There was no privacy at any point and no free time. But that's not unlike life on a ship when you're out to sea. There's not much privacy on a ship. There's not a lot of room on those things. The environment is so different that I think anyone who has never been on a ship would be shocked at how we live on ships.
Space is a premium.
Even on an aircraft carrier big enough for 5,000 or 6,000 people you're still limited as to how much space each individual can get. So this environment, where they're put into a space where there are 94 individuals around them, is good preparation for shipboard life. If you can survive in the limited space that you have here then you'll probably be able to survive in the limited space that you'd have on a ship. The recruits are organized into divisions, and we typically man a division of 94 people. Each division has three recruit division commanders and they are all hand-picked and carefully screened to ensure that we get the best quality petty officers available.