The Making of a Soldier | Eagle Tower (Ep. 11)

Do you have a fear of heights? Kenia Mills takes us to Sand Hill where trainees learn the secret of overcoming their fear of heights, the Army way....

[@Kafkodesu]

"Take your time...yeah-the fight continues on the ground while you take your time!" - My Favorite Drill Sergeant

[@rickaveritt6745]

I worked for DPW (Directorate of PublicWorks) at Fort Benning for well over 30+ years (now retired). This tower was by far my most favorite construction project I have ever been involved with all those years at Benning!

[@noahhutchinson2477]

"The army builds value STOP PULLING THE FREAKIN ROPE!!!!!!" -my favorite drill sergeant

[@chris-vecchio]

Shit had me dyin lol. Some dumb private down there grabbing that shit.

[@LXAsx457]

What's up Drill Sergeant Willie. This is Spc Martine from your last C 3/47 cycle. Made it through RASP back in Dec and am now in Regiment. It all started somewhere. Thanks for all you did for us.

[@onionknight777]

"Don't worry, the fight continues on the ground while you're taking your time" xD

[@buechsenwurschd]

take your time, don't worry the fight continues on the ground while you take your time LOL

[@HunterWillie]

I better get top comment because Joseph Willie is my brother and I know for a fact, because of the cameras, he had to hold back a lot or they wouldn't have filmed him.

[@XxJester90xX]

"I see you looking at the clouds, I see you looking at the clouds, let us pray, let us pray!" lmao!

[@damonredfield9451]

Get off my wall lol

[@VladimirEllis]

2:54 "Just take your time, don't worry that the fight continues on the ground while you take your time." haha

[@Strewgle]

My wall! Off now!

[@pinkiihansen9299]

Hooah brother good time's 💪

[@RogueNinjaAnimations]

1:18 hes look and face with the laughter is just priceless

[@23Psalms]

47th regiment Hooooah! thats was my basic trainging unit...

[@69battleharden]

this was the company I was during my cycle. DS Willie was crazy as hell

[@usmcbensen18]

Hooah! I can't wait to become a US soldier!

[@kungfuiskoo]

BTW i love you guys for posting these vids. they get me so psyched up!

[@tjsnoopie]

DRILL SGT WILLIE!!! DO IT DO IT NOW! lol good god i remember him belting that out. Charlie company 3/47!

[@Acc0rd79]

I didnt want them yelling at me and getting pointed out lol, I just went haha. Was fun after the first time down I was liek oh cool!

[@Chocolate8Drop]

I remember this from my Basic days. The wall was an awesome experience!

[@Shjandy]

hahaha! i remember my buddy said he was afraid of heights so the drill sergeant left enough slack in his rope for when my buddy started to lean back the drill sergeant pushed him and fell about 5 feet hahahhahaha!! XD

[@Unpluggedx89]

DS HINOJOSA! Awesome guy!

[@JoeMateo2010]

DS Willie and DS Peace! the funniest DS in the company.

[@snake9911]

I was in basic training at Fort Benning in 1986, they didn't have the eagle tower back then. I don't know how I would have did if they had it.

[@NodakJo2010]

Ok Drill Sgt...I'll give you that... MORTAL KOMBAT!!

[@JHUNTUNR]

1:17 I swear to God that's going to be me can't even get that s*** out lol.

[@Fredito8486]

Lol man I was so scared at the top of that tower. One of the drill sergeants asked me if I was scared of heights and I replied with "yes drill Sergeant!" After saying that, I made a terrible mistake and accidently bumbed the other drill sergeant with my foot. After he grabbed me from my collar and pushed most of my body off the tower (left just enought to where I was barely hanging from the tower) he replied with a loud "I'll help you get down faster you piece of shit!!" lol good times

[@Rockinruffhouser]

I remember doing this back in 2014. I miss it 😭

[@TreasureHuntingSWPA412]

I don't like heights but eagle tower was awesome.

[@noahdaft7164]

TreasureHuntingSWPA is Jacobs ladder scary?

