Why all the restrictions in AIT? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:02:25 -0500 Why all the restrictions in AIT? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:02:25 -0500 2015-12-02T15:02:25-05:00 Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 3:18 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145509&urlhash=1145509 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Finally a conversation I can contribute to. Well, not to spread around PNN but there were many incidents that occurred (SHARP and other violations) that eventually lead to the crackdown of these incidents. <br /><br />TLDR; people messed up so fun privileges no longer exist or are kept to a minimum. PFC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:18:21 -0500 2015-12-02T15:18:21-05:00 Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 3:20 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145516&urlhash=1145516 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Only PVT would complain about having it easy. Earn your way. Stop complaining. And move on. WO1 Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:20:22 -0500 2015-12-02T15:20:22-05:00 Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 3:25 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145539&urlhash=1145539 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why are there restriction? Have you not paid any attention in any and all safety/SHARP/EO/any other briefings given by the Cadre? Why, because SO SO SO MANY young Soldiers fresh away from home for the first time getting bigger checks than they are used to, do all kinds of stupid things and get in all kinds of trouble. Try a 19 yr old Soldier being found in the bushes outside the barracks at 0200 near death with a BAC of .27. Try one female GI in a hotel room full of male GIs and a bunch of booze is consumed and she ends up raped. Or, young Soldiers going and renting a vehicle and getting booze then getting popped for DUI. Or perhaps a young female 19 yr old Soldier reporting into AIT already drunk.......AT THE FRONT GATE OF THE BASE? These reasons are just a small number of reasons why there are restrictions in AIT. It is for your own protection and safety. MSG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:25:48 -0500 2015-12-02T15:25:48-05:00 Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Dec 2 at 2015 3:27 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145543&urlhash=1145543 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What restrictions? MAJ Ken Landgren Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:27:07 -0500 2015-12-02T15:27:07-05:00 Response by SGT Patrick Reno made Dec 2 at 2015 3:46 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145590&urlhash=1145590 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What restrictions in AIT. When I went through basic and AIT in 1982 for 11B it was all rolled into one. There was no difference from basic to AIT. When I went to see my son graduate basic I thought he had more freedom then I had on some duty assignments. You need to suck it up buttercup. If you can't handle AIT your in the wrong business. SGT Patrick Reno Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:46:10 -0500 2015-12-02T15:46:10-05:00 Response by SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 3:49 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145596&urlhash=1145596 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This was not a question stated as a complaint. Just curious from stories I have heard. SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:49:03 -0500 2015-12-02T15:49:03-05:00 Response by SPC Andrew Griffin made Dec 2 at 2015 3:57 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145623&urlhash=1145623 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>To Maintain your Focus and Alleviate the "GRAB ASSING"! SPC Andrew Griffin Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:57:34 -0500 2015-12-02T15:57:34-05:00 Response by CPT Jack Durish made Dec 2 at 2015 4:09 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145659&urlhash=1145659 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I attended AIT in 1966 and well remember the restrictions. Bayonets sheathed during hand to hand combat training. Training suspended when heat rose above proscribed limits. Etc. Of course this was in the days of conscription and draftees were known to write to mama who complained to her Congressman. Don't you know that military commanders hate correspondence of "Congressional Interest". When I hit Infantry OCS the restrictions were gone. "You don't want to be here? You don't want to do that? Quit." CPT Jack Durish Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:09:11 -0500 2015-12-02T16:09:11-05:00 Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 4:14 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145679&urlhash=1145679 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Put it this way Battle. You&#39;ve seen how the commander wakes up to do Breathalyzer, UA, ETC. Its because the people before us have messed it up. Anytime we have the Phase 4 formations, its because they want us to phase up. its all for a purpose. A purpose bigger than what our tiny little PV2 Minds can conceive. Same logic behind basic. they could very easily be nice to us the whole way through. Soldierization is the best excuse my mind can fathom. SPC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:14:09 -0500 2015-12-02T16:14:09-05:00 Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 4:20 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145700&urlhash=1145700 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://usmilitary.about.com/od/armyjoin/l/blartraining.htm">http://usmilitary.about.com/od/armyjoin/l/blartraining.htm</a> CPT Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:20:29 -0500 2015-12-02T16:20:29-05:00 Response by SrA David Steyer made Dec 2 at 2015 4:28 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145730&urlhash=1145730 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It's a part of military life. When I was in Tech School we had some crazy stuff happen.... I thought they were silly and sucked sure but I don't think I complained about them.