On Sunday afternoons we used to take turns laying under our bunks while our buddies looked out for the drill sergeants. You would put your fingers up into the mattress springs and would fall asleep with your arms hanging from the bunk. That way, if any of the cadre came into the room, you looked like you were working on tightening up your blanket from underneath. Good times back in 1985.
@@dancastro4732 hahaha I was there at Fort JACKSON in 95... Got busted on a Sunday, fell asleep under my bed... I wasn't even trying to be sneaky I literally fell asleep and when I woke... Me & my Battle got SMOKED!!
Hey I just graduated from basic training a few weeks ago at Fort Jackson . On sundays we woke up at 0600 for first formation for chow. After breakfast we went back and we got "personal reflection time" where you can sleep if you want to. Like he said you sign up for whatever church service you wanted to go to and you wait until your time to go to church came around. When I would get back from my church service it was already lunch time so pretty much as soon as I got back we went to chow. We wouldn't start cleaning until after lunch. We would usually get an extra hour of personal time at night too. Sundays were always the best day of week , always looked forward them.
Sundays sucked when I was in 20 years ago. If you didn't go to church you cleaned. They kept us on total lock down the first 3 weeks until we got our first 2 hour pass. We couldn't leave the block and all there was to do was this shitty AAFES shoppette. When we reported back at 1600 our drills shook us down for contraband. (50 push up penalty for any.) Cough drops were considered 'candy' and confiscated. I got in trouble for buying a can of parade gloss boot polish and really got into trouble for having an outside book to read. ("You need to keep your damned nose in your smartbook! Not reading this GDI shit!" GDI stood for 'god damned individual'.) What I didn't like about Sundays was being locked inside that damned barracks with nothing but time (after cleaning my gear and barracks for the umpteenth time) to think about family and freedom on the outside. It was a great feeling the last morning we marched to supply and turned our linen in for the last time and I was out of that damned place. (Ft. Leonardwood) Good luck with your Army time. When you get older you'll realize it was the best time of your life.
Sandy Perez well I did it before cell phones and but I would imagine there is no cell phones they took all of our civilian clothes all of our stuff away from us put it into duffel bags and locked into a dumpster I would imagine this is where your cellphone would be you will not see that stuff again until the end of boot camp they also took our wallets money anything we had on us only thing we were allowed to keep was our shaving kit wrist watches toilet trees that were approved and running shoes
I was the ring leader for hosting a D&D section every Sunday during BCT, I used a 20 paper numbered slips as "dice" and have people draw from a beanie for action. Those was good time, and kids from other bays gathering to watch how the story progressed.
1st thing I'd like to say, go to jewish service with your close battle buddies on day if youre going to fort jackson, i went every week, im not jewish, and they give food like bread and chocolate, the rabbi is really nice, it's an amazing time.
Lol I slept in my bed (on top of the sheets) on Sundays, sometimes until lunch, while the churchgoers were at church. We were supposed to be cleaning but the drill sergeants barely ever came up to the bays during Sunday. Also my bed was in the perfect spot, hidden behind a pillar so if a DS did come into the bay I had a good 10-15 seconds to jump up and fix my sheets before the DS saw me.
My grandfather went to the Army. When he told me I was filled with questions but scared to ask him because of what he has been through and nightmares he has from movies about war. So you helped me a lot with all the question I had. XD Thank you for serving us.
When I went to basic at Ft Leonard wood they didn’t have a service for my specific denomination and sect (Lutheran Missouri synod) but after a couple of weeks it turned out one of my DIs was of that faith and would round us up and load us into a truck and take us to his civilian church with his family. That way he could always go to church with his family too. We even got to go early if they were having a pancake breakfast or post service meal (of course we always volunteered to help with set up and clean up then 😜) and yes he didn’t mind if we slept in the back pew or read or wrote letters during the service. Thinking back he probably worked that racket during every training cycle
hardwire Back in Airforce Basic we had an atheist service, pretty cool actually. We got to learn about different religions, politics, upcoming games etc
Hi, I went to Basic and AIT in 1988 at FT. Benning in Gorgia. And at that time Sunday's were for Church, we couldn't sleep? Cleaning the barracks, writing letters home, one phone call home, polishing your boots and polishing your brass? The polishing of the boots and brass made you pay attention to detail and while sitting around polishing away on your boots and you brass was the time you heard all the great stories from your fellow Soliders and you really got to know your battle buddies, I personally wish they would have kept the tradition of the polushing and cleaning your gear because true comarodery was made with one another during those times. Boot camp was one of the best memories I have in life, it was one of the best times I had in life for sure!! and some of the worse times also? I attended Basic and AIT at a place called Harmony Church in FT. Benning, My most cool and rememerable experience happened towards the end of my basic training. My platoon won the Guidearm challenge and we were able to go and spend the weekend in Addy Murphys old barracks and I was able to sleep in his acuall bunk!! My whole platoon just sat around the barracks floor the first night by candle light, because there was no electricity in the barracks anymore!! and we were told crazy stories by a few old Infantry Soliders who searved with Murphy in World War II they were vollenteers from the Museum on post. We all talked about how it must have been for the Soliders before being shipped out to battle. All of the Old Soldiers were all highly decorated and all of them could have erned the C.M.H in there own right for sure. Highly respected in the Infantry community, almost Infantry God's if you will? A very cool experience I will never forget. I wish every Soldier could experience the comarodery I felt with my Infantry Brothers during my service to our Great Nation. To this day I'm still in contact with quite a few friends I met in basic training, that was 30 years ago!! So if your a young person and your thinking about joining the Military? ( ARMY ) Just do it!! It will, and mark my words: be the absolute best time you will ever have in your life, especially if you like shooting and blowing shit up? It's kinda like being a "professional camper" with alot of guns. FOLLOW ME!! I'M INFANTRY Take care! Hawk Out!!
