"Easy Day" In Navy Boot camp

" Wake up, and prepare for inspection!"

I forgot how many days in FAST division already. I was trying to remember what was stand for. But unfortunately, I could not remember it. It looked like the training day in boot camp could let you forgot the time easily.

"Now, Welcome to FAST division training. Your daily schedule now was learning English."

At first, I did not understand why I should be here. I felt that was shame because I failed. However, the instructor was so nice. He was an old civilian guy. He was smiling all the time. He was explaining how to learn English quicker, and share his experience in military.

" That is OK you guys have been here. We just want to make sure you guys learn faster. We know you are all new immigrants, or some people have the language barrier. We just here to help. "

The daily schedule was studying, studying, and studying. We did not feel any stress like at beginning in military. We were chilling, and tried to meet some new people. It felt like we were back to High School.

" I was from Los Angeles, how about you?" One Chinese guy asking me.

" Yes, I came from Los Angeles, too. Nice to meet you."

Later on, I met so many new people in the FAST division, and I met up my old friend-- the one we met in recruiting station. Her name was song. We were sitting down and chilling. Tried to mention the day before military.

" I was trying to do some medical stuff, that is why I am here. "

Later on after boot camp, we still keep in touch, and her mum always visit our family since we were lived in the same area.

" My name was Kim. I came from Chicago, and I was Korean."

" My name is Truong. I am Vietnamese, and I came from San Francisco."

Many people were starting to introduce themselves. It was getting crowd. Fortunately, the RDC ( Recruit Division Command ) was not here. If he did, I was pretty sure we were doing the IT again.

It was precious memory in FAST division. That was my first time, or maybe the first time in America felt everyone was so closed. Some people were actually nice to teach me how to speak and wrote English. But the most job in boot camp was not writing English. I helped many recruits to write some Chinese to their love, family, or their name.  We had a great time in FAST. I was still wondering if my life would be like this in future military.

Gradually, I had been in FAST Division almost a week already. The FAST Division was only 2 weeks. I was closing my eyes again, and asking myself.

" Can I make it?"

TO BE CONTINUED....

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Dreams

" I want to be a pilot when I grew up; I want to be an artist when I grew up; I wanted to be an scientist when I grew up; I want to be....."

I did not know why. I kept making these "dreams" from my childhood memory. I believe that was only time happened to flash back these moments. I woke up, and I heard a voice was loud and clear.

" Get the fuck up! You have 2 minutes to ready for inspection! Do it do it now!"

I woke up, and still thinking about the dream. I really want to do something when I was a child. Unfortunately, because of broken family, my half-brother was born, and my step-mother. They were almost changed my life. I had my dream but I could not chase for, and now I still did not believe I join the Navy bootcamp. That day had dream was almost 2 weeks in great lakes already. Thanks to god, I could be able to survive for 2 weeks.

During the two weeks, we just basically learned how to fold your clothes, wracks (bed), dressed up, shaving, IT, some navy basic knowledge and history. It looks bored, and scared. You would got yelled by your RDC ( Recruit Division Command) almost every second, and you never knew why they were so mad. Of course, I was one of them. Since I have the big problem about the language barrier, I have to pay attention to others and follow what they did.

" Recruit, what the hell were you doing? Stop looking around and did what you needed to do!"

Fortunately, all american were really nice. They were nice to help me, and talked to me very slowly so I could be understood easily. This was the first time I was in american culture. Los Angeles have too many Chinese people. Some of my friends not even speaking any English. In Los Angeles, we had a joke : You don't need to speak English to survive here. Here is the small Chinatown. Almost every people would understand Chinese.  As a result, some of my friends did not know how to speak, write , or even reading any simple English. I did not understand why, and not even wanted to know the truth.

" Seaman Recruit, come to my office!" Petty Officer shouted.

" From now on, you are going to FAST DIVISION for two weeks. Since your English skill is not good. We are trying to improve your Language skill first and move into the next stage. Do you understand!"

I did believe what they were trying to tell me. For some reasons, my tears were coming out from my eyes. I was crying like a baby boy during that moment. I did not know why I wanted to cry, or just maybe too many failures in bootcamp. After a while, everyone was saying good bye to me, and I moved into the new division.

"Hey bro. You are Chinese?" Someone was in the corner and asking me.

"Yes, I am. " I reply.

When I turn around, I just realized almost everyone here are new immigrants. Chinese, Philippines, Africa, and etc. We were here because we failed the English test.

" I wanted to be a doctor, but I love military guys! They were strong and cool!"

My dreams were repeating again. I woke up at midnight, and looked around. I remembered I love to watch the war movie from Hollywood. In the movie, American Soldiers were brave, and unbeatable. They served with honor. On the other hand, my birthday was China's military birthday too. It looked like my fate. Should I feel happy, or sad?

