Best of luck in BCT, keep your head up and keep pushing forward. When you get out of BCT and get to your unit the Army gets a lot better. If you have any questions let me know I have been in for almost 4 years and soon will be ETSing

It's a very helpful video for someone who is ready to ship after 1 month to Fort Sill. Thanks.

Keep your head up and stay determined and keep the lord close with you I did my bct at fort Leonardwood and just keep moving and you do all that you will be just fine

Best of luck in your training man

Anyone looking for tips at FT Benning OSUT ask away, I was in 3rd Platoon, Easy Co. 1-19 this past year. I'm now serving in the Old Guard at Arlington National Cemetery. The simplest tip I can give is: OSUT is just a game, it doesn't at all represent the "real Army"... It's simply 22 weeks of resilience training and basic knowledge. So the moment you begin to give up, and trust me, everyone has that moment at one point, let me tell you that after it's all done and you go to your Duty Station it is nothing like FT Benning. Keep your head up, play the game.

honestly quite helpful for me to watch this, i ship out to Fort Jackson in a few weeks and seeing a video like this make me a little less worried about whats coming up.

The two different types of tops you were issued are not specific for combat and non combat, the one with the pockets on the front is the regular OCP top and the one without pockets is the hot weather top, combat shirts are a different thing made of nomex to be fireproof. The Goretex isn't that effective for keeping out cold and is more of a wet weather jacket, when worn with the fleece and waffletop underneath it can help insulate you.

What a difference almost 40 years makes…Good luck with everything!

They "forgot" to issue me a winter cover in 1998 - not the garrison one. Same thing happened with everyone else in my first unit. The problem is it counted as field gear and when I left the military I was stuck with a statement of charges when I failed to come up with it.

This is a heat and useful vid, thanks.

Great video thanks for the info . My son goes to Army basic at the end of the month.

Thank you for doing this. I was curious as to what all will be issued.

Times have really changed since 1966. Out complete basic was only 8 weeks.

Damn this makes me feel old. I came in 8 years ago. We still had ACU’s, and grey PT shirts…

Congrats on your enlistment

Great video appreciate it bro

I am confused about a few things, one how do you have your phone? and how do you have your own room? are you prior service in a different branch? i know things changed since 2003 but damn this look like a hotel

Thanks for the information. I’ll be joining as a specialist also, with army active duty in 68 G. I’m just waiting for the swear in ceremony and my ship date.

Good luck David. I was wondering what you were up to but nice to see you doing well.

Appreciate this. I ship out Monday.

I thought at Fort Benning you share a whole giant room with beds. Did they change it to be your own room?

Love you to the moon and back

This really makes me feel old. Went to basic in 99. Served 13 years and got out. Thinking about coming back in. How did they treat prior service?

Appreciate this! Ship out to Fort Benning OSUT Aug 30th

Our pt shoes were our boots. Late 1970's.

Good luck!

went thru 30th 4 years and its amazing how much things have changed thru out time lmao

good luck solder!

Those look like fancy guitar picks.

Good luck in training bro.

Usually any thing that touches the body you keep

What company are you in? I'm currently in D co 1-19

If any of you are lucky enough to be assigned to D co 1-19, you won't be permitted to use any of the cold weather gear such as the waffle top and bottoms, the waterproof ocp top, ect. The only time you can use them is when you sleep

Camp Kelly 😂😂😂 I remember those days...

Your in service? So.. no new H&k vids for awhile? :/

one is a summer ocp the other is a winter ocp. summers are lighter and more breathable and the winters are heavy and more dense.

Do you have to buy things from the exchange if the army has one

Deployed to Iraq from Benning I'm an old retired staff Sargent I miss the day months and years of serving

How are you allowed to have your phone?

When you bought items at the px did they make you use your own money?

Hose water? Bro that was the best kind of water in the summer time!

Did the panties have Miller's name in them also ?

how does he have his phone

I go to fort sill I also came in as a E4 under the Casp program.

I’m going to be going to BCT here soon (19K) any good advice? Does and DONTS????

Question do you get this issued to you when you enter the army and what ever place you get put for basic training like Fort jackson or just at Fort Benning and any tips for a future soldier who wants to join the US Army?

ive herd e4 specialist insignia called " full bird private "

Im off to basic in a couple months but can you please clarify.......... you brought stuff that they told you to pack, but they made you buy it anyways?

Do you pay for all this stuff ?

Wow, they give you a 100 dollars, and take back 99.... I guess that's changed..You do get more than back in my day.. we didn't get that much gear. We got a field jacket. never wore, 4 sets of BDUs, 2x Patrol Caps, 6x socks, 6x underwear, 6x t-shirts, 2x boots, I think the rest we had to buy..

Are you prior service? Just curious how you got in that nice ass room for reception😂

Rona basic was ass (we got hit in blue phase) we lost our family day and nobody could attend our graduation. You’re lucky you won’t have to deal with such bs lol

Genius.

