Army Boot Camp Question ?

Question

Is the Army Basic Training hard.

Answer 1

Only as hard as you make it to be. When your in bct it seems to take for ever but you will miss it when its gone

Answer 2

Army Basic Training is less hard than some football camps, but it is designed to test your ability to handle mental stress as well as physical endurance. You will be deprived of some sleep, and you will be subjected to some stress, but if you go in with the right attitude you should be able to handle it without much problem. The basic idea is to foster teamwork and instill the idea that responding to orders quickly and enthusiastically will keep you alive longer. You will learn basic marksmanship, beginning drill and ceremony, physical training, some very basic hand to hand combat training, and the building blocks of tactical training. If you decide to go through with it, start doing some pushups, situps, and begin running right now. That way the physical training won't be nearly as much of a strain for you. If you can do at least fifty pushups, 60 pushups and do two miles in less than twenty minutes, you will get through basic without breaking much of a sweat.

Answer 3

Army basic training is not that hard, but it also depends on your mental and physical conditions. Have you already signed up because if no start running and doing lots of pushups and situps when you run try carrying weight on your back. not alot at first start slow and work up but keep in mind there is alot of mental games played when you first start so don't give in to it.

Answer 4

it really depends are where your boot camp is!!

but ft.benning georgia, well they have a concert and a baseball game they take you to..so tell me do you think its hard....
things have changed so much in the military things were harder before the new softer army..definetly true for some basic training!! as long as you are physically fit and dont run your mouth your going to be just fine!

Answer 5

It's not nearly as hard as it has been, they lowered the standards around 2001 because the new generation is soft. Here's what I went through last summer:



Always remember that the Army motto is "Hurry up and wait" Seriously, a lot, if not the majority, of time spent in the Army is waiting. I know that you don't have a clue what I mean, but you will soon enough, trust me. Here's an answer I shared with somebody recently, it tells what basic training is like at Ft. Jackson:

The first place you'll go to is the 120th reception battalion. It's where all new soldiers go. It'll last anywhere from 3 to 7 days. For me, that was the worst week. I say that because the one thing that you'll be doing the most is waiting. You know have no concept of what waiting in a line means by Army standards. Your 'company' will probably have about 600 soldiers in it. You will wait in that line, no talking, all week. Wether it's for chow, hair cut, medical, dental, eye exam, financial, whatever. You have to understand that if it was just one person doing this, it'd only take an hour or two, tops. But they have to process between 1 to 2 thousand soldiers that week. It takes forever. Don't worry, they give you reading material. It's honestly not that hard, just do what they tell you, when they tell you, and don't say anything except yes and no drill sergeant. It really is too easy. Then, usually on a friday, your boot camp drill sergeants will come and pick all of you up. Their goal for your first impression of them is for you to be nothing less than terrified of them. Be expecting this. And no, just about nobody there is going to be nice to you, get over it. I know it sounds mean or whatever, but thats just how it is. After that first week of reception comes the nine weeks of BCT. These nine weeks are divided up into three phases. Pay attention, this is useful: The three phases, in order, are red phase, white phase, and blue phase. Red phase is the first three weeks of training, these are the toughest weeks. During these weeks are when the drills are going to smoke you the most. Make no mistake, you're going to get smoked the entire nine weeks, but red phase is when they really lay it into you. During red phase, you'll go to pugil stick training, bayonette assault course, Victory Tower, confidence courses, and the gas chamber, called the NBC chamber. (Nuclear, biological, chemical, I think). White phase is a lot better than red phase, you get more priviledges and the drills lay off a little bit more. These weeks, however. are considered the most stressful. This is because you'll be qualifying on your M16 A2 rifle. It's stressful because most of the privates won't be able to shoot very well at all right off the bat, it is very frustrating. Often times most of the stress is shown when the privates fight amongst themselves. But as long as everyone keeps their cool, it'll all be OK. Then blue phase is the best phase. The drills start to treat you a little better. Understand that you all will feel a little like cattle, the dirlls always herding you around and treating you like crap. But blue phase is a lot better, and a whole lot of fun. During this phase, you get to go to the grenade range, fire a whole lot of really big weapons, and you'll go to victory forge, a week in the field. It really is a whole lot of fun. Then the last week is clean up, outprocessing, family day, and graduation day.

The thing to remember is, it is NOT as bad as it sounds. It'll take a little adjusting, but chances are that you'll have fun during the whole thing. In order to ensure this, you have to follow this philosophy: Your goal is to not have the Drill Sergeants notice you AT ALL. If it's been 5 weeks in, and the drills still don't know your name, then youre good. The less you stick out, the more enjoyable of a time you'll have. This works both ways; don't do anything to get in trouble (don't talk), and never, never volunteer for anything.

So, have a great time becoming a Soldier in the United States Army. And remember during all the hard times that'll come, remember this; It's worth it.



P.S. go on goarmy.com and look up Basic Training, they have video recordings of it, it was really helpful for me.

Answer 6

relies upon the place the boot camp is they are going to the two tear you down then build you lower back up. some can not take it in the two place citadel Benning is third toughest. So i'm advised there are 2 others harder they're the two Marine camps

Answer 7

All of the answers that you have gotten so far are correct. The hardest part is overcoming your own uncertainty and inadequacies and from there you will make it through. I have to give credit to the Army because I started out very shy, and lacked self confidence and I did learn the real meaning of teamwork and comaraderie while I was there. I wont lie it is physically and mentally challenging and that's what it is suppose to be.

Answer 8

It's hard, but it's doable.

Physically, it will challenge most people, some will find the marching, running, and other physical training easy, but few really fail because of physical inability.

What makes it hard is the mental conditioning.

Not everyone is up to the challenge.

Answer 9

The whole thing is attitude.

Do what you're told, keep your mouth shut, give it all you have , work together and keep your sense of humor. If you can do this, you're 95% there.
The time will go by so fact you'll be graduating before you know it.

Answer 10

It depends on where you go. If you go to Ft. Jackson or Leonardwood then it is not that hard due to the fact that there are females. If you go to Ft. knox or Benning then yes it is hard. Hope that helps. I went to Ft. Jackson because I am a female so I had it pretty easy.