Great Lakes Naval Base

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Marines there tomorrow

[NavySEALsfreak]

any tips before you join boot camp, mentally and physically? thanks

[ucstudent2]

@NavySEALsfreak Just keep focused. you don't have to be a super athlete to finish boot camp, its mostly in your mind. to be a SEAL and make it through BUDs however, you do need to be in great physical and mental shape, and love swimming like no other. Many will tell you its Mental more than anything.  Good Luck!

[seamanlyonE3]

boot sucked. but god I miss flanagan's

[stratmanjoshua]

worst parts is the ass shot and the tear gas... everything else is simple. Do what you gotta do is basically it

[JoshD8282]

@stratmanjoshua The Peanut Butter shot right?

[1fortune]

awwwww i soooo miss a-school, i had a blast!

[ucstudent2]

@1fortune A School was pretty cool. The whole base is well kept

[otakukun82]

Man i hated that place. I had boot camp there and my tech schools were just across the street. That place sucks!!!

[Pkarchpray16]

@otakukun82 i understand, i just got out of there and dont miss it one damn bit

[koopi5]

screw that place

[fleebus090]

god what a trip, this song had just come out when i went through basic.

[cypris2002]

NTC that i went tru is all but gone today from what i seen on G-earth

[olsailordan]

I taught SM "A" school there from 97-00. Was told I'd hate it there but I loved it up there. Most fulfilling duty of my entire navy career. Helping a young sailor start their career of right and seeing them succeed is more meaningful than any medal they could pin on you.

[ucstudent2]

I was there in boot camp in Nov 96-97, in fact 5 days ago would have been exactly 13 years. I liked it to, one of the cleaner bases I've been to, that and NAS Coronado.

[alphamale1865]

i was there in 1985 worst 8 weeks of my life but i survived it

[ucstudent2]

I went in the dead of winter and the worst part for me was having the "ricky flu" in week 2. 4 of the 8 weeks was spent with a 104 temp fever. Glad I got through it tho.

[yooper4life1]

i remmeber the first time i went through those gates, i hate that fucking place!! i had A school right across the street. MR's rule! hated everything but the good salmon fishing in the spring. massive fucking carp there to!

[ucstudent2]

If you had a car while you were up there, and knew where stuff was, it wasn't so bad. Most of the guys there, including myself didn't have personal transportation, and relied on the base bus to take us to Gurnee mills and Great America.

[killersmerf4]

my cousin is goin ther in december!!

[mrjtib1974]

takes me back to when I was there, no regrets

[nUaSvAy]

Hope I won't go to basic in the snow. I guess it would toughen ya' up though.

[ucstudent2]

yeah I went in the wintertime, if you're not used to the northern temps near the lake in the wintertime, I would suggest going during the spring or summer, or even fall. Half my company (ship) was from the south or California, and had a lot of drop outs cause they were used to the cold wind coming off the lake

[M3LL090]

I leave in October umm hows the weather ???

[Cinn357]

Too hot, too cold, you'll love it.

[mnj9556]

god this place sucks only 2 months left i cant wait

[ucstudent2]

where ya headed when u leave there?

[mnj9556]

im going to guam

[xXBASSISTXx1]

ahh brings back memories of when my dad was in the navy and we would go on the base. now im going to be going to bootcamp in 5 days.

[jmh1189]

have fun... it's the best. especially when you get to go to TSC GL... yeh.... unless ur an airmen. then you get to go to Florida which i hear is pretty nice. it ain't all that bad. just kinda boring. Oh and you get 13 weeks now.

[lavabeard]

lucky as hell, I missed the digis by like 5 months now you lucky fuckers get them off the bat instead of having to shell out for them, have fun not ironing

[k2boarder2007]

hey i would go back if i could!! it was SO easy!!! that compaired to SAR school.... i would love to go back!

[ucstudent2]

Yeah, I got the Ricky Crud the first 3 weeks. Other than that, super easy

[admiral120]

Yeah as soon as you entered those gates, you were in hell. My days there were the worst. I am so glad that im out of that place. I graduated in November of 07, but it feels like yesterday i was there.

[Dreaklock]

What is SO bad about it? I will hopefully be joining here in a few months, and Im REALLY looking forward to going. Almost like Disneyland!

[ucstudent2]

it wasn't that bad. the worst part is that nice wind coming off the Lake in the winter time. Other than that, piece of cake!

[MONKEEMAN7786]

I agree the wind sucked soo bad we had a winterfest in january and our barracks chief asked if we had the balls to go polar bear swimming so i did it and neglected the hot chocolate afterwards and walked a mile back to the barracks

[ucstudent2]

Yeah that does take some balls to take a dip in Lake Michigan in Janurary. I couldn't do it, but kudos to anyone that does

[ucstudent2]

LOL wouldn't compare it to Disneyland, but its really what you make of it. As long as you do what your supposed to, follow orders, and keep ur dungarees clean and press, shouldn't be bad at all.

[directorbeau]

@Dreaklock

the first 2 weeks are going to suck, nuff said

[weenus5]

you must have been out of shape then because navy bootcamp is easy as hell ive heard from almost everyone naval veterans and recently recruited that is a peice of cake

[admiral120]

The pt wasnt the part I hated, it was just being there and takin all that shit they gave us. You shouldve been in my division and see for yourself

[ucstudent2]

u just have to learn to not take it personal. in bootcamp, they're supposed to be A-holes. out in the street is one thing, but the military, unless ur a 4 star, ur gonna take some level of S$% from someone.

[ucstudent2]

It was pretty easy. I wish they would raise the standards as far as push up and sit ups.

[foripu]

i was there in 2001, cold as shit!

[kevinlovestina07]

I was in Company 934 in !988 from Aug-October Was an experience

[ucstudent2]

you were in a 900 division? What type? I was in 908 State Flags Division in 96

[kevinlovestina07]

934 in 88 div 24

[NavyDentalCorps]

Triple Threat 906 with BUC cerullo, DC1 walker, and SK2 Traeger on ship 6.

[Sanctimoniously]

Yeah, that place effing sucked.

[Dreaklock]

Why the "Nightmares" and "Hate" and "dont miss it one bit" ? ?

[20031200]

Dreaklock:  Nightmares and Hate only happen when you do 20yrs. Every so often I'll dream that I'm on active duty and someone trying to fuck me over. then lucky I wake up and it's not true. Advice don't stay in 20 yrs.

[usnpaulyd]

ha, i still remember pulling up to those "oh so wonderful" gates with the anchors on em...such wonderful memories hahahah

[docbristow]

god i hate RTC, dont miss one bit of it

[ucstudent2]

@docbristow I loved Great Lakes RTC can be rough in the winter though

[TacoJFK3226]

I remember walking on that side walk

[morbidork077]

Brought back good memories lol...

[bandpunk806]

AH, the nightmares!!!

[tainted3000gt]

wow the naval base (TSC) right across the street is so much better. :)

[imakilinfish]

my sisters in the US navy woohoo thats where she went and iwent to her graduation im proud to have a sister like her

[ucstudent2]

@imakilinfish thats awesome. I hope she's having a great time in the Navy.

[TacoJFK3226]

I used to work there

[bubba21854]

me too i was food serverat uss roos and at 535

[TacoJFK3226]

I was a food service worker at 7113, 7114 and 7115