What's Replacing The Shark Attack At BCT?? | NEW First 100 Yards 

Matt, were at reception at Fort Jackson and like 50% of my platoon knows you bro, ur presence is real!!!

The Marines tried something like this back in the late 70's, did not work, and they reverted back to their lovable, huggable, savage selves.

Just graduated BCT October 16th Fort Benning, first 100 yards and all of Basic was easy, all a mental game keep your head up and anyone can make it

Your bout to pass 200k that’s crazy dude. Congrats

I'm just a civilian....but I have to agree with you for several reasons. First you mentioned that several candidates dropped after the first day of boot camp. These are individuals who at the end of the day discovered/made the choice that they were not cut out for the military? Without this gut check, when would the candidate make that choice--1 week, 2 weeks into training? This doesn't seem "fair" to me---the other candidates who may end up getting smoked along side this candidate, to the instructors who have to waste time and energy on somebody who can't hack it, and on the candidate themselves? Secondly---I thought the whole purpose of boot camp, beyond the breaking down and building back up of the individual into a soldier was to (as much as possible) was to simulate the stressors of combat situations? How does that 100 yard thing equate to what was in the Shark Attack? (I guess I've always been of the mentality of "rip the bandaid off?" Finally, will finish with a quote from a favorite of mine: "Boot camp is made as hard as possible; it’s not sadism; it’s surgery. The operation? Cut out anybody who can’t meet the MI’s standards." (Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers)

I think the shark attack needs reinstated, but I also think it needs to changes. With so many videos of it online now and the amount of 'surviving the shark attack' content I think it's less of a culture shock than it used to be since it's so expected. Keep the shark attack mentality, but mix up how it's done.

What's replacing the 'shark attack' for the Army? The 'sharknado!!!'

I was disappointed to find out during basic that there wasn't gonna be a shark attack and realized how much we needed one since i saw some dudes graduate with the same attitude they had when they got to there.

Would be nice if they brought it back after the virus is done for.

Always enjoy your content. Gave me good advice for MEPs and eased a lot of my concerns for BCT and AIT

I'm at fort Jackson right now. Were in reception phase right now, we about to start basic training Monday. Our drill Sergeants said they will shark attack us

I've been wanting to be in the Army since 2 years ago, I personally really wanted to feel the Shark attack, man :c

i was looking forward to the Shark Attack cause it looks like it’ll build the “keep calm” side of my character

Man I was exited for the shark attack in going in April god willing much love Matt & family .

The new version doesn’t seem to be that different to be honest. I would imagine you’ll still get yelled at while doing the physical tasks, which means it’d still basically be shark attack, just not in your face and while you’re having to do things and not just standing there. I think people are apprehensive of change, which I get, but shark attack is just one small aspect of training. There’s articles with quotes from a CSM on the change.

I’m going to Basic training @ FLW November 17th. I’ve been binge watching these type of videos for days now. I’m a little anxious.

I went to basic June-September this year at Fort Leonard Wood, and we kind of had a shark attack. It wasn't when we initially got to basic, but the first day after our quarantine phase. They had us all get in formation in the PT bubble, then all the drill sergeants ran in screaming at everyone, made people do pushups, get in the front leaning rest, etc. It probably lasted like..20-30 minutes? I honestly don't remember lol But we didn't do this new 100 yards thing, it was just a modified shark attack that was still stressful, but not as bad as they seem like they used to be.

