Navy Recruiting Command, Delayed Entry Program

Recruit Training > Daily Routine

		General Information

		Night of Arrival and P-days

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		Special Information for Male Recruits

		Special Information for Female Recruits

		Drug & Alcohol Abuse

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DAILY ROUTINE
Each 24-hour day has a set routine at recruit training. On weekdays, the schedule is based on ten 40-minute training periods daily. Classes involve academic instruction, training and administrative activities. Time scheduled for meals isn't counted as training periods. Variations in routine may occur depending on the daily routine. The following is a sample of the daily routine you will follow during your initial few days, which are called "processing days":
P-1 Day
Alpha Schedule
0300-0400 0340-0400 0400-0500 0500-0530 0530-0630 0630-0650 0650-0740 0740-0800 0800-0930 0930-0950 0950-1040 1040-1100 1100-1200 1200-1230 1230-1430 1430-1450 (1430) 1450-1650 1650-1750 1750-1810 1810-1955 1955-2000	Barracks Transit 1523 Transit Galley Transit Barracks Transit 1326 Transit Barracks Transit Galley Transit Chapel Transit 1007 Barracks Galley Transit Barracks Barracks	Reveille Blood Work/DNA Breakfast RDC Lecture NEX Run Wear, Care and Stow Noon Meal Human Values Special Physicals/Chest X-rays Stencil/RDC Time Evening Meal Recruit Hygiene/Evening Routine Tattoo/Evening Prayer/Taps
Duties and Competition
In every organization, whether at home with your family or aboard ship, someone has to do the house work. At RTC that work is called Service Week. Service Week includes food service duties in the enlisted dining facility, various administrative tasks, deck swabbing, facility maintenance (lawn care, snow removal, etc.), and other necessary jobs to ensure good living conditions for all hands. In Recruit Training, your division will compete for a series of weekly awards for athletic skills, scholastic achievement, military drill, personnel inspections and overall excellence. Flags are awarded to the winning divisions. These flags are carried in dress parades and reviews. The division "guide-on" (flag-bearer) carrying the division number may also carry athletic streamers for awards won in competitive swimming, tug-of-war, volleyball and various track-and-field events. Honor recruits receive special recognition certificates.

Pay Day
Everyone in the Navy is paid twice a month, by direct deposit to the financial institution of your choice. In order for this to occur you will need to take an already completed Direct Deposit Sign-Up Form, Standard Form 1198A to RTC. Most banks have copies of these forms. The financial institution will need to fill in section 3 of the 1198A prior to your departure for RTC. Ensure you take your check book and ATM card for your account to Recruit Training Command. In addition, recruits should be informed of their option to sign up with Navy Federal Credit Union or Armed Forces Bank upon reporting.