Graduating from high school and wondering what your next step should be? Not everyone goes to college immediately after high school. Some take different paths, and many decide that enlisting in the Navy is the way to go. It won’t be an easy road. A few guys will be overly confident, thinking that a little hand to hand combat training and a couple of Martial Arts Self Defense classes will be enough to get them through. Nothing could be further from the truth. You need to prepare physically and mentally for your time in boot camp.
1. All Navy recruits get their start at boot camp at the Recruit Training Command center in Great Lakes, Illinois. If you have a father or grandfather who was in the Navy, you have probably heard a horror story or two about this place. Don’t let them scare you away from enlisting, though. They made it, and so can you. The first step in making it through to the end is knowing what to expect.
2. First, find an alarm clock that doesn’t have a snooze button on it. You are going to be waking up every morning at 6:00, there will be no more waiting for that extra ten or fifteen minutes to wake up completely. Train your body for the Navy training sleep schedule now, and you will help make the transition a little easier on yourself. You are going to need all the rest you can get.
