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US Military Boot Camp
Officially called the Basic Combat Training, the boot camp is a ten-week training course that introduces a civilian to teamwork, marksmanship and the basic training to become a soldier. It’s open to anyone of either gender who is mentally and physically fit.
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You don't. Getting back into shape takes time. Move too fast and you potentially injure yourself worse than the previous injury. You cannot move too slowly, except that you move so slowly you do not progress. Just take your time and listen to your body. Voice of experience here. Move too fast and you will pay for it for the rest of your life.
Can a trainee bring a journal to boot camp?
You can buy journals on camp. You can also buy extra pairs of clothes, which I would recommend.
MEPS centres do not have their own living facilities, so you stay at a hotel.
What does a platoon guide do in the Army National Guard basic training?
There is no Army National Guard basic training. It is basic training at one of the US Army's active duty training base. All active, reserve, and guard members train together as one. The platoon guide is basically a leader of the platoon.
Do you get you cell phone in basic training in the army?
No, if you report for boot camp with your cell phone, it will be confiscated during contraband turn in at the welcome center.
It actually really depends on your drill instructors. Some of them reward their platoon with cell phone use on Sundays usually for an hour, but it really depends on your DI
How many people on a Navy ship during basic training?
Navy basic training is not held on shipboard. Basic training is held at the Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois.
Can you receive a dishonorable discharge before you go to basic training?
Yes. As soon as you are sworn in you are a member of that military service. At that point, you can be discharged dishonorably. There's no way. There is only one way to be dishonorably discharged from the military--through a general court-martial--and they wouldn't court-martial someone until they'd come on active duty. Let's throw out a situation here: You join the Delayed Entry Program of the United States Army on July 15 for shipment to Basic Training on September 15. On August 15 you go to a party where, under the influence of alcohol and hard drugs, you murder two people. The police department that arrested you will notify the Army that you have been charged with two counts of murder; the Army will immediately issue you an Under Other than Honorable Conditions discharge--the worst discharge that can be granted without court-martialing someone. Now let's try the most bizarre set of circumstances imaginable: You live next to an Army post. You went on post and killed your recruiter while he was leaving the PX. They will still give you to the civilian authorities to prosecute.
What is Water Harassment in USAF Pararescue?
I am not entirely sure but I am preener sure that it is when they are constantly doing things with it such as spraying you down with a hose while doing flutter kicks. Or poring a bucket of water on you
Is army National Guard boot camp training active duty?
You'll still be categorised as National Guard, but yes. You'll go through the exact same BCT and AIT (or else OSUT) as the Regular Army and Army Reserve do.
Can you finish basic training while in high school?
Basic training is a 24 hour a day, seven days a week program. Therefore, you could not be present at school, and have no time for high school classes. If you pass basic training, you then work for the military, and have a full time job.
While a high school diploma is not required in order to be recruited into the military, pay is directly proportional to rank, and rank is based on skill, knowledge, ability, commitment and discipline. Education proves discipline, and therefore an education is an asset.
With that said, you could join the ROTC at your local high school, which would be beneficial once you sign up, and will also provide you with realistic learning.
Pheonix Military Academy is located in Chicago.
What happens if you need to use the toilet in the middle of a training exercise in Boot Camp?
You ask for permission and use it when you receive said permission. It's not rocket science.
If you was in civil air patrol what class would you be when you finish marine boot camp?
Cadets who achieve the Billy Mitchell award can graduate from Marine Corps Basic Training as an E-2 (Private First Class, AKA: PFC).
What is a group of officers necessary to train a new military unit?
A group used to train a new military unit is a cadre. However, you would never train a unit using only officers. Non-commissioned officers are essential for training a new unit.
How many Boot Camp are in the US?
Nearly every county Sheriff's Department and several of the larger municipal law enforcement agencies, as well as the private prison corporations all have juvenile detention facilites, and many are connected to boot camps. The number must be in the thousands, if not hundreds of thousands.
Can you email family during navy boot camp?
All recruits are ordered to write (not email) letters to family during Basic Training.
Do you have to go through boot camp to become a chef for the Marines?
Yes. To be a "cook" in the Marines you enlist, go through boot camp, and they assign you your job. They will give you a test to see what you would be good doing, and promise you what you want to hear, but it doesn't mean you will end up where you want. If you want to be a chef the Marines is not the place to be. Go to a culinary school to be trained.
What company sold USMC rings at boot camp?
Jostens does, If I were you I'd buy somewhere else, When I was in boot in Paris Island I bought my ring and was told and even read it in the purchase form that if my ring was ever lost or stolen, no matter what, they would replace it. I lost my ring in the line of duty overseas and when I contacted them about replacing it, after it even said the same thing about replacements for military service members on their website they flat out told me that they don't care what I read even read the same guarantee on there website that they weren't going to replace it. So screw them, if you're a service member, get your ring somewhere else. Pass that story on. They're a rip off, I spent $300 on my ring and found the same one on ebay brand new for $60.
Semper Fi
Can a new Marine drive a car after boot camp?
Yes, if they have a valid driver's license. In many cases they will have to take additional driver education classes. This is going to be required if they have a car on base. Dispite combat, vehicle accidents are one of the leading causes of death in the military.
Why does Marine boot camp last for three weeks?
Marine Corps Boot Camp is a thirteen week ordeal.
Drill Instructors, despite their formidable skill and training have found that a shorter period of time is inadequate for them to put all of the parts back together that required over a month for them to completely disassemble in order to remove the defective civilian lurking within a recruit's body. Despite the dire warning that is given by Marine Recruiters, some individuals refuse to believe that Boot Camp will be a physical and mental challenge.
Where can you find accountancy training courses?
