Posted on May 2, 2016
14G- What is AIT like for this MOS at Ft. Sill (There is little to no information on the web. I went to BCT at Ft Sill back in 2014)?
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14G: Air Defense Battle Management System Operator
Fort Sill
Advanced Individual Training (AIT)
14G: Air Defense Battle Management System Operator Fort Sill Advanced Individual Training (AIT)
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I graduated from 14G AIT in December. Room Inspection Monday-Friday at 0545 then PT from 0600-0700, School from 9-5, barracks maintenance and free time. Weekends is wake up at 0700 room inspection at 1100 and then free time until 1700. This is generally how it went while I was there and obviously it's subject to change. Which it did while I was there. The food ain't that great you have to share the DFAC with Reception. And life gets boring. You'll see a lot of BS as a student. MT Scott is pretty fun to hike.
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SPC (Join to see) - Cool, thanks Brandon. I am actually looking forward to it and learning my job. The main thing I was worried about was being able to talk/facetime with my wife and kids. I was hoping it wasn't like basic, but it doesn't seem that way. Are the barracks like basic or more like dorms?
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SSG (Join to see) - I am split ops, so I am going back just for AIT. What did you do leading up to your class start date? Is there like a reception for AIT like basic or is it different?
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I was in the normal BCT Reception for a few days and then once I got to AIT I was a hold under (my class hadn't started yet) so I just spend my days shamming and cleaning.
I was in the normal BCT Reception for a few days and then once I got to AIT I was a hold under (my class hadn't started yet) so I just spend my days shamming and cleaning.
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Have tried contacting the schoolhouse? Go to the Fort Sill homepage and search for the schoolhouse. There should be a POC who will be able to send you the information you are seeking. Good luck.
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I went through when it was 14J. 11 weeks of SHORAD (Short Range Air Defense) and 9ish weeks of HIMAD (some other type of Air Defense). Being NG, I left after the first 11 weeks, since NG only deals with SHORAD.
It was basically just a BS school environment. We would wake up, go to PT, shit shower shave. Go to chow. Go to class. Go to chow. Go to class. Go to chow. Clean the barracks and GIF (Government Instructional Facility), and if you were elligable for a pass, you could go on pass until 0100. Then you do the same thing everyday.
On weekends you could go on pass all weekend but had to be at an accountability formation every day. Usually at around 1600.
First week SUCKED. You feel so lost in the sauce cause they tell you about how all of the Air Defense in the army networks together. Pretty much all I can say about that week is, take notes, KEEP YOUR NOTES!!!! and just wait for week two, when they start breaking it all down. By the end of the 17ish weeks that is now, you'll be pissed that it took them so long to explain such simple concepts.
In our MOS (I took the J->G transition course in Camp Blanding, FL last summer) I highly recommend that everyone takes copious amounts of notes, and find a way to keep them. Have them with you at drill, and always be willing to learn from people who have been to the schoolhouse more recently than you. Things change ALL THE TIME in the ADA.
Good Luck!! Thanks for being an Air Defender!
It was basically just a BS school environment. We would wake up, go to PT, shit shower shave. Go to chow. Go to class. Go to chow. Go to class. Go to chow. Clean the barracks and GIF (Government Instructional Facility), and if you were elligable for a pass, you could go on pass until 0100. Then you do the same thing everyday.
On weekends you could go on pass all weekend but had to be at an accountability formation every day. Usually at around 1600.
First week SUCKED. You feel so lost in the sauce cause they tell you about how all of the Air Defense in the army networks together. Pretty much all I can say about that week is, take notes, KEEP YOUR NOTES!!!! and just wait for week two, when they start breaking it all down. By the end of the 17ish weeks that is now, you'll be pissed that it took them so long to explain such simple concepts.
In our MOS (I took the J->G transition course in Camp Blanding, FL last summer) I highly recommend that everyone takes copious amounts of notes, and find a way to keep them. Have them with you at drill, and always be willing to learn from people who have been to the schoolhouse more recently than you. Things change ALL THE TIME in the ADA.
Good Luck!! Thanks for being an Air Defender!
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