Old school Navy Boot Camp

[Monello]

Bet this doesn't happen anymore.

 

[h3mech]

how did you get my picture. Orlando Company Commander 1988-1993

that was BMC Case, a company commander in a brother company during that time frame, wow what a small world

 

[blacklabman]

What's the red rope mean?

 

[stgislander]

Why's is he chewing out a second class PO... to impress the boots?

 

[glhs837]

He's not a real second class, but rather a recruit given a position of authority in the company, Recruit Company Commander, or Company Yeoman, or something similar. Rope indicates a Company Commander, the Navy equivalent to a Drill Instructor.

 

[Misfit]

Poor RPOC.

 

[glhs837]

Probably deserved it........looks guilty....

 

[CrashTest]

Black dude over the right shoulder is laughing.

 

[glhs837]

Guy in the BC glasses next to the black guy is smirking...... maybe the RPOC was set up....... our Yoeman used his pass to Mainside to pick up mail to instead go to the bowling alley and coke and smoke..... whooooeeeee, that takedown was epic.....

 

[Monello]

our Yoeman used his pass to Mainside to pick up mail to instead go to the bowling alley and coke and smoke..... whooooeeeee, that takedown was epic.....

I bet the white duty belt was what gave him away.

 

[Misfit]

I was in the choir in boot camp. It was very stressful.

 

[glhs837]

I bet the white duty belt was what gave him away.

Nope, he took that and his spats off and stashed them. He was spotted over there, don't know by who. I even remember his name, Rainey.

 

[Misfit]

I remember one time being in the choir; we took a bus to a fancy white people church in Chicago and sang all our Navy songs for them. After, at the meet & greet, cougars were slipping money into my dress whites and during the champagne dinner I snuck away and bought Skoal for my white friends & Newports for my black friends so they’d stop being mean to each other.

 

[FED_UP]

Old memories, I hated the tear gas chamber and marching on that hot azz pavement in California.

 

[glhs837]

Old memories, I hated the tear gas chamber and marching on that hot azz pavement in California.

No gas chamber in Great Lakes in December...... but it was -85 with the windchill my graduation weekend.....

 

[GURPS]

Old memories, I hated the tear gas chamber and marching on that hot azz pavement in California.

I thought they only did this to Army guys .....


.... remove your gas mask, state your name, rank and serial number .....

 

[This_person]

No gas chamber in Great Lakes in December...... but it was -85 with the windchill my graduation weekend.....

Did you graduate in January, 1985?

 

[glhs837]

Did you graduate in January, 1985?

Was right before Dec 25th, 1984 Left around the 28th as I recall. Uniform for recruits was two pairs of socks, thermals, dungarees, regular tee shirt, thermal t shirt, dungaree shirt, peacoat, then raincoat, watchcap with small towel tucked in to prtect the face, glove on and hands in pockets.

 

[This_person]

Was right before Dec 25th, 1984 Left around the 28th as I recall. Uniform for recruits was two pairs of socks, thermals, dungarees, regular tee shirt, thermal t shirt, dungaree shirt, peacoat, then raincoat, watchcap with small towel tucked in to prtect the face, glove on and hands in pockets.

I was there with you, a couple of weeks behind you. I'm originally from the area, so it didn't really mean much to me, but we lost two our graduation weekend because they got drunk in a bar on South Street and passed out in the street. Froze to death.

 

[b23hqb]

I thought they only did this to Army guys .....


.... remove your gas mask, state your name, rank and serial number .....

Nah - same in Navy RTC in '72 - had to recite whatever general order the instructor told your group to recite - together. Smelled like tear gas the rest of the day, for sure.