Graham Family Reacts to What Army Recruits Go Through At Boot Camp 

My church buys MREs to hand out to those in need. Most do not have access to refridgerators or microwaves. It is a warm meal that they can eat when they want to.

I went through Marine Corps Boot Camp in 1980 (44 years ago) at MCRD San Diago California. Back then the Drill Instructors could still put their hands on you(Hit, slap, punch, use bad language). Today they are not allowed to be so physical during training. If you would like to get a look at what we went through during Boot Camp, I suggest watching the movie "Full Metal Jacket"

Training doesn't end after boot camp your always training and learning

Keys to making it easily through boot camp…pay attention, be in good physical shape, follow orders quickly and accurately, accept that you will get yelled at and will fail at times (they will make sure you do), and work together with your fellow recruits.

They break them down to lower their resistance to learning new ways - the more collective military ways rather than as individuals. Then they challenge them pretty hard to weed out those who won't make it on active duty, and to give them a challenge to collectively overcome, proving to them they can always do more than they think they can. And they know everybody they serve with went through a version of the same.

I can see how proud Jono is of those kids, and he's got every right to be! You're both raising a couple of great ones...

The mre has a crazy shelf life. Around 50 years. I worked at the missike silos and we had pallets of them underground in case war fell out.

i was in the United states Navy and i was in for 3 months in boot camp but you guys should watch the marine boot camp video

The graduates are going to their base assignments. Some assignments are in the United States of America (US/ USA), some assignments are overseas (Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Puerto Rico, etc.). These moves are called Permanant Change of Station (PCS). If the assignment inside the USA, this is known as Continental United States (CONUS). If the military assignment is outside the USA, it's known as Outside Continental United States= Overseas (OCONUS).

After the basic training is over the soldiers will advance on to AIT (Advanced Individual Training) where they will train in their MOS (Military Occupational Specialty).

A long time ago, in a place called Ft. Benning.1980 I went through basic, advanced infantry, Jump school (Paratrooper), path finder, Ranger school. Steel pots , (helmet) our hand to hand training was outside in sawdust pits. Then off to Ft. Bragg for 20yrs and SF. old and retired 18B now. Love y"alls reactions.

My dad was a Marine, they are on a whole other level with their training.

I had my basic training at Fort Dix,New Jersey and became an expert in grenade throwing.Learned to fire the M-16 rifle and a 30 caliber machine gun and a portable anti-tank weapon.I qualified with my M-16 rifle as a marksmen.

9:41 The way that drill instructor’s neck and face are turning red, makes me wonder how his blood pressure is.

I did my basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri fresh out of high school. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, however I have nothing but fond memories.

So BCT trains the very basics of being a soldier while AIT trains the very basics of your job in the army. The soldier would then get even more constant training after they get to their unit depending on job.

My husband ate C rations from WWII in Vietnam! Can you imagine? It wasn't all the time but food has come a long way since then. He used to call the bread and crackers "weevil bread" because it has real bugs in it. Protein is protein, I guess! Out in the jungle there wasn't a lot of cooking going on so a 20 year old can of something was better than nothing....or not. His favorite was beanie weenie. That man! If he ended up with Lima beans it was going right in the trash.

The cheese tortellini MRE is bangin dude. It's got the hooah bar and cappuccino and whatnot. MREs were the only time in basic that we were allowed to eat candy without getting in trouble.

As an infantryman once you graduate from OSUT 22wk training. You go to your unit where you will remain and live. Your daily job as infantry is to train to close with and destroy the enemy. Basically this type training from OSUT for us never stops.

My nephew joined the Army at 17yrs. He's now been in for 11yrs & has been deployed 7x. This is just basic, depending on what job within the Army is there is so much more training that is always on going.

I believe that the one for the Marines is the most brutal, ought to find that for them.

Hello Graham family!! It's so great to see all of you together, again!! Ms D : )

They stress out the recruits to ensure that they can handle the stress of combat. Combat is terrifying. Yes, you can hold the seabags for 20 mins.

My son is a Indiana state trooper and the training is very tough they teach you hand to hand combat, firearms, they choke till you black out and when you wake up you continue fighting, driving skills training they teach you to fight in a car and lot book work on law enforcement his training was 6 months long but he loves his job he is on their dive team doing body recovery also. I worry about him every day in today’s climate. Oh and your tased and pepper sprayed too

Fort Benning is not the only OSUT base. I did OSUT at Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri. We called it fort lost in the woods misery. I was a combat engineer and drove a bradley tank for my unit. Freakin fun times man. Big guns, big tanks & bigger bombs. Loved every second of it. I was injured before i could deploy. I'll never claim what i didnt achieve.

