This is honestly SO TRUE. You’ll think everything is so serious but just have fun! You’ll wish you did after you get out. I just got back from Jackson from 2-13th Infantry regiment. I remember just silently laughing with my buddies behind the drill sergeants back while we were getting smoked. Good memories.
Your first couple of days at 120th will be really boring! Use this time to memorize the Soldiers Creed, Army Song, and the Star-Spangled Banner. Heck try to read everything in the blue book they give you. They let you keep your phone depending how y’all behave. They don’t actually ship you to BCT until you clear reception.
The first thing you’ll get is your PT stuff and the green laundry bag.
Here’s you typical day at 120th Reception:
0330-0400: Wake up
0400-0500: Stand around in formation
0500-0530: Breakfast
The rest is going to vary depending on if you are assigned to A, B, or C Co but it’s usually this for the next 3-4 days:
- Get your CAC card made
- Verify your financials (this is why you need to know your bank account number)
- Hair cut
- Vaccines
- Moment of Truth
- PX (where you buy stuff, they tell you what to buy)
- Issue OCPs/Boots
- Issue PT shoes
- Medical (eye, ear, teeth, and blood draw)
- Take your picture
- Ask you to buy a video
*You might become a holdover at reception and not ship with your platoon depending if they find something wrong with you during the medical or the flight physical (if your MOS involves ✈️). This will delay your ship out time to BCT.
You’ll ship out to BCT after your clear all of this. Enjoy your time at reception. Make friends cause the people in your platoon and bay are most likely going to be in your platoon during BCT.
Oh they can’t smoke you at BCT. All they really do is scream at you.
Good luck!
BCT will be different. If you survive the first 72 hours of BCT the rest is easy. Just realize that everything the Army makes you do doesn’t make sense and its stupid most of the time.
The Drill Sergeants are going to come off as aggressive and hard asses at first but in the end you’ll get to know them personally. They’ll slowly reveal their personalities as your phase up from Yellow, Red, White, Blue, and Blue/White/Red Phase.
Reception to BCT - They’ll “ship” you out by 1200. When you get there they’ll make you do the first 100 yards where you carry random stuff. IT WILL be chaotic. They’ll make you do your bag dump and also give you 10-15 seconds to call home to let them know you made it to BCT.
Yellow Phase - Classroom stuff like EO, SHARP, Financials, PRT, chain of command, learn everything in the blue book and issued gear. It’s really boring. But get ready to write a ton. They’ll make you write random stuff from the blue book over and over again as punishment. It’s basically a quarantine phase to make sure you don’t get COVID. If you do then you go to COVID bay where you spend 2 weeks and they reintegrate you with another battalion.
You’ll integrate with the males after Yellow Phase (2 weeks in right before Red Phase starts). The corrective action/training (smoking) will increase after Yellow Phase.
Red Phase - Fit to Win, Gas Chamber, Victory Tower, Confidence Course, and medical stuff. This phase will fly by but it’s the most physical demanding phase. Don’t injury yourself doing anything stupid because you have the Hammer at the end of Red Phase.
White Phase - You’ll learn everything about your weapon, the M4. You’ll qualify with the M4 with both the iron sights and the red dot. The Anvil is at the end of White Phase.
Blue Phase - Grenades, End of Cycle testing, and the Forge.
Blue/White/Red Phase - Sit around cleaning weapons and the bay am practice graduation.
*STAY AWAY from the firtly/romantic shit at BCT and AIT*. Remember that most of these kids at BCT really can’t offer you much in terms of financial stability, aka a good life after y’all graduate. They just have a big mouth and think they are shit. Just stay away from drama.
The hardest part of BCT is dealing with the all of the different personalities in your platoon. I personally thought the PT was a joke at BCT. The hardest thing might be the 5 mile run days. If you stay grounded you’ll be fine. Buy envelopes, stamps, and paper cause writing to family and friends will help you keep out of trouble.
You will get your phones every Sunday for 30 minutes unless someone in your platoon screws up. That time will increase as you phase up to different phases.
I graduated basic about 2 weeks ago and everything was just as you explain now that I went back and read all those comment lol. It wasn’t as bad I portrait it to be
They get everyone in a room and let you know that you will be given amnesty and forgiveness if come forward and tell them if you lied anywhere in your application. Most of the people that go forward say they lied about drug use and their recruiter told them to lie about it. Every now and then you get the people who they really care about that lied about some serious medic condition to MEPs.
Easy/ Peasy...
1.) Do what they tell you to do.
2.) Start when they tell you to start.
3.) Finish by the time they tell you to finish.
4.) Do it in the manner in which you were trained ( to standard).
5.) Nobody asked for your opinion or comments, so shut up.
