They were given no information whatsoever and, in many cases, have no military experience or history as a baseline. There was no preparation offered. None. They were given no guidance as to what they were landing in. There was no precedent. The promo video is just that. It is not reflective of the meat and potatoes. There was no previous class that could mentor and lead this class. These kids have not walked a day yet in NROTC yet they are at bootcamp which was never depicted to be the landing point. I don’t think any past or present NROTC midshipmen would say their NSO was anything close to a 3 week legitimate bootcamp. The current and past midshipmen did not experience this program.
Right... not 3 weeks but the same thing for a week, only because 3 weeks is beyond the resources of the individual units. They got the guidance they needed to get there so they got what was required. Nothing additional was offered because nothing additional was needed. These kids get to stand up on their own right now. While everyone will be supportive no one is going to hold little Johnnies hand through this. You'll be amazed at the changes and growth you see at the other end because of the way this process is handled. They've been doing it for a hundred years now and know what works.
BTW, it will get better. It will not be this way all the time during orientation and definitely not when college classes start.