I would think they would just offer non-denominational services for Protestant Christians. I definitely wouldn’t think they’d be able to just favor one denomination over the rest. Also (this was ’99) when I was waiting to go back home the final time in a separation detachment/ holding Co., we had a visit to the PX one final time where the Sergeant in charge of us told us to use up our remaining smart card (similar to a credit/debit card, but it had a chip in it, which I don’t remember if civilian ones had chips in them back then) balance. I somehow got away with purchasing a certain, uhh, publication. The next Sunday overnight on my shift on guard duty definitely featured about 15 or so minutes in the restroom stall as I flipped through the pictorials hurriedly and then raced outside to chuck it in the dumpster so it would never be known I ever had it LOL.
In 2006 we were not allowed to sleep during church. The Drill Sargent would stand in the back and if you got caught sleeping he would be screaming in your face and make you stand against the wall for the remainder of the service.
A BCT and AIT on Sundays we slept until 07:00, we ate Morning Chow, then allowed to go to Church Service. After Service it was back to the Barracks for a GI PARTY. Then to Lunch Chow and back to cleaning the Barracks. In the Afternoon it was polishing boots and low quarter shoes. It was polishing your brass and organizing your locker in accordance to the layout diagram. It was then Evening Chow and studying for Soldiers Stakes. Then Lights out
If you're super lucky, during blue phase you'll get to go on pass. However it's super rare to see a blue phase company go on pass. Fortunately for me, my company was one of the super rare ones and once we got to blue phase we got full 8 hour passes with phones on Sundays.
While at first I thought that doing work on Sabbath was bad, but I think that the symbolism of cleaning is quite wonderful. Looking forward to shipping out in five weeks!
Pretty accurate from when I went to Navy bootcamp. Cleaned, iron uniforms, church, and actually allowed to take a longer shower than usual. We also did a ton of drilling as well afterward. I mean a ton. I don’t know if they still do but we competed in pretty much everything in training and the hardest competition was the drill part of it. Are RCDs at the time had a competition of them selves not only bragging rights but the lowest ranked had to buy pizza for the whole division before graduation and we weren’t going to lose that.
When you were talking about the DS allowing soldiers to sleep at the back of church I can just imagine the pastor seeing a row of heads dozing off at the back
Sundays were my day to sleep 😂 I used to clean the benches in the bathroom with bleach and then go to sleep on them afterwards. Everyone in my bay loved me for it
@@NIIIOZZ I haven't gone to BCT yet, but odds are you won't have your phone. Unless there's a rare case where they don't take your phones. This happened to Matt's brother.
Our regular wake up was 0400, but on sunday we could sleep in til 0500. we had baptist, catholic, buddist, and i think one other religion. If we didnt go, we had reflection time for an hour. If we werent at church or in reflection time, we cleaned the barracks and the outside. cut grass, pulled weeds, etc.
Sounds like church back in the 80s. We did the cleaning ALL the time like you described on Sunday. One note, if you went to church while others cleaned they saved the worse parts for you. We also did D&C in voluntary groups.
One of my buddies stole unit patches from the DS office, then when we'd get to church we'd ditch and walk to the PX to call a cab. Once we got in we put on the patches and did whatever for 2-3 hours.
K. Byse we brought it up at the warriors meal when they gave amnesty. They were fuming. We asked our SDS what the worst thing anyone had done was and our FSGt answered for him and yelled “steal motherfucking unit patches and go off the goddamn post!!!”
All true!! Sundays were the best in basic back in 87!! Church and then back to the barracks to shine boots and polish brass, write letters, use the pay phones and later in phases we could march to the PX for toiletries and snacks that we'd hide in the barracks!! Basic training was the best and worst time of my life, if that makes sense..
Im so glad i can go to church on sundays when im in basic training because im a Protestant Christian. THANK YOU SO MUCH Shootmeup89! PS im going to be joining the army in about 5 years. :)
I remember when I was in basic, one of my battles told the DS we dont do training on Sunday and therefore the DS can't teach us on Sunday. And they smoked us FOR WEEKS and it was a joke until graduation
I gave you a like and subscribe for including "Sitting in the bathroom stall" in your video! thank you for your information and never holding back. Truly a soilder haha
Martin Findley I don’t come from a military family either. Same situation as you randomly joined one day it’s one of the best experiences of your life. BCT is once in a lifetime
Same I don’t plan on joining the military even if I wanted to it would be a while before I actually could join and I have completely different plans for my life but these videos interest me lol
Matthew 11:28, 30 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” I’m confident that nodding off in this case is ok
Brandon Daly You’ll do fine, don’t put unneeded stress on yourself. Just think about the millions who graduated from basic - it’s demanding but far from impossible
When was this? As of recent the Air Force barely even does PT as far as I know lol. Like there’s days where they’re just in a classroom most of the day
I went through Benning in 92, we got up for breakfast, signed up for services, then marched to church. If you didn't go to church it was waxing and buffing the floors. Later we had time for laundry, polishing boots. Later in Basic Sunday night, the pizza guy would come by and we could hangout downstairs eating pizza and using the pay phones. Drill seargents would usually play music as well.
