I enlisted in 78 spent 6 years Security Police (security forces now),then cross trained into Pararescue for my final 22 years. I am 60 now and man all I can say is that the Air Force was truly a "Great Way of Life " ( old 70's recruiting slogan). Now I sit back and look at all of you Dinks,and Pickles and hope for the best in your chosen career fields. I salute you,one and all and thank you for your service.
@@maxtaylor12 You may have seen a similar video but it wasn't this one. They didn't start issuing OCP's (the uniforms they're wearing) until October 2019.
As a kid in the 70's i always wanted to join the Airforce. I remember meeting a recruiter and was given a book about Basic at Lackland AFB. One reason or another i joined the Army and stayed in for 6 years. After getting out i was still young and thought to myself why not go into the Airforce. The for some reason a joined the Army National Guard and that was that. Now i regret not joining. My point is don't have regrets just do what your heart tells you.
I still can't believe I went through all this over 10 years ago. That while time flew by soooooo fast. Met so of the best people ever in the military. HUA to the young folks making the decision to serve. You're apart of something MUCH bigger than yourself and you should be very proud.
Wow the new uniforms look Awesome. Looks like legitamite camouflage, I thought ABU camo looked cool but thought that it could blend into furniture better than outdoor terrain. That's a good update for the air force :)
Wow! Exactly 40 years to the day and month that I began my basic training: 1979. Squadron 3707, Flight 048. I was a squad leader. No camouflage back then, and black boots we had to keep shined. Only male T.I.s. in the male dorms. And a lot less immunizations.
@@TheKamakuraGardener We started with an interim TI who was only filling in until the permanent TI returned from leave. Well, he came in one night very drunk with a buddy and proceeded to cross the line with verbal abuse. We informed the interim TI the next day and that was all she wrote for the drunken fool. He wasn’t even in uniform. I hope he lost his hat.
@@scottgoodrich5825 Damn! My TIs were the epitome of professionalism. I still remember their names 45 years later, Hector Merced and David Andradé. 👍🏾🤩🐶
I started my lackland experience on April fool's day 1981! That first day I felt like a fool and wondered what the hell I had gotten myself into! It didn't last long, eventually wound up being assigned to the 1st special operations unit at hurlburt field fla and was a weapons mechanic on AC- 130H gunships and HH-53 pave low helps! Couldn't have been more proud to serve in this outfit! Best times of my life! 35 yrs later I still dream I'm there! My only regret is I didn't stay in for a career!
They do so much more in Air Force BMT than we did when i went through in '93. Ours was only 6 weeks and we didn't do hand-to-hand combat training, didn't do the gas chamber, we only spent a day or two on the rifle range and certainly didn't have a rifle in our barracks and our PT was much less involved (we never even did pull-ups). They really rushed us through. It looks like the AF has really tried to get more in line with the Army and Marines in trying to develop soldiers as well as Airmen. Kuddos to them.
I was there in 1969. We had six weeks, but no combat training, one day on the range only, no rifle in the barracks. It was during summer and we had to take handfuls of salt pills at each meal to counteract the heat. Do they still do that? Thanks.
Ahh MSgt Golding. She was a fill-in MTI during my 2nd week of training at the 323rd. She was very firm but also extremely down to Earth while in the day room. Glad to see she got to push her own flight back with the gators.
I went through BMT at Lackland way back in 1980. 3704 if memory serves me. Tech Sgt. Michael Eagan was my Drill Instructor.I owe that man for my honesty. He was everything you would ever want in a Drill Instructor, a Father figure and mentor. I would do anything for him. He gave me my nickname, Sumo! Stuck with me ever since! Aim High Everyone!!
I remember falling asleep thinking it wouldn’t be too bad after meeting my first MTI off the bus, Tsgt Yockey. Then I woke up the next morning and met Msgt Ritenour, the toughest damn MTI there, and knew I was screwed lol. Great memories
just graduated AF BMT about a month ago, glad to be out lol. btw yeah we dont have instructors dedicated just to drill, idk if thats how it works in the other branches. they teach us a certain thing then we practice and it's primarily up to the trainees to get it right by the end without the instructor yelling at you throughout the whole process. I also had Master Sergeant Golding fill in for one of my instructors for a day and she was really cool and funny when we were just chilling in the day room
@@georgelopez1478 its honestly not that difficult, just do what you're told when you're told to do it and there won't be any problems. You most likely won't get yelled at for no reason. The days are long but the weeks are fast. Older week flights may tell you it gets easier, it doesnt get easier, you just get better at it. 0 week through about 2nd week sucks but you get used to it after that. A lot of the instructors are actually pretty chill when you're in the day room, we could laugh and talk with ours as long as we knew certain limitations, but do not try to joke around outside of the day room. Cough drops are currency pretty much, some may even play poker for them, i did, but absolutely no matter what you do, do not get caught, be very careful or don't be an idiot and dont do it at all. Prepare for PT, don't sit on your ass before you leave. A lot of training is in the classroom and down time in the dorm, you can normally safely socialize in your dorm. Try not to volunteer for a student leader position (element leader or dorm chief) unless you like that kind of responsibility, if you do become one, dont be an asshole, nobody will like or respect you. Everyone will have some kind of job at BMT, try to get water monitor, its super easy and you just fill waters at chow. That's about all i have, though none of that may apply since things are always changing with covid-19 being a thing. Best of luck to you.
God..... those dorms look so comfortable...... and they look like they have functioning a/c and heaters too.... everything is so clean and updated everywhere too..... compared to 2012 that looks like a vacation
@@davywavy1918 everyone is calling you an idiot when in reality there are multiple pathologists that claim this is a monster hoax and stupid. Just google Dr. Roger Hopkinson, everyone is saying his statements are false. Even though he’s probably in the top 5 pathologists in the world.
Had this dude always shaving his head perfect shiny bald in my flight. Everyone's hair started growing back out but his head was always shiny bald. MTI told him to stop shaving his head because he was standing out from the rest lol
One dude in my flight had these two parallel scars along one side of his head that were very visible once he got shaved. He confessed that he ran into a pair of nails as a child, but our MTI kept putting him on his face for "being faddish with his badass claw marks"!!