[@TheSnappleAddict]

I had no problem getting down the tower or anything on the Confidence Course but I had the hardest time climbing up there. Good times

[@gerbil817]

for everyone who is worried about this, DONT!!!. im extremely terrified of heights and this was one of my favorite parts of basic. when u get up there, look down at the ground, get the butterflies in your stomach, climb out on the wall and when they say get off my wall, walk like 4 steps down away from the ledge then kick out away from the wall as hard as possible and repel down. im tellin u, its a wonderful thrill and like i said, im extremely afraid of heights.

[@percdigest8402]

Crazy to think while I was in elementary Some of these guys were training and probably later on got sent to Afghanistan

[@Madmikey-dt8fx]

I saw that 3 47 flag...grad of echo company BCT in 2002!

[@aliyah0]

Personal Courage....I wanna repel!

[@andrew9371]

As much as i will hate this part i know it can only make me stronger hoha!

[@communist1831]

I repelled off a rock before omg I freaked out but I did it

[@CovertMilitance]

I see these guys are 3/47. I was 2/47. Fun...

[@JoeTufanoTheMovieGuy]

I was Bravo 2/47 also. Something I'll never forget!

[@fckme]

CovertMilitance Delta 1/19!

[@tpadilla1624]

Also Bravo 2/47 3rd platoon

[@Pv2Vega25U]

the tower is so much fun

[@gottenwheel14]

I have assailed of a 100 foot cliff that had big rocks at the bottom that was kind of scary knowing the safety lune was the only line wrapped around a tree and the line pressed against a sharp edge.

[@xJacobxHM]

The what? STOP PULLING THE FREAKIN ROPE!

[@yuctown34]

This was my company and ds Willie was my platoon sgt

[@F.snz10]

So how many times do I have to do this ?

[@Rolvon69]

@wetmatches16 yeah he told us he couldnt graduate with us at ftx3

[@Randomatt]

I remember the tower seeming to be a lot higher, once your up there at least 120ft and it was at Ft Leonard Wood. No joke.

[@ImaginaryTerrie3]

I went through eagle tower in '06. Has that structure changed at all since then?

[@seanthilges1131]

il admit I'm scared to death of heights but I'm still gonna go in and I'm 30

[@jesusiskingofmyheart]

I'm facing this in 2 DAYS.

[@xPancakes4lyf]

Get off my wall! Lol

[@Kevint2828]

Take ur time while the war is going on lol

[@razziez]

i am amazed they only say freakin

[@camike62]

@MarvynBee me too man! i leave november 15

[@Blade0427]

I never was afraid of heights, My big thing is okay here what I am doing, am I doing the right thing, etc, do worry the DI will correct if your not lol

[@davewilson6313]

Did it in '01 in F 2/58

[@bnh81]

I love rock climbing but the military uses different commands.

[@RaiderDawg]

1:16 he cryin'?

[@anemonespotted189]

RaiderDawg I believe he was mocking those who are scared

[@strokeman70]

I miss ft benning

[@orlinn3]

Get off my wall! DO IT DO IT NOW!!

[@itzyaboyizzy]

Orlin favorite line in this clip

[@jj987987987]

No fear? Dead wrong. Good soldiers always have fears. The fearless ones always die first. If you are dead you can’t do your mission.

[@killerzracing71]

@VeqtorAirsoft Ever heard of Heat Cat V?

[@odinarypat]

FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR CHARLIE COBRAS LEAD THE WAY haha miss basic =)

[@killerzracing71]

@Rolvon69 where you go to ait, whats your last name?

[@killerzracing71]

@wetmatches16 Why what happen, I was in the cycle right before this group.

[@andrew9371]

Hooah sory

[@matthewmiller3865]

Reminds me of the legend of Zelda jkjk

[@gumbumsee77]

I did one term in the army, and just had to say something about whoever these people and the fact they are disgracing themselves and the army by putting things they know nothing about on the web!!! Seeing these posts irriatates me!

[@Vlima4Life]

I was afraid of heights until I went to airborne school

[@OneRedRoad]

+mike m Yeah, jumping out of a plane at 1000+ feet does that.

[@scottl8416]

I want to go to airborne but I’m afraid of heights but more so i hate the stomach feeling on rollercoasters...

