Graham Family Reacts to What Army Recruits Go Through At Boot Camp

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Graham Family Reacts to What Army Recruits Go Through At Boot Camp
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[@karenjayne24]

My church buys MREs to hand out to those in need. Most do not have access to refridgerators or microwaves. It is a warm meal that they can eat when they want to.

[@halicarnassus8235]

That's wonderful

[@nikoknightpuppetproduction369]

that is a wonderful charity that your church is doing.

[@eurekasquared9853]

Awesome! ❤

[@LMmccallL57]

That's so cool. 👍🏽

[@31Mike]

When I was in the Army (late 80's to early 90's), I had friends in low places (dining facility soldiers) who would give me leftover items when we were in the field. One time, I got a couple of cases of MRE's, which came in handy when I couldn't get to the mess hall in time for chow. I could break out an MRE and still have something to eat... I loved the "Turkey, Diced with Gravy", but the dehydrated "Pork Patty" was toxic!

[@Bill-1370]

I went through Marine Corps Boot Camp in 1980 (44 years ago) at MCRD San Diago California. Back then the Drill Instructors could still put their hands on you(Hit, slap, punch, use bad language). Today they are not allowed to be so physical during training. If you would like to get a look at what we went through during Boot Camp, I suggest watching the movie "Full Metal Jacket"

[@jimthesnowboarder12]

In the Winter of 1969, I was sent on a top secret assignment in Southeast Vietnam. The objective: rescue Sgt. Four Leaf Tayback from a heavily guarded NVA Prison Camp. The mission was considered to be near-suicide.

[@FakTorThis]

@@jimthesnowboarder12 lmao shutup

[@emmef7970]

@@jimthesnowboarder12 From a military brat of a WWII veteran " Welcome home soldier". Glad you made it home unlike so many of your brother's in arms. Apologies that you didn't receive the respect upon your return you deserved especially considering most were drafted into service. Thank you for your service. And, I am still not a fan of Jane Fonda! lol.

[@jimthesnowboarder12]

@@emmef7970 thank you. it was tough

[@emmef7970]

@@jimthesnowboarder12 I would say "beyond" tough. Unimaginable, for someone to comprehend if they have never experienced it. Thank you again!

[@LarryRota-mh1gc]

Training doesn't end after boot camp your always training and learning

[@JPG023]

At 4:04, the video shows Staff Sgt. Michael Edgarton. SSgt Edgarton was my Sgt at Fort Campbell Kentucky. I remember he had disappeared for a few months and everyone said he went to Drill Sgt School. Before he left, he was more calm and approachable. One day during PT, he randomly was back with us. I remember joking around during PT as we did a Ruck Sack March when he was near by. And he gave me a stone cold look and told me to stop fucking around. I noticed how much he had changed when he came back from Drill Sgt School. Still a good guy though.

[@user-ty5di3ku6o]

After my time, but Ft. Campbell? One of the worst 😂. 20yo drug addicts trying to marry you, nothing to do but go to Clarksville and get in trouble 😂

[@DamienWillis]

I can see how proud Jono is of those kids, and he's got every right to be! You're both raising a couple of great ones...

[@denniskawa4412]

Osut is one mos, this is not everyone s job

[@wishwise0]

@@denniskawa4412 I think you may have responded to the wrong comment.

[@alonenjersey]

He should be. I wish more kids were like his here in the States.

[@emmef7970]

@@denniskawa4412 Army - OSUT (One Station Unit Training). As other's mentioned, it appears appears to be on the wrong comment. Just clarifying your reference for those not in the know. :)

[@scottstewart5784]

They break them down to lower their resistance to learning new ways - the more collective military ways rather than as individuals. Then they challenge them pretty hard to weed out those who won't make it on active duty, and to give them a challenge to collectively overcome, proving to them they can always do more than they think they can. And they know everybody they serve with went through a version of the same.

[@sirmoonslosthismind]

it really is designed to try to make everyone pass tho. my experience is that some women end up with medical discharges and some men give up but everyone else graduates.

[@scottstewart5784]

@@sirmoonslosthismind the goal is trained soldiers, so they do try and keep everybody that is capable. I worked as cadre for basic training at a service Academy, as a Junior, and our goal was to get everybody trained and through the process. We weren't actively trying to weed out folks.

[@brucew7062]

Keys to making it easily through boot camp…pay attention, be in good physical shape, follow orders quickly and accurately, accept that you will get yelled at and will fail at times (they will make sure you do), and work together with your fellow recruits.

[@mackey8813]

The mre has a crazy shelf life. Around 50 years. I worked at the missike silos and we had pallets of them underground in case war fell out.

[@sirmoonslosthismind]

"50 years". not all of them last as long as they're supposed to. lowest bidder and all that.

[@dilaudid69us]

50 years? No not quite that long. Try again.

[@LancerX916]

My dad was a Marine, they are on a whole other level with their training.

[@ragedmayhem1]

Not really 😂

[@ac1888]

My father served twenty eight years in the army and was a member of the 75 Ranger Regiment eleven of those years. I can assure you that Rangers can Run circles around any Marine.

[@Silky808]

Civilians cannot talk about any kind of military training of any branch, if you have never served in your life.

[@ac1888]

@@Silky808 Just because I am commenting as a civilian, doesn’t mean I never served. As a matter of fact I gave Uncle Sam seven years of my youth. 13k, 87-93, and yes that includes Deserts Shield/Storm. So yeah, as a civilian and a veteran, I can comment and I stand with my previous post about Rangers running circles around any Marine.

[@atomicwedgie8176]

@@ac1888 Comparing Rangers to regular Marines... nice try. smh Try comparing Rangers to Marine Raiders. ALL special forces, of each branch, are great, just different mission parameters.

