As a 33 year old going in a month...I can't wait to be around a bunch of 18-21 year olds who know so much more than anyone else. But hey, it's a growing experience for everyone. I just hope they appreciate it as much as they should.
I can’t only imagine what you have to put up with as a 27 year old airman lol. I’m the same age, and it can still be a hassle to motivate young airmen as a Staff Sergeant. Sometimes correction tools are necessary. 😅
My flight was also on the 4th floor, we were also the loudest flight in the squadron! We ended up winning top PT flight. Our sister flight did as well!
There were days our MTI team member would say "Why is sister flight louder than you guys?" or "You gonna let em do you like that?".....SSgt Washington was always lighting us up , she did not play lol!
Civil Air Patrol cadet here! How can you *not* like sounding off? It’s *so* fun to just Command voice your lungs out, *especially* now that I’m a Cadet NCO (C/SSgt at time of posting) There was one time I was going through some drill movements with a flight and my squadron commander came up to speak to us. After he was done I asked my flight if he was understood to which they sounded off. After which, I just went full almost DI level just “I SAID IS THAT UNDERSTOOD” to the point my Squadron Com. Was like “we didn’t join the USMC tonight!”. TL;DR Sounding off, 11/10 would recommend even as a 16 year old
@@BlurredUniverse357 I didn’t mean any offense if I caused any, no we don’t, at our basic leadership encampment (our “BMT” effectively) cadets in training are woken up at only 0500.. I made the comment with midday in mind and not 0345 and such, my apologies
@@trx90vito29 hahaha, im not offended at all. You will understand if you and when you head to basic training. Im maintenance, so its going to take a lot more to offend.
@@Tinygiant4 That's normal. Just try to listen to what your MTIs tell you and be fast if you do that then you'll be fine. Also work with your fellow airmen as much as possible. And yeah. I'm at Fort Sam right now. 30 minutes from Lackland.
Yes you’d get yelled at lol, but just as long as you don’t get caught and your dorm chief and element leaders don’t snitch. Same goes for writing letters after lights out. I’d do that during EC duty 2200-0000 or 0000-0200
Yep, in the dorms. You will have a lot of free time. Sundays are when the MTI’s aren’t there. You will literally spend the entire day folding clothes, cutting strings, maybe write a few letters, hang out with your wingmen, study…. Those days were long trust me. But ofcourse, when you are in flights where you have to march to go to certain places, you will not be free to just walk off to the bathroom then. It’s all about situational awareness to know when and when not to use the bathroom.
@@trapkoala8901 You will be able to do that when you wake up yes, regardless of if you have PT. You will be given time to do your military hair, wash your face (if you have that stuff), and brush your teeth. First week (zero week) of BMT will be a little more hectic. But things will definitely start to slow down during third week and you will have actual time to breathe and actually think about the little things like that.
