My church buys MREs to hand out to those in need. Most do not have access to refridgerators or microwaves. It is a warm meal that they can eat when they want to.

Training doesn't end after boot camp your always training and learning

I went through Marine Corps Boot Camp in 1980 (44 years ago) at MCRD San Diago California. Back then the Drill Instructors could still put their hands on you(Hit, slap, punch, use bad language). Today they are not allowed to be so physical during training. If you would like to get a look at what we went through during Boot Camp, I suggest watching the movie "Full Metal Jacket"

They break them down to lower their resistance to learning new ways - the more collective military ways rather than as individuals. Then they challenge them pretty hard to weed out those who won't make it on active duty, and to give them a challenge to collectively overcome, proving to them they can always do more than they think they can. And they know everybody they serve with went through a version of the same.

Keys to making it easily through boot camp…pay attention, be in good physical shape, follow orders quickly and accurately, accept that you will get yelled at and will fail at times (they will make sure you do), and work together with your fellow recruits.

I can see how proud Jono is of those kids, and he's got every right to be! You're both raising a couple of great ones...

They are not yelling at them they are speaking in a voice so everyone hears 🤣

The mre has a crazy shelf life. Around 50 years. I worked at the missike silos and we had pallets of them underground in case war fell out.

i was in the United states Navy and i was in for 3 months in boot camp but you guys should watch the marine boot camp video

My dad was a Marine, they are on a whole other level with their training.

After the basic training is over the soldiers will advance on to AIT (Advanced Individual Training) where they will train in their MOS (Military Occupational Specialty).

A long time ago, in a place called Ft. Benning.1980 I went through basic, advanced infantry, Jump school (Paratrooper), path finder, Ranger school. Steel pots , (helmet) our hand to hand training was outside in sawdust pits. Then off to Ft. Bragg for 20yrs and SF. old and retired 18B now. Love y"alls reactions.

My son is a Indiana state trooper and the training is very tough they teach you hand to hand combat, firearms, they choke till you black out and when you wake up you continue fighting, driving skills training they teach you to fight in a car and lot book work on law enforcement his training was 6 months long but he loves his job he is on their dive team doing body recovery also. I worry about him every day in today’s climate. Oh and your tased and pepper sprayed too

I believe that the one for the Marines is the most brutal, ought to find that for them.

My husband ate C rations from WWII in Vietnam! Can you imagine? It wasn't all the time but food has come a long way since then. He used to call the bread and crackers "weevil bread" because it has real bugs in it. Protein is protein, I guess! Out in the jungle there wasn't a lot of cooking going on so a 20 year old can of something was better than nothing....or not. His favorite was beanie weenie. That man! If he ended up with Lima beans it was going right in the trash.

At 4:04, the video shows Staff Sgt. Michael Edgarton. SSgt Edgarton was my Sgt at Fort Campbell Kentucky. I remember he had disappeared for a few months and everyone said he went to Drill Sgt School. Before he left, he was more calm and approachable. One day during PT, he randomly was back with us. I remember joking around during PT as we did a Ruck Sack March when he was near by. And he gave me a stone cold look and told me to stop fucking around. I noticed how much he had changed when he came back from Drill Sgt School. Still a good guy though.

So BCT trains the very basics of being a soldier while AIT trains the very basics of your job in the army. The soldier would then get even more constant training after they get to their unit depending on job.

You should show Kat, and the kids the training for marines. I think they’d like that. Great reaction!!

The cheese tortellini MRE is bangin dude. It's got the hooah bar and cappuccino and whatnot. MREs were the only time in basic that we were allowed to eat candy without getting in trouble.

I had my basic training at Fort Dix,New Jersey and became an expert in grenade throwing.Learned to fire the M-16 rifle and a 30 caliber machine gun and a portable anti-tank weapon.I qualified with my M-16 rifle as a marksmen.

As an infantryman once you graduate from OSUT 22wk training. You go to your unit where you will remain and live. Your daily job as infantry is to train to close with and destroy the enemy. Basically this type training from OSUT for us never stops.

I did my basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri fresh out of high school. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, however I have nothing but fond memories.

9:41 The way that drill instructor’s neck and face are turning red, makes me wonder how his blood pressure is.

My nephew joined the Army at 17yrs. He's now been in for 11yrs & has been deployed 7x. This is just basic, depending on what job within the Army is there is so much more training that is always on going.

