This was a play, and it was accurate. Basic training, in any branch, is designed to generate response, preferably the right ones. The plebe year at the academies is almost indescribable. Constant monitoring on EVERYTHING you do. It feels like Bloodsport.

almost accurate - what i missed in this short vid was that he was going through the same thing his classmate were going though. That's what kept me going. The hazing was the same or less than than most of my classmates. Frankly, we felt lessened if we learned that another unit had tougher upper classmen than we did. USMA '89 oh, by the way, no safe zones.

This is 90 percent accurate for the 1980s. The beanhead even had a service cap! However, he should have been wearing it inside the building until he reached his room...and double-timing when outside; after Beast, (during academic year) the pinging started.

As a graduate of Officer Candidate School (and I had it easy as an non-commissioned officer and an officer candidate), blessings to you, Cadet. Glad you've had the experience my son and I never will have; and my son is worth it!

So moving and touching now that my NC is in the BEast. TY so much and Congrats

This is really done well - Great story telling.

This video is great and is exactly as I remember beast

My squad leader was super cool, but there was this one upper classman who was always on me, just like the guy in this video. I remember he stopped me one time when I was just about to leave west point. As usual, I did something wrong and he asked for a demerit slip. I thought about it and how he had been such a jerk and I just said, "heerr, have the whole stack" as I handed him all of my demerit cards. He was stunned.

I can't tell if this is supposed to be serious or not.

Well done.!

dude this is really well made

This is really well made.

This guy is waaaaay to self pitying to lead a platoon in combat - he needs to find another occupation, what made him think he was cut out for soldiering?

Don't forget an 18 year old is a child! You really don't understand what you've got yourself into. I enlisted into the Regular Army due to a horrible home life. When I arrived to my first stop I was terrified! See you have no idea what your going to have to endure you don't know if its going to be normal, you know absolutely NOTHING! I hated being 18. Wouldn't want to relive that year of my life again.

What an awesome video !!!

Only the best of ppl go there.its an honor to be there I served gate guard And protect the cadet I made them safe and secure.no problem doing it.i was 29th I'd

Awesome video!!!

Did he think he was going to have a normal college experience while going to MILITARY college.

Cadet Ransome must want to be Sgt Hartmann, in "Full Metal Jacket".

Excellent, Vince! I went through Beast in the summer of 1985 and can totally relate to this. Did you graduate from West Point, Vince?

west point sure has changed since then

It is Dennis Mahan Michie Memorial Stadium

It is spot on except there was a lot less yelling in the video than there was during Beast Barracks the summer of 1974. (USMA Class of 1978. PROUD AND GREAT)

Great video

I have so many questions about this video. (Very nice, by the way.) When were you able to film it? And how? Did USMA cooperate? Are they using it for any CLDS training? I know they used to show the scene from A Few Good Men during my plebe year.

0:38 Momma Momma can't You SEE That was awesome

This was good I mean really good.

Hilarious!! Good job!

I'm from the UK and watching this, I'm starting to see why that poor girl at Deepcut Barracks might have committed suicide. It's hard for me to get a sense for why so many guys got through National Service back in the day. I trust it gets better later.

I came across this looking for any video I could find on Westpoint. I'm actually looking to Green to Gold there.

Wow.... the same quote is in Contrails, the Air Force Academy equivalent of the same book we have memorize. We, they, refer to it as "Major General John M. Schofield's quote given to the graduating class at West Point, in 1869" then go on from there verbatim. Taking three days to learn it would have meant you were thick in the head.

Glad I commissioned through OCS

Nice!

Cool they gave you all this access!

SNCOs make Officers, they are the ones who save there butts in combat.

Outstanding. Beyond Excellent. 5 Star dialog. Been there..done that.

2:48 is it just me or is the left rank backwards

I almost got in 1974--had nomination etc. couldn't get the waiver for having glasses, now I can say it wasn't for me--it was brutal in those days--if you were weak, you got eliminated fast

I remember Cadet Ransome and that is not him. I also remember you Vinnie from Alhambra. Be straight or be gone.

This is nothing compared to VMI's Rat Line. For starters, it's 6th months long not only a "few weeks".

