Army Infantry Graduation Fort Benning 2019
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This is my son's Infanty Graduation ceremony at Fort Benning, GA Dec. 2019.
C-150, 198th. 2nd Platoon Cobras!
Yes, this IS the actual AIT Graduation for Infantry. It's usually held at the Infantry Museum, but they had too many scheduled that day, so it was at the same field they hold the turning green and turning blue ceremonies.
With Infantry there is only 1 graduation for Basic Training and AIT combined. There was a turning green ceremony after basic and a turning blue ceremony a month later with the graduation following the next day.
Try not to be an A hole in the comments! I will delete them...or respond like a B. 😁
Im at 19 years of suck, 5 deployments and now I have 11 months until my retirement letter as an 11B/19D. People ask me if im re enlisting or if its worth getting my E-8... I told them that its all depending on the Soldiers they give me, If ALL the soldiers were as dedicated and motivated as I have seen in this video, I would re enlist. Turning blue is a huge mile stone for all Infantryman, to get that blue cord in FT Benning is something only the few have done and deserved. Im proud to have been apart of such a brotherhood. INFANTRY FOLLOW ME!
Bullshit! At 19 years you would already be on indef status. There is no reenlisting at 19 years. Likewise, if at 19 years you are still an E7 in the infantry, then you fucked up some where along the line.
@@h2oskiaddict 😆 you've got a point. Hope this isn't a case of stolen valor.
E8 you're 19 years olds
@@h2oskiaddict Was thinking th he same thing. If I remember right you are only allowed to stay the same rank so long. You either move up aren't offered re-enlistment. I would think he'd be at least a SM or CSM at 19 years in the infantry. I guess he could have lost some rank along the way, but they usually don't make it easy for busted down Joe's to make E-8. I guess some people don't realise that there are only so many First Sgt's in the infantry and at that rank they are able to looked up pretty easily. Last week I had a guy tell me he was a Col. In the Marines infantry. I told him "cool, which of the 34 Colonels are you?"
Yeah he didn't have an answer.
Hell yeah
Thank you for the video.
My son will be at Ft. Benning soon. He felt lost at college and gave up his football scholarship to join the Army Airborne. He wants to be apart of something bigger.
Proud to be a father of a soon to be US Army Soldier!
Bruce B that’s wonderful! Please let me know if you have any questions while he’s in boot camp. It was a lot to figure out on my own and I have a lot of good tips!
Amen 🙏🏿 my brother, I’m a proud Dad of a military soldier. Coming from Chicago, he played basketball and was ultra talented but NBA players are hand picked. I’m overjoyed that he’s in U.S. Army, he’s intelligent and brave 💯
I hope he did well and is enjoying the life of the few and proud...The Airborne!
Congratulations to not only this young Infantry Soldier and his family, but to all Soldiers graduating. Semper Fidelis to our Army Brothers. Always interesting to see how you guys do things on your side of the world.
I like watching Marines fit their heads into little mason jars. Always interesting to see.
kevsterjs okay?
Isn't Semper Fidelis the marine motto?
Semper Fi, Devil. I should be going Army here soon. They make it so difficult for prior service!
@@alexryan3191 It still means Always Faithful, yes it is our motto, but it still applies.
They make it seem way cooler than what you really end up doing...Cleaning up oil spills and pulling weeds and painting rocks.
They made you do that for graduation
@@minonuno3041 no, it's what you'll actually do when you are on active duty.
@@StrainXv i was thinking about join marines infantry but now Im joining the army . Would you recommend to go infantry or not? I was planing to have airborne in my contract or be a volunteer. Why I want infantry? I think it’s really necessary to learn those skill because they are the ones who train more with the guns and how to move in the battlefield even if is only for 22 weeks.
Any advice sir?
@@ztrojefn996 it all depends on what you want from your Military time in service, are you going Active duty or National Guard/Reserve? You can have a rewarding experience in the Infantry. I myself wasn't Infantry, but my job meant I was integrated with them all the time and part of a platoon of Infantry as a Combat Medic, or a Healthcare specialist. I say when talking to your recruiter try to find one that will be honest and straight up with you about which MOS you are pursuing. Also, I know a lot of the time my guys in my Infantry and Armor platoons when I assigned to them would be pulling more weeds and paint more sidewalks than any other MOS when we weren't out in the field or training. With Airborne you are probably going to end up in a couple of places for a duty station, the main one being Fort Bragg as part of the Glorious 82nd Airborne.