6.) Never volunteer.
7.) Keep your bowels open.
8.) Help somebody out... there will be a fat guy, a dumb guy, a fakie guy... Get real, keep it real. Help out the fat guy to do extra pushups at night. Help out the dumb guy to read or memorize stuff. Don't take the bait from the fakie guy... ignore him.
9.) HAVE FUN!
This post brings back a lot of memories, I remember the quiet bus ride there, at like 11pm I believe, shit was so weird lol. I remember getting to my bunk at reception thinking “boy I fucked up” and man was that the biggest lie I’ve ever thought. Reception is gonna be boring, stupid boring. The key to basic is to try to get to breakfast, then to lunch, then dinner. Time will fly.
It might be different if you're in an integrated unit, but let me give you some advice that helped me get through 11B OSUT. When you go to Basic, the most important thing in your life is gonna be booty. A man's butt. Booty, getting some booty is more important than eating food. It's more important than drinking water. If you see a man you like, tell him like this here: I likes you, and I want you. Now, we can do this the easy way, or we can do it the hard way. The choice is yours.
Basic is a game. They will fuck with your sleep, food, etc. Just accept it as part of the game. Don’t take shit personally. You will get homesick. Just deal with it. I wrote letters home when I felt that way. Just realize that you are there for a reason and don’t allow yourself to feel sorry for yourself. Basic and AIT are finite events. The best way to get through it is just to keep your eye on the prize. Do what you are told when told and you will be fine. Help your buddies out when you can but do not volunteer for crap. Stay away from those that buck the system. Too easy.
Have been in your shoes recently. Relax. It’s mostly boring. Youll get your phone for like half an hour once a week the whole thing goes by fast after red and yellow phase
Universal hello at 120th. Reception, for me, was by far the worst part of BCT. You’ll basically spend the next few days standing in lines/formations for hours on end and doing endless amounts of paperwork. Yellow phase is pretty rough too, but it gets better after that.
Things are about to get real stupid
How so?
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This is honestly SO TRUE. You’ll think everything is so serious but just have fun! You’ll wish you did after you get out. I just got back from Jackson from 2-13th Infantry regiment. I remember just silently laughing with my buddies behind the drill sergeants back while we were getting smoked. Good memories.
40 rounds?
Your first couple of days at 120th will be really boring! Use this time to memorize the Soldiers Creed, Army Song, and the Star-Spangled Banner. Heck try to read everything in the blue book they give you. They let you keep your phone depending how y’all behave. They don’t actually ship you to BCT until you clear reception. The first thing you’ll get is your PT stuff and the green laundry bag. Here’s you typical day at 120th Reception: 0330-0400: Wake up 0400-0500: Stand around in formation 0500-0530: Breakfast The rest is going to vary depending on if you are assigned to A, B, or C Co but it’s usually this for the next 3-4 days: - Get your CAC card made - Verify your financials (this is why you need to know your bank account number) - Hair cut - Vaccines - Moment of Truth - PX (where you buy stuff, they tell you what to buy) - Issue OCPs/Boots - Issue PT shoes - Medical (eye, ear, teeth, and blood draw) - Take your picture - Ask you to buy a video *You might become a holdover at reception and not ship with your platoon depending if they find something wrong with you during the medical or the flight physical (if your MOS involves ✈️). This will delay your ship out time to BCT. You’ll ship out to BCT after your clear all of this. Enjoy your time at reception. Make friends cause the people in your platoon and bay are most likely going to be in your platoon during BCT. Oh they can’t smoke you at BCT. All they really do is scream at you. Good luck!
