I feel violated. (Military Servicemembers Read!)

[sgreger1]

Mine wasn't lax at all. First, we were only supposed to be there no more than nine weeks, wound up being 13...We didn't get to use our cell phones till the day before graduation and weren't supposed to smoke, dip, etc at all...However, that didn't stop me from bumming some cigs from my dad and sneaking behind the PX...talk about a nicotine high after 3 months without! I think they are making it too lax nowadays, thats why the military is full of fat-asses and lazies. :twisted:

Yah that's exactly how mine was. That first dip I had was amazing after I think it was 8 weeks. Ours got lagged because it was at Ft. Sill Oklahoma and the ****ing tornadoes kept ripping up the base and flooding all the roads. I spent half my BCT in the sotrm shelters or locked in the laundrey room 500 guys all packed together with elbow standing room only ito one room and somehow they expected no one to tlak or make any noise.

[tom502]

We had smoking rooms with a TV.

[sgreger1]

We had smoking rooms with a TV.

What? NO there's no way you had that. At what post was this?

[texasmade]

probably fort jackson :lol:

[sgreger1]

Relaxin jackson baby. ****ers probbaly get issued jetski's as part of their TA-50

[texasmade]

i had a buddy of mine that went there for his basic and they had a guy that had his cell phone for half of the training then the last two weeks they sat around and watched movies

[sgreger1]

i had a buddy of mine that went there for his basic and they had a guy that had his cell phone for half of the training then the last two weeks they sat around and watched movies

Yah that's because they allow girls in their BCt and they have to be all nice about things. That post is a joke.

[tom502]

We had smoking rooms with a TV.

What? NO there's no way you had that. At what post was this?

This was Great Lakes RTC Navy in 1984.

[sgreger1]

We had smoking rooms with a TV.

What? NO there's no way you had that. At what post was this?

This was Great Lakes RTC Navy in 1984.

From what I understood they were even stricter back in those days. You had this in basic training? Probbaly because it was the navy maybe. That's awesome though.

[tom502]

I seem to recall that. I know we smoked. Also I went back there in 85 or 86, maybe it was then. But we did have smoking rooms with a TV, the barracks were a long building, and the rooms were on the end. I may be mixing up the times, but I know we smoked in basic.

[sgreger1]

I seem to recall that. I know we smoked. Also I went back there in 85 or 86, maybe it was then. But we did have smoking rooms with a TV, the barracks were a long building, and the rooms were on the end. I may be mixing up the times, but I know we smoked in basic.

That rocks. I never understood why they wouldn't let you smoke.

No TV's for us unless you pulled 24 hour duty which just so happened to be in the office where the drill sgt's were in (meaning they of course had tv and magazines).


BCT was too easy, I think they should focus more on making people be profesional than just pissing them off untill they break. They gotta deal with the new myspace generation of kids.

[tom502]

Basic Training was my favorite part of my experience. I did really well on the classes, and passed all the PTs, and we were Color Company. After that, it was very disorganized, and was like a nonstop frat party. It was fun many times, and I'm glad I did it, when I did it, but I do not believe I'd do it again.

[sgreger1]

Basic Training was my favorite part of my experience. I did really well on the classes, and passed all the PTs, and we were Color Company. After that, it was very disorganized, and was like a nonstop frat party. It was fun many times, and I'm glad I did it, when I did it, but I do not believe I'd do it again.

Lol that's exactly how I felt. Basic was great, really got me into shape and changed my life/mind around from all the stupid things I was doing back home. Finnaly I thought I had dragged myself up and away from all my loser friends back home and was about to become one of the elite...

So then I graduate, I goto airborne school: Oh cool, a paratrooper! This means i'll be super elite and even further away from the baddies.

Next came assignment: 82nd airborne! OMG that is like the best unit in the army, I can't wait to be part of these cut throat ready to kill, stacked mother ****ers!


Then I get to my unit:

High school party+drugs+retards+lack of organization+ meaningless work+ crappy management+ too many gang member types thinking they should bring tagging and gangs to the army.

Like you said, kind of like a several year long frat party. Was very dissapointed. Everyone was still smoking weed and doing coke regardless of routine drug tests, one guy shot himself in the face in my room right infront of me because he was drunk and thought he was some OG gangster who should play russian roulette in my kitchen.

Am glad I did it, but would not elect to do it agian.

[srhoades2talk]

Well, I don't know how the rules have changed at Jackson, but I'm a girl and I went there and it was tough as shit...We didn't get any priveleges, breaks, special treatment, etc. Like I said, they are too lenient nowadays and that's why a lot of people in the military are becoming fat, lazy, and drugheads.

[sgreger1]

Now offense to you srh or any other women, but the units at my post that had girls... I swear, they had NO pt stnadard. We'd be running inthe morning and I swear i'd see some of the fattest chicks walking in fat-chick pairs behind the main group.

In my unit god forbid should you fall behind, let alone stop and walk! I don't know whats going on nowadays, but they seriousely are giving the girls way too big of a break, they can do girl pushups and get to walk for pt, it's just weird.

Was it like that when you were in?