AF Basic training for me was Aug. 1979. Hot and Humid @ 8pm. The clothing and stuff they gave us was left over from the Viet Nam war. OD cotton uniforms. Black leather combat boots. Convers sneaker's. Single strap duffel bag's. What a trip. BT was only 6 weeks long.
Was this really filmed and made in 2019-2020? Cause man, this is like early 2000’s vibes right here. Not complaining, it’s super nostalgic and reminds me of all the documentaries and educational videos my old teacher would force us to watch. You really don’t see this kind of editing nowadays, I miss it.
Now I feel old. In 2005, we wore the woodland camo BDU and didn't get to wear the PT gear in the video. The gear wasn't issued until week 3 with your blues. We didn't get a rifle to train with too.
USAF just needs its recruits to get fit and learn the military basics in BMT. It really focuses on developing world class tech schools so it has technicians and operators for its sophisticated weapons systems.
@@fifarobinson4895 Unless your thinking about a career in law enforcement don't. Most of the time SP duty is often boring. Think about what you will do when you get out of the Air Force. If you pick a trade such as electrical or electronics or even plumbing you will always have a trade. If you do SP you will limited to security work or joining a police department.
I'm done with ASVAB, MEPS, and the swear in. All I'm waiting for is when I'm going to BMT, and of course, I'm hella excited and nervous. Excited because this a new chapter in my life and nervous that I might not make it
@@hatelove5194 my Asvab score was 67. Tip: Try out the *asvab test app* in the app store (free). Subjects in the test includes Electronics, Auto and shop, mechanical, etc., but focus more on the arithmetic (math), word/paragraphs knowledge, and science. But still, higher scores means bigger opportunities. If you have anymore questions, I'll be glad to help you
Why would anyone thumbs down this??????!!!!! Seriously?! These recruits are doing this so that you have the right to be able to thumbs down! So appreciate them!!!
@@FluffyBuzzard2TheMax when we were in basic, (i went in March) you had to wear a mask if you felt any type of flu symptoms, since Rona was on the brink of rising at the time
The only thing that's most likely gonna change is already getting more than five shots on one arm they are probably going to triple that number and make it fifteen
You will get the proper training but the experience will be different it’s different for everyone. Things will be adjusted and changed all throughout your military career you just have to roll with the punches, made a great decision trainee. Just don’t forget how to say your reporting statement 😂
Been there done that BMTS 3723/FLT035 in Jan-Feb ‘83.Basic training In Lackland AFB was a totally different experience and well worth it..PROUD TO SERVE 🇺🇸👍NOW GIVE ME A 341 AIRMEN!!!!!! I can still hear the MTIs SCREAMING /Hell my MTI got on our bus when we arrived and STARTED BARKING OUT ORDERS!!!Basic seems like summer camp these days 😮
Back in my day, we got a hot towel, cream and straight edge shave with our haircut, topped off with a Andes chocolate mint at the end. Also, we weren't issued cammies, we got solid green issues, aka pickle suits.
Thanks for your service! My son who went through training in this video said it sucks when you're going through it, but once you're out and past tech school you start to have better memories of your time there. Fly High!
Don’t worry I just graduated BMT and they have flag conditions if its too hot you won’t be doing anything too difficult when its too hot and your PT will be in the mornings not mid day
I feel bad for the men who never went and did a tour in the military.....both my brother and 2 brother in laws wish they had right out of high school like me......I have probably had at least a dozen guys tell me the same thing when they found out I had served......
42 years ago today I started my first day in Boot Camp! Sqdn 3711 / Flt. 337 (Honor Flight). Looks like they added afew more things like hand-to-hand combat and gas chamber. My last day at Boot Camp was my birthday and a long ride to Keesler AFB for 6 months and then off to Torrejon Air Base, Spain. Had a great AFSC which I was able to use my skill sets and landed a great 25 year career on the outside. One of my best decisions was joining the Air Force. Would do it all over again!
Wow~I walked thru them gates in 89~No way, we were walking in like this (walk in the park)~we were scared out of our minds, TIs on our butts...the yelling started at 3am arrival and until 5 weeks later...I still hear my TI SSgt Blunt (he threw a trash can up against the wall ) at 9am the same day......GET UP~....I miss Basic...it was hard but im a millionaire now (not in money) but in life~
@@Not_OSI I went through in 2011 and was in decent shape. You'll work out every morning and be on your feet most of the day. You can be a twig boy, but your MTIs will make sure you can knock out all your requirements by your eighth week... or they'll retain you until you can! Personally, I'd recommend focusing on cardio until you can consistently run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes or less. Also, keep in mind that they're doing this while the cameras are rolling. The Air Force is still the Army's baby brother, but don't think your MTIs won't scream in your face.
My son graduates Basic Training on Dec 10, 2020. It was nice to see a little bit of what he went through. Some things have changed since I did it in 1976, but the basic idea is still there. Just look at the faces as they come off the bus! They're all wondering What the hell have I done? My son didn't have to do the Chamber because of Covid. Sadly, families are unable to attend graduation ceremonies, also because of Covid. Fortunately, they will allow him Exodus, and he'll be coming home from tech school two weeks for Christmas. He is going to be learning Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics (for the F15 Eagle) at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls, TX. We share that experience as well, only my field was Accounting and Finance.
Damn, no web belts, nothing quite like stuffing your flashlight, BMTSG, pens and notebook into a tiny ass pouch and having your canteen hang next to it.
Nunya Business you sound like a undisciplined solder .. as. Marine it’s obvious that the Air Force has picked it up, while the Army can’t march. Yell back at the ds. Can’t move without a battle buddy.
They must've remodeled those barracks at some point. They look alot different than they did in '91. These guys all look so young. Damn i feel old...3706 bmts Aug '91
@@MayAllYourStarsAlign well that's up to you guys. It normally takes a while to join, as it is a very long process to go through. In my opinion, I would start the process right now because it will probably take close to 6 months from the first time you talk to the recruiter to when he will actually leave. Also, the military is trying to reopen everything right now and they are attempting to get back to normal. As we speak however, bmt is a completely different environment and there was so many things that we didn't do.
