If a person not wearing a Drill Sergeant's hat tells you to pick up a Drill Sergeant's hat, even if they're the person who put it down, refuse to because you aren't allowed to do anything in basic unless a Drill Sergeant tells you to and a human being is only a Drill Sergeant if they're wearing a hat.
The PB&J thing is good. When I went to MC Bootcamp, I learned about a month in that you could get as much cottage cheese as you want and you can mix it with your main course to get rid of the nasty flavor. I gives you more protein so you can build and repair muscles better. Also the calcium will help your bones, ligaments. Only problem is you can over do it and become some form of semi lactose intolerant. That means you'll be killing your platoon with gas warfare.
I remember back in AIT in FT.Benning.. It was the one week out at woods and u dig your own foxholes during AIT, we had a simulation of fireguard and that we the other platoons were *terriost* trying to get into the center of our camp. Everyone on fireguard fell asleep and they got through..annnddddd we got smoked all the way till morning by the Company Commander
Advice from an old vet from the 1960's: when standing in any military line, chow, etc., never stand at the back of the line or at the front of the line, always position yourself somewhere in the middle of the line. The front and rear positions are the ones they snatch for extra duty, like KP, or some other dirty duty. You are considered the lowest cherries on the tree and made for easy picking.
Food= healthy life protein and potassium= less muscle soreness I was at a military high school for 6 months at 2,000 calorie food becomes meaning of life first hour out of the program I ate a 3,500 calorie meal
I just want to say thank you so much for everything you do with this channel. My husband is currently going through BCT at Ft. Jackson and these videos have been great for me to get an idea of what he's doing and what to expect, and I know he watched a lot of them before he left. Thank you so much!
Don't eyeball the drill sergeants. Don't pretend when your on a range your actually shooting someone when your just shooting a plastic dummy, don't try and be a sports star or track star. If you really are not wanting to be in the Army and they give you a chance to get out with a general discharge before you start training or before you go to AIT take the chance, don't wait until you are already at A.I.T. and then decide you want out. Even at A.I.T. they may say" hey any of you having second thoughts and think maybe you might not want to go on to a unit, the army is just not for you, please come to my office and we will give you a General Discharge". It's the only real chance you are going to get before your deployed to get out with a General Discharge that goes away after 6 months and is like you were never in, other wise you may end up real psychological issues like some of the people who got out, or in trouble , or trying to commit suicide , or working with people on a hard job that requires a lot of motivation and putting others in danger you work with because you just are not really someone who wants to be in the Army. There were a few guys in Basic and AIT who tried to kill themselves to get out but the stupid part was they were told more than once they could talk to the Drill and the Captain would give them a General Discharge.
Also a lot of you are young guys and gals. Cussing seems like the thing because parents are not around. Even though the Drills may cuss some of them. If you get started cussing as a soldier , its a different kind of life, cussing becomes a habit really hard to fix, you really make it even harder getting along and being respected as a private if all your doing is grunting and cussing. Saying curse words every other word is how lots of guys end up. When you get out cursing every other word will land you in the hood the person know one understood.
Leaving September 24th to Fort Benning as a 25Q active duty, just wanted to say thank you for all this information you provide and thanks for serving man!
i always imagine my worst fear, in this case it’s a bunch of spiders crawling all over me and the smile goes away pretty quick, so if you’re afraid of heights just imagine being up really high or something like that or whatever fear you have
Me too lol I laugh when I'm nervous too & I'm very clumsy not to mention I'm a 6'0 skinny girl so they will for sure notice me smh I'm bound to fuck up 😂😂
My drill sergeant stopped me and asked where's your battle buddy, and I told him...I don't know, he screamed at me and told me to go back and get him. Those drill sergeants take that battle buddy stuff seriously.
I was in Navy Basic in 1982. I don't recall any strict dietary restrictions. It was like "Take all you want, but eat all you take." They didn't like wasting of food. Navy chow wasn't the best during basic, but it improved tremendously once aboard ship.
My granddaughter just graduated from Fort Sill. Her biggest fear was the gas chamber. She admits she wish she knew what to expect, and not what the drill sergeants screamed at them to believe. I’m requesting you to make a RU-vid covering the gas chamber. Exactly what to expect (every detail) and tips to make it a little more bearable, if possible. Many people do better when they know what to expect. I imagine the gas chamber is included.
