How to mentally prepare for Army basic training?
Basic training is mentally and physically demanding, but there is a minimal need for preparation. BCT is designed to train you, not wash you out. During my basic training we had only 5 of more than 200 get forced out or quit. Most of these were people were mentally unstable, or were faking problems in order to get kicked out. If you go into basic with the mindset that you will not quit, and that you will do everything you are told, you will succeed. Before you go, and while you are going through training just keep the reasons you are joining in your mind. Preparing yourself physically will also make it a bit easier. The first couple of weeks will make you hurt no matter what, but if you are in good shape it will make it much easier. Basic training is not that hard. While you will be challenged you will not be broken. Good luck.
Why is basic training so hard mentally?
Because he has never been through something like this before.. Some people are stronger than others in the mind so it affects people in different ways... Mind games are just to ensure that you dont quit or freak out at the first sign of stress..
How mentally tough is the army basic training.?
You will be alright. The yelling you face in a combat situation will pale to some motivation a Drill is trying to enforce. The people who have the hardest time were normally the ones who parents never yelled at them or never faced scrunity from a stranger who holds some power over them. It was the same back in 1988 at FT. Benning when I went to Infantry OSUT (we were called 'latch-key kids' and the Nintendo generation' back then too) and I saw it when I was an instructor for Basic trainees at FT. Sill 10 years later. I saw people fold like 'lawn chairs' for simple instruction reinforcement or enhanced motivation. I reclassed 4 years ago and saw alot less at FT. Jackson, but the stress will be coming from different places, your peers, training events and your future career...not just some yelling lol. And there are schools that are alot worse with the vocal tones in the military. Trust me. Don't focus on it and also if they didn't do it, you would feel cheated on the whole experience anyway. You'll be fine.
Army Basic Combat Training (BCT)?
1) What can I do to physically and mentally prepare for BCT? Mentally there really isn't anything for you todo. Just know what you are getting into, you will be yelled at all the time for messing up but you mess up less the later you get into training, the first couple weeks are only the hardest, culture shock etc, you will hate your life but you will get use to the routine after a week or two. Physically there really isn't much you have to do, BCT is designed to take people with poor fitness and make them meet the standard, it will happen regardless. Some people can barely do 5 pushups. But doing so many in basic helps for the final test, very very few people actually fail. If you feel the need to prepare you can help by doing running, core workouts than upper body workouts on alternating days, as thats what the army APFT tests for. 2) What is the average day like in BCT? Wake up at 0430 30 mins to shave and get dressed for PT and clean the bay PT for 1-1.5 hrs Breakfast several hours of training for the day lunch several more hours of whatever training sometime at night you come back to do classroom stuff, you almost always are done right before sleep so theres little time to do much fooling around. 3) What do you do for physical training in BCT? Alternates between Running days, Pull Ups and Push up days, more running days, and [random excercises here] days 4) Is there any advice you can give for surviving BCT and what mistakes should I avoid? Its not hard, no one fails really, everything you think thats going to be hard wont be, what will get you is everything you didn't expect. Like the intesne level of boredom, and being homesick or lonely. BCT is what you already expect, now just imagine everything you think, just drawn out for a really long time, you are tired, and always hungry, thats basic. Currently Active Army,
How do you prepare for basic training in the Air Force?
You don’t, really. It’s a complete conflict with the routine you have become accustomed to. I don’t know if Lackland is quite what it was when I went through Basic in 1990, but even if it’s half intense it is likely going to be a rude awakening for most kids who have been used to their cell phones, gaming, and ridiculous conveniences.Don’t argue. Watch a lot of YouTube videos with T.I.s yelling at recruits. There is a lot of yelling. Be selfless. You have to learn to work as a unit or it’s going to be miserable for you. Do what you are told and don’t question it. Get used to rising very early and going to be very early. Get used to calisthenics in the morning including sit-ups on concrete. You’ll have a lot of learning to do. You will learn all of the aircraft. You will classes daily in addition to a lot of marching and simple movement commands like right-face, left-face, flight-halt, about-face, etc., and you’ll be expected to do it perfectly and in unison with everyone.Mostly it’s a lot of head games and you won’t be prepared for it. Don’t worry. Stay strong for 2 weeks and you’ll be fine. Once you’re settled at that point, most of the mind games and b.s. rolls off your back. But I promise you that you will be a better, more mature person when you graduate. You’ll know honor, esprit de corps, responsibility, sacrifice, selflessness, teamwork, purpose, and pride of country like you never knew before Basic.
Preparing for Army basic training?
You don't need to prepare yourself at all, you will get in great shape while you are there. Just get yourself prepared mentally, you will be home away from home for a long time, and I always thought that was the hardest part of any time I was in the military, deployed or in training. Being away from home. Make the most of your last 16 days, spend some quality time w/ friends and family. Best advice I can give you, run, situps, scissor kicks, pushups (hold yourself in the pushup position for as long as possible) and do some chinups. You could even try doing the bear crawl, aligator or crab walk around our home. Then you can go around you home doing a low crawl, if you don't know what they are, look them up. But like I said, don't worry about it, if you are good shape, you'll be fine. You aren't expected to know anything. It would help if you memorize the Army general orders and the Soldiers Creed, even the Army Song. Also, not sure how much sleep you get, but start cutting down, get used to a 5AM wake up, and stay up till about 11 PM, In basic you will be taking turns w/ the other guys in your platoon doing fire guard duty during the night, normally it's an hour shift.
Im scared of basic training..?
Katie, I am assuming that you are a teen. You stand a greater chance of dying in a car accident than you do in basic training. Yes there are stories of people dying in basic training but most of them are just that, stories. However, some people enter the military with undiagnosed heart conditions and have problems but that is rare. In order to mentally prepare yourself, first do not go in scared. Basic training is set up to provide you with physical and mental challenges but they are not so difficult that you cannot do it successfully. You have to understand that basic training is temporary and actually you will have greater challenges when you get out of basic and are assigned to a unit. Physically, begin to run everyday. Begin a little at a time and build up so that you can run around 3 miles. Work on your upper body strength so that you can do push ups and work on sit ups. As long as you are in decent shape, you should be fine for basic and you will improve your fitness at basic. Good luck. Be careful with the mma stuff, you do not need to break bones before going to basic. If you can run two miles under 14 minutes, do 60 situps and 30 pushups before basic you will be fine. You do not have to get an expensive class to get yourself in shape. In fact, when you enlist, a recruiter will provide you with good guidance on physical conditioning.