Funny how everyone says their training was harder than these guys!!!😂🤣😂🤣😂 but but that’s different 🤣😂😐😐🤚😆😷😷😷 yes their immaturity came out and standoff came out conceited they should not have been talking about Twitter and Xbox and Snapchat but hey because of their sacrifice we are able to watch it on video freely! So appreciate them!! Stop hating
From the beginning, I already knew this video was a lie, because when we first got there, we had to speed walk as fast as we could to the MPR, And we had holdover airmen in there yelling at us to not touch our face and so on. Nov 2019-Jan 2020
Those are very nice barracks! Nothing like the ones they had when I went through boot camp in 1998. I wish they would show clips of the chow hall. That experience was brutal and the most unpleasant, especially when you are the chow runner like I was.
Radisleo, I served six years in the Marine Corps infantry, "I don't like needles". It's not the branch, it's the individual. There were a few turds in my squad who didn't "like shots". That doesn't detract from the fact that these men and women decided to serve.
I'm only 15 atm but I honestly cannot wait to go into the airforce, I feel drawn to it and nothing has changed over 3 years of wanting to join the airforce
I was in military but I have my head shaved about every two weeks. When I get it cut it's shaved smooth an I really do love it shaved . Way better than having hair. Bald is beautiful
Isaak Duarte, the training fits the mission. I was at MCRD in '75. I was there less than an hour before I got a forearm to the chest. How many times were you hit? How many meals did you miss? How many times did your DI throw the "alarm clock" down the squad bay at 0200 to "play games"? If you enlisted after about '77, recruit training is "way chiller" than when I was there. As I said, the training matches the mission.
Phil Quintana ok old salt dog I wasn’t saying all the little things how our bootcamp is still harder. The initial statement of training for a different mission would’ve sufficed. Always the past marine generations who do us current marines wrong 😂
@@isaakfrmla I get a case of the ass when young Marines get vicious with their comments. Back in the day we made fun of each other but it was always meant in just that, fun. It seems like us "old Corps" Marines ride you boots about what recruit training has become, you don't like it. Same for you riding other branches. If it's meant in fun, have at it. Get vicious and this old infantry Sgt is gonna chew your ass. All service is honorable. Every veteran deserves respect. They've done something 99% of others have chosen not to do.
Phil Quintana ok man I really don’t care what you gotta say I obviously know that they signed up for what most people don’t. You need to relax and get off the internet and talking shit to someone way younger
@@malgal6 kind of but Covid made BMT super weird if 1 person pops positive your whole flight will be quarantined and that shit sucks cause you can’t leave the dorm and all the food you get is cold cause you can’t get it from the chow hall when its hot an MTI will bring it to you but its cold af so pray none of your wingmen get covid. Zero week sucks hard cause you will get blown up for everything but just remember this IT’S ALL MIND GAMES everything the MTI’s do is all just mind games don’t take anything hard don’t let it get to you cause ive seen 2 people break down and cry after getting blown up over and over also be careful cause there are a lot of people in your flight that will try to snitch on you for the dumbest shit so try not to fuck around too much 2 people got sent home for dumb stuff and 2 others got paperwork that will stay with them their whole contract males and females get in trouble all the time. If you have any questions let me know ill answer everything and good luck to you!
@@Crafty1617 so the shots are pretty quick u walk forward and they get both arms at once 2 times each it’s really not bad the only shot that sucks is the one you probably heard of called the peanut butter shot but it goes away pretty quick. Pt isn’t bad either you will work out doing something called CIT to build cardio endruance and you will have strength days dor pushups and situps also you will run 1 to 2 days per week depends on the schedule for that week for me we only ran on saturday. Let me know if you have any other questions, im happy to answer.
@@aviationdylan3353 BMT is pretty simple. Just sucks at the moment with all the limitations due to covid. They cut out a lot of the training, especially the fun stuff. Don't know if those changes are temporary or permanent. They had shut down BEAST while my squadron was there, so we missed out on a bit of that
Ahh yes, the Zero Week EC’s I remember when I was in the 5 WOT at the 321 TRS. And I was told by this flights MTI to get everyone showered, teeth the works. MTI said he would be back later, and to have the Rainbow flight by their wallockers at the position of attention by 20:45 to tell everyone to go to sleep. We waited 3 hours, he still didn’t come up. Trainee’s were asking me “Uhh hey man, can we go to sleep yet 😂” me and the other guy who was working EC for the dorm did not know what to do. We eventually allowed them to go to sleep, but it was awkward the whole night 😂
I went through Lackland Basic in July '74 and I gotta say, it was a piece of cake. ssssshhhh Except they go so fast with the hair clippers they half pull it out. Kinda hurt, see no one smiling? I manned up though.
Bingley Richardson IV everyone that already went said it dont be like how the videos make it seem you gotta think about the stuff they dont show like people actually getting chewed out or night raids or them picking someones stuff to throw everywhere while they are at class so they gotta fix it. They want people to join not be scared to join haha. I know its not as bad as parris island but its also not as soft as the videos make it seem
@@corneliuspayne25 i want some action! But tbh all there but vids are pretty censored. Well I'll experience bmt In June so i hope it'll be fun. I hear Texas snows that time of year
I am feeling like. Dinsor (sp?). I went through Lackland in June 1966.. Basic was 4 weeks and basically anyone with 2 arms 2 legs and a head got through it. My combat training was 40 bullets. It was Viet Nam time and they really needed body’s.
I enlisted in 78 spent 6 years Security Police (security forces now),then cross trained into Pararescue for my final 22 years. I am 60 now and man all I can say is that the Air Force was truly a
"Great Way of Life " ( old 70's recruiting slogan).
Now I sit back and look at all of you Dinks,and Pickles and hope for the best in your chosen career fields.
I salute you,one and all and thank you for your service.
I want to be a PJ when I'm older. Thank you for your service sir.
Thank you for your service! Always nice to meet another SP/SF member on RUclips.
this looks like it was made in 2000
Suprememe technically all you do is add another 2
Max Taylor they have ocps so this is obviously new
@@maxtaylor12 You may have seen a similar video but it wasn't this one. They didn't start issuing OCP's (the uniforms they're wearing) until October 2019.
