US Army BASIC TRAINING 

You’ll hate when you go through it, then you’ll look back and kinda miss it. Enjoy it while you can future Soldiers and Officers.

I can’t believe it’s been over seven years since I went through this. Basic training was the shittiest most fun awful good time I’ve had in my life. Every man should do this, very important in my growth

I did it in 2011. 31B Military Police. It's a great stepping stone for a young man/woman. My advice; pay attention to detail and keep a low profile. Sucks to say but you can't trust anyone keep your belongings on you or locked away at all times. It's 20% physical stress and 80% mental. Everything you'll be made to do, your DS and many others before you have been there. Don't give up and in the end the sense of accomplishment is unlike any other. Good luck and God bless all who decide to join up.

Hey i was in one of the companies in this video. Graduated basic June 24th of this year. Biggest thing that got me through basic was understanding it’s a game that you are going to lose no matter what, but it’s about how you take that loss and keep growing from it.

I miss certain moments at basic 😭 live it up while you're there. Soak it in. Pay attention. Respect everyone and do the right thing.

Don't give up be confident. I joined at age 31 but I was confident and loved PT. I motivated 2 other younger men to keep on keeping on. and those two and I graduated. It's a team experience with the right attitude and mentality. I was in boot camp training in 1989 at Fort Jackson.

I have been in the army for a little over a year, all i can say do not let basic and AIT define your time in the army, i am very grateful for my job and for all the army has given me ❤

It's alot more fun and easy than some of you might think

Started in 2000 to Present! So thankful. It gave me more discipline, stability and structure in my life. I greatly appreciate my first DS Barton and DS Young (I hope they are still alive and doing well with their Families, I pray) I'm a SFC now almost retiring. God bless to all joining, still in and retiring or retired. Thank you. And if you're still considering joining the Team, it's worth it whatever branch just stay true, stay you, do well and keep advancing! In the end we are all on the same team! One Team One Fight for a better life, world, place. God Bless always.

That intro was well done! Whoever was in charge of this production did an excellent job!

Completed it a few weeks ago, now I am in AIT as a 13B in fort sill. If I must say, you go into BCT being yourself, and you graduate being someone else you probably never thought you'd be... Thank you US army.

This opens so many doors for you. You'll get through it and will look back on this time on your life with reverence.

I was drafted into the U.S.Army during the Vietnam war. Back then, basic training was only 8 weeks long. Nobody failed basic training during that period, the Drill Sergeants “fixed” it so everybody graduated basic training. Uncle Sam needed body counts in the ‘Nam!

I joined the 🇧🇧 Barbados defense force back in 1999 it was the best decision. I was 18 at the time it molded me to the man I am today.

I graduated March 1989. Wonderful memories.

Shipping out Nov. 6. 92F fuel supply specialist. Doing this not only for myself, but for my daughter. Looking forward to boot camp and being apart of the millions of active and retired military before me. Grateful to be accepted as a trainee and the career ahead. Go Army!

The last part where they talk about the impact going through this process has on an individual is situational. Sure it makes you more physically fit (can't deny that) but if you're the kind of person that gets everyone smoked because you don't care that won't change when you leave basic. But on the other side of that, if you give yourself to the process, drills, and pain I guarantee you'll come out a better version of yourself than when you initially entered. Also one thing they got wrong was your last ACFT being during graduation week. How it works in basic is you will get an ACFT at the end of every phase (at least at Fort Jackson where I went to basic) from red phase to blue phase. The last ACFT will be at the end of blue phase BEFORE you go to the forge. You have to pass this one in order to GO TO the forge, if you fail it you will be recycled as a hold but at that point you should be motivated and physically fit enough to pass by a wide margin. Night Infiltration Course (NIC) was definitely one of the best parts of the forge 5:50. It's also worth mentioning that the drills will be there with you through all the hard times where it be during a course or them making the hard time lol. But for me at least having them there next to you during those courses, especially NIC, was a motivation to get through it because they're putting themselves through the same thing. Overall though, basic will feel long until you get out of it and go to AIT and it'll increasingly feel like a distant memory lol. Just get through it and forge a path to success for your future!

I was a 13B we did basic and ait together. I had a Sargent who hated me. I am glad he cut me no slack. I Learned not to quit no matter what.

