What New Army Cadets Go Through On Their First Day At West Point | Boot Camp | Business Insider

We got an inside look at what it's like on the first day for new cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Over 1,200 cadet candidates arrived on campus on a sweltering July morning for "Reception Day." After an emotional farewell with their families, the new cadets took the first steps of a rigorous six-weeks-long basic training regimen.
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[@lagallinabrillante9870]

0:01 please, don't give a grenade to that guy

[@j-roc7003]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ryoheiw7929]

It's me dude😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@GenJotsu]

Crazy people in the military? No way.

[@xfghjuga6480]

Lmfaoooo bc he’d be GLAD to destroy whatever is in front of him 😭😂

[@coll912]

Most pissed off guy on a ruck is the happiest guy in a firefight

[@gta8awsomeness]

imagine scoring a 30 on the act and graduating with a 4.0 GPA just to get yelled at for 4 years

[@DaPhoenixFX]

R

[@scallen3841]

Only the first year

[@lonesoldier3921]

U just summers my life only I have

[@sliceasaurus]

Exact GPA and ACT score I had and about to he the exact situation I'm in. Didn't enjoy college one bit, so Air Force it is.

[@wsl3119]

It’s worse then just getting yelled at

[@dumbvixen3776]

Congratulations to those in the video who graduated, it has been 4 years and I hope you guys did well.

[@lesseirgpapers9245]

Cheated like they do most of the time

[@MannyBXNG]

@@lesseirgpapers9245their Women do*

[@geekzombie8795]

@@lesseirgpapers9245??

[@krixzy6853]

Watching this before I couple of months before I join Australian Defence Force (ADF). Makes me nervous and excited at the same time. Somebody can look up to. To all Marines or included to Military, salute and respect to y'all!

[@trainco1643]

I’m Australian too. Good luck with joining the ADF, all the best! 👍

[@inthetrencheswithcas1762]

Hey Krixzy, so are you in yet matey? How are you going?

[@duops6909]

0:16 my dude hasn't even started and already has ptsd xD

[@teutonicorder6284]

duOps he lookes like a very kind dude to have a chat with

[@salma1491]

@@teutonicorder6284 lol

[@buglextwo1036]

Looks like supermans arch enemy

[@WhosYourPoPo]

Wow! So INTENSE bro!

[@bravingthehallways8169]

duOps dude's like is this real life ? 🤣🤣🤣

[@meowingferret6711]

"Older men declare war but it is the youth that must fight and die" -Herbert Hoover

[@meowingferret6711]

@REMF yep

[@swayammm__]

But the old once were also in there youth and fought but didn't die so it's like a Honor for them

[@AxolotlAndy]

Hm, almost like that’s how a military is supposed to work. I’m not sure how this is necessarily a bad thing, “war bad, old man evil.”

[@abzy2204]

Not always sir.

[@austriankangaroo]

@@AxolotlAndy war bad is true

[@TimRHillard]

One of the biggest regrets in my life was not taking advantage of an opportunity provided to me while in basic training to go to a year prep school, then attend west point. Throughout my time in service, every west point officer I met was top notch. Everything came together for me after serving. The GL Bill paid for my college education at UT Austin, which I loved, I bleed burnt orange. But for me, and who I am, west point would have been a better fit.

[@salvadorjarquinmontoya3189]

Killer zombies trained to obey without question, they don't care if they do wrong what they want is money and the approval of their bosses' parasites, sir, yes sir! Lick boots for life sir

[@ebonylady]

Wow...an education from the military academy can literally set someone up for life and I also wish that you accepted that golden opportunity.

[@ColonelMarcellus]

I never had the choice.

[@Waverider4u]

Bleed burnt orange? Wtf does that mean 🤔

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

​@@Waverider4uProbably refers to the colour of his college football team's uniforms

[@ThuyNguyen-ec1rb]

I am so proud of you all these cadets ,I have a son who was in service too

[@synesthesia2699]

I'm literally only watching this because I don't want to do my homework

[@Chorophilax]

Same

[@gena7129]

you’re blind.

[@synesthesia2699]

@@gena7129 *listening because I don't wanna do my homework*

[@ukwn_zacho1441]

toph mentooo lolol

[@pkj4173]

bro same but fr do ur homework

[@marlkalone7361]

0:16 (Frame freezes, record scratches): "Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got here and what decisions I made that led me here. Let's take it to the beginning".

[@OkayThatHurt]

Deadpool reference, something like that?

[@JoshuaAndrea1]

@@OkayThatHurt general hollywood flashback line xD

[@hoihoi12250]

The first four words? I could hear them.