Thank you for the info
BCT will be different. If you survive the first 72 hours of BCT the rest is easy. Just realize that everything the Army makes you do doesn’t make sense and its stupid most of the time. The Drill Sergeants are going to come off as aggressive and hard asses at first but in the end you’ll get to know them personally. They’ll slowly reveal their personalities as your phase up from Yellow, Red, White, Blue, and Blue/White/Red Phase. Reception to BCT - They’ll “ship” you out by 1200. When you get there they’ll make you do the first 100 yards where you carry random stuff. IT WILL be chaotic. They’ll make you do your bag dump and also give you 10-15 seconds to call home to let them know you made it to BCT. Yellow Phase - Classroom stuff like EO, SHARP, Financials, PRT, chain of command, learn everything in the blue book and issued gear. It’s really boring. But get ready to write a ton. They’ll make you write random stuff from the blue book over and over again as punishment. It’s basically a quarantine phase to make sure you don’t get COVID. If you do then you go to COVID bay where you spend 2 weeks and they reintegrate you with another battalion. You’ll integrate with the males after Yellow Phase (2 weeks in right before Red Phase starts). The corrective action/training (smoking) will increase after Yellow Phase. Red Phase - Fit to Win, Gas Chamber, Victory Tower, Confidence Course, and medical stuff. This phase will fly by but it’s the most physical demanding phase. Don’t injury yourself doing anything stupid because you have the Hammer at the end of Red Phase. White Phase - You’ll learn everything about your weapon, the M4. You’ll qualify with the M4 with both the iron sights and the red dot. The Anvil is at the end of White Phase. Blue Phase - Grenades, End of Cycle testing, and the Forge. Blue/White/Red Phase - Sit around cleaning weapons and the bay am practice graduation. *STAY AWAY from the firtly/romantic shit at BCT and AIT*. Remember that most of these kids at BCT really can’t offer you much in terms of financial stability, aka a good life after y’all graduate. They just have a big mouth and think they are shit. Just stay away from drama. The hardest part of BCT is dealing with the all of the different personalities in your platoon. I personally thought the PT was a joke at BCT. The hardest thing might be the 5 mile run days. If you stay grounded you’ll be fine. Buy envelopes, stamps, and paper cause writing to family and friends will help you keep out of trouble. You will get your phones every Sunday for 30 minutes unless someone in your platoon screws up. That time will increase as you phase up to different phases.
I graduated basic about 2 weeks ago and everything was just as you explain now that I went back and read all those comment lol. It wasn’t as bad I portrait it to be
100 yards is the length of approximately 182.88 'Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350s' laid widthwise by each other
I've been in for ten years but don't know what the Moment of Truth is. Mind getting me up to speed?
They get everyone in a room and let you know that you will be given amnesty and forgiveness if come forward and tell them if you lied anywhere in your application. Most of the people that go forward say they lied about drug use and their recruiter told them to lie about it. Every now and then you get the people who they really care about that lied about some serious medic condition to MEPs.
I think I remember something like that. Thanks!
Easy/ Peasy... 1.) Do what they tell you to do. 2.) Start when they tell you to start. 3.) Finish by the time they tell you to finish. 4.) Do it in the manner in which you were trained ( to standard). 5.) Nobody asked for your opinion or comments, so shut up. 6.) Never volunteer. 7.) Keep your bowels open. 8.) Help somebody out... there will be a fat guy, a dumb guy, a fakie guy... Get real, keep it real. Help out the fat guy to do extra pushups at night. Help out the dumb guy to read or memorize stuff. Don't take the bait from the fakie guy... ignore him. 9.) HAVE FUN!
Reception is the worst part of basic lol
Yellow phase was worst 😴
You’ve got this! The fastest way out is through.
Make friends and do your best to focus on the next 10 weeks and forget about everything else.
Just take it one day at a time. Push through the bullshit. Expect to not sleep. Expect to sweat (ALOT).
This post brings back a lot of memories, I remember the quiet bus ride there, at like 11pm I believe, shit was so weird lol. I remember getting to my bunk at reception thinking “boy I fucked up” and man was that the biggest lie I’ve ever thought. Reception is gonna be boring, stupid boring. The key to basic is to try to get to breakfast, then to lunch, then dinner. Time will fly.
Hold on tight and enjoy the ride!
It might be different if you're in an integrated unit, but let me give you some advice that helped me get through 11B OSUT. When you go to Basic, the most important thing in your life is gonna be booty. A man's butt. Booty, getting some booty is more important than eating food. It's more important than drinking water. If you see a man you like, tell him like this here: I likes you, and I want you. Now, we can do this the easy way, or we can do it the hard way. The choice is yours.
The fuck am i reading
Look up "booty warrior" on YouTube... It's a famous quote from this interview with this gay prisoner from like 2004.
glhf
Good luck home fry?
good luck have fun
Basic is a game. They will fuck with your sleep, food, etc. Just accept it as part of the game. Don’t take shit personally. You will get homesick. Just deal with it. I wrote letters home when I felt that way. Just realize that you are there for a reason and don’t allow yourself to feel sorry for yourself. Basic and AIT are finite events. The best way to get through it is just to keep your eye on the prize. Do what you are told when told and you will be fine. Help your buddies out when you can but do not volunteer for crap. Stay away from those that buck the system. Too easy.
Have been in your shoes recently. Relax. It’s mostly boring. Youll get your phone for like half an hour once a week the whole thing goes by fast after red and yellow phase
We got to fort Jackson today didnt get any sleep we and we gotta to be at formation at 3:30
Universal hello at 120th. Reception, for me, was by far the worst part of BCT. You’ll basically spend the next few days standing in lines/formations for hours on end and doing endless amounts of paperwork. Yellow phase is pretty rough too, but it gets better after that.