I was told that you aren't a real infantryman unless you went to basic training at Fort Benning. What are your opinions on this?

Such a childish remark of where you went to basic training . And the word basic is the beginning or your training into the miltary be it Army or any other service . Learning the basic of military is the beginning of your career then on to AIT , jump school , Ranger , and last Special Forces if that is your goal . As a career military person I wanted it all and loved the military . To each his own but one has to want to excel at what ever you do be it a cook truck driver or someone behind a desk just do the best of your ability .

I am guessing this gara-trooper doesn't know that individual units used to have their own training schools.

Where else are the 11B's trained? Always heard not true infantry unless you had the EIB.

What ???... For my whole 20+ years I wondered why my cord seemed just a little bit "not as blue" as all those Harmony Church alumnist... now I know. LOL

If they were correct then the MOS of another post would not be 11B. That's just a cocky son of a bitch thinking that they are better than all the rest. More than one post covers that MOS for training and guess what... It's all the same. The only difference is that Benning has Airborne School, which is not part of infantry training.

See SGT Tracy’s remarks. He dead on!!

Whom needs a blue cord to be infantry, something shoot at your ass you WILL become infantry in a heartbeat.

What does it really matter to be an Infantry person? We all face the same thing when in a battle, all that matters is you and your battle buddies make it out and come back home.

All I can say is Alpha 10 2 Ft Benning was a trip

I wenst to basic training at Ft Leonard Wood, AIT at Ft McClellan, OCS at Ft Banning, OJT with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, RVN. Training more than fine for me and my men!