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[Richy_Boy]

i am just waiting for my start date now but i am feelin nervous about it so far. I am not sure what to expect when i get there. I usually fit in msot palcesi go but i feel this will be differant and i am also scared of cocking up on drill. If anyone could tell me what to expect when i get there and what the first few days are like that would be a great help.

[Proud Salopian]

I think one thing they will expect of you is your ability to spell correctly. I am not being snotty or anything i am just thinking about you and what you expect to get out of this forum. If you expect to get a response from people on this forum, especially the serving members of the Armed Forces or the veterans, i suggest you check your messages before you submit them. . Anyway, welcome to the forum, keep asking around you'll get an answer in the end

[Worthers Original]

This is from the RN website: http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/content/2993.html#1

I don't have any first hand experience of Raleigh but you should remember that the instructors there will all want you to pass and, despite how it may appear initially, are on your side. The thing to do is keep switched on, do what you're told, and give everything your best shot. The instructors will appreciate a recruit who's doing their best but maybe struggling a hell of a lot more than one who is struggling and doesn't give a toss. Don't get too stressed about it. Easy to say I guess but try and keep in your mind that they don't expect you to know everything on day 1 week 1. The training lasts for 8 weeks for a reason.

I'd expect that the first few weeks will have plenty B.S. but that's because they're trying to turn you from a civvie into a sailor. If your intake are pulling their weight then I'd expect things to ease up a bit and so don't think that the crap they dish out at the begining is how it's always going to be during basic, let alone your entire RN career.

Also, it's only 8 weeks. Week 1 is an orientation week. You'll get settled into the facility, issued kit, have medicals, do some paperwork, meet your fellow recruits and training staff, they'll sort out your personal admin, and you'll do the physical tests. Week 8 is likely to be mainly preperation for your pass in and sorting out where you're going to next. So that means only 6 actual weeks of training and probably only half of those will actually be proper B.S. 3 weeks that'll go faster than hot sh?t off a shovel.

Make sure your fitness is squared away, get aquainted with your iron, and gen up on general knowledge about the Navy before you arrive at Raleigh and you'll be in good shape before the B.S. starts.

[Bovie]

Hello. i am also waiting for my date. 3 weeks now . But anyway, im hoping im going 21st of June.

[Worthers Original]

Bovie, just looking at your checklist, could you explain the

Appointment: 14th January - Done!
Test: 26th January - Done!

Was the first appointment your first visit where you made your initial application and discussed what you might be interested in? Had you been into the AFCO before that or was that your very first time in there?

[Bovie]

My First Appointment was my first visit yes, they told me about the navy, what i wanted to do in the navy, showed me some video's. and gave me my application.

[Richy_Boy]

yes, sorry about my spelling. I am going to get out of using text talk. Thanks for all the help, i checked to royal navy site but i just wanted to know what you all know about it.

Good luck for leaving in july mate, hope it all goes good for you.

[Fenrir]

I spent a week at Raleigh in the SCC, so I can't really comment on basic, but the facilities are pretty key. The pits are comfy, and there's facilities to do all the washing/ironing/bulling you need in each block. As the RN site'll tell you, you won't leave your block without an instructor or officer. The damage control simulator and all that lark is loads of fun, there isn't nothing like being under fire, being yelled at by a CPO, and being knee deep in freezing cold water; WHILST trying to remember how to fix the leak you are working on properly.

Just keep your wits about you, don't be a cocky shit, and remember: if you see an officer stop and salute them. They'll pull you up on it if you don't - I watched a young recruit lass run past an officer that should couldn't possibly see because he emerged out of a door from behind her. But the LT still yelled at her, and she had to stop, about face and salute before he allowed her to carry on doing whatever she was doing!

You'll be fine, lads.

[Worthers Original]

The advice would seem to be that even if you don't see an Officer stop and salute them.

[Fenrir]

Precisely. Nothing less is expected.

[stokerpoons]

Keep your head down and do everything to the letter. Life is better on the other side of Raleigh so dont be discouraged by some of the people there!
You wont be the only bad one at drill! Everybody is in the same boat

[Richy_Boy]

i am still really scared about my fitness because there is no way i will be able to run 1 1/2 mile in 11.13 i will jsut never manage it. What will they do if i pass everything but the run?

[Thunderlight]

i wouldnt know why dont you start pratice running the navy careers office gave me a fitness sheet of how to improve your fitness etc

[stokerpoons]

i couldnt the first time. Only because i couldnt be arsed to go down the gym at all but they soon got you into it.

Dont you have to pass it before you goin now?

[Richy_Boy]

i have passed the PJFT but i am worried about my fitness when i am down there, what is the time limit i have to run the mile and a half in?