I ship out for basic training today

Alright germs, I'm on the bus to Leonard Wood as we speak. Time to forage for food and enjoy being lower than whale sh!t on the bottom of the ocean. Wish me luck!

Don't volunteer for ANYTHING in basic (but volunteer for *everything* thereafter).

When they say "raise your hand if your from MA/CA/Whatever state," do NOT raise your hand; why? Next statement is "I *hate* MA/CA/Whatever--you just volunteered."

Once I learned they couldn't hit me, it was all a cake walk...

Remember: You've got nowhere else to be and, eff it, who cares if they yell? So what? Eat everything you can and consider boot camp a crash course health spa.

Oh, and run, Run, RUN: da army LOVES runners!

True story: One weekend at AIT I was the *only* soldier not restricted to base; why? 'Cause I won a race.

Run!

hoo-ah wrote:

Don't volunteer for ANYTHING in basic (but volunteer for *everything* thereafter).

You never know... I ended up volunteering once in basic..

Ended up on extra duty, the extra duty turned out to be using up the last belts of ammo for the M-60 because the instructors didn't feel like checking it back in that day.

Just do as your told and you'll have no problems.

You better know your left and your right, and enjoy your

phone, once the shakedowns over you'll be okay.

And remember, "Let your conscious be your guide."

Good luck 'ya yardbird:)

joalturn wrote:

I officially ETS'd less than 2 weeks ago. Some general advice:

- The Army isn't what you think it is. Go ahead and completely remove any and all expectations you have placed on the Army now, and that will help you adjust to the heaping pile of b******t you're force fed every day.

- It's gonna get COLD in Missouri come November. If you're from a warmer climate like the South it's gonna be tough, but not impossible.

- Don't quit.

- Don't be a b***h.

- Don't expect to be deployed.

- Don't expect to actually do your job.

- Don't drink and drive.

- Get some kind of college done while you're in. CLEP classes, online classes, whatever. Don't be content with leaving the Army with the same education level you came in with.

Good luck.

Don't get drunk on deployment and rape and murder a 14 year old Iraqi girl and her family. Not cool bro.

HooRaaa wrote:

Ten hut wrote:

You make sure to stand at attention for the flag

You mean stay in the barracks til after Reveille/Retreat is over so you won't have to stop on the way to the mess hall.

Yes, this guy gets it

Most people are done with basic training by the age of two.

hoo-ah wrote:

Oh, and run, Run, RUN: da army LOVES runners!

True story: One weekend at AIT I was the *only* soldier not restricted to base; why? 'Cause I won a race.

Run!

Well they do until they don't. During our 30 minutes personal down time a day I would run around the quad in a vain attempt to keep my conditioning. I was eventually joined by a former Tennessee runner who was in a different Company. It was nice to open up a run (rather than in formation) and tell war stories from college.

By the 3rd day the Drill Sargents dragged me into their office, chewed me out, and kept me up all night for guard duty. Apparently us running around the quad was not an effective way to show that they were breaking me down to rebuild me in their image.

Well!?

gloria wrote:

Well!?

Pay close attention during the "how to surrender" course. China and Russia are pal'in up to whip our butts as this country's sharply divided and on the brink of civil war, its being invaded and weakened by Central American hordes, and the military is full of Millennial slackers like you.

Semper Timor

I'm not a millennial cat box lover.

But now's about the time for the OP to

post a response, the D.I.'s let you

have your cell phones during free time.

Unless, he's spending his free time doing

laps. Which I would be doing.

And no. There will be no invasion, at least

in my lifetime. But there could be an

extraterrestrial invasion, because the

gamma ray bursts from all the countries

with nuclear weapons, should be reaching

intelligent civilizations by now.

Update, I broke my hand so I'm being recycled but I am starting in White Phase again when I come back... life is good on conn leave...

Sorry about the broken hand, but good for you for sticking with it. My kid just got recycled to blue phase due to injury.

How’d you break it? And con leave is going to fly by. Enjoy it while it lasts, and don’t get fat!