US ARMY INFANTRY TRAINING: What Is It Like?

Houston Arriaga talks about the first few months of US Army infantry training.
Guest Bio: Houston Arriaga is an Infantryman in the US Army, a professional Muay Thai fighter, and a father from the Bronx.
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[@TheJMan1K]

To sum up the infantry: Were you ever an athlete at one point in life? Do you like camping? Do you like guns n gadgets? Do you like exercise? Do you like having a sense of lifelong friends? Are you a tough mf? Well the infantry is for you! It’s what you make of it.

[@RivetGardener]

Rock on.

[@outdoorsman7324]

Tough? Please, it's full of simps.

[@elevenb6967]

@@outdoorsman7324 Yeah.....But, I wouldn't say that while standing downrange there, hard guy.

[@outdoorsman7324]

@@elevenb6967 , I have... simp. Smoked the living sh1t out of hundreds just like you. 🤣 Are you really going to pretend there aren't as many 1d1ots in that job as there are any other job? Hmm?

[@stevenroper1668]

Exactly what my recruiter said to me that got me to sign Infantry no bonus 3 uears back in 1996. D 2/54 mailfoot. Sand hill fort Benning Georgia home of the Infantry!

[@RivetGardener]

People, the Infantry 's job is to take enemy ground by killing the enemy by any means. Bullets, grenades, bayonets and even buttstrokes to the head. Just Kill them. That is the Infantryman's job; of course that is glossed over by the recruiter and the websites, but that is what you are taught and that is what you learn as an Infantryman. Plain and simple. You will learn that during Infantry basic and advanced training. You will be taught to be an animal. My first sergeant used to say "treat them like dogs and feed them 3 times a day". That is how you develop a killer element in the infantry which the Army does VERY WELL. I spent 6 years in the Airborne Infantry and 2 combat tours. So glad for the training, it made me and the rest of us awesome. In your home Infantry assignment you will be trained to be mean, ugly and want to lash out towards the enemy. That is the idea. It is intense physical work, the life of the infantry. You will be amazed at what you can do.

[@elevenb6967]

Man, I wish you would school the absolute plethora of Gomers, who, on almost EVERY ARMY video that exists on YT, in between talking $hit about us, seriously believe that they're the only ones who are trained to be lethal animals! They're so fkn annoying! Not to mention clueless.

[@airborneinfantry4486]

Sweat more in training so you bleed less in combat was our motto.

[@eutimio1981]

We have as Infantrymen been striving since GWOT to almost be special operations... This kid doesn't realize that the infantry has been training like that for over 20 years and GWOT, specifically Iraq put a lot of that to the test... But I can tell he is proud and motivated and that is very good to see... But we grunts have always trained like that...

[@thebigmon]

Infantry is not the bottom of the Army. Infantry is the Army's favorite child. Even your dress uniform is different from the rest. EDIT: I forgot to mention the job code for infantry. It starts with the number "one" followed by another "one". ie..11A - Infantry officer, 11B - Infantryman. Every other job designation (MOS) follows behind it. There is nothing in front of it.

[@evilivy1810]

Queen of battle follow me

[@galaxyoutcast7377]

What’s the difference? I tried to look it up but I’m not getting anything

[@romelackey1083]

​@@galaxyoutcast7377 The crossed rifles and us that go on the collar has a blue ring around it, we get a blue cord, if you are in combat you get a CIB or combat infantry badge, which is different to the knife in a wreath that you would get otherwise, and you can get the expert infantryman patch for your acu/ocp uniform. There might be more but that's all I can think of at the moment. Hope that helps!

[@galaxyoutcast7377]

@@romelackey1083 thanks that’s pretty cool. I honestly thought he meant that they get a whole new uniform, like a different color or dress or something

[@thejonpaulshow3116]

As we should. We are the TIP of the SPEAR...

