Posted on Jun 11, 2021
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I was prior service with almost a 2 year break in service what can I expect going 11x my prior mos was 92G
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I just left Fort Benning as prior service from Infantry school. You're going to start out at 30th AG being housed at the HHC bays. You'll be housed with other prior service. While you're there, you'll be doing all your in-processing and getting your medical stuff squared away. If I understand what my Drill Sergeants said correctly, they're also issuing your TA-50 at 30th AG rather than doing it at your training company. It's a new thing they started just recently. Once all your stuff has been done at 30th AG, you should find out there whether you're going to be an 11B or 11C. When I got to 30th AG back in January, the majority of Cadre and way they ran stuff was absolute crap. There was other prior service there who by the time I got there, had been waiting for a slot for about three months. A large group of us decided to file some IG complaints due to some of the unethical behavior and substandard adherence to regulation. Nothing came of it until the top dogs got wind of what was happened and they had them create a 100% prior service company and we all got shipped together. From what I heard from other prior service that went through after me, the process has been expedited and prior service aren't getting stuck near as long. Sounds like at most about two weeks. Once it's your time to ship to your actual training, your Drill Sergeants will come pick you up and take you to your assigned training company. The group I was in had it pretty dang easy since we were all prior service and got treated mostly like adults. For prior service that get integrated with new trainees, I normally hear they aren't treated all that great and sometimes even worse. I've also talked to some who were treated decent though. Just depends on what your Cadre are like. If you have any further questions, I'd be more than happy to answer what I can.
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Gotcha so what does pt look like as I stated I’m trying to work out to get prepared but I know infantry is a whole other beats compared to what I’m used to SPC (Join to see)
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You'll be doing morning PT and probably get smoked along with the boots, but don't limit yourself just to that. It's not enough to actually benefit you. Make time to conduct your own personal PT, eat right, do lots of stretching, drink plenty of water, and hold yourself accountable. If you have other prior service training with you when you get to your actual training company, talk to them about being your battle to workout with and challenge each other. You have a gym you can use at 30th AG, but unless they've gotten new equipment, their stuff is trash.
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Thanks man def wanna be a little prepared but My break in service got me a little chubby so I’d love to leave their in way better shape SPC (Join to see)
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SGT Dave Tracy
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PFC (Join to see) - I wasn't prior service when I attended the Sand Hill School For Wayward Boys, but I think what SPC (Join to see) is telling you is fairly spot-on; especially since his experience is relatively recent. The only thing I would add is in relation to PT. Run. Run fast if you can, but run far as you must. As my old DS told us once--in the middle of another LOOOONG smoke session, "we're a runnin' Army!"--and moreover Infantry is certainly a runnin' Infantry!

I don't know how much free time you'll have at 30AG to do any PT on your own--we never did--but don't wait to show up at your training unit to get accustomed to running. Get right with your running and everything else will fall into place.
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Inevitably? A difficult transition.
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SSG Roger Ayscue
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Sergeant,
While I as a career Airborne Infantryman have a dark dark sense of humor, this is a bit over the top.
While the Infantry does not give a direct skill, like say the ability to drive a local delivery truck like he would have learned as a, oh I don't know, Ammunition Specialist, as we know that there is a real shortage of people who know how to run a civilian ammo dump, he will learn more discipline, leadership and adaptability in the Infantry than anyplace else in the Army.
Please let us know when you retire, and land that high 5 or 6 figure income position running an ammunition department at a sporting goods store.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
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SSG Roger Ayscue - All I know is that I volunteer at a homeless shelter. All the homeless vets have one thing in common. Combat Arms.
This is the third shelter I've volunteered at, and the pattern is always the same, no matter what state I'm on. Homeless shelters have a larger supply of blue cords than dirty socks. I've never met a homeless topographical analyst, but I could build a two story mural out of all the EIB's and CIB's I've run across at the shelters.
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The transition is genuinely difficult. Finding employment, housing, and learning (the hard way) just how many bills you actually have is difficult. Add to this the crappy economy and the limited job availability, with the limited civilian equivalent to job experience, you struggle. For a while. I was out for almost 2 years before I finally obtained gainful employment that didnt screw me over or drop me into a low-level (and paying) job. Fortunately for me, it also turned out to be my professional passion, si I'm happy with it now.
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SFC Michael Hasbun - .
Keep up the good work.
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If I was you, I wouldn't worry about basic training. Being prior service you should theoretically have an easier time because you already know what to expect. My advice to you is to soak up as much knowledge as they give and retain it so that when you get to your actual unit, they don't have to teach you shit that you should already know. Once you get to your unit, it's all about sops because every unit has their way of doing it. Your gonna have good days and your gonna have very shitty days. Stay motivated and don't crawl down the rabbit hole of the dirt bags. Remember, you wanted this. As far as transition back to the civilian life goes.......don't listen to the salty SFC in the previous comments. He's just mad that he spent his deployments on the fob supplying me with the rounds I needed to kill the enemy. He probably never left the wire. Yes some infantrymen have a hard time getting out because plans go to shit. They probably didn't have a contingency for the plan. I know alot of guys that got out and they're making bank. News flash SFC, you volunteer at a homeless shelter. Your only gonna see the ones that didn't make it. But getting back to this, the key is motivation. Are you motivated to be the best infantryman you can be? And are you motivated to get out and not settle for a life on the street? Like I said it won't be easy, but you have to want it.
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