What things do you remember about adapting to military life?

I remember learning the lingo as in what all the initials stood for!

I remember the discipline the most. It was an important part of becoming a soldier

I loved the structure, the uniform provided. Getting up and formation was awesome.

Adjusting to thousands of different personalities. It was fun.

MILITARY LIFE WAS A BREEZE FOR ME FOLLOWING ORDERS AND STRUCTURE WAS TAUGHT TO ME WHILE IN JROTC IN HIGH SCHOOL I KNEW THEN THAT WAS MY FUTURE. I TELL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS FREQUENTLY ABOUT THE MILITARY LIFE AND HOW MUCH IT WAS BETTER THAN LIVING A CIVILLAIN WORLD. THE MILITARY ENVIROMENT MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY I'M LOVED,RESPECTED, AND TRUSTED BECAUSE OF THE LIFE I LIVED NAD SHARED IN THE ARMY.

Spending R&R in Budapest

The things I remember about navy life was the bus ride from the airport in Sandiego to RTC . I remember thinking this is gonna be an easy job. I then remember about 4 men dressed in brown uniforms coming on board the bus and yelling. Truth be known I thought I was in another country. Could not even understand them. It was on graduation day I remember thinking that those CC are men I will never forget. They made of me something no one else has ever been able to. The two chiefs I remember still to this day is Senior Chief Costello and Chief Juan Costillo. Will never for those name. The first real look at what some people will don to make something out of nothing. Thank you

I adapted quite well to Navy life, from boot camp to A and C school to a ship. My Grandfather was a veteran of both WW1 and WW2 and told me many tales of Navy life. Also, my brother, 2 years my senior, was already in the Navy (in Vietnam!) and related some tales of his own. Thus, I knew what to expect.

The only thing that threw me was that everyone had an accent, and it was hard to understand them sometimes. I mentioned this to a mate and he told me that MY accent was worse than anyone else's! I responded, "What accent? I don't have an accent." I failed to realize that as a Montanan born and bred, I did indeed have a strong accent. My mate told me that it sounded like I said "Whacsen? Idnhavnacsen."

Montana can be very cold at times, and at 40 degrees below zero the last thing you want to do is waste your breath pronouncing vowels and hard consonants. I had to learn to enunciate clearly in order to respond to orders.

I adapted quite well to Navy life, from boot camp to A and C school to a ship. My Grandfather was a veteran of both WW1 and WW2 and told me many tales of Navy life. Also, my brother, 2 years my senior, was already in the Navy (in Vietnam!) and related some tales of his own. Thus, I knew what to expect.

The only thing that threw me was that everyone had an accent, and it was hard to understand them sometimes. I mentioned this to a mate and he told me that MY accent was worse than anyone else's! I responded, "What accent? I don't have an accent." I failed to realize that as a Montanan born and bred, I did indeed have a strong accent. My mate told me that it sounded like I said "Whacsen? Idnhavnacsen."

Montana can be very cold at times, and at 40 degrees below zero the last thing you want to do is waste your breath pronouncing vowels and hard consonants. I had to learn to enunciate clearly in order to respond to orders.

Waking up early; eating at certain times, go to bed at a early hour.