Hey Matt, I made it to the end of the video! I've never been in any branch of the military, but I've watched a lot of your videos and I'm fascinated by your experiences and the insight that you bring. Several of my friends and family members have been in all different branches of the US military, and it's great being able to learn more about their journeys from a new perspective. I've had a few thoughts about the shark attack vs. first 100 yards. I'd like to play devil's advocate for the first 100 yards a little, just for food for thought. Obviously my perspective is that of someone who hasn't been through BCT, but as someone who is considering whether or not they would potentially choose to do so, so if you or anyone else reading this feel that me not having been in the military disqualifies me from doing so, that's fine. The closest thing I ever did to military training was seven years of martial arts throughout my childhood. Some aspects of it were similar: we had a rank system and had rules for how to address those who outranked us, always using "sir" or "ma'am", etc., we had the creed, we had standards of behavior, formations... But one big difference was, our seniors also addressed us as "sir" or "ma'am", and it was important that the respect flowed both ways at all times. We respected them for their seniority over us and the skill that they had spent lots of time and dedication to hone. They respected us for our dedication to continue learning at every opportunity and our hard work. And when the time came that we had learned and grown enough that we were teaching others, we were expected to show them the same respect as we were shown. When I see videos of the shark attack, I think a lot of it comes across as yelling for the sake of yelling. The way you describe it as "making you transition from a civilian mindset to a soldier mindset very quickly" makes a lot of sense, but it also seems like it's more of a "scared straight" approach, making people fear getting punished and intentionally confusing them in an attempt to make them screw up. When the draft was going on, and people who may not have chosen a military path were being forced to anyway, I can see the necessity of setting that tone right from the start. With the US military now being an all-volunteer force, however, I can kind of see the value of having your first experience upon getting off the bus being something more visibly constructive. From what I've seen of the first 100 yards, it looks like it's still pretty intense, just in different ways, and it seems like it sets up more of an atmosphere of, "Hey, we literally just arrived today, and look, we already achieved something together, we can do this!" rather than "It's us against the drill sergeants (in terms of trying to make sure you don't incur their wrath and get punished)." I can imagine that for some people, the first 100 yards might be too soft, and not instill enough discipline, as you suggested. However in others, I think they'd find it a lot more motivating than just having to endure getting yelled at. Respect for authority because you fear their wrath is never as strong as respect for authority because you genuinely feel like they're steering you right. When I watch videos of the shark attack, what I see subjectively is hazing. When I watch videos of the first 100 yards, I see a challenge that makes me want to achieve it. So I guess I fall into that second category of people, rather than the first. Again, just some thoughts that crossed my mind! Hope they don't seem silly. Thanks for all of the videos you've made and experiences you've shared with us!

I'm on my 4day pass in fort Benning about to start AIT and I was sad that I missed out on the shark attack

Im an Army guy myself, but the best example of the value of the shark attack is the Marines. Everybody thats been around Marines will notice how unflappable they are. Thars not genetic. They've been through this form of training, and the lasting benefit is that they remain cool when shit's going down. The Army could use more of it.

Matt always comes in with the helpful info👏🏻

First company to do it Fox 2-47, through covid graduating oct 22nd. Drills themselves said that it more of a smoker, and more practical than 15 minutes of yelling and pushups.

Subscribed to help you pass that 200k 💯👌

Love your vids hope atlas is a quiet baby and thanks for these great vids :)!!

I hope they bring shark attacks back I'm eager to enlist but I feel like waiting until they bring it back I want the real training the real army not a substitute for some people that may get their feelings hurt because they got yelled at and pushed on the first day. I do understand though due to the virus how they have stand back a little but honestly I feel like you can still get the shark attack off decently without having to get in close. I might just be dumb or whatever. Im still going to enlist regardless. I just hope they bring it back

Week 8 of Army Basic Training for 11 Charlie’s. every platoon carry’s 3 240s ,2 249s, 10-15 water containers, 2 base plates/canons/bipod (ie motor system), 9 MRE boxes, 6 block radios, 2 RM barriers and Friendship/Teamwork/Humility/Honor (one of the big ass logs) for about 250 meters. It’s a hundred yards from the busses to the area where we have the equipment then carry all of that down a trail to our bay and CTA area. Place it all back in the exact order you took it from in about 30 seconds. If not done in 30 seconds we must do 15 burpees and try again until we succeed or the next platoon arrives. If we succeed we get smoked until the company is done if we fail we get smoked until the company is done. Then we form back up, drills ask random privates questions about our occupation ie how far is a M4’s area effective range (800m). answer wrong and the platoon gets smoked, if right he asks the next guy and if he gets it wrong we do double. Rinse repeat until shower drills.

Happy Tuesday!

just graduated from jackson a few days ago 💪🏾🔥

My little brother and I are talking to a national guard recruiter tomorrow honestly I was let down when I found out there were no shark attacks personally I was looking forward to it!

I'm halfway through, and he STILL hasn't even mentioned what's replacing it. 8:04 is when he explains what The First 100 Yards is.