That sounds like Extra duty
I did this in the summer of 98. We marched solid from 1800 the day before through the night, crossed a river in the dark, and ended up in a blue cord ceremony at about 0600 the next morning. Congrats to all these young infantrymen!
Oh wow...I did mine just the year prior in 97. I just finished my career in December. Active for a bunch of years then 'guard to finish up.
I remember the all night ruck from Alabama to our Blue Chord ceremony.
Seems like only last week.
Miss it already...lol.
@@andyhowell1426 And the week leading up to it digging holes and filling sand bags and defending positions. Makes everything else seem so easy. I did mine on a torn PCL too, that I didn’t know about until 6 months later. Tore it wk6, thankfully after I lost like 20lbs cause I was fat comin in.
1978 , 25 mile /one day march . if ya didn't make it ya didn't get your cord
Same. Good shit
Congrats, as a grad in 1986 I glad to see you guys step up & carry the torch. Grab every school you can, may keep you safe
The only time in their military careers where they will show discipline. HOOAH!
Lie
Not as much as Marines, but yeah they do show it more than just bct
I thought only marines could say Hooah
@@TheRealJO6 Hooah is Army, Oorah is Marines
@@Rileyahsom oh my bad 😅
Thanks for recording this and thanks for recording this so professionally! I’m the last guy in the 4th platoon at 27:00, now I can always go back to this video refresh those memories!
That’s awesome! So glad you found the video. Stay safe!
How fucking tall are you😂
i’m leaving for Fort Benning in July, 2020. wish me luck
Good luck!!
What MOS
Ayeeee me too
Go to the marines
I go in June. 68W
Congratulations! I graduated in 1983 and my main advice would be to attend any schools for professional development that you are able and in the future don’t let negative soldiers make you ashamed of reenlisting or bring your morale down because believe me as you go to your duty stations you will have complainers and negative soldiers attempting to bring you down to a negative mind set! Stay strong and be proud of the blue cord infantry
Good memories. I graduated at the same place. I was a class before these guys but I had all the same Drill Sergeants lol. Good luck brothers!
I graduated from Bravo company 1/50 in 2008 it's great to see the next generation of soldiers carrying on the tradition.
Imagine running and trip
Jefferson Noguerra bruh 😂
It happens.
That would be me😂🤦♀️
I'm sure its happened before
😂😂😭
I'm so glad you posted this. I was in 2nd platoon and now I can share it with my familiy that didnt make it. Thank you so much!
Aw I'm so glad you found it! My son was 2nd as well...
My son is at Fort Carson with you lol
@@yogaanddoritos6738 who is he? 😂
Preston Farber 😁 At the end of the video I call it his name and you see him smile
Just remembering getting off that bus in 2005 was hilarious. Congratulations to the new protectors! Infantry leads the way!
I like how the guys that are in full combat gear show and point to what the announcer is talking about and how the announcer is giving info on the wepons and gear as well as the attachments on the wepons that's very cool.
Ahh fresh meat for the grinder, get ready to sweep the Motorpool and be put on all CQ and Staff duties lol. Welcome to the real suck, boys. Congrats.
Michael Ortiz yea the hell they do depending on their unit.
Michael Ortiz units up at the 25th ID were at the motor pool fvcking with strykers and sweeping it up.
Michael Ortiz if you had got Schofield barracks as your duty station paratrooper or not your ass was pulling MP duty lol. I was a scout, they had us doing god damn gate guard.
Lol uh oh you ruffled some maroon feathers 😂😂😂
@Michael Ortiz
Sure they do. We get it, you are airborne, but stop acting like you don't ever paint rocks or shit like that.
FORT BENNING, I remember it still after all these years. I graduated INFANTRY SCHOOL IN 1977. Spent 3 years with the 9TH DIVISION 3/60 GO DEVILS FT LEWIS WA. Good luck at your new duty station! 11-B-10 FOREVER 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸💪
'78 here , where did the time go ???
You got to be proud of your son's accomplishment. It takes a lot to go through Basic and then AIT as an 11B and more so to serve in today's time with the war on terrorism. My IOBC graduation class at Ft. Benning was held in the Infantry Hall auditorium way back in the 70's. God bless all our troops.
