BRITISH FAMILY REACTS | What Army Recruits Go Through At Boot Camp!
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- Aidan, Gaynor and Sophie react to what army recruits go through at boot camp!
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If you can't handle screaming, you can't handle combat. It's that simple.
oh boy. i would be the worst at combat then. I can't even handle someone having a tone in their voice that makes me think they're mad at me lol
@@justanotheryoutubefan8070 Same here- if I ever find myself in any kind of combat situation, the most I can hope to be is cannon fodder, or a distraction haha
Something the libs need to understand. Today from what I heard they no longer do the shark attack no now its all exercises you'd expect at a summer camp or they talk about their feelings. Those are the kind of things in combat that can get someone killed because they are not ready for it.
@@b_w_jthe best I would be is the drummer boy lmao
I can handle combat, not disrespect
The screaming is to stress you out until your breaking point, and it helps you learn to block out the chaos of battle and focus on your job, because doing your job correctly can save your life or someone else's
Yes I learned to not give a f*** about anyting a long time nothing stresses me out and no not from the army's just living life LOL 😆😂😆
Sorry meant to spell a long time ago
It also weeds out non hackers
@@gusgarcia2440 it works and I am alive and I can kick your ass
@@twenty3enigma I know it's okay I'm not afraid to show when I f******up
The screaming helps recruits learn how to deal with pressure and chaos. It helps them learn how to master their own reactions to stress, especially in a combat setting.
Yup we break em down and build them back up. What the Marines go through though makes this look easy.
@@CDRhammond Easy, the training is the same, Marines like it rough just so they can brag about it later 😁😛
My cousin laughed, and the group had their barracks trashed. All of them had to clean it up instead of eating.
If these kids are bothered by screaming, they won’t last long when the bullets start flying. Can’t be weak. Need to be emotionally and mentally tough
Being in the military is not for everyone, but I will be forever grateful to those that served.
Just not to the ones that committed heinous war crimes like slaughtering innocent civilians in their own countries, like when Bush lied about invading Iraq for oil, and the shooting of civilians from a helicopter that Bradley Manning exposed.
I went navy myself. Did time both enlisted and as an officer. At one point I was a RDC the navy version of the drill sergeants in this video.
As a Drill Sgt told me once in '86 ....."pain is just weakness leaving your body".
My drill would tell us, pain is a state of mind, put ur mind elsewhere. Back in "79.
@@kurtneumann3164 I said that at my last command as an enlisted squid at RTC Great Lakes. The strategy does work the less you focus on the pain your feeling, the less you feel it. Focus on the pain and it only gets that much worse.
That's a great quote! I may put that on paper and magnet it to the fridge.
You guys have to understand that combat is a giant clusterfuck so you have to get these guys used to a chaotic situation
In part the screaming is a shock tactic. But, it also teaches the importance of loud, clear communication on the battlefield.
It's about breaking mental barriers in your own mind more than anything. I went thru a disciplinary boot camp as a teen run by a Marine. All the hell of Marine Corps. PT without any of the fun stuff. I will say I learned a lot about myself, made me a much more confident and willful person while also getting rid of the self-sabotaging behavior I was dealing with as a troubled teen.
They will make a man out of you. What they do is effective and is the reason the US has one of the most professional and effective militaries in the world.
I did my basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri in 2001. At the time it was the hardest thing I had to do. Looking back, I have nothing but fond memories. Idk why, but I kinda got emotional watching this, it brought back so many memories.
I went through BCT at Fort Leonard Wood in 1999... D-1/10... HOOAH!
I did basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in 1984.
Imagine telling the enemies "can you stop screaming" lmao
The trick to basic training is to not stand out in any way. Don't be the worst and don't be the best. If you're horrible at everything, they will know you by name and make a point to single you out. If you're great at everything, they will mock you for thinking you're so good and often assign you extra tasks. The military is a single unit. There is no room for superstars. Besides that, my advice would be to learn how to sleep standing up (you can catch a few seconds before you start to fall over) and always expect the worst. And by that I mean never expect to be finished or to have breaks or rewards. That way when you are told after your 12 mile hike that you are filling sandbags or that your scheduled rest is cancelled, you'll never be disappointed.
That's good advice. I found boot camp in 2001 pretty easy, except for always being tired. But you're right. Not standing out can be a blessing.
