Well, I'm finally finished with BCT for the Army. Overall, great experience. I have Thanksgiving off, so I have to report to my next duty station, which is Ft Gordon Georgia, for my AIT on Sunday. They say it's just like college, so you guys will be seeing me floating back around here.
Hooah.
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 06:47 PM
Hah, yeah, I see that.
I forgot to mention though. Each Platoon picks one person to nominate to go in front of the Soldier of the Cycle board. In which the First Sergeant and Senior Drill Sergeants do a lot of stuff and talk to them to choose the SotC. I was nominated by my Drill Sergeants to go in front of the board for my Platoon.... I didn't win though.
In my defense, the person who won has photographic memory, so he cheated.
I forgot to mention though. Each Platoon picks one person to nominate to go in front of the Soldier of the Cycle board. In which the First Sergeant and Senior Drill Sergeants do a lot of stuff and talk to them to choose the SotC. I was nominated by my Drill Sergeants to go in front of the board for my Platoon.... I didn't win though.
In my defense, the person who won has photographic memory, so he cheated.I originally tried to join the Air Force, but because of the whole over population within the Air Force thing, they denied me because I didn't weigh enough. O.o But now that since I'm in the Army, I resent that. :evil:airforce is greater than army .
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 06:53 PM
ignore the troll ^_^
he's been banned over 80 times on IRC and atleast once or twice on the forums. Just a lonely little man with nothing better to do then bypass bans and (try to) make peoples blood boil and give half-arsed information on a small programming community site.
he's been banned over 80 times on IRC and atleast once or twice on the forums. Just a lonely little man with nothing better to do then bypass bans and (try to) make peoples blood boil and give half-arsed information on a small programming community site.
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 10:42 PM
Hah, and apparently smokes too much pot grown by Steveignore the troll ^_^
he's been banned over 80 times on IRC and atleast once or twice on the forums. Just a lonely little man with nothing better to do then bypass bans and (try to) make peoples blood boil and give half-arsed information on a small programming community site.
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 10:42 PM
I forgot to fill out the username above.
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 11:40 PM
If your AIT is anything like my Marine MOS school, it will be kinda like college, just a bit more hectic. I did manage to have a PC with internet during my time there though, and that was ~9 years ago.
Good luck and have fun!
Good luck and have fun!
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Posted 25 November 2011 - 04:07 AM
Yeah, when we jumped on the bus to our AIT from BCT, our 1st Sarge gave us a quick motivational speech. He said he was upset that we were going to the worst AIT in the sense that they treat us like we're in college and that it's our responsibility to remember that we're not. They also said that the PLT Sarge's at AIT will respect us the most because we came from the most notorious BCT for being the hardest so we have the best reputation for being the most disciplined.
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Posted 25 November 2011 - 04:08 PM
forgive my most likely poor terminology, as I don't know a thing about this stuff.
I heard (and believe) that the training people (Sargent?) are not as bad/mean/rude/uptight/'tough' as they make them look on tv/movies
true?
I heard (and believe) that the training people (Sargent?) are not as bad/mean/rude/uptight/'tough' as they make them look on tv/movies
true?
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Posted 25 November 2011 - 04:18 PM
Depends on the branch of service.
My Drill Instructors were pretty close to the movie Full Metal Jacket, though due to some bull crap called "political correctness" they technically aren't supposed to use curse words or point directly at you (with a single finger), so they use their whole hand to point
I have heard rumor that certain branches give their recruits "stress cards" that they could pull out if they were experiencing too much stress during their training That's just silly.
My Drill Instructors were pretty close to the movie Full Metal Jacket, though due to some bull crap called "political correctness" they technically aren't supposed to use curse words or point directly at you (with a single finger), so they use their whole hand to point
I have heard rumor that certain branches give their recruits "stress cards" that they could pull out if they were experiencing too much stress during their training
That's just silly.
