[mmichaels1970]

In boot camp they basically prepare them to be fleet sailors, not naval infantry

Having gone from being a complete screw-up in college, to bootcamp, and then on to active duty, I can say that the Navy did a much better job at teaching me to be a man.

One of my regrets is that I didn't do boot camp first before going to college. I think I would have had a better appreciation for the educational opportunity I was receiving at the time.

I can't remember much by way of posters or things at boot camp...I suppose we were too busy moving our racks to general quarters before "making the walls sweat".

[TXnMA]

I suppose we were too busy moving our racks to general quarters before "making the walls sweat".

Can't help but wonder if you realize how little sense that makes to anyone who did not attend your particular Cub Scout camp...

[Kenton]

Having gone from being a complete screw-up in college, to bootcamp, and then on to active duty, I can say that the Navy did a much better job at teaching me to be a man.

LOL... well, that's pretty much my story too, except that mine involved not only being a complete screw-up in college, but actually flunking out, joining the Navy, and then later going back to college using the GI Bill, older and wiser as the result of time served.