People trash this generation. But everyone of those young men joined knowing they were war bound! I went to basic in 2005. Proud to have served knowing where we were all headed.
Good job Mr. Holland. By this time I was a Sergeant First Class in the 101st new 4th Brigade. I had the privilege of leading dozens of Soldiers from this era in Iraq. They all knew that as 11B's they would be going to combat soon. All of you volunteered and served at a critical time and the majority performed their duty without hesitation. My oldest son joined in 2010 right out of high school and is now a Staff Sergeant in the Infantry. All of you are owed a debt of gratitude from our Nation. Thank you very sincerely for your sacrifice and service. RLTW MSG (R) Dave.
I went to Benning back in 2003. When Iraq started our DS's told us many of us would be going. And I sure did in the end of 2003 to 2004. And then back in Iraq in 2006
Man, no joke. I went in 2004 and ETS'd 2009, and every new class of joe's was a little more entitled and weaker than the last. And, BDU/DCU kicked ass man, none of that velcro BS. Guys don't even have to shine their black boots every night lol, come on.
@@attiumeyami417 I like OCP's better too. They're like an updated 21st century remake version of the old camouflage pattern. Except there's no black, just different shades of olive green and pea green, brown and dark tan. Plus there's more pockets to store your wallet, phone, etc on your shirt and pants.
I wish i could do it all over again. This is when my mom and dad were alive. I was trained to be a soldier at Fort Lost in the woods. The first time i witnessed my father shed a tear when i graduated. I am a old man now, but wish i could do it all over again. I love my country and my Army.
Bill, I was in C-4-2 back in the '60's! My three older brothers and one younger brother and my son also were 'Grads' from the Woods! Hated and LOVED every minute of it and wish I could do it all over again! Hey Marines...you don't know HOW easy you had it!
Echo 4 10 back in '85. we didn't have these cushy buses. We went from reception to our assigned units in cattle cars. No time to sit down, and not much desire to do so either.
@errolmcinnes7938 I went through in June 85 and we went from reception station to BT unit in cattle cars when we boarded them they told us to lower your head and were no allowed to look outside while riding to our BT unit.
@@whiteamerican1988 I was an infantry soldier for 7 years, served two combat deployments in Eastern Afghanistan, and achieved the rank of Sergeant, dick head.
Mason B thank you for your service, sergeant. I just enlisted in the US Army last week on Monday, 11X MOS, infantry recruit. I’m leaving for Benning August 24th
Daquan Corleone My nephew leaves on exact same day sir. What a trip that I saw your post comment. Y’all may very well meet and serve together. Enjoy every minute. Take hundreds more pictures than you think you should. Thanks you for enlisting.
This is great. I can't stop laughing at how amazing this is and how scared I remember being when I stepped off the bus. B Co. 2/47INF 1999 with DS Chaisomboon , Cantrell and Smoke.
Yeah, funny how that fear is quite an asset for a recruit and you as the new recruit always thought of it as a burden or a weakness, when in reality it wasn't that at all.
Cattle cars in '86 too! Basic was just listening to people yell and maybe teach you something. Airborne School was a lot tougher PT and better as far as moral and team building. Spending a few years in 1/75th rangers in Savannah and then 1/187th 101st at Campbell was a tough, miserable, great experience that I wouldn't trade for the world.
one tip for anyone going to basic: pass it as if you were just someone's figment of their imagination or as if you were just a name (something my dad told me if I decide to go into service)
Aloysius Dunn every time I’m getting off of a plane waiting for people to quit lollygagging, I wish that a pack of drill sergeants would appear and speed up the process!
When I went to Benning, I thought I was Chinese. It was always, "Do push-ups, Yu" or "Come here, Yu". Also, to anyone going to Infantry school, just a word of advice. When you get to your duty station and they ask you where you went to basic. Tell them your unit, i.e. C 2/58. Do NOT say, Fort Benning.