[@patriot1937]

Just graduated OSUT in August. Everything this guy says is spot on concerning the Infantry. My experience was even more brutal, as 3 guys died in training while I was there. Infantry really is the 1%.

[@jonron5238]

At osut!!?? Wtf how

[@patriot1937]

@@jonron5238 Heat casualties.

[@jonron5238]

@@patriot1937 your drills didn’t do hydration formation or something geez dude what the hell

[@jonron5238]

@@patriot1937 regardless may they rip tho if that’s the case

[@ferniegee1486]

What unit? I was in 2-58

[@austenblair7899]

“Not feeding you” bro even in ranger school there is a minimum amount of food you have to eat.

[@danielpickrell8311]

Infantry Basic, probably seemed the hardest until after you been at your unit and wished to do it again for fun. Heck even in Basic we still loved it. Hearing war stories from drill sergeants, getting physically abused by drill sergeants made you tougher. And all the pranks drill sergeants would do on us.

[@TheIcup24]

Proud of the young guy and hope he keeps up this level of motivation. That being said, you can tell its still his early into his new unit and hes still excited about graduating training. In time new accomplishments will shadow these ones. If youre here for advice about basic training, take all of this with a grain of salt. The underlying message is true, but this is obviously new guy hyping up the experience. Dont be scared by what hes saying, but be serious about understanding what the job is and why you want to do it. Rock on 🤙

[@troys.2382]

Dco 2-2 OUST, July to October, 1987 Ft. Benning (Harmony Church), 11B &11M. We called Sand Hill, "The Sand Hilton," bc it was brand new 😂.

[@kennash7583]

D 1/38, The Church! 1987.

[@larrydraper2118]

F Co 4-2 Harmony Curch, May-Jul 1983, right down the street from Ranger school in the old ww2 barracks. Not sure when Sand Hill was built but it was in use when I got to Benning in '83. Sand Hill had heat casualties because of ac, Harmony Church had zero when I was there.

[@blaineedwards8078]

Well you're signing up for the Infantry...duh! It's not the Peace Corps. Who actually believes that Infantry is supposed to be cushy and comfy?

[@bmuller7471]

Fort Benning was super easy compared to training at your actual unit. joined the Army in 2008. was assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team 101st Airborne after graduating OSUT. when I got to my unit C Co 2-187th Infantry they were preparing for JRTC down in Fort Polk Louisiana. we spent over a month in that swampy shithole. right after JRTC we prepped all our gear and sent them down range to Afghanistan. 3 months after getting out of basic training I was going into combat, it was the most surreal feeling. combat deployments are the best part about the infantry. everything is so relaxed unlike being back in garrison. at our combat outpost most guys just walked around in their boxers and flip flops.

[@Ink30]

You should be able to be comfortable and enjoy, you may die

[@jackietate5222]

Well, you didn't just go to any unit.

[@Metaphix]

I have some amazing memories from my combat deployment to afg. Sitting in a tiny shack in the rain smoking hooka with the boys

[@BlackJeepConvertible]

Truth, your unit training is way harder than basic

[@danielpickrell8311]

Fighting in flip flops with just Vest and ACH. Lol. Fun times

[@kattegatcitychamberofcomme311]

I went through OSUT at Ft Benning in February of 89 ( C co 3/32 Inf at Sandhill) My company started with 119 recruits.By the end of Infantry school we had 7 attempted suicides, 2 awols, one arrest by the Marshalls for an outstanding warrant and 3 medical retirements because of bad flu shots . Also 5 Drill Seargents re asinged for abuse. Still it was the best 3 months of my life.

[@user-jestonyroma]

Time in the 1980s is a very very different era.

