As a prior-service Marine going to Ft. Leonard Wood as a 12B (Combat Engineer), will I have to go through the whole phase of boot camp?

Back in 1997, I reclassed to 12B and had several other prior-service in my class including one prior service Marine. We all were inserted in the AIT portion and lived in a different portion of the same building as the OSUT trainees. We did PT with them, we did breakfast and lunch with them, and we did classes with them. Other than that, (so in the evenings), we were out of sight, out of mind and that's how the drills wanted it. Also, we learned just enough at Fort Leonard Wood not to be a danger at our unit. Most of what we learned, we learned at our unit as opposed to at AIT.

If you find anymore details let me know brother, I've been looking through all the websites and pubs I can find. TRADOC's regs do state that prior service E-5-E-9 who have completed army BCT OR MC recruit training do not have to attend boot camp and we are to have the same privileges as permanent party.

SFC Walko is absolutely right; I experienced the exact same trend in another MOS in 91, but we didn't get a chance to destroy anything. COL Mikel J. Burroughs,Col (Join to see),CPL(P) (Join to see),SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4",SSG Robert Webster,Maj Marty Hogan,Capt Dwayne Conyers,SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas,SMSgt Tony Barnes,CH (CPT) James L. Machado Workman,CH (CPT) Heather Davis

You do not have to attend the basic training portion of OSUT. You will be considered an “insert” during AIT. Congratulations on deciding on an MOS brother.

If you've already been through bootcamp through a different branch prior to going, you will just go through the AIT portion. Welcome to the team, Essayons!

Currently, Marines, prior Army, AF Security Forces and Special Ops, do not need to go to Army Basic Training.

Let me know what you find out brother!!

Had a prior service sergeant go through 12AIT while I was there in 2012. He was put up in temp lodging instead of the barracks. We weren't allowed to talk to him. Drill Sergeants also used him as a student first sergeant in the field. They worked him hard.

I just got my contract for 11X yesterday. I was told it was up to the training command at Ft Benning how much I had to do but there we're certain training events in the basic training portion I had to hit.

technically it is an OCUT but when i went to AIT for 12B we meet up with the training company after they finished the boot camp part... that was 2008