Didn’t go thru Army bootcamp, went thru Navy bootcamp. Best tip I can give anyone is do not think about how much time you have in or have left.. don’t look forward to next day or week, just look forward to your chow, when you get up and march to the galley for breakfast, just think about gettin to lunch after that. It’ll make things feel much quicker, if you sit there and count the hours and days you will feel like a day is an eternity.
@@secondamendment1890 My unit got a radio once. It ended like a "60 Days In" episode where 60 dudes are yelling about how much they hate whatever genre of music. Needless to say, after a lot of mischief, we got our radio taken...
I hate barracks bullies. We had a barracks bully. The assistant DI knew and told us that if there was a fight, he would let it happen. But at the end we had to shake hands or he would call the MP's. The bully finally crossed me. I was tall and on the fluffier side, compared to the rest of the platoon, my nice guy attitude and appearance made me appear soft. The DI heard the commotion and came to investigate. He made the platoon move the bunks and had us square off right there. No hits to the face. We grappled for a minute before I was on top and jabbing my thumb into his ribs while he was pinned, left him bruises to remember. He tapped out. In the end he refused to shake hands until the DI reminded him of the MP's. He never bullied anyone again. We were both punished and had to clean the laundry room.
@@FREEMASONKILL3R uh, how'd you correlate being surprised that a person who runs a channel about the army wearing a shirt that says Pokemon on it to racism?
@Ivan Gromov Okay, first of all, how am i "eating my words"? What exactly am i eating? The fact that i said i'm glad i'm a civillian? Just because my online classes are shittier versions of my offline classes? That doesn't make any sense. Also, why are you so keen on trying to instill the idea that "i'll never get a job" and "my classes are a waste of time" to make me feel bad? I love my classes and the subject i'm pursuing, and a snarky remark from some nobody in the internet won't dissuade me. You sound like someone who should try and get a passion. Amazing how the most harmless comments can trigger a salty edgelord like you nowadays.
@@kingofkings56067 yes bro, even during ait, but i was in osut one station unit training so it was combined, but yea 5 hours of sleep, 6 when i dint have fireguard
My daughter just started her first week today. I missed her phone call but she called my mom before they took her phone away so I was relieve that she did call. Next step is the letters
"One thing thats gonna happen is you are all gonna get sick" Is currently watching this in qurinteine at fort benning because of covid-19* "Really now"
@@osbaldohernandez7943 well here its pretty much 14 days of sitting in a lil hotel like room with nothing to do. you get your personal bag back, so I'd recommend downloading some movies or shows to pass the time, cuz i dont think anywhere in fort benning offers free wifi. You get 3 meals a day, and go out for a temperature check once a day...thats about it. But if you forget your phone charger it will be hell lol
Docta Who I got unlimited data so I think I should be good. I was thinking that they were going to show us how to social distance and be sanitary. Are we at least allowed to go out to workout in order to stay fit ?
@@osbaldohernandez7943 no we can only leave for morning temp checks and if we gotta wash clothes. And social distancing has been a pain...plus we have to be wearing our maskes at all times when out of our rooms, which is fine untill it rains. Now keep in mind that im still in reception/processing (idk different people call it different things, which if i remember correctly we will be in for 30 days after arriving to fort benning). Also, we dident go straight to quarantine, instead we we're sent if we or people in our bay was confirmed sick, so you may not get it at all.
carrying your weapon everywhere, how immature all the other trainees are, eating in the field (mres are fine, but the hot and ready stuff is terrible), needing a battle buddy, reception.
The five worst, or, FIVE THOUSAND worst things about Basic Training never change: APPREHENSION. Know this: United States Army Drill Sergeants, by and large, ABSOLUTELY WANT YOU TO SUCCEED. Quick story... During BRM (basic rifle marksmanship) at Ft. Benning (1989), I was killing it. THEN, the 25 meter target came up. I didn't see it. My Company Commander, CPT Scott E. Hampton (I'll never forget him), actually threw a rock at the 25 meter target. It was the difference between marksman and sharpshooter. That night, Staff Sergeant Leach called me to the front of the Barracks. "Private? You owe the Captain 100 push ups!! Now beat your face!!"
Hey Matt! I’m enlisting this month in the army and I can’t tell you how much you’ve helped me calm down about basic, so thank you and you gained another sub!
The absolute WORST #1 thing at basic was the copious amounts of waiting. Waiting for chow, waiting for range time, waiting to get your gear, waiting to get on the bus, waiting to get to go to bed in "hydration formation" waiting to get ready and go on your morning ruck marches, PT, waiting on NCOs and the commander for inspections. The absolute worst thing for me personally.
@TheIgors20 firstly, you, your civilian contractors and the people on your base are a very small minority of people that have been infected, secondly, it's an annoying cold to you. To a lot of other people, it is a life ending sickness.
When drill sergeants say to privates they should get plenty of rest on their own time, but they are not allowed to rest when they are told so *I guide others to a treasure they cannot possess*
The face touching thing is wow. Out of all tip videos about bootcamp the face touching one seems to be ridiculously underrated. That definitely needs to be a given more of a shout out for people to work on breaking before joining.
Not enough time to eat, not enough time to sleep, getting punished for something you didn't do - I'll stick to my personal top three (Navy version) - worst things about basic training. Things may have changed in the last 30+ years but never got eight hours of sleep in my day (not close..). Seems they made it a point to keep you perpetually exhausted due to lack of sleep (walking fire/guard watches in the middle of the night was especially annoying..). Not being able to take a crap for a week (partly/mostly because their are no such thing as walls around crappers at basic) a close 4th.. Getting sick is another pitfall that almost killed a squad mate and had to be rushed to med. squad in the middle of the night. I got ill as well but at the end of basic but not nearly as bad as others. One thing I got from basic was memories to last a lifetime..