I went thru basic training and AIT from February to August back in 1989 at Fort Knox KY….63E10 H8… M1A1 Tank Engine Mechanic and Tank Recovery Specialist. I had a blast in basic, loved the PT, confidence course, marksmanship, the D&C (drill and ceremony) with cadence songs and everything……the only thing I didn’t like was the gas chamber. To those going to basic or those thinking about joining the army just remember basic training is a mental game and it’s basically you against yourself (the old you vs the new soldier you)……….the only motivation you’ll need to get thru basic is this, either you fight thru and make it to graduation or have the constant daily reminder of your friends teasing and taunting and laughing at you that you couldn’t make it thru basic training etc etc…..

Beautiful video. Wow, thank you all for your service. I hope to one day service this great nation myself.

Its nice to learn about this. I’m planning on enlisting soon

GO ARMY, Ship July 27 for OSUT

Graduated basic August 2022 Fort Leonard Wood, MO. An experience I’ll never forget

4:39 that medic is the goat! best part of red phase was spending an afternoon with him away from the drill sergeants putting on tourniquets and dragging each other...

Shipping out January 8th, 13F Joint Fire Support Specialist. I'm excited to become a better version of myself for my loved one's,friends, and fellow soldiers. After that it's AiT,Airborn and Ranger Assessment. The journey all begins here though, ready to give it my all

I really enjoy this. Wish I was recruited

This looks awesome. This is a great recruitment video!

Skill is above anything

I dont regret it. Glad I enlisted.

I just got back from FT. Moore Sept. 29th. I went there for 19D OSUT. It was hard at some points but very worth it. It was a very long 22 weeks, but so many great memories, If you want to join but are apprehensive I say go for it. Always remember National Guard is choice as well. If you dont want to give up the life you've built but still want to serve Nasty Girls is the place for you!

I loved Ft Moore, for all y’all new people, Y’all got this, never give up, trust me that easier to say than do 😂

I've already went through basic and I'm about to have to go back through again after being out for a few years. Lets do this.

Can't wait to go already! 💪 Go Army HOOAH!

I was at Fort Benning during the name change ceremony to Fort Moore. A special day I will not forget.

I can’t wait to join. I’m studying for the asvab and need to cut some pounds

Man I can’t wait until I get in I know the army will change me and I am mentally prepared for this

Can’t wait to join the club very soon

Basic training is just like auora amazing heaven for me when being separated with mother for the first time ❤

Fort Jackson is awesome

I graduated bct in june 2023. Ft jackson, sc. it was hard, but easily worth it.

Excited I leave for Fort Jackson the 12th

My grand father was in the army for 21 years I am going to follow in his step or go navy MAA

Wow I’m now even more interested in the army 😌

This is gonna be interesting experience

Went through Fort Benning, GA. Dear lord what a generational difference🤣

120th AG, spent a week and a half there before they sent me to Benning. 30th AG was like a five star hotel compared to 120th.

The days are long but the weeks go by fast!!! 1987-1994...

I wish I can join the military im 20 years old and got a gastric bypass surgery to combat my extreme obesity I’ve lost the weight and exercise daily. Unfortunately the surgery has ruined all my chances of joining. Idc what it takes I would get through bootcamp. I’ll never have the chance. Good luck to those who join.

I want to do this currently a teacher though and working on cleaning myself up and looking at this video I’m hungrier more than ever

Awesome!

Im pumped! Im going to the army after my senior year👍

Can't wait!

that's a bunch of people from my basic in there, June 1st 2023 graduation. I recognize a few.

Just got my shipping date today. And I'm doing my oath of enlistment on Thursday. I'm shipping out on January 2nd for infantry recruit

I graduated BCT In March, its not as bad as you probably think. My AIT was nice, it was long. Based on my job, but it went by fast. Now im at my duty station and ill say, dont let Basic or AIT make you feel the army is always like this. Its not i promise, i think that was the worst thing my mind portrayed at times. How the army is always like it was in BCT. But, its not.

I'm honestly thinking of joining the army I'm a daca graduate High school and been welding for 5 years now but I sure want to be a US citizen and become something better than just a welder I'm limited rn

Leaving in January! Can’t wait!