I don't know about y'all but after the chamber and Full day we all went to the showers(open), stripped then washed uniforms. It took 2 wash loads for my uniform to stop burning. Thank You for showing your perspective. Y'all have great reactions!

The graduates are going to their base assignments. Some assignments are in the United States of America (US/ USA), some assignments are overseas (Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Puerto Rico, etc.). These moves are called Permanant Change of Station (PCS). If the assignment inside the USA, this is known as Continental United States (CONUS). If the military assignment is outside the USA, it's known as Outside Continental United States= Overseas (OCONUS).

Back in 1986 I went through Ft. Benning Infantry Basic Training, Infantry, and Airborne School. Back then it was one week for processing then 8 weeks of Basic Training, 2 days for rest and refit, then 5 weeks of Infantry School. Once Infantry School was done you graduate and go to your Army wide assignment all over the world. For me it was Airborne School to qualify to be a Parachutist for 3 weeks and 5 jumps from an airplane both day and night. Once I graduated I ended up to Army world wide assignment because the Army tends to train more soldiers to become parachute qualified. Two years later I went to an Airborne Infantry Battalion to be a Paratrooper. My adventure went on for 23 years with combat in Panama and Iraq. Those long years were short when I looked bat at what I went through.

When my father was the in 1969 the training was so much harder. He said no matter how much you train, nothing can prepare you for war. During thee Vietnam War he was an engineer and was sent in before other marines to clear the mine fields using only their trench knife. He was sent to a place in the jungle called The Iron Triangle where they were low on food and ammo they had to fight hand to hand combat. He was in a horrible battle for 5 days with no sleep and no backup. He said he had to kill 3 Viet Cong with just his trench knife because he ran out of ammo.

My grandfather (who we lovingly called “Grumpy” like the dwarf from Snow White) was a marine post WWII but pre Vietnam. We called him Grumpy because he was tough, but also loved us. If anybody fucked with the family, even if we kids screwed around too much, the Marine came out and NOBODY wanted that. He was very well respected and loved in the community, and to this day I get people who say “you’re one of Grumpy’s girls”. My grandparents were very well known, I miss them both every day. Cancer took them both a few years apart ❤ I feel like it’s also important to note that our first military men way back during the Revolution were trained by Prussians. Friedrich von Stueben was a Prussian military officer and helped George Washington train his troops one winter. Through years, the American military cultivated and developed Prussian technique, making it our own. So, thanks former nation of Prussia, for your military training 💛

Most people don’t realize that MREs are basically Chef Boyardee in bag form. They aren’t as bad as people make them out but they obviously aren’t the best long term. Some are downright tasty if you can mix and match well. They’re made to pack calories into a slim form factor and they do it well. There are better rations out there but these are logistically very easy to produce, move, and distribute.

Fort Benning is not the only OSUT base. I did OSUT at Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri. We called it fort lost in the woods misery. I was a combat engineer and drove a bradley tank for my unit. Freakin fun times man. Big guns, big tanks & bigger bombs. Loved every second of it. I was injured before i could deploy. I'll never claim what i didnt achieve.

When you use the heater in the mre do not do it inside your house but outside

Hello Graham family!! It's so great to see all of you together, again!! Ms D : )

Will always serve and protect this world. Great kids and great parents

Great video

Army stopped using the "Shark Attack method a little while ago. Instead they use Thunder Run which uses team building and attention to detail exercises.

Layah could handle being a Police officer! I took Basic training/ AIT at Ft. Benning.

Great video! It was a treat to have this channel recommended to me. I stumbled upon it by chance. I would love to answer any questions you may have about the Military in general and specifically Infantry ones if you have them.

I definitely came out a different person. These guys got it a lot easier than we did back in the 80's.

The difference between the beginning and the 11th week Soldiers is that they have "Graduated" from the Basic Training portion of OSUT and while they are still in training it's a little bit more "relaxed". They will still get dragged through the mud if they "step on their cranks" but it's a bit easier "mentally" for them.