#2 I got pneumonia in basic. But before that, I had the symptoms leading up to that. I went to quarantine for three days because of it, but I was on profile for three weeks. Believe me, the obstacle course while needing the inhaler that I had to leave in the rear was terrible with an SPO reading of 86% sucked.
My 5 worst things were ( I was in 96)- - First day was confused chaos. Wasn't mysteriously enjoyable. It was just a bunch of headless chickens bumping into eachother wondering wtf we got ourselves into. - Ocassionally, the drill sgts. would dq someone in a pt test for no reason. Just more mind games. The key is to not take them personal though. - being so starved for sleep. - dealing with idiots in your platoon ( every platoon has them) -missing home and wondering what great thing you're missing out on ( 99% of the time you aren't missing much, so might as well make the best of it while you start with your own adult life)
Regarding getting sick, they used to have bunks facing in opposite directions-top one way bottom the opposite so you weren’t spreading germs by being “face to face”.
You should do a video with someone of the people that completed the new 22 week OSUT. A lot of us are wondering what the schedule, and differences are in day to day and the phases.
Dig the Pokémon shirt dude! I’m in the army weight loss program, need to lose 20 lbs to enlist! down 8.5 lbs in a week on my way. I’ve been watching your videos to inspire me and inform me on what’s to come! So thank you man and thank you for your service!
7CallmeKing7 good luck. don't forget to not only lose weight but also to make sure you fit the tape test requirements to fall back on. Obviously you need to have your waist down as much as possible, but also try to make sure your neck is as big as you can get it.
Hearing you say your Battalion Commander tells you guys to nap/sleep whenever you get a chance is almost the same as being locked up at county and a random inmate asks you if you got your swimming trunks and if not to go ask for a pair. essentially people just trying to troll you into doing something that could be a bad/funny lol
I can't wait to leave, college just ain't for me atm so I'm dedicating myself to my training. I'm just gonna think of how much Im improving myself everyday during basic and I'll be fine 💪
What happened? Just wondering because I want to enlist, but always fear having sinus symptoms. I would rather do a 1000 push ups than have sinus issues.
I wish you were around (and we had TH-cam) when I turned 18 fifty years ago. I might have put off college and got a badly-needed dose of maturity. Your presentations probably prevent a lot of unpleasant surprises - both for the Army (and armed forces as a whole for that matter) and for the person who is looking at enlisting. I eventually ended up in a position where I made hiring decisions. I understand Civil Service gives ten points extra for military service. I've hired vets and non-vets, and I can tell you that the edge isn't worth ten points. It's worth more like twenty - AT LEAST. Thank you for your decision to serve - and to present the information you do. You're doing a whole lot of folks a whole lot of good.
I was sick all red phase and half of white phase, but we also had really cold a/c (I went to BCT in Benning) and we had 3 industrial fans that half the bay insisted on being on through out the night.
The only bad things for me were morning PT and cold (sick). There was one guy in our battery had herpes and drill sergeants made the entire platoon scuff and clean the entire barrack.
I just graduated Navy bootcamp and I will agree the worst part is getting sick. I got sick 4 weeks in and went to get medicine and they don't give you the greatest of medication. So I never got fully better until I graduated. I had an annoying cough the last 4 weeks
NgUxMilkMan If you want to join the military, great. I suggest however to do as much research as much as possible into the branches and the different things they do that the other branches don't have to do. Try checking out the Air Force and Navy *before just jumping into the Army or Marines.There maybe things about those two infantry branches that you may not like to do that the other branches don't have to do, but it will be too late at that point* . Don't listen to anyone who tells you "the Army is the only branch that guarantees you your MOS." Make sure to ask around, there will be someone who's experienced things that will help you out.
@@MattWard89Loved Basic. Because I grew up near where I went to Boot Camp. The DI's HATED me because I would tell the other Privates where the Hang Out spots were after graduation. Lmao 💯!!!
david maxwell Drill sergeants only care about the end result. They are pretty much breaking you down and rebuilding to what they want you to be. They will NOT fail you if you can’t do push-ups or sit-ups. They’ll push you to your very limit. And whether you’re out of shape or in shape, you go on your ship date My advice: “NEVER QUIT”
Hey Matt I just wanted to say thank you for motivating me one day I just stumbled upon one of your videos like 2 months ago and decided that I wanted to fulfill my lifelong dream and join the army I’ve lost more than 50lbs in 2 months and a half and originally my recruiter said I will go to Basic in mid January but since I’ve lost so much weight so fast in a short amount of time I can go in October all I’ve gotta do is lose about 20more lbs by September so thanks for the motivation and info about the army Edit: I was 301lbs now I am 245 I need to weigh 230 to get taped and take the asveb
One of the things that took me a while to get deprogrammed, similar to the battle buddy. It took me weeks to stop cupping my hands when I walked. It looked like I was always at the position of a tent on for almost a month. I still catch myself every once in a while.