[@Mysaderipa]

Genius

[@drewby.2178]

Lol

[@romeocsab]

Saw this on my feed. Grats to all who graduated... I joined the Navy. (Salute)

[@J1mInOH]

Remember that day like yesterday. Biggest honor of my life.

[@Shawn-od6yw]

stepping on the backs of your soldiers to make rank, that is what you officers are about.

[@lordzorg2498]

0:50 "so what do you do in the army?" "I spin trumpet."

[@apersonontheinternet3538]

Ah hu ok

[@apersonontheinternet3538]

LMFAO

[@luffyy8194]

😂😂

[@redacted7846]

HA!have some respect for all of those brave trumpet players LMAO

[@kaziiqbal7257]

Gotta get that spit out somehow.

[@sean____2886]

0:16 this is when he realized he made the wrong choice..

[@2hunnid689]

Lol

[@joeyvaldez835]

His face legit scares me

[@vincebalaga362]

I laugh way too much for this

[@ESport211]

Ironically enough, and with a face like that one, he'll be the one to like killing the most! lol.

[@frechesferkel2749]

no no, he just train his warface

[@adamkhan4451]

The fact these guys are even smiling means it’s not that bad. Enlisted basic training you don’t want to smile because you’re not having a good time

[@cfirst1020]

Watching this makes me wish I worked harder and did more in my high school days so I could’ve had the honor to attend the USMA. This is a prestigious and honor and privilege. The mental fortitude that is crated and instilled from attending this academy is unmatched and unlike any other. Salute to those that serve and have served the greatest country in the world.

[@willross9889]

that guy in the beginning looks like he’s regretting his decision

[@tamaica7770]

Will Ross yeah. Laughing in the sadness situation!

[@badlaamaurukehu]

I'd be more worried about why some fat sloppy broad is speaking in that uniform on behalf of a War College.

[@jiteshbansal7007]

Racism in your comment will ross

[@nicolashoggard.2647]

@@jiteshbansal7007 someone is ignorant(it's you!)

[@jorgefarill3179]

maybe he's got a brain

[@wiktormaek4272]

Army:60 seconds to say goodbye Navy:45 minutes to say goodbye

[@berbo4063]

Navy: دلوع

[@derrickhammond7791]

Marines 15 seconds, over the phone

[@chefboyardee4674]

@@derrickhammond7791 rah

[@csn6234]

Air Force: take as long as you need, guys.

[@markt8517]

Lmfao What about the MARINES 🤣🤣

[@alexnouveau4945]

Even though I'm not American I can't help but feel a sense of pride while watching this

[@BeatbyBeatwiththeBeatles]

There is nothing like the site of Michie Stadium surrounded by the fall foliage, overlooking the Hudson River. Truly breathtaking

[@bird5239]

Normal parents: "Bye honey! We’ll miss you so much!" Asian parents: *You fail, you P E R I S H.*

[@this_is_not_leanne6299]

Why is this shit so true my parents called me a disappointment after applying for USNA and USMA

[@dawsonindustries]

BWHAHAHA

[@keneilrichards9850]

If I were into the army or arms this school would be given a 10 this was my idea of how to make good soldiers.

[@SWToDi-qc8hb]

@@this_is_not_leanne6299 Because you help America to meddle and destroy other nations!

[@RNFLACKOratshobo]

Ok.

[@Mi-rs1vl]

I feel comfy when I'm watching this on my bed while sipping beer.

[@purpleshaft234]

Mi and vaping

[@zzurge1173]

DD214 blankie all snuggled up?

[@calebyao.]

Water cuz im underage :3

[@calebyao.]

And its a weekend at 12:13 lol

[@toruoikawa2576]

Mi *me dangerously sipping my juice carton*

[@jimmyziogas4271]

I was there this past weekend for a tour. Incredible campus. I was shocked at the day to day rigorous schedule cadets go through. Much respect 🫡

[@michaelsix9684]

It is very demanding, in the 70s it was brutal. Lots of people left in the first year. No women were admitted until 76. I knew one guy who went from my high school, and met a few WP alums later. Most were glad to leave the Army after 5 yrs.

