How does Navy enlisting actually work?

Where do we go for Navy BMT? - Great Lakes, IL. It's a training command located roughly 1/2 way between Chicago and Milwaukee, right on Lake Michigan.

Do we take tests to enlist besides physical? - You take the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery). Although you do need a minimum score to enlist, it is mainly a test to see what job fields you qualify for.

After we pass everything do we go right to BMT? - No. They schedule it around what job field you select. After Boot Camp, you would be going to A School to learn what you need to know for the job field you select, and there are only so many seats for each class in A School. This is primarily what they use to schedule when you will leave for Boot Camp.

all recruits train at RTC Great Lakes in North Chicago

you also take the ASVAB, are drug tested and may be rewquired to take additional tests like to prove normal color vision.

takes on average right now about 9 months after signing yoru contract at MEPS top actually sahip out to RTC.