I was scared of gas chamber too. But it's only a couple minutes long and you're fine afterwards. In fact it ended up being one of the least problematic things in my whole.time in basic.
Hey Matt. Thanks for all your videos. My son starts his fist day of BCT tomorrow after 10 days in reception. Your videos have been very helpful in understanding his journey.
Knowing that I am not worthy to pick up the Drill Sargent Hat, if asked to do it by the Drill Sargent how would you go about it and what should you say to the Drill Sargent??
To be completely honest, there is no sure fire way to get out of this situation. You're kind of screwed no matter what. But I promise you, picking it up is worse than not picking it up.
Let’s face it , your going to get burned either way. Just do or don’t do it and get it over with. Your going to piss the DI even more with your hesitation
“I respectfully decline due to the fact that I have not earned the hat and badge, Drill Sergeant!” You’ll still get smoked probably, but they’ll respect your knowledge. Getting smoked isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s gonna happen to everyone so learn to expect it.
Thanks for this video. I'm waiting on getting to the dentist before I'm cleared at MEPS. That was the only reason I got a DQ. Love the videos, keep it up brother.
Man you keep me motivated to get back in shape I got hurt during basic and medical discharged and I am working to get back there my 1 year mark to be able to get back in just passed and we are putting in the waiver soon just got to get checked out one last time and them to say I'm 100% good to go back I can't wait thanks for the help man didn't have anyone that knew much about it have some buddy's that are at the base near me that I hang out with but they don't know as much as you do
@4:34 Be warry of mail call....as the drill sergeants are throwing your letters down the kill zone, they might just toss their campaign hat....don't be that guy that catches it.
Leaving in less than 2 weeks, used to work late hours so I wouldn't sleep until 5-6 am. It's been impossible for me to get normal sleep, trying to reset my sleep clock tonight, didn't sleep last night. Will I be screwed at basic?
Take sleeping pills for two or three days to get the rhythm going. They help tremendously in terms of resetting sleep schedule. Like Bob said, quit your job and use the time to train physically and fix your sleep.
Luz Nerina They got my company on this. When they say "wake up is at 0500" you want to make sure people wake up at 0415 or 0430. When 0500 comes, they will come into the bay and smoke you for not being ready.
I have a random question. If you get issued glasses during Basic and you have to wear them during basic and AIT, are you required to wear them when you get to your duty station? Also how many PT tests do you have during basic?
No you don't have to. But you do have to have glasses that are within regulation standards. 3 PT tests. One for each phase of training. If you fail the last one then you can retake it.
Thank you so much for the videos you make I am planning on joining the army after high school and your videos are really letting me know what I need to know
What year did they start with the so called BATTLE BUDDY? I never heard that term in 1982. But we did have friends we paired up with in our own choosing. I never experienced or heard of stories like asked to pick up Drill sgt's hat and so on. I did hear stories about that from family back in the day in the Marines for example on Parris Island killing a sand fly and having to bury him in a deep hole they had to dig :) I personally was scared to death of the Drill Sgt and never was in a laughing mood around them. Plus i jumped when they said to jump. I found basic simple. Do things by the numbers in order as per our SMART book we were issued on procedures. AND NEVER anticipate a command while marching or whatever. That will always piss them off. WAIT for the command
Yeah I can grab the one of drill sergeants favorite cereals. Lucky Charms. It was a ranger drill sergeant. Is hanging off the rafters saying who ate my charms. Battle was looking at me and I was like that serves him for being a jerk.
Also a tip for not smilin' is bite the insides of ur cheek. 1) It forces ur body to not smile, even when ur brain is like "Dont smile dont smile dont smile" which sometimes MAKES u smile more 2) U look innocent and u wont get smoked
It was a running dare to take the DS cover during OSUT. After graduation, some people were leaving with family and some were being loaded on half tracks for the bus. In all the commotion I saw a DS cover sitting on the stage and I was about to take it. But I didnt, probably for the best.
I would advise to act as a team, there would be 4 Batteries in a Platoon and they want each Battery to compete against each other, my Platoon and Battery flag was rolled up most of our training, but once we all worked together, our flags were waiving in the wind!
Tips for staying awake. Go to the back of the room and do pt. Have the time my drill sergeants rather see you all Russell take upon ourselves to discipline ourselves. Yes if you fell asleep or redid it would not be good you be doing fruit bad goals buy Finger snaps. First snap front text Snapback Third Step Go. Or hold your arms straight up holding two small rocks and seeing how long it takes for those two small rocks to get heavy.