Thomas Roberts Yeah, my bad, I deleted my comment
Nope, saw my brother in this who recently graduated.
the video says 2020, but the intro says 1999
it's 2019-2020 because they're wearing OCPs which they stole from the army
@@jango2011 'stole from the army' lmao okay
first name last name hey buddy
They mention snapchat and Instagram, I don't think it was made in 99😂
@@calebniner@Jango Josh I'm talking about the intro geniuses
As a kid in the 70's i always wanted to join the Airforce. I remember meeting a recruiter and was given a book about Basic at Lackland AFB. One reason or another i joined the Army and stayed in for 6 years. After getting out i was still young and thought to myself why not go into the Airforce. The for some reason a joined the Army National Guard and that was that. Now i regret not joining. My point is don't have regrets just do what your heart tells you.
1st Cav man I decided to join the Air Force Reserve and funny you should say cause I’ve always wanted to join the Army
I still can't believe I went through all this over 10 years ago. That while time flew by soooooo fast. Met so of the best people ever in the military. HUA to the young folks making the decision to serve. You're apart of something MUCH bigger than yourself and you should be very proud.
Dude you in the chair force
@@arunramnarace1444 I was, I had the best chair with over greased ball bearings. Could roll forever.
@@chrismonroe8417 lol good for you
@@arunramnarace1444 Have fun in the Army...🤡🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@chrismonroe8417 how did you know
Damn, it hurt to see the boys w the waves get cut bald. 😭
Straight skin nuggets 😭😭😭
Bro they are ruthless with them clippers..it ain’t fun at all😭❌
They hate to see it
Destiny Delvalle the military strips everything from you. My cousin was fat and he came out ripped. They don’t play.
Space Cowboy shit gay what’s point going bald for 🤦🏽♂️
I remember seeing these boys before their first issue while I was waiting to do retreat. Time flies.
Wow the new uniforms look Awesome. Looks like legitamite camouflage, I thought ABU camo looked cool but thought that it could blend into furniture better than outdoor terrain.
That's a good update for the air force :)
The days are long, and the weeks are fast. All of this was a blur😅
You Know Chaps Same. Just remember the first few days, beast week (was TDL that’s why), and graduation and parade.
I want to go into the Air Force. I’m kinda scared of a basic training tho.
@@drhater2318 you’d be good bro it’s really not that bad
@@lmaochaps696 "The days were long but the weeks were fast" I couldn't agree with you more on that haha
Im leaving for lackland on june 8th for basic, kinda nervous lol
Wow! Exactly 40 years to the day and month that I began my basic training: 1979. Squadron 3707, Flight 048. I was a squad leader. No camouflage back then, and black boots we had to keep shined. Only male T.I.s. in the male dorms. And a lot less immunizations.
I was also 3707. FLT 222. 1977.
@@scottgoodrich5825 Those were the days, my friend! 👍🏾🤩🐶
@@TheKamakuraGardener We started with an interim TI who was only filling in until the permanent TI returned from leave. Well, he came in one night very drunk with a buddy and proceeded to cross the line with verbal abuse. We informed the interim TI the next day and that was all she wrote for the drunken fool. He wasn’t even in uniform. I hope he lost his hat.
@@scottgoodrich5825 Damn! My TIs were the epitome of professionalism. I still remember their names 45 years later, Hector Merced and David Andradé. 👍🏾🤩🐶
@@TheKamakuraGardener We had SSGT Hosfelt and SGT Hunt. I think the Superintendent was SMSGT Wilhelm.
I started my lackland experience on April fool's day 1981! That first day I felt like a fool and wondered what the hell I had gotten myself into! It didn't last long, eventually wound up being assigned to the 1st special operations unit at hurlburt field fla and was a weapons mechanic on AC- 130H gunships and HH-53 pave low helps! Couldn't have been more proud to serve in this outfit! Best times of my life! 35 yrs later I still dream I'm there! My only regret is I didn't stay in for a career!
They do so much more in Air Force BMT than we did when i went through in '93. Ours was only 6 weeks and we didn't do hand-to-hand combat training, didn't do the gas chamber, we only spent a day or two on the rifle range and certainly didn't have a rifle in our barracks and our PT was much less involved (we never even did pull-ups). They really rushed us through. It looks like the AF has really tried to get more in line with the Army and Marines in trying to develop soldiers as well as Airmen. Kuddos to them.
Yeah i went through in aug-sept 93. Don’t even recognize most of this.
The hand to hand combat training was a 2 hour course of the ABSOLUTE basics. And the rifle training is a half day course
They are only training rifles. Dont fire anything.
I was there in 1969. We had six weeks, but no combat training, one day on the range only, no rifle in the barracks. It was during summer and we had to take handfuls of salt pills at each meal to counteract the heat. Do they still do that? Thanks.
bt10ant no salt pils but to drink 4 glasses of water before each meal. (In ‘93)
That needle section 🤯
I'm usually nervous b4 needle shots, then after I feel like I can take a couple more
Kinda weird
Ikr ima prlly say sum needles get me nervous for some reason
Blood test is the only thing I have trouble with, I can feel it in my head when blood is being rushed out of my body. Makes me light headed lmao.
That's the military.
I cant wait to get shipped out for BMT! I hope to make a documentary about how it was after I graduate. Thank you for the opportunity💪🏻
When do you leave?
Oct 12!
Gabe A I’m planning on leaving around that time as well. What’s your mos?
September 8 for, i might see you coming in
Kemon Parker nice bro
Ahh MSgt Golding. She was a fill-in MTI during my 2nd week of training at the 323rd. She was very firm but also extremely down to Earth while in the day room. Glad to see she got to push her own flight back with the gators.
323 👊
She pushed flights long before that I graduated July 4 and she pushed our sister flight in the 326
I went through BMT at Lackland way back in 1980. 3704 if memory serves me. Tech Sgt. Michael Eagan was my Drill Instructor.I owe that man for my honesty. He was everything you would ever want in a Drill Instructor, a Father figure and mentor. I would do anything for him. He gave me my nickname, Sumo! Stuck with me ever since! Aim High Everyone!!
Went through in 1980 also; 3703, female flight. SSgt Drone. Could. not. stand. her. Still can’t, ha. Loved the AF though! Everyone should serve!
