The only way to enter the US Army as a soldier without going through US Army Basic Training is to be a prior service member, in which case, you would have already gone through Basic Training/boot camp. Otherwise, the answer is no. You could gain employment as a Department of Defence civilian employee, but a lot of those jobs come with a stipulation that you join a reserve component of the military, which is still going to require you to go through Entry Level Training. Even officers have a Basic Training they go to - OBT, or Officers Basic Training.
they attend the same BCT that the rest of the Army does
Basic training for the Army takes 9 weeks. Advanced individual training can last an additional 6 weeks to 1 year! The Army have 5 different locations for basic training.
The job of an Army Chaplain is to care for the spiritual well being of Soldiers etc. Army Chaplains do not have to go through basic training but they do have to attend a Chaplain Basic Officer Leadership Course.
Most of training is mostly exercising and gun training. You will be doing a lot of running weights courses, drills and gun training during the Army basic training.
No, you do not. The Marines is the only branch of Service that the US Army accepts people without going through any form of introduction training.
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.
Alvin York was drafted and began his army service at Camp Gordon in Georgia.
Marines don't go through Basic Training - they go through Boot Camp. The Army does accept prior service enlistees without requiring them to go through Basic Combat Training. However, one may be required to attend BCT if their break in service exceeds a certain period of time. Additionally, they may have to attend Advanced Individual Training (AIT) to become qualified for their selected occupation in the Army if their previous occupation in the Marine Corps was not parallel to it.
There is no particular time involved between an Army soldier completing basic training and being deployed. It depends on the need and the job that the soldier is trained to do. Many soldiers are deployed shortly after completing basic training.
The army basic training program takes nine weeks to complete. It is required to become a US soldier.