It's a great idea to try out the MRE's....I have bought a couple cases from our local/public Army surplus store which sells everything possible that is used in the service that is allowed to be sold to civilians and service people alike..... My husband and I were fortunate enough to grab a few cases of MRE's as a means of survival food as a massive hurricane was approaching our Hawaiian islands. Being in the middle of the ocean relying on shipping containers to supply us with everything possible gets to be a stark reminder of our remote location, where a natural disaster can cripple all possible sources of food, water, batteries, essentials, and housing materials, medical assistance and policing any aftermath...Remote areas on any island also have the help of The National Guard and U.S. Army. We found many great meals in our MRE's. So hopefully you guys have some of the better meals that were available to us....my favorite: ham and scalloped potatoes, grape juice, squeeze cheese and crackers, peanut butter, chocolate chip cookie, freeze dried fruit cocktail, coffee and cocoa, toaster pastry. My husband's favorite: Chili Con Carne with beef or Lasagna with meat sauce. 😊

Happy Easter Graham Family ❤️. Keep The Video's Coming.

You both are doing a wonderful job as parents :)

You know going in what to expect. You can't take the hollering personally. It's not personal. It's just to make things chaotic, so they know you can handle pressure later on.

Even with the updated rules in boot camp involving physical contact and verbal abuse, the 10 week basic course in the Army is second to that of the U.S. Marines. The last 54 hours of Marine boot camp are called "The Crucible". 54 hours of no sleep and constant challenges that force each recruit to think as an individual and as part of a team at the end of a 12 week course, the longest among our services. You can perform brilliantly during boot camp, but if you fail during The Crucible, you will never be called a Marine. Those who survive The Crucible are awarded the Globe and Anchor and are address as a Marine for the first time. Before that they are addressed as "recruit". I am the son of a Marine, the nephew of two other Marines, the uncle to a Marine, and the cousin of a Marine. And proud of every one of them. Basic training length: U.S. Marines, 12 weeks U. S. Army, 10 weeks U.S. Navy, 8 weeks U.S. Air Force, 8.5 weeks U.S. Coast Guard, 8 weeks The course they are talking about here is after basic training is completed and every recruit from every branch attends a training course after basic training to train them in their assigned job. The length of that training depends on the job. I looked into joining the Navy as a nuclear reactor technician after high school and that training was a 6 month course followed by actual training on live nuclear reactors. From basic training to being certified to run a nuclear reactor aboard a ship or submarine was a 2 year process.

If you can, watch “COPS”. Real police action. I’m always amazed with the excuses the suspects make up. I’m also amazed that an officer won’t accept an explanation that sounds perfectly reasonable to me. It usually turns out that I’m wrong. Police work isn’t just being an officer. One can be on the forensic team, dispatching, or the dreaded paperwork. One of my brothers is a forensic photographer. He loves photography. He sees some awful things, but he knows he’s helping to get bad people off the streets. That’s what drives him to get the best photos he can. His photos tell the story of what happened.

I had emergency abdominal surgery 2 days before my brother graduated Basic Training. I still went 5 hours each way just to make sure I didn’t miss seeing my brother

Nice video!

❤ Keep up the good work, love ur videos

Great video guys, would love to see y'all react to a Marine Boot Camp video!

I started basic training in August of 1969 at Fort Polk Louisiana. There was a place on base called Tiger land, which was a simulated Viet Nam village for infantry training, because it was hellishly hot and humid in the summer like Nam. Training was much more violent in those days. As bill_1370 says, "they could still put their hands on you (Hit, slap, punch, use bad language). Except for the fact that I was in the Army rather than the Marines, my basic training experience was almost identical to the movie "Full Metal Jacket" , including recruits committing suicide. Coincidentally, my first week of basic training was the same week that Woodstock happened.

I loved MREs❤ one of my favorite memories of basic😊

also to answer your question each rct has to go through a physical of sorts to make sure their bones and what not can handle what’s about to happen, also they give smaller recruits double rations for skinny recruits during training rather than normal rations for avg recruits, for heavier recruits they cut meals

I just want to say you have awesome kids, you have done a remarkable job when you raise kids with those type of aspirations, my hat's off to you 🎩...

Ahhh, the memories

You guys should react to us marine bootcamp!

Yo. Joined in 1970. Navy, Seabees for Vietnam. In BootCamp San Deigo. My regular job in Advance BC was SP helper. SP Chief BM told us to get Irons & Chains loaded up one day. We went next door to the Marine BC to pick up some Navy BC deserters. 2 guys and boy did they cry, sobbing. Marines said they were keeping them. I ended up in, NMCB 10. We were banned from the Clubs at Camp Pendleton. That doesn't include the minor Gunfight there either.