My grandfather (who we lovingly called “Grumpy” like the dwarf from Snow White) was a marine post WWII but pre Vietnam. We called him Grumpy because he was tough, but also loved us. If anybody fucked with the family, even if we kids screwed around too much, the Marine came out and NOBODY wanted that. He was very well respected and loved in the community, and to this day I get people who say “you’re one of Grumpy’s girls”. My grandparents were very well known, I miss them both every day. Cancer took them both a few years apart ❤ I feel like it’s also important to note that our first military men way back during the Revolution were trained by Prussians. Friedrich von Stueben was a Prussian military officer and helped George Washington train his troops one winter. Through years, the American military cultivated and developed Prussian technique, making it our own. So, thanks former nation of Prussia, for your military training 💛

It's a great idea to try out the MRE's....I have bought a couple cases from our local/public Army surplus store which sells everything possible that is used in the service that is allowed to be sold to civilians and service people alike..... My husband and I were fortunate enough to grab a few cases of MRE's as a means of survival food as a massive hurricane was approaching our Hawaiian islands. Being in the middle of the ocean relying on shipping containers to supply us with everything possible gets to be a stark reminder of our remote location, where a natural disaster can cripple all possible sources of food, water, batteries, essentials, and housing materials, medical assistance and policing any aftermath...Remote areas on any island also have the help of The National Guard and U.S. Army. We found many great meals in our MRE's. So hopefully you guys have some of the better meals that were available to us....my favorite: ham and scalloped potatoes, grape juice, squeeze cheese and crackers, peanut butter, chocolate chip cookie, freeze dried fruit cocktail, coffee and cocoa, toaster pastry. My husband's favorite: Chili Con Carne with beef or Lasagna with meat sauce. 😊

I definitely came out a different person. These guys got it a lot easier than we did back in the 80's.

The difference between the beginning and the 11th week Soldiers is that they have "Graduated" from the Basic Training portion of OSUT and while they are still in training it's a little bit more "relaxed". They will still get dragged through the mud if they "step on their cranks" but it's a bit easier "mentally" for them.

Army stopped using the "Shark Attack method a little while ago. Instead they use Thunder Run which uses team building and attention to detail exercises.

Happy Easter Graham Family ❤️. Keep The Video's Coming.

When you use the heater in the mre do not do it inside your house but outside

You know going in what to expect. You can't take the hollering personally. It's not personal. It's just to make things chaotic, so they know you can handle pressure later on.

MRE's ranger pudding: put coffee creamer in coco packet (you can add the instant coffee packet and/or sugar) add just a touch of water and stir till it mixed up and thick. too much water ruins it. MRE's are good and a lot of trading goes on for favored items (trading apple sauce for cake for example). if someone is over weight or out of shape, then they get special attention. when we ran in formation and someone fell out and couldn't keep up, we would have to turn around go back and pick them up and continue the run (2 miles sometimes more). nobody gets left behind. you are made to push yourself beyond what you thought you were capable of. biggest motivation was that you didn't want to get yelled at by the Drill Sergeant.

also to answer your question each rct has to go through a physical of sorts to make sure their bones and what not can handle what’s about to happen, also they give smaller recruits double rations for skinny recruits during training rather than normal rations for avg recruits, for heavier recruits they cut meals

You guys should react to us marine bootcamp!

They are not yelling at them they are speaking in a voice so everyone hears 🤣

Basic training breaks you down as individuals and builds you back up as a team...that's the point.

You both are doing a wonderful job as parents :)

I did US Army basic and AIT in Fort Benning Georgia in 1992. After completion I was sent to the 10th Mountain Division. I will never forget my first day. For morning PT they stated we would do a “ruck run”. We had never heard of this and they told us they typically do it once or twice a week for PT. You go down to formation in full combat gear, your weapon and a ruck sack filled with whatever the “packing list” was. Thinking since we had just finished boot camp we were more than capable of anything. Guess who was wrong? So, the idea is simple. You run 3 miles down this long road going down, and then run it back again going uphill. The faster you do it, the better chance you’ll get a good spot in line for breakfast (before food ran out and you were left with little). The guys who had already been there for a year or more were basically running backwards and having pleasant conversations with each other. Us new guys were on the verge of death lol. It was also below zero degrees as well. It was at that moment, the very first time I realized. I joined the Infantry, not the Boy Scouts. Several new guys “fell out” and had to be helped. They even started sharing their gear to make it easier and were motivating them by saying. “Come on man, they’ll be out of omelets”. LMAO. God the infantry sucked. Some of the older guys were even smoking during it and one was even reading (I swear).