You should do a video on letters and writing home. When my friend went through basic he had 10 minutes to write letters, but this was in the 80s. Now we have email and how does that work now?
You could sign up for church service? They never told us that when i was in the Army. Over in Vietnam i told my platoon sergeant i would like to go to church on Sunday and he said he'd arange it and never did. I wasn't out in the field, i was doing convoy support as a machine gunner on a V-100.
Can you do a vid on proper sit-up form or how to improve core strength. I know I could look it up online or something but I'd rather hear it from you.👍
I'm totally late here but I was wondering the same, I've been thinking of signing up for the Canadian forces and I couldn't find much on that... Do you still have to train on Saturdays?
What about rosaries in Catholicism at basics? I’ve been catholic all my life and I’ve been on the verge of going to basics. But I also imagine United States and Canada have different rules and regulations not too different.
The majority of our company at Fort Jackson was going to the Protestant church. It was such a big deal when we were signing out- every church had like 20 people max, but the Protestant church had nearly 120 people it seemed.
I remember writing on my notebook about Pokemon Colosseum planning both what I've encountered and newer pokemon as of Pokemon X and Y while doing laundry XD ah, good times. Weird stuff, but enjoyed myself nonetheless.
I went to Fort Lenordwood for BCT and on Sundays there we woke up 0530, went down for formation for breakfast chow then go to church services if you wanted to. Then we would go on 3 or 4 hour break or whatever it's called to do what you want plus we'd have our phones as well. Forgot the name of it. Other than that, Sunday's were always a good day.
everyone goes to church just to get way for a bit even if they are not religious, then it's back to the barracks where you are either cleaning something, or are on some dumb detail...I was at basic back in 1990 and we all had to take turns being the "ironer", that's when all of us had to turn in a pair of BDUs and we switched out every hour taking turns ironing and starching the uniforms (so of course we could get them all muddy, wrinkled and dirty the next day), but with our boots it was everyone had to shine their own (so of course we could get them all muddy and dirty the next day)….I'm sure it's much different nowadays.
Our DIs told us where the services were and when and left it to us to get there. So of course we went to the PX for sodas and candy instead. I think they kinda knew but were OK as long as we didn't bring it back.
Hell! For us Sunday was like this for us... Wake-up at 5 or 6 (Depending on DS), Formation at 0530 or 0630. Chow anywhere from 0630-0830. Church from 0900-1000. 1100- right before chow... Short smoke session so that we have something to pray for next Sunday (Only real time Drills were joking with us). Dependent on reservation, 1200-1330 Chow. After chow clean and/or study until 1630-1800 which was chow... After chow a massive PT smoke session until 2000 where we had an hour of personal time... 2100 lights out. Sundays were more laid back, but just as busy with busy work. We had maybe 20-30 mins to eat each meal. We still did PT. All of this depended on the phase we were in too. The first 2 weeks was total control so it was not laid back at all. As time went on it was more relaxed up until our last few weeks where we got on and off post passes. Although I was in OSUT (One Station Unit Training) so my basic was 17 weeks long.
Man, in the 80s my brother said there were no stalls in boot camp. Just a line of toilets against a wall. They'd get a short bathroom break and there would lines of yelling guys in front of each toilet while the fellows sitting down were trying to finish there business fast.
Did yall have laundry service? I remember Sundays were the days that we did all of our laundry as well as the rest mentioned.I remembered at first I wasnt interested in going to church, and instead I was put on detail shoveling rocks out of a deuce and a half. Needless to say I found god by the next Sunday :-)
On Sundays I was always scared that my Platoon would get caught sleeping. Which we did one day and had to pick weeds all day long till dinner chow.... Fun times lol.
When I was in basic training we did have to train one Sunday because we missed 4 days of training due to the weather conditions. It was so bad that the entire base was shut down and this was during our weapons qualifications, so we had to do it.
Note that if your first Sunday is within the first 72 hours of basic training, you will not be allowed to go to religious services. As well as the Sunday prior to ftx as you will be required to do ftx prep. This is all my experience from 11b at fort Benning. I graduated 3 days ago, was one of the last 14 week cycles on post. Also, you can sleep in the bay, just don’t get caught 😉. The cq drill Sergeant most likely won’t even check on you in the bay
Hi, thanks for the information. How long is the basic training on fort benning? Did you get allow to use your cellphone duringbasic training??l will appreciate your answers?
