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Posted on Apr 1, 2016
Should we extend Army Basic? Soldiers looking to re-enlist would need to attend, too?
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The Army is looking to extend the length of basic training to get back to basics and dealing with social media. To ensure current soldiers have the same benefit, those requesting to re-enlist would owe that extra time at basic training prior to their re-enlistment ceremony.
http://www.armyreenlistment.com/news-april-extend-basic-for-ncos.html
http://www.armyreenlistment.com/news-april-extend-basic-for-ncos.html
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LOL!!!
Ha ha ha ha!
And what day is today again????
But for the sake of argument, I'll bite. Originally my thought was "oh, helllllllllll no", but then I thought about it, and I realized, it could be a fun and--dare I even think it--"nostalgic" trip back to Benning.
Ha ha ha ha!
And what day is today again????
But for the sake of argument, I'll bite. Originally my thought was "oh, helllllllllll no", but then I thought about it, and I realized, it could be a fun and--dare I even think it--"nostalgic" trip back to Benning.
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It it was true, can you imagine people that go indef? When I did mine they added 14 years to my contract.
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SGM Matthew Quick - Alright, you got me. Dang blammit, I read the whole article too! And as it was not illustrated, it took me a little longer.
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CW4 (Join to see) Surely not Chief. Between SGM Plumley and CPT John Miller it's a go....
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For those newly enlisting... Yes. I would say a heavier focus on weapons training and of course continuing with PT.
For those that would have to come back yes, but not the standard BCT experience that the new Soldiers would experience. Treat it like any regular training, a rehash of things like Land Nav, Weapons Qual, etc... Then of course regular PT with the new Soldiers.
Right now BCT is 10 Week 3 Days I think. Maybe extend it to 12 or 14 weeks to allow for the increased time on weapons.
For those that would have to come back yes, but not the standard BCT experience that the new Soldiers would experience. Treat it like any regular training, a rehash of things like Land Nav, Weapons Qual, etc... Then of course regular PT with the new Soldiers.
Right now BCT is 10 Week 3 Days I think. Maybe extend it to 12 or 14 weeks to allow for the increased time on weapons.
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