i am going into basic training in the united states army. should i be worried about how hard basic will be?

Answer 1

If your worried about Army basic imagine Marine basic!!!

Answer 2

Is Basic hard?

Its only hard for about 3 weeks, including your time as you process in (3-5 days).

It'll go like this.

You arrive, scared out of your tighty-whiteys. The next 3 or so days you do paperwork, learn basic decorum, maybe some basic d & c, get a hiarcut and you find the DIs(Drill Instructors) are pretty good guys.

Except those DIs are supposed to be like that. You'll get whole new ones once you pack up and ship off to basic. Thats when the yelling and screaming begins. That will last for a few days. You'll do PT, learn to march and other stuff.

After a week, hopefully you and your platoon has the routing down and knows what to do.

After 3 weeks, you got it. You know what to do, what is expected and which DI will smoke you for even the most trivial offense.

Then its easy even fun.

Answer 3

Army Basic Training is not easy but it will take you from an American to an American Soldier. They will bring you to your lowest form and then build a soldier out of the pieces. That is how all our Military Branches make a soldier out of plain men and women. Yes, it will be hard. But all the training will pay off if you ever go to war or have to fight. You need to learn to be a team with your fellow soldiers and become a part of a large team, the Army. This takes lots of work and education. The Army wants you to be the best you can be and they plan to mold you into a fine soldier.
Insead of Army Basic Training, my son took basic training everyday in the Army ROTC. They live it for four years, everyday and then they become an officer if they graduate. But before they can graduate they must take Leadership Officers Training. If you think Basic Training is bad try this one. It brutal. My son told me of the testing he had to do and I wondered how anyone in their right mind could pass. They did but it was all a team efford. The
worse thing I recall was them climbing a pole 10 stories in the air with no ropes or lines and then having to walk a plank for 500 ft and the plank was 6" wide with rockers on it. As you step along you have to put your foot on the rockers (like a teeter totter but small) and it moves. My son was the first to complete for his class and he was scared to death but he did it. One girl in his class fell into the water below. She broke ribs, and hurt her back. She was discharged from the Army after all the work and time in Rotc. My sons wife was dischaged too. She passed out in the forrest of Washington state on a field training test. They drop you by helecopter in the forrest with night gear and a map and compuss and you must find your way to certain co-ordinates. Instead in the pitch black dark she fainted from fear. She laid there for 24 hours and they found her. She was discharged because the US Army does not need a soldier who faints when faced with fear. It is strict but there is a reason.

If you can not pass the Army does not need you. You will only be a burden to the team and the whole. And lives can be in danger when in a war zone. So take the training serious and do your best. When you complete you will be part of the team called "the US Army".
Good Luck

Answer 4

VERY hard...If you are worried about that, why didn't you go Air Force?
Same pay, no sleeping in a tent or foxhole for weeks, no MREs, no "field" time, no combat, no running with everything you own on your back.
Wanna know why the GI Bill is higher with the other branches? It's because you don't have a chance to do any college if you are on FTE (Field Training Exercise) all the time. The AF, you never have any FTEs and you have all the time in the world to complete college courses. The big GI Bill is is for AFTER you get out.

Answer 5

I don't know how old you are, but i was 31 when i enlisted. If you are in halfway decent physical shape and good mental shape, you will have it rough in the beginning, than begin to find it easier as you go along. You cant do anything right in the beginning, even if it is right, so get that in your head. Just keep going, sound off, stand at parade rest and dont quit, you'll be fine. I was the oldest in my company and worked hard and had one of the highest pt scores.

Answer 6

Be afraid, but only semi-afraid. What is there to be worried about? You will be yelled at constantly and exercised until your muscles are so sore you will puke, but it's all part of the game. Just play the game try not to screw up and cause yourself and your buddies problems and you will do fine.

Now if you were talking about the Marines...I'd say BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID! 24/7 verbal and psychological abuse, being starved, being exercised until you are afraid you will die; then exercised some more and start getting scared that you won't die... ask any Marine about it and BTW ask them about the Crucible.

Answer 7

For your sake, I hope it's very hard. War and military service should be regarded as the highest standard anyone can do for their country.

The tougher the basic training, the better you will be prepared for military service. You should be worried about basic training being too soft, not too hard.

Good luck to you...

Answer 8

Keep this in mind..."when one day at a time won't work one minute at a time will!" Basic is very tough but it has to be...but in the end when you put your uniform on you have the confort of knowing that you earned that right no one gave it to you. When you feel like you can't do it anymore and you want to give up take it one minute at a time and keep your goal in mind! god bless you and thank you for volunteering to protect our children!

Answer 9

If I were you I'd be worried about losing your limbs when you come back after serving and find there are few, if any, government benefits to help you financially when you return. If I were you I'd get out! And fast! Follow Lt. Ehren Watada's example - he's a true American hero because he refuses to participated in an illegal, unjustified, and immoral war.

Answer 10

Compared to what it was back in the day and in the movies, it is cake, don't worry about it, listen to your DIs and do what they say and you will come out a better person and more in shape. The days will fly by and you will be amazed by how fast it went.