<br /><br />For those in the Army... do people in Army AIT get married while in AIT or are allowed to? We had a small number of tech school marriages, some worked out but the majority didn't. SrA David Steyer Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:28:32 -0500 2015-12-02T16:28:32-05:00 Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 4:43 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145765&urlhash=1145765 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Because the majority of issues we have in the military occur in the demographics you are surrounded by now. You are a Soldier now, but you aren&#39;t fully indocrinated. Your question tells me that. You shouldn&#39;t be concerned with the restrictions. The fact that you can even post this on line tells me that the restrictions you are referencing are MUCH less than what they used to be. Regulation. Drill. Repetition. Rules. Loss of self. Service. Then...the restrictions begin to go away. COL Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:43:11 -0500 2015-12-02T16:43:11-05:00 Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 5:30 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1145865&urlhash=1145865 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Stop complaining and make it happen &quot;hero&quot; LTC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:30:30 -0500 2015-12-02T17:30:30-05:00 Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 6:35 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1146005&urlhash=1146005 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>OK, kids. Let me introduce a basic concept. Despite the rumors and stories you&#39;ve been told:<br />Restrictions on Soldiers during AIT is not new. They certainly go back to when I was a boot back in 1993.<br />It is not because somebody screwed up last cycle.<br />It is not because of new SHARP policies.<br />It is not to prevent incidents.<br />It is not to treat you like children.<br /><br />The reason there are restrictions on AIT students is because they have one solitary mission - to learn their MOS. Distractions, video games, going out on weekends (although they generally do issue weekend passes in the latter phases of longer AIT cycles), chasing tail, alcohol, and the sundry other things that unattached very young people with money to burn will get into distract from that mission, and often end up derailing a young career before it even begins.<br />Focus on drinking in as much knowledge as you can so you can be an asset to your unit when you report. Freedom will follow. 1SG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:35:09 -0500 2015-12-02T18:35:09-05:00 Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 6:56 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1146050&urlhash=1146050 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>PV2 Aday, the restrictions are an attributed to your former soldiers before you. When I went through AIT we had soldiers trying to get out of PT by hiding in their wall locker. <br /><br />My favorite NCO once told me to be an NCO in AIT is like herding retarded children, who often refuse to do the right thing. <br /><br />Remember you are in AIT and you are one of the children no matter how responsible you might think you are. SGT Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:56:04 -0500 2015-12-02T18:56:04-05:00 Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 7:14 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1146081&urlhash=1146081 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;ve seen some shady stuff in Gordon. . . . . . . Yeah, I&#39;ve said enough. SGT Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:14:26 -0500 2015-12-02T19:14:26-05:00 Response by SN Greg Wright made Dec 2 at 2015 9:24 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1146321&urlhash=1146321 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="781955" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/781955-13b-cannon-crew-member-2-2-fa-428th-fa-bde">SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member</a> That you even have to ask this is proof that those restrictions are needed. SN Greg Wright Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:24:16 -0500 2015-12-02T21:24:16-05:00 Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 10:21 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1146428&urlhash=1146428 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is something that worries me. Now a days you can have cell phones and have free time in AIT. When I was in AIT a long time ago as a PFC we didn&#39;t get any time off and it was just an extension of Basic Training. If you are RallyPoint while you are