I hid all the time. Was always great but not the best. And if I could find cheats, I would rarely use them unless I knew I wouldn’t get caught
Anyone convicted of a sexual crime must register as a sex offender for life. This applies to all of American society, not just the military. There are many different levels of sexual offences, but they all screw your life up in a huge way. It limits employment and where you can reside.
And can paint a bullseye on your back for those who believe that the "justice" system is too lenient on them, especially pedos.
The screaming is to make sure you perform well under pressure. Not laughing is part of the game for some. When the guy across the way is getting chewed out and locks eyes with you, its a battle 😂
This is a lot softer than it used to be. Check out a clip from basic training from the movie Full Metal Jacket of what Vietname-era Marine Corps boot camp was like. The person who plays the drill instructor was a drill instructor for the Marine Corps in that period.
yep your right... my sister was in the Marines in the 90s.... my nephew joined the Army not long ago.... he actually got sent to be on the boarder of Ukraine... but anyway when he was going through basic... he called home...my sister was like... what??? we weren't allowed phone calls lol.... She could not believe the differences. I just want them to make sure these kids are ready for what they have to face.
RIP Gunnery Sgt. Hartman (Ronald Lee Ermey) (March 24, 1944 - April 15, 2018) 🎖
Did you serve???
Marines then and now still have the toughest boot camp there is out of the US services. Out of them myself and many others would probably have to go with the USAF boot camp as the easiest one to get through. Not to discredit the USAF at all, their academy is one of the toughest to get through as well as being one of the hardest to be accepted into.
@@CDRhammond 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I went through basic training in the army in 1979, I can say this would've been a cake walk. The shark attack is gone, my basic training was more like "Full Metal Jacket". They tore me down and rebuilt me into a trained killer, and one hell of a psycho! If I could go back in time, I'd do it all over again.
1969 Ft Polk here .. yeah .. remember was runner one night and fight started in the barracks .. Drills left carring base ball bats ..
@@eTraxx Ft Gordon we had a lot of Korean and Vietnam drill instructors.
Same here, Fort Leonard Wood in 1979. We still ran in boots back then and the Airborne Shuffle was a real thing. 😂
Everyone of my Drill Sergeants except one was a Vietnam War Vet.
Retired a few years ago from service and I can say with certainty that Basic Training has been completely watered down, so sad.
@@bbqujeh I mean idk if that’s something to brag about 😂 the military now has won more battles than then back then and actually are the highest performing now. Always old heads wanting to brag about who was used the most.
I have heard your question asked many times, as to why they are always screaming at the recruits? The answer is quite simple; in a combat situation with the horror of war unfolding in rifle fire, explosions and people dying, the soldiers must yell at each other to be heard. The yelling serves a vital component of exposure to this life and death situation. Yelling, is the only way you can be heard and it conveys a heightened level of importance. Everything these recruits are doing, is geared towards combat and the more of it you can expose them to, the better acclimated they'll be when it actually happens.
Fun trivia: Bob Ross was a Drill Sergeant 😊
Well to answer Gaynor's comment about screaming. Those recruits are being conditioned to go to war, they are not on a camp holiday. They are being trained to kill. So in the middle of a fire fight in a theater of war, is a soldier going to stand up and say.. "Stop yelling at me. stop wizzing bullets over my head. Don't be so mean." Nope...And recruits today have it easy with the MRE's. Back in the 80's, Tabasco sauce was the only way to help choke it down. You would get a little bottle of Tabasco sauce with your MRE. Pop open your can of what ever meat it was and drench it, then eat it.
My son is the blonde kid at second 19 in the video. I was at the graduation shown and now my son is a Sgt. He is stationed in Germany now.
They are not only screaming at them to train them for a loud chaotic environment but the Drill Sergeants are trained to speak in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear. What they are telling one recruit will probably be important for another to hear and it reduces the amount of times they have to repeat themselves. As a former Army soldier I can assure that 1. I was grateful that I could hear how someone else messed up so I didn’t make the same mistake. And 2. By the time a few weeks have passed I didn’t even notice they were yelling anymore. The training works and has been proven effective for a very long time.
They do the screaming in the British army as well. You're going into battle. There is no room for calm speaking when you're in the middle of a fire fight.
