Coast Guard Boot Camp Series: My Experience at Cape May -- Week 1 (Forming Week)
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- Опубліковано 4 бер 2023
- Today I'd like to share some of my more personal experience at Training Center Cape May. This is forming week.
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The military is not a normal job. It's a 24/7/365 career. Just follow instructions with a good attitude. Be physically and mentally fit. You will be taught what is needed. Everything done is with a purpose. Nothing is personal.
Toward the end of boot camp we were paid cash. You had to remain quiet in the pay line. When your turn came you signed your first two initials and your last name. When I got to the back of the line after getting paid. I told one of the other guys excitedly “And we get paid for this, too!”
It was actually getting fun.
I never regretted joining
Victor-107, July 1980
They actually paid you cash? Wow that's crazy haha.
Fun? I've never heard anyone say that their time at Cape May boot camp was fun. I've heard lots of other descriptions but never fun.
@@1notgilty I've heard it described that way sometimes. There were aspects that were fun, but I wouldn't classify the overall experience as fun, for me.
@@CGCareerCentral I agree. Semper Paratus!
Just graduated coast guard boot camp.. the hardest day of that first week for me was that long day in medical. They had us in our PT gear in the dental waiting room, and they had the AC turned to like 55 degrees at most. We were there for 4 hours shivering.. it was absolute hell. Not being able to move while shivering for hours on end. That was actually one of the worst days I experienced in boot camp, which is crazy to say because we weren’t smoked at all.
what company ? s-204 here
Thank you for this. It’s been 30 something years since I was in boot camp. My son’s there now.
Oh yeah. I was there 30 years ago too! I thought you looked familiar (ok, 35 years for me) ;)
I ship out December 5th currently it is December 2nd 2023 super nervous but also excited for my future. This video was nice thank you.
How did it go !!, I leave on the 19th march 2024
good luck brotha. s-204 grad here its fun when its over. fyi the biggest lie I was ever told was recruit trainings not funny lol@@mysticsavage2759
Jus graduated ZULU-2Ø3 it wasn’t easy but my shipmates and I got through it. We were aloud to watch FoxTrot-2Ø4 ship in from the busses it was great lol.
Congratulations! Yes watching the new recruits arriving is awesome hahaha.
I. Also just graduated a bit ago H-203 I saw tons of people get off the buses every Tuesday night got a front row seat
I formed with F-204… got injured so I didn’t graduate with them, but damn it was a good company.
hey guy , i was in Foxtrot 53 in September 1963, long time ago when boot camp was eight weeks longer.
i’m really looking forward to joining after i graduate high school this year. only part i’m nervous about is the asvab as i’m not good at high school formulas in the slightest lmaooo
I wasn't great at math in high school either, but I recall the math in the ASVAB being rather simple. I bet you'll do better than you think.
I ship out august 15th. I feel like it might be ironic but the thing I’m actually most scared about is getting my blood taken with the shot. It just hurt during meps
I'm right there with you man. I have horrible anxiety around blood draws.
See you there man, last name is Frederickson 🫡
this was not what my first week in forming company was like. i went through Cape May in September 1963 and boot camp was eight weeks longer than it is now. it was a much diffrent time and the Coast Guard was a much diffrent service than it is today. we had some guys who went through boot camp and had volunteered for charlie foxtrot which sent them on to Paris Island to train with the U S Marines for another eight weeks. i think Charlie Foxtrot stood for coastal forces. we still had Cuba on our minds in 1963. the thing is these guys were some of us who went to Vietnam in 1965 for operation market time patrol.
Do you know if you go as a BM can you transfer to ME ? And also how likely is going to PSU as a BM and be a law enforcement as such. 🙏🏼 thank you 🙏🏼 God Bless you man
Psu is mainly for reserves being a bm or mk can also land you a spot in msrt msst taclet and almaot all other me units
Shipping out on Oct 3rd !
Same
@@patrickbeebe5446 no way!
