2007-07-07 04:07:20 · 9 answers · asked by risktaker 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The purpose of basic training is threefold...
(1) To get you to start thinking like a team member rather than a solitary individual. You eat. sleep, wake up, march, drill, do PT, attend class, and study as a group.
(2) To teach you the rules and regulations, along with some of the practical knowledge that will allow you to function as a member of the particular branch of the service.
(3) To find out how you might best serve the service.
To that end, they take away your individuality. Your hair is cut, your clothes are replaced with a uniform. You are no longer Bill Jones. You are RECRUIT JONES, SIR!
Nothing that happens in recruit training is personally aimed at you. One day you might have some DI in your face shouting at you. The next day, it'll be somebody else... unless you're kind of a screw-up. Then he'll rip yu apart constantly with the idea that one day a buddy will be trusting you with or her life and he wants you prepared.
But my guess is that it will be only a taste. It was for me in the Navy. While you're there, you might think it's the worst thing that could possibly happen to a human being. But it's not.
2007-07-07 04:46:05 · answer #1 · answered by gugliamo00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It certainly isn't "easy".
But it isn't so hard as to fail so many that it ceases to function.
It is a test to be passed, study and prepare yourself physically and mentally to succeed.
It isn't a vacation by any means, but is more mental than physical.
In the end it is a game- the idea is not to freak out and buckle under extreme mental pressure provided from your MTI.
Good Luck
Ret. USAF SNCO, Former MTI
2007-07-07 06:29:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're all hard. AF is mentally more challenging. You work out every day, but you won't be doing any 12 mile footmarches with a ruck on. Most is 2 miles.
Any basic training is going to challenge you and your ability. It's as hard as you make it.
2007-07-07 04:27:47 · answer #3 · answered by daBreezemeister 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check out these websites / gives a lot of details
http://www.airforce.com/training/enlisted/index.php
http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/airforcejoin/a/afbmt1.htm?terms=air+force%20basic%20training
feel free to check out my profile / have done a number of answers relating to Air Force BMT
2007-07-07 06:32:52 · answer #4 · answered by gameshow68 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't sweat it, it's hard, but not too hard that you can't do it.
The only people I saw fail basic were; quitters and crybabies, I did it and when I went in I was in less than great shape and I made it through.
Just keep your head up high, at least you didn't join the army
2007-07-07 04:57:37 · answer #5 · answered by Jon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basic training is easier than high school PE.
If you have the choice...go for Precision Measurement Equipment Lab (PMEL) Tech.
Climate controlled environment. No matter where you go, you'll be in a climate controlled environment.
2007-07-07 04:45:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
my brother had to go to texas for his basic trainin he said it was hard but on the last week of graduation he said the sergeants were cool just dont get caught with a cell phone now my brother is air force field management so he is cool with his job but its worth it it depends on what you will be he was gone for a while but he got to come home i live in georgia and he now lives in north dakota so...its your choice though
2007-07-07 04:32:28 · answer #7 · answered by mobley_gurl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
contact and visit USAF http://www.af.mil
2007-07-07 04:17:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have heard its the easiest of all of them.
2007-07-07 04:20:36 · answer #9 · answered by LatterDaySaint and loving it 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