Basic Training Rant
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2022
- A vague description of the mindset needed to have for Army Basic Combat Training (BCT). Just got a new phone so lookout soon for a detailed video about what all goes down! It’ll be uploaded in less than a week.
I hope this video is at least a bit informative and can answer a few questions for some!
Thank you all for watching 🙏🏼
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Im 32 and thanks to your video I decided I could do it ,honestly I feel like at 32 I still have so much to learn that I want to be pushed to the max Im not scared of basic training .I’m scared of staying how I am now . I feel like it will reinforce my confidence in every aspect. Thanks for your videos!!
Wow this is an amazing choice of words, I felt the exact same way but couldn’t articulate it like that. The time you have to be in your own mind and battle inner doubts is ridiculous while your here. The days are long but the weeks are short. Basic training was like a revelation for me and with your mindset, I’m sure great things will come! I wish you the best !
@@victorgibson8587 im ready to become a man 😂 thanks brother
i feel the same way. same age. talking to recruiter. let's go!
29 years young 92Fox I ship out for basic training South Carolina!! IN 2 WEEKS !!
Got an update for me?
@number1sav629 been going great on to my next duty station in August 15 going to Fort Liberty NC I did one year in south korea was a blast learned alot
I really appreciate these videos brother. I wanted to join the Army at 18 but things didn’t work out that way and I went straight to work after high school. I’ve been considering joining the Army recently but I thought I was “too old” and I just turned 23 lol. I’m in pretty decent shape and I’ve always liked to exercise and you joining at 34 made me ask myself wtf am I waiting on? Keep up the good work.
Thank you for this message! 🙏🏼 it’s a huge commitment. I was “doing okay” in my civilian life but the Army was in my bloodline, so there was always this itch to join. Follow your gut and live without regrets. Take care!
Thanks for the video. I ship out august 16th as a 68w to Fort sill and I can’t wait for it. I know it’ll be hard but no pain no gain
Hell yeah , you’re gonna do great! That’s an awesome MOS that takes a lot of heart and skill! Just keep pushing forward no matter what! I wish you the best!
Hell yeah man! I needed this video! I hope your longer detailed video is out soon! I fly out the 9th! Thanks for continuing to make videos keep up the great work!
I got you man, I’ll have some stuff posted before you head out! Congratulations on signing up to be part of the 1% . Just keep pushing no matter what. You got this and I wish you all the best!
Thank you so much for this video!!! I’m shipping out this month on the 16th. A little nervous since I’m 31. I’m extremely excited though and really looking forward for this experience of a lifetime! 🙌
Hell yeah you’ll do great, the drill SGT’s will be around the same age as us, so they make look at you and expect you to be a leader among your peers. That’s something I haven’t mentioned yet, but it does happen. Best wishes!
I'm shipping out on the 15th!! Hooah!
I’ll be there with you bro I’m 29 I’m shipping out the 15th
@@chazo2x Change of plans. My recruiter ended up giving me an option 4 (airborne) 11X contract. I'll be at benning on 9/26 but I'll be going to bragg straight after that.
Thanks for sharing your experience man!
No problem! Thank you for watching!
Thanks for sitting down a breaking down basic, I ship next Tuesday as an 88M at Fort LW .. appreciate you sir. Continue to be Great as well 🤝🏽
Hey congratulations man! That’s where I went for Basic! I was in Delta Company 310. Don’t let reception get into your head. *Read your Blue Book in the downtime* Learn the Soldiers Creed/Army Song. *Eat Green* and drink water, it gets nasty hot there this time of year. You got it man, I wish you the best!
I’m 29 and going to MEPs in a few days I’m married also have two children. With that being said your videos been helping me out a lot thanks man seriously.
Thank you 🙏🏼 still working on some proper content to help as many people as I can!
Thanks for the video!
No problem! Thank you for watching!
Has it been a whole year?? Damn Big Dawg! Keep grinding! Proud of the content youre putting out
Thanks man! 🙏🏼 it really flew by, I gotta keep it going for the people like you who watch the videos. I’ve got some other stuff in the works too. But I appreciate your comment and I’ll keep grinding for sure , stay safe!
Where’s that detailed video brother!? 😂🙌🏽🇺🇸
I’m 30 planking on joining the 18x I appreciate your insight
Keep up the videos as well!
Thank you! 🙏🏼 will do!
Thanks 🙏
Thanks for sharing. Congrats on your year!
How harsh is the running for the first couple of weeks for someone who has been a couch potato for 2 yrs? Is it likely one will get minor injury, or is the pacing there so we don't get injured until later when we start getting strength and endurance through the training? I never really ran even when I hit the gym almost every day a couple years ago because I only ever focused on how skinny I was (lifts and presses, not runs), not realizing the total value of running for anyone in any kind of shape or weight. Now I regret that I suck at running endurance/cardio longevity and it's the one concern I have wanting to quick-ship.