I'm about to leave for basics at the end of the month and I have to agree with you, if they combined the 100 yards and the shark attack or some form of stress it would be better. I hope the discipline of our soldiers doesn't deteriorate

April, 1985 - Fort Leonard Wood, MO - Day One Shark Attack got every last swingin' civilian soon-to-be soldier's di**'s attention in about one second. You knew that civilian life was a thing of the past on that hard stand in front of the barracks. It's supposed to be something that you have NEVER experienced as a civilian. Having no shark attack is a disservice to the new soldier.

I know my DS at reception made us sit out on our duffel bags from chow time to sundown. I don’t remember what we did, but it was a bad night.

Dude, I was really looking foward to the Shark attack.

You had no choice but to say to reinstate it lol could you imagine if you had said it was a great idea 🤣😂

My son just arrived at Fort Jackson and I was actually disappointed when I found out they took the shark attack away😑 I thought that was a staple in the service he was kinda anxious about it but oh well I guess anyway love the videos 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Analysis: Removal of the shark attack will not allow soldiers to function during an intense combat situation, thus making the mission more susceptible to failure.

Going to fort Jackson tomorrow,see you guys in 2 months

Without the shark attack it makes you think BCT is easy but it’s definitely not

i recently just came back from fort benning basic and osut, and experienced the 1st 100 yards

The bad part is the ACFT was a small turn off to me then they got arid of the shark attack and now I’m debating on enlisting to the marines

I'm leaving to go to Ft. Sill on November 15, and I'm pretty disappointed that I won't be able to experience the Shark Attack unlike a lot of my friends in college who already went through Basic Training.

I mean sim rounds, explosives, sirens, smoke can cause some confusion and disorientation without the added factors of in your face screaming. I also have a hunch that corrective action will be taking place, just at a distance.

They hit us with the Y squat in reception 😂😂 worse thing you can ever do to me in my opinion!!

Army infantry needs it so bad, I was at fort Benning last year and thankfully I was able to experience it and when I was leaving watch new cycles do it, but even when we were doing it so many guys were just undisciplined and wanted to act worst than the kids I went to middle school with 🤦🏾‍♂️

200K Subscribers?!? Sounds like a special occasion. Almost forgot - Atlas needs a 🐕!

It wasnt SUPER EASY but i can tell you its cake now compared to the old ways. I just graduated basic today. Hey matt watching on my day off. Hope alls well buddy

I just got back from Fort Benning and i promise you they havent really taken the instensity away. I ended up in a quarantine camp due to most of my squad bay testing positive for covid so they sent all 96 of us and the medical checks they did every morning there led them to find something that eventually resulted in my medical seperation. Im definitely re-enlisting with the proper waivers but covid has messed quite a bit up.

I'm about to leave for basic at Fort Sill 13B. I was actually looking forward to the shark attack myself to see how I could handle the stressful environment.

Just graduated my company was actually the first to do the first 100yards back in may

Two ideas this is gonna be an awful test or it is gonna be a revaluation for the army.

First hundred yards sounds fun

Mental toughness will suffer without the shark attack!

200k awesome 👏

It sounds like a joke, as a retired senior non-commissioned officer and paratrooper of over 20 years I noticed during the last four or five years of my active-duty time the constant bad decisions that the army command was making which I felt was creating week soldiers mentally and physically.

I’m on my way to fort Benning rn, so I’ll have to let you know

29 days til I leave for 19D I think they should bring it back, it’s something everyone has gone through and should go through

hey, i shipped off to basic may 26th 2020, i went through a rough day getting smoked then having to do pt i had a light asthma attack. i was told to not put it on my paperwork before i joined, i had grew out of it. ,i got discharged on june 23rd. im currently wanting to get back in the army really bad. what do i need to do?

Going to army recruiter Monday any tips from anyone been trying to decide between marines or army, infantry either way

Shipping to fort Jackson next week , the 20th !

On the bus on the way to fly to Ft jackson!!!

Well I'm shipping off on November 3rd, sucks that I'm not gonna experience what other's before me have.

I also think the shark attack helped guys to bond and work as a team because the feeling was, no matter where you are from, here you are and we are all in this together.

Might as well give em a packet of motts gummies and a juice box when they get off the bus🤦🏽‍♂️

Hey Matt great video I also got a question. Im considering going in the army and was wondering if you might know where they would send me for basic training. I live just out of Houston TX and a lot of people have asked me. Keep up the great videos.