MRE's ranger pudding: put coffee creamer in coco packet (you can add the instant coffee packet and/or sugar) add just a touch of water and stir till it mixed up and thick. too much water ruins it. MRE's are good and a lot of trading goes on for favored items (trading apple sauce for cake for example). if someone is over weight or out of shape, then they get special attention. when we ran in formation and someone fell out and couldn't keep up, we would have to turn around go back and pick them up and continue the run (2 miles sometimes more). nobody gets left behind. you are made to push yourself beyond what you thought you were capable of. biggest motivation was that you didn't want to get yelled at by the Drill Sergeant.

Glad to see garin back in the video hope he feels better

As an young man who was raised under an army family it’s was rough at times but at the end was good very tough

I did US Army basic and AIT in Fort Benning Georgia in 1992. After completion I was sent to the 10th Mountain Division. I will never forget my first day. For morning PT they stated we would do a “ruck run”. We had never heard of this and they told us they typically do it once or twice a week for PT. You go down to formation in full combat gear, your weapon and a ruck sack filled with whatever the “packing list” was. Thinking since we had just finished boot camp we were more than capable of anything. Guess who was wrong? So, the idea is simple. You run 3 miles down this long road going down, and then run it back again going uphill. The faster you do it, the better chance you’ll get a good spot in line for breakfast (before food ran out and you were left with little). The guys who had already been there for a year or more were basically running backwards and having pleasant conversations with each other. Us new guys were on the verge of death lol. It was also below zero degrees as well. It was at that moment, the very first time I realized. I joined the Infantry, not the Boy Scouts. Several new guys “fell out” and had to be helped. They even started sharing their gear to make it easier and were motivating them by saying. “Come on man, they’ll be out of omelets”. LMAO. God the infantry sucked. Some of the older guys were even smoking during it and one was even reading (I swear).

I live in Georgia and I live about 20 minutes away from FT BENNING which was renamed FT MOORE. Been to this base numerous times,even worked two summers (a very long time ago 😄) there while i was still in High School.

The first day at Ft Benning Georgia was hell I was there in 1983 before I got out I visited many countries I became a Sargent in 1987 it was an amazing and scary life changing moment in my life

Basic training breaks you down as individuals and builds you back up as a team...that's the point.

You guys should do one for each branch.

Let me break it down a bit, it's now Ft. Moore. Many bases were renamed because the bases were mostly named a confederate generals Ft. Benning was renamed because of General Hal Moore who was the father of 227 Aviation Regiment, the exact unit of 1st Air Cav Div of which I indirectly was a part of twice in my 8 years in the US Army as a Blackhawk crewmember and crew chief. Same as Ft. Hood for a good number of my 8yrs in the US Army. In fact 1st Air Cav Div was my unit during the Iraq War during 2006-2007. Now their under Ft. Cavazos in TX. Their deployment is now Europe as we speak. So this video is specific to Ft. Moore as it's Home of the infantry. They train and learn their most after basic making it OSUT or One Station Unit Training

So adorable.

Check out the video about what Marine Corps recruits go through. Makes this look easy.

It's interesting to see what's stayed the same and what's changed over the years. Navy basic in 1990

Yeah!

I went through Basic training at Ft. KNOX. I didn't have a Drill Instructor. I had a Short timer Staff Sgt. The last weekend before Graduation we partied. He bought all the booze.

Happy Easter

My most cherished memories are from Ft. Benning HOOOAAAH!!!!!

I've watched you do reactions to Jolly. Well they do a video trying Army rations. Very funny 😂

I went through Army Basic Training, Officer Candidate School, Airborne Training ( jumping out of airplanes), and Military Police Training what amounted to about 10 months of training before I went to my first duty station where I served as a 2nd Lieutenant, Platoon Leader in a Military Police Company. I was a young female fresh out of college and had grown up as the child of a military officer and wanted to serve my country. I served for five years with one year overseas in South Korea. It was one of the best experiences of my life!

Many after Fort Benning will go on to more specialist training. The first bit of extra brass on their uniform and a bump in pay grade.

