What things do you remember about adapting to military life?

I didnt like getting up so early. I was use to sleeping in all the time.

The feeling of being broken down by the yelling and constant degradation. It took time to adapt & overcome. And overcome I did.

For me, transitioning to the Navy wasn't too bad. My mom's whole side of the family all served, she was the only 1 that didn't, but my biological father also served and they met while he was in the Army. Her Step father pushed boots during Vietnam. A lot of integrity was instilled in me at a young age. I was also in the marching band in high school, so that part was easy for me.lol The hardest part for me though that 1st year. I was so away from my family and for so long. I was by my self. I can remember a few times while at subschool making chat call home crying I wanted to come home. Looking back at it, I still would have joined no matter what. Great experience, life long lessons, as well as life long friends, & a brother/sisterhood unlike no other.

DT2 Lynette K. Mullins
I remember enlisting in the Navy in 1973, and it seemed very easy for me to transition from civilian life to military life. My father was in the Navy during the Korean war and I was born in a Naval Hospital Oaknoll, CA just before he was discharged from the Navy. My life in the military was an exciting one and I did all the things I wanted to do. Went to college, traveled and lived in Europe and met people from other countries and learned some of their customs.

DT2 Lynette Mullins
I remember in 1973 going to Boot Camp in Orlando, Florida was an easy transition from my civilian life to military life. It seemed very easy to adapt to the Navy way of doing things. My father was in the Navy during Korea and I was born at a Naval Hospital Oaknoll, CA. It was a new way of life which I was going for joining the Navy.

I was 18 and had made the decision to enter the military without my mom’s permission. It wasn’t too hard to adapt initially but the hardest pet was not having any friends or family. I did well and learned how to adapt on my own. !

The great way to adfapt to an organized way of life by working closely with others and respecting them.

I enlisted in the Air Force to help pay for college while serving the country. Joining the service for me was "in the family" and as our family service goes back to the Revolutionary War. Because of that I felt that I was provided "cliff notes" on what to expect and the transition to military life was not too difficult for me personally. Adapting to military life did require some changes, as we all know, one of which was ensuring you where early to be on-time!

The discipline. Every item had to be dress right dress. Another would be not seeing my family and/or talking to them.

I grew up in a small town...my family is still there...been there for 50 years. I am the only one who went to college, Army ROTC, and the Army. While traveling was an awesome perk!...being away from my family for long periods, with little time or funds to visit regularly was the biggest adjustment.