I'll never forget my "GET OFF MY BUS" experience down at Ft. Benning. It was back in 2005 but you just never forget it. Getting on that bus at 30th AG down the street and that ride to Sand Hill. Seeing those Drill Sergeants waiting for you. "Toeing the line".....Hahaha. Other 11b"s.......Remember the motivation levels we had when we got our crossed rifles, blue cord and graduated Benning? I felt unstoppable coming out of that place. It's a straight up motivation factory. Training hard so that when you met Hadji you put his fucking ass in the dirt. Remember that shit? Fuck....I miss it Bros. Remember that feeling in Iraq like being on the tip of the world? Regardless of your experience there....I know you miss that feeling. Do you ever cry sometimes thinking about Iraq?.......I do, my wife doesn't know about it. Remember those battle buddies who didn't come home? .....Remember getting drunk with them in the barracks before deployment? Seems like everyone else forgot about them huh? We didn't forget, we're still here. Crazy mixed feelings about that experience?......Me too. Do you still hate POGS?....Me too. Don't ever let anyone tell you we didn't win that war. Us Gen X boys stepped up and handled that shit like men....we broke the enemy's will to fight. We did what they asked of us and then they fucked it up. That's on them. Iraq had peace and security when we left. Saddam's Army was defeated, AQI was defeated, Mahdi Army was defeated, the last of the insurgents were cleared out of Diyala and there was no ISIS cause we would of fucked them up too. Regardless of whether we should of been there or what they did after we left.......We won that fight. Fuck boomers, millennials and Hadjis.....I can still fill and time a sincgars, decompress and seal a sucking chest wound, set the timing and head space on a .50 cal and ruck march farther than all of them. Most importantly I can out party and out fuck every single one of those weak sauce pussies. I'll never for get why the sky is blue and I miss all you boys everyday.......Hooah!
If your a Zoomer and you read this... These millennials are weak and fake as fuck. They're so weak and frail that they don't even count as people. Hell, they don't even have sex. Those fruitcakes will ruin the world with their NAZI censorship over "muuuuhhh feelings". We need the Gen X/Zoomer alliance of common sense and balls to defeat their evil hoard of stupid ideas. Also, beware of Boomers. Not all of them can be trusted. Many of them sold your future to China for second homes.
He was lying. I seriously doubt they allow contraband like cell phones during basic. They don't allow cell phones in AIT, either. At least when I went through.
Know this is an old comment but it’s the typical “bAcK iN mY dAy” garbage. Literally went though this less than a year ago and your comment is pretty far from correct
I went to basic at Harmony Church in 1983. Same kind of treatment, maybe a bit more profane then. Benning did not have a reception station then. We in-processed at Ft Jackson, then were bussed to Georgia. The bus had a number of stops to discharge some TDY-types. We were the last drop off. Whoo-hoo! Thanks for all the training SSG Ray Czarnecki, and SFC James Moore.
Man I remember when I went to benning for the first time as a private. Man was I so freaked scared. But I realize that was the first day of an amazing life
***** Think again. After the Gulf War is when families and friends notice the difference in those who went over there. Yes it dates further back but never noticed till the 90's.
***** You do know PTSD can come from ANYTHING. Even for civilians. Its not exclusive to vets but to everyone. Cops and Firefighters have a lot as well. And guess what our first job in the Army is infantry. Regardless what your job is. When you are in a combat zone, everyone's combatant. Only those who receives the CIB badges are combat infantry meaning those who went through combat. And don't forget about CAB's too. This bickering of you is so unprofessional and don't respect your fellow vets in arms. If you really did served you would know that.
E Co. 2-19 4th platoon on Sand Hill, remember my first shark attack, I threw my civy bag out the back door of the bus and it hit a DS's foot, thought I was a dead man
During first week of basic we had our first KP duty. I got stuck washing cookie sheets they'd cooked sausage patties on that had loads of grease and shit stuck to them that would immediately turn water brackish. Drill would walk by and tell me to change water...did it about a dozen times and then got yelled at for taking to long. Got frustrated and threw cookie sheet in water which a few drops splashed onto drill I didn't see. Thought for sure I was a dead man and came to attention expecting a special type of punishment. He only gave me an evil look, said "Nice job private" and walked on. Still don't know why he didn't kill me.
AWWW I was hoping - could it be??? MY cycle? Nope :( just a couple months too soon. I was A 1/38 - one with that damn "pilot program" BCT... We were just completing blue phase or heading to AIT by this time. Still though, great upload - fun to watch. Sand Hill will always have a special place in my heart. My favorite part will always be on the bus as we finally pulled up to sand hill from reception and saw one of drill sergeants standing by the driveway, wearing a big toothy sadistic grin and enthusiastically waving at a bus load of wide eyed, utterly SILENT recruits. And that was the first time I finally thought to myself, "awwww damnit... what have I just got myself into???" Rock of the Marne ;D
This isn't how it is anymore. They don't scream as much and the don't grab your bags and throw them. You go to the CTA do a couple push ups, get introduced to your ds's, 1sgt, XO, company commander, get your ta50 gear then be prepared to being doing pt and classroom shit for about 3 weeks
I graduated INFANTRY OSUT Sand Hill, Ft Bennington, GA C/6/1 ~ Charlie Company, 6th Battalion, 1st Infantry TRNG Bde... DAMN THIS BRINGS MEMORIES ~ was here 1989-1990!