[@Dreamersward]

Crazy how they can be all smiles

[@crimsonredsky9552]

Asian dude was like “sHIt’s gUnNa bE EazEe”

[@the_one8603]

😐

[@moon_raven0495]

Me: **X doubt**

[@tcleocoa6740]

_Asian dude was later found dead in the middle east, reason being thinking this was call of duty_

[@iziizii]

"found dead trying to 360 no scope enemy"

[@daze6014]

He smiling cuz he got away from being forced by his parents to become a doctor or engineer

[@tesfa145]

"It's called west point because it's on the west point" Me:😲

[@owenreynolds9599]

@Chris.McLean I don't think you got the joke

[@finnicpatriot6399]

@Yes-Man Your responce clearly doesn't show that.

[@haharubzz1200]

@Yes-Man I didn’t know

[@24sirosay28]

@@finnicpatriot6399 does it have to?

[@ruthgoldbergives6945]

I wonder who is behind this? Which Senatorial Committee? Which congressional Committee? It all leads back to which Bill they are trying to pass. It all leads back to government contracts which the poor never get to benefit from or profit from. This scene which endangered both men, started as a thought in the mind of United States Senators and United States Congressmen. No wife or mother wants her husband or her father or her son or any of her male relatives abused like this. Sincerely, gospelgirl🌸 Sincerely, gospelgirl🌸

[@Mariaw6532]

Great video, thanks for making it easier for me to understand. Much appreciated.

[@jaidengames26]

Congrats to everyone who graduate this year.

[@thepervertedmonk2353]

Old enough to kill, not old enough to drink a beer 😂

[@megga0]

D Wayne or buy a beer

[@matthewmesa1238]

There’s a lot of morons in the army trust me, they can go without.

[@thepervertedmonk2353]

@@matthewmesa1238 Oh i know, Im a Veteran myself im getting a good laugh watching these videos.haha Boot camp looks laid back nowdays.. Nobody's heads bleeding from the clippers, polite drill sergeants.

[@pakyip9267]

Classified info: Beer Killer identified. 🕵

[@veneneify]

'murica!

[@deeznut9734]

They made my mans cut off his waves 😭

[@babydaddycooler4889]

😔 nooo the drip 💧 🌊🌊🌊

[@nikolassmithers4870]

Runitup Monte man those haircuts at basic are the fuckin worst man. Not this shit I mean BCT, bleedin after all that

[@hamz5791]

But y tho

[@Nurgles_Rot_]

@@nikolassmithers4870 can't count the # of cuts on your head after. Barber doesn't give a shit. Doesn't shake out apron either, just tosses it on next guy and knicks him with first pass. Good times!

[@maurocarrilho5229]

And women don't, *equality *

[@edschoenecker9470]

Thank you all for serving. Please never forget......foreign AND domestic!!!

[@odellbiggs8199]

They're graduating this year 🔥

[@GoogleUser42069]

The recommendations have brought us together again my friends.

[@chinmay9702]

And now we part our ways my friend GB

[@tauseefasad]

Oh yeah yeah

[@danaramirez5015]

We must part ways see you in a video from 7 years ago in our recommendations :)

[@huntermac2012]

this is our second encounter. good day sir👍🏾

[@SwordBlaze]

@@danaramirez5015 lmao haha

[@Jajaa.]

After shaving their heads they look like UFC create a character templates

[@mortis3732]

r/rareinsults

[@Taji.M]

Reddit

[@waterbe3564]

@@mortis3732 r/I use reddit I'm so cool bow before me fools

[@mortis3732]

@@waterbe3564 ok default pfp

[@blurred939]

You’re now at 700 likes.

[@user-kz6zo7iz5i]

War could Never be the Solutions for Peace, you know! You guys have been Proactive. I will convey the encouraging words to keep esp. young people's Humane Hearts, incl. You!

[@inthetrencheswithcas1762]

The act of War is the reaction to a civilization threat and without it peace is impossible.

[@johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555]

Back in 1985 i joined the Army as a 19E. ONSUT at Ft Knox and then off to Ft Stewart, GA for my first duty station. I was there about 2 months when I got a letter through the unit ordering me to attend a meeting on post. It was a meeting about attending the West Point Prepatory School, at the time in Ft Monmouth, NJ. I kick myself for not completing the paperwork and see if I could gain acceptance to West Point. At the time I believe I was identified due to my high ASFAB score. If I could go back to my 18 year old self, I'd impress upon him how beneficial West Point could be in a future he could not possibly imagine.

[@billiemack64]

My dad was a West Point grad. He said it was the worst four years of his entire existence. This doesn’t shed any light on the hell this school puts you through for a free education.

[@sdelgadillo3170]

It's not really free... you pay with your dignity, soul, free will

[@codrutsorian4205]

How many enemies protecting their country he killed? Did he raped any enemy wemen from places he invaded??

