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flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
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metbull
United States404 Posts
As a person that's done BMT before (2003) I'll offer my advice. 1. Air Force BMT is not necessarily a cake operation, Unless you get in my old Squadron 322 (aka Candy Land). 2. Expect to be yelled at. Expect to be cussed at (although they are told to keep it to a minimum). Expect to feel dumb from time to time. 3. Remember that the training instructors yell 95% of the time because they are instructed to yell at the trainees, so this is a a bark with no bite. The other 5% is cause some trainee is truly doing something stupid. And it that case the whole squadron ends up doing some form of PT. 4. Do what your told, when your told. And try to keep your head down, unless your in a position of leadership. 5. Make best friends with the Dorm Guard leader. Otherwise you might get stuck pulling dorm guard a whole lot each week. At one point I had it 5 nights in a row. That's a lot of lost sleep time. 6. Go to bed when its taps. Some people stay up and read or whatever. Don't bother, you'll have time to read after basic. And sleep is valuable, you'll be burning a lot of energy each day and you'll need to recoup. 7. Get a wing man asap. Just make sure you can be valuable to each other. If you are good at folding shirts (takes the most time imo), and he can do everything else to perfection then you fold all the shirts and have him fold everything else. or visa versa. 8. Go to some religious function on Sundays. Doesn't matter if your Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Wiccan, etc. Take the time given to you to get out of the Dorm, and not be in Basic training. You'll need the break from the stress. Don't be surprised if you go to the big protestant service and see lots of fellow trainees crying the first week there. Otherwise you'll be stuck in the dorm, pulling dorm guard or being told you have to work on your locker. So Go to some form of church for as long as you can each Sunday. 9. Call your support crew (family, etc.) whenever you get the chance. I don't remember if you should bring a roll of quarters or just dollars (your recruiter should be able to tell you that) 10. Ask people to write you. News from the outside is awesome. Sports, regular news, international news, Esports news, etc. It really helps to have a connection to the outside world. My sister amazingly wrote me almost every single day i was in Basic (still have the letter too). 11. IF you happen to have a sister flight. Stay away from them. They are nothing but trouble in that setting (some would say they are nothing but trouble period). 12. Have fun. Yes you are there to train and learn; but make some friendships and have as many laughs as you can. One of the kids in my flight did a great impression of a training instructor who's name was (and I shit you not) Tech Sargent Fears. Make fun of your instructors, respectfully, but thoroughly. But only when you are sure they are not around. Good luck sir and God Speed. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
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United States5 Posts
Some advice: All you really need to know is your reporting statement. If you have that down your set for the next eight and a half weeks. Hopefully you've been practicing it. Based on your age you'll be dorm chief. Or if there is someone big with muscles they'll pick him. MTIs like to pick the big guys so everyone falls in line. Recruiter probably told you not to volunteer for anything. Volunteer for patio crew or day room crew. Its by far the easiest of all the jobs they'll assign. You'll be doing something might as well be something easy. Make sure you have people write to you. It helps. It's only eight weeks but feels way longer than that. Most people will cry the first week. Don't laugh at them even though its kind of funny. The most important thing to remember is that the MTIs are only human. You'll sleep an average of six hours a day. They'll sleep a lot less. They'll be the first ones awake and the last ones to go to sleep. They are there to HELP and make you into a better person. Best of luck. Its only eight weeks. | ||
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LeperKahn
Romania1838 Posts
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Chaosvuistje
Netherlands2581 Posts
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unichan
United States4223 Posts
see you in a couple months i guess | ||
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