@@remediosrisasymas9231 so when I went, basic training was 14 weeks but intended up being closer to 16 weeks with reception. Now I believe it’s 22 weeks. I got my phone once at the start of each phase, so like 4 or 5 times and all day for thanksgiving. But I’ve heard some people got their phones a lot and others hardly at all. Just depends on your 1st sergeant and drill sergeants.
Sleep in, Go to breakfast chow, Go to service, Those who stay “clean” but really do nothing, They come back, Wait till lunch, Eat, Train. Just graduated Fort Sill BCT dec 17th 2019. Back Again for AIT at Fort “Still Here”
On Sunday afternoons we used to take turns laying under our bunks while our buddies looked out for the drill sergeants. You would put your fingers up into the mattress springs and would fall asleep with your arms hanging from the bunk. That way, if any of the cadre came into the room, you looked like you were working on tightening up your blanket from underneath. Good times back in 1985.
We got smoked if we got caught when I was @ Fort Jackson May-June 1995
@@dancastro4732 hahaha I was there at Fort JACKSON in 95... Got busted on a Sunday, fell asleep under my bed... I wasn't even trying to be sneaky I literally fell asleep and when I woke... Me & my Battle got SMOKED!!
We did that too 😆
You either go to church, clean, or fall asleep inside your wall locker.
Ahh sleeping in wall lockers...and hope you don't have a buddy fcker lock you in
Betttttt
Ya until someone locks you in your locker
My bunk was in the back of the bay so i just slept on the floor lol
Micheal D so is there no tv you can watch on sundays?
Hey I just graduated from basic training a few weeks ago at Fort Jackson . On sundays we woke up at 0600 for first formation for chow. After breakfast we went back and we got "personal reflection time" where you can sleep if you want to. Like he said you sign up for whatever church service you wanted to go to and you wait until your time to go to church came around. When I would get back from my church service it was already lunch time so pretty much as soon as I got back we went to chow. We wouldn't start cleaning until after lunch. We would usually get an extra hour of personal time at night too. Sundays were always the best day of week , always looked forward them.
Yepp, That's how I tracked time. How many Sundays I had left. lol
Are you going Active, reserves, or guard? Just curious. Also congratulations brother, hoping to be in that same position after this summer.
Sundays sucked when I was in 20 years ago. If you didn't go to church you cleaned. They kept us on total lock down the first 3 weeks until we got our first 2 hour pass. We couldn't leave the block and all there was to do was this shitty AAFES shoppette. When we reported back at 1600 our drills shook us down for contraband. (50 push up penalty for any.) Cough drops were considered 'candy' and confiscated. I got in trouble for buying a can of parade gloss boot polish and really got into trouble for having an outside book to read. ("You need to keep your damned nose in your smartbook! Not reading this GDI shit!" GDI stood for 'god damned individual'.) What I didn't like about Sundays was being locked inside that damned barracks with nothing but time (after cleaning my gear and barracks for the umpteenth time) to think about family and freedom on the outside. It was a great feeling the last morning we marched to supply and turned our linen in for the last time and I was out of that damned place. (Ft. Leonardwood) Good luck with your Army time. When you get older you'll realize it was the best time of your life.
What about cell phone usage?
Sandy Perez well I did it before cell phones and but I would imagine there is no cell phones they took all of our civilian clothes all of our stuff away from us put it into duffel bags and locked into a dumpster I would imagine this is where your cellphone would be you will not see that stuff again until the end of boot camp they also took our wallets money anything we had on us only thing we were allowed to keep was our shaving kit wrist watches toilet trees that were approved and running shoes
“Go sit in a bathroom stall and you know have some fun” lmao 😂
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Good grief, my SIT son asked for clothed Rihanna pics.
Hey mannnn
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They let yall sleep?? Wish I had your pastors, lol.
7:44 "I am a mature adult... I am a mature adult... I am a mature adult...*snickers*
lol
that was me for 5 seconds
Matt Ward I have a question about basics
not me bahahahahaha im 35 but not mature lol
I was the ring leader for hosting a D&D section every Sunday during BCT, I used a 20 paper numbered slips as "dice" and have people draw from a beanie for action. Those was good time, and kids from other bays gathering to watch how the story progressed.
This is awesome!! As a huge D&D fan, I can only hope we have something like this when I enlist
The way he laughed at 7:44 makes me think he’s guilty of it.
Icee Vice fr😂😂
1st thing I'd like to say, go to jewish service with your close battle buddies on day if youre going to fort jackson, i went every week, im not jewish, and they give food like bread and chocolate, the rabbi is really nice, it's an amazing time.
Abstractionized lol
Do they do it Saturday or Sunday?
@@BattleDamageReport Saturday I would assume
Etan kaff that would make sense from a religious standpoint but wouldent that interfere with training schedule?
@matt ward do you know?
I’m so happy there’s someone on youtube who shares so much information on army thank you🙌🏻🙌🏻
Lol I slept in my bed (on top of the sheets) on Sundays, sometimes until lunch, while the churchgoers were at church. We were supposed to be cleaning but the drill sergeants barely ever came up to the bays during Sunday. Also my bed was in the perfect spot, hidden behind a pillar so if a DS did come into the bay I had a good 10-15 seconds to jump up and fix my sheets before the DS saw me.
Zoliebee can you be on your phone?