The weirdest thing to get used to was actually being able to go off and do whatever after COB. The fact I was able ti go off post during the week blew my mind at first but like you said ya get used to it and its weird how much one changes while going through the transformation. You dont notice it til you go home and everyone points things out that you now consider "normal"
Have fun with the forge. It feels like a long time but its not to bad. Just about everyone makes it through. If your going in the winter. Dont go in the Van's period. Ignore the nice heated vehicles around you the whole time. You'll be fine lol
Went through infantry osut from April 2021 to September 2021. If you are wanting to go in the infantry this applies to you best advice I can give is this. Count by the sundays. Think as if every week we’re just one long day. Usually sundays you will get 30 minutes phone time and then later on in the cycle you get passes on sand hill. Where you can go to the px and Rex center and just chill. Write your family and friends often use your personal time ( 1 hour at the time) to write family and get your stuff in your wall locker and rack squared away. Also try to make a morning routine wake up before everyone else and clean yourself up shave and brush your teeth. You will get time to shower at the end of the night during that one hour personal time and after pt in the mornings. Also remember use track time later in the cycle. Later in the cycle they usually give you time on free time on saturdays around the company. Use that time to hit the track because you have to pass a 5 mile run in 45 minutes at the end of your cycle. It’s pretty easy unless you don’t apply yourself. If your overweight use your personal time to workout or you will be recycled.
I am overweight (not obese) but I am trying harder than ever to loose weight and get stronger to much time on the computer made we weaker but i am determended to become a Soldier
not sure about Army Basic, but talking to a ton of people that went through MCRD San Diego and the worst thing about it, especially if you go during the peak summer season is waiting in the hot sun at the rifle range during 2nd phase. Unless they expanded the rifle range to handle more then one large platoon at a time, if there were more then about 80 people per platoon in a company, only one platoon could use the rifle range at once, which meant if you were one of those unlucky platoons to be 3rd or 4th in line to go on the rifle range, you could be sitting in the hot sun for up to 8 hours from early morning after breakfast to mid afternoon to get your turn on the rifle range, and there is no talking, you just gotta sit there and wait, taking breaks to refill your canteen and use the head, and you will have to do this for a full week. A ton of people I have talked with said that was worse then 1st phase, worse then the gas chamber, worse then even The Crucible.
8 hours of sleep ? lol i remember either being up all the time for firewatch or getting smoked in middle of night... maybe a the last week you get sleep
also what sucks is if you screw up the whole platoon not just the individual or it's the platoon and not the individual who screwed up who gets punished
Basic training for me is basically like my Nigerian secondary school with alot of privileges and drill seryents that actually tell you what you're doing wrong
Top 3 things that sucked when I went through USAF basic. 1) The sitting around in various offices week after week waiting to get some form or another stamped or signed. (half of basic was marching around base, doing in processing) 2) The miniscule amount of time to stuff whatever food you could in your mush before the TI announced it was time to leave the dfac. (I actually lost 10lbs in 8 weeks) and 3) the flight being constantly held up from doing something or going somewhere because the TI was busy berating the same couple of habitual screwups that couldn't seem to understand the simplest of instructions.....Every BMT class has one or two. Otherwise things were a breeze. No battle buddy stuff, paid another recruit to iron all my laundry and fold my t-shirts and underwear leaving me to just have to place-n-space as they say. Hell, got assigned guard duty the day of our final 1.5 mile timed qualifying run. Sgt. Called me into his office later that afternoon to tell me what I ran it in, which he put down as 11 minutes flat. I remember saying " it felt like I ran it a bit faster than that". I actually got a small chuckle from him. I think he barely knew my name because he only directly spoke to me once in the 2months to warn me to keep my flip flops on after leaving the shower until I put on my boots or went to bed for the evening, which by the way, 8 hrs allotted for sleep and 8 of sleep are two very different things...especially that first week. Regular bowel movements is no longer a thing that first week. Lol.
In Navy boot camp we did not get 8 hours of sleep a night one time, closer to 5 or 6 hours and a couple nights we did not get to sleep at all, but we got to sit in chairs more often and our food was apparently marginally less rotten. Gotta take the good with the bad.
The worst part of Basic for me was simply waking up in the morning. Lights on was at 0430, but a lot of people started moving around at 0400 and some even earlier. When you are all cozy under a warm blanket in an air conditioned barracks you just don't want to get up. :( Oh, and when hand to hand combat training fell on a rainy day, that sucked too.
African - I left meps the same day - i signed up w a recruiter, went to MEPS like months later, stayed in hotel they told us to go to the night before, reported to MEPS the next morning and left later that day.
BRM. US Weapons. Throwing a hand grenade (although I heard the Army may be dropping that because nobody can throw), D&C Competition, The feeling you get when you're walking by a bunch of Week 1 Soldiers and you're a week or less from graduating. It's like that scene in the movie "Hamburger Hill" when two new guys get to the Squad and Vinny says "FNG no more". Drill Sergeants calling cadences. And the Cameraderie you build.
Whenever I watch your videos and talk about anything my mind automatically visualize it so I’m like watching a movie while hearing your voice 😂, btw I wanna be in navy and a sailor (same thing) but I got 6 years till I’m 18, I want to go at 22-23 because I’m more of a adult and fit.
I'm four years away from being able to go to basic training and I just want to catch up on stuff to get myself prepared since I would probably cry if a drill sergeant got in my face and started screaming at me at the moment...
Hooah! I kind of miss Alpha 3-34 in a way. Top of the hill, and the assassin's as our name. The house of pain was my home as 2nd platoon. I still remember my buttstock number almost 7 years later. 222.
From what I've seen with my son, and now several other trainees, getting stuck in reception is the worst. A lot of young high school grads that have never been away from home are NOT mentally prepared to get stuck in limbo for 2-4weeks with no communication, and less than ideal living conditions while waiting to be picked up. It feels like prison for someone straight off the street. My son made it through, but it was dicey, and its causing many other kids to quit. I for one, don't understand why recruiters are not better preparing these young people for this possibility. Its a huge shock to the psyche.