[@kenspiegel9829]

@@billiemack64 say that to the families who lost officers in combat.

[@frankcastle9691]

Its still better than being a private. 4 years of training is easy when you get a whole career of entitlement, privilege, and being able to treat enlisted people however you want.

[@hdtvcamera1]

I'm sure what your father went through was actual hell instead of today's hell of not being able to use your phone in class

[@hotcuteloyalabg1439]

4:48 Guy on the left- ‘hurry upppppp, hurry uppppp.’

[@BrownNDicker]

🤣🤣

[@yrindra]

He sounds like Patrick Star

[@keptcmack5601]

These cadets have graduated and a serving now!

[@mikesoutside]

The guys at the end pretty much summed up the service academy experience!

[@WDF51]

"Guuump! What is your sole purpose in this army?!" "To do whatever you tell me to drill sergeant!"

[@GuilePatrick]

Shit man I love that line...🤣

[@korvusgaming4927]

Goddamn it, Gump! You a goddamn genius, that's the most outstanding answer I've ever heard! You must have a goddamn IQ of 160, you are goddamn gifted Private Gump!

[@jstnhnh]

"I'd recommend you for OCS if it wasn't a waste of a fine enlisted man. You will be a general someday, Gump!!"

[@oneblackmamba8534]

Bro I had just graduated and my CSM had me say those lines 😂

[@masterpalladin]

@@korvusgaming4927 the seen were Gump finishes the rifle assembly

[@riamondal1480]

Huge respect for each and every soldier of which every country he/she is from..... They go through from throughest training.. To serve their countries and their citizens.. ❤️❤️

[@QueXLcior]

Literally, so much fun.

[@indoalfredo4517]

Anyone peep handsome squidward at 0:09? Or is it just me

[@gucciboy6961]

😂omfg thank you that's so ironic

[@indoalfredo4517]

😂 no problem

[@jucesantos8326]

No 0:15 got me shook 😂😂😂

[@ihateyoubrian]

Juce santos 0:15 it’s frozone

[@indingenous5704]

Derrick Mbugua so true, I even remember that episode

[@Mrfairchap]

I was in the USMA class of 1965, "Strength and Drive". We were taught "Duty, Honor, Country". At the time I believed in that code absolutely. I served two tours in Vietnam, even though I realised half way through my first tour that the war was pointless, immoral and, perhaps worst of all, unwinnable. The West Point ethos, sadly, is a myth based on invalid and outdated ideals of service to one's country, whether right or wrong. You may think my negative attitude is colored by my experiences in Vietnam and you may be correct; I saw far too many of my classmates go home in coffins. But We MUST learn to think for ourselves and not just blindly accept that "our side is always right, even if it is wrong". Otherwise, our democracy, fought and died for by so many, is doomed.

[@vacaloca2335]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR AND FOR YOUR FELLOW BROTHERS IN ARMS. AND FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU

[@Hughes17]

Agreed, everyone has the right to question authority in a democracy. It’s a healthy attitude but it’s also important to be kind and understanding for a person. The Vietnam War screwed that all up.

[@NhungNguyen-iw8ht]

Hi I am Vietnamese

[@safah202]

There is no democracy, no freedom of speech, while the western ban certain media and target them we dont have a choice, only the state decides what we should watch and what not to. Everything is a lie and illusion, we see it and feel it but ignore it. It feels disgusted.

[@dooivid]

@@safah202 you can literally access any opinion or any perspective in the western world the 'media' isn't banning anything

[@santiojeda8871]

Man looking at this acadamey and compering it to the heroic military school and heroic navy military school in mexico makes it look like its the most relaxing place in the world

[@Godsgift13]

Am loving this man all the way for Nigerian. Have always been my dream men

[@Ny_pyst]

My former math teacher Brian Bailey attended this school. He was a real model for a soldier, teacher, and mentor. I never did get to thank him for his guidance before he left my school in Manhattan.

[@ghafir3]

No one cares stfu

[@Altezza447]

Might can find him him if means that muxh to you seach online

[@MY-rj9fp]

Ghafir hussien stfu

[@primalcrusader7405]

Damn these comments tho 💀

[@romeogolf4]

@@ghafir3 still pissed he slotted (killed) some of your cousins?

[@Ren-il3xn]

"If you embrace the suck it's gonna be okay." My new life motto!

[@WallabytheThumper]

@@mkultra599 definitely not

[@GreyBlackWolf]

It works. A lumber yard I used to work at that had bs all the time ran with that motto. Making bets to see who the foremen was gonna pass all his bs off to. How much crap he was gonna destroy and who he would blame, ect.