in AIT you must have more liberty than most of us had while we were in AIT. I would just say you have to put your time in to enjoy the fruits of you labor. It will pass soon enough. CPT Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 02 Dec 2015 22:21:06 -0500 2015-12-02T22:21:06-05:00 Response by SP5 Joel O'Brien made Dec 3 at 2015 12:16 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1146578&urlhash=1146578 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In 1972 when I went through back-to-back AITs, the one thing we found to be true was that we were treated 'more like humans' during it. Restrictions were decreased as we progressed. SP5 Joel O'Brien Thu, 03 Dec 2015 00:16:56 -0500 2015-12-03T00:16:56-05:00 Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 2:38 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1146708&urlhash=1146708 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="781955" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/781955-13b-cannon-crew-member-2-2-fa-428th-fa-bde">SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member</a> You might as well get used to having some type of restriction everywhere you go, it&#39;s part of being in the Army. I am a SFC with over 15 years of service and where I am at I have curfew, restrictions of where I can go, who I can go with, etc. Learn your MOS and don&#39;t worry about not being able to go out with your friends and have a drink or whatever is that you are thinking of. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 03 Dec 2015 02:38:59 -0500 2015-12-03T02:38:59-05:00 Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 3:02 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1146723&urlhash=1146723 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>E2 with computer access already? You have time to post on Rally Point? Get off the computer and read or go run or something. CW4 Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 03 Dec 2015 03:02:17 -0500 2015-12-03T03:02:17-05:00 Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 4:00 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1148425&urlhash=1148425 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Being at Fort Gordon you have the opportunity to get your baseline certifications. Thats what your focus should be. At one point we got 6 brand new 25B's all begging to get COMPTIA S+ or N+, but only one could pass an APFT. Work hard and prepare yourself for your future. P.S. When you get to your first duty station, stand at parade rest for your NCO's. SSG Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:00:36 -0500 2015-12-03T16:00:36-05:00 Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 4:17 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1148482&urlhash=1148482 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why the restrictions--because it's the ARMY--not some IVY League fraternity where you can do what the hell you want. You're there to learn your MOS so you can become an technically proficient soldier as it says in our creed. To return discipline to the ranks since it's mostly all lost at AIT. There's a huge difference between the disciplined soldier going to AIT from BCT and the those going from AIT to a unit.<br />I recently paid a visit to one of my recruits and ran into the soldiers platoon sergeant, he 'thanked' me for the product received though being a former AIT DS he understood where the break was--AIT. Return the AIT DS to keep these kids in line, remove all the privileges for they are still trainees and haven't earned them yet. CW2 Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:17:13 -0500 2015-12-03T16:17:13-05:00 Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 4:20 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1148494&urlhash=1148494 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Private, the fact that you are complaining shows a lot of us that have been in for more than a minute, that you have no idea what the collective "suck" is. I ll take a wild gander and state that your only field time was spent in Basic, and you have yet to do it for any length of time out in the back 40. <br /><br />Here s my advice to you: become the best Soldier and 25B Information Technology Specialist that you can be. Become technically and tactically proficient in your MOS...two very key traits that are looked for in promotable Soldiers. Whether the big Green Army is a lifetime commitment for you or whether or not you plan on getting out after your initial six, your MOS series is one that is HIGHLY sought after in the civilian market. You never know where it could take you. But, you have to master the basics first. And I can tell you, that communications and the like in the 25 series are vital to all elements of the battleplan, from the fireteam up to the Division/command level. <br /><br />Think of it this way-if troops in contact are relying on your specific MOS and there comes a time where a very specific concept or task came up, and you were lost in the sauce because you were too hungover when your instructor was teaching said concept, you d feel like a giant turd burglar wouldnt you? Dont be that Joe-be the Joe that the BC can point at and say "I like that trooper, he s going places!" SGT Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:20:12 -0500 2015-12-03T16:20:12-05:00 Response by CPT Kirill *Russian* Varshavskiy made Dec 3 at 2015 4:39 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1148536&urlhash=1148536 