Haha, I dont have to worry about not seeing family, I moved out and they disowned be basically, my mom only yells at me, so when I do text her or see her she calls me selfish for leaving, yet she doesnt send 1 text or a phone call, I havent heard from her in a month or so... literally, so I am going to MCRD San Diego, in like 3 weeks... it sucks but whatever, I just have myself and my girlfriend, so I am motivated to go to bootcamp try my hardest, then graduate for me and my gf. She is honestly the only thing I have left in this world, so I want to spoil her and help us have the best future imaginable
Didn’t go thru Army bootcamp, went thru Navy bootcamp. Best tip I can give anyone is do not think about how much time you have in or have left.. don’t look forward to next day or week, just look forward to your chow, when you get up and march to the galley for breakfast, just think about gettin to lunch after that. It’ll make things feel much quicker, if you sit there and count the hours and days you will feel like a day is an eternity.
Man ! I thought the same way when I went to boot camp ! Seriously.
Most of the time I had the same thought pattern while I was in the fleet.
Brooo all I thought about was chow and sleep lol
Yeah I’m army and our mos trains with the navy after basic. That galley was the best part o the day besides beig released after school
That was how I handled it honestly.
I did this in army bct it made me Hungary
When you think it sucks, remember you're not in prison.
Lol prison probably better, lol
What’s the difference between prison and basic?
In prison they get TV’s
@@secondamendment1890 My unit got a radio once. It ended like a "60 Days In" episode where 60 dudes are yelling about how much they hate whatever genre of music. Needless to say, after a lot of mischief, we got our radio taken...
I’m a correctional officer and I’m in the army. Prison is better...lol
@Marshall Davis Prisoners have a lot more protection then privates. It’s Really sad honestly.
I hate barracks bullies.
We had a barracks bully.
The assistant DI knew and told us that if there was a fight, he would let it happen. But at the end we had to shake hands or he would call the MP's.
The bully finally crossed me. I was tall and on the fluffier side, compared to the rest of the platoon, my nice guy attitude and appearance made me appear soft.
The DI heard the commotion and came to investigate. He made the platoon move the bunks and had us square off right there. No hits to the face. We grappled for a minute before I was on top and jabbing my thumb into his ribs while he was pinned, left him bruises to remember. He tapped out. In the end he refused to shake hands until the DI reminded him of the MP's. He never bullied anyone again. We were both punished and had to clean the laundry room.
There are only two answers: Yes drill sergeant,and no drill sergeant.
I raise you Moving Drill Sargeant
You're allowed to say no drill sergeant?
@@arianebolt1575 Not if it's an order. Unless that order is to commit a crime of some kind.
What about I am not worthy drill sergeant if he asks you to pick up his hat? 😂
@@arianebolt1575 Maybe if he asks if you are on drugs.
In short:
1. No freedom.
2. Getting ill.
3. Immature comrades.
4. _____watch video
5. Having battle buddy to go together everywhere.
Trajan No verbally abuse? Not a political pawn?
Can't rest, relax, or sleep at choice.
It's actually really disorienting after training to not have a battle buddy anymore.
@@Cosmo_P0litan that was probably the hardest one to get use to
What’s the fourth?
That shirt though. Didn't expect that.
Lone Wolf Gotta train em all!
Lone Wolf that’s awesome
Lone Wolf because he’s white? Fucking racist
@@FREEMASONKILL3R no because this is a military channel and it's random.
@@FREEMASONKILL3R uh, how'd you correlate being surprised that a person who runs a channel about the army wearing a shirt that says Pokemon on it to racism?
Plane leaves at 11am today for Benning 💪🏽
Jose Hernandez good luck
Jose Hernandez welp see you in a month buddy 😂😂
How’s it been man? I wonder if I join will I be in fort Benning since I already live in ga.
Good luck
Irvis Garcia nah it depends on your MOS I’m leaving for benning in 6 days
Your videos made me appreciate my life as a civillian a lot more.
Like, a LOT MORE.
I will always stay a civilian
@Ivan Gromov Well, online class is kind of shitty i must say.
@Ivan Gromov Okay, first of all, how am i "eating my words"? What exactly am i eating? The fact that i said i'm glad i'm a civillian? Just because my online classes are shittier versions of my offline classes? That doesn't make any sense.
Also, why are you so keen on trying to instill the idea that "i'll never get a job" and "my classes are a waste of time" to make me feel bad? I love my classes and the subject i'm pursuing, and a snarky remark from some nobody in the internet won't dissuade me.
You sound like someone who should try and get a passion. Amazing how the most harmless comments can trigger a salty edgelord like you nowadays.
@Ivan Gromov Thank you. Goodbye.
@Ivan Gromov dude, stfu, you sound butthurt because he used logic
Hey man! I did 35 pushups in 60sec... first time i did it, now ill do it every day
Niels de Weerd
NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!!!!! MORE!!!!! FASTER!!!!!! STRONGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Face up, dont forget that
@@zachhughey5783 "Zero, Zero, Zero, Zeroooooo"
@@J23Fitz angry cops?
8 HOURS OF SLEEP?! That's more than I get when I'm not in basic yet.
Like that's double the amount I get.
Aman to that
Never got 8 hours during my 6 months at basic in fort benning, most would be 6 when I didnt have fireguard
@@byronakahazard was this including AIT?
@@kingofkings56067 yes bro, even during ait, but i was in osut one station unit training so it was combined, but yea 5 hours of sleep, 6 when i dint have fireguard
My daughter just started her first week today. I missed her phone call but she called my mom before they took her phone away so I was relieve that she did call. Next step is the letters
Best wishes to your daughter.. She misses you more, tc!
Update?