What's up matt!!?!!

Currently at 120th AG reception battalion at Fort Jackson 👌

Can you please explain to me how the traveling expenses are covered. I’m very nervous I live in Florida and my unit is in Houston Texas. So i will have to catch a flight and I guess Uber to and from my unit.

Any advise for going to Ft Leonard Wood OSUT? Ship date 26th October 2020

Where can i find gear that’s not standard issue but still approved for use by the us army?

I'll be shipping out for basic in a month or two, I'll follow up here on this comment, and let you guys know what happened.

I went to Fort Jackson and was the 2nd corona cycle, we barely got a shark attack, they did like a baby 5-8 min shark attack, you know that thing where drill sgts tell a trainee to go one way and a drill sgt says to go the opposite way, I only saw that once, I was disappointed and we weren’t even allowed to breathe in the gas in the gas chamber

Shipping to Fort Jackson on Nov 16th

I am disappointed that they have removed the shark attack. I believe that sets the "tone" for the duration of basic training. I report to basic in a few months and I am hoping they bring the shark attack back. I'd rather endure the hardest parts than anything be easier on me... I want the full experience.

I enjoy the videos man I’m thinking of going into the service. The shark attack to me seems like it’s a great way to help push all incoming men and women. Keep the videos going💯

Did it it wasn’t bad at all!!! Just finished first half of OSUT

To anyone looking to be broken down to a mere body and then built into a fighter with immense resolution, discipline, and courage... Join the Marines. Seriously. Even coast guard training is more intense than this glorified boy scout training. Same level as Air Force training. I'm glad I made the right choice. Boot camp is supposed to be hell. It's hell for everyone. The difference is attitude. Take that incentive training and smoke sesh as a necessary part of the process to instil discipline into you. Inspire you to strive for perfection. You're representing your country when you put on that uniform. Strive for excellence.

I love how nobody remembers how long you have to get off the bus.

I think there's been enough pushback that once corona ends they're gonna put it back in.

Wow.. tbh i was hoping for the shark attack because well. It sucks. Gotta enjoy the suck! Leaving in 6 days to ft jackson 👌

Can you do a video on whether or not you’d ever consider being a recruiter? Maybe even discuss the pros and cons of being a recruiter and things such as pay grade, commission, bonuses, quotas, etc.? I would love to here more about that

I head to BCT two weeks from today. We will see how it goes

On sand hill rn did the first 100 like 6 weeks ago

That Sgt major that changed this needs to grow a pair

Without you have a more touchy Feely military, in Combat " your using the wrong nouns!!!" MY feelings are HURT!! HAHAHAHA!!! 😂😅

Well I feel like I’ll be more disciplined either way because I can’t handle being yelled at buuut… if it happens long enough I’ll learn to take it

I was shock wired upon arrival at bct and that was 2010 lol I hope they don't soften it up enough to where the wrong people are getting trained to shoot, move, and communicate...the shark attack was a filter on some of the worst "crap"-bags.

Do a video about the PT test being optional at bct

I go for my physical next week do you know how long after that I get approved to join I had a DV on my recored that I pleaded not guilty to and got dismissed and my recruiter said I need a Waiver

I just passed bct at FT Jackson now I'm going to 25B AIT

If its a mock of a mission couldnt they still yell at you a lot to make sure they do it right kind of like a stressing and rushing them straight into it. Just a thought.

Hey Matt I just watched another video with some info that might suprise you. I heard that they got rid of the PT test in basic traing. It was on a channel called angry cops if you want to check it out. Just wanted to know your opinion of this, or if this is even real.

I enlist lord willing in nov. A little nervous

I leave for basic training soon as a 68D any tips or suggestions?

Is that a raging bulls patch back there 👀

Who said that they wouldn’t be all up in people’s faces and not “nice” thoughhhh? :/ lol I feel like people are acting like it’s just gonna be all skipping around laughing

Just speaking from experience sir this is way worse then the shark attack. Running in the dark confused, having to sort out sandbags and MREs with people you don't know. It's rough.

I’m headed 1/8/21 so I’ll let you know once I’m done 😂

I agree with you. I told my recruiter that if she was going to send me to basic training, make it a strict basic training post. I’m not going for summer camp.

I love how you’ve been in for like a few years and act like you’re the SME on the Army. Absolutely hilarious