[@davidgould4018]

I was 11b in the 173rd and I can honestly say u hyped the fuck out of it lol

[@JacksonFive-rj3so]

The infantry is a love/hate relationship... any real grunt knows this. When its time for the fight.... thats when they need us, until then .. we're treated like an ugly duckling .. lol

[@Ao51635]

Came across this vid just because I was randomly reminiscing the good old days. I joined in 02 as an 11B… Did my basic at Benning. Was immediately deployed to OIF by the Feb 04… First I want to commend the young soldier for enlisting during a time where pride for our country seems to be at an all time low. Yes he did embellish some things during basic but he also said some things that are completely accurate about the infantry. This world is lacking good strong young men that are will willing to fight tooth and nail for there loved ones and their country. God bless all that have and will serve.

[@thewrenchmaster122]

Yo it’s Huerta bro ! I was in basic with you ! 2nd plt black sheep ! What up

[@Stl10699]

1-50?

[@kentcarruth7724]

Went to basic at benning summer 2023 and the physical side sucked but you’re given plenty of time to sleep and perform hygiene and 3 meals a day. We rucked like 5 times.

[@danielpickrell8311]

Ah the new softer infantry or Army. 😆

[@arnunez100]

I call bs... i was 11b. 20 mile rucks every day never happened.

[@mag1631]

agreed. I was also infantry. longest ruck i did was 25 miles. that was fairly brutal with a live fire around the halfway point. this was at a very high speed unit in south korea. most of the rucks were maybe around 10 miles. thats just a guess. sometimes we would do timed ruck that would require 12 miles in under 3 hrs. that was basically a jog. this was to train for eib testing or air assault school. we did run almost everyday for PT and maybe an average distance was 5 miles.

[@jackietate5222]

I did infantry. I don't know why anyone would even brag about doing 20 mile rucks a day. Road marching isn't even difficult. You just walk down the road with a little bit of weight on your back.

[@jtjames3545]

Definitely not 20 miles everyday. When would you have time for job training lol

[@samhain1388]

It was uphill both ways too.

[@user-jestonyroma]

Hella exaggeration from this braggo youngster

[@MrSteve420b]

one small comment. Infantry school is/was considered OSUT. One station unit training at Ft Benning. 4th Plt, Charlie 2/58, Sand Hill, JUL/OCT 91

[@danielpickrell8311]

4th Plt(mortard platoon) C Co 2/58 04-05 Dec/April

[@wesleydaniels40]

Its designed that way.. they train you to be an animal.. because thats what the fight requires... to be relentless

[@evilivy1810]

11 B Class O 1995

[@irish7460]

A channel this small should have a presence in the comment section. No excuse. And I agree, Infantry training is a different beast compared to basic. Because basic is a boys club, infantry is a mans club.

[@thejonpaulshow3116]

And yet y'all had it easier than me...😂😂😁😁

[@GrandLakeUnderWaterAdventure]

Ever M.O.S. is built around taking care of the Infantry. Granted its been 12 years since i was in we rucked maybe twice a week. We ran every day atleast a couple miles if it was only to Geronimo gym.. But when we did ruck we carried more then 10 pounds in a assault pack. Kids these days are soft

[@shamshieldd214]

aww OSUT stories....cute

[@rashaanrichardson7428]

My recruiter recommended I grant. 11b. I’m thinning NAVY MA

[@SunnySinclair1979]

In Korea in the year 2000 a soldier broke his leg on a march and they made him finish.

[@NLYS27]

I went through OSUT late 2020. The training at the time was real. Our first day of class they told us take everything you think the infantry is and throw it out the window. The minimum for Ranger Battalion is our standard infantry wide. The training was easy but we can see it take its tole on our body's. The regular weight guys became under weight and the buff guys became skinny. We also had prior service who treated no different from us. We where being experimented on with out even knowing. We did like the majority aspect of it. In that time the Army was making extremely lethal killing machines and raising the bar adn changing the traditional thinking. This was COVID season so i did get it twice and missed training. So i did do OSUT twice back to back. I did notice the change when the new administration came and undid everything it was heart breaking. For me the infantry life was natural and allowed me to be me 100% especially in the field. Being a 240 gunner was the life . TO make short story shorts i became very suicidal not due to the life style but due to toxic, dangerous leadership and extremely por,dirty living conditions. I didnt know the mental damage was permanent and didnt know the extent of th physical damage. I miss the infantry life but the its literally self destructive, especially with the leadership the plauges the Army. Its not sustainable but i would do it again i loved it and was worth it.