Keeping in mind the way your company works be it Alpha through Echo in BCT, some DS’s will expect you to say for example 3rd platoon female drill seargent or 1st platoon senior drill seargent but as he says never call them sir or ma’am and never touch the headgear of one either. Another fun tip for all fresh recruits you will never be referred to higher than a private so do not pull the college SPC buisness your expecting too.
When I went to basic, there was a saying that if you touched a DS’ headgear that you were jinxed. If you were caught, you’d get the crap smoked out of you. Please...Do not touch the campaign hat!
I did that for training for police. They had us at the CAF Borden base for training temporarily. There is always a cold food station (for salads and things). One day the had cold burger patties as well. So I grabbed my main hot meal, And then made a cold burger (salad for toppings). You can get really strategic with this especially if you are looking by day 1. Any protein food strategy can be made. Full respect to CAF for letting me train there. Note: I would always eat ONLY eggs and fruit for breakfast, to grind out my fat loss. Then slowly eat more throughout the day, topping it off with the heavier stuff in the later afternoon/dinner. Recover fuel for your next 0400 PT
Hey man! I am enlisting soon, took my ASVAB and the psych eval and got great scores. Do we have any control over which unit we get assigned too? Hoping to get sent to Souel
I ate some cake in 2002 while in the field at Ft Benning. I still don't know why I took it because I was aware of the trap stories. I was told to take the whole cake and eat it. We were about to start a roadmarch or something. I cant remember for sure. I ate as much as I could/wanted then pretended I was feeling worse than I really was. They saw I couldn't handle anymore and I was told to stop while they chuckled at me. I then went and stuck my finger down my throat before we started the march. That cake was tasty though. lol edit: the point was they wanted to see me throwing up during the road march and I wanted that heavy cake out of my belly before I started the march.
newbie, working thru... anyways.. why serve cake if no-ones allowed to eat it? also, somewhere you talked about drillsgt telling you (an order)to pick up his head gear, yet if you do you'll get smoked... and order is an order, surely, as an new recruit how are you expected to know which orders to comply with and which not... sounds like they are setting people up to fail.
I'd really like to know this too. It seems like whoever they tell to go pick it up, they're setting them up to "fail" either way. Either you touch it because they told you to and you get in trouble for touching it, or you disobey a DS, and presumably get in trouble for that. I'd like to think there's a "correct" answer to this, just for the sake of it not being, "hey, watch me put this private in a no-win situation!"
You should make a Video showing the expected form on exercises in the army specially pushups, sit ups and Pull ups, and maybe tips on the rope climb and the over and under lig logs
My son is going in the Army in 3 weeks for basic. He is going in as an E3 due to being in JROTC in high school. Will the drill sgt look at him more being an E3?
Having someone follow you around isn't weird. It's kinda like when your little when your parents have you go with your cousin or friend to the bathroom or where ever. To this day (now that I'm in the habit of going to certain places with someone) I can't really go alone. XD But yes it would be weird for me at first if I was going somewhere with a stranger. XD
Went to fort sill. We could have cake or ice cream but if you have a failing pt score they’d make you taste it again. Only the people who had failing pt scores and barely passing. If you had 70 in each event you ate what you want.
Any tips for someone whos looking to join to military, but the only PT hes done was working 4 years in a furniture store, lifting furniture around daily.
What if I have to use the head during a drill or training exercise? Do I get smoked for running off and digging a cat hole? Or do I just commit to shatting? Lol
once again very informative video, but I have a question that seems to vary from different videos. When talking to a DS, do you make eye contact with them lol? So many people have said "Never look at your Drill Sergeant in the eye while he's yelling at you" like kind of look straight or past. Then other people have said always make eye contact while he's speaking to you to be respectful.
Thanks and the answer is both but it depends on the situation. If you are standing in formation and at a position where you shouldn't be moving then don't look at them if they are yelling at you. However if it's just you one on one with them then it might be considered rude to not look at them. At the end of the day that are just people and it could vary but just go with what you think. If you approach a DS to ask a question or you approach the DS for any reason then yes look at them.
Have you talked about white phase yet my son in it now ,I thought it went red blue white but they just completed red phase said heading start white phase
im confused you say never get your battle buddy in trouble but in another video you say never lie to your sergeant wouldn't that get your buddy in trouble if he asks a question about your buddy?