My son just started and I tell you the parents need a class or something of the sort to help us go through
"One thing thats gonna happen is you are all gonna get sick"
Is currently watching this in qurinteine at fort benning because of covid-19*
"Really now"
I ship out to basic in 4 days. What’s the quarantine like ?
@@osbaldohernandez7943 well here its pretty much 14 days of sitting in a lil hotel like room with nothing to do. you get your personal bag back, so I'd recommend downloading some movies or shows to pass the time, cuz i dont think anywhere in fort benning offers free wifi. You get 3 meals a day, and go out for a temperature check once a day...thats about it. But if you forget your phone charger it will be hell lol
Docta Who I got unlimited data so I think I should be good. I was thinking that they were going to show us how to social distance and be sanitary. Are we at least allowed to go out to workout in order to stay fit ?
@@osbaldohernandez7943 no we can only leave for morning temp checks and if we gotta wash clothes. And social distancing has been a pain...plus we have to be wearing our maskes at all times when out of our rooms, which is fine untill it rains. Now keep in mind that im still in reception/processing (idk different people call it different things, which if i remember correctly we will be in for 30 days after arriving to fort benning). Also, we dident go straight to quarantine, instead we we're sent if we or people in our bay was confirmed sick, so you may not get it at all.
Docta Who well that sounds like it sucks. Well thanks for the information brother and I wish you the best of luck on your military career 🙏🏼
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Your battle buddy knew what he was doing, he's a jerk.
carrying your weapon everywhere, how immature all the other trainees are, eating in the field (mres are fine, but the hot and ready stuff is terrible), needing a battle buddy, reception.
The five worst, or, FIVE THOUSAND worst things about Basic Training never change: APPREHENSION.
Know this: United States Army Drill Sergeants, by and large, ABSOLUTELY WANT YOU TO SUCCEED.
Quick story...
During BRM (basic rifle marksmanship) at Ft. Benning (1989), I was killing it.
THEN, the 25 meter target came up. I didn't see it.
My Company Commander, CPT Scott E. Hampton (I'll never forget him), actually threw a rock at the 25 meter target.
It was the difference between marksman and sharpshooter.
That night, Staff Sergeant Leach called me to the front of the Barracks.
"Private? You owe the Captain 100 push ups!! Now beat your face!!"
LJG Being in your late 40s doesn't mean you're a grandpa, bud.
In 1990 that is exactly what happened to me in Fort Jackson! Didn't see that target because I was looking down range!
Tunnel vision gets a lot of them.
@Boomer Glossy This is what we call irony.
Hey Matt! I’m enlisting this month in the army and I can’t tell you how much you’ve helped me calm down about basic, so thank you and you gained another sub!
hows it going
The absolute WORST #1 thing at basic was the copious amounts of waiting. Waiting for chow, waiting for range time, waiting to get your gear, waiting to get on the bus, waiting to get to go to bed in "hydration formation" waiting to get ready and go on your morning ruck marches, PT, waiting on NCOs and the commander for inspections. The absolute worst thing for me personally.
Shipping on next Monday! Cant wait, your videos have helped a lot.
Matthew Carle where you going
Matthew Carle I’m on my way to MEPS right now! Leave for Fort Benning!
Me too! Fort benning!
Fort Benning for Infantry OSUT. August 20th
If you guys ship with me, feel free to hmu on insta @truebombsfan1
Girlfriend started basic at Sill last week and gotta say these videos have really helped me worry a lot less about her
@Jaideep G-tws21 FT SILL is Army if my memory serves.
Did she graduate?
“you’re gonna get sick in basic training”
me, watching before i go to basic during coronavirus: 👁👄👁
Ayyy
@TheIgors20 nigga the virus is worldwide and killing hundreds if not thousands of people a day.
@TheIgors20 I'm wrong? Where's your proof, goofy?
@TheIgors20 firstly, you, your civilian contractors and the people on your base are a very small minority of people that have been infected, secondly, it's an annoying cold to you. To a lot of other people, it is a life ending sickness.
Lol
When drill sergeants say to privates they should get plenty of rest on their own time, but they are not allowed to rest when they are told so
*I guide others to a treasure they cannot possess*
The face touching thing is wow. Out of all tip videos about bootcamp the face touching one seems to be ridiculously underrated. That definitely needs to be a given more of a shout out for people to work on breaking before joining.
I got really sick at basic and thought I was gunna die
Did u die tho ?
natmish I don’t think so! 😉
Not enough time to eat, not enough time to sleep, getting punished for something you didn't do - I'll stick to my personal top three (Navy version) - worst things about basic training. Things may have changed in the last 30+ years but never got eight hours of sleep in my day (not close..). Seems they made it a point to keep you perpetually exhausted due to lack of sleep (walking fire/guard watches in the middle of the night was especially annoying..). Not being able to take a crap for a week (partly/mostly because their are no such thing as walls around crappers at basic) a close 4th.. Getting sick is another pitfall that almost killed a squad mate and had to be rushed to med. squad in the middle of the night. I got ill as well but at the end of basic but not nearly as bad as others. One thing I got from basic was memories to last a lifetime..
I've been looking for videos that explain me things about the us army and so far the best channel, thanks a lot.
#2 I got pneumonia in basic. But before that, I had the symptoms leading up to that. I went to quarantine for three days because of it, but I was on profile for three weeks. Believe me, the obstacle course while needing the inhaler that I had to leave in the rear was terrible with an SPO reading of 86% sucked.
My 5 worst things were ( I was in 96)-
- First day was confused chaos. Wasn't mysteriously enjoyable. It was just a bunch of headless chickens bumping into eachother wondering wtf we got ourselves into.
- Ocassionally, the drill sgts. would dq someone in a pt test for no reason. Just more mind games. The key is to not take them personal though.