My mom becomes a drill sergeant whenever we have guests coming over or preparing for an event. 😂 she assigns duties, cleaning everything, and prepping 😅

I think most moms turn into "Drill Sergeants" ...we have to sometimes in order for us to be heard 😊

101st airborne and 1st infantry division member checking in. Basic training is just that, basic fundamentals. Then you go on to A.I.T. (advanced individual training) that teaches you your M.O.S. (military occupation specialty) the job you signed up for, then assigned to a unit. The training NEVER stops! You train until you separate from the military.👍

Once they finish boot camp, the go to where they are going to serve. Once there they get specialist training.

I was a new recruit for the USAF when they came out with the first MRE. They'll give you calories but they were awful and no way to heat them. Apparently they didn't want us to use open flame around nuclear weapons lol. Over the years they've gotten much better and come with water reactive heaters that heat your meal to boiling rapidly. Fun fact... Throw the heater with a little water into a sealed plastic water bottle and in a short while you will have an explosion that is guaranteed to scare the hell out of everyone without any serious damage

7:35 I used to be an Army Drill Sergeant, to get caught indeed. 😊

I was at the 30th AG in 1991 at 17 yrs old. I turned 18 a week after I got there and was in the 2/58th Infantry for 13 weeks or so. It was a bit more brutal than these guys go through now. After that I went to the Airborne school and earned my jump wings. Pretty tough back then, but I regret nothing. Over 30 years ago mow and retired after over 26 years of service with the Army. Served in the 82nd Airborne and later on to aviation crewing UH-60 Black Hawks. Eventually had to retire due to medical issues with my back and neck. This does bring back old memories!

In America all of the different branches will train them to be Military Police if they want to go that route.

I don't know about the other services but when I got out of Boot Camp lwnt to my A School to learn the basics of my Designation. Five of my friends came with me to learn how to be a Ships Serviceman. And then to C school to learn specific jobs. After school we each went to a different ship. Three of us ended up on Gaum in different Commands. So there was about 30 guys from Boot Camp l never saw again.

In the Army, we didn't call it 'Boot Camp', that's the Marines. We called it 'Basic Training' or 'Basic Combat Training' or just 'Basic' for short.

I joined the Army in 1971 and we were only in basic training for 8 weeks. We did not do some of the things shown. After my BT, I spent 32 weeks at the Army Foreign Institute learning Russian. I then spent 2 months in Texas learning about technical equipment. We were given a Wish List where we chose 3 places we wanted to be stationed at. Fortunately, I got my first choice which was Berlin, Germany.

You should check out the other boot camp videos as well

We had someone in our Boot Camp who started sleepwalking and she had to leave. Part of the reason they stress you to a breaking point is to bring out things like that. She didn’t wanna go home and they even checked with her pediatrician to see if she had lied to get in, but she had not. I thought Boot Camp was fun and called it. Club Fed. MRE’s are nasty. IMO

I hear benning and i get flashbacks 🤣 that place sucks. Then theu sent me to fort drum (upstate NY), i never knew so much snow could fall in a single day

This is "Basic" Training. If they get through this then they do additional training in particular disciplines or they are assigned to infantry and stationed at bases around the world.

They leave there then go to AIT for MOS training. It is an experience you will remember forever.

As a soldier myself, i went to sending for infantry training, and I don't miss that place one bit. Especially their version of a sugar cookie LOL

After basic training they go to something called AIT advanced individual training were they train in their specific jobs for another 6 to 8 weeks and then they are assigned to their first actual duty station or if they're in the guard they go home until they have to go to their weekend training

OSUT is for infantrists. US Army Basic training is 9 weeks before they go off to their AIT to learn their jobs, whereas recruits training for infantry stay there as part of One Stop.

I’m a tanker and now I’m back at Ft.Moore (formally Ft.Benning) as a tank instructor for basic training. This is what we do. Appreciate you guys support interest in what we do. Ps. Get the chilli and macaroni MRE

I went there back in 2013. My training was 14 weeks. It was ruff and hard but I made it.

This is just Basic Training. You have to get through this before you're considered a soldier and move on to the technical aspect of your training. Or, what you will do as a "job". Whether it's in aviation, medical, combat, special forces...etc.

Should definitely check out the Coast Guard video and the US Marine video that they do they are also interesting to see how the training differ from branch to branch of the military

You are a good father. You should be proud, because you've raised a good family and it was a good idea to do this channel because you've given them so much new opportunity with this. I hope you realize this.