@@NIIIOZZ Your phone gets taken at the start of bct.
In basic training, on Sunday there are 3 major religions: Protestant, Catholic or Detail!!
I’m disappointed that there are no alternatives for agnostic/atheist people for Sundays.
Serdar Mamadzhanov you get to clean
@@imserdar You either clean or play church boy and go sleep in the pew.
The Alpha Master There are Muslim survices as well.
Detail is gonna my religion I guess.
My grandfather went to the Army. When he told me I was filled with questions but scared to ask him because of what he has been through and nightmares he has from movies about war. So you helped me a lot with all the question I had. XD Thank you for serving us.
When I went to basic at Ft Leonard wood they didn’t have a service for my specific denomination and sect (Lutheran Missouri synod) but after a couple of weeks it turned out one of my DIs was of that faith and would round us up and load us into a truck and take us to his civilian church with his family. That way he could always go to church with his family too. We even got to go early if they were having a pancake breakfast or post service meal (of course we always volunteered to help with set up and clean up then 😜) and yes he didn’t mind if we slept in the back pew or read or wrote letters during the service. Thinking back he probably worked that racket during every training cycle
steven heckert the hell? That sounds awesome!
Hard as it is to believe, Drill Sergeants are human beings.
Do you have to go to church or can you clean all day
The Wavy Gamer you can’t be forced to go to church lol
Cleaning or 😴
I was about to ask about those who aren't religious at all but you answered lol thanks for the video!
Easy you still go to church but u sleep so u don't have to clean at first lol
there are no athiest in fox holes!
go to church maybe you will hear why we are religious :)
hardwire Back in Airforce Basic we had an atheist service, pretty cool actually. We got to learn about different religions, politics, upcoming games etc
hardwire haha haha right
@@hardwirecars atheists tend to be atheist because they read the Bible, as opposed to just listening to the preacher man.
Hi, I went to Basic and AIT in 1988 at FT. Benning in Gorgia. And at that time Sunday's were for Church, we couldn't sleep? Cleaning the barracks, writing letters home, one phone call home, polishing your boots and polishing your brass? The polishing of the boots and brass made you pay attention to detail and while sitting around polishing away on your boots and you brass was the time you heard all the great stories from your fellow Soliders and you really got to know your battle buddies, I personally wish they would have kept the tradition of the polushing and cleaning your gear because true comarodery was made with one another during those times. Boot camp was one of the best memories I have in life, it was one of the best times I had in life for sure!! and some of the worse times also? I attended Basic and AIT at a place called Harmony Church in FT. Benning, My most cool and rememerable experience happened towards the end of my basic training. My platoon won the Guidearm challenge and we were able to go and spend the weekend in Addy Murphys old barracks and I was able to sleep in his acuall bunk!! My whole platoon just sat around the barracks floor the first night by candle light, because there was no electricity in the barracks anymore!! and we were told crazy stories by a few old Infantry Soliders who searved with Murphy in World War II they were vollenteers from the Museum on post. We
all talked about how it must have been for the Soliders before being shipped out to battle. All of the Old Soldiers were all highly decorated and all of them could have erned the C.M.H in there own right for sure. Highly respected in the Infantry community, almost Infantry God's if you will? A very cool experience I will never forget. I wish every Soldier could experience the comarodery I felt with my Infantry Brothers during my service to our Great Nation. To this day I'm still in contact with quite a few friends I met in basic training, that was 30 years ago!! So if your a young person and your thinking about joining the Military? ( ARMY ) Just do it!! It will, and mark my words: be the absolute best time you will ever have in your life, especially if you like shooting and blowing shit up? It's kinda like being a "professional camper" with alot of guns. FOLLOW ME!! I'M INFANTRY Take care! Hawk Out!!
Ok Claudia
I would think they would just offer non-denominational services for Protestant Christians. I definitely wouldn’t think they’d be able to just favor one denomination over the rest.
Also (this was ’99) when I was waiting to go back home the final time in a separation detachment/ holding Co., we had a visit to the PX one final time where the Sergeant in charge of us told us to use up our remaining smart card (similar to a credit/debit card, but it had a chip in it, which I don’t remember if civilian ones had chips in them back then) balance. I somehow got away with purchasing a certain, uhh, publication. The next Sunday overnight on my shift on guard duty definitely featured about 15 or so minutes in the restroom stall as I flipped through the pictorials hurriedly and then raced outside to chuck it in the dumpster so it would never be known I ever had it LOL.
"Privates why is this latrine floor so sticky? It was clean an hour ago! I inspected it myself!"
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In 2006 we were not allowed to sleep during church. The Drill Sargent would stand in the back and if you got caught sleeping he would be screaming in your face and make you stand against the wall for the remainder of the service.
A BCT and AIT on Sundays we slept until 07:00, we ate Morning Chow, then allowed to go to Church Service.
After Service it was back to the Barracks for a GI PARTY.
Then to Lunch Chow and back to cleaning the Barracks.
In the Afternoon it was polishing boots and low quarter shoes. It was polishing your brass and organizing your locker in accordance to the layout diagram.
It was then Evening Chow and studying for Soldiers Stakes.