- being so starved for sleep.
- dealing with idiots in your platoon ( every platoon has them)
-missing home and wondering what great thing you're missing out on ( 99% of the time you aren't missing much, so might as well make the best of it while you start with your own adult life)
When I got sick in basic training, I coughed a lot at night that I probably annoyed some people
I got the flu the day we left reception at Ft Benning. Had to deal w it, it sucked.
DAMN dude Hope every thing is going good for you
Im shitting right now.. family day today. Finish basic training. Barracks get pretty crazy xd
Regarding getting sick, they used to have bunks facing in opposite directions-top one way bottom the opposite so you weren’t spreading germs by being “face to face”.
You should do a video with someone of the people that completed the new 22 week OSUT. A lot of us are wondering what the schedule, and differences are in day to day and the phases.
I ship out aug 28th to fort jackson im 13bravo w/airborne matt you have helped me a ton learn about basic training so ill be prepared thanks!
Videos like this is why you’re channel is my favorite. You talk about the small things that no one ever mentions but I’m curious about.
Dig the Pokémon shirt dude! I’m in the army weight loss program, need to lose 20 lbs to enlist! down 8.5 lbs in a week on my way. I’ve been watching your videos to inspire me and inform me on what’s to come! So thank you man and thank you for your service!
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good luck. don't forget to not only lose weight but also to make sure you fit the tape test requirements to fall back on. Obviously you need to have your waist down as much as possible, but also try to make sure your neck is as big as you can get it.
Hearing you say your Battalion Commander tells you guys to nap/sleep whenever you get a chance is almost the same as being locked up at county and a random inmate asks you if you got your swimming trunks and if not to go ask for a pair. essentially people just trying to troll you into doing something that could be a bad/funny lol
I can't wait to leave, college just ain't for me atm so I'm dedicating myself to my training. I'm just gonna think of how much Im improving myself everyday during basic and I'll be fine 💪
Yes, I had a 103 fever, I was in the hospital for four days 2 weeks prior to graduation.
What happened? Just wondering because I want to enlist, but always fear having sinus symptoms. I would rather do a 1000 push ups than have sinus issues.
I wish you were around (and we had TH-cam) when I turned 18 fifty years ago. I might have put off college and got a badly-needed dose of maturity. Your presentations probably prevent a lot of unpleasant surprises - both for the Army (and armed forces as a whole for that matter) and for the person who is looking at enlisting.
I eventually ended up in a position where I made hiring decisions. I understand Civil Service gives ten points extra for military service. I've hired vets and non-vets, and I can tell you that the edge isn't worth ten points.
It's worth more like twenty - AT LEAST.
Thank you for your decision to serve - and to present the information you do. You're doing a whole lot of folks a whole lot of good.
I was sick all red phase and half of white phase, but we also had really cold a/c (I went to BCT in Benning) and we had 3 industrial fans that half the bay insisted on being on through out the night.
Hey Matt, I’m shipping to osut for 12b in two weeks, been watching your vids trying to get prepared, thanks for everything
Going to fort Benning next Tuesday, hope my battle buddy doesn’t abandon me
any update?
Leave in 2 more days to Benning! Really excited. Only thing I fear is sleep deprivation.... Other then that determined to earn the title of 11b-11c!
Dion Grindle good luck!! And thanks for your service
Well rejoice, b/c unless you got an option 40 contract or something similar, you will get plenty of sleep.
About to head to meps then tomorrow to Benning, thanks for motivation Matt Ward
The only bad things for me were morning PT and cold (sick). There was one guy in our battery had herpes and drill sergeants made the entire platoon scuff and clean the entire barrack.
Leaving for basic soon!!! So excited!
I just graduated Navy bootcamp and I will agree the worst part is getting sick. I got sick 4 weeks in and went to get medicine and they don't give you the greatest of medication. So I never got fully better until I graduated. I had an annoying cough the last 4 weeks
SLEEP - or the lack thereof. We did NOT get enough sleep, ever.
Ha, so true. Just graduated from FT. Jackson 2 weeks ago. Was fun but definitely everything you said.
Ismael Rodriguez Was it hard or easy ? I leave on Monday
E & T Television really easy man. Stay on top of your stuff & just listen to the drill sergeants. You should be fine man. Goodluck
How was AIT, Rodriguez?
Ismael Rodriguez how was fort Jackson
Cant wit tell i get old enough im going straight out of highschool
Me too I hope to go to West Point
Same I want to go to fort Jackson.
Same what MOS?
NgUxMilkMan If you want to join the military, great. I suggest however to do as much research as much as possible into the branches and the different things they do that the other branches don't have to do. Try checking out the Air Force and Navy *before just jumping into the Army or Marines.There maybe things about those two infantry branches that you may not like to do that the other branches don't have to do, but it will be too late at that point* .
Don't listen to anyone who tells you "the Army is the only branch that guarantees you your MOS." Make sure to ask around, there will be someone who's experienced things that will help you out.
It'd be pretty near if I could spell right.
I have "fond" memories of the gas chamber. Did my BT at Fort Mcclellan, Al. back in 1983. They called the gas chamber there the disco hut lol
hahahaa
@@MattWard89 That battle buddy thing you talked about, sounds like scout camp.
@@MattWard89Loved Basic. Because I grew up near where I went to Boot Camp. The DI's HATED me because I would tell the other Privates where the Hang Out spots were after graduation. Lmao 💯!!!
My grandma met my grandpa when she joined the military 💙
Mad props for the Pokèmon shirt!