If you really can’t handle someone screaming at you, you shouldn’t be in the military. This is to prepare them for “chaos”. We take service very seriously here, which is why we have an amazing military 🤷🏼♀️
The screaming at you is important because fast forward several years when either some crazy person comes up to you screaming, or you're in a combat situation where people are stressed out and screaming, you're going to be calmer and more collected in dealing with it because you were acclimated to it through your training. Everything they do is for a reason, but that reason isn't always clear when you're going through it. Sometimes not until years later when you are put in certain situations that make you thankful for that training you went through.
I joined the US Army as a green card resident, and to your point, there are times in basic training where you can really have a laugh. Like for me, one of our drills was walking around when we first got there, asking where everyone was from. He got to me and I, of course, screamed out "Barbados Drill Sergeant!". The dude looked totally confused. Most people have never heard of my country, so then asks me where in the world that was. After I told him it was in the caribbean he stopped and said "Oh you're one them Stella got her groove back m*f*s! Ole Drill Sergeant Buggy's gonna send his wife down there for vacation and you're gonna tell your boys to (keeping it clean for the sole purpose of this being a youtube comment)". Needless to say we were all struggling not to laugh.
But as many have said the yelling and aggression has to deal with how combat feels like. The enemy isn't going to stop shooting at you, so you can get your head on straight or think of your next move. There's also a ton of repetition involved with the sole purpose being that all this stuff should be second nature to the trainee.
The haircuts are for cleanliness (making sure they don't have lice and stuff) and so your head can fit in a kevlar/helmet properly. We also had a guy get delayed because he had severe acne, which could become a health issue during basic.
Guys, the Army is a lot rougher than boot camp. Boot camp is preparing them to toughen up for the real hell that they will endure while in the Army...
I'm saddened when civilians question the toughness. As a combat veteran, there is much worse than someone screaming in your face. If someone screaming in your face would make you laugh knowing what you are there for, then you lack the discipline and should stay a civilian.
@@m-jay356 Amen! We need serious people who are dedicated to the job. It's life or death from this point on.
When the new privates thought their Drill Sergeants were hard on them then get to their first unit and get the dogshit smoked outta them by their first team leader and other NCO's.
Not really... It depends on what your MOS is. I had a medical MOS and was stationed at a military hospital for my second duty station... 80% of the time it was 8-hour work days Monday through Friday, and we had evenings and weekends off.
@armyveteran101st my wife is a dod nurse. Been around her friends and heard the stories. I told them planely, they are not the military. Military duty is way different for them and rightfully so.
You can joke in basic, you just have to pay for it in pushups, leg lifts and flutter kicks.
I was a drill sergeant in the US Army and walked the trail in Fort Leonard Wood with B 3-10 Infantry. There is so much that goes into the training of drill sergeants so that they can train recruits. It’s a difficult, thankless job. But it is also the most rewarding job any NonCommissioned Officer will ever have.
It never fails to amaze me how many young people respond to military training with "I could never do that, and its not for me." My own son included. Too many video game and TikTok warriors who never move from in front of their computers and game consoles. Thank god there are always those willing to answer the call when the need arises. I went through basic training back in 1979 and it was very intimidating and scary but thoroughly rewarding. Spent 6 years in the USN and to this day, was the pleasure of my life. I don't get into the politics, but I'd be ready to serve my country again if it became necessary. The freedom that we all enjoy came at a great cost, and is just an installment and not paid in full. 🎖
Being kicked and having to register as a sex offender is not harsh at all. If someone sexually assaults someone, they deserve a harsh punishment.
Was gonna say this. If you rape someone your a sex offender and u register as one so you can be tracked
Yeah and they discourage not only unwanted sexual overtures but any type of consensual fraternizing with same or opposite sex. This aint summer camp, it's being trained to go to war and to kll. You gotta trust who you fight next to.
You're there to learn skill sets to support and defend our country... it's not a dating pool
For real!
No, being kicked out of the military isn't too harsh for freaking sexual assult!
Registering as a sex offender screws up your life forever-you can never work in a place where children are present (schools, etc.), and every time you move, you must register, your info goes into a public database and people can locate you on maps. It is as bad as bing convicted of drunk driving and injurying people.
