Posted on Feb 27, 2015
Should Basic Training go back to being a difficult, earned course, or should it be given to any trainee that doesn't quit for the ten weeks?
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Basiic training at Ft. Jackson has become so lax and easy to graduate from that literally ANYONE who doesnt quit can make it through without actually having to work for it. When I went through my initial training, I had to earn my cord and discs. I got smoked. I got hit. I worked my butt off to achieve it. Now, I see trainees left and right just slinking around in the shadows, passing unnnoticed til graduation day. Do you think this should be allowed, or should we cut the leash off the Drill Sergeants and make them earn it, and treat them the way we would at a unit?
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No one should be allowed to graduate BCT unless they meet all the standards; the standards need to be rigid and correct. Training changes all the time, but making it easier is never a good option. It should be go/no go, and never gray.
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I like the idea of making it more difficult/demanding. Then there's a feeling of accomplishment, of belonging, esprit de corps, etc. Plus, during the ongoing drawdown, a tougher Basic could be part of the force structure strategy.
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I voted make it harder, but I do find it funny that this poll was posted by someone that graduated basic about five minutes ago. I went in 1981 and I was never hit.
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LTC Paul Labrador
Since when did 11B's do BCT at Jackson? I thought they were all cohorted at Benning.
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I did OSUT at Knox in 1983. We only had one DI who but-stroked a soldier with his rifle... he was given a stern talking to, and moved to a different company. It's not that there was a lot of violence going on, just that the threat of getting of violence was still very real.
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LTC Paul Labrador, I was split option. I went to basic the summer of 1981 with the MOS 64C(now 88M). After basic I changed my MOS to 11B and went to Fort Benning for AIT the summer of 1982.
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