Then Lights out
If you're super lucky, during blue phase you'll get to go on pass. However it's super rare to see a blue phase company go on pass. Fortunately for me, my company was one of the super rare ones and once we got to blue phase we got full 8 hour passes with phones on Sundays.
While at first I thought that doing work on Sabbath was bad, but I think that the symbolism of cleaning is quite wonderful. Looking forward to shipping out in five weeks!
7:43 I needed a minute after that lol.
Sundays are like go to church and have some extra sleep hours, just don't get caught sleeping tho haha
Pretty accurate from when I went to Navy bootcamp. Cleaned, iron uniforms, church, and actually allowed to take a longer shower than usual. We also did a ton of drilling as well afterward. I mean a ton. I don’t know if they still do but we competed in pretty much everything in training and the hardest competition was the drill part of it. Are RCDs at the time had a competition of them selves not only bragging rights but the lowest ranked had to buy pizza for the whole division before graduation and we weren’t going to lose that.
When you were talking about the DS allowing soldiers to sleep at the back of church I can just imagine the pastor seeing a row of heads dozing off at the back
I literally went to every religion service i could to get out of cleaning
Kronos you can do that?
@@ripme6575 not all in the same day but every Sunday
I'm glad I found this video because I would have been stuck cleaning more had I not seen this. Can't wait to ship out
I'm sort of agnostic and studied theological philosophy (ontological). This is literally my plan.
@@cordelllongstreath9070 me too man lol I’m an atheist but I’m going to every service I can do I can sleep and get out of cleaning lmao
Sundays were my day to sleep 😂 I used to clean the benches in the bathroom with bleach and then go to sleep on them afterwards. Everyone in my bay loved me for it
Ashley Yuszczak can you be on your phone ?
@@NIIIOZZ I haven't gone to BCT yet, but odds are you won't have your phone. Unless there's a rare case where they don't take your phones. This happened to Matt's brother.
Our regular wake up was 0400, but on sunday we could sleep in til 0500. we had baptist, catholic, buddist, and i think one other religion. If we didnt go, we had reflection time for an hour. If we werent at church or in reflection time, we cleaned the barracks and the outside. cut grass, pulled weeds, etc.
When I went to ft Jackson...1985...we trained on Sunday afternoon to lights out...morning was service...cleaning and laundry
Good stuff Mat, I definitely wish I would upload as much as you 😂 keep cranking out good content!
Haha It just takes time bro.. haha but I definitely will!
Sounds like church back in the 80s. We did the cleaning ALL the time like you described on Sunday. One note, if you went to church while others cleaned they saved the worse parts for you. We also did D&C in voluntary groups.
One of my buddies stole unit patches from the DS office, then when we'd get to church we'd ditch and walk to the PX to call a cab. Once we got in we put on the patches and did whatever for 2-3 hours.
Gage Brock oh y’all BOLD bold lol. How did it go?
K. Byse we brought it up at the warriors meal when they gave amnesty. They were fuming. We asked our SDS what the worst thing anyone had done was and our FSGt answered for him and yelled “steal motherfucking unit patches and go off the goddamn post!!!”
Gage Brock 😂😂😂😂 so who got in trouble
All true!! Sundays were the best in basic back in 87!! Church and then back to the barracks to shine boots and polish brass, write letters, use the pay phones and later in phases we could march to the PX for toiletries and snacks that we'd hide in the barracks!! Basic training was the best and worst time of my life, if that makes sense..
Find the longest religious service go to that one and sleep. “Miss the bus” so you have to walk back and stop by the exchange
Thank you for telling us everything we need to know about basic training, I really appreciate it
I went to basic at Ft Knox in 2005, I went to church mainly to sleep and eat the donuts they'd have.
When I was in, after church and cleaning we would have classes. we would go over the basics things of the week before. Guess times have changed
Same we had classroom as well
Thanks man I'm about to go to fort leonardwood July 19th. You've been a huge help.
Im so glad i can go to church on sundays when im in basic training because im a Protestant Christian. THANK YOU SO MUCH Shootmeup89! PS im going to be joining the army in about 5 years. :)
Awesome! It's good that you are knowing that as early as you do!
USA Ball why 5 years?
Relco12 -
Probably either college or school.
God bless and keep you in His care in this great profession!
USA Ball I join in A year and six months! I’m starting to train and study now
3:25 "have fun with yourself" in a church, yeah lol
Jesus didn’t die for nothing lol
I remember when I was in basic, one of my battles told the DS we dont do training on Sunday and therefore the DS can't teach us on Sunday. And they smoked us FOR WEEKS and it was a joke until graduation
You can sit in the bathroom stall and have fun 😂 Thanks for your service bro. These videos have been a big help though.
I gave you a like and subscribe for including "Sitting in the bathroom stall" in your video!
thank you for your information and never holding back. Truly a soilder haha
At Benning in 97 it was church or all day or sand bag detail. You pick. Cleaning too 😆
Not even planing on going in the military but I find these videos pretty interesting.
lucky
Why not?
Richard Turner it’s not what I want to do in life. I don’t really come from a military family either.
