The P Day Week

   “ The Chicago is really cold!”

  That was how I feel when we walked out to airport. I was attracting by Chicago’s street because that was my first time to travel outside the California. The street was cold, but the buildings with light were beautiful. It looked like a country boy has never been to downtown before.

  “What the hell are you doing? Hurry up and get into the bus! Follow the rest people!”

  I got yelled again, and I was pretty sure that Petty Officer was mad because I did not follow his instruction. Sooner or later, we all got into the bus. I was so sleepy due to the long travel.

  “Don’t try to sleep during the bus! Pay attention to the video and you will do the exactly same thing when you arrived to boot camp!”

  Well, I felt so extreme nervous when I saw the video. I forgot the most detail in the video because I was thinking what I should do. The Petty Officers finally shut up and be quiet a little bit. Finally, we arrived to boot camp. The location was in Great Lakes, IL. The P day was beginning eventually.

   “Hurry up! We are running out of time! Just do what I am exactly telling you to do!”

  The P day was not funny at all. The first thing we stood a line with different new recruits. We had to get the sea bag, clothes, shoes, and other general military gear. I could heard the Petty Officer was yelling all the time to tell recruit what to do. Of course, they looked so mean and you would be scared.

 Finally, I got yelled again because I did not understand the order. I got yelled so badly and I remembered my tears just around my eye’s corner. At the same time, some people were laughing because I had had English. I felt so shame, and really want to find somewhere to hide. During the P day process, one of the moments I felt embarrassed, that was changing all your clothes and put into the box to send it back to home. We had around 30 to 50 people in a room to face all military PT gear.

  “You have 3 minutes to change all your clothes! Don’t talk and stop looking everyone around you! Just do what I say, NOW!”

  Everybody just took off all clothes, and hurried up to wear the Navy PT clothes. That was my first time to change the clothes “in public”. Maybe the culture was different from America’s. I asked my friends later on in Navy, we all had the same feelings.

  I forgot how long we had been waiting before we got into the new division. I just remembered my sea bag was full and felt that was so heavy. I saw some female recruits could not handle their own sea bag and pass out; some people was felt asleep and got a bad lesson from other Petty Officer; some people started crying and thinking to go home. My heart was struggled, and did not know how to describe my own feelings at all. I felt nervous and scared since that was my first time to be out of state.

  Finally, we had our division. I forgot my first division number (because I went to other division later on). Luckily, Troy was the same division with me, and we were “roommate” again.

  “You guys are very lucky. It is usually you guys never get a sleep during the P-1 day. Now you have about 4 hours to sleep before we start the new training. Hurry up, lights off and sleep!”

 The Petty Officer turned off the daylight into red-light. I was the top wrack, and looking into ceiling and my sleepy eyes were getting closed eventually.

  “Can I make it?” 

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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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