I heard your mom talk about being pulled over by American policeman and how intense they were. Her theory was that they don't know what they're walking up to with the amount of guns and everything we have. That's 100% right. Also i would say 80% of policeman are former military men/woman who have taken that abuse you saw in this video. They are mostly trained for combat, and when they encounter somewhat mildly aggressive civilians, a few will overreact and do something like the stories we see on the news. Most of them are good, but many have bad experiences in the military and carry that trauma over aggressively to police work
Yep. I think there are many former military that shouldn't be police. It requires a different skill set for about 90% of interactions. Some guys who got out around the same time as me became police officers for major departments (NYPD, SDPD, etc.). I remember thinking that some of those guys shouldn't be given that sort of power. They were hotheads.
Should have done marine corps boot camp. This looked like summer camp compared what I went through back in 2005 lol
Hopefully the Marines haven't gotten as political as the Army
Went through OSUT in 1985. They are showing the mellow side.
@@FirstOfTheMagi it's happening sadly
I went through US Army Basic Training in 2014. In hindsight, it wasn't that bad, especially since I went through at an older age, but it was still a life-changing time! I joined as a musician, and went to Basic Combat Training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. BCT was 10 weeks, followed by 10 weeks at the US Army School of Music.
Then I was at your graduation as a military police officer. I did every graduation every week for four years.
2014 wasn’t that bad???? 😂😂😂😂😂 y’all got it easy these days on how we used to have it 😂😂😂
@@MrGrifter123 i was in basic in 2006 what about you?
I’m leaving in 18 days to Fort Jackson , I’m very excited.
@@KonohazFinest 2001
Now do the marines and the coast guard episodes of this series.
The screaming has a purpose - it makes you stronger. If you can listen to it and not be unnerved, angry, etc. then you won't be stressed in combat when it counts. You need to learn to focus where you might have found things distracting before.
That was my actual basic training company at 12:16 alpha 3-47 1st platoon
They also "scream" because even if you are not the individual being "yelled" at, you can still potentially learn something because you can hear what is being said.
OSUT is the best I felt in my life. If your mentality is strong, you do as your told and focus on improving yourself physically then the experience is awesome. Everything is laid out for you and you just go through the motions while becoming mentally and physically stronger. Some people need that push and inability to say no in order to improve themselves. If you are given an option in your everyday civilian life then your likely choice is the easier option, but if your only option is the tough option then that builds a stronger mind and body.
Either this is a AI comment or English ain’t your first language 😂
One of our field exercises lasted 7 days & the first day we had amazing weather. I remember laying in my foxhole looking up at the stars an I thought, “I could get used to this.” Woke up that night, the temperature had dropped to 16 degrees (-8 Celsius) & my foxhole was filled with water. It rained for 6 days straight as a cold front came through. Everything we wore was soaked & the cold wind ripped right through you but training continued. Embracing the suck and getting through those long days & nights really strengthens your resolve as well as builds up comradery amongst each other. We always joked an said that Benning would turn on their weather machine when we went to the field.
The whole idea of the shouting ,the head shaving ,replacing your clothes with a uniform ,etc. is to shock you out of your previous identity and prepare you to be re-modeled into what the Army wants you to be , A SOLDIER
if you really want to know what it's like, watch the boot camp portion for Full Metal Jacket. you'll get an idea of what it's like when the cameras aren't there. watching that brought back flashbacks for when I went through Basic in the Army.
You would get all pissy with them once and never again….LOL. You’d only laugh once!! They knock them down in order to build them back up again into the men and women they’ll become. They have to learn to be tough and how to handle situations they’ve never been in before. Having someone in an unit that will break down or someone who laughs when they get nervous or scared doesn’t cut it. The recruit needs to know they can handle mentally and physically the jobs they’ve just signed on for and the officers who train them need to know when they’re through with here kids they’ve prepared them for as best they can for what may happen In they’re future. My son was stationed at Fort Benning. He went through boot camp and Jump School there and on his graduation I almost didn’t recognize him he’d changed so much. In his looks he was total mass of muscle and the maturity was undeniable. They had taken my baby boy and changed him from top to bottom and I was angry and so damn proud all at the same time. He had become a man overnight and he was the happiest I’d seen him because he’d just completed the first step of his career in the military. So, I had to suck it up and learn how to be happy for him.
lots of people think its about 'breaking you' buts its not. they yell so you learn to understand commands under stress and with people yelling at you, so you can be useful during combat. during combat you're going to be stressed and you're going to be yelled at and you need to be able to handle it and understand commands.
I did one joke in basic training and it cost me 100 push ups.