[@shimmjaxxs1210]

i was in the United states Navy and i was in for 3 months in boot camp but you guys should watch the marine boot camp video

[@CDRhammond]

Good old RTC great lakes :) ya the USMC bootcamp is defiantly the hardest to get through for sure.

[@teeM4n96]

You spelled Great Mistakes wrong 😂 ​@@CDRhammond

[@CDRhammond]

@@teeM4n96 For some it can turn out to be their greatest mistake.

[@g.gordon8117]

A long time ago, in a place called Ft. Benning.1980 I went through basic, advanced infantry, Jump school (Paratrooper), path finder, Ranger school. Steel pots , (helmet) our hand to hand training was outside in sawdust pits. Then off to Ft. Bragg for 20yrs and SF. old and retired 18B now. Love y"alls reactions.

[@michaelmorris423]

Ft. Knox '92. Sawdust pits were for hand to hand, and since there was one close to our barracks, it was also often used for getting smoked. Especially after supper on the days that the mess hall served cheeseburgers and baked beans.

[@Fergusthecat0]

Lackland 80.....

[@theJuLYheat]

Fort Benning is not the only OSUT base. I did OSUT at Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri. We called it fort lost in the woods misery. I was a combat engineer and drove a bradley tank for my unit. Freakin fun times man. Big guns, big tanks & bigger bombs. Loved every second of it. I was injured before i could deploy. I'll never claim what i didnt achieve.

[@nursegryffindor8512]

Hey my brother was a combat engineer out of Ft Leonardwood as well!

[@theJuLYheat]

@nursegryffindor8512 What year did he train there? Also, thank him for his service.

[@nursegryffindor8512]

@@theJuLYheat thank you for your service as well. My brother was there 06-07 for basic and AIT. What about you?

[@theJuLYheat]

@@nursegryffindor8512 I was there in 08. From May to Sep.

[@kimikolee7313]

My grandfather (who we lovingly called “Grumpy” like the dwarf from Snow White) was a marine post WWII but pre Vietnam. We called him Grumpy because he was tough, but also loved us. If anybody fucked with the family, even if we kids screwed around too much, the Marine came out and NOBODY wanted that. He was very well respected and loved in the community, and to this day I get people who say “you’re one of Grumpy’s girls”. My grandparents were very well known, I miss them both every day. Cancer took them both a few years apart ❤ I feel like it’s also important to note that our first military men way back during the Revolution were trained by Prussians. Friedrich von Stueben was a Prussian military officer and helped George Washington train his troops one winter. Through years, the American military cultivated and developed Prussian technique, making it our own. So, thanks former nation of Prussia, for your military training 💛

[@johnspartan5515]

101st airborne and 1st infantry division member checking in. Basic training is just that, basic fundamentals. Then you go on to A.I.T. (advanced individual training) that teaches you your M.O.S. (military occupation specialty) the job you signed up for, then assigned to a unit. The training NEVER stops! You train until you separate from the military.👍

[@jasonrichards5854]

Hey John, HOOAAHHHH, Big Red One here as well, HHC 3BDE "iron Knights" Vilseck Germany

[@jgo413]

i love when people say they would swing on the drills, you more likely than not would not do that. there is like a 0.0001% of soldiers that actually do that. the ones that do end up regretting it.

[@michlo3393]

A guy I was in basic did in fact swing on our Senior Drill Sgt. He learned a real quick lesson in combatives lol. The cool part was, the DS in question handled it like a pro, didn't article 15 the guy, and kept the incident in house. I was lucky to have a GREAT cadre, they were tough motherfuckers but gave a shit about us. The soldier in question ended up being a decent guy, just lost his cool for a hot second. He ended up wounded in Afghanistan, but otherwise okay. I went to Iraq with the other half of our OSUT class. Ft Knox 2008.

[@jbs454]

My son is a Indiana state trooper and the training is very tough they teach you hand to hand combat, firearms, they choke till you black out and when you wake up you continue fighting, driving skills training they teach you to fight in a car and lot book work on law enforcement his training was 6 months long but he loves his job he is on their dive team doing body recovery also. I worry about him every day in today’s climate. Oh and your tased and pepper sprayed too

[@foltzenlogel]

After the basic training is over the soldiers will advance on to AIT (Advanced Individual Training) where they will train in their MOS (Military Occupational Specialty).

[@MelNel5]

You should show Kat, and the kids the training for marines. I think they’d like that. Great reaction!!

[@shuckaby2564]

MRE's ranger pudding: put coffee creamer in coco packet (you can add the instant coffee packet and/or sugar) add just a touch of water and stir till it mixed up and thick. too much water ruins it. MRE's are good and a lot of trading goes on for favored items (trading apple sauce for cake for example). if someone is over weight or out of shape, then they get special attention. when we ran in formation and someone fell out and couldn't keep up, we would have to turn around go back and pick them up and continue the run (2 miles sometimes more). nobody gets left behind. you are made to push yourself beyond what you thought you were capable of. biggest motivation was that you didn't want to get yelled at by the Drill Sergeant.

[@danmiller7667]

I started basic training in August of 1969 at Fort Polk Louisiana. There was a place on base called Tiger land, which was a simulated Viet Nam village for infantry training, because it was hellishly hot and humid in the summer like Nam. Training was much more violent in those days. As bill_1370 says, "they could still put their hands on you (Hit, slap, punch, use bad language). Except for the fact that I was in the Army rather than the Marines, my basic training experience was almost identical to the movie "Full Metal Jacket" , including recruits committing suicide. Coincidentally, my first week of basic training was the same week that Woodstock happened.