[@SigmundFreud187]

@Ren And if you bite off the priest or deacons Helmet Off when he puts it in than What? When the pastor Puts the ding dong in and you Bite down hard than What?

[@DaBeezKneez]

he must have an IQ of 160, i bet he is a brigade general by now

[@actionscott8033]

That’s from Jarhead or some type of movie definitely heard it before

[@ThomasFromTN]

A high school buddy of mine graduated from West Point...for various reasons, the very last person I would have expected to have gone military. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I found at he was there. He was certainly smart enough...one of the smartest people I've ever known (still.) And it wasn't that he was a cutup or anything in high school, far from it. It's just - HE WAS THE LAST PERSON I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WOULD HAVE GONE TO WEST POINT.

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

Was he like a nerd or kind of wimpish or a rebel without a cause or a smart alec know it all or...?

[@michaelsix9684]

life is like that, did he like it, where is he now?

[@sadiemirich1569]

wow they’re graduated this year!!!

[@mickbourne3028]

What stood out for me was a senior cadet yelling “Don’t use your own initiative! Wait to be told” basically the polar opposite of what you’re told in the British Armed Forces

[@thelittleunicorn6196]

They don’t want problem solvers or people who are too intelligent they want people that won’t question their authority and that will die for whatever reason they told him to.

[@sherbaum1985]

At that point in the video, they were learning drill and ceremonies (basic marching commands). When in formation and following drill commands, you don’t do whatever you want. You listen for the preparatory command and then get ready for the command of execution to do whatever facing movement is ordered.

[@mickbourne3028]

@@sherbaum1985 just rewatched, looked liked what you said was true, but If I heard that and it resonated with me at this distance, what impact would it have with a new cadet, the rebuke or order we were given was “Do not anticipate the word of command!” Initiative is required at all levels of command, “A field marshal’s baton in every knapsack” indeed from my Corps during the First World War there was a lance corporal acting as Company Sergeant Major during a particularly heavy engagement

[@jacobhaft9714]

​@@mickbourne3028 I mean the guy said "Wait for (all or the whole?) commands without doing things on initiative" which isn't really the same as what you said. I believe he's saying make sure you have all the information, and act according to that information instead of acting upon misunderstandings or incomplete orders. We are obviously both missing some important context to the situation, but what I assume happened, is he gave part of an order like "Put on your camelbacks and pick up....", some cadets started acting upon those orders preemptively by putting on their camelbacks, and he's saying "Wait for all commands without doing things on your own initiative", meaning wait for me to finish my mf sentence lmao. Plus, the cadets in the video were brand brand new, so taking orders and ingesting all of the information, an important aspect of life in the military, may be something that they've never learned. Also, these instructors are also cadets, so they obviously get some training in initiative throughout the process.

[@Spahi77]

This is why I would make a shitty soldier

[@justin764]

0:00 not even a minute into video and that guy already completely lost it.

[@yellowjoe.2000]

this is what young people need. toughen up and learn real skills

[@jonathancampeau1238]

I was there in West Point during the Knox County Quarantine in 1993. West Point, Riverside, Rosewood. Even Louisville was hit hard. Not many people know of that time, sadly

[@saladinterviews7042]

0:01 The first second and I see a happy Asian dude at a military academy.

[@uryenatienza4093]

Knowing how competitive we can be, he'll either dominate every single thing considered alive or get fucked in all directions.

[@Syncopated_]

@@uryenatienza4093 Not sure if being Asian makes you competitive, but okay.

[@uryenatienza4093]

@@Syncopated_ it's just a joke on an Asian stereotype.

[@jhomabangis3660]

So whats your problem with asian???

[@skybananaqueen4051]

@@jhomabangis3660 what？

[@KeiwaM]

Everyone: Gender equality is important US Military: Girls can keep their hair, mkay.

[@Zetsuke4]

Lol

[@dark3rthanshadows]

i mean come on u gotta look cute in the army

[@yoruichixx6951]

@@dark3rthanshadows but men arent allowed to look cute?

[@dark3rthanshadows]

@@yoruichixx6951 nah we look manly :D the dude with the long hair looked more manly shaved ,in fact i would make a rule that u can only have long hair if u have a beard or a stubble .

[@arndegothia1412]

”Everyone” When did I ever say that I think so?

[@ChocolateMilk19]

Congrats to the cadets of 2024 I applied received a nomination to West Point but wasn’t appointed. Reapplying in 2023 goodluck to all in the application process!

[@syrup8783]

4 years today, grats to those who finished.

