Is there a lot of combat and physical training during AIT for 35M?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 22:45:57 -0400

Response by SCPO Morris Ramsey made Jun 28 at 2020 10:54 PM

SCPO Morris Ramsey — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 22:54:45 -0400

Job training for a human intelligence collector involves 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 20 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. This time is divided between the classroom and the field.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 29 at 2020 3:07 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 03:07:00 -0400

AIT's are generally the same. You will have physical fitness at least M-F, followed by classroom time learning your MOS. Fitness training while in the field will depend on the instructors and the class schedule. Because your MOS is in the Medium physical requirement category, I doubt you will be doing much fitness training beyond the normal daily training.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 29 at 2020 10:31 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:31:08 -0400

No. There is not. It's focused on intelligence and the coursework is rigorous, but it's not particularly physically demanding as compared to say combat arms. It's more demanding than say 92A school.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 30 at 2020 7:10 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 19:10:55 -0400

Hey SPC,
I graduated from AIT last Fall (2019). The DS we had at the time of had us running MWF and doing body weight workouts/muscle failure/APFT/ACFT training T/TH. We did a set number of push ups and sit ups at the end of every training day before we were dismissed for the evening. We marched to our meals 3 times a day which totaled around 7 miles a day between the chow hall, the barracks and the schoolhouse. Evenings and weekends you could go to the gym.

Hope that helps shed a bit more light into the day to day. Like any PT, it’s what you put in.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 4 at 2020 6:48 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 06:48:26 -0400

Not so much physical. Its mostly coursework. You will be given the basic skill sets we use and will be evaluated on them. The worst part or should I say hardest part is interrogations.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 10 at 2020 10:29 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 22:29:06 -0400

Not really. Granted I went through almost 12 years ago, but we did our daily PT in the morning and that was it. We did some field exercises that were slightly more demanding but compared to BCT or Deployment it is not overly physical.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 1 at 2020 5:53 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 17:53:42 -0400

Mostly classroom-style environment. Of course there is daily PT M-F and PT tests generally every 3 weeks. There are a few combat-style training exercises but more just refreshers from basic. Field exercises are not physically rigorous.

Response by SPC Chad Lozano made Oct 8 at 2020 4:12 PM

SPC Chad Lozano — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:12:50 -0400

When I went through in 2008 (which was the surge) we kind of did. We did have some weekends off, but I remember training alotttttttt. We also got smoked a lot, and of course conducted PT 5x a week. But compared to literal combat a MOS it’s nothing, but you will have soldier training, and you will go to the field at the end. Unless they changed it, so keep in mind it’s been 12 years for me lol.