7:50. The Drill Sergeants must LOVE the Amnesty Drop Box--hahaha. That is Christmas Day! 19:05. Sophie tapping out after getting wet socks---🤣. I don't physically laugh out loud watching videos, but that got me--hahaha.
Screaming in your face is a part of drill Sargent job. That's the mindset I had when I joined the US Army.
I laughed at the part where the lady was like at why do they have to yell at you, that question right there is why American soldiers are tougher than other nations, they see it as yelling and being rude but it's really about instilling discipline and being able to cope with any and all stressful situations.
The screaming isnt so bad. When the drill sergeant whispers that's when you know it's about to be a smoke out.
The Army Barber also Cuts higher-ranking officials hairs who don't have to be the same hairstyle
The screaming is to soften them out and take out the civilan habits out of them and to not question authority at the basic level. I went through bootcamp and everything is easy after that
If you train in chaos, everything else is a cakewalk
My basic training went a bit different than this. It was a bit more intense, but it was years ago. I also lost around 40 pounds in the 20 weeks.
Man I lost about 100 something
@@MrGrifter123 that’s insane
The entire purpose of being a Drill Sergeant in the U.S. Army is to break a person down and rebuild them so that they don't freak out in the event of combat, teach discipline, teach how to be a soldier, and people learn best when it is given to them loud, mean, and dirty. OB Aiden is correct when he said if the Drill Sergeant is light on them they would take advantage of the situation.
I am a veteran of the United States Army who held dual MOS (military occupational specialty) of medic and behavioral science specialist (the latter has since been replaced with mental health specialist). It was when I was studying for the behavioral science specialist that I learned that, psychologically, there are three parts of boot camp. The first two parts are clear in this video. The first couple of weeks the army breaks down your individualism. That's why there is all the screaming. You are supposed to be divorced from thinking of yourself as an individual in the army. The second part relaxes, but builds you up as a member of a collective unit. The third part reinstates your individuality, while reinforcing that your individual personality is still operating among a collective unit.
The Marines one is the best.
More action, physicality shown.
They all get the same hair cut to remove their individual identity. They are now a soldier, not a kid only serving himself.
It’s always guys like him that say they’d get pissy with the instructor until there nose is bleeding.
A popular thing amongst people who never joined the military to say is “if a drill sergeant got in my face I’d knock him out” I always say “then keep that energy and join” there’s never much of an answer after that lol 😂
Reminds me of football coaches back in the 60’s and 70’s which almost all of my coaches had served in WWII, Korea or Vietnam. Proud of these soldiers.
My swim coach was the same. Loved that man. He made me a better athlete and person.
If you cant handle getting screamed at, you cant handle getting shot at.
I got screamed at harder than this in the police academy. I'm sure they were just being nice for the cameras.
Not only does screaming stress you out but they make you scream back. That way you’re used to it and you can hear everyone on the battlefield
Wait until you see U.S. Marine boot camp when it comes to screaming 😂😂
from what I have heard, its not near what it used to be as far as how the drill sergeant acts.
@Teresa Dewey Well, I know it's not as bad as what "Full Metal Jacket" is, lol, but I'm not sure how tame it is now. But I know they still do more yelling than the Army does.
I love when the guy screamed at the tall guy in the beginning.. for being tall. That was hilarious! Haha
Will always miss my time in basic training. Was so fun to me.
The brits will never know commitment, sacrifice and service before self. They are undisciplined characters who everything too hard for them. Couldnt been win their own war.
The whole idea is to break you down and then mold and rebuild you. If you can't handle the stress of being yelled at then how you going to handle the stress of war
I went through all that back in 88. 11B. Best job I ever had..
One Station Unit Training - is a unique course. It is actually just for Infantry & Armor. It is a combination of Basic Training & Advanced Individual Training (AIT) for Infantry.
Basic Combat Training (BCT) in the Army is about 8 weeks. This is followed by a transfer to the new soldier’s AIT - Service School).
There are usually a few days in reception before actual BCT starts.
I went to basic training 37 years ago and it was a lot different but in some ways still the same. Back then it was still a lot of yelling if you messed up. Lots of push-ups or the dying cockroach. The MREs were a lot worse. Basic was shorter but after that most job skills went to Advanced individual training or AIT. Depending on your job it could be a few more month before you were assigned to your first active duty station. The infantry tankers and airborne basic and ait were combined as you saw in the video
So osut is a much different experience than other army basic trainings if you can find a video that goes over the forge anvil and hammer events, normal 10 week basics that would be interesting that’s more of what I went through. It never calmed down it was just hell for 10 week. Osut stays with there basic training drills through “ait” advanced individual training where it calms down a good bit for most people. Just a completely different experience.
