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?

Yup....

Fort Benning. Home of the Infantryman...

Still have mine !

I became Infantry so I could talk shit the rest of my life....

What if I learned how to be an Infantryperson (Marine) at Camp Pendleton or Camp Lejeune?

So what about the 12B who becomes an 18B, does he earn the right to wear the CIB?

SGT Robert Cupp, such a silly statement. I went to Basic Training at Fort Knox, KY and Infantry AIT at Fort Benning. I know soldiers that went to Basic Training and Infantry AIT at Fort Polk. I spent most of my time in service as an Infantryman. Just because I went to Basic at Fort Knox, does not make me a wannabe.

This kinda looks like an Infantry question for Infantrymen. So POGs need to mind their lane. So sensitive. And it's this sensitivity that has made our Military into some social experiment. Disgusting.

It doesn't mean nothing. A blue cord from the "Benning School for Boys", or Bumfuk Egypt, if you are an 11 A, B, or C (might be more), you are infantry. Tell the Benning boys their blue cord is not official until they got the clap on Victory Drive. And yes, I went to Benning.

F**k that , it dont matter where you went to basic , i reclassed back it 05 and not at Benning.