I leave next Monday for Fort Jackson! Thank you man so much for all of your insightful videos. I really hope some of it makes the time a bit easier
How was it, I leave for fort Jackson in 2 weeks
@@zaynyassine9968 how is it , I literally ship to fort Jackson in 2 weeks lol
@@beez6964 how was it
@@beez6964 I’m in AIT now it was so ez
@@beez6964 ship off to my unit after HBL
I’m leaving on Wednesday the 15th I’m nervous but so excited.
Stay focused and don't forget why you signed up.
As intimidating as drill sergeants may look, they actually want to pass you...just don’t quit, do what you are told and have a purpose. Good luck 😁
Landon Chao what if you physically can’t do 3 pull ups or 55 crunches but you still have to ship out? Will they fail you?
david maxwell Drill sergeants only care about the end result. They are pretty much breaking you down and rebuilding to what they want you to be.
They will NOT fail you if you can’t do push-ups or sit-ups. They’ll push you to your very limit. And whether you’re out of shape or in shape, you go on your ship date
My advice: “NEVER QUIT”
david maxwell if you can’t do 3 push ups,man I’m sorry but you need to keep practicing
Just found your channel happy to see all those patches that were sent in on the back wall
Hey Matt I just wanted to say thank you for motivating me one day I just stumbled upon one of your videos like 2 months ago and decided that I wanted to fulfill my lifelong dream and join the army I’ve lost more than 50lbs in 2 months and a half and originally my recruiter said I will go to Basic in mid January but since I’ve lost so much weight so fast in a short amount of time I can go in October all I’ve gotta do is lose about 20more lbs by September so thanks for the motivation and info about the army
Edit: I was 301lbs now I am 245 I need to weigh 230 to get taped and take the asveb
How did you lose so much weight in such a short amount of time?
Titus Aurelius Ran 6 miles every day and barely ate or ate small amounts of food at a time and only drank water
Missed one. The freezing wet weather. I took basic in Ft. DIX, Jan. And Feb. 1966.
One of the things that took me a while to get deprogrammed, similar to the battle buddy. It took me weeks to stop cupping my hands when I walked. It looked like I was always at the position of a tent on for almost a month. I still catch myself every once in a while.
Parade rest was my jam. Did it for a year after.
The weirdest thing to get used to was actually being able to go off and do whatever after COB. The fact I was able ti go off post during the week blew my mind at first but like you said ya get used to it and its weird how much one changes while going through the transformation. You dont notice it til you go home and everyone points things out that you now consider "normal"
Have fun with the forge. It feels like a long time but its not to bad. Just about everyone makes it through. If your going in the winter. Dont go in the Van's period. Ignore the nice heated vehicles around you the whole time. You'll be fine lol
I leave for Basic tomorrow ward. I just want to say thank you for the great videos, its given me peace of mind to going to. Thank you!
Going to fort Jackson in 2 days. Been watching your videos everyday for the past 2 weeks. Thank you for answering most of my questions
pokemon shirt, haha mad props
Great video especially info about when high school kids are going vs older folks (I’m 26)
I appreciate your videos man thanks for the advice!
Went through infantry osut from April 2021 to September 2021. If you are wanting to go in the infantry this applies to you best advice I can give is this. Count by the sundays. Think as if every week we’re just one long day. Usually sundays you will get 30 minutes phone time and then later on in the cycle you get passes on sand hill. Where you can go to the px and Rex center and just chill. Write your family and friends often use your personal time ( 1 hour at the time) to write family and get your stuff in your wall locker and rack squared away. Also try to make a morning routine wake up before everyone else and clean yourself up shave and brush your teeth. You will get time to shower at the end of the night during that one hour personal time and after pt in the mornings. Also remember use track time later in the cycle. Later in the cycle they usually give you time on free time on saturdays around the company. Use that time to hit the track because you have to pass a 5 mile run in 45 minutes at the end of your cycle. It’s pretty easy unless you don’t apply yourself. If your overweight use your personal time to workout or you will be recycled.
I am overweight (not obese) but I am trying harder than ever to loose weight and get stronger to much time on the computer made we weaker but i am determended to become a Soldier
Your videos are so helpful !
Very very awesome. God bless you for what you do.
Thank you for this! I’m leaving in about three weeks for Fort Benning!
Nice video and thanks for the info
not sure about Army Basic, but talking to a ton of people that went through MCRD San Diego and the worst thing about it, especially if you go during the peak summer season is waiting in the hot sun at the rifle range during 2nd phase. Unless they expanded the rifle range to handle more then one large platoon at a time, if there were more then about 80 people per platoon in a company, only one platoon could use the rifle range at once, which meant if you were one of those unlucky platoons to be 3rd or 4th in line to go on the rifle range, you could be sitting in the hot sun for up to 8 hours from early morning after breakfast to mid afternoon to get your turn on the rifle range, and there is no talking, you just gotta sit there and wait, taking breaks to refill your canteen and use the head, and you will have to do this for a full week. A ton of people I have talked with said that was worse then 1st phase, worse then the gas chamber, worse then even The Crucible.
8 hours of sleep ? lol i remember either being up all the time for firewatch or getting smoked in middle of night... maybe a the last week you get sleep
Gotta Catch ‘Em All
Your drill sergeant challenges you to collect them all! (Pieces of brass at the range after qualification)
also what sucks is if you screw up the whole platoon not just the individual or it's the platoon and not the individual who screwed up who gets punished
I can’t wait to leave for basic,I’ll always been controlled and with no freedom really so it wouldn’t effect me
ViPx WiFi lol that's what I thought 😉... update us after family day 😊
Great channel! Could you do a video that discusses how the general environment changes from BT to AIT?