Inquirer 101 Thank you! So proud of him
Greatest time of my life. Basic was the best experience I ever had. I graduated in 1993 (11B). Trained in Ft. Benning Ga. and then stationed in Ft. Drum NY. 10 th Mountain Division 2/14 Infantry (Golden Dragons). As soon as I got to my unit we were deployed immediately to Mogadishu, Somalia (Operation restore hope). In 1994 we were deployed in Haiti (Operation restore democracy). The last training I attended was in Ft. Sherman, Panama for jungle warfare training (jungle expert). This was the best job I ever had. I have to thank all my drill sgt. for teaching me to stay alive during my deployments. When the black hawks went down in Mogadishu we were the QRF at that time. They say, Rangers lead the way but on October 3rd, 1993 2-14 Infantry 10th mountain division…we led the way. My unit received the unit valor award, and was awarded the CIB. I suggest to all the cherries go to every school available and learn as much as you can. I got out in 3 years but I was a 11B/1L linguists. I was also airborne qualified, field sanitation, combat medic, air assault, and weapons expert. I carried the m60, m16a2, m203, LAW, AT4, SAW, 9mm. Hooooah!
I remember going to benning back in ‘93 and when I got my blue cord and graduated I thought I had just conquered the world until I got to my duty station Aco 2-14 inf 10th mountain. Boy that was a reality check. Toughest thing I ever did in my life but wouldn’t take back one minute of it
I know I'm 2 years out 🤣 but congrats 👏🎉 and I'm so happy you posted this because my husband signs up in Oct. !!
Hey im joining to hopes high for your husband if everything goes right for me I should deploy august 27 22
Good to see that rookies are still excited about going to Benning. Graduate into a brotherhood that will extend well past your service. 11B1P 07-13.
Graduated 3/83 from Sand Hill. Brings back good memories. Congratulations
Thank you all for such nice comments and well wishes! (Those of you leaving A Hole comments... You will be deleted, so don't bother!)
This was such an amazing time for our family. This was AIT graduation at Fort Benning (not basic training graduation) Infantry combines basic and AIT for 1 graduation.
I’m happy to answer any questions you have about fort benning, family day, graduation, communication and any other questions that you have.
@@hugejackedman7423 sorry, I don't actually know!
Oliver Corfield I’m in the national guard also went to infantry OSUT. Yes we graduate the same way, it’s combined active, national guard an reserve
Oliver Corfield Pennsylvania
For infantry it's called OSUT. One station unit training. We never muttered those three letters ait.
Lol this is my graduation Charlie 150 1st platoon reapers
Congrats y'all! Best of luck.
its wild to think the people that went to basic with me are the ones training these recruits now.
Forgetting to put face paint on your neck is a NOGO at this station, Private!
Did several of those ceremonies as an Army Bandsman. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you all so much and congratulations
Good Ole days at Benning. 14 weeks Osut, Airborne School, and Pathfinder School.
Different from our class graduation in 87'.The way they graduated.STILL....GO young men.ESPRIT DE CORPS-
Congrats to all!!!
Back in '95 we just marched around in our class b uniform. There was supposed to be a demonstration with a Bradley, but it broke down, wouldn't start, you could hear the NCOIC screaming about it. So the line squad just walked out of the woodline and did their little thing.
Going to fort benning April 5th 2021 11B can’t wait ! Also doing airborne school.
Thank you for sharing. 11 Bravo approved!!!
Good job look forward to clearing the way so y’all can lead the Way. 12B Here
Gay. You should have went infantry bro and skip the jealousy.
Seeing Pomeroy Field again brings back so many memories
Leave to Fort Benning August 24th, I honestly can’t wait
They look like lil kids 😂 27:09 compared to him
Most are... 17-19 years old. And the last guy... that man has seen some Sh*t.
Xzavier Prater hilarious😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Last in the formation was 1SGT Constantino. Wasnt a private. He definitely saw some shit 😂
I’m in awe at the size of this lad
He looks like the kind of dude who’s table needs to be elevated and have his chair be bigger.
This was my company Charlie 1-50 1st platoon,Reapers thanks for the upload 🙏
Gooooooose!
Eimmers !!!
Twins ?
@@mictlanteuctlimexica2985 yea lol
Graduate of Eco 1/38 INF, 1st Platoon "Enforcers" Oct 92 - Jan 93! For those I served with, I will forever miss you guys! Rock of the Marne!!!
GSGExtreme44 that’s crazy. I was at 1/38 back in 2015 at fort Carson
LUNAtik951 Huah!!! Rock of the Marne!!!