[@chineduukaonu1868]

“Embrace the suck” army loves that quote lol

[@leom3974]

But the navy lives it 😎

[@BraidenRobson]

All engineering students embrace the suck

[@apersonontheinternet3538]

Embrace the succ give the succ need the succ

[@TraumaER]

average Canadian what are they sucking? 🧐

[@ashleyviera8860]

Chinedu U Ukaonu airforce does too

[@JG-fe1gx]

While in basic training, we had 3 West Point Cadets on our Cadre team. They could have ground us into dust, they were razor sharp, and high speed. I admired their dedication, at least 4 years of school, followed by 5 years minimum enlistment active duty. When you're 19, that seems like forever.

[@mrsteveinsandiego]

Whoa, 5 yrs? I was unaware of that.

[@andysmith3737]

@@mrsteveinsandiego yeah 5 years active duty, 3 years in reserves iirc

[@carlj7466]

Um i finished in two wtf.. are you actually serious they held you back that long?

[@Idk910]

Enlistment? No. It’s commissioned active status. They don’t go through all that just to graduate with a bachelors and become a specialist… they’re 2nd lieutenants.

[@SK-qc6fb]

...or you are guarenteed a job after college, how great is that!

[@may_laytrucker3127]

Glad to see Chief of staff gen mark milley here👏

[@spacerelaxation]

If you need something to relax… we got you, boys and girls!

[@marlkalone7361]

0:16 "Hello darkness my old friend...."

[@colbyandbrennen3543]

Anyone else had this in their recommended?

[@rossjn9885]

Another way the government looks to use media outlets to manipulate. The American War Machine is always raging...

[@prashantd6252]

Weird, yea. Really weird for me.

[@slamclown3263]

Illuminati

[@cateatsowl826]

Colby and Brennen yes I did

[@novoice9286]

Colby and Brennen i went from watching deathcore drum playthrough called cuntcrusher to this XD idk what happened

[@liz9147]

2022 here. It would be great to see a follow up of this graduating class.

[@sdubs]

ive been inside westpoint campus a few times cause my music teacher was from there. security to get in was no joke. they check your car's trunk and everything

[@ourtube4266]

I used to think these videos were cool, but after 4 years in and a tour in the Middle East I start to notice just how silly the whole cadet/basic training mindset is. The only reason I wouldn’t be able to make it in west point today is id have migraines from rolling my eyes too far back at all the dumb shit being said and done around me.

[@doobick1898]

Brett Biederman Counter argument, The Military isn’t really for people who roll their eyes at authority and think they are better than others.

[@ourtube4266]

DooBick I didn’t necessarily say I was better than these guys. I can see why you might think that but I should stress that I did almost the exact same thing through basic training, so I’m not in a position to assume superiority. In fact, I don’t even think that the initial “basic training” environment is a bad thing since it gives every soldier something in common and standardized the way we communicate/work on certain tasks. My main point is that forcecomm emphasized how I need to think for myself and get out of the by the book mentality thus the way I’ve been conditioned in the actual military is in direct opposition to the very first lessons everybody coming off the streets who puts on that uniform learns. Hopefully that makes sense, I’m not making fun of these young soldiers just thinking back on my own experience with a little irony.

[@jaelee1996]

Make sure to properly stretch your ocular muscles before you roll them back. And wear a pt belt.

[@desmondwaters3566]

@Brandon Martin That's not any better when you enter the civilian world Sailor. I guess the added bonus of ramming your bunk mate wasn't incentive enough huh...

[@holiday-td6hx]

Brett Biederman....NO, the only reason you wouldn't make it to West Point is probably due to the fact your grades aren't 4.0 and you can't 'handle discipline. Most of you "mama's" boys are brought up to think you should never be punished and use your ridiculous attitude to give your teachers in school a lot of grief. Most people like you think you can disobey the law.....it's sick. You think you're entitled, although in a different way.

[@Lurkartiist]

The looks on their faces while having their heads shaved just shows you how different everyone's story is though they're on this journey together.

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

The Sargent on the Thumbnail at right is a Nice-Looking One 🥰😚😏 Just Saying

[@stumack9755]

@@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx easy

[@hayeshumphries311]

Greatest school in the world!

[@Bigbaymonstermare]

I love that opening clip of that dude just delightfully laughing at his hair being shaved!

[@izzy-sj4de]

bruh i would cry within 2 minutes of being there

[@pyencdocde5716]

You should check out Marine bootcamp

[@GreyBlackWolf]

@@pyencdocde5716 in marine bootcamp. You get yelled at for breathing. Lol

[@florese4804]

It's only 6 weeks.