Layah could handle being a Police officer! I took Basic training/ AIT at Ft. Benning.

I had emergency abdominal surgery 2 days before my brother graduated Basic Training. I still went 5 hours each way just to make sure I didn’t miss seeing my brother

I started basic training in August of 1969 at Fort Polk Louisiana. There was a place on base called Tiger land, which was a simulated Viet Nam village for infantry training, because it was hellishly hot and humid in the summer like Nam. Training was much more violent in those days. As bill_1370 says, "they could still put their hands on you (Hit, slap, punch, use bad language). Except for the fact that I was in the Army rather than the Marines, my basic training experience was almost identical to the movie "Full Metal Jacket" , including recruits committing suicide. Coincidentally, my first week of basic training was the same week that Woodstock happened.

In the Army, we didn't call it 'Boot Camp', that's the Marines. We called it 'Basic Training' or 'Basic Combat Training' or just 'Basic' for short.

Even with the updated rules in boot camp involving physical contact and verbal abuse, the 10 week basic course in the Army is second to that of the U.S. Marines. The last 54 hours of Marine boot camp are called "The Crucible". 54 hours of no sleep and constant challenges that force each recruit to think as an individual and as part of a team at the end of a 12 week course, the longest among our services. You can perform brilliantly during boot camp, but if you fail during The Crucible, you will never be called a Marine. Those who survive The Crucible are awarded the Globe and Anchor and are address as a Marine for the first time. Before that they are addressed as "recruit". I am the son of a Marine, the nephew of two other Marines, the uncle to a Marine, and the cousin of a Marine. And proud of every one of them. Basic training length: U.S. Marines, 12 weeks U. S. Army, 10 weeks U.S. Navy, 8 weeks U.S. Air Force, 8.5 weeks U.S. Coast Guard, 8 weeks The course they are talking about here is after basic training is completed and every recruit from every branch attends a training course after basic training to train them in their assigned job. The length of that training depends on the job. I looked into joining the Navy as a nuclear reactor technician after high school and that training was a 6 month course followed by actual training on live nuclear reactors. From basic training to being certified to run a nuclear reactor aboard a ship or submarine was a 2 year process.

You should show Kat, and the kids the training for marines. I think they’d like that. Great reaction!!

You are a good father. You should be proud, because you've raised a good family and it was a good idea to do this channel because you've given them so much new opportunity with this. I hope you realize this.

Let me break it down a bit, it's now Ft. Moore. Many bases were renamed because the bases were mostly named a confederate generals Ft. Benning was renamed because of General Hal Moore who was the father of 227 Aviation Regiment, the exact unit of 1st Air Cav Div of which I indirectly was a part of twice in my 8 years in the US Army as a Blackhawk crewmember and crew chief. Same as Ft. Hood for a good number of my 8yrs in the US Army. In fact 1st Air Cav Div was my unit during the Iraq War during 2006-2007. Now their under Ft. Cavazos in TX. Their deployment is now Europe as we speak. So this video is specific to Ft. Moore as it's Home of the infantry. They train and learn their most after basic making it OSUT or One Station Unit Training

As an young man who was raised under an army family it’s was rough at times but at the end was good very tough

I just want to say you have awesome kids, you have done a remarkable job when you raise kids with those type of aspirations, my hat's off to you 🎩...

I was stationed at Ft Benning and based on what I've seen and heard in this video, things have changed, dramatically.

This is just Basic Training. You have to get through this before you're considered a soldier and move on to the technical aspect of your training. Or, what you will do as a "job". Whether it's in aviation, medical, combat, special forces...etc.

