Boot Camp - Basic Training - Inprocessing

Since this is the first blog and since it has to do with surviving and succeeding in the military, let us start off at the beginning. And with the military there is no other place to start off with, other than Basic Training, Boot Camp, Initial Training, or whatever you would like to call it. Enlisted soldiers and Officers alike go through some sort of initial training.

For those of you that may be preparing to go into the military for the first time. Basic training can seem like a formidable obstacle to overcome, and by no means is what I'm about to say here intended to belittle in any way the accomplishment of completing basic training. If you are about to enter Basic training and you are worried about it, think of one thing first before you ever set foot on the bus or plane that will take you there. Think first; you are not the first one to go through this, or even the first one to have the feelings that are going through your head. Hundreds of thousands of people have gone through basic training and thousands more will go through it after you have completed it.

The next thing you need to do is take a deep breath and take one thing at a time. You do not have to complete all the weeks of basic training in the first moments you arrive. Take a breath.

Next, and this may be the most practical and "duhh no kidding", advice I have but here it is. Do WHAT your are told, WHEN your are told, and HOW you are told to do it.

That is the easy route through basic training. Now if you would like to make it harder, or more exciting you can question the Drill instructors, but that is up to you, I don't recommend it.