[@Stepperg1]

My husband ate C rations from WWII in Vietnam! Can you imagine? It wasn't all the time but food has come a long way since then. He used to call the bread and crackers "weevil bread" because it has real bugs in it. Protein is protein, I guess! Out in the jungle there wasn't a lot of cooking going on so a 20 year old can of something was better than nothing....or not. His favorite was beanie weenie. That man! If he ended up with Lima beans it was going right in the trash.

[@Dumaski]

I thank you for your husband's sevice.

[@unklebacon44]

I believe that the one for the Marines is the most brutal, ought to find that for them.

[@brucew7062]

Sadly the videos showing Marine Corps boot camp (basic training) are tamped down from how they really train us when the cameras are not around. Tough, but it needs to be that way. I appreciated every bit of effort the drill instructors put into training us.

[@jojodelivery5916]

i'm in the Army, my basic in 2018 at Jackson was more intense than this but there's no cameras. I can agree the Marine Corps bootcamp looks the most intense tho

[@georgerutledge9581]

The graduates are going to their base assignments. Some assignments are in the United States of America (US/ USA), some assignments are overseas (Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Puerto Rico, etc.). These moves are called Permanant Change of Station (PCS). If the assignment inside the USA, this is known as Continental United States (CONUS). If the military assignment is outside the USA, it's known as Outside Continental United States= Overseas (OCONUS).

[@CDRhammond]

They have to go to the schools for each of their MOS's first. After that they will go to their first command.

[@n3v3rforgott3n9]

So BCT trains the very basics of being a soldier while AIT trains the very basics of your job in the army. The soldier would then get even more constant training after they get to their unit depending on job.

[@loriblair4913]

I love watching your family react to American things. You have a beautiful family. I am from a huge military family and have family members that have fought in every war going back to the Revolutionary War. There are many family members that went through their basic training there at Ft. Benning.

[@thomascameron7004]

I had my basic training at Fort Dix,New Jersey and became an expert in grenade throwing.Learned to fire the M-16 rifle and a 30 caliber machine gun and a portable anti-tank weapon.I qualified with my M-16 rifle as a marksmen.

[@johnwilson8895]

MRE actually means: Meals Refusing to Exit. This is because they are very dehydrated and if you don't drink plenty of water when eating them, you will back up.

[@garygemmell3488]

Even with the updated rules in boot camp involving physical contact and verbal abuse, the 10 week basic course in the Army is second to that of the U.S. Marines. The last 54 hours of Marine boot camp are called "The Crucible". 54 hours of no sleep and constant challenges that force each recruit to think as an individual and as part of a team at the end of a 12 week course, the longest among our services. You can perform brilliantly during boot camp, but if you fail during The Crucible, you will never be called a Marine. Those who survive The Crucible are awarded the Globe and Anchor and are address as a Marine for the first time. Before that they are addressed as "recruit". I am the son of a Marine, the nephew of two other Marines, the uncle to a Marine, and the cousin of a Marine. And proud of every one of them. Basic training length: U.S. Marines, 12 weeks U. S. Army, 10 weeks U.S. Navy, 8 weeks U.S. Air Force, 8.5 weeks U.S. Coast Guard, 8 weeks The course they are talking about here is after basic training is completed and every recruit from every branch attends a training course after basic training to train them in their assigned job. The length of that training depends on the job. I looked into joining the Navy as a nuclear reactor technician after high school and that training was a 6 month course followed by actual training on live nuclear reactors. From basic training to being certified to run a nuclear reactor aboard a ship or submarine was a 2 year process.

[@nateclark2731]

I did my basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri fresh out of high school. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, however I have nothing but fond memories.

[@xv6701]

Most people don’t realize that MREs are basically Chef Boyardee in bag form. They aren’t as bad as people make them out but they obviously aren’t the best long term. Some are downright tasty if you can mix and match well. They’re made to pack calories into a slim form factor and they do it well. There are better rations out there but these are logistically very easy to produce, move, and distribute.

[@adamromero1072]

They are not yelling at them they are speaking in a voice so everyone hears 🤣

[@theJuLYheat]

The cheese tortellini MRE is bangin dude. It's got the hooah bar and cappuccino and whatnot. MREs were the only time in basic that we were allowed to eat candy without getting in trouble.

[@user-sp9ms3iy6m]

I can tell you one thing, watching the videos of how basic training is now, it is a lot more laxed than when I went through Ft. Benning, now known as Ft. Moore. When I went through back in '94, it was a lot more stressful. Once we finished with the in processing at the 30th AG, we went down range to our actual training battalion. Once we got of the cattle truck, yes it was like what you would see hauling cattle, we were met with the shark attack. That is when all the Drill Sergeants would come out of no where and start yelling, screaming and cussing at you from all angles. It was constant from day one of getting yelled at. I was with the 2/58th training battalion 4th Platoon. That Battalion was known as the house of pain, and it stood to it's name.

[@Beans-1111]

When my father was the in 1969 the training was so much harder. He said no matter how much you train, nothing can prepare you for war. During thee Vietnam War he was an engineer and was sent in before other marines to clear the mine fields using only their trench knife. He was sent to a place in the jungle called The Iron Triangle where they were low on food and ammo they had to fight hand to hand combat. He was in a horrible battle for 5 days with no sleep and no backup. He said he had to kill 3 Viet Cong with just his trench knife because he ran out of ammo.

[@Armyaunt73]

My nephew joined the Army at 17yrs. He's now been in for 11yrs & has been deployed 7x. This is just basic, depending on what job within the Army is there is so much more training that is always on going.

[@sebastianshades4]

OSUT is for infantrists. US Army Basic training is 9 weeks before they go off to their AIT to learn their jobs, whereas recruits training for infantry stay there as part of One Stop.

[@bruss529]

I think alot of the combat arms MOS's do OSUT. I know tankers and cav scouts (19 series) used to at Knox.