I remember falling asleep thinking it wouldn’t be too bad after meeting my first MTI off the bus, Tsgt Yockey. Then I woke up the next morning and met Msgt Ritenour, the toughest damn MTI there, and knew I was screwed lol. Great memories
YOCKEY. I had him back in late 2019. We were his first flight!
ofc it’s always disneyland. never alcatraz
320th 2014
I heard they just demolished alcatraz
Lmao 8 showerheads but only 3 work 😂
@@JHFanonymous why did they demolish it?
@@elizadarcy8641 idk tbh I left feb 2019 and Alcatraz was there it was just a rumor I heard
just graduated AF BMT about a month ago, glad to be out lol. btw yeah we dont have instructors dedicated just to drill, idk if thats how it works in the other branches. they teach us a certain thing then we practice and it's primarily up to the trainees to get it right by the end without the instructor yelling at you throughout the whole process. I also had Master Sergeant Golding fill in for one of my instructors for a day and she was really cool and funny when we were just chilling in the day room
any tips or advice or things I should know? im shipping in a month for lackland.
@@georgelopez1478 its honestly not that difficult, just do what you're told when you're told to do it and there won't be any problems. You most likely won't get yelled at for no reason. The days are long but the weeks are fast. Older week flights may tell you it gets easier, it doesnt get easier, you just get better at it. 0 week through about 2nd week sucks but you get used to it after that. A lot of the instructors are actually pretty chill when you're in the day room, we could laugh and talk with ours as long as we knew certain limitations, but do not try to joke around outside of the day room. Cough drops are currency pretty much, some may even play poker for them, i did, but absolutely no matter what you do, do not get caught, be very careful or don't be an idiot and dont do it at all. Prepare for PT, don't sit on your ass before you leave. A lot of training is in the classroom and down time in the dorm, you can normally safely socialize in your dorm. Try not to volunteer for a student leader position (element leader or dorm chief) unless you like that kind of responsibility, if you do become one, dont be an asshole, nobody will like or respect you. Everyone will have some kind of job at BMT, try to get water monitor, its super easy and you just fill waters at chow. That's about all i have, though none of that may apply since things are always changing with covid-19 being a thing. Best of luck to you.
Allord what’s your job
@@kenneth7118 Client Systems
Allord sounds nice lol
God..... those dorms look so comfortable...... and they look like they have functioning a/c and heaters too.... everything is so clean and updated everywhere too..... compared to 2012 that looks like a vacation
2013 for me and I agree 😂 they got it made here
There seems to be a long time dedicated to haircuts in this video
The last guy losing that nice head of hair, even made me cringe.
That's the most important part duhh
A big bunch of caillous and little bills
@@4word2death 👨🏻🦲👨🏿🦲
It makes me cringe and mad that these ladies are fucking there hairline up
I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since I went to BMT. Best of luck to these young airmen!
Ahhh the days when masks weren’t globally required
This pandemic is a joke
@@davywavy1918 Can you show me your Infectious Disease Degree and I do not mean from Trump University, Fox News or RUclips.
Davy Wavy19 Your a joke
@@davywavy1918 you are the joke and idiot.
@@davywavy1918 everyone is calling you an idiot when in reality there are multiple pathologists that claim this is a monster hoax and stupid. Just google Dr. Roger Hopkinson, everyone is saying his statements are false. Even though he’s probably in the top 5 pathologists in the world.
8:03 yo why they gotta do my boy like that LMFAOOO
I was trying to hold in my laughter.
Poor dude.
Had this dude always shaving his head perfect shiny bald in my flight. Everyone's hair started growing back out but his head was always shiny bald. MTI told him to stop shaving his head because he was standing out from the rest lol
One dude in my flight had these two parallel scars along one side of his head that were very visible once he got shaved. He confessed that he ran into a pair of nails as a child, but our MTI kept putting him on his face for "being faddish with his badass claw marks"!!
AF Basic training for me was Aug. 1979. Hot and Humid @ 8pm. The clothing and stuff they gave us was left over from the Viet Nam war. OD cotton uniforms. Black leather combat boots. Convers sneaker's. Single strap duffel bag's. What a trip. BT was only 6 weeks long.
Was this really filmed and made in 2019-2020? Cause man, this is like early 2000’s vibes right here. Not complaining, it’s super nostalgic and reminds me of all the documentaries and educational videos my old teacher would force us to watch. You really don’t see this kind of editing nowadays, I miss it.
Especially with the papyrus font to the beginning
Leaving out in about 2 months man, I can't wait to get started on this path.
Damn u gone yet
Well... more excited. I’m ready to go!
Now I feel old. In 2005, we wore the woodland camo BDU and didn't get to wear the PT gear in the video. The gear wasn't issued until week 3 with your blues. We didn't get a rifle to train with too.
2005 bmt here as well. we didn't get time out cards either.
USAF just needs its recruits to get fit and learn the military basics in BMT. It really focuses on developing world class tech schools so it has technicians and operators for its sophisticated weapons systems.
100% true. Security Forces tech school was muuuuch worse than basic.
@@lordwhatshisname3408 what career to you recommend? im thinking of military police but i dont know
@@fifarobinson4895 Unless your thinking about a career in law enforcement don't. Most of the time SP duty is often boring. Think about what you will do when you get out of the Air Force. If you pick a trade such as electrical or electronics or even plumbing you will always have a trade. If you do SP you will limited to security work or joining a police department.
Thank you for that info! Hopefully I get a ship date soon. Going into Ops Intel 😊
I'm done with ASVAB, MEPS, and the swear in. All I'm waiting for is when I'm going to BMT, and of course, I'm hella excited and nervous. Excited because this a new chapter in my life and nervous that I might not make it
What is your ASVAB score ? Any tips ?
@@hatelove5194 my Asvab score was 67.
Tip: Try out the *asvab test app* in the app store (free). Subjects in the test includes Electronics, Auto and shop, mechanical, etc., but focus more on the arithmetic (math), word/paragraphs knowledge, and science. But still, higher scores means bigger opportunities.
If you have anymore questions, I'll be glad to help you
Get deployed calm down their buddy sounds like you haven't even been to bmt
@@rubeno_2463 oh shoot, my bad. I meant going to BMT. I corrected it tho, but thanks👍
Why would anyone thumbs down this??????!!!!! Seriously?! These recruits are doing this so that you have the right to be able to thumbs down! So appreciate them!!!
