Army Basic Training Survival
And Success in the US Army

They always say in the Army, "Never volunteer..." 
We rolled in on a bus into Fort Benning at around 2:00 AM.  We
still were dressed in our "civvies" and over the next day and
a half we got our heads shaved, got our shots, had an eye exam, 
got fitted for uniforms and boots. ( I have a stern warning to all
new recruits concerning issuing your boots in my book.) 

Finally at 10PM that following day we had the chance to get some 
sleep before a 04:30 wake-up call.  A Sergeant entered our 
temporary bunking area and asked if anyone 
knew how to work a buffer.  I didn't know what a buffer was and I 
wouldn't have admitted it even if I knew.  Some dumb bastard
trying to impress a sergeant that he would never see again,
jumped up and enthusiastically shouted "I do!"  The sergeant
led him off and we got ready to rack.

That night as I slept - I was exhausted from the first day of Basic-
I woke up and checked my watch, it was 12:30 AM and that
tired recruit was still working the buffer up and down the hallways!
He had already missed 2 1/2 hours of precious sleep!  This guy was
off to a bad start and later would be the first of many to start
faking an injury just to get kicked out.  

The same will hold true about volunteering information.  Try to
come up with an honorable and true story for why you are in
the Army.  The recruits who go around telling people they joined
because they couldn't find a job or because they were in legal
trouble don't earn much respect from the other guys or the Drill
Sergeants.  A good response to why you joined is because you
always wanted to be a soldier, your dad/uncle/brother/grandpa
served too, or you wanted to serve your country before you
went to college and the GI Bill sounded like a great benefit.
Believe me, having a patriotic reason for joining sounds a lot
better than a desperate one.  This holds true at the recruiter, too.
Don't volunteer too much information!  If you need to do a
confession go to church, or to therapy, don't do it in front of
professional soldiers.  Do you know why Infantry has 'infant'
in it?  It's Latin for speaks very little.  Sometimes the less you say -
the better off you are. 

Keep this one to yourself:
Most of the time you do not get assigned a really nasty job in the
Army - they let you assign it to yourself by volunteering.  When
you are all standing in line and the Drill Sergeant is walking up and 
down the ranks yelling at some people to volunteer: don't do anything,
don't blink an eye, don't move a muscle.  The tension will be unbearable,
but believe me, if you stand there and do nothing, other guys will cave in
first and volunteer just to relieve the tension.  Their moment of relief will 
only last a few seconds though once they realize what a crappy job they
just got suckered into!  

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    This guide contains hundreds of items, here's just a few:

• How to select tactical observation posts, avoid enemy detection,
  and how to give the six component SALUTE Report on enemy activity

• How to use individual movement techniques like high crawl, low crawl,
  and rush.  Plus how to use group movement techniques like sector
  patrol and squad traveling over watch.

• Sections on uniform inspection tips and barracks inspection tips.

• How to identify 7 enemy aircraft and 11 enemy weapons.
  

• Barracks Inspection Tips and Techniques
  

• Avoiding trouble in the barracks

• 5 techniques to improve your push-up score on the Army PT-Test

• Preview schematic diagrams and operations for US Army small arms
  like: M203, Mortars, Stinger, 9mm pistol, M-16 Rifle, SAW, M-60 and more.
  

• Firearms and range safety duty
  

• Battlefield first aid
  

• Avoiding and treating heat exhaustion, exposure, and hypothermia
  

• Hand signal codes, field signaling, morse code, radio code words
  

• Raising the flag and banner duty
  

• Leadership skills and getting promoted
  

• POW training and Code of Coduct
  

• Armored weapons recognition 
  

• Bivouac equipment and building shelters
  

• Ambush setups and characteristics
  

• Uniform types and uniform repair
  

• Basic knots for securing gear
  

• Landing zone and helicopter operations
  

• Bayonet training and hand to hand combat
  

• Ranger school overview and Ranger training
  

• Advanced NBC training
  

• Sniper tactics and counter tactics
  

• TOW missile specifications and deployment
  

• Crossing a danger area on patrol
  

• Patrol formations and how leaders should control their troops
  

• Choosing the right MOS for you and don't get duped
  

• Explosives engineering for demolition and counter tactics
  

• Desert Survival - focused on troops headed to the Mid East
  

• 10 ways to avoid foot and ankle injuries.
  

• Camouflage techniques for the individual soldier, his position, and equipment.

• How to conduct Military Operations in Urban Terrain.  This section offers
  all the tips on overcoming obstacles, concealing movement, and building clearing techniques
  

• Definitions for Hundreds of Army acronyms (like SAW, MOPP, etc.)

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Those are just a few of the sections in this huge information packed manual!
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