[@jonh7480]

It actually stands for (OSUT) One Station Unit Training. It's for for more than just "infantry". Please read up or educate yourself. I'm still in the Army (19+ years) and I know this...

[@regulator18E]

​@@jonh7480 🤓

[@28dirtj]

More than just one MOS. its all 19 series and 11 series mos' going there for One Station Unit Training for at least 22 weeks. Everyone does basic training, which is an automatic 9 weeks. The mos determines weather you're doing Advanved Individual Training or OSUT. Anything non combat will have AIT. Which can be an up to a year of extra training depending on mos. Such as Military Police or K9 Handlers. They have AIT for 52 weeks

[@SeanP7195]

I did US Army basic and AIT in Fort Benning Georgia in 1992. After completion I was sent to the 10th Mountain Division. I will never forget my first day. For morning PT they stated we would do a “ruck run”. We had never heard of this and they told us they typically do it once or twice a week for PT. You go down to formation in full combat gear, your weapon and a ruck sack filled with whatever the “packing list” was. Thinking since we had just finished boot camp we were more than capable of anything. Guess who was wrong? So, the idea is simple. You run 3 miles down this long road going down, and then run it back again going uphill. The faster you do it, the better chance you’ll get a good spot in line for breakfast (before food ran out and you were left with little). The guys who had already been there for a year or more were basically running backwards and having pleasant conversations with each other. Us new guys were on the verge of death lol. It was also below zero degrees as well. It was at that moment, the very first time I realized. I joined the Infantry, not the Boy Scouts. Several new guys “fell out” and had to be helped. They even started sharing their gear to make it easier and were motivating them by saying. “Come on man, they’ll be out of omelets”. LMAO. God the infantry sucked. Some of the older guys were even smoking during it and one was even reading (I swear).

[@BushmasterBrackett]

As an infantryman once you graduate from OSUT 22wk training. You go to your unit where you will remain and live. Your daily job as infantry is to train to close with and destroy the enemy. Basically this type training from OSUT for us never stops.

[@kyungsoosings2362]

It's a great idea to try out the MRE's....I have bought a couple cases from our local/public Army surplus store which sells everything possible that is used in the service that is allowed to be sold to civilians and service people alike..... My husband and I were fortunate enough to grab a few cases of MRE's as a means of survival food as a massive hurricane was approaching our Hawaiian islands. Being in the middle of the ocean relying on shipping containers to supply us with everything possible gets to be a stark reminder of our remote location, where a natural disaster can cripple all possible sources of food, water, batteries, essentials, and housing materials, medical assistance and policing any aftermath...Remote areas on any island also have the help of The National Guard and U.S. Army. We found many great meals in our MRE's. So hopefully you guys have some of the better meals that were available to us....my favorite: ham and scalloped potatoes, grape juice, squeeze cheese and crackers, peanut butter, chocolate chip cookie, freeze dried fruit cocktail, coffee and cocoa, toaster pastry. My husband's favorite: Chili Con Carne with beef or Lasagna with meat sauce. 😊

[@armymikeoif]

When you use the heater in the mre do not do it inside your house but outside

[@daniellehuston7959]

Hello Graham family!! It's so great to see all of you together, again!! Ms D : )

[@user-ty5di3ku6o]

They told us to flap our arms, and one drill said, "Fly, fly my little seagulls!" 😂

[@Cali_Livin_916]

I definitely came out a different person. These guys got it a lot easier than we did back in the 80's.

[@Shattereddemon300]

I am in the United States Air Force auxiliary, known as civil air patrol, or CAP, people at the age of 12 and over can join, we are not a form of military power, but we’re are in the air force just not swarn in.

[@user-vh8xd3nz7w]

I was a new recruit for the USAF when they came out with the first MRE. They'll give you calories but they were awful and no way to heat them. Apparently they didn't want us to use open flame around nuclear weapons lol. Over the years they've gotten much better and come with water reactive heaters that heat your meal to boiling rapidly. Fun fact... Throw the heater with a little water into a sealed plastic water bottle and in a short while you will have an explosion that is guaranteed to scare the hell out of everyone without any serious damage

[@user-vh8xd3nz7w]

Word of warning though... Heaters in MRE produce hydrogen gas so don't try that trick around fire or spark

[@erichallada910]

Sorry ahead of time for the short story I wrote here. I served in the Army and my MOS was 11 Bravo or Army Infantry. I went for basic training to Fort Benning back in 2001. Back then all infantry was trained at Fort Benning we didn't have armor there, people getting trained to work in tanks went to Fort Knox. Our Drill Sergeants back in 2001 were a lot more loud and mean, and we didn't have any female Drill Sergeants, I never even saw a female Drill Sergeant on the base. Back in 2001 infantry was an all male job, no women were allowed to be infantrymen. Our basic training was 13 weeks long and it was also OSUT where they combine the 8 weeks of basic and 5 weeks of AIT (Advanced Individual Training) together. When I joined people it was common for people to go to basic at one base and then go to another base for their AIT. To answer Kat, when I got done with basic training ones training is not over, we train a lot more when we get to our first base and to our units. Basic training just teaches ones the basics and transforms civilians to soldiers. In my basic training class we had a few people sneak in cigarettes this one time and of course the drill sergeants found it. The drill sergeants made the whole company do push ups while we watched the 3 people with the cigarettes eat them filters and all. After that we had a few more guys think they could sneak a few cans of dip (smokeless tobacco) into the barracks. They were wrong, we got to see them eat the dip and then throw up afterwards. To answer Kat everyone had to have a certain physical fitness level. We had to do PT (Physical Training) tests throughout basic training, and you have a final PT test that one has to pass to get done with basic training. I know the PT test is different now a days in the Army and I don't even think they call it a PT test. Back in 2001 the PT test consisted of a 2 mile run, push ups and sit ups. There was a minimum everyone had to meet, I can't remember what time you had to meet for the 2 mile run, but I am fairly certain it was 42 push ups in 2 minutes, and 50 sit ups in two minutes. I don't want to make this too long so I will quit before I get typers cramp. On a side note if your sick with a stuffed up nose, go in a CS gs chamber. It will clean out your sinuses so you can breathe again 😁😆🤣

[@eurekasquared9853]

Ty for your service!