I was a new recruit for the USAF when they came out with the first MRE. They'll give you calories but they were awful and no way to heat them. Apparently they didn't want us to use open flame around nuclear weapons lol. Over the years they've gotten much better and come with water reactive heaters that heat your meal to boiling rapidly. Fun fact... Throw the heater with a little water into a sealed plastic water bottle and in a short while you will have an explosion that is guaranteed to scare the hell out of everyone without any serious damage

I went through Basic training at Ft. KNOX. I didn't have a Drill Instructor. I had a Short timer Staff Sgt. The last weekend before Graduation we partied. He bought all the booze.

101st airborne and 1st infantry division member checking in. Basic training is just that, basic fundamentals. Then you go on to A.I.T. (advanced individual training) that teaches you your M.O.S. (military occupation specialty) the job you signed up for, then assigned to a unit. The training NEVER stops! You train until you separate from the military.👍

If you can, watch “COPS”. Real police action. I’m always amazed with the excuses the suspects make up. I’m also amazed that an officer won’t accept an explanation that sounds perfectly reasonable to me. It usually turns out that I’m wrong. Police work isn’t just being an officer. One can be on the forensic team, dispatching, or the dreaded paperwork. One of my brothers is a forensic photographer. He loves photography. He sees some awful things, but he knows he’s helping to get bad people off the streets. That’s what drives him to get the best photos he can. His photos tell the story of what happened.

Depends on what your specific Job will be. I was Navy, but I am sure the Army is similar. If you are going to be a radio operator, they send you to a school to learn how to operate the radio, teach you codes, etc. To drive a tank or work on repairing tanks helicopters, etc. These people are "Basically" trained. They will get more advanced training at the next level, but it is more like a professional school, no more drill sergeants yelling at you, etc. It all starts in High School when you volunteer to take the ASVAB test which is like an SAT but more specific to military needs. I took mine, scored very well and was offered working on a Nuclear Sub. But then found out I was claustrophobic, so I ended up working on airplanes on Aircraft Carriers (USS Midway, Uss Kitty Hawk, VF-32, FWATD)

Will always serve and protect this world. Great kids and great parents

I went through Army Basic Training, Officer Candidate School, Airborne Training ( jumping out of airplanes), and Military Police Training what amounted to about 10 months of training before I went to my first duty station where I served as a 2nd Lieutenant, Platoon Leader in a Military Police Company. I was a young female fresh out of college and had grown up as the child of a military officer and wanted to serve my country. I served for five years with one year overseas in South Korea. It was one of the best experiences of my life!

This is "Basic" Training. If they get through this then they do additional training in particular disciplines or they are assigned to infantry and stationed at bases around the world.

Once they finish boot camp, the go to where they are going to serve. Once there they get specialist training.

Great video! It was a treat to have this channel recommended to me. I stumbled upon it by chance. I would love to answer any questions you may have about the Military in general and specifically Infantry ones if you have them.

I live in Georgia and I live about 20 minutes away from FT BENNING which was renamed FT MOORE. Been to this base numerous times,even worked two summers (a very long time ago 😄) there while i was still in High School.

I was at the 30th AG in 1991 at 17 yrs old. I turned 18 a week after I got there and was in the 2/58th Infantry for 13 weeks or so. It was a bit more brutal than these guys go through now. After that I went to the Airborne school and earned my jump wings. Pretty tough back then, but I regret nothing. Over 30 years ago mow and retired after over 26 years of service with the Army. Served in the 82nd Airborne and later on to aviation crewing UH-60 Black Hawks. Eventually had to retire due to medical issues with my back and neck. This does bring back old memories!

In America all of the different branches will train them to be Military Police if they want to go that route.

As tough as this seems. It's still dialed back from when I went through this. Back then the Drill Sargent's would cuss you out up and down all day long and you and your platoon would do on average five hundred pushups a day. The gun I carried through training was an M-16A1 And stamped into the barrel were the words M16-A1 Experimental. Our drill sargents never did " dial it down" like they did in this video. We were yelled at for nine weeks straight and then since I was becoming an MP, ( military police) , my law enforcement training continued for sixteen more weeks under the same Drill Sargent at the same facility. Fort McClellan Alabama. It's closed now. But it's a time I'll always remember with pride and nostalgia.

The breakdown is a complete tear down is rough but once down , when you get to training its not that bad . You have to pass a physical exam 70 push ups sit-ups running a mile .

They leave there then go to AIT for MOS training. It is an experience you will remember forever.

I loved MREs❤ one of my favorite memories of basic😊

Great video guys, would love to see y'all react to a Marine Boot Camp video!