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Posted 25 November 2011 - 05:27 PM
Yeah, we didn't have stress cards or anything like that. I can be honest, it was much easier than I had expected, but they say the Drill Sergeants are allowed to be meaner at Ft Benning, that's why it's the most notorious for having the most disciplined recruits. I just remember 49 guys doing pushups butt naked on the first day. Apparently, we didn't get into shower gear (just a towel) fast enough so we got smoked (that's when they maked us do pushups or v-ups or whatever they want).
It is true about the pointing thing, and as far as the cursing thing goes, they're not allowed to curse AT us. Well, our Drill's did.
I know our Senior Drill, Senior Drill Sergeant Somerlot, didn't care about us at all. On Graduation day, he told us that he wishes we weren't graduating because he hates us. He was a douchebag.
It is true about the pointing thing, and as far as the cursing thing goes, they're not allowed to curse AT us. Well, our Drill's did.
I should make a new thread with all of my favorite Drill Sergeant quotes. They're hilarious.DS- "Private Henderson!"
Henderson- "Drill Sergeant, here Drill Sergeant!"
DS- "Knock knock."
Henderson- "Drill Sergeant, who's there Drill Sergeant?"
DS- "**** you!"
I know our Senior Drill, Senior Drill Sergeant Somerlot, didn't care about us at all. On Graduation day, he told us that he wishes we weren't graduating because he hates us. He was a douchebag.
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Posted 02 December 2011 - 02:34 PM
Little background - I went in for 35M (Radar Technician) which is now 94M. AIT was broken down into two phases; a 16 week phase at redstone arsenal in AL learning electronics, and a 44 week phase in ft sill OK learning the army's radar systems.
My AIT experience (at redstone arsonal) was that it was a completely mismanaged cluster **** where the shittiest drill sergeants go, and take out their inept NCO aggression out on the students. Any young lieutenant or captain you have as a commander will be pissed off that he has an assignment babysitting AIT kids and not leading troops in Afghanistan and will consequential not give one single ****. They don't smoke you as much, but instead occupy all your supposed free time doing shitty menial tasks. It was shining boots back in the day, but I'm sure they could have replace that with anything. We had the privilege of going to the local grocery store where my roomates would buy cans of whipped cream to huff the nitrous oxide. Ugly women who are now not allowed to wear much makeup may try to have sex with you.
If your lucky and have a long AIT like mine was, you will at some point it phase "5 +20" status. I hit this point when I went to Oklahoma for 44 weeks. It's pretty much the promised land. It means your school is so damn long that they don't want to wear you down with the "training mentality" and will subsequently treat you like a soldier and a human being. At that point you are pretty much active duty but without the stress of having to actually work all day.
FYI I hear nothing but terrible things about ft gordon. They will try to teach you obsolete things like windows 2000 because they can't update the training material at the pace that IT moves. Good luck.
My AIT experience (at redstone arsonal) was that it was a completely mismanaged cluster **** where the shittiest drill sergeants go, and take out their inept NCO aggression out on the students. Any young lieutenant or captain you have as a commander will be pissed off that he has an assignment babysitting AIT kids and not leading troops in Afghanistan and will consequential not give one single ****. They don't smoke you as much, but instead occupy all your supposed free time doing shitty menial tasks. It was shining boots back in the day, but I'm sure they could have replace that with anything. We had the privilege of going to the local grocery store where my roomates would buy cans of whipped cream to huff the nitrous oxide. Ugly women who are now not allowed to wear much makeup may try to have sex with you.
If your lucky and have a long AIT like mine was, you will at some point it phase "5 +20" status. I hit this point when I went to Oklahoma for 44 weeks. It's pretty much the promised land. It means your school is so damn long that they don't want to wear you down with the "training mentality" and will subsequently treat you like a soldier and a human being. At that point you are pretty much active duty but without the stress of having to actually work all day.
FYI I hear nothing but terrible things about ft gordon. They will try to teach you obsolete things like windows 2000 because they can't update the training material at the pace that IT moves. Good luck.
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Posted 03 December 2011 - 09:12 PM
Hmm, such rumors are incorrect. The only bad part (as in the training), is the fact that they treat you like real soldiers and as if you're in college. This results in 90% of the people here being completely immature. Regardless, the training is quite up to date as we are using Windows 7.
