About Ship 5

Ship 5 houses two groups of personnel:
    •  Departing Sailors who have graduated from Recruit Training Command and are awaiting orders to “A” school, also known as the Temporary Holding Unit (THU); and
    •  Recruits who have been removed from Recruit training for either medical or legal reasons, or failure to meet Navy standards. The majority of these personnel are awaiting their administrative discharge from the Navy.

Ship 5 is a modern, climate-controlled seven-year-old facility divided into compartments with a maximum per compartment capacity of 160 personnel.

All berthing compartments – both THU and Separations – contain a lounge area with couches or chairs, a television with DVD player, board games, and racks with books and magazines.

Bill...."Ship" represents the barracks that she is assigned to. When you get her address, it will be included. Communication is severly limited over the next 8 weeks. It is all part of the process of building a Sailor. Write to her as often as you can. She will write 1/week (usually on a Sunday) beginning around Week 3. She may get 1-2 phone calls as a reward for Divisional performance...but that is up to her RDC's. You can't communicate through Navy Dads!

and if you ever wonder exactly where all these buildings are in relation to each other: http://www.navydads.com/group/bootcamp/page/rtc-great-lakes-general...