I've watched you do reactions to Jolly. Well they do a video trying Army rations. Very funny 😂

It's interesting to see what's stayed the same and what's changed over the years. Navy basic in 1990

Glad to see garin back in the video hope he feels better

I'm a 13 year Army Veteran, I was a Quartermaster Supply Sergeant for 9/13 years, and I conducted 3 different deployments during my time as a Supply Sergeant. I did a year in Baghdad Iraq with a Field Artillery Battery in 2009-2010, a year in Central and Eastern Afghanistan with a Aviation Maintenance Unit that worked on Blackhawk Helicopters, and 3 months conducting a Humanitarian aid mission to Liberia Africa helping with the Ebola outbreak at the end of 2014 to the beginning of 2015. I'm going to give you a better Basic Training breakdown for you all. When you first signup at a recruiting office they conduct a background check, you might conduct a pre-APFT test to measure your physical fitness, you'll take the ASVAB test that covers several category areas to test your overall basic knowledge and education level and what score you get on the ASVAB test will determine out of 150 different MOS career paths you'll be able to enlist for. After that, as long as you didn't fail horribly on anything, you then report to a nearby MEPS station, usually around airports for a thorough medical evaluation. If you pass everything, you'll be given your option choices of jobs and possible future duty stations if you pass all your training. Then you'll get your Basic Training start date. Where Basic Training and AIT (Advanced Individual Training Military Schooling) will be located and how long they are will depend on what MOS job did you choose. You just watched the video on Infantry Soldiers being trained at Fort Benning GA. When I signed up I got a 109 on my ASVAB test, which was 3 points away from the cutoff to be able to choose from any of the 150 different MOS jobs. They first tried to sign me up for laundry and I was like hell no give me a job with a little more dignity and respect so they said okay how about Quartermaster Supply? Which turned out to be the second oldest job in the U.S. Army, Infantry is only one day older then Quartermaster, so its pretty dang important. I went to Fort Jackson SC in Summer 2003 and graduated on my 18th Birthday! Basic Training for me was a total of 10 weeks. One week of in-processing, receiving of uniforms, basic training portrait pictures, shots, understanding basic military etiquette, etc. Then the real basic training fun began. Three weeks of Red Phase which is more about being yelled at, screamed at, being smoked, and being broken of all our mental, emotional, psychological immaturities, pushing us to our limits to include our physical limits. So they break us of our stupidity, selfishness, fears, cowardice, being undisciplined, and just overall immature. Wherever our parents went wrong with us, the government takes over as our parents and breaks us of all piss poor bad habits and weaknesses. At this point we are not allowed to think or decide anything for ourselves, the government and Drill Sergeants think for us and tell us how to do nearly everything. Then after hell Red Phase comes three weeks of White Phase, which mainly has to deal with marksmen shooting ranges and this is where the Drill Sergeants begin to lighten up mainly for the reason on not wanting soldiers with firearms to snap on them while under intense pressure and turn their firearms on the Drill Sergeants or other fellow comrade soldiers. Then after White Phase comes three weeks of Blue Phase which has a couple of different parts to it, they take everything you've learned over the past seven weeks and implement and test you both as an individual and can you work in a team effectively. You'll do different challenging obstacle courses like Victory Tower, you'll hike out several miles sometimes longer with full gear to something called Victory Forge where you'll conduct a 72 hour out in the field military camping, digging foxholes, conducting patrols, missions, night fire range exercises, maybe even a game of capture the guidon flag from other nearby platoons. Then pack it all up and ruck march hike several more miles to a bus stop, get back to your basic training barracks, clean all your gear, then get some rest. One of the final things in basic training will be to take your APFT Fitness test and pass. Back when I was in the APFT fitness test only consisted of 2 minute push-ups, 2 minute site-ups, and a timed 2 mile run. Now the new ACFT fitness test since 2 years ago covers 6 different categories two of them are still the 2 minute push-ups and 2 mile run, but the other 4 categories are new that started in April 2022. If you pass everything you graduate Basic Training. Then you get on a bus and most move onto AIT (Military Schooling) which is somewhat similar to Basic Training but its more of a school like college environment with some restrictions at the beginning and more privileges the further along you progress and how long your AIT lasts is completely determined by your MOS job you signed up for. Quartermaster Schooling was another 9-10 weeks for me. But some MOS's can take up to an entire 6-12 months. After you graduate AIT schooling you get sent to your first assigned duty station and that can change from what you signed up for because now the government owns your butt and you go where the Army tells you to go. Because so many Americans are obese they've recently started a Army Fat Camp Program for those who still want to volunteer but they have to go through the Fat Camp Program until they get down to Army Regulation Body Fat Standards. At the end of each cycle if they didn't make it the Soldiers can choose to either quit and go home or be recycled through another round of Fat Camp and this can happen several times before the government says enough is enough. Once you pass Fat Camp they'll proceed to in-processing of Basic Training and continue on. Just so your aware there are currently 24 different flavored MRE's, the Pizza one is fairly new, they've been trying to get that one right for 50ish years and I haven't even tried it yet. The only MRE that is horrible is the Veggie Omelet because no Omelet is good if its not fresh, but all the others are pretty good and all the little goodies inside of MRE's are like a form of currency while in training with other Soldiers. I hope this gives you all a better understanding breakdown of Army Military Basic and AIT Training!