[@lisamueller7026]

As a Veteran and look back at my time in OSUT Basic training, it was the most fun thing I have ever done. So many neat things you do like fire a weapon or multiple weapons do some crazy obstacle courses get lost in the woods and find your way out, do a lot of camping and running around. If I was younger I would do it all over again.

[@oumardiop1]

imma be honest it was not that bad

[@Ian-op7mq]

"if you embrace the suck it's gonna be ok" 6:27

[@troywillie5034]

Someone's been listening to David Goggins

[@kage968]

*S U C C*

[@angels7698]

Y'll already know he gave up on day1

[@sylvestermutuku5654]

I assume thats the motto of all major Adult Video Producers,

[@DDub-ls3op]

Embrace DEEZ NUTZ and STFU is what I would have told that douche. Now drop turd give me 20! Wet noodle back!

[@eadecamp]

My family has history with West Point. That chain you see a piece of was part of the chain my ancestor Amasa Sprague ordered built to keep the British out.

[@pedropd06]

So many good Americans.

[@andycheng9066]

0:44 her last name combined with the fact that she’s in the military makes this the most American thing I’ve seen today

[@rustyshakelford1279]

Her nickname is Big Mac. When she gets pissed they call her McFlurry.

[@pannacottafugo7777]

@@rustyshakelford1279 stfu🤣🤣

[@jurassicdano3695]

And she be looking thiccshake

[@vincentduffy5758]

God speed!

[@jana-lenjones4894]

@@rustyshakelford1279 my father went to USMA with her and I have never heard of this 😂

[@avarobb6276]

My dad and brother are West Point graduates! Low key all I have ever heard was just how horrible it was 😂 definitely not following in my family’s footsteps

[@donaldindividual-1]

Remember that Mike Pompeo was the top of his class, he supports Putin.

[@MangelBanselmo]

Dang Ava 👀

[@emulation2369]

@@donaldindividual-1 who wouldn't support Putin tho? 🤔

[@hdtvcamera1]

You wouldn't be... What was no longer exists

[@tommygaga7117]

@@emulation2369 An intelligent person who values freedom, that's who.

[@probader1456]

GLEN CAME BACK TO LIFE TF his back story the walking dead makes so more sense now

[@Alfredul03]

Colonel Deborah has a perfect and fluent English and also a good diction. I've never gone to an academy to study English, because what I've learned is listening to music, watching videos, reading web pages and chatting with some friends from other countries on facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Telegram. I could easily write what she says in this video, I love it when a person speaks perfect English like that, it's a luxury to hear her speak . IMHO!

[@lovely-bm2by]

“Ready?” She says as she’s literally shaving him already

[@Eiramilah]

at least she asked lol

[@kingclassic8598]

2:20 I just remembered how unfortunate some people are when he said “if any”

[@talkdtwo]

"If you embrace the "suck" it's going to be okay, you're going to make it through." Excellent attitude for a Plebe and for life.

[@AmericanIdiotPolitics]

yep my brother went here (class of 2018), all of this looks so freaking familiar. The buildings that is

[@ComplexJojo]

Ohh sis this is not for me

[@Zane-hm7ql]

Lol your a hamster how would you kill Jk

[@tychanel3406]

Right the whole yelling orders at me I’m really ain’t the one ✅

[@billygilmusic5072]

your profile pic makes this x10000 times better

[@LoverLikeNoOther]

King Realist because u would cry?

[@emmeryhuber4918]

Same

[@ahhh4851]

I just wanna talk about how at 1:16 it says inspiring military music

[@kingjulien5817]

name please?

[@ahhh4851]

@@kingjulien5817 wot

[@vavacadoz]

Lmfao

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

raegar wdym name?

[@dnte69]

Any military officer school is hell like it is hard to explain but at the end you will leave a better person and have a job.

[@hblee88]

Boot camp: The worst experience. The best experience. A preview of life's extreme in 6 weeks. A mission that becomes one's "awakening" 🙏. God bless them for their courage. 🇺🇸

[@flyykicks936]

4:41 she arguing at him but when she looked down,she was amazed

[@moodylad2033]

Lol

[@galaxycat3357]

😂😂

[@quiles4139]

😂☠️🤣

[@ekoeko6994]

Lmao

[@pilot4910]

Damn she fine asf too

[@Shadowgaming-er3xr]

4:44 when u pull it out and she didn’t know it was that big

[@wilfthebig7910]

Wtf 🤣🤣🤣

[@skeptikalmakhluk]

bruh.. u really gotta bring that up, huh? 😂

[@luffyy8194]

😂😂

[@user-mp7vy9dz9f]

wtf..