[@garouuchiha4041]

Being suicidal is not the issue for me, I won't be suicidal....no, I will rebel authority as in not give respect and so I rather be a quitter at basic and which i am, having no respect to the toxic leadership, not putting up with that crap.

[@BlackJeepConvertible]

So you never made it through basic?

[@garouuchiha4041]

@@BlackJeepConvertible I didn't

[@NLYS27]

@@BlackJeepConvertible I did say i did OSUT twice and stated the living condition and unit toxicity after basic.

[@almc-wi5vo]

When I went to Benning, yes, they weed out cry babies, and they send them home with just the haircut and your civilian clothes. When you get home, earlier than expected. Who ever was in the military knows that you could not hang. Which is an embarrassment to your entire family.

[@CounseledRope97]

At least they get a free haircut 😂

[@garouuchiha4041]

Its just ego, all combat MOS's are egotistical that's all. Not everyone should be in this or that MOS. Everyone is different.

[@CounseledRope97]

@@garouuchiha4041 true.

[@almc-wi5vo]

@@CounseledRope97 True, some people are just not cut out to see someone's brains splattered all over the floor and wall. 🤨

[@thejonpaulshow3116]

11 Bravos are tip of the spear... Hooah!!!

[@DC-nv3vo]

Mini special forces is crazy

[@seankelly260]

It's a cake walk - they reduced all the standards for zoomers and females and snowflakes.

[@Saielb]

Try to explain it to civilians and they just look at you

[@Dribbling_monk]

Infantry OSUT is a cakewalk. Dude is exaggerating like crazy.

[@CounseledRope97]

How so ?

[@Metaphix]

True you don't go 20 miles per day. You ruck maybe 15 miles max to the training site and then for the next week you're walking a lot but you're not rucking you're just doing training. Then after a week or so you ruck back to the barracks.

[@magnet8185]

Lies!

[@southernSCkid]

How did you like 30th AG , did you quit?

[@mvend10]

It’s not that difficult now. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.

[@mvend10]

@@NoahQ2000 just do what you are told. Don’t try to back talk the drills or your life will be terrible

[@CeuT1]

@@mvend10I’m 5’4 135 lbs do I hav time to gain weight in basic for infantry ?

[@mvend10]

@@CeuT1 when do you ship out?

[@CeuT1]

@@mvend10 I”ll finish high school in 5 months.

[@CeuT1]

@@mvend10 I’m still figuring out on which branch. TWO MY MY BEST FRIEND went to Marine and they said it’s not worth it

[@TerryTackett-kf7th]

Infantry training is OSUT

[@bryancampos27]

I can’t wait to suffer 😊

[@lambthegreat8221]

Bro just finished infantry osut it’s not that bad lol

[@hardanalljr.3138]

​@@lambthegreat8221 how was it. Can you explain in detail

[@Robert-ky4vx]

@@lambthegreat8221 no offense you're apart of the newer infantry .. it was this way once

[@outdoorsman7324]

​@@Robert-ky4vx, when?

[@outdoorsman7324]

If you've ever played a sport in school you'll find it's physically a joke and severely over hyped.

[@pabloastudillo6903]

These are the cupcakes that fill our schools and colleges.

[@joncolburn1501]

Maybe a contemporary Infantryman can tell me… I’ve always heard of the intensly heavy rucksacks and equipment… how can females (who are now allowed in) function?

[@ferniegee1486]

They get the same training as males. Same weight standards for rucks

[@travelingspartan2035]

Not well, usually.