@CGCcareercentral am I available to have a beard? Because of my catholic Gypsy beliefs I can’t fully shaved but I can have it as low as possible. I really want to join the coast guard
How would you rate all of bootcamp out of 10 for difficulty? (10 being extremely difficult and you barely made it and 1 being kindergarten)
This is a tough question because it tends to get easier as you go along. I'd say personally, I'd give it a 7 overall.
To elaborate a little, I'd rate the first week as a 10, Weeks 2-3 a 9, and then a very gradual decrease in difficulty from there.
How often do u run is it like once every day or every other day?
The running didn't happen as much as I thought it would. We didn't do our first long run until the end of the second week, and then it was just a company run every Sunday, adding an additional mile each week.
@@CGCareerCentralan additional mile every week ? 😮so how many miles are we running by the end ?
Ship out January 30, 24. Is the forming week, Week 1 of the 8 Weeks or is it a week 0 and the first week starts the weekend after your introduced to your company commanders. Trying to get an estimated date for graduation to let family know a timeline.
You'll report that Tuesday the 30th, get picked up by your CC's that Friday the 2nd, and graduate 22March.
Looks like you're meeting your CCs on Groundhog Day. Hopefully you don't re-live THAT day over and over 😂.
HAHA good one. Thank you for the info. Happy Holidays. @@CGCareerCentral
No problem! Happy holidays blessed New Year.
Ship out same day than you .January 30.2024 see you there 👍.flying from Texas. My last name Cantero .
Do you remember how m the restrooms were like, were there stalls, or just a room with toilets and sinks?
I was having the same question 😂
There were private stalls. Open showers.
If you are worried about privacy, you don't have any. No privacy at Cape May. No privacy aboard ship. Don't expect any and you won't be disappointed.
Restrooms do not exist. Places of toiletries/showers are referred to as a "head" and are just an extension of the squad bay - I remember a number of lucky souls being asked politely to climb fully clothed into a toilet bowl and shout "I am a worthless turd and need to be flushed" and then commanded to "flush themselves" by eager CCs as we all gathered round to watch. Additionally, Mr. CC will loudly announce the first day - I can shit, shower, shave, and grab a piece of a## in 20 minutes! Does that give you an idea what you are dealing with?
I did it. November 161
Do they still have P.E.P.? (Performance enhancement platoon) What an ass kicking that was. Graduated Quebec Company in 2000
Ahh, maybe one of the folks that recently graduated can chime in on this one. I graduated Cape May in 2004 myself.
@CGCareerCentral Just saw on another video they do still have it but they changed the name of it. I got put into PEP and ended up staying an extra week because i had pictures of my family in my classroom folder and they found them. I remember the night we got there or maybe the second night they marched the PEP guys into our barracks and proceeded to PT them in front of us until they almost died. They told us all about PEP and how we didn't want to end up there but that inevitably some of us would. I did lol but i made it.
Yea it's called ramp now and it's 3 days of incentive training, if you fail you get pushed back a company.
I leave Monday is it important for me to know my social Security from my knowledge or will I get to look at my card
Good luck! As I recall they always just asked us for our last 4 of our Social. If you bring your Social Security Card my guess is they would hold it with your other personal belongings until training was complete.
Ok yes I know my last 4 well
What company were you?
Uniform-169
Do they drug test you in week 1 ?
They can drug test you at any time.
I’m thinking of joining going active duty at 27 years old for dc
If youre thinking on joining at 27, Id say go for it. I joined at 28 and its been a fun experience sofar. DC school looks fun and if you like tearing things apart and putting them back together you'll get a lot of hands on experience. If you want to join active duty the Coast Guards the best choice! Hands down. LMK if you want more info.
@@Chipz702 Thanks a lot and Did you go active at 28 ? and also I have some experience working with plumbing so I like working with my hands and I'm going to message you. I have a recruiter already and I'm going to take the practice asvab.
@@ejaycolon6676 Yea I started at 28. Good luck on your asvab practice. Lmk how it goes it’s a pretty short test and don’t stress about it.
I joined at 29 . Just retired :) older then my company commanders. Your experience and maturity will carry you a long way. Good luck !!