Posted on Sep 23, 2018
If we're all Soldiers first, why don't we incorporate more battle drills in BCT?
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I feel like it relies on having an Infantry DS that can teach PVTs on what they themselves learned while in the Infantry. The best advice we got on how to "live" in the field, shoot, patrol, react to fire stuff like that were all drastically improved when an Infantry DS stepped in and taught us some pointers.
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I think they've removed a lot of what's needed to know how to survive during combat, I had Vietnam veterans for DI's and they taught you well.
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SSG Will Phillips
Same here Cowboy. Most of my DI's were combat vets as well as the mid/senior NCO's at the unit level.
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The issue is one of money. The Army doesn't want to spend the money to send every Soldier through Infantry AIT, like the Marines. It's something I always thought the Marines did right that the Army should adopt. But, with Infantry OSUT taking 16 weeks, the Army wouldn't be able to get all 70,000+ recruits a year through basic.
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IMHO. I think all BCT should be taught by combat arms drills. With both offensive and defensive infantry tactics as part of the curriculum. As SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth said , we went trough BCT with mostly all Vietnam Drill Sergeant's. That was the best training back in the day. Of course this was before OSUT. " one station unit training.
Basic was just a start. My real lessons came when I stepped off the bus at Fort Benning.. Great post SPC (Join to see) .
Basic was just a start. My real lessons came when I stepped off the bus at Fort Benning.. Great post SPC (Join to see) .
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