*"Hazing of first-year cadets, or plebes, was abolished at the Point in 1990. It was intended to teach discipline. Plebes of old had to do such things as memorize how many ice cubes go in the drinks of upperclassmen. Or double-time around the barracks at 120 steps a minute, squaring corners like robots."*

either way in the end he still did what big man wanted him to do

Just came back from SLE..Gosh I hope I get admitted to WestPoint..wouldn't mind to stick out my "paw" for a few months..if it means that I will become America's finest.. Great Video!! Thank You

♥

If you want to learn about West Point and how it was in the 60's(Viet Nam era) The Long Grey Line. not sure of the author. But those cadets were hazed horribly.

Agreed

As a current cadet, if you're trying to prepare for beast don't reference this video. Beast isn't the haze everyone wants to make it out to be. Yes you have to memorize stuff, and yes sometimes it's tough, but it's all to prepare you to be mentally tough and resilient, not to mention the actual military training you get out of it. Not every upperclassman is a mindless robot asshole. In fact, very few are. This video is just so wrong it's painful to watch. Also, why was he wearing Firstie brass on a Cow epaulet? Even the rank was wrong in this video.

if I actually did something like that (opposing them), would they whoop my ass?

But Why are u there then?

I need mentor for my cadetship. Who will volunteer

Is this what plebes really supposed to do at west point?

If it was Beast Barracks why are leaves changing colors?

so why to cadets set their alarms for ten minute sleeping breaks between classes?

6:23 is fake but funny

I thought hazing was illegal even West Point

"Sir, there are 97 and a butt days until Navy beats the hell out of Army at Veteran's Memorial Stadium in football!" *oh fuck* *Doors opening up and down the hall* And that is how I met every upperclassman in my plebe company.

This is jarhead for west point cool as fuck

So bad I ain't an american. I really want to get into this college really badly.

Problematic... The trees were fall-like, beast is during the summer. The computers were way more recent than the timeframe purportedly portrayed in the video. That said, the upperclass/plebe relationships shown were very accurate for the late 80's, from personal experience. (Which is to say, I was there.) Probably created better Officers back in the day.

what is a synapse?

The end was to funny

why is he calling his two bar squad leader sir?

does this actually happen now?

Born in west point and proud

You join the Army be prepared to be tortured and run everywhere you go!

The blast side of a Claymore mine is supposed to face the enemy, right?

do all freshman get bullied at USMA

I was Class of 88 and this is weak. Looked like a summer camp.

why does the firstie only have two bars...?

Это, насколько я понял, постановочное видео.

So... you think Basic Training as an enlisted man is all sunshine and bunnies? When I did it in 1982, it absolutely was not. The Army in the 80's was getting it's shit together after the debacle of Vietnam and the Hollow Army of the 70's. That meant everybody, from the Chief of Staff to the newest recruit at Ft. Sill [aka yours truly], had pull their cranial cavity out of their gluteus maximus and get with the program. You don't do that by joining a frat and chasing skirts for your college softball team. Hardass stuff aside, yeah, the transition from civilian to soldier is a huge change and isn't at all easy. At times, it sucks balls. But remember... in just 4 years you'll be reporting to a unit and have 30 guys just like me looking at back at you, just waiting to find out what the new el-tee is made of. That challenge takes more than just a little preparation.

No wonder they can't win a war hard to go into battle by walking against a wall.all the time 😁😁😁😁

WHAAA WHAAA WHAAA!

I thought hazing is not allowed

The scimming the walls part is just a joke right? Please tell me that's a joke. O.O

What on Earth is a DIRTBAG? This is the very first time I ever heard of that! How different is it from a DOUCHE-BAG?

Yeah, none of this actually happened

Bigballs18

Lt. Randsome was shot in the back and killed by his own troops.

lots of West Pointers end up in legal hassles later on--check the website militaryscandals.com

This dude should be in community college

Fuckin-A!!!

Yea this is a wet dream for a new cadet. But honestly I dont think its reasonable lol funny tho

haha!

Oh no. You have to remember things and look sharp. Booooo hooooooo.

GO NAVY BEAT ARMY!!

Not true I’m a plebe right this video is a joke 😂😂

Ha ha

this has to be a joke

Get a haircut Randsome!!!

im CO'25.... ill update you guys on how accurate this is lol

I hope they still aint lettin gays in

Cause the Army doesn’t tolerate hazing. Except at West Point. Wouldn’t be able to teach there.

I thought this was just another spin and manipulation. A waste of time at best and harmful or worst.