The yelling isn't to break you, or to degrade the soldiers, it's to prepare them mentally operate under extreme circumstances and still get the job done
The whole screaming is to get all these recruits on the same page. They come from all walks of life and many different nations. Basic training is designed to break individuals down and build them back up as a team. Everyone has some type of breaking point - whether it be being screamed at, fear of heights, swimming, shooting a weapon, or physical strength. Most recruits who've play some type of varsity sport in high school have no issue with the screaming. Some recruits have never been screamed at in their lives. The key to getting through basic training is to take each day on its own. Wake up and go until breakfast. Then go until lunch. Then go until dinner. Then go until lights out. Wake up the next day and repeat. Once you realize that you can do nothing right and go with the flow the better off you'll be. Even if you do everything right, the drill sergeants will find something, or someone that didn't do it right and you'll and your platoon will be punished anyway. There is a reason behind the madness. I didn't join the US Army, but instead went the other route and joined the US Marine Corps. The haircut is for hygiene purposes. Like I said, recruits come from all walks of life and some, believe it or not, don't know how to properly wash themselves so the haircut is a guard against lice.
I did not have a Drill Instructor in Basic Training. We had a First Sargent short timer. He wore a ballcap and didn't yell at us. The last weekend before graduation, he bought the booze and we partied.
The guy screaming at the tall guy wasn't bullying him, he was actually warning him that he has to be on his A game all the time.
Someone shorter can blend into a crowd and the instructor might not always see if they do something they aren't supposed to.
However, the guy who's a head taller than everyone else will always get caught.
I hated when I was there. It rained so much and I was there during the winter so it was cold as hell but it never snowed so we'd just be soaking wet and freezing our asses off. The experiences I had in the army makes me forever grateful that I've got what I have now. But it's good to be comfortable with being uncomfortable because it allows you to push yourself further than you ever thought possible. The constant screaming doesn't even bother you after like the 1st 3 days... which is what they want. All the stress they purposely put onto you is to help you learn how to be comfortable in a stressful and uncomfortable position. So no matter what's happening, rain, snow, sunshine, 100 degrees or -15 degrees, getting shot at or not, you will always be able to do your job to the best of your ability while communicating in a proper manner with your team
“Get on the Bus!!” was my Drill Sgt. . DS Ramirez, is no joke.
Basic Training is to not only train the new recruits but to weed out those that can't handle the physical and/or mental stress of being a soldier. When you're pushed beyond the brink of what you think you can handle, sleep deprived, hungry cold or over heated, you find out who can and can not handle it. You may think you'd laugh at it, but when you've got all those things against you AND very aggressive Drills in you face, screaming and yelling, making you drop and give them twenty (as in dropping to the ground for 20 push ups), you find out how unfunny it becomes. I went through Basic in '84 and it was very different. They could and did things to us that they can't do now. It was a very eye opening experience. I spent 7 years in the army, until I was injured and loved most of it. :) As always love your content and your comments.
In the chaos of combat its far more stressful than a drill Sargent yelling at you. And it's totally different shooting at paper vs a living person. The yelling is to help your mind process the chaos of a battlefield.
If you can't handle being under pressure of getting screamed at then your going to have a real serious problem getting shot at or being under artillery fire. Stress training is essential part of military training, you need to break the "me" out of a trainee so you can build the "we" into the trainee. The military is about the "we" and not about the "me". We work together we survive together.
We had a few guys laugh at the start of boot camp when they got yelled at. They didn't laugh again after that X,D
I was in boot camp and was in one of the drill sergeant's offices with him for some reason. He was screaming something at me and I said, there isn't anyone else here. I won't tell anyone if you just want to talk normal for a while. He got a smile on his face and said, you're pretty smart, it is exhausting keeping that up all the time. 😂
What they do in boot camp is nothing compared to actual combat it's just to get you ready for hell
I'm at fort Benning right now, I'm at 15 weeks right now I'm all most out of here,love your videos
As a veteran who joined at 30 years of age in 2002. I watch this and lmfao 🤣 😂 💀 😭 😆
I was 30 years old as well when I joined in 1999... I hear you.