[@deadsauce1229]

Shadow gaming 💀

[@shoozymusic]

Had a class today about getting commisioned through Westpoint as prior active duty. Sounds cool as hell I'm just not sure about going through basic training all over again.

[@citylumberjack9169]

It isn't like standard basic; it's more learning to be a cadet than be military. Most prior-service guys did very well in my company.

[@user-yl8xq3sw8b]

Бажаю успіхів у цій відповідальній справі сміливих людей!

[@tyler6003]

My uncle went to West Point and then was stationed in Germany in a high rank and learned 5 languages. Our family has always been proud.

[@thestu059]

How did that benefit your country

[@ChuckN516]

@@thestu059 You should learn more to know!

[@user-in1yw9ty5t]

Im a native american and i dont wanna join the military. For obvious causes. We resist.

[@michaelcelovsky3136]

@@thestu059 you’re the type of dude who expects shit to be handed to them their whole life. That probably thinks rights are just owed to him for showing up. Hopefully you do something for your country instead of trying to discredit others service to make yourself feel better. You think you just read a summary of this man’s uncles military career as a high ranking officer. That man probably did more for his country and the people in it than 3 of your lifetimes. Yet you can’t be humble enough to ever admit it. You think you’re one of the greatest people you know probably instead.

[@heythave]

@@user-in1yw9ty5t That is your personal decision, but sometime the decision to join and go to a prestigious place like West Point, can pull you out of poverty or an environment that is harmful to your everyday living like alcoholism.

[@xKarma_411]

KZbin America really wants us to join the military.

[@user-zl8wb2rn6q]

This was in my recommended & I'm Asian......'_'

[@bryanreisser1421]

Im dutch wtf is this lol. The army is for dumb people who cant study :P

[@PrincipalityofZeon]

Good thing a have a bunch of metal in my femur.

[@sodafied7988]

@@bryanreisser1421 I might not be able to study, but I still make A's and B's. I leave June 4th of 2019

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

@@bryanreisser1421 A Dutch civilian like you would of course know absolutely nothing about the military, whether it's your country's or elsewhere.

[@4gerars500]

To those who made it congrats

[@iceberg7117]

Very cool 😊

[@rezayawari9775]

Fighting for the rich and losing your life, never. They use you for few years, then throw you out, if you survive. Lately I sat with a soldier in a bar for an hour, he had so much demons in his head from the ecperiences he had gone through, he told me he had more fun during that one hour then he had in two months. Be your own man, not someone else solider.

[@percussionfellow6168]

true words

[@SsamF1]

facts

[@shoaibsiddiq3507]

True

[@emiliomoncher154]

I agree, They have no brain, this is not the way joung people should live

[@yomocueto1494]

So according to your mentality, we disband all army forces, don't enlist any, so one day Russia wakes up and decides to attack us and force us to learn Russian and work for them? Sure in hell YOU would not volunteer to defend us.

[@PARlS23]

The guys face at 0:16 is priceless 🤣

[@Eeep_Z1]

He reminds me of courage the cowardly dog Muriel brother Fred

[@SanZero1]

He is like "This was a wrong choice"

[@turtleruski1915]

“Well, I’m screwed now.”

[@j3in725]

He was internally screaming

[@andrei.242]

He reminds me of haywire from prison break

[@liyuqi8092]

All those people shouting over each other I’m amazed the cadets are able to understand what they’re saying.

[@ukachionyema5861]

Sometimes the non-regimental life seems highly in disarray that one may prefer the timed duties of such places. Whatever it is you choose, ensure your spirit, soul, and body are all into it.

[@longdivision9831]

Barber: Sir, we are gonna have to cut your hair off entirely Me: It is MA'AM! Barber: Next!

[@ciara6694]

😂🤣😂 stoooppp hahahaha!!

[@LoverLikeNoOther]

It's Tape! Digusting

[@johnallen9439]

The haircut, the uniform, the drills etc. are all a part of stripping you of any individuality. The military is all about teamwork and your first lesson is that everyone is equally worthless. It's particularly funny that women got there by screaming for equality, and yet they are spared the training which is designed to make you equal !

[@Cadolots]

Lol they won’t get away with that shit. If they pull that shit. They will kick out.

[@HawaiiDEEPS]

@@johnallen9439 The new Army Combat Fitness Test to be implemented in 2020 has equal standards for men and women.