Wow, way different than when I went through in 95. Had a blast at Benning though! HOOAH 😤
Dis has me pumped already leaving for Fort Benning in 15 more days Basic training and AIT 👌 wish me luck soon to be 11B
renato reyes Good luck!!
Don’t quit! Don’t be a non trainer!
How’s that going for you with Covid?
@@andrewhovanetz3525 They're all quarantined to the barracks and field training atm (for those in training, and even those who have already turned green. For example, my brother.)
I'm going to basic next summer. Motivating!
Graduated from infantry training in Mar 1972 at Ft. Polk, LA. We didn't have the fancy graduation cermony though.
I graduated in 85’ A-6-1 at Sand Hill. 35+ years ago. Had the old BDU’s back then. A week or so before graduation, they took us to Atlanta to watch the 49’ers vs Falcons football game. We were one of the first group who started the wave during the game. 😂🤣
Sand Hill! Memories. The greatest place a soldier loves to hate lol
Congratulations brothers
congrats miss the sound of gunfire everyday
Clayton Louis same, barracks was by and airfield and the ranges, got used to going to sleep to helicopters and gunfire
come to Philly... sigh
That riflemans about face was on point😂
Nothing but honor is due to the young folks who step up and do this. Congratulations to your son.
So, ABN and RGR next?
Oldag75 Thank you! Not sure yet... he’s at Fort Carson training now
@@yogaanddoritos6738 By chance two days ago I met an Army veteran woman who had spent five years at Ft Carson, and she loved it. She looked to weigh about 100 pounds -- and she'd been an armored heavy vehicle mechanic. Golly.
Oldag75 Wow! That’s awesome
God bless and stay safe men
Really good presentation 👏
D 1/38, Harmony Church 1987! Good luck brethren!
Wow that's completely not how I remember graduation
But then again I graduated basic and went straight within 4 hours I was at Airborne School
First of all congratulations and thank you for being in the military. I wanna join the military after high school, I’m stuck between the Marines and the Army, especially the Airborne, looking back it, how was the airborne? Is it worth it, I really wanna do airborne but the risk factor of being a career ender is on my mind, like accidents. But overall my bad for asking, I know a lot of people don’t like getting questions, especially like that “should I join”
it was tough , stop smoking and start running now
no regrets here
That was beautiful.
Reminds me of my graduation in 2015, the only difference was that I was Armor.
1-81 AR, A co, 3rd PLT. Graduated Dec 10, 2015
God bless stay safe I hope everyone has a blessed week God is good God loves y’all all 🙏✝️
I was there Dec 2016. 2/54 Infantry regiment. Welcome to the 3% brother good luck
WolfPack Gaming 3% of what?
It's a phrase we use to congrats young soldiers joining a brother hood. Only 3% of the US serve in the Armed Forces, getting the name, 3% club. Also being Infantry... of the 3$ only 1% serve in the infantry
Copy that
nothin like the sound of shots on top of more shots 😍
One of my best memories is my Dad seeing me graduate in 1985 RIP Father
mine came in his usaf uniform , major ... all the drills had to salute him !!!
best day of my life 😆
I remember that day, C. 2-58 February 14th 2009
But I was wearing Class A's when I graduated Basic.
Most of them look like their sleepy & tired. Thank you all for your service
PrincessHeatherNicole haha, yep! They stood in the freezing cold woods for about 3 hours before
@@yogaanddoritos6738 no wonder!! Bless their hearts. My sons in white phase 4 weeks in OSUT.. so proud of them. I just felt so sorry for these. All that hard work & their dedication. God bless them. Everytime I see a graduation I cry with joy. Very proud of them. I know u are too. Mine graduates july
PrincessHeatherNicole Aw! Congratulations!! 🎉
Mine was Foxtrot "198th" 1-50 11 to 12 yrs ago, my how the uniforms changed. We were the last company to use the old Vietnam style metal rucksacks and the old ass LBE'S. Also used the IBA'S, not sure what kinda armor system their using now.
Aina Miller iotv armor is trash. All the higher rankings get the lightweight real deal while we look like a big ass target
A CO 1-50 right here
average players unless you deploy, Before I deployed I went to RFI and got Gen 5 IOTVs, the type they usually issue at CIF is gen 2 lol
Platinum Bars I knew guys who had ACU pattern rucks in Afghanistan back in 17, for new guys, they give the ACUs but majority of deployed get the cool OCU pattern, small kits instead of the child with polio hugging the shit out of you gen 3 IOTVs.