I enlisted in 97.
The fact there is a camera on means DI's are "sedated".
The point of them yelling at you serves a few purposes. The first of which being that they are trying to overload your senses and get you accustomed to the chaos of battle. If you can’t think quickly, clearly and effectively with a couple of Drill Sergeants in your face, you won’t be able to do so when gunfire, shrapnel, yelling, blood and debris are flying at you from every direction.
The second purpose is to communicate to to everyone within earshot the proper way to do something, say something, etc. if they say it to one recruit, they say it to all. If you bloused your pants poorly over your boots, the DS yells at you so that EVERYONE hears it and knows what’s wrong with the presentation and how to correctly do it. It holds everyone accountable for themselves AND their fellow recruits.
The final purpose is to break you down and make sure any rebellious or confrontational DNA you’ve got left is eradicated. If you’re a show-off, lone-wolf, self-proclaimed “tough guy,” selfish, arrogant etc. you will not be an asset to the military, your squadron, your superiors and juniors… they have to break you down to be a critical thinker, team player, and problem solver who can work and get along with everyone. Get you out of that civilian comfort zone and make you into individual who everyone can depend on.
The battle against ptsd is the struggle, controlled chaos helps so I’ve been told.
Why they yell? 3 major reasons:
#1 - There are over 150 to sometimes up to 300 recruits for every wave of new recruits. If you want to prevent from having to repeat yourself to every recruit one at a time, you want to make sure every recruit can hear you the first time. To do that, you'll need to project your voice.
#2 - If it's just one or a couple recruits being yelled at, it's a perfect learning experience for all the other recruits as well as the one getting yelled at. If you're the one being yelled at, you now know "Okay, maybe I shouldn't do that again, or else I will probably get yelled at again." Meanwhile, all the nearby recruits are watching or hearing this one recruit get yelled at for messing something up, and they are thinking "Oh crap, I don't want to be yelled at like him. I better not do the thing that he's getting yelled at for."
#3 - In a combat environment, which is the primary thing these recruits are being trained for, you'll want these trainees to be used to projecting their voices so that their buddies can hear them while there's bullets flying everywhere. No one's gonna hear you in a war zone if you're whispering or using an inside voice. That's why the recruits also respond loudly.
I went in the US Army in 1972 during the late Viet Nam era. There were quite a few really long haired guys and it was a hoot watching them get their haircuts.
They scream at them because it simulates stress. While it might seem harsh or odd to the civilian public, there is a reason behind it. When you're asking recruits to do multiple things at once while screaming at them, they will eventually get used to the "noise" and be able to efficiently and effectively conduct the task at hand even when getting screamed at. In times of stress on the battlefield this comes in handy as chaos will be all around you.
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the shaving of the head is to prevent lice spreading. women don't have to shave their heads. some women do have it cut shorter just for ease of taking care of it. some keep it long, but they have to put it up into a bun that will fit under their cap.
If you can’t handle being screamed at in your face, you can’t handle warfare on a battlefield that requires every action to be precise and effective. Life and death are split on a very fine line. Can’t get screamed at? Drop out and get lost. There is no room or time for weakness.
You take the labels off the cans because that's where roaches lay their eggs, however first you write on the lid what is inside.
Been there done that! And I started on January 1 when I was in. And went to airborne school at Fort Benning brings back memories lol
Shaving the heads serves 2 purposes: making sure no one brings in lice is the lesser reason, as that could affect the whole group. The greater reason is uniformity and lessening individuality. "We're all going thru this, we all now look similar, all of us are just lowly, bald recruits until we help each other graduate."
The yelling, as many others have noted, is mostly to get you performing under pressure. It also helps develop a fear/respect of authority. Near the end of training, the yelling does tone down.
I was AF, generally regarded as the easiest US Basic, but I imagine all the branches are more similar in BT than dissimilar.
In Marine bootcamp the haircut also shows what phase you are in. Each phase the haircut is a bit "longer".
We are America the beat military in the word they do it the right way
The video about Marine Corps boot camp is great.
Gotta be able to handle high stress situations I did it for 6 years.
Some days I miss it. 70's army veteran. Bubble 🫧 list at 62. Just one day to see how it's changed. Loved cs after lunch! Not pleasant
Gaynor is so funny. "Why do they have to shout at them?" LOL