Good ol FT. Jackson, Those bunks and barracks look exactly the same from back in the day lol We were the coldest Bravo company ever 😤 Black Lions Drill Sarn’t. Good times 🫡

Before the draft happens, I'll watch these videos just in case. Might join so I can lock in that bonus.

I ship out Oct 30th 19D OSUT let’s get it baby

I’m passing my ged, than bootcamp it is✅🙏🏼

Im currently at Ft Moore and its unbelievable how different other training stations do their training 😂

Let’s go !!! 2024

“Toe the line trainees” I have heard that so much over the past 10 weeks 😂

Shipping out Oct 24th as 13F Joint Fire Support Specialist. Beyond excited for this.

Wow, this is a summer camp vacation compared to when I went through Basic Training. The Drill instructors seem to be much softer and lenient.

Leaving the 30th this month fort sill

Graduated from ft.leonardwood ,MO in August 16, 1984 the memory and friends I made in BCT will stay with me for life.

I'm joining next year 🏃🏃

Shipping out April 15 , I chose military police good luck y’all🔥

Sgt E5, us army, 67y helicopter crewchief, 55d eod, may 87 to January 95...trucker since 030595

Im 15 and I'm thinking about joining the military once I graduate high school because I don't know what to do after high school I don't have eny interests

Im joining when i get out of high school

Best army in the world. The most powerful

I wish I saw this before going to training

25S Satellite Communications. I ship December 27th. Very excited. I have 2 children so I hope to set a good example for them.

Proud to be sir❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I have never seen a basic training bus arrive in the daylight. It is usually between 10pm and 2 am

I been trying so hard to enlist but my embassy is making it a nightmare. They pretty much just told me to F off twice

I'm going back again in a month after getting separated 2 years ago. Idk why but I'm more nervous the second time then I was the first time

Im actually about to be going to speak with a recruiter on Monday iv been thinking on joining the army or marines for years snd decided army is the way to go for me the reason im joining is to overcome my battle in Anxiety what my drill instructor's will be meeting is a broken man who lost his daughter in 2014 and i feel the army is my last chance to get built back up and put back together i dont care if it is rain sleet or snow im going to push myself like never before iv walked on a dark path for so long therapy couldn't even get me right so i know the army is my last chance but i feel it will definitely be a great experience and opportunity to gain my life back if i get accepted i cant wait to meet my drill instructor's and thank them after iv completed training im sure my story i tell them after everything is complete they will be shocked

Man things have changed since I went through basic training at Ft. Polk in 1974. Polk was a total swamp filled with alligators and snakes not to mention spiders. Fun times.

i had basic in 1975 at ft polk and i remember the food being a lot more basic,

C-Co 3-10 best time of my life and best sleep of my life. It’s going to suck most days but it gets easier as the phases go up. Always remember it’s not a one man army. Ask questions!!!

Gonna join and become the next Simon Riley😌🤟

Go army

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iam awarrior and this is my song god bless us army

Remember after the training process you get to spend 5 weeks waiting to be sent to ait, then another 5 weeks waiting to go to your duty station.

Did they actually change Georgia’s base from Ft.Benning too Ft.Moore

I graduated today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0:13 that was literally my drill sergeant😭

34 bad knee, wish i could join bummer i cant get in and so many dont want it

Yeah our drills missed the memo about us being Soldiers not Trainees after the conclusion of the Soldiering Ceremony. All the way up to “Trainees get on the bus.” as we were going to our next TRADOC location.

Looks fun :)

Every veteran’s journey starts by taking the oath, and mine began in 1983 with the US Army as a 11H to help pay for college. A few years later, I took another oath as a commissioned officer as a 11A and retired as a O5. Throughout my 26 years of service, one experience remains etched in my memory like no other - the profound impact of combat. To all the young soldiers stepping into the arena. Never give up... always strive for high achievement in yourself and the soldiers around you. Salute!

Hardest part of osut is staying awake, especially cls week

Man I want it.

Where do I sing up for combat?

BCT is 80% mental and 20% physical. You can be as fit as an Olympic athlete and still fold. You have to tell yourself you can because there are those who will tell you you can’t. You will feel alone, but as long as you have a good support system back home and faith (if you believe) you’ll get through it. Remember BCT is only two months out of your life.