Martin Findley I don’t come from a military family either. Same situation as you randomly joined one day it’s one of the best experiences of your life. BCT is once in a lifetime
Same I don’t plan on joining the military even if I wanted to it would be a while before I actually could join and I have completely different plans for my life but these videos interest me lol
Matthew 11:28, 30
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
I’m confident that nodding off in this case is ok
Mighty Murph amen
And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, "So, could you not watch with me one hour? - Matthew 26:40
Going to ft Leonard wood on august 13th, dang I'm nervous.
Brandon Daly You’ll do fine, don’t put unneeded stress on yourself. Just think about the millions who graduated from basic - it’s demanding but far from impossible
lmao me too , well i leave august 12th
I got to fort LeonardWood August 5th
Well the day approaches my friend. I am going sept 3rd
Brenden Irving hey man, I’m heading to FLW on Sept. 9th.
I’m a Christian and this answered my questions thank you
Same
same!
I'm not a Christian i have a spiritual relationship with god "Christians" still love the things of the world
@@christianalexander579 kinda funny your name is Christian
@@christianalexander579 naccisism and Ego seperates you from God.
What do you mean about bringing your own Bible and it getting messed up? I got one as a gift thats camo and zips closed.
I'm not religious, but if I get to sleep then yeah, I'll go to church.
Same
Heh, same here
Yep. Always went to service on Sunday. Went when I could while deployed as well.
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sleep time at lackland. wax the squad bay or church. i went to church every sunday.... i`m no fool.
7:44 threw me off I was dying laughing I would never expect him to joke like that 😂😂
"You can go sit in the bathroom stall and have some fun" so meny people are gonna do that
When I went to Basic at Lackland AFB we still did PT in the afternoon on Sundays. Yes it was a pretty down day but we still had to do PT.
Well the Air Force is the military so I'd have to say yes it did. Now doing your AF job is a whole different issue.
When was this? As of recent the Air Force barely even does PT as far as I know lol. Like there’s days where they’re just in a classroom most of the day
I went through Benning in 92, we got up for breakfast, signed up for services, then marched to church. If you didn't go to church it was waxing and buffing the floors. Later we had time for laundry, polishing boots. Later in Basic Sunday night, the pizza guy would come by and we could hangout downstairs eating pizza and using the pay phones. Drill seargents would usually play music as well.
my nephew got out of basic and asked why i did not tell him about fire watch. getting little sleep just slipped my mind.
Fire watch was cool...that's when I'd call home collect
CQ duty was cool too
Did the guys on fire watch have to do pt with everyone else in the morning? Did they get any sleep at all?
You should do a video on letters and writing home.
When my friend went through basic he had 10 minutes to write letters, but this was in the 80s. Now we have email and how does that work now?
This guys face is beat red after he cuts it at 7:47 hahahaha you know he had a good chuckle
Im thinking about joining the army reserve. Your video's are really helpful so I can prepare for what i need to expect
You could sign up for church service? They never told us that when i was in the Army. Over in Vietnam i told my platoon sergeant i would like to go to church on Sunday and he said he'd arange it and never did. I wasn't out in the field, i was doing convoy support as a machine gunner on a V-100.
Can you do a vid on proper sit-up form or how to improve core strength. I know I could look it up online or something but I'd rather hear it from you.👍
John Doe he already has a sit ups video
+John Doe I did that about 2 weeks ago, check it out!
Shootemup89 ohh shit guess I missed it, thanks.👍
What if you're a Seventh Day Adventist?
You’re stuck cleaning. Have fun.
I’m SDA, the Protestant services will have to do.
Omg i was wondering the same thing
Toya G that’s great I needed to know that
I'm totally late here but I was wondering the same, I've been thinking of signing up for the Canadian forces and I couldn't find much on that... Do you still have to train on Saturdays?
What about rosaries in Catholicism at basics? I’ve been catholic all my life and I’ve been on the verge of going to basics. But I also imagine United States and Canada have different rules and regulations not too different.
The majority of our company at Fort Jackson was going to the Protestant church. It was such a big deal when we were signing out- every church had like 20 people max, but the Protestant church had nearly 120 people it seemed.
I remember writing on my notebook about Pokemon Colosseum planning both what I've encountered and newer pokemon as of Pokemon X and Y while doing laundry XD ah, good times. Weird stuff, but enjoyed myself nonetheless.
I went to Fort Lenordwood for BCT and on Sundays there we woke up 0530, went down for formation for breakfast chow then go to church services if you wanted to. Then we would go on 3 or 4 hour break or whatever it's called to do what you want plus we'd have our phones as well. Forgot the name of it. Other than that, Sunday's were always a good day.
Just wanted to first off thank u for what u do also your videos really help me get prepared for the army
everyone goes to church just to get way for a bit even if they are not religious, then it's back to the barracks where you are either cleaning something, or are on some dumb detail...I was at basic back in 1990 and we all had to take turns being the "ironer", that's when all of us had to turn in a pair of BDUs and we switched out every hour taking turns ironing and starching the uniforms (so of course we could get them all muddy, wrinkled and dirty the next day), but with our boots it was everyone had to shine their own (so of course we could get them all muddy and dirty the next day)….I'm sure it's much different nowadays.