It is all the rich kids giving thumbs down who will never serve their country
What a nice relaxing summer camp
Ha! Sure, until you realize every military personnel falls under the UCMJ. Damn you are dumb.
@@doogs2414 ?? You're calling someone dumb because you couldn't recognize a joke. Sounds like you're the dumb one
It didn’t feel like that going through. But after seeing Marine Basic.... yeah, by comparison.
😄😄😄
Sad but I was about to say the exact same thing. I attended in 2002 and it was nothing like this.
That girl at 19:29 was ahead of her time with that mask
thats exactly what I was thinking when I saw that
Why is she actually wearing it though? Weird
@@FluffyBuzzard2TheMax when we were in basic, (i went in March) you had to wear a mask if you felt any type of flu symptoms, since Rona was on the brink of rising at the time
This is December 2019 to February 2020 but they didn't show the group that went from December to February
I’m kinda scared since I won’t get proper bmt experience because of coronavirus
cory vu You’ll be fine, they just might space you apart 6 feet when training and everything you do will be with a mask on. Thank you for your service!
have you went to MEPS yet?? im waiting for them to open back up
The only thing that's most likely gonna change is already getting more than five shots on one arm they are probably going to triple that number and make it fifteen
We never did get full bmt experience
You will get the proper training but the experience will be different it’s different for everyone. Things will be adjusted and changed all throughout your military career you just have to roll with the punches, made a great decision trainee. Just don’t forget how to say your reporting statement 😂
Been there done that BMTS 3723/FLT035 in Jan-Feb ‘83.Basic training In Lackland AFB was a totally different experience and well worth it..PROUD TO SERVE 🇺🇸👍NOW GIVE ME A 341 AIRMEN!!!!!! I can still hear the MTIs SCREAMING /Hell my MTI got on our bus when we arrived and STARTED BARKING OUT ORDERS!!!Basic seems like summer camp these days 😮
Who is training who? I don't get it. Are the recruits training each other or something?
Sometimes, like when we were practicing drill, they would have us face each other to correct our movements. They wanted it to be cooperative.
I'm calm down there Gomer
Fuckin boomer crayon eater
Everything in Texas is chaotic
@@CleoraAleise Im sorry, but I dont think anything, in any place of Air Force bootcamp is chaotic.
Back in my day, we got a hot towel, cream and straight edge shave with our haircut, topped off with a Andes chocolate mint at the end.
Also, we weren't issued cammies, we got solid green issues, aka pickle suits.
Playing music during study time? My MTIs would never
Mine would but it was designed to mess with you
mine would during wall locker PCs and RLAs
Study time? Tf is study time?
It's the CHAIR FORCE, for gawd's sake. LOL
@@Theodorej1960
Ok, Theodore.
I’m off to basic training in 10 days. I’m excited
Thanks for your service! My son who went through training in this video said it sucks when you're going through it, but once you're out and past tech school you start to have better memories of your time there. Fly High!
I leave in May and the thought of doing this in 95-degree weather is not sitting well with me
Tiana Malave good luck!
I also leave in May!
Di Lon I ship out on the 13th wbu?
19th here !
Don’t worry I just graduated BMT and they have flag conditions if its too hot you won’t be doing anything too difficult when its too hot and your PT will be in the mornings not mid day
Lot different since I went through 10 years ago. I like the OZP issue though... Loved that uniform when I was overseas. So light and comfy.
I feel bad for the men who never went and did a tour in the military.....both my brother and 2 brother in laws wish they had right out of high school like me......I have probably had at least a dozen guys tell me the same thing when they found out I had served......
42 years ago today I started my first day in Boot Camp! Sqdn 3711 / Flt. 337 (Honor Flight). Looks like they added afew more things like hand-to-hand combat and gas chamber. My last day at Boot Camp was my birthday and a long ride to Keesler AFB for 6 months and then off to Torrejon Air Base, Spain. Had a great AFSC which I was able to use my skill sets and landed a great 25 year career on the outside. One of my best decisions was joining the Air Force. Would do it all over again!
They all stayed so calm during those shots i would have lost my mind lol
No fucking kidding dudes looked like they were just jamming that shit in their arm
SECOND TO NONE, COME GET SOME! PRIDE, CHARACTER, EXCELLENCE!! --- FLT 193
the best squadron
supp brotha ~FLT 194
flt 452 2015
11:06 what do you think you're doing *stares
Looked into the camera like it's the office lol
Well that was uncomfortable
Wow~I walked thru them gates in 89~No way, we were walking in like this (walk in the park)~we were scared out of our minds, TIs on our butts...the yelling started at 3am arrival and until 5 weeks later...I still hear my TI SSgt Blunt (he threw a trash can up against the wall ) at 9am the same day......GET UP~....I miss Basic...it was hard but im a millionaire now (not in money) but in life~
After watching this, I have no more concern or worries about the air force.
Same I’m over here trying to get in fantastic shape and I see these bean poles
@@Not_OSI I went through in 2011 and was in decent shape. You'll work out every morning and be on your feet most of the day. You can be a twig boy, but your MTIs will make sure you can knock out all your requirements by your eighth week... or they'll retain you until you can!
Personally, I'd recommend focusing on cardio until you can consistently run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes or less. Also, keep in mind that they're doing this while the cameras are rolling. The Air Force is still the Army's baby brother, but don't think your MTIs won't scream in your face.
My son graduates Basic Training on Dec 10, 2020. It was nice to see a little bit of what he went through. Some things have changed since I did it in 1976, but the basic idea is still there. Just look at the faces as they come off the bus! They're all wondering What the hell have I done? My son didn't have to do the Chamber because of Covid. Sadly, families are unable to attend graduation ceremonies, also because of Covid. Fortunately, they will allow him Exodus, and he'll be coming home from tech school two weeks for Christmas. He is going to be learning Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics (for the F15 Eagle) at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls, TX. We share that experience as well, only my field was Accounting and Finance.
Congratulations, this is a special time for you and your son for sure.
Damn, no web belts, nothing quite like stuffing your flashlight, BMTSG, pens and notebook into a tiny ass pouch and having your canteen hang next to it.