[@johnwarner6909]

Layah could handle being a Police officer! I took Basic training/ AIT at Ft. Benning.

[@helensarkisian7491]

If you can, watch “COPS”. Real police action. I’m always amazed with the excuses the suspects make up. I’m also amazed that an officer won’t accept an explanation that sounds perfectly reasonable to me. It usually turns out that I’m wrong. Police work isn’t just being an officer. One can be on the forensic team, dispatching, or the dreaded paperwork. One of my brothers is a forensic photographer. He loves photography. He sees some awful things, but he knows he’s helping to get bad people off the streets. That’s what drives him to get the best photos he can. His photos tell the story of what happened.

[@dilaudid69us]

The difference between the beginning and the 11th week Soldiers is that they have "Graduated" from the Basic Training portion of OSUT and while they are still in training it's a little bit more "relaxed". They will still get dragged through the mud if they "step on their cranks" but it's a bit easier "mentally" for them.

[@christopherwanamaker828]

I'm a 13 year Army Veteran, I was a Quartermaster Supply Sergeant for 9/13 years, and I conducted 3 different deployments during my time as a Supply Sergeant. I did a year in Baghdad Iraq with a Field Artillery Battery in 2009-2010, a year in Central and Eastern Afghanistan with a Aviation Maintenance Unit that worked on Blackhawk Helicopters, and 3 months conducting a Humanitarian aid mission to Liberia Africa helping with the Ebola outbreak at the end of 2014 to the beginning of 2015. I'm going to give you a better Basic Training breakdown for you all. When you first signup at a recruiting office they conduct a background check, you might conduct a pre-APFT test to measure your physical fitness, you'll take the ASVAB test that covers several category areas to test your overall basic knowledge and education level and what score you get on the ASVAB test will determine out of 150 different MOS career paths you'll be able to enlist for. After that, as long as you didn't fail horribly on anything, you then report to a nearby MEPS station, usually around airports for a thorough medical evaluation. If you pass everything, you'll be given your option choices of jobs and possible future duty stations if you pass all your training. Then you'll get your Basic Training start date. Where Basic Training and AIT (Advanced Individual Training Military Schooling) will be located and how long they are will depend on what MOS job did you choose. You just watched the video on Infantry Soldiers being trained at Fort Benning GA. When I signed up I got a 109 on my ASVAB test, which was 3 points away from the cutoff to be able to choose from any of the 150 different MOS jobs. They first tried to sign me up for laundry and I was like hell no give me a job with a little more dignity and respect so they said okay how about Quartermaster Supply? Which turned out to be the second oldest job in the U.S. Army, Infantry is only one day older then Quartermaster, so its pretty dang important. I went to Fort Jackson SC in Summer 2003 and graduated on my 18th Birthday! Basic Training for me was a total of 10 weeks. One week of in-processing, receiving of uniforms, basic training portrait pictures, shots, understanding basic military etiquette, etc. Then the real basic training fun began. Three weeks of Red Phase which is more about being yelled at, screamed at, being smoked, and being broken of all our mental, emotional, psychological immaturities, pushing us to our limits to include our physical limits. So they break us of our stupidity, selfishness, fears, cowardice, being undisciplined, and just overall immature. Wherever our parents went wrong with us, the government takes over as our parents and breaks us of all piss poor bad habits and weaknesses. At this point we are not allowed to think or decide anything for ourselves, the government and Drill Sergeants think for us and tell us how to do nearly everything. Then after hell Red Phase comes three weeks of White Phase, which mainly has to deal with marksmen shooting ranges and this is where the Drill Sergeants begin to lighten up mainly for the reason on not wanting soldiers with firearms to snap on them while under intense pressure and turn their firearms on the Drill Sergeants or other fellow comrade soldiers. Then after White Phase comes three weeks of Blue Phase which has a couple of different parts to it, they take everything you've learned over the past seven weeks and implement and test you both as an individual and can you work in a team effectively. You'll do different challenging obstacle courses like Victory Tower, you'll hike out several miles sometimes longer with full gear to something called Victory Forge where you'll conduct a 72 hour out in the field military camping, digging foxholes, conducting patrols, missions, night fire range exercises, maybe even a game of capture the guidon flag from other nearby platoons. Then pack it all up and ruck march hike several more miles to a bus stop, get back to your basic training barracks, clean all your gear, then get some rest. One of the final things in basic training will be to take your APFT Fitness test and pass. Back when I was in the APFT fitness test only consisted of 2 minute push-ups, 2 minute site-ups, and a timed 2 mile run. Now the new ACFT fitness test since 2 years ago covers 6 different categories two of them are still the 2 minute push-ups and 2 mile run, but the other 4 categories are new that started in April 2022. If you pass everything you graduate Basic Training. Then you get on a bus and most move onto AIT (Military Schooling) which is somewhat similar to Basic Training but its more of a school like college environment with some restrictions at the beginning and more privileges the further along you progress and how long your AIT lasts is completely determined by your MOS job you signed up for. Quartermaster Schooling was another 9-10 weeks for me. But some MOS's can take up to an entire 6-12 months. After you graduate AIT schooling you get sent to your first assigned duty station and that can change from what you signed up for because now the government owns your butt and you go where the Army tells you to go. Because so many Americans are obese they've recently started a Army Fat Camp Program for those who still want to volunteer but they have to go through the Fat Camp Program until they get down to Army Regulation Body Fat Standards. At the end of each cycle if they didn't make it the Soldiers can choose to either quit and go home or be recycled through another round of Fat Camp and this can happen several times before the government says enough is enough. Once you pass Fat Camp they'll proceed to in-processing of Basic Training and continue on. Just so your aware there are currently 24 different flavored MRE's, the Pizza one is fairly new, they've been trying to get that one right for 50ish years and I haven't even tried it yet. The only MRE that is horrible is the Veggie Omelet because no Omelet is good if its not fresh, but all the others are pretty good and all the little goodies inside of MRE's are like a form of currency while in training with other Soldiers. I hope this gives you all a better understanding breakdown of Army Military Basic and AIT Training!

