So now that we're going into Week 4 with Division 229,
the division as a whole is starting to work together a lot better.
Division 229 all present and accounted for, Sir!
Very well!
The standard is set, and they have to do what they can do to reach the standard,
and that's helping bring them together as a team.
They say that basic training doesn't get better - you get better, and I think that's definitely true.
When we first picked the division up, we could barely get them to just stand still and left or right face,
but now coming in to Week 4 of training they've been marching everywhere, every single day, together
since the first day we got them.
Now I'm marching every day!
Yeah, our progression, it's been really cool seeing it, and just looking back on our
P-Day days, and the first day we tried to start marching and how horrible it looked,
and it's kind of like the progression just happened right before our eyes.
The transition is night and day.
Every time cadences come on, I'm always in the back screaming,
and you can hear my voice all the way in the front.
The U.S. Navy is the best!
The division has come a long way physically, but they still have a long way to go.
Here at Recruit Training Command we have physical fitness training six days a week
so about three days a week we do in-house physical fitness activities
which are a lot of push-ups, jumping jacks, running planks,
different exercises that we can do right here in a small space
to get the recruits in better shape, and then four days a week we go over to Freedom Hall, where they get to run.
Left, left, left, right, left!
Left, left, keep it in step!
So it's all a building block to get them up to the standard that the Navy wants them to be at prior to leaving
Recruit Training Command.
Yeah, I've seen my waistline go down - which is awesome
Fitness is just going well, you know, it also helps that we've been put on
our faces every day, so I try to think about that when we have to do our
little flutter kicks and 10-count core builders.
So, it has certainly improved PT for sure.
From my perspective I do think we are good friends, Chief.
From a professional standpoint, yes, Chief.
"Professional" - explain to me what professionalism is when you're going out of your way to talk to eachother
you're talking to eachother in inappropriate places,
you're talking to each other when you should not be,
so you tell me about professionalism!
You better fix your military bearing right now.
Shut up!
Here's the point:
Conversations...
...Shouldn't be had!
"Good friends"...
Not in my boot camp!
Everything that you guys are doing...
...is against good order and discipline.
I'm going to ensure that whatever relationship you're trying to have here in boot camp
whether it's just "good friends"...
..."social buddies"...
...Or whatever you word it - I'm going to make sure that it doesn't happen here.
Do the workout correctly.
Get off your knees!
Get off the deck!
One, two, three!
229 - are you ready?
Always ready!
Marlinspike is a huge team evolution
Get up here - move, move, move!
So if a division feels as though they operate as a team,
they get to Marlinspike and they figure out exactly what real teamwork is.
Learning how to tie a knot, and cast off a line, and actually tie down the ship,
I felt like was a lot more practical.
Everybody has to be able to get the ship underway,
so when it comes down to line handling, when it comes down to that Marlinspike evolution, they gotta work together.
Life before Marlinspike and life after Marlinspike was night and day.
...Come on, we got this, let's go!
So that was really hard, but I felt like it made us
it forced us to work together.
What division is this?
229!
Hooyah!
You all have been outstanding - I am BM2 Murphy - any questions just ask me - I'll see you out in the fleet!
Every single Sailor is a firefighter.
Damage control training is extremely important - everybody has to know it
if they don't have the proper training, then you lose the ship
and that's one of the damage control 10 Commandments - you do not give up the ship.
You don't really think of all the things that can happen while you're in the middle of the ocean,
you know, your ship going down or being attacked, and then really all you have is each other and
the skills that you learn.
Yes, I'm really confident if something was wrong, you know...
for example, we did the confidence chamber...
This will be the best worst day of boot camp - hooyah?
Hooyah!
I want everyone to repeat after me - embrace the suck!
Embrace the suck!
You would think - "okay, is this mask really gonna cover me and keep me alive?"
it's called the Confidence Chamber for a reason - it gives you confidence in the equipment of the Navy.
Seaman Recruit Jones, Division 229!
It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be,
I think on a scale of 1-10 I'd give it, like, a 5.
It burns... Like, right under my nose, it burns...
But... I think we siced it a little more than we needed to.
I just cried a lot - my eyes are watering, they're still watering.
I really didn't cough - it wasn't that bad like they said it was.
Alright you know what? Y'all got confidence in that gear?
Yes, Chief!
That's what I'm talking about.
Y'all see this?
Yes, Chief!
That means it's a good day.
Good day to be in the Navy.
Hooyah Navy!
I do believe they're doing a lot better of a job giving these recruits a basic knowledge of what
they're gonna be expected to do once they get out to the fleet.
So I know when I came to boot camp nine years ago we had a three or four day course on
firefighting, and then two days on line handling, and now the recruits are
getting it every single week once they hit Week 4 until the week they
graduate - and I think that will help prepare Sailors for the fleet a lot better.
One of the primary things that we all do as instructors, is we give these
recruits the experience - the real life experience of - first of all - handling this
weapon in an environment that's close to reality - it's not quiet, it's not passive,
it's gonna take enthusiasm to survive in an environment like this - so that's pretty much what we do.
Get a good aggressive stance!
Point at your target - like you mean it!
Verify the weapon's clear and safe!
I didn't miss my target, which was great - so I think I did alright.
I enjoyed it - I enjoyed shooting the weapons.
Hey, hey, hey-ay
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Mama, Mama, can't you see?
What the Navy's done to me!
Since the P-Days to now, they're completely different recruits.
Every time we walk past Pearl Harbor, which is where P-Days was, we kind of see through the
window the people in their PT and their sweat suits and we're like, man, that was us,
only a few weeks ago, and that was us looking out the window as some of our senior
divs, and we're like, man, I wish I was there and they're marching they have on
their uniforms, and their flags, and that's so cool, and we just got here
three days ago...
They understand that they have to work together as a team,
they understand that no one can make it through boot camp completely by themselves,
that's the biggest thing, and the thing that makes you most proud as an RDC,
is when you see them come together as a team, understand each other's weaknesses
and really, really just come together.
V - I - C - T - O - R - Y
Victory, victory, that's our battle cry.
Six in the front, and three to the rear...