Nunya Business you sound like a undisciplined solder .. as. Marine it’s obvious that the Air Force has picked it up, while the Army can’t march. Yell back at the ds. Can’t move without a battle buddy.
These guys got it good compared to when I went to BMT in 03.
They must've remodeled those barracks at some point. They look alot different than they did in '91. These guys all look so young. Damn i feel old...3706 bmts Aug '91
3701 BMTS March - May 1987.
I'm Real Old!..3702 BMTS Flight 049..Aug 82.
It will be 35 years since I left for Air Force basic training.
how was.it?
chon rodriguez he died from traumatic BMT flashbacks
@@CamConscious rip
Just got done with bmt two weeks ago. People in my flight got coronavirus and it was terrible. Bmt is so different right now from how it usually is
@@MayAllYourStarsAlign well that's up to you guys. It normally takes a while to join, as it is a very long process to go through. In my opinion, I would start the process right now because it will probably take close to 6 months from the first time you talk to the recruiter to when he will actually leave. Also, the military is trying to reopen everything right now and they are attempting to get back to normal. As we speak however, bmt is a completely different environment and there was so many things that we didn't do.
Watching this video I was wondering when basic training was going to start.
Little did y’all know. This was Disney land squadrons. They showed the light stuff. It’s the stuff behind closed doors y’all didn’t see.
I can tell you right now this video isn't accurate
Man these guys mti’s weren’t mean at all. 331st wolf pack were mean af. Top academic flight 657
The Minuteman facts man 331st MTI’s when I went through in August were ruthless lol
Funny how everyone says their training was harder than these guys!!!😂🤣😂🤣😂 but but that’s different 🤣😂😐😐🤚😆😷😷😷 yes their immaturity came out and standoff came out conceited they should not have been talking about Twitter and Xbox and Snapchat but hey because of their sacrifice we are able to watch it on video freely! So appreciate them!! Stop hating
Is it me or is watching them get the haircuts sooo satisfying
The same barbers are there since I went through 2 years ago. Fucking wild bro
The way the one dude jams those needles in though! Ouch!
I’m singing up. This looks much easier than I thought tbh!
From the beginning, I already knew this video was a lie, because when we first got there, we had to speed walk as fast as we could to the MPR, And we had holdover airmen in there yelling at us to not touch our face and so on. Nov 2019-Jan 2020
Y’all have it easy chill
Yeah, the white chick with the damn curly hair?!
They prepared y’all for the corona lol
I was there for that lol then we had to eat those frozen ass sandwiches
itachi9789 those frozen sandwiches are the worst thing about AF bmt
169 we so damn divine when you put in that time
Those are very nice barracks! Nothing like the ones they had when I went through boot camp in 1998. I wish they would show clips of the chow hall. That experience was brutal and the most unpleasant, especially when you are the chow runner like I was.
adaonetube they don’t show the real stuff cuz people won’t join
When were you there? I was there May '98 at the 321st.
Chow runner go!
back in 5 grade many years ago I went to Lackland and got to step inside a C5 galaxy, cool stuff.
When i was in (1996) about 2:30 a TI would barrel through "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY CENTER AISLE!!!"
I went through in '99. Center aisles were for Airmen, not trainees.
September 1975. 3726 BMTS... flight 32. Wore OD green and the old barracks. Security specialist after camp Bullish. Man, so long ago.
6:27 I would love to hear the story about this scar
Humpty dumpty fell off a wall
@@SheSaidSheSaid1966 I knew someone in high school with a similar scar. I think it was a cranial surgery.
Went through with MSgt Golding in Oct 2018, and I'll never forget how great of an MTI she was
Yup she was cool she was our sister flights mti
Did someone really just say “I don’t like needles”
Radisleo, I served six years in the Marine Corps infantry, "I don't like needles". It's not the branch, it's the individual. There were a few turds in my squad who didn't "like shots". That doesn't detract from the fact that these men and women decided to serve.
@@philquintana7790 that is a long story man. Could of been said in a few words, you do not have a choice on anything, you do.
I'm only 15 atm but I honestly cannot wait to go into the airforce, I feel drawn to it and nothing has changed over 3 years of wanting to join the airforce
update?
Watched this compared to Army and Marines and holy hell it is night and day difference, still going Air Force!
I was there during this time good times to be alive Missed Christmas and new years
At 31:09 THAT MAN JUST SAID YEEET?!?!?
I KNOW TO GOD AND UNCLE SAM I aM NoT goInG to saY ThaT
I was in military but I have my head shaved about every two weeks. When I get it cut it's shaved smooth an I really do love it shaved . Way better than having hair. Bald is beautiful
6:28 homeboy was struck by lighting ⚡️
Haha that’s my roommate from tech school, he had hair then had no idea 👀
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@owenhutto770 fr? Is that a scar like that can’t be natural
i ship out on august 11 and i’m nervous but super excited at the same time
Good luck! It’s not all that bad. Once you get the hang of everything it becomes very easy.
CME thank you !!
How did it go?
Damn Air Force looks fun lol looks way chiller than when I went through boot at MCRD SD
Isaak Duarte, the training fits the mission. I was at MCRD in '75. I was there less than an hour before I got a forearm to the chest. How many times were you hit? How many meals did you miss? How many times did your DI throw the "alarm clock" down the squad bay at 0200 to "play games"? If you enlisted after about '77, recruit training is "way chiller" than when I was there. As I said, the training matches the mission.
Phil Quintana ok old salt dog I wasn’t saying all the little things how our bootcamp is still harder. The initial statement of training for a different mission would’ve sufficed. Always the past marine generations who do us current marines wrong 😂
@@isaakfrmla I get a case of the ass when young Marines get vicious with their comments. Back in the day we made fun of each other but it was always meant in just that, fun.
It seems like us "old Corps" Marines ride you boots about what recruit training has become, you don't like it. Same for you riding other branches. If it's meant in fun, have at it. Get vicious and this old infantry Sgt is gonna chew your ass.
All service is honorable. Every veteran deserves respect. They've done something 99% of others have chosen not to do.
Phil Quintana ok man I really don’t care what you gotta say I obviously know that they signed up for what most people don’t. You need to relax and get off the internet and talking shit to someone way younger
AK Jay nah
I just graduated 2 days ago and BMT was a cool experience
I leave in June, was it like this?