[@gavin4787]

Just graduated airborne and im still scared lol

[@joshuafisette7255]

Dude. I lost my fear in the army but I didn’t have those balls

[@shintopig]

2:41 "Now I want you to jump . . . VIGOROUSLY!!!" Haha, have to love Army Drill Sergeants.

[@johnrodriguez7742]

They yell at the Trainees, however, they care about them enough that they don't want to see these Young future Soldiers injured nor killed. GOD Bless Our Troops ( GBOT)!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🗽🔫

[@Unpluggedx89]

"STOP PULLING THE FREAKIN ROPE!" Lol

[@TreasureHuntingSWPA412]

I didn't like heights that much before but the tower was a piece of cake and it helped me get over that fear. The scariest part is climbing that wooden ladder unassisted to get up there. LOL.

[@centozo]

1:58 STOP PULLING THE FREAKING ROPE! Lmfao!

[@thesiqshow]

Looks like fun but hard work!!! Are u thinking about joining the army??? Our cousin just finished basic training for the army

[@Thwarptide]

For me, and my height issues which include a bit of wooziness, getting around it was easy enough. Simply don’t focus on the height or risk factor, but rather focus on the task, step by step, reach by reach. If you’re doing that, by the time you’re up and over, you’ll notice that you won’t remember much fear. After that, it gets much easier the 2nd and 3rd and 4th time.

[@NodakJo2010]

Charlie Cobras lead the way! I was the 2nd to last cycle for him.

[@bhazen406]

I remember this :) got down in 3 hops/jumps I was voted one of the best

[@CIVIC170]

@ 0:52 "I'm not really worried about falling to my death, but I am worried about "You screwed that up, what the hell are you doin" hahaha the fear of a DI.

[@MrAtrixzz]

2:01 Stop pulling the freakin rope!

[@TulkorHAOMARUSH]

My battalion was right across the road from the tower. Our Drill Sergeants threw a dummy private off the top of the tower and genius next to me in the bleachers shrieked and thought it was a real private. Later that day, my platoon's DS smoked us while he was on top of the tower. Good times...minus the fact that our company was the only one that rarely ever used the DFAC. Morale was always low because of that.

[@TheLouisianan]

I graduated from High school about half a year ago and had tought about going into the army and then figured i might as well try college, didn't work out very well so ive been thinking well mabye i should join the army. I hate heights and i was just wondering if anyone on here thats been to basic has anything to say about dealing with it cause that shit freaks me out

[@EASTSIDEJUSTIN]

HOOAH

[@Rolvon69]

@killerzracing71 that was my company lol

[@Rolvon69]

@killerzracing71 ft gordon Hardy

[@itsNards]

take your time, hahaha

[@jongreen7904]

bangarang DS Willie!

[@bigcountry35]

This was the worst part for me. Still not over my fear of heights

[@jongreen7904]

DS, It's Pvt. Lundberg what do you expect?

[@buster1173]

I was in 83 and we never had that

[@skuzlebut82]

Eagle Tower was a blast.

[@midvid1689]

wheres ep 12

[@Cable069]

I was there....

[@Beamish5495]

I don't understand why they jump off the wall because it puts stress on the equipment makes it wear out faster...why would they do that?? I can get down that wall quickly just but walking down it...I just don't understand why they would teach them to jump

[@doorsillbear]

@clickclocks I mean that this exercise isn't possible to take the fear of heights. It's harder to climb a ladder w/o any security system than be on a climbing system and to known, that you cannot fall if you fail.

[@MGallo]

this stuff isnt that hard. i zipline in the woods and repel off trees. its actually really fun. it prepares me for basic.

[@doorsillbear]

The rope makes the difference. If I know I couldn't fall, there is only a little feeling of fear. But w/o any rope or railing I would panic.

[@ZombieSlayer918]

I can tell this and jumping out of a plane is going to be the hardest part of basic for me

[@NodakJo2010]

Where's the fox third! Whoop! Shoot the fox second! Bang!

[@TeamJ3RKTUN3S]

be there in 2 weeks! :D

[@Paddy_PI]

Man, this video brought back some memories

[@The5admeets3vil]

@DeeznutsFYC - no he's making fun of the private XD

[@BoogeyMan828]

Oh how i hated that tower !