FuckedintheHead
2008-07-21, 05:14
I joined the United States Army around 4 months ago.
I just finished basic and AIT. Right now I am home on "vacation." Actually I have to be my recruiters bitch for another week, and, hopefully, if they dont kick me out of that program then I will have 10 days of actual vacation. QUESTION: Anyone here who has done HRAP before; can they change my reporting date if they do kick me out of HRAP and make my reporting date sooner than it is?
Anyways, basic training really wasn't that bad. It was more like babysitting. I did basic at Ft. Leonard Wood, where it is co-ed. AIT was at Ft Sill. I actually thought AIT was worse, just because of the hot weather (everyday was 95 or higher, somedays it rained wich made it extremely humid.) Running 4 miles in 100 degree weather just after a heavy rain is not fun. We barely ran in basic except for doing 60/120's for pt most mornings, but other than that we mostly just got smoked 3-4 times a day until we hit the middle of white phase. We barely did pt in the mornings when we got to blue phase. We had a 5 am wake up most days in basic, in AIT we had to wake up at 4am everyday except for weekends, when we got to wake up at 6am.
The army is nothing what recruiters and those goddamn commercials make it out to be. I joined thinking that after basic and AIT i would be a changed person. I am still that same, boring, nervous kid who can't talk to females. I know that sounds pretty pathetic. The army is one giant ass clusterfuck, kids. They make it out to look all organized, but it isn't. One thing I really hate is how alot of NCO's are. We had one sergeant in AIT who would smoke us if we called "at ease" for him. Alot of NCO's don't like it when us privates call at ease, or talk to them at parade rest like we were taught in basic. Then when we get used to not calling at ease/going to parade rest, we get an NCO that will smoke us for it. You gotta learn who likes what. I was in a hold under platoon for 2 weeks in AIT because they didn't have enough room for us 13B's. And yet the army claims they don't have enough troops, when there are so many they don't have enough instructors to train us.
Now that I am home, I feel like it is going to be extremely hard for me to leave. Alot of the time I feel hopeless just because I don't know what to expect. I can't stand living in a bay with 63 other dudes. During basic, I made some friends, but AIT I tried to communicate with my peers as little as possible unless we were in the field or motorpool. I realized how much I hate people in general. I didn't mind the drill sergeants yelling at us, or getting smoked just as long as I knew that I wasn't the cause. As long as you keep quiet in formation, and not do something retarded, you will never be the reason for being smoked. Remember, just be in the right place at the right time in the right uniform. for me that hardest part was getting along with everyone else. I didn't realize how sensitive I was until some jackass made fun of me (jokingly) and I almost knocked him out for it. I personally didn't mind conforming, doing what I was told, and the strenuous PT.
Alot of people decided that they didn't want to conform. They think they are better than everyone else. They can be lazy in formation, talk in formation, sleep in the latrine, sleep on firegaurd, slack off on details, and get you and your platoon smoked over, and over, and over. These people usually have buddies too. Those buddies slack off on details, talk in formation, sleep in the latrine, and sleep on firegaurd as well. Blanket parties would have ensued, but who wants to stay an extra 45 days? Suck it up, and drive on. For those of you who are planning on joining, remember that pharse. Please, PLEASE, if you join, don't be that person who takes the "easy left."
I know I have not been in the Army long, but this is my view of it so far. I don't know what the hell I am gonig to do for the next 3 years.....wait, yes I do. I am going to suck it up, and drive on.
Someone who is a veteren, or someone who has been in longer than me, tell me if I have it compoletely wrong.
I just finished basic and AIT. Right now I am home on "vacation." Actually I have to be my recruiters bitch for another week, and, hopefully, if they dont kick me out of that program then I will have 10 days of actual vacation. QUESTION: Anyone here who has done HRAP before; can they change my reporting date if they do kick me out of HRAP and make my reporting date sooner than it is?
Anyways, basic training really wasn't that bad. It was more like babysitting. I did basic at Ft. Leonard Wood, where it is co-ed. AIT was at Ft Sill. I actually thought AIT was worse, just because of the hot weather (everyday was 95 or higher, somedays it rained wich made it extremely humid.) Running 4 miles in 100 degree weather just after a heavy rain is not fun. We barely ran in basic except for doing 60/120's for pt most mornings, but other than that we mostly just got smoked 3-4 times a day until we hit the middle of white phase. We barely did pt in the mornings when we got to blue phase. We had a 5 am wake up most days in basic, in AIT we had to wake up at 4am everyday except for weekends, when we got to wake up at 6am.
The army is nothing what recruiters and those goddamn commercials make it out to be. I joined thinking that after basic and AIT i would be a changed person. I am still that same, boring, nervous kid who can't talk to females. I know that sounds pretty pathetic. The army is one giant ass clusterfuck, kids. They make it out to look all organized, but it isn't. One thing I really hate is how alot of NCO's are. We had one sergeant in AIT who would smoke us if we called "at ease" for him. Alot of NCO's don't like it when us privates call at ease, or talk to them at parade rest like we were taught in basic. Then when we get used to not calling at ease/going to parade rest, we get an NCO that will smoke us for it. You gotta learn who likes what. I was in a hold under platoon for 2 weeks in AIT because they didn't have enough room for us 13B's. And yet the army claims they don't have enough troops, when there are so many they don't have enough instructors to train us.
Now that I am home, I feel like it is going to be extremely hard for me to leave. Alot of the time I feel hopeless just because I don't know what to expect. I can't stand living in a bay with 63 other dudes. During basic, I made some friends, but AIT I tried to communicate with my peers as little as possible unless we were in the field or motorpool. I realized how much I hate people in general. I didn't mind the drill sergeants yelling at us, or getting smoked just as long as I knew that I wasn't the cause. As long as you keep quiet in formation, and not do something retarded, you will never be the reason for being smoked. Remember, just be in the right place at the right time in the right uniform. for me that hardest part was getting along with everyone else. I didn't realize how sensitive I was until some jackass made fun of me (jokingly) and I almost knocked him out for it. I personally didn't mind conforming, doing what I was told, and the strenuous PT.
Alot of people decided that they didn't want to conform. They think they are better than everyone else. They can be lazy in formation, talk in formation, sleep in the latrine, sleep on firegaurd, slack off on details, and get you and your platoon smoked over, and over, and over. These people usually have buddies too. Those buddies slack off on details, talk in formation, sleep in the latrine, and sleep on firegaurd as well. Blanket parties would have ensued, but who wants to stay an extra 45 days? Suck it up, and drive on. For those of you who are planning on joining, remember that pharse. Please, PLEASE, if you join, don't be that person who takes the "easy left."
I know I have not been in the Army long, but this is my view of it so far. I don't know what the hell I am gonig to do for the next 3 years.....wait, yes I do. I am going to suck it up, and drive on.
Someone who is a veteren, or someone who has been in longer than me, tell me if I have it compoletely wrong.