I had my David Soul hairdo when I went in. My ears popping for days because I was from Montana and the flight to San Diego was so quick.LOL, I watched the DI with Jack Webb the evening before I went to boot camp and got all gung ho. I went out in the back yard and had my brother shave my head so I wouldn't give them the satisfaction. Joke was on me--the barber took my chit and ran the clippers over my head to collect his pay anyway. The dumb shit we do when we are kids, eh?
I remember the tops of my ears burning and peeling for a month.
PT was a joke in Boot Camp. We ran a mile and it seemed that I was the only high school miler in my company.
They spent most of our time training for the graduation. Our graduation ceremony, and pass and review took about 2 hours. Lot's of bugle calls, parade rests and going to attention. It all had to be done in perfect unison. It was the only time I carried a weapon in the Navy.