@@malgal6 kind of but Covid made BMT super weird if 1 person pops positive your whole flight will be quarantined and that shit sucks cause you can’t leave the dorm and all the food you get is cold cause you can’t get it from the chow hall when its hot an MTI will bring it to you but its cold af so pray none of your wingmen get covid. Zero week sucks hard cause you will get blown up for everything but just remember this IT’S ALL MIND GAMES everything the MTI’s do is all just mind games don’t take anything hard don’t let it get to you cause ive seen 2 people break down and cry after getting blown up over and over also be careful cause there are a lot of people in your flight that will try to snitch on you for the dumbest shit so try not to fuck around too much 2 people got sent home for dumb stuff and 2 others got paperwork that will stay with them their whole contract males and females get in trouble all the time. If you have any questions let me know ill answer everything and good luck to you!
@@Handler2758 as a person who hates needles, how was the shots and blood drawing experience? Also, what’s the pt like?
@@Crafty1617 so the shots are pretty quick u walk forward and they get both arms at once 2 times each it’s really not bad the only shot that sucks is the one you probably heard of called the peanut butter shot but it goes away pretty quick. Pt isn’t bad either you will work out doing something called CIT to build cardio endruance and you will have strength days dor pushups and situps also you will run 1 to 2 days per week depends on the schedule for that week for me we only ran on saturday. Let me know if you have any other questions, im happy to answer.
@@Crafty1617 the blood draw was also not bad i promise it goes fast
11:31 I’m holding the white and red shoebox.
Summer Kayy honestly you weren’t the only one holding a white and red shoe box 😂
Jimmy June fair fair short hair lmao
Summer Kayy what week group is this like when did bmt start
PR RIGGARL we shipped December 17th
@@summerkayy4373 dat my birthday
This makes me excited lol. I leave to BMT next week
update ? 👀
@@esco7500 I graduated BMT 2 weeks ago. I went into SW prep, but dropped out. Now I am waiting for a new job
@@kitten6944 how was it?
@@aviationdylan3353 BMT is pretty simple. Just sucks at the moment with all the limitations due to covid. They cut out a lot of the training, especially the fun stuff. Don't know if those changes are temporary or permanent. They had shut down BEAST while my squadron was there, so we missed out on a bit of that
It's still weird seeing Air Force in OCPs.
True, but I prefer the ocps
Ship out tomorrow, so I know what to expect in case I don’t listen
How did you do? Did you get your phone in graduation day or when did you get it back for good? Lol
That’s my old MTI 🤣
Ahh yes, the Zero Week EC’s I remember when I was in the 5 WOT at the 321 TRS. And I was told by this flights MTI to get everyone showered, teeth the works. MTI said he would be back later, and to have the Rainbow flight by their wallockers at the position of attention by 20:45 to tell everyone to go to sleep. We waited 3 hours, he still didn’t come up. Trainee’s were asking me “Uhh hey man, can we go to sleep yet 😂” me and the other guy who was working EC for the dorm did not know what to do. We eventually allowed them to go to sleep, but it was awkward the whole night 😂
It so nice that their maids made their beds up for them.
I went through Lackland Basic in July '74 and I gotta say, it was a piece of cake. ssssshhhh
Except they go so fast with the hair clippers they half pull it out. Kinda hurt, see no one smiling?
I manned up though.
And this video is why people think the Air Force is a joke
When they got off the bus I was expecting the instructors yelling
Bingley Richardson IV not while the cameras are rolling lol
@@corneliuspayne25 come on they were yelling later in the video. Or is it that I'm used to those parris island usmc vids lol
Bingley Richardson IV everyone that already went said it dont be like how the videos make it seem you gotta think about the stuff they dont show like people actually getting chewed out or night raids or them picking someones stuff to throw everywhere while they are at class so they gotta fix it. They want people to join not be scared to join haha. I know its not as bad as parris island but its also not as soft as the videos make it seem
@@corneliuspayne25 i want some action! But tbh all there but vids are pretty censored. Well I'll experience bmt In June so i hope it'll be fun. I hear Texas snows that time of year
This looks like off season football training but at summer camp. I honestly can't wait
Welllll at least they aren't eating sandwiches for 3 parts of the video...
Are the injections for vaccinations? What if you've already been fully vaccinated? And what are the blood samples for?
Blood type so if you're bleeding out they know what to get and there's a lot of shots in the military
SHIPPING OUT MAY 5TH WHO COMING OUT THERE???
@@buddhas_nightmare1333 where @?
I Ship July 21st
Me too
Me!
JohnNayib15 i ship may 19
Yoooooo 19:22 the needle line, she just casually walks off with blood starting to run down her arm 😭😭
Total lack of military bearing on the part of the TI's and trainees.
Shit looks like the boy scouts
Who gives a fuck?
It's for TV, they have to put on a good show. What do you expect?
Why the fuck did that kid think we were allowed to kick each other at beast. Definitely the first time I’ve seen that😂😂😂
Anyone else remember running down those stairwells in 15 secs for PT!?
Yes, how we did not trip is beyond me!
Royal Tee utilize the hang rails, utilize the handrails; take every step! My word it feels like yesterday...
How did you get all this footage? My son's been there since the 25th of March and I can't find him on anything anywhere.
Tsukoyomi Light these are new uniforms that just got issued out in 2019
Not true. These videos can be purchased at your sons graduation.
Marine Corp boot camp is 100x scarier than this
Well the marines see a lot more combat the Air Force is mainly at base
@@poperman3208 Mbn💀
Was there for 6 weeks basic training in 79 ,then on to Lowry AFB in Denver CO for aircraft armament training! Lowry AFB is no longer there !
8:36 I guess the Air Force even enrolls zombies.
Join the Military! Free dental!
BRAINSSSS!!!
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What about ghost, werewolves, Alien, banshee and vampires? 👽🧛♂️🧟♂️🧙♂️🧙♀️
@@BiG-JuPO1O1 They go to the Marines.
I am feeling like. Dinsor (sp?). I went through Lackland in June 1966.. Basic was 4 weeks and basically anyone with 2 arms 2 legs and a head got through it. My combat training was 40 bullets. It was Viet Nam time and they really needed body’s.