[@nursegryffindor8512]

I had emergency abdominal surgery 2 days before my brother graduated Basic Training. I still went 5 hours each way just to make sure I didn’t miss seeing my brother

[@ashleyk9370]

Let me break it down a bit, it's now Ft. Moore. Many bases were renamed because the bases were mostly named a confederate generals Ft. Benning was renamed because of General Hal Moore who was the father of 227 Aviation Regiment, the exact unit of 1st Air Cav Div of which I indirectly was a part of twice in my 8 years in the US Army as a Blackhawk crewmember and crew chief. Same as Ft. Hood for a good number of my 8yrs in the US Army. In fact 1st Air Cav Div was my unit during the Iraq War during 2006-2007. Now their under Ft. Cavazos in TX. Their deployment is now Europe as we speak. So this video is specific to Ft. Moore as it's Home of the infantry. They train and learn their most after basic making it OSUT or One Station Unit Training

[@31Mike]

In the Army, we didn't call it 'Boot Camp', that's the Marines. We called it 'Basic Training' or 'Basic Combat Training' or just 'Basic' for short.

[@Dumbledope1367]

You guys should react to us marine bootcamp!

[@TonyJamison-si2ve]

Their training never stops.

[@N0LSD]

A bit of explanation: what you're seeing in this video is a combination of Army Basic Training and the Advanced Individual Training (AIT) for Infantry and Armor soldiers. The AIT for other military occupational specialties is typically not held at the same facility as Basic Training; but follows immediately after graduation from Basic Training, with no break. Other military occupational specialties AIT length of training varies widely, from a few weeks to many months. Re: Hair Cuts -- I guarantee that the guy they feature in this movie that's been cutting new recruits' hair since the 1960's is the exact same guy that gave me my first military haircut when I went through Basic Training at Fort Benning in 2000. He makes quick work of it. Re: the 'Shark Attack' -- Reception Battalion -- where you get your immunizations, do paperwork, receive your basic issue of uniforms and do an initial physical fitness test -- is a whole lot of hurry up and wait. It's a pretty chill environment. The Shark Attack is sort of a wake-up call that says, "Now the training begins." It doesn't last long, but seems to go on endlessly because one goes from nearly falling asleep on the bus ride to this very high stress environment that is physically taxing. Mostly, you're just wondering what on earth you could have done to make all these guys with funny hats giving conflicting directions mad at you, and equally as curious about how you might make it stop -- because holding that bag over your head for no good reason isn't terribly pleasant.

[@TedC5203]

You know going in what to expect. You can't take the hollering personally. It's not personal. It's just to make things chaotic, so they know you can handle pressure later on.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

Back in 1986 I went through Ft. Benning Infantry Basic Training, Infantry, and Airborne School. Back then it was one week for processing then 8 weeks of Basic Training, 2 days for rest and refit, then 5 weeks of Infantry School. Once Infantry School was done you graduate and go to your Army wide assignment all over the world. For me it was Airborne School to qualify to be a Parachutist for 3 weeks and 5 jumps from an airplane both day and night. Once I graduated I ended up to Army world wide assignment because the Army tends to train more soldiers to become parachute qualified. Two years later I went to an Airborne Infantry Battalion to be a Paratrooper. My adventure went on for 23 years with combat in Panama and Iraq. Those long years were short when I looked bat at what I went through.

[@jourdanashley2245]

Basic training in the Army is actually only 13 weeks, depending on the job. What they are describing here is combined basic and on the job training. People who join for medical corps and what no do not go through this. I was in the army as a Medical laboratory technician. From basic to active duty, it was 13 weeks basic training and 52 weeks from job training. Just wanted to put it out there that what this video is describing is infantry training. Your training experience is based on the career path you choose in the Army.

[@melissaeckel6311]

Once they finish boot camp, the go to where they are going to serve. Once there they get specialist training.

[@rharper768]

As a vietnam infantry vet, basic and ait taught the basics. the finishing school was at the unit you were assigned to.

[@pugowner1347]

This is just Basic Training. You have to get through this before you're considered a soldier and move on to the technical aspect of your training. Or, what you will do as a "job". Whether it's in aviation, medical, combat, special forces...etc.

[@Neeneros]

Basic training breaks you down as individuals and builds you back up as a team...that's the point.

[@rafehr1378]

Yo. Joined in 1970. Navy, Seabees for Vietnam. In BootCamp San Deigo. My regular job in Advance BC was SP helper. SP Chief BM told us to get Irons & Chains loaded up one day. We went next door to the Marine BC to pick up some Navy BC deserters. 2 guys and boy did they cry, sobbing. Marines said they were keeping them. I ended up in, NMCB 10. We were banned from the Clubs at Camp Pendleton. That doesn't include the minor Gunfight there either.

[@scoobysnacks]

This is "Basic" Training. If they get through this then they do additional training in particular disciplines or they are assigned to infantry and stationed at bases around the world.

[@davidhardy5656]

Happy Easter Graham Family ❤️. Keep The Video's Coming.