Great video

I believe one of the reasons they do it this way is because if you can’t control your emotions (fear, anger, etc.) in a relatively safe environment and think through them, how are you going to do so when your being shot at and bombs are going off? It’s to help them deal better in chaotic situations.

It’s fun you have 4 members in the family. You don’t have to worry about where the other 3 daughters and 2 sons are. Haha I mean this is my struggle as the oldest brother in the family. My mom currently has 7 months old son. I have only one sister. She is in her final year of high school. So I don’t want to disturb her. Me in my early twenties have to take good care of my 5 year old brother while my father is at work. My other 2 brothers who are older than the 5 year old, they both kinda live on their own. When time comes they do what they have to do. I gave them a schedule for study times and for gaming. It’s easy with them because when they are hungry they eat what ever is at the table.

Fort Benning start allowing females in the basic training program between 2016 and 2017. The first female NCOs in 2016 and the first trainees arrived in 2017. Before that Benning was an all male training facility. They did have female personnel that were assigned as part of base personnel but the basic training area was strictly male, even after other basic training facilities allowed mixed units. Benning has been the home of the Infantry and Airborne Division training facility for much of its history. Basic Training traditionally lasts between 8 to 10 weeks. This video mostly concentrated on the infantry MOS. Infantry and Airborne MOS recruits spend their entire training time on the base because it’s all at the same training facility so the training schedule is combined. The “soft” MOS recruits only do the 8 to 10 week training program and then they go to their next training station for AIT, advance individual training, which is where they learn about their specific MOS. The weapons training was one of my favorite parts of training. You qualify on the M-16A4 or the M-4 carbine. It’s the standard issue rifle of every foot soldier in the IS military. The rest of the weapons systems you get an introduction to them, including qualifying with live hand grenades. It’s a unique and amazing experience.

❤ Keep up the good work, love ur videos

I joined the Army in 1971 and we were only in basic training for 8 weeks. We did not do some of the things shown. After my BT, I spent 32 weeks at the Army Foreign Institute learning Russian. I then spent 2 months in Texas learning about technical equipment. We were given a Wish List where we chose 3 places we wanted to be stationed at. Fortunately, I got my first choice which was Berlin, Germany.

OSUT is for infantrists. US Army Basic training is 9 weeks before they go off to their AIT to learn their jobs, whereas recruits training for infantry stay there as part of One Stop.

7:35 I used to be an Army Drill Sergeant, to get caught indeed. 😊

Aloha! Tip for the youngsters: learn to speak loud "from your diaphragm"... think "shake the walls", not "break the glass" (eye-twitching high-pitched shriek). 😄 I'm a 5-foot-nothing female who joined the service at 35-1/2 years old, the same age as my recruiter and senior Drill Sergeant (DS). Being able to sound like a DS was a cool skill to have and very effective with unruly fellow recruits who mistook me as a tiny-quiet little girl... it even entertained the DS's (and later, the other SGT's) because they didn't believe that sound was coming out of little-ole me 😆. If you're mentally prepared, it's mentally easy. My dad was actually a DS, and his basic training tip to me was to remember that DS's are just stand-up comedians dressed in green (my Dad is a funny guy at home, too, albeit strict when necessary). Let me tell you, the hardest part about Basic Training was NOT laughing... I would save it until I was facing away after the (funniest) DS would say, "GET AWAY FROM ME!!" cuz he secretly wanted to laugh, too. ~Good Times~ LOL. I also shook the hands of all my DS's at the end of training and said, "Thank You for all you do." After all, I saw the sacrifices my Dad made to be a DS, and I know how much care and knowledge he strived to give to his recruits, and he told me that DS's never get thanked. That one's for you, Dad 😄

Boot camp was so much fun after the first phase (red phase). Where all the yelling and adjusting to physical exercise subsides.