Ft. Jackson, 1967: 4 sets of solid green fatigues, 2 sets of dress greens, two tan dress shirts, one black tie, 2 sets of short-sleeved khakis, two canvas belts with brass buckles, one poncho, two baseball caps, one overseas c*nt cap, one leather billed cap, 4 pairs of boxers, 4 white undershirts, 4 woolen padded socks (green), 2 black socks, one M-65 field jacket with liner, one trench coat overcoat, one pair of black leather gloves with green knit liner, one pair of black low quarters, two pairs of combat boots. Duffle bag.

Ship out to FT Benning on the 7th of February 11x option 40

How did you get E-4 before basic??? I must know 😂

Hahaha i remember camp kelly and i remember drill sergeant kelly at reception i took 3 weeks for us to ship to basic

Back in the day we referred to this as "combat pretty".

I was in alpha company too while I was at 30th AG

What job did u pick

all the gear is about the same when I went in beginning of 2011, I'm not going to be one of these "back in my days, the gear was worst..." vets...

Never be afraid to stand up for truth and alway fight to defend our constitution

is that a MOPP suit ?

Since when do you get Sp4 patches in basic?

Hey bro, I’m a prior service Marine and tryna go 11b, maybe 18x, I have to go to boot camp again cuz I’ve been out 5 years. Any insight on prior service dudes and how boot camp is for them? I don’t wanna be special, but if I eat 3 times a day I’m gonna shred weight, I gotta eat like 8 times a day to stay swole. Basically, just trynna see if prior service guys get leeway with going to a small place that sells food like a convenience store

Shipping May 8th.11b. Paper says I’m a Javelin gunnery so that’s going to be interesting

Camel back all I got was canteens

FBRC WARRIOR OVER HERE

Harmony Church, January 1985, Alpha 10-2, a long time ago.

Ship out to Leonard wood in august

Cant wait to be a solder

Kinda miss it in a way but in a way I don't. I'm so pissed at our government for lying to all of us

This dude is funny!

So I’m Confused Do I Need To Buy Hygiene Stuff And Bring It To Basic Or Not??

I ship out next October 11, which is next month at Fort Jackson. Any tip for BCT? Anything would be appreciated!

Glad to see y'all get your phone in Basic training! Idk if you can do me a favor! Tell Lippert his finance misses him! He just shipped there the 27th of September! Thank you 💕

I looked up when you said Oscar lmfao

I leave for Basic at Fort Benning on monday, what if I am unable to do the initial PT assessment at 30th AG?

Anything you wear you keep

The OCP tops you showed aren’t “combat” and “non-combat” the first one is a normal OCP too and the second one is a Hot Weather OCP top

R u prior service? Wondering how u got the rank of specialist

Wait....30th AG let's y'all keep your cells now????

what's your MOS?

Make sure you do well at AIT for your MOS if you fail a test 5 times at AIT your kicked out the army. Make sure you take your ssid and BTC class(NCO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE RIBBON)so it will help you get your points to get promoted to E5 AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD CONDUCT! For three years it's very hard to very promoted without that. And if you can go to boards competition if you can win you can get a AM ribbon or a Arcomm which adds points to getting promoted.

Can you PT in yellow phase?

I was at 30th for two months 🤦🏽‍♂️

Damn bro bro shoulda kept the phone turned around in the bathroom

Can you have your phone at all times in reception?

This is where ima be going due to me liveing in ga

This is so weird receiving is crazy I thought ud be In with 90 dudes and no phones

Dude u really just said the E-4 rank looks like an colonel rank? Do push-ups do some fucking push ups

How are you E-4 at reception?

Anybody go to alpha 5-15 cav At benning?

Bro, it literally does not matter

🤣 drill Sgt. will like this

Was there Aug 19 2004 D Co 2-54 IN Dogs of War 😂

Goodness! Your barracks look like a motel room! And PT uniforms? What's wrong with doing PT in boots and combat clothing? Well, it's been over 50 years since I got out and there have been a few changes, including barracks. We were issued four sets of cotton fatigues, four sets of cotton khaki uniforms (two with short sleeves), two pair of boots and a pair of "low quarter shoes," all of which had to be spit-shined. Plus two sets of AG-44 uniforms (greens). A cap and and an overseas cap and two baseball caps, which I never liked. A field jacket, which I did like. Socks and underwear, belt and buckle, collar insignia, poplin dress shirts, towels and a necktie. Overcoat and raincoat. Men have been known to join the Navy to avoid wearing a necktie. Everything went to the laundry. Nobody did their own laundry and there was hardly any place to do that anyway. Upon being assigned to a permanent combat unit, you got even more uniforms: a second field jacket; wool shirt and pants; field pants and a parka with a liner. The field jacket had a liner, too, but I don't remember where it was issued but I did get one. I have no memory of being required to buy specific toiletries but I probably had to. I'd say basic training was rather more basic then. I took my basic training at Fort Knox, same place as my father and same place as my son. One other minor difference: most men entering basic training had been drafted. I've looked and looked to see what soldiers were issued and the most recent I found was from FY 2017. The video covered things pretty well except for the dress uniforms. There was a cash allowance for the PT shoes and socks.

It sucks bad that I was unable to be in the military I would really like to experience real life basic training even at my ripe old age of 38

Just turned all that shit in

Fuck 30th. My entire company also got covid and we were in camp kelly back in July. Also the blue book and the warrior skills book are 2 things that you will NEVER use in OSUT