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i got my medical papers sent in for the reserves FINALLY! the doctors held me up n sendong them for awile but now their sent. i also got a call from the unit I'm joining tonight about when i was gonna get the papers in as basic starts in january! I'm gettin kinda exited now......

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The memories of basic training. Lack of sleep, being yelled at..never doing it fast enough/good enough. Yup them were the days.

 

:hmm: You sure your not confusing basic with marriage :hmm:

 

 

 

freakjeep93 - Good luck on your adventure :thumbsup:

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thanks man I'm sure ill need it. I'm goin in as a machanic so i should enjoy it

Correction - You are going in as a "trainee," and don't ever forget it (not that they'll let you). You may become a mechanic after basic training, but in basic everyone is the same ... in the eyes of the training cadre (at least, according to what they allow you to see as their attitude) ALL you trainees are lower than whale [excrement] on the bottom of the ocean, and probably not smart enough to tie your shoes if they had Velcro laces.

 

Don't let it get to you. It's all part of the game. Think of it as a fraternity hazing on steroids and you'll survive.

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Eagle is correct....at age 17 I somehow received enough common sense from my dad to realize it was all head games to make you a better soldier....enough to not fight the system and come out on top of the class.

 

 

Where my Captain promptly reminded me that coming out on top....didn't mean squat. :D

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Where my Captain promptly reminded me that coming out on top....didn't mean squat. :D

Right as rain.

 

I made E-2 out of Basic, which very few managed to do. So I went on to AIT (Advanced Individual Training) as an E-2 instead of an E-1 ... big deal, I was still a "trainee." Then I made PFC (E-3) out of AIT, which even fewer managed to do (since if you didn't make E-2 out of Basic you couldn't possibly make E-3 out of AIT).

 

So after AIT I was no longer a "trainee," I was now [cue drumroll] a Private First Class. Which is another way of saying low man on the totem pole just about anywhere in the U.S. Army. Especially at a guided missile artillery unit, where anybody who was anybody was at least an E-4, and we had a freakin' COOK who was a Staff Sergeant (E-6) after only two years in service.

 

Don't get me wrong. It's not all bad ... but it may feel that way at times during Basic. Just keep in mind that's it's all a head game. Don't let them get inside your head, and you'll be fine.

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Don't get me wrong. It's not all bad ... but it may feel that way at times during Basic. Just keep in mind that's it's all a head game. Don't let them get inside your head, and you'll be fine.

 

Exactly.....think "What is it that they are really trying to train me to do?"

 

Run until you drop? No....think "push myself to my best."

 

Do stupid things just for their enjoyment? No....think "learn to follow orders correctly under pressure."

 

That's the type of things. You remember that, and you'll do fine. :cheers:

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You will probably also encounter some instances of being punished "unfairly," for things you didn't do (or things you didn't not do, depending on the circumstances). Drill cadre are famous/infamous/notorious for punishing the whole group when one or two or three guys mess up. Whatever you do, try not to be the guy who brings down the wrath of the DIs on your platoon. Next, when the wrath of the DIs does fall on your squad or your platoon because someone else messed up, don't give in to the temptation to whine and say, "But it wasn't my fault ... HE did it." That probably didn't work with Mom when you were a kid, and it definitely won't score bonus points with a DI.

 

What they're teaching you (or trying to) is that an army unit is a team. Each member of a team has a job to do, and if any member of the team fails, the team suffers. In basic training, the result of one guy not having his boots shined for inspection could be that everyone's boots get soaked in a hot shower for several hours. Pretty rough and unfair, right? But the underlying idea is that if a team member messes up out on the battlefield, some other member(s) of the team get killed. They're teaching you to watch each other's back, and to realize that YOUR actions have consequences that affect not just yourself, but your entire team/unit.

 

It's surprising how some stuff sticks with you. I have been OUT of the Army for 41 years this month. Got to talking with my brother-in-law over Thanksgiving dinner. He's been out about 30 or 35 years, I think. My sister was amazed because we could both still recite our service number without a moment's hesitation even though we haven't used it since the day we got out.

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And while you are learning....if there IS someone in your group who is unintentionally screwing up....sometimes a helping hand from yourself can make all the difference. Instead of taking it out on them. ;)

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And while you are learning....if there IS someone in your group who is unintentionally screwing up....sometimes a helping hand from yourself can make all the difference.

If not -- there's always a blanket party.

 

Which is why you do NOT want to be the screw-up.

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ummm blanket party?

 

anyway yea I'm gunna try to keeper together with basic but ive heared that the reserves basic isnt as bad as the reg force basic so it shouldnt be tooo bad. but I'm still getin ready

 

 

 

I wouldnt be so sure of that. When I went through basic Sept 91, we had reserveist and guardsmen going through basic with us.

 

To me you are going at the wrong time of the yr. Winter... ITs bad enough to be tired and wet.. I couldnt imagine be cold tired and wet.

 

Seriously.. the best advice I can give you is start conditioning yourself now. Get up at 0430 and go for a run, of at least 2 miles. and start doing push ups every half mile. I have a friend who was a drill in the army. He said that they used to give us the half right face while running so they could catch their breathe.

 

As stated above it is all a mind game. The first 2-3 weeks will be common task training, and drill and ceremony. During this phase you will be tasked with memorising crap that has no real bearing on the world as you know it now, but in the military world...who the CSM of the Army matters. Also pay attention to detail. The cadre will tell you things, and want it done a certain way... thats what they expect, it to be done that way.

 

Phase two will be ranges. This is when you get to do all the cool stuff in basic. Shooting the M16 is great, shooting the Saw is better. The m203 can bruise you if not shot right. Throwing the grenades.. well that was a stressful time, but fun all the same.

 

Phase 3.. well that is when you do your long ruck march, and put everything you learned together in a feild training excercise. THis is why I say the winter time is the wrong time to do basic. You will spend 3-5 days in the field digging fighting positions, and practice squad fighting techniques. Also you will have the big inspection, and practice for graduation. Graduation day will be the most memorable day of your life, and it will mean the most to you.

 

Good luck

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Not sure how long your AIT is, but mine was mine was 36 weeks long. Talk about the cadre and DI's messing with you. We had weekly wall locker, and daily uniform inspections. As well as the stress of going to school, and having to memorize tech specs on communication equipment... talk about a stressful time. The bad thing was.. once I got to my permament duty station.. I was told forget everything I was taught, we will show you the right way to do things.

 

I don't know if I was lucky, or unlucky I got stationed in Panama. :nuts: :yes: All I can say it is a bad idea to send a 19yr old to a foriegn country with lil to no supervision.

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its not really called basic its basic military qualification or bmq

Keep in mind that most of us are Amuricans, so some of the official terminology will be slightly different than what you use in Canada, eh? :)

 

Plus things have undoubtedly changed some in the U.S. Army since I was in. "Basic" was just Basic Training. "AIT," as noted, was Advanced Individual Training. AFAIK we still have "Basic Training" and it is still called "Basic" for short.

 

Blanket party: http://www.answers.com/topic/blanket-party

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