Posted on May 29, 2015
Do you think the softer BMT is helping or hindering today's military?
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Shorter training, cell phones remain with trainees, "time out" type cards...helpful, hindering, or no change? What are some of your experiences and opinions?
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I believe it hinders the "breaking down to rebuild" plan of attack that i feel is a big part of initial training
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nonsense. why, in five years we'll all be fighting by remote control with awesome battle drones dual wielding 50's. why for you need pushup to control drone? drone have feelings too.
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troll lol.. im telling you as soon as someone starts a pacific rim style jaeger program im in
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Hinder. Absolutely and utterly hinders.
The purpose of Basic is to break away the civilian and build up the soldier/sailor/Marine/Airman. Also, to introduce one to the stressors of wartime, so there is no culture shock at the worst possible time.
I understand that "times, they are a'changing", but this is not one of those facets that needs change. I don't know many in my generation that arrived at Basic expecting to be coddled and cooed at. We expected to get our a$$es kicked. Every day. All day.
I went through Army Basic, c. 1991. They didn't quite understand my Jersey charm. I was lit up every day. Strengthened me in every possible way. I am who I am today because of it. (Not Popeye, btw)
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The purpose of Basic is to break away the civilian and build up the soldier/sailor/Marine/Airman. Also, to introduce one to the stressors of wartime, so there is no culture shock at the worst possible time.
I understand that "times, they are a'changing", but this is not one of those facets that needs change. I don't know many in my generation that arrived at Basic expecting to be coddled and cooed at. We expected to get our a$$es kicked. Every day. All day.
I went through Army Basic, c. 1991. They didn't quite understand my Jersey charm. I was lit up every day. Strengthened me in every possible way. I am who I am today because of it. (Not Popeye, btw)
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SGT LeTerrence Johnson
Yes it hinders those that are going through training. If and when that particular soldier is deployed, the enemy will show no mercy. There are no time outs overseas. I had a soldier say to me "I bet it's like Call of Duty over there and I know what to do because I play online". I believe we need to go back to the days of shining boots and actually pressing uniforms because to me that was the simplest form of responsibility. You could tell who were high speed and who wasn't after seeing how they showed up to formation.
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