My dad didn’t lie how bad basic training was and was a navy seal
Basic training for me is basically like my Nigerian secondary school with alot of privileges and drill seryents that actually tell you what you're doing wrong
Top 3 things that sucked when I went through USAF basic. 1) The sitting around in various offices week after week waiting to get some form or another stamped or signed. (half of basic was marching around base, doing in processing) 2) The miniscule amount of time to stuff whatever food you could in your mush before the TI announced it was time to leave the dfac. (I actually lost 10lbs in 8 weeks) and 3) the flight being constantly held up from doing something or going somewhere because the TI was busy berating the same couple of habitual screwups that couldn't seem to understand the simplest of instructions.....Every BMT class has one or two. Otherwise things were a breeze. No battle buddy stuff, paid another recruit to iron all my laundry and fold my t-shirts and underwear leaving me to just have to place-n-space as they say. Hell, got assigned guard duty the day of our final 1.5 mile timed qualifying run. Sgt. Called me into his office later that afternoon to tell me what I ran it in, which he put down as 11 minutes flat. I remember saying " it felt like I ran it a bit faster than that". I actually got a small chuckle from him. I think he barely knew my name because he only directly spoke to me once in the 2months to warn me to keep my flip flops on after leaving the shower until I put on my boots or went to bed for the evening, which by the way, 8 hrs allotted for sleep and 8 of sleep are two very different things...especially that first week. Regular bowel movements is no longer a thing that first week. Lol.
Oh great I'm shipping off soon? Oh look Matt uploaded a video!! And its about things I should worry about 😂😂 thanks Matt for keeping the spirits high
8 hours of sleep? SIGN ME UP
In Navy boot camp we did not get 8 hours of sleep a night one time, closer to 5 or 6 hours and a couple nights we did not get to sleep at all, but we got to sit in chairs more often and our food was apparently marginally less rotten. Gotta take the good with the bad.
For me, it was traumatic to be ‘thrown’ in with a bunch of total strangers. I was drafted in ‘65’.
The worst part of Basic for me was simply waking up in the morning.
Lights on was at 0430, but a lot of people started moving around at 0400 and some even earlier.
When you are all cozy under a warm blanket in an air conditioned barracks you just don't want to get up. :(
Oh, and when hand to hand combat training fell on a rainy day, that sucked too.
I leave on the 19th to Fort. SILL
Good luck!
Nick Williams ayye. I’m leaving on the 28th to ft sill
That’s where I went. Ft. Sill is probably the easiest place to go for basic.
My boyfriend is there
Nick Williams 27th here 👍🏻🤙🏻
At meps right now, headed for fort benning in the morning 🇺🇸
Tristan Rolfs damn bro you left the day after MEPS ?
African - I left meps the same day - i signed up w a recruiter, went to MEPS like months later, stayed in hotel they told us to go to the night before, reported to MEPS the next morning and left later that day.
Hey Matt, could you make a video about security clearances in the army?
For the best things of basic training is going to be a short list. I can only think of one myself.
Graduation? 😂
BRM. US Weapons. Throwing a hand grenade (although I heard the Army may be dropping that because nobody can throw), D&C Competition, The feeling you get when you're walking by a bunch of Week 1 Soldiers and you're a week or less from graduating. It's like that scene in the movie "Hamburger Hill" when two new guys get to the Squad and Vinny says "FNG no more". Drill Sergeants calling cadences. And the Cameraderie you build.
#1 Leaving for it and coming back to Matt with a beard
I hate having opion i like when people tell me when to eat,sleep And i don't really have family.
Headed to Benning 11x Tuesday the 21st!
Whenever I watch your videos and talk about anything my mind automatically visualize it so I’m like watching a movie while hearing your voice 😂, btw I wanna be in navy and a sailor (same thing) but I got 6 years till I’m 18, I want to go at 22-23 because I’m more of a adult and fit.
I'm four years away from being able to go to basic training and I just want to catch up on stuff to get myself prepared since I would probably cry if a drill sergeant got in my face and started screaming at me at the moment...
Ive got 2 years before i can join
Matt I was wondering when you were going to cover this
Shipping to Ft Jackson today😁
Hooah! I kind of miss Alpha 3-34 in a way. Top of the hill, and the assassin's as our name. The house of pain was my home as 2nd platoon. I still remember my buttstock number almost 7 years later. 222.
I wonder if D.S. Brown and D.S. St. Pierre are still there.. probably not, but it would be cool if they were.
@@1991USsoldier Bravo 1-61 all the way
@the boof pack excluding reception, not bad at all
@the boof pack no problem at all
What if you need to use the restroom? You have to ask for permission every single time? 😭
It's either that or pissing yourself, it happens.
From what I've seen with my son, and now several other trainees, getting stuck in reception is the worst. A lot of young high school grads that have never been away from home are NOT mentally prepared to get stuck in limbo for 2-4weeks with no communication, and less than ideal living conditions while waiting to be picked up. It feels like prison for someone straight off the street. My son made it through, but it was dicey, and its causing many other kids to quit. I for one, don't understand why recruiters are not better preparing these young people for this possibility. Its a huge shock to the psyche.
Haha, I dont have to worry about not seeing family, I moved out and they disowned be basically, my mom only yells at me, so when I do text her or see her she calls me selfish for leaving, yet she doesnt send 1 text or a phone call, I havent heard from her in a month or so... literally, so I am going to MCRD San Diego, in like 3 weeks... it sucks but whatever, I just have myself and my girlfriend, so I am motivated to go to bootcamp try my hardest, then graduate for me and my gf. She is honestly the only thing I have left in this world, so I want to spoil her and help us have the best future imaginable
Good luck to you stranger.