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A good soldier is a soldier tired to the point of not wanting to do anything but sleep. (Old Wisdom) CPT Kirill *Russian* Varshavskiy Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:39:29 -0500 2015-12-03T16:39:29-05:00 Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 4:39 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1148537&urlhash=1148537 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've always felt it was due to expense. That you have made it to AIT, the Army has spent considerable expense and time on your training. It is cost beneficial to get you through training without worrying about you getting into administrative or legal trouble. How to do that? Make it basic training part two. Now, with some of the longer courses, the initial few weeks are that way and then they tend to relax a bit so you won't go insane. MAJ Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:39:45 -0500 2015-12-03T16:39:45-05:00 Response by SPC Kevin Sypnier made Dec 3 at 2015 4:49 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1148566&urlhash=1148566 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lol so that you know when you get to your unit, not to fuck up or your life can get really restricted really fast. they don't need a court order to do it either, just some good old commanders discretion. Bitch about it with your buddies to build cohesion, not on here SPC Kevin Sypnier Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:49:45 -0500 2015-12-03T16:49:45-05:00 Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 5:15 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1148631&urlhash=1148631 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why is there a picture of a Drill Sergeant for a post about AIT? asked the AIT Platoon Sergeant. Seriously, not knowing that there aren't Drills in AIT anymore is something SMA (Ret.) Chandler would do...because he did.<br /><br />There's a lot of reasons. For starters, because their "soldierization process" is incomplete. I think that's a stupid reason, and it's made even more stupid when you're talking about training courses that are PCS moves. How do I tell someone that by the time I had his time in service I was 3 months into an Iraq deployment, but his/her soldierization hasn't happened yet? If it was going to happen, it would have happened by now. <br /><br />The next reason is to remove distractions, which is also garbage, because while they can't drink or stay out overnight, they have internet in the barracks, they're allowed their computers and phones during off-duty hours (per most training BDE SOPs). Kids who don't want to learn their job get recycled or forced to reclass to something more their speed.<br /><br />So why the restrictions? Because it's nearly impossible to kick out a bad soldier from IET. So we have to make nearly everything illegal so that the kids who consistently break the rules stick out like a sore thumb. Also, because we're aware that certain things that are not necessarily awful (drinking in hotel rooms, for example) are still major contributing factors to things that are awful, like rape, especially for the average demographic of the AIT student. We try to stop the bad decision train before it even leaves the station. <br /><br />Something else to consider: Depending on where you go to AIT, your platoon will be something like 150-200 soldiers. At any given point in time, you might have two AIT Platoon Sergeants working for that platoon. That's 75-100 soldiers for a Staff Sergeant or Sergeant First Class to keep track of, with zero subordinate leadership (yes, you have your Platoon Guide and Student Squad Leaders, but they have no actual responsibility in the military sense.) It's nearly impossible to keep track of everyone, so the tendency is to resort to the most draconian negative leadership available and again trust that good soldiers will grasp that following the rules and passing their tests is the fastest way out the door to the real army, and the bad soldiers will stick out.<br /><br />Look, the Army has invested a lot of time, money, and effort into training you, even before you graduate, and the longer the school, the more money and time involved. I see that you're a prospective 25B, which means the Army is coming out of pocket to give you some civilian certifications pertaining to your MOS, which costs the Army still more money. In the Army's eyes, you start paying back that investment the day you sign into your new unit and get to work doing your job. Anything that delays that day is wasted time and money in the eyes of big Army. Booting a soldier who stands to be rehabilitated is considered a huge waste of money. To that end, we restrict things that we've seen lead to those delays, like SHARP incidents, DUIs, and other stupidities, to try to keep as many physically and mentally capable soldiers as possible. <br /><br />--an AIT Platoon Sergeant SSG Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 03 Dec 2015 17:15:27 -0500 2015-12-03T17:15:27-05:00 Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 6:17 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1148805&urlhash=1148805 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>AIT isn't that restricted when compared to basic. It's high school with PT. On the weekends if you're really dumb and lucky you can go off and get drunk. SPC Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:17:00 -0500 