Posted on Sep 17, 2021
What can I expect from Infantry training as a prior service member who has been out for 2 years?
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Leaving on the 28th for infantry training as a prior service garrison mos what can I expect been out 2 years will it be hard to keep up with the guys that already know some things since they went through basic at benning ? My recruiter also said their is no paperwork in the system that they should put in to show I don’t need basic so is it a possibility I could have to do basic again? Not a bad thing I was kind of hoping I would but being prior service they told me I wouldn’t
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Infantry OSUT (11B)
Fort Moore 11X: Infantry Recruit Drill Sergeant Basic Trainee Infantry OSUT (11B)
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First of all, there is no "Basic Training" for Infantry at Fort Benning. The Infantry initial entry training conducted at Benning is OSUT -- One Station Unit Training. Combat Arms soldiers do not attend Basic and AIT, they attend OSUT. OUST started out as Basic and AIT back to back in one unit, but that was many many years ago and never meant to stay that way. The whole idea was to save time and money by not teaching the same things twice in slightly different ways to different standards.
When you arrive at Benning, it will be up to the training unit headquarters to determine exactly where you should fit into the course. It isn't just a decision of whether to have you take Basic again, but rather a choice of which week of the training cycle they will insert you. You may have a chance to offer some input; and if you ask to be inserted at the start of an OSUT training cycle I think there would be a pretty good chance they would do that. Most prior service soldiers are looking to avoid as much as possible of the early parts of the course.
You didn't mention what your previous MOS was other than describing it as "garrison" so apparently it wasn't combat arms and probably not combat support. That suggests that you would have very little in the way of skills towards being an infantryman. That would indicate placing you very early in the training cycle. If you are in great physical condition and present good military bearing they might consider placing you as late as the start of Phase 2, but I can't imagine much farther into the course.
https://www.fabsbctsupport.org/information-by-mos.html
When you arrive at Benning, it will be up to the training unit headquarters to determine exactly where you should fit into the course. It isn't just a decision of whether to have you take Basic again, but rather a choice of which week of the training cycle they will insert you. You may have a chance to offer some input; and if you ask to be inserted at the start of an OSUT training cycle I think there would be a pretty good chance they would do that. Most prior service soldiers are looking to avoid as much as possible of the early parts of the course.
You didn't mention what your previous MOS was other than describing it as "garrison" so apparently it wasn't combat arms and probably not combat support. That suggests that you would have very little in the way of skills towards being an infantryman. That would indicate placing you very early in the training cycle. If you are in great physical condition and present good military bearing they might consider placing you as late as the start of Phase 2, but I can't imagine much farther into the course.
https://www.fabsbctsupport.org/information-by-mos.html
The 30th AG Reception Battalion has 3 reception companies that prepare our loved one's for training.Each reception company houses all MOS. Your trainee can write to you , but you cannot write to...
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SGT Chester Beedle
It's been a while, but the prior service and anyone who completed Basic were slotted in around week 9 or 10.
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MSG Thomas Currie
SSG (Join to see) - Thanks, I had forgotten that they train other MOS besides Infantry, Armor and Cavalry there. I've edited my comment to be clear that there is no "Basic Training" for Infantry
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MSG Thomas Currie
SSG Brian G. - Sorry, Brian, but no, "a recruit who is 11B" CANNOT "attend BCT then return in a later cycle to complete their training."
What you are talking about is "split option OSUT" which is not offered for regular army soldiers. It is an option only for the National Guard and is scheduled as part of the new member's enlistment contract.
The split option is not conducted year-round but is only conducted for a few of OSUT cycles each year.
Civilians who sign up to join a National Guard unit in a Combat Arms MOS may be offered the opportunity to enter with "split option OSUT" where they will attend the first 9 weeks of OSUT, then return to their NG unit until the following year when they will come back to the training center for the remainder of OSUT. Split option OSUT cycles are normally scheduled for the summer months to match up with when most NG units conduct AT and to accommodate units recruiting people graduating from high school or taking the summer off from college.
Split option is popular with NG recruiters but a pain in the ass for the training center for two reasons: it just adds to the "summer surge" and the 'soldiers' returning for the second part of OSUT tend to have forgotten much of what they learned and are usually not in as good of physical condition as the rest of the OSUT unit who go straight from week 9 into week 10.
What you are talking about is "split option OSUT" which is not offered for regular army soldiers. It is an option only for the National Guard and is scheduled as part of the new member's enlistment contract.
The split option is not conducted year-round but is only conducted for a few of OSUT cycles each year.
Civilians who sign up to join a National Guard unit in a Combat Arms MOS may be offered the opportunity to enter with "split option OSUT" where they will attend the first 9 weeks of OSUT, then return to their NG unit until the following year when they will come back to the training center for the remainder of OSUT. Split option OSUT cycles are normally scheduled for the summer months to match up with when most NG units conduct AT and to accommodate units recruiting people graduating from high school or taking the summer off from college.
Split option is popular with NG recruiters but a pain in the ass for the training center for two reasons: it just adds to the "summer surge" and the 'soldiers' returning for the second part of OSUT tend to have forgotten much of what they learned and are usually not in as good of physical condition as the rest of the OSUT unit who go straight from week 9 into week 10.
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Basic trading has changed a lot in the past couple years. Fort Benning has a very low stress environment.
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