just chat

“.”

“you bored enough?”

“SKULLY WILL CHAT WITH ME!!!!”

“Poppinfresh, you should be spending your Saturday nights doing fun exciting things, not hanging out on TT.”

“well i do this while i work out. you know i am heading off to basic soon i'm pretty sweaty”

“and to tell you the truth going to basic is scareing the bejesus out of me”

“My Dad was in the Coast Guard. He loved it.”

“thats cool”

“i'm going in as an enlisted man i still havent read the helmsman”

“Poppinfresh

A friend has been in for 20 years and still loves it.

Basic is the worst part of it. So if you can set your mind focused on beyond basic training while you're in it, you'll be better off. Lots of luck.”

“Poppinfresh, just think of it. You are going to be one lean and mean machine when you get done with basic. Some people pay money to get fit, they are going to be paying you. Then comes the hard part-we depend on you.

Its a mindset. Engage. If you want to do it, you can.”

“i know i will have a blast.”

“whats your projected MOS ?”

“i have no clue as i said i havent studied the Helmsman yet all that info is in there”

“poppinfresh....

Before I enlisted I was a 200 fatboy with manboobs. I started running and doing pushups,situps and weights before. I got outta basic at 165lbs. Physically it was not too bad. You are started off fairly slow then build your way up. The hard part is mental. NEVER EVER let yourself quit at anything you are doing, once you give up it is too easy next time. Find something that will motivate you and hold onto that in you mind, work for it. Mine was a former fiancee. I did it for her. I also didint think long term. I broke my day up in manageable pieces. I would use mealtimes as my incentive,that made the day three pieces to be handled individually. I also made sure taht at night when we given time to write home I would FIRST go run 2-3 more miles which was encouraged THEN I wrote letters. I did basic housekeeping (shoe shinning etc...) during guard duty which you will have most nights. DONT ask questions or kiss @ss it will kill you. Work hard and volunteer for work details that suck this is rewarded. Listen and when it gets tough suck it up. You gotta be hard to be hard.

Basic can be such a rewarding experience, embrace it and dominate it.GOOD LUCK!!!!!!”

“Remember the six "P's"

Proper
Planning
Prevents
Piss
Poor
Performance”

“Birch - I read all that and all I got out of it was "former fiancee." ??? I had no idea.”

“i got ya

my parents say when the yell at you, you just let it go through your ears.”

“the worst part i hear is the under water survival courses”

“anyone up?”

“"...when the yell at you, you just let it go through your ears."

so you should not listen to them, eh?

heh hee. i wanna be there when your first drill sergeant smacks the sh!t out of you!”

“well you listen and never make the same mistake twice.”