I hope to be apart of that someday in the near future maybe 1 or 2 years
5:00 gets me pumped up
Lumi Michael 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
6:10
Woman coughs
Everyone: runs and screams
iiHaox Right!
Damn can't wait to be a soldier! Leaving for Fort Benning on June 30th, 2020.
One of the comments on here has a bunch of guys leaving at the same time as you. You might take a look! Best of luck... Make sure you're ready! 😁
I graduate june 27 so you right after me
1/50 delta
Jean Pillas good luck!!!
E82 HARMONY CHURCH 1982 GOOD LUCK MY FRIENDS, INFANTRY LEAD THE WAY.
Idk what’s going on but they look fucking bad ass congrats and thank you for your service
graduated in '78 and still remember the names of my drill sgts, lol
11b shipping out April 13th 2020 to Fort Benning💪🏾
I’ll be going a month before you 11b airborne
Yooooo this was my graduation haha, I’m with the 25th ID in Hawaii, currently on Hanamun Guardian in Thailand, 1-50 was fucking hell 😂😂😂
Anybody with an 11B MOS is a superb Soldier
I was the one with the AT-4 during my graduation. But we dismounted a BFV.
B/1-50 2001
I remember this it was a proud day for everyone
I graduated last year
I graduated from basic November 97 from ft Benning and it's ALOT different now from then
Awesome video
D 6/3 Sand Hill 1987
Drill sergeants were. SFC Jimmy Collins, SSG Rocky Noland, SGT Jordan.
Fortunate son slowly plays in the background
Imagine
13:01 DS on far left moved
Dasbibootymains I wouldn’t tell him... he’s a bad ass SOB! 😂
Haha got his ass
God bless stay safe God loves y’all all I hope everyone has a blessed day and great day ✝️🙏✝️🙏
Were they playing the Last of the Mohicans soundtrack in the beginning?
I graduated from AIT in 2000 and laster from RASP.... rangers leads the way
Covid year was the year we graduated too lol.. they had kids crying saying they were sick to go to camp Kelly and be on their phones 😂We were in reception for an extra 2 months because they didn't know how to handle the situation.
I graduated OSUT training 1993 and am so glad my graduation wasn't like this -
21:43 gives me chills man haha, bout to be my future. Hopefully a ranger though for the 75th.
Hell yeah man. You should get in contact with a recruiter and one of the 75th social media pages to learn ways to get prepared for it.
Jokerr rasp is the way to go 100%
Leaving March 23 for basic , also, I got a Ranger contract. Study for the asvab if you really want it
hell yea, 2 more years and i'll be omw to become a 75th ranger
It rained at my graduation and we had to move into a small auditorium on Sand Hill. It took but a whole.....half hour.
Someone else said that
What a nice show.
My Lord God, answer my prayer
This is when my older brother graduated😆
Right now I am 10 but when I turn 17 I plan to join the Infantry I hope I get to join because it has been my dream since I was about 3! #ARMYSTRONG
You are going to make an amazing soldier, Drew! Follow your dreams 🤗
I wonder if anyones ever tripped during the follow me sprint haha
Damn.... 1-50 representing!
My son just graduated A.Co. 2-19th Infantry 11B. Myself C-4-2 Harmony Church 1983, 11B. As far as the comments on pushing a mop and broom, yes of course you do. It's part of being in the Army. I trained my ass off with the 25th Infantry Division.
I was Delta company 1st of tha 50th.....class of 1993. 11Mike.
I was Delta 1/50th in '97...11C...small world, brother.
For the love of god someone please tell me the name of the colonial style music in the beginning , heard it on the night I graduated on honor hill and cannot find the name of it .
this is it for all the new guys?
What cook is that my cousin was in that he’s in a special program to be a green beret right after training
I ship out for Benning June 31st. 11-XRay. Can't wait to serve
kin nc make sure infnatry is what ya wanna do bro.
Congrats!! Just do what you're told and make sure this is really what you want
Morris 11b For sure. I got Option 40, Airbone ranger on my contract. Full speed ahead. RLTW
kin nc goodluck dawg it’s no fuckin joke. Basic is the easiest part too. It’s when you get to your unit then it gets hard. Hope u make it but don’t feel bad if you fail out of RASP. That shit is rough.
kin nc I ship then too bro
Is it hard to get an opt 40 with your contract?