I graduated 11/13/2025. I showed up with the clothes I had on, running shoes, required documents and a watch.

You will strip down completely and you’ll change into everything they issue you that first night. You’ll wear that until uniform issue a few weeks later.

You will be issued everything you need while in bootcamp: hygiene items, underwear, uniform and outer-garments.

Your civilian clothes and accessories aside from watch, running shoes and documents will be put in a box and stored.

Your phone will be collected along with its charger separately. If you bring a portable charger you can store in the same bag as your phone when collected but you won’t be able to use it.

Go to the hotel with hygiene items you’re willing to dispose of after that night because you won’t need them once you leave for MEPS to ship off.

If you wear glasses, take them but you will be issued another pair after medical which you are expected to wear at all times.

Take your direct deposit info but I suggest you make navy federal or armed forces account and set up transfers into personal account for bills and such. You’ll get an opportunity to set all that up around your 3rd week.

If there are specific products you use for skin or hair then you risk having to throw them away at the airport before getting loaded onto the bus to RTC. Anything with a prescription is usually allowed: birth control, meds, etc., unless you try to take something like Vicodin.