With changes in financial laws and companies coming under greater financial scrutiny, the demand for trained accountants is set to grow. Even the Department of Labor has projected 22 percent increase in the employment of accountants by 2018. Clearly, the timing could not be better to enter this profession.
Why does the British Army and Marines train longer and tougher than the US?
That's a claim they like to make for the sake of provoking flame fests or elevating their own egos. In reality, if you were to audit the knowledge of those who make such claims as to their knowledge of the US military, you're likely to find that they really don't know, and base their claims solely on hearsay. Though one point where the British are due credit is that their soldiers aren't trained solely in one occupation, but rather, two, although how much emphasis is placed on the second, and what level of proficiency they're trained to in their second military occupation can be a bit questionable.
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It's important to understand a few key differences between the British & US Armed Forces, most notably the matter of size!
The regular British Army is only slightly over 100,000 strong. To this can be added 30-40,000 Territorial Army (equivalent to NG), & a few thousand "Active Reserves" (ie troops recently discharged who may, in an emergency, be recalled). Compare this with the over 500,000 regular US Army, plus nearly as many NG/ Reserves, making a total of a million or so available.
The USMC alone is larger than most other national militaries! It has as many battle tanks as the British Army (about 400), & more combat aircraft than the RAF - the second largest airforce in NATO!
The much greater scale (and budgets!) of the US military enables it to maintain very large/ sophisticated training facilities to which soldiers & marines go, as part of their units/ formations, after basic/ preliminary training. Generally, in the US Armed Forces, "basic training" is just that - basic introduction to the essentials.
The British Armed Forces simply can not afford to operate in this way - economies of scale etc! Lack of "spare capacity" means all soldiers & marines have to be fully fit for operational deployment as soon as they join their units. Therefore, the British approach is to "front load" training & include in the "basic" package a lot of things that the Americans leave until a little later when personnel have joined their units.
Also, because the British Army & Corps of Royal Marines are relatively small, & there's no shortage of eager recruits (despite what some assert!), they can be far more selective about who is accepted in the first place. This is particularly true of the Royal Marines, who actually reject the majority of applicants who attend their 4 day pre training recruit selection course! The huge USMC, with its vastly greater personnel needs, simply could not afford to pre-screen in such a way. Generally, British recruits are, on joining, better prepared physically & psychologically for the transition to military life than are many Americans, & are far more likely to want a long-term military career rather than just a few years service for the benefits which can thereby be accrued.
This largely explains the different approach to initial recruit training: yes, British recruits get shouted at (& punished!), & physically are pushed very hard, but because they're more heavily screened before joining than American equivalents (& more likely to be aiming at a long term career) there is not, generally, the same need for "motivational PT", "smoking" etc.. Significantly, in the days when Britain maintained a huge standing army (600,000+), & compulsory military service of 2 years was required of all adult males (with few exceptions - thus ensuring many recruits were not very motivated to serve), the approach to recruit training was very like the US model; shaved heads, lots of eyeball to eyeball stuff, collective shouting/ chanting etc..
So, it's not really about "longer" or "tougher" training; rather it's about how & when exactly things get done. Both militaries have their tried & tested training systems, geared to their particular needs & circumstances. Each works very well in its context, producing some of the best trained combat marines & soldiers in the world. It's far better to compare marines & soldiers of the different forces after about 2 years in service, & generally the overall quality is comparable.
A good illustration of this would be to consider infantry training in respective airborne formations. The British Parachute Regiment is tough to get into - very tough! Recruits endure 28 weeks of rigorous training which includes the notorious & brutally hard "Pre Parachute Selection Course" (P Company), plus a very harsh & realistic 10 day "battle camp" (minimal sleep, limited food, endless live firing scenarios, long distance "advances to contact" carrying very heavy loads etc), and ends with the basic Parachute Course. Frequently only 30% of recruits survive to actually take the parachute course & join one of the Para Regt battalions.
In contrast, joining the infantry of the 82nd Airborne is relatively easy: 9 weeks Basic Combat Training, + 5-6 weeks Infantry AIT (usually one station training at Ft Benning), followed by basic Airborne School of 3 weeks. Yes, this includes a lot of PT, but nothing comparable to the brutal speed marches with 60lb loads, log & stretcher races, "milling" etc faced by P Company recruits. However, once with the infantry battalions of the 82nd, the new soldier had better perform well in unit training (which will include plenty of long ruck marches & other physical & military skills tests), & if he doesn't will find himself transferred out to a less demanding unit. Those who survive in the Airborne/ Parachute Infantry battalions for a year or so will have been just as rigorously trained/ tested as the Brits.
So, the American approach is to "select out" already trained soldiers who prove incapable of maintaining the required standards for Airborne Infantry. This is sustainable/ cost effective in a very large army, whereas the much smaller British Army can not afford the expensive parachute training of soldiers who may then prove unsuited to the airborne role.
A similar pattern is evident in the two Marine Corps. Royal Marine recruits undergo 8 months of training at the Commando Training Centre, including the Commando Course: extreme endurance training, close quarter battle & unarmed combat, plus a lot of tactical work - basic reconnaissance, raiding, & demolitions, amphibious ops, heliborne ops, cliff assault etc..
United States Marine recruits who branch Infantry undergo 3 months of "basic" (Boot Camp), plus 2 months infantry specific training at the Infantry School. Then they typically join an MEU, & during the MEU training cycle will be introduced to a lot of the stuff that RMs will have done during their "basic training".
Is there a Military Boot camp for kids in NC?
The SUWS of the Carolinas is a military style boot camp for troubled youth. The stay is within 4-7 weeks long and provides a wilderness experience.
How tough is the PT in Army Boot Camp?
You will need to be able to do 42 Pushups, 53 situps, and run a 2 mile in 15:54 to pass Basic Training. These are only the minimum required to graduate.