1/19 candy land summer of 96 echo company 3rd platoon 18 years old loved every minute of it think about it all the time. I loved basic more than regular army afterwards. I'll never forget turning blue after the 5 mile hike from the field after a.i.t. I love you all my infantry brothers. pick up your weapon and follow me!
As a former soldier myself I do feel bad for new soldiers having to work for a very crooked and unjust government that doesn't give 2 shits about any of us
I was in a few years after this 07 and it was just like this God I miss this mentality now is hugs and kisses.....and how does that make you feel. They are not making soldiers anymore but ill trained therapist. Most my brothers still in don't want to deploy with the new kids.
+RenegadeGaming no i didnt take offense.. i was just saying lol especially if u watch army vs marine videos you will see whoever made those videos were such marine dick riders because they made all the army parts look so soft with soft music and marine parts with hardcore yelling and heavy metal music
i was there. i didnt do push ups because the drill sargents knew i was really tough and they didnt wanna mess with me. i was best in class and soon was ranked up higher then them.
That's ok. It is best to be afraid because that will help you succeed and in the long run, you'll be glad you were afraid and taking it serious. Your cadres (Training and drill sergeants) will see that too and they won't let up by any means, but your fears will help you push yourself. Just a word of advice, stay away from the kids that are being cocky and not at all worried. You'll notice them at the airports when you're in transit. They will be the ones wearing the rodeo t-shirts, sporting a belt buckle the size of championship gold and wearing sunglasses at night, as well as looking like a chipmunk because they have half a can of snoose in the mouth. They will be the ones kicked back with their hands folded behind their heads looking cool and relaxed and they somehow know that you will fuck up, but they will be just fine. These dudes are nothing but trouble and your cadres will close in on them like SEAL Team 6 on Bin Laden, because I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of your cadres will be combat vets as well and nothing, I mean NOTHING, angers combat vets more than a dumbass, wannabe shitkicker recruit who thinks he has more to offer the Army than the Army has to offer him. They will seriously make these dudes and their associates lives a living hell and they will do it in ways that I cannot even describe. If you listen to what they are telling you and avoid these other clowns that I described, you'll fair just fine.
That is absolutely what I'm telling you. There is nothing wrong with being afraid to leave for recruit training. It is perfectly normal. When I left for the army (I went to Fort Benning, the same pace these guys are at) I was terrified. I was so spooked that I couldn't eat anything at all, not even in transit and the night before I actually left, I didn't sleep a wink. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being afraid to go to recruit training. Seriously, how many people sign up and volunteer to get screamed at for three months; not too many. Here's the thing, the fact that you are afraid means that you are taking this thing serious, which is the way it should be, because the U.S. Military itself is a corporate entity and the tax payers are the share holders and what is the mission statement of armies? To fight wars; defending the country falls under that category. So considering what the purpose is, this is something that you really do need to take serious and that fear and worry you have is not at all misguided, it is right where it should be and I'm sure you will do just fine.
The Army of today is apparently a lot more resilient than the Army of your day. It takes a lot more than getting rid of a style of boot to phase us now. Of course we have been at war longer than any generation in US history, so it shouldn't be surprising that such a trivial thing would so easily phase the part-timers of the past.
Stuff like that shows for a split second the privates won't has a second to see the seargents look out after each other like brothers if 1 is harassed they will defend each other to the end when they pat each other on back and the guy accepted apology shows brotherhood you see the human side of the seargent even if its just for a second.
Me too. Went to basic in 01. Charle 1/150? I can't remember exactly. I do remember that those old lady cooks made some amazing biscuits and gravy! Went to 1/19 for ait, the breakfast there sucked balls......
I was Bravo 2/19 4th Platoon. We had a pretty dang good breakfast tho.. I always ate way too much for breakfast lol. I remember standing in the chow line being half asleep after being at the range all day or after a long road march.
I remember it being so much more chaotic. The bus Drill Sergeant slammed on the walls of the bus and screamed to get the fuck off his bus, then a wall of Drill Sergeants screaming at us and chasing us to the company area.
When I went to Basic at Fort Jackson in 85 they shoved us on to cattle cars and told us we were either going to graduate go to jail or go to the hospital on a gurney well yes a few went on a gurney a few went to jail but the rest of us graduated.
This is how it should be! If you look at their faces as they exit the bus; that look says it all. War is chaos, we must prepare our soldiers for chaos!
LMFAO ...LITERALLY TAKEN BACK IN TIME WATCHING THIS. I WAS NEXT DOOR AT C 2/47 WITH MY FILL DATE AS APRIL 8TH 2004. GOOD FUCKING TIMES !!! THAT SHIT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!