[@ferniegee1486]

@@travelingspartan2035 some handle that shit pretty good. Some don’t. When I went through osut we had a couple that pushed through and earned their blue cord. Most reclassed tho

[@jackietate5222]

I was in from '04-'06. We never had to carry "intensely heavy rucksacks". Like 60 lbs was the most you had to have. I guess if you were really high speed you could put more in there. I did do duty unloading the airplanes for guys coming back from Iraq once though. And one of the 10th Group guys had a ruck that I had to drag across the plane to unload. I don't know if whoever that MF was, was actually rucking with his ruck packed like that. But, maybe.

[@southernSCkid]

Never seen a female infantryman (OTHER THAN SAND HILL /Basic) in my entire life . Never met a single one .

[@Scarhead_Ed]

i can assure you combat is the hardest thing anyone will ever do. Not the training. Perfect practice makes Perfect.

[@southernSCkid]

Dude yall are not rucking 12-25 miles A DAY… not happening . We do a 6 mile ruck once a week usually

[@user-jestonyroma]

God Bless the United States Army

[@user-of3ry9ki7e]

All the 11B's on this thread having a circle jerk over being Infantry....haha. It wasnt that hard and it was more mental then physical. The lesson learned from Infantry was the only barriers that exists is mental.

[@SmellyBodega]

young men. no matter what they do their first 6 years of manhood always have this stoic way of talking about their experiences

[@Aaron-nx5qk]

Dam cant relate imagine being infantry instead of Cav

[@nile9o]

People like you are so annoying - stop pretending you're better than infantry. Nobody cares if you're a Cav Scout man & you shouldn't care if someone else is Infantry. Do your job, do well & move on.

[@hardanalljr.3138]

What's cav

[@sagespath6112]

@@hardanalljr.3138cavalry scout lol

[@billyfletcher9388]

Cav are still pogs lol no blue cord cowboy hat and spurs 😂

[@JacksonFive-rj3so]

​@@billyfletcher9388lol tell'em brother.. they hate it so much

[@hollibeecreations_baker_pate]

So why does he sound so soft

[@thewrenchmaster122]

Don’t judge a book by its cover!

[@Obreezy77]

No one will understand

[@abdelhanno7260]

this guy is cringe. way he talks, sits, describes, etc

[@prabhdeepdhahan1147]

I'd rather learn a trade and sell drugs on the side.

[@conorbonaventur807]

0 truth to this

[@spytro4675]

Nah this seems pretty accurate not gonna lie

[@jeffreymacintyre2711]

He's been in only 2 years and acts like he's reflecting on a 20 yr career? Has he even deployed anywhere or been in actual combat? No mention of that in this interview. He actually sounds like those stolen valor posers looking for validation

[@outdoorsman7324]

Most vets come off like that, especially infantry. I don't even admit to being one because of it.

[@jeffreymacintyre2711]

@@outdoorsman7324 if he is still in he is not a veteran

[@outdoorsman7324]

@@jeffreymacintyre2711 , that has absolutely nothing to do with my statement. Try to stay relevant. 🙄

[@ElGaby323]

What do you mean? He only talked about basic training and OSUT, that was the purpose of the video. He went through the training so he's explaining what he experienced. I don't see anything wrong with that.

[@FUCKTARDMcCOY]

Damn. He's not even familiar with the old methods. Shark attacks. He is right it is gay though.

[@Rozay10]

2013 we got shark attacked

[@thewrenchmaster122]

Infantry does what’s called the first 100 yrds fkn sucks ! Id rather get yelled at by drills in a shark attack then do the physical side of first 100 yds

[@Metaphix]

@@thewrenchmaster122 Shark attack had a physical side too it was just not as planned. More like just making you run with your bags everywhere and intermittently smoking you while homie let off some blanks from a 240B in the background lol

[@user-jestonyroma]

No more so-called shark attacks these days in the new decade my fellow American warriors.

[@insidethefire1]

you are not rucking 25 miles a day in osut.....