What is Air Force Basic Training really like?

Answer 1

For me it was daily hell, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The instructors or TI's will get in your face and yell at you and call you names and ridacule you for the tinest error, and you will be punished by cleaning something or some other boring task all day Saturday if you do something majorly wrong. But if you just blend in a typical day goes like this:
5am - Revally sounds and the TI screams out what to wear for PT. You have 5 minutes to put this on (typically shorts or long pants and tee shirt with tennis shoes and socks) and be lined up outside. Then you march off to the PT field and do sit-ups, pushups, jumping jacks, and you run. Every week you run a little longer until you build up to 3 miles. You run in a flight (your group of men or women lined up into the square or rectangle) and you have to make the milage within a specific time.
6am - Shower and change into the uniform of the day - you have 30 minutes.
6:30am - Be lined up outside, march off to breakfast (sometimes breakfast comes before showering and changing).
7am - March to first class. You have classes from 7am until noon with a 5 minute break each hour. You learn about Air Force history, the way you have to dress, how to be kept groomed, military laws, ranks of officers and enlisted, and everything else you need to succeed in the Air Force.
noon - You march off to lunch
12:30 - The afternoons differed - mostly we learned to march, twice we went to learn to shoot an M16, once to an obsticle course (climb walls, walk on rope across water, repell down cliff, etc), a few times we went to work on security clearences or job preperations needed for the "real air force". Sometimes we had extra classes. As you progress in weeks, you get more free time in the afternoon as well. You use this time to take dirty clothes to the cleaners, do homework, write home, etc.
5 or 6pm was dinner time then we went back to the dorm, did basic cleaning on the dorm (dusting, straightening of beds that were already straight, etc)
7pm - TI came in and inspected then did mail call, sometimes she'd answer questions we had or tell us about something that was to happen the next day or weekend (one weekend toward the end you get to pick one of 3 sites in San Antonio and go off base - it's a blast). I think it is after the 3rd week, you can then go outside and buy candy or pop and use phones to call loved ones.
9pm - Flop exhausted into bed.
Sometime during night will probably have to take turns being a dorm gaurd at least a few times.
Saturday's is spent super cleaning the dorms. Saturday nights after a certain point you can go to a resturant/dance club to relax if you want.
Sunday you go to church. If you skip church, you clean so even if you don't believe, go. It give you a few hours to just relax.
If you cry, whine, etc they TI's will be on or butt like parahna. Just keep a stiff upper lip and keep telling yourself one day at a time.
The "real" Air Force is wonderful!

Answer 2

I went through the 6 and a half week BMT the Air force offered a while back. Since last november they switched to an eight and a half week training program. The best thing you can do is to keep working on it. I did three to five sets of 20 push ups and 50 sit ups before i left. If you can't reach the requirements by the time you get there don't worry about it. The TI's as BMT are more than happy to work you into shape. I wish you the best of luck and a little advice. Try to avoid becoming a name and just sticking to being a number. Be average and quiet and the TI should overlook you for the majority of training. Also, bring shower shoes or you're showering in tennis shoes and get used to drinking a lot of water. Start taking a water bottle around with you now. You're required to constantly drink so you don't dehydrate. It takes some getting used to....

Answer 3

It's really hard. You have to be able to walk two miles in under an hour, and learn to push real men out of an airplane at 1,000 feet. There are also classes on how to tie a tie properly, and where to get someone to shine your shoes. Officers get classes on choosing the best wine with dinner.

It's patterned after being in the Armed Forces, but not quite the real thing.

Answer 4

Sort of like summer camp, with a little discipline and PT thrown in.

Really, AF and Navy basic isn't that difficult.
Army is much more physical, and Gods own USMC is most difficult.

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Hilarious, and I'm sure, 99 percent TRUE.

Answer 5

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