2015-12-03T18:17:00-05:00 Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 8:15 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1149075&urlhash=1149075 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was a 25B. You want to see real restriction try being an inact' waiting after you already graduated to go to your unit. Also you don't have it as bad as my 13 series soldiers. Use that energy as a want and need for less restrictions to actually earn it. Study hard, get MOS Q, and stay away from Keglars (if they still call it that). You'll be fine. CPT Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:15:33 -0500 2015-12-03T20:15:33-05:00 Response by SPC Rory J. Mattheisen made Dec 3 at 2015 11:00 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1149459&urlhash=1149459 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You turds dont polish boots or put creases in your uniforms, you have stress cards, and cell phones.... You dont even know what a restriction is. SPC Rory J. Mattheisen Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:00:54 -0500 2015-12-03T23:00:54-05:00 Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 4 at 2015 7:54 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1149964&urlhash=1149964 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Soldier......I know you are just questioning the reason behind the restrictions and not complaining about it...but if you are in fact complaining about restrictions in AIT....you need to wake up and smell the coffee cause deployments and the Real Army is a lot more stressful than your School environment...but if you are just curious on why there is rules set / restrictions ...it is because the ARMY and the American People has invested a lot of money to get you through basic training, just for young Soldiers to mess it up during AIT where you dont have a primary supervisor to guide and mentor you to do the right thing (AIT PLT SGT are overworked already). believe it or not your Restrictions are sometimes the norms in some duty stations and it behooves you to get used to it. However, you will find that you will be more satisfied with your little freedoms once you are out of your training environment and will appreciate the discipline you earned (if you listen and adhere to what your leadership preaches) SFC Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:54:20 -0500 2015-12-04T07:54:20-05:00 Response by SGT Jason Keefer made Dec 4 at 2015 9:50 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1150199&urlhash=1150199 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ft Sill 13p course 2009... 3 day pass every weekend. Signed out to go to the Px or bowling (on post) almost every night. Classes after mine had far less priveledges. Really depends on the leadership at the time. SGT Jason Keefer Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:50:54 -0500 2015-12-04T09:50:54-05:00 Response by Cpl Rc Layne made Dec 4 at 2015 2:06 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1150904&urlhash=1150904 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Because you are there with one mission, to learn. Anything that distracts you from that is a threat to that, your life, lives of others, and national security. Cpl Rc Layne Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:06:03 -0500 2015-12-04T14:06:03-05:00 Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 4 at 2015 3:13 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1151051&urlhash=1151051 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The knife hand cannot be controlled!!!! Be happy you have some privileges. My little minions in OSUT get NOTHING! Nothing changes for them. It's red or white phase for the entire time. Suck it up! Can't believe that the restrictions are bugging me. Wait until you deploy! Then when your at you lowest there, just know that there is a grunt out there with less. When I'm out there and I'm at my lowest I think that some of my brothers have been killed or wounded and probably complained less that I did. When that doesn't work I think about the guys stuck in POW camps for YEARS! Getting tortured and having mock executions. After that I am pretty much revved up and ready to go. So in hindsight just ask your SGM when you see him. It will buff out! SSG Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:13:47 -0500 2015-12-04T15:13:47-05:00 Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 12:42 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1152208&urlhash=1152208 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My thoughts on this is bring drill sergeants back to AIT. More discipline is needed for some coming out of there. Not all are bad soldiers and send soldiers to a regular reserve or national guard unit that can pass a PT test and have a better understanding of their job. For 25B&#39;s they need to leave AIT with a minimum of their security plus as this is a requirement to be able to actually do your job as a system administrator. You&#39;ll get your chance to have a life outside of training and the barracks. Concentrate on learning your MOS and your military training. Life will continue after AIT SFC Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 05 Dec 2015 00:42:04 -0500 2015-12-05T00:42:04-05:00 Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 7 at 2015 4:13 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1157739&urlhash=1157739 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So we don't do dumb stuff? I had