My eyes were closing, and the dreams won't repeat again in the future.

To be continued.....

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The Homesick

"P"  Day Week was really tired.  Unfortunately, some new recruits were decided to quit boot camp. The Petty Officer just walked in next day, and pulled out all air tickets. He was telling us, who wanted to quit and went back to home? Some new recruits stepped out, and said they were trying to go home.

   " Do you know you are garbage ? What you think about military? You think here is your fun place? You are wrong! If you choose to quit, you just a loser. You are disappointed to this country, and your family!"

  We were all shocked, and scared. I really did not know what to do. 

  I remembered the second day of "P" Day Week everyone was in NEX Shop  ( Navy Exchange) to get the hair cut. Everyone had to get a new hair cut, no exceptional. I never forgot the moment i was looking at the mirror, and saw my hair was gone and became bold head. 

  " Everyone stand in line. We are going to get some new uniforms." Petty Officer shouted. 

  We just followed the line to get all kinds of uniforms, medical shots, physical examine, and etc. " P" Day Week looks so relaxing, compare to what my recruiter said. But sooner or later, I know I was wrong. 

  Times went by fast in boot camp training, I was not even know the exactly date and time. By the time we finished all physical and other medical examine, Petty Officer was "punished" us.

  " What the hell you guys doing? Do you think Navy was a high school? Put your hands down, and ready for Push Up positions! Do it do it now!"

  We were shocked again. I believed everyone was not expecting it. We did a lot of Push Up during that night. When we were tired, the Petty Officer would walk in front of your face, and yelled at you. That night was a nightmare. Some people were crying, and begging. Petty Officer just showed no mercy. 

  " All right guys. Remember, this is called IT. It was self punishment.  Night!"

  The room was really silent. Everyone just fatigued. I still heard some crying from corners. I did not know what to do. I just wanted to go home, and enjoyed the meal with my family. 

TO BE CONTINUED......

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Before Arrived To Boot Camp

  I forgot how many hours had been in flight already. I did remember when all recruit on board, we heard the announcement from the stuff. 

" We have some new sailors are going to boot camp. Thank you for your service, and we are proud of you."

  Everyone in the plan was turned around, and gave us a welcome smile. That was my first time to realize the honor to join the military. I still remembered the feeling in my heart. As a foreigner, I had never expected I would receive this honor in the United States.  During the flight, all stuff were really nice to us. I felt really happy, and had a good time in the air plane. Most people were sleeping because the flight took a long time before it arrived. I was sleeping all the time because I knew I won't have enough sleep after landed to Chicago, IL. Whenever I woke up, I kept my eyes on my watch, and hoped the time could be slowing down. To think about the past, think about why I was here, and what I should do in the future. My roomate was next to me. He was sleeping, and I could tell he had nothing to worry too much. Of course, we joined the Navy with different reasons. One is for family, another just for himself. 

  The plane had been arrived to Chicago eventually. The first impression in my mind, Chicago was really cold although I did not visit outside yet. 

  " How about we get something to eat before we muster?" One of the recruit said that. 

  Yes, the military gave us the food voucher to buy some food in case we feel hungry. We decided to choose the McDonald as the last meal before we mustered. That was my first time to realize the McDonald's burger was so tasty. During the dinner, we were discussing the Navy. That was the first time we discussed together, although I had a broken English and they had a hard time to understand it. 

  " I feel a little bit nervous, how about you?" One of the recruits asked me. 

  " Yes, I did. Just don't know what to do." I replied. 

  " Where are you come from? What is your name?" 

  I believed that was the most questions I got asked during the service because people was curiously my nationality more than anything else. When I told them I was come from China, and I was able to speak Chinese Cantonese and Mandarin. They were surprised and getting more interested in it. They were generally asking me how to speak and write some certain characters, and most jobs I did for them were translate their name into Chinese characters. 

  We were talking while heading to destination. I remembered that day was really cold, and the muster place was the second floor of the airport. ( I think that was the waiting area) We saw so many people were siting down in front of us and kept silent. 

  " Shut the hell up and be quiet!"

  We were shocked, and one of the Navy Petty Officers yelled at us.

  " From now on, you need to follow my instructions. Just do what I say, NOW!"

  We were siting down, and just followed whatever he said. I was looking at outside, and thought this moment would be changed my life. What should I do?

To Be Continuous.......

My words:

  Since I finished the military service already, sometimes I am still missing the day during the Navy. I choose to get out the Navy because I found out something really want to do. I won't say the Navy is too bad, but it was a really good experience for me as the new immigrant. At least my English is better than used to be. I never forgot the date I joined the Navy, and the date I was in Chicago, IL. 

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