0730 Formation ends. You've got 25 minutes before class, so if you didn't take time to eat before, now is it. Of course, you now have to fight through the hordes of other people just getting out of formation as well. Or, you can go relax and review your homework in the classroom.
0755 Class starts. Class is 50 minutes long with a 10 minute break every hour. At 0945, the break is 15 minutes.
1150 Time for lunch. Go read the Action Notice. Failure to do so is to risk becoming "Town Crier" and/or an Article 15 (nonjudicial punishment) if you've skipped it often enough.
If you're in the first two months of class, or if you're on "Special Assistance," class starts again at 1300. If not, you get an extra 40 minutes.
1340-1530 More class.
1530 Out of class, but not done for the day. Read the Action Notice on the way to your room. Change quickly into the proper PT uniform, and hustle to the proper venue.
1600 Do PT. On M-W-F, this is usually running of some sort, long runs, medium runs, sprints.
1700 Retreat. Face the music and salute. If you haven't been dismissed from PT yet, you'll do it as a formation.
1710 Go back to your room and shower. Put on clean PTs and go eat.
1900 Mandatory study time (called "Mando"). You can go to the library if you want, but otherwise, it's in your room with the door open, studying. If you haven't started class, you can study a "head-start" program, or you can iron your uniform and shine your boots for the next day.
2100 Mando ends. Iron your uniform, and start on your boots before you have to go to formation.
2145 Bedcheck formation. Answer your name with "Here, Drill Sergeant!" and go back to your room.
2200 Curfew. Be in your room. Finish ironing and polishing, and if you're behind in class or didn't finish your homework during Mando, do so now. Collapse into bed, because tomorrow is identical, except PT is at 0515 (pushups/situps) and soldierization training is after school.
A Day on phase 5A
See above. In addition, curfew is an hour later, no bed-check formation, and you can wear civilian clothes. If you want to go to the time and trouble, you can fill out passes to drink (if you're of age) and stay out all night. Approval is at the whim of the Drill Sergeants.
A Day on phase 5B
0600 Get up, or sleep in another half hour. It depends on how quick you can get ready.
0600-0715 Shower, dress, do hall chores, make bed smoothly with civilian linen, make sure room is presentable, go to chow hall and eat.
0730 Formation. Fall in, make sure the PG knows where everybody is (It is common for people to take formation passes or be in the schoolhouse in the morning) Accountability is taken, information given, awards handed out, promotions, etc. Uniforms are inspected roughly once a month, although if the platoon sergeant doesn't like the look of you at any time, you could end up with corrective training).
0735 Formation ends.
0755-1530 See above.
1530 Read the Action Notice, go back to your room, and go to PT (M-W-F only. Tues, stay in BDUs for 5+ training, anything from NBC to UCMJ to MOS training)
1700 Get released from PT, shower, change, eat, do whatever you want, as long as homework is in there somewhere.
There is no curfew, but if you are planning to drink (and are of legal age), you still need an alcohol pass, and plan. This is so the drill sergeants are aware of who is drinking and where and who they are going to be with. This is to prevent any possible craziness.
If you're doing well in school, you'll have plenty of free time. Essentially, any time after 1700 and before 0730 is yours. DLI supplies a lot of volunteers to the community. If you have the time and the willingness to help, do it. Your volunteer hours are tracked, and if you get a lot of them, you get a battalion coin, which you can show off at future boards. You can do things like Christmas in July, which helps poor and/or disabled kids shopping at the local mall. There's the Salmon and the Rock Cod Derbys, for the disabled veterans, and you can go fishing in the bay with them. We provide volunteers for at least 3 marathons a year, setting up the course, being directors at key points on the course, handing out water, etc. In the summer, there's events at Laguna Seca (racing, superbikes, cars, etc) just about every weekend. We also help out at certain golf tournaments each year, like the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Lots of celebrities at that one, so if you're lucky, you could get autographs. I know I'm forgetting lots and lots more.