I can totally relate to this! So running is a big part of the army, in basic we ran to breakfast and lunch about a quarter of a mile at a pace to where we could not break formation. I’ll tell you that the army standard right now is 21 minutes to run 2 miles. I was 215 when I joined and hadn’t ran in a loong time. Even with a little shuffle I was huffing at the end and still managed 20 minutes. You will get better towards the end though because it just becomes part of your day. At a certain point they will group you based off your mile time (Aplha, Bravo, Charlie , Delta) They will also help you build endurance by doing running drills like 60/120’s. In which you run full speed for 60 seconds and walk for 120 seconds. But you’ll do great as long as you don’t give up on yourself! Thank you for watching and thanks for the congratulations! 🙏🏼
@@victorgibson8587 Ok cool. Thanks for the quick reply and encouragement. At least I know I won't easily fail just for running badly, I'm just not nearly where I want to be yet.
A quarter--or even half--mile is no problem for me at any pace, so that's doable multiple times with a couple minutes anything-other-than-running break between right now (and food is a good incentive to run lol). I was worried they would be like "time to run for over 30 minutes without stopping and you have to keep pace" or "today is a long run of 4 miles, keep up" and falling behind would result in an actual problem even during the first few weeks, before conditioning us to handle that. And I refuse to be sent home over a minor injury if I feel I could recover and push through (especially a prep-preventable one like shin splints possibly turning to a stress fracture--never had weak bones, but I've heard that's common at Basic), and would hate getting my battle buddies smoked for me slowing down severely, because of being unprepared (I usually over-prep for things, if able). My body is pretty resilient and fast at most things, just not yet for running long (I've experienced hiking rough terrain 4-5 miles a day with a small group, carrying about 40lbs of supplies each, while camping in the mountains for 5 days straight, so even ruck marches aren't that big a worry since we will be getting progressively conditioned to handle more--aside from potential blisters being annoying because of the boots--it's literally just the running endurance/cardio stamina that gets me). If a risk of failing early were the case, I would need to avoid quick-ship (and unfortunately its bonus) just to prep for the longevity of runs in the beginning.
I currently do 2 miles in 19 minutes after 2 weeks of running a few times a week after work, but I'm power-walking way too much between run chunks after the first mile. I need to fix that because my first mile is comfortably 8 mins, so my 2-mile time should not be exceeding 17 mins.
Thank you all your videos are well appreciated. 🙏🏽
Any information available for persons in the Caribbean who wants to join?
Thank you! I’ll definitely post more soon , that are more relevant and answer more questions!
Opfor is fun but I've never seen a sew on uniform for playing the bad guy. Interesting. Been out for 8 years though
It is I can’t lie , I’ll be doing it every month for the next 3 years lol and the uniform.. yeah I guess the alterations ladies at cif were feeling frisky
Question, if you gotta pee during reception or basic training, can you request it
Hey brother, did you have any prior service with you at Basic? How were they treated after hours and etc as far as privileges and also during training?
Hey! No prior service at all. JROTC back in high school, so some things were just muscle memory. So after hours was a riot, those were the good times where people were able to release some steam after a hard day. No privileges honestly. I will say that if you carried yourself with maturity and respect, the drill Sgt‘s will treat you like an adult. But during training if you’re a bit older, I feel like they push you harder which was something I appreciated greatly! I hope this helped!
Did you have your own shower in basic or did you have to shower with others?
lol reception is completely open, basic it’s about 20-30 dudes and 8 showers , ait 2 ppl share a bathroom. Theirs levels too it lol
If you have an associates degree, can you rank in as an E3?
Yes you can, just bring your transcript with you. It’s a nice little head start
Going in as a E-4, is it possible to rank up in basic from E-4?
Great question! E-4 is as high as you can get while going through basic and AIT. The best course of action when you graduate would be to work on your points as much as possible, acquire your time in service so that you can skip CPL and become Sgt.
@@victorgibson8587 thanks for the response bro. I think in one of your videos you mentioned you were stationed in fort Irwin? Just curious.. how you liking it out there? I’m choosing my job tomorrow and I’m from Cali if I can’t get a foreign country or Colorado I just might stay and pick fort Irwin
@@andred5048 man it’s hot af here that’s the only way to put it lol I chose Colorado, Washington, California assuming it was going to palm trees and beaches. I’m going to make a video of it soon, hopefully before you head out. But fingers crossed you get Carson. I heard Washington(JBLM) was nice just rains a lot. Hopefully you get overseas though if that’s what you desire!