Thanks for these videos Matt
what they do in the bathroom lol
Masturb***
say i wanted to run around the track or somethin, could i?
maybe
Satan Christ lmao I doubt youd want to
Our DIs told us where the services were and when and left it to us to get there.
So of course we went to the PX for sodas and candy instead. I think they kinda knew but were OK as long as we didn't bring it back.
Thank you for video, love all your videos, my son is in white phase at fort sill, these videos have been so informative
Exactly what we did on Sundays, everything you mentioned was on point !
Sit in the bathroom stall and have some fun😂😂you funny bro 7:44
We sleep in the barracks on sundays lol. But we also get are phones Saturday-sunday.
Hell! For us Sunday was like this for us... Wake-up at 5 or 6 (Depending on DS), Formation at 0530 or 0630. Chow anywhere from 0630-0830. Church from 0900-1000. 1100- right before chow... Short smoke session so that we have something to pray for next Sunday (Only real time Drills were joking with us). Dependent on reservation, 1200-1330 Chow. After chow clean and/or study until 1630-1800 which was chow... After chow a massive PT smoke session until 2000 where we had an hour of personal time... 2100 lights out.
Sundays were more laid back, but just as busy with busy work. We had maybe 20-30 mins to eat each meal. We still did PT. All of this depended on the phase we were in too. The first 2 weeks was total control so it was not laid back at all. As time went on it was more relaxed up until our last few weeks where we got on and off post passes. Although I was in OSUT (One Station Unit Training) so my basic was 17 weeks long.
wall locker naps are the best
We could sleep on sundays when i served but not on the bunks. Floor only, you didn't want to be caught on the bunks.
Man, in the 80s my brother said there were no stalls in boot camp. Just a line of toilets against a wall. They'd get a short bathroom break and there would lines of yelling guys in front of each toilet while the fellows sitting down were trying to finish there business fast.
Thank you for the help I’m going to the army very soon
they had DS in the chapel not letting anyone sleep. Atleast thats how it was at Sill.
elijah jimenez Didn’t even know they did basic at sill
Horatio Nelson yea they do lol. It’s at Fort Sill, Fort Benning, Fort Jackson, and Fort Lenarwood.
elijah jimenez Is that for just arty, or for all MOS?
@@horationelson1840 Eeverything man, i just know 11B go to ft benning. mainly arty, and medical MOS go to ft sill
I get sent to sill in August for Combat medics, most of us get sent there since it's close to Fort Sam
Obstacle course is my favorite
Did yall have laundry service? I remember Sundays were the days that we did all of our laundry as well as the rest mentioned.I remembered at first I wasnt interested in going to church, and instead I was put on detail shoveling rocks out of a deuce and a half. Needless to say I found god by the next Sunday :-)
We would get up at 7am on sunday, formation > breakfast > then after breakfast, the chapel was just up the hill so we could walk there.
On Sundays I was always scared that my Platoon would get caught sleeping. Which we did one day and had to pick weeds all day long till dinner chow.... Fun times lol.
Im literally on the bus to ft sill right now, wish me luck my dudes
Good luck! I assume you're at reception rn. Do you get to keep your phone?
Good luck! I’ll be there next week :)
I'll be there in August
Loryn Merrill You lucky bastard
Delores Emeagi No
Excellent video.
When I was in basic training we did have to train one Sunday because we missed 4 days of training due to the weather conditions. It was so bad that the entire base was shut down and this was during our weapons qualifications, so we had to do it.
Damn so what did ya’ll do during the bad weather days?
Go to the Jewish service when I was at fort benning they always had bagels afterwards
Them Jews...
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Note that if your first Sunday is within the first 72 hours of basic training, you will not be allowed to go to religious services. As well as the Sunday prior to ftx as you will be required to do ftx prep. This is all my experience from 11b at fort Benning. I graduated 3 days ago, was one of the last 14 week cycles on post. Also, you can sleep in the bay, just don’t get caught 😉. The cq drill Sergeant most likely won’t even check on you in the bay
Hi, thanks for the information. How long is the basic training on fort benning? Did you get allow to use your cellphone duringbasic training??l will appreciate your answers?
@@remediosrisasymas9231 so when I went, basic training was 14 weeks but intended up being closer to 16 weeks with reception. Now I believe it’s 22 weeks. I got my phone once at the start of each phase, so like 4 or 5 times and all day for thanksgiving. But I’ve heard some people got their phones a lot and others hardly at all. Just depends on your 1st sergeant and drill sergeants.
Very helpful. Thank you for this.
Yeah, you still going to get smoked though. Also, never understood the guys doing extra PT. I was like, bro don't you get enough as it is?! LOL
Loool
can’t wait till I get there I will be waiting on those Sunday’s !!!
haha yeah it's definitely something to look forward to. You count the "Sundays until you leave" lol
Rhapsody was the best service. It was fun and they gave you candy afterwards
Well I love all my troops IAM happy for them .
Sleep in,
Go to breakfast chow,
Go to service,
Those who stay “clean” but really do nothing,
They come back,
Wait till lunch,
Eat,
Train.
Just graduated Fort Sill BCT dec 17th 2019.
Back Again for AIT at Fort “Still Here”
Police 159 can you be on your phone ?