US Army Physical Fitness is the cornerstone of the Army. You will learn this very quickly in basic training. Army Physical fitness is a requirement for any soldier enlisted in the US Army. However, being physically fit before going into basic training is not a...
Below is a packing list of what to bring to basic training. Basically, all of your civilian items that you bring will be used by you until you are issued your gear. At that point, 99% of your civilian items are taken and locked away until the end of Basic Training....
Upon arriving at your Basic Training Location, you will enter yet another processing station called the Basic Training Reception Battalion. Basic Training Reception can take anywhere from 3 to 7 days, or sometimes as much as 10 days, just depends on when you arrive...
Red Phase White Phase Blue Phase AIT “Blue Phase” or “Warrior Phase” is the culmination and the most challenging of all the training phases. During this phase, there is a final official PT test. At some basic training locations, soldiers that...
Red Phase White Phase Blue Phase AIT “White Phase”, is where soldiers begin actually firing weapons. With the service rifle, the M4 Carbine or M16A1 Assault Rifle, they will fire at various targets, which are progressively farther-and-farther down range,...