[@kevgmor]

You both are doing a wonderful job as parents :)

[@thumper7047]

Depends on what your specific Job will be. I was Navy, but I am sure the Army is similar. If you are going to be a radio operator, they send you to a school to learn how to operate the radio, teach you codes, etc. To drive a tank or work on repairing tanks helicopters, etc. These people are "Basically" trained. They will get more advanced training at the next level, but it is more like a professional school, no more drill sergeants yelling at you, etc. It all starts in High School when you volunteer to take the ASVAB test which is like an SAT but more specific to military needs. I took mine, scored very well and was offered working on a Nuclear Sub. But then found out I was claustrophobic, so I ended up working on airplanes on Aircraft Carriers (USS Midway, Uss Kitty Hawk, VF-32, FWATD)

[@peterkozak9212]

I went through Army Basic Training, Officer Candidate School, Airborne Training ( jumping out of airplanes), and Military Police Training what amounted to about 10 months of training before I went to my first duty station where I served as a 2nd Lieutenant, Platoon Leader in a Military Police Company. I was a young female fresh out of college and had grown up as the child of a military officer and wanted to serve my country. I served for five years with one year overseas in South Korea. It was one of the best experiences of my life!

[@wolfdesikan1766]

That's way more than ten months worth of training LT.

[@rudebadger12]

Basic can be from 9 to 22 weeks depending on your job. After basic you start AIT (advance individual training). More have a 12 year life span.

[@saltyvetsimracing]

You have basic training and then ait. Advanced individual training. That's where you learn the skills of your MOS or job. I loved basic and ait. It turned me from a 17 yo boy into a man in 22 weeks.

[@user-gb1iu5nr2y]

I believe one of the reasons they do it this way is because if you can’t control your emotions (fear, anger, etc.) in a relatively safe environment and think through them, how are you going to do so when your being shot at and bombs are going off? It’s to help them deal better in chaotic situations.

[@eurekasquared9853]

True

[@TheCAB207]

Will always serve and protect this world. Great kids and great parents

[@philbrennan6057]

Even after basic training in job training AIT you never really stopped training if you want to be a good soldier and go to your job it also looks good to your superiors that you're training and picking up and learning new skills and bettering yourself

[@lnytita6763]

Aloha! Tip for the youngsters: learn to speak loud "from your diaphragm"... think "shake the walls", not "break the glass" (eye-twitching high-pitched shriek). 😄 I'm a 5-foot-nothing female who joined the service at 35-1/2 years old, the same age as my recruiter and senior Drill Sergeant (DS). Being able to sound like a DS was a cool skill to have and very effective with unruly fellow recruits who mistook me as a tiny-quiet little girl... it even entertained the DS's (and later, the other SGT's) because they didn't believe that sound was coming out of little-ole me 😆. If you're mentally prepared, it's mentally easy. My dad was actually a DS, and his basic training tip to me was to remember that DS's are just stand-up comedians dressed in green (my Dad is a funny guy at home, too, albeit strict when necessary). Let me tell you, the hardest part about Basic Training was NOT laughing... I would save it until I was facing away after the (funniest) DS would say, "GET AWAY FROM ME!!" cuz he secretly wanted to laugh, too. ~Good Times~ LOL. I also shook the hands of all my DS's at the end of training and said, "Thank You for all you do." After all, I saw the sacrifices my Dad made to be a DS, and I know how much care and knowledge he strived to give to his recruits, and he told me that DS's never get thanked. That one's for you, Dad 😄

[@OkiePeg411]

My son enlisted in the Marines out of high school. The Marines is by far the toughest basic training. Not only for the marine, but us parents as well. As a parent of a Marine recuit, you will have NO contact with your kid except a handful of letters. They will have an opportunity to use a phone one time to make a scripted phone call to only say they arrived at boot camp safely. I missed my son's call because I was at work. I worked at a mental health clinic, and during sessions, of course, i had to turn off my cell. After the session, i looked at my phone, and there was a voicemail.... my son's phone call!!! It was nice that i had the voicemail, but I was very sad that my son didn't get to hear my voice. We couldn't have had a conversation anyway. I didn't get to talk to him or see him for 3 months. I was very lucky to be able to afford to go to his graduation and bring him home for his 2 weeks leave before returning to San Diego. You need to watch a video on the last week of marine boot camp. It's called "The Crucible." Im still amazed my 120# son made it through that!!!

[@dwightengle8802]

I went through Basic training at Ft. KNOX. I didn't have a Drill Instructor. I had a Short timer Staff Sgt. The last weekend before Graduation we partied. He bought all the booze.

[@mysteryelysian]

I live in Georgia and I live about 20 minutes away from FT BENNING which was renamed FT MOORE. Been to this base numerous times,even worked two summers (a very long time ago 😄) there while i was still in High School.

[@patriciawilliams1416]

My son was at Ft. Benning becoming a part of the 101st Air borne. Screaming Eagles

[@christopherbolinger6863]

The breakdown is a complete tear down is rough but once down , when you get to training its not that bad . You have to pass a physical exam 70 push ups sit-ups running a mile .

[@BrLoc]

In America all of the different branches will train them to be Military Police if they want to go that route.

[@larrycraker3935]

The first day at Ft Benning Georgia was hell I was there in 1983 before I got out I visited many countries I became a Sargent in 1987 it was an amazing and scary life changing moment in my life

[@katherinedinwiddie4526]

They leave there then go to AIT for MOS training. It is an experience you will remember forever.