My brother went through boot camp for several months but was discharged due to an injury to one of his legs. He was going to go back if it wasn't as bad as they thought but he was going to need a lot of rest and physical therapy so he was honorably discharged.

Growing up, my older brother and cousin were both in US Army during Vietnam. Scary being younger and your draft number coming up! The HS class one year older were the last classmates who were drafted, so I wasn't forced to serve ;-)

Sorry ahead of time for the short story I wrote here. I served in the Army and my MOS was 11 Bravo or Army Infantry. I went for basic training to Fort Benning back in 2001. Back then all infantry was trained at Fort Benning we didn't have armor there, people getting trained to work in tanks went to Fort Knox. Our Drill Sergeants back in 2001 were a lot more loud and mean, and we didn't have any female Drill Sergeants, I never even saw a female Drill Sergeant on the base. Back in 2001 infantry was an all male job, no women were allowed to be infantrymen. Our basic training was 13 weeks long and it was also OSUT where they combine the 8 weeks of basic and 5 weeks of AIT (Advanced Individual Training) together. When I joined people it was common for people to go to basic at one base and then go to another base for their AIT. To answer Kat, when I got done with basic training ones training is not over, we train a lot more when we get to our first base and to our units. Basic training just teaches ones the basics and transforms civilians to soldiers. In my basic training class we had a few people sneak in cigarettes this one time and of course the drill sergeants found it. The drill sergeants made the whole company do push ups while we watched the 3 people with the cigarettes eat them filters and all. After that we had a few more guys think they could sneak a few cans of dip (smokeless tobacco) into the barracks. They were wrong, we got to see them eat the dip and then throw up afterwards. To answer Kat everyone had to have a certain physical fitness level. We had to do PT (Physical Training) tests throughout basic training, and you have a final PT test that one has to pass to get done with basic training. I know the PT test is different now a days in the Army and I don't even think they call it a PT test. Back in 2001 the PT test consisted of a 2 mile run, push ups and sit ups. There was a minimum everyone had to meet, I can't remember what time you had to meet for the 2 mile run, but I am fairly certain it was 42 push ups in 2 minutes, and 50 sit ups in two minutes. I don't want to make this too long so I will quit before I get typers cramp. On a side note if your sick with a stuffed up nose, go in a CS gs chamber. It will clean out your sinuses so you can breathe again 😁😆🤣

You want a rebel soldier, here you have one. America's Airborne Anti-hero - Jake "McNasty" McNiece. I would suggest adults only.

Nice video!

They tear you down, then build you back up.

For Garen the shots is called The Cattle Line and you can receive from thirteen to twenty shots before leaving the building! So shots are for shots you may or may not have gotten as a child…

I’m a tanker and now I’m back at Ft.Moore (formally Ft.Benning) as a tank instructor for basic training. This is what we do. Appreciate you guys support interest in what we do. Ps. Get the chilli and macaroni MRE

All the military has a boot camp and after boot camp. You go into your schooling. Like sharp shooting, radio men and all different fields they have to offer. Even mail person, medic, but different for each branch of the military. The military offer schooling to get you degree and become an Officer. 95% of jobs in the military, has jobs for the civilian life. Most jobs offer employment for military personnel. Meaning. You have a better chance at getting a job, after your military career. I was in the Navy for 5 years I saw 16 different countries, my first civilian job interviewed hired me on the spot. Because of my service.

Way different than my Navy boot camp. It was only suppose to be 2 months but took me 5 because of a bit of an aditude I had as a young guy.

Many after Fort Benning will go on to more specialist training. The first bit of extra brass on their uniform and a bump in pay grade.

I didn't have the opportunity to volunteer for the Army, I had no choice, I was drafted when I was 18 and, after only 8 weeks of basic training, I was in the jungles of Vietnam when I turned 19.

You guys should do one for each branch.

That Barber at minute mark 7:52 shaved my head in 1988.

Ahhh, the memories

My most cherished memories are from Ft. Benning HOOOAAAH!!!!!