spent 38 weeks at Fort Gordon, and yeah I can see where you're coming from with that question. But, the idea is to get you trained as fast as possible. distractions like alcohol, chicks, spare time to loaf around, etc, they get in the way of learning the course. There will be plenty of time for that later. SPC Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:13:39 -0500 2015-12-07T16:13:39-05:00 Response by SFC Charles Kolker made Dec 17 at 2015 2:46 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1182747&urlhash=1182747 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Like many others have said, AIT is not freedomland. You are still in the training phase of your military service. You have many more freedoms and capabilities than those that were there before you. Even if you think it&#39;s bad now. When I went through in 2000 we were on lockdown half the time. We were allowed out after 5+ to go and have fun. Smoking and drinking was not allowed until you hit phase 5, and you could always screw up and get sent back down. As for being able to post on RallyPoint, also use this to learn more about the Army and what those before you know. The best part of the military is always learning and sharing that knowledge. And you could have a Soldier &#39;borrow&#39; a phone and rack up over $1k in phone charges (happened). Or you could have Soldiers go to the club while on phase 4 (yep, that too). It goes on and on. And if you&#39;re in a highly technical AIT and need to learn a lot in a short period of time then something like that could fail you out (you guessed it, cause that happened too). Rules are there to keep you on the right track, not to make you fail. SFC Charles Kolker Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:46:24 -0500 2015-12-17T14:46:24-05:00 Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 20 at 2016 4:34 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1248325&urlhash=1248325 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Because you are a private in training not a college student. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:34:14 -0500 2016-01-20T16:34:14-05:00 Response by PFC Alexander Oliveira made Jan 20 at 2016 6:18 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1248561&urlhash=1248561 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>im assuming 25B AIT is still held within 447 signal battalion right? youll find the restrictions to be more relaxed than basic, I went through it 4 years ago and it was a god send compared to basic. just phase up, learn what they tell you to and pass your PT tests. stay under the radar and youll be at your duty station in no time. in the mean time while you are there, if there is any mandatory fun like a big event going on, go. it will be worth it. I have great memories from the stuff I did and the people I did it with at Gordon and id give anything to go back and re experience it. ya waking up early sucks but its the military. PFC Alexander Oliveira Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:18:32 -0500 2016-01-20T18:18:32-05:00 Response by PFC Tuan Trang made Feb 21 at 2016 7:37 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1318514&urlhash=1318514 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>AIT is still training, just like basic but abit more relax, restrictions will be throught basic and ait regarless, finish ait, then you will have less restriction. PFC Tuan Trang Sun, 21 Feb 2016 07:37:46 -0500 2016-02-21T07:37:46-05:00 Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 2 at 2016 2:49 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=1585920&urlhash=1585920 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Because it is still TRADOC. It is a training environment, you aren't there to goof off, you are there for one purpose to get your MOS and get to your unit to start your job. SGT Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 02 Jun 2016 02:49:19 -0400 2016-06-02T02:49:19-04:00 Response by SGT Charles Wheeler made Jun 4 at 2017 4:58 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=2621833&urlhash=2621833 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>AIT at Ft. Gordon 1981. No different than being in a regular unit. No bed check. Off duty every weekend. If you were married you lived off post, etc. SGT Charles Wheeler Sun, 04 Jun 2017 04:58:22 -0400 2017-06-04T04:58:22-04:00 Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Jun 27 at 2018 10:11 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=3746908&urlhash=3746908 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1. What restrictions. 2. They have only been in the Army for 2-3 months, and are still newbies to the system. 3. They are there to learn- not flippin play around. Any other questions stud? SGM Bill Frazer Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:11:30 -0400 2018-06-27T10:11:30-04:00 Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 27 at 2018 10:24 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-all-the-restrictions-in-ait?n=3746938&urlhash=3746938 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>First what AIT and which post, because I can tell you unless Ft. Lee just starting to clamp down that was the most relaxed post for a soldier going to AIT. If they went back to even the early 90&#39;s standard I bet allot of young soldiers would really be shocked. SSG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:24:10 -0400 2018-06-27T10:24:10-04:00 2015-12-02T15:02:25-05:00