[@shadowangel3995]

Fort Benning start allowing females in the basic training program between 2016 and 2017. The first female NCOs in 2016 and the first trainees arrived in 2017. Before that Benning was an all male training facility. They did have female personnel that were assigned as part of base personnel but the basic training area was strictly male, even after other basic training facilities allowed mixed units. Benning has been the home of the Infantry and Airborne Division training facility for much of its history. Basic Training traditionally lasts between 8 to 10 weeks. This video mostly concentrated on the infantry MOS. Infantry and Airborne MOS recruits spend their entire training time on the base because it’s all at the same training facility so the training schedule is combined. The “soft” MOS recruits only do the 8 to 10 week training program and then they go to their next training station for AIT, advance individual training, which is where they learn about their specific MOS. The weapons training was one of my favorite parts of training. You qualify on the M-16A4 or the M-4 carbine. It’s the standard issue rifle of every foot soldier in the IS military. The rest of the weapons systems you get an introduction to them, including qualifying with live hand grenades. It’s a unique and amazing experience.

[@XxAverageJoexX]

Boot camp was so much fun after the first phase (red phase). Where all the yelling and adjusting to physical exercise subsides.

[@SeanP7195]

That’s a good point. Basic was miserable for the first few weeks. I remember once I got caught up in the running part and adjusted sleep, it wasn’t so terrible. Loss of freedom sucked though. To be honest, if you’re in good shape it won’t be bad. Also, damn we ate good in basic. We got scraps to eat in our unit but basic they have ample food.

[@XxAverageJoexX]

@@SeanP7195 yeah we got our phones for 1 hour on Sunday (most of the time). I was on remedial PT so I was a really good runner by the end of basic, then I messed my knee up on an obstacle course. It hasn’t been the same since. Still though, good times! Afghanistan was fun as well, lol.

[@user-qo9tz8pq3d]

I was stationed at Ft Benning and based on what I've seen and heard in this video, things have changed, dramatically.

[@smith2002100]

As an young man who was raised under an army family it’s was rough at times but at the end was good very tough

[@bloop1264]

11:27 that was actually my basic training company I know all of those dudes in that part of the video that’s alpha 3-47 3rd platoon I was in first platoon if they panned the camera to the left youd actually see me standing there looking like an idiot 😂😂 also good luck becoming a police officer one day I hope you make it and I hope you stay safe when you finally do

[@eurekasquared9853]

Thank you for your service!

[@bloop1264]

@@eurekasquared9853 thank you I really appreciate that :)

[@Cookie-K]

I think most moms turn into "Drill Sergeants" ...we have to sometimes in order for us to be heard 😊

[@Dumaski]

God knows mine had to. There were 4 of us boys, 5 years between us all.

[@raymarshall6721]

I hear benning and i get flashbacks 🤣 that place sucks. Then theu sent me to fort drum (upstate NY), i never knew so much snow could fall in a single day

[@montanawife4851]

I loved MREs❤ one of my favorite memories of basic😊

[@ac7ivesleeper610]

About the question asked by mom (or as you say mum). Speaking as one who this almost happened to. I couldn't do a part of my fitness test called the serpentine. Running around barriers with arrows pointing alternating directions within a time limit. Couldn't do it to save my life. My drill sergeant came to me and said "private I'm going to give you one week to pass or you're getting recycled. Recycled means you have to go through training all over again. You see it all comes down to money. By the time my drill sergeant gave me the ultimatum. The United States government had alread y spent a million dollars just training me. I belonged to the United States army now. It didn't matter where I worked for them. If I had to spend another six weeks training again or graduating and be stationed at my next post, it didn't matter to them. So, on my own and in my free time I ran the serpentine over and over again till I was able to pass the test with time to spare. If at any point a soldier isn't strong enough to pass any physical test even after training. A soldier will take a physical examination by a doctor and upon passing that he or she will begin training till they can pass.

[@davidcopple8071]

As tough as this seems. It's still dialed back from when I went through this. Back then the Drill Sargent's would cuss you out up and down all day long and you and your platoon would do on average five hundred pushups a day. The gun I carried through training was an M-16A1 And stamped into the barrel were the words M16-A1 Experimental. Our drill sargents never did " dial it down" like they did in this video. We were yelled at for nine weeks straight and then since I was becoming an MP, ( military police) , my law enforcement training continued for sixteen more weeks under the same Drill Sargent at the same facility. Fort McClellan Alabama. It's closed now. But it's a time I'll always remember with pride and nostalgia.

[@RandyRogers-zo1dz]

It's interesting to see what's stayed the same and what's changed over the years. Navy basic in 1990

[@ejtaylor73]

The U.S. does still have conscription, every male has to register for the draft at 18. But the chances of being drafted are very slim because there are people like these and myself that volunteer. TSgt., USAF, Ret.

[@RowdyRuth]

We had someone in our Boot Camp who started sleepwalking and she had to leave. Part of the reason they stress you to a breaking point is to bring out things like that. She didn’t wanna go home and they even checked with her pediatrician to see if she had lied to get in, but she had not. I thought Boot Camp was fun and called it. Club Fed. MRE’s are nasty. IMO

[@jakemistakeroberts2044]

7:35 I used to be an Army Drill Sergeant, to get caught indeed. 😊

[@NamiMakimono]

9:41 The way that drill instructor’s neck and face are turning red, makes me wonder how his blood pressure is.

[@randalljackson7726]

All the military has a boot camp and after boot camp. You go into your schooling. Like sharp shooting, radio men and all different fields they have to offer. Even mail person, medic, but different for each branch of the military. The military offer schooling to get you degree and become an Officer. 95% of jobs in the military, has jobs for the civilian life. Most jobs offer employment for military personnel. Meaning. You have a better chance at getting a job, after your military career. I was in the Navy for 5 years I saw 16 different countries, my first civilian job interviewed hired me on the spot. Because of my service.

[@rhyblank]

My brother went through boot camp for several months but was discharged due to an injury to one of his legs. He was going to go back if it wasn't as bad as they thought but he was going to need a lot of rest and physical therapy so he was honorably discharged.