then on them. __________________ Officers: making simple stuff hard since 1775 ACTIVE DUTY SAILORS - Click here to have your account verified

11-09-2013, 01:34 PM	#3
notjustaUSNwife Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 83 Rep Power: 14	This is the thing that makes me the most nervous. I'm 25. I'm just concerned about how I'll react to some of the younger people. I've been in the gym and out running 5-6 days a week and studying my butt off. This means a lot to me being older. I want this to be my career so I'm determined to try 10 times harder and be more serious than I ever was in college.

11-09-2013, 02:14 PM	#8
Mackin1231 Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 94 Rep Power: 15	Ill be 25 when I go. I know it'll be annoying being around some many younger people but I am ready to do my time and get it over with.

11-09-2013, 09:49 PM	#9
Angst Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: $6BN of mobile US sovereign territory. Posts: 47 Rep Power: 11	I was 32. The worst part was the stress on your knees from doing fun shit like air chairs, constantly sitting on the deck or standing at attention for hours, folding your clothes on the deck. The lack of any caffeine mixed with very little sleep is rough to adjust to at first. You'll likely want to punch a mouthy teenager in the face at some point too. The drama is worse than what I remember from high school. But you get through it one meal at a time.

11-09-2013, 11:33 PM	#11
kforbs126 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 944 Rep Power: 127	I wouldn't really worry about being old in boot camp. Once you get to the fleet is when I think it's worse. Most of you will be E3's and older than your chiefs. You'll have to compete with guys/girls that are way younger than you.

11-12-2013, 09:20 AM	#13
RockyFin Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Kentucky Posts: 57 Rep Power: 11	ya i can already see the lack of intellagence in most of the recruits at my dep meeting. Most of them have been in dep over 6 months and didn't know the creed-maxim or the general orders. I learned all of those in a few days lol.