Basic Training

Here, Mr. Regan, left, and his father, also named James, at his 2000 Air Force basic-training graduation. ❋ Arden Dale (2011)

DynCorp spokesman Douglas Ebner says the basic-training course is part of a more extensive 40-week program, and is supported by further "field monitoring, mentoring, and advising." ❋ Unknown (2010)

At Fort Benning, the journey starts at the 30th Adjutant General Reception Battalion, where every recruit goes through several days of in-processing — haircuts, uniforms, shots, paperwork — before being handed over to a basic-training company. ❋ Unknown (2007)

At several basic-training posts, word was passed down curtailing the practice, which is seen as excessive in an already-stressful environment. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But new drill sergeants step into a climate very different from even their own basic-training experience, and many have accepted the changes only reluctantly. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The nine-week Drill Sergeant School mirrors the basic-training cycle; its students, who usually have at least five years in the Army, live like recruits. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But the basic-training techniques of instilling the instinct to kill, the readiness to follow orders, and a willingness to sacrifice one's life are part of the warrior ethic everywhere. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His basic-training buddies at Fort Benning, those pals who'd formed a sacred brotherhood of war, were checking out, saying, See you later. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Of course, that was a lie; when he turned himself in at Fort Knox, the military immediately ordered him back to his Iraq unit, which was in the states at that moment at my old basic-training venue, Fort Leonard Wood in the Ozarks of old Mizzou. ❋ The Daily Growler (2006)

He was rotating out, and his next assignment was to be a drill sergeant with the Army's basic-training school at Fort Benning, Georgia. ❋ Clancy, Tom, 1947- (1989)

A drill seargent watches the basic-training graduation ceremony at Fort Jackson, S.C. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A drill seargent watches the basic-training graduation ceremony at Fort ❋ Unknown (2011)

Kehler said the basic-training component would cover such basic precautions as using firewalls and passwords. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My mental illness did not prevent me from doing more pull-ups than all but one man and outrunning all the men in my unit in Marva, a basic-training equivalent for non-Israeli citizens, in 1990. ❋ Robert David Jaffee (2010)

[Drill Sergeant] Paul "If you pansy asses think you can't get through [basic training] you can always crawl back [in your mom's] anus!" ❋ Ramsy Norris (2021)

Person A- "Did you see those [basic bitches] passing by?" Person [B-] "Yea, it was a [basic train]!" ❋ Afemdl (2013)

[Your mommy] [will not] be there when you get to [basic training]. ❋ Chrispy1990 (2020)

If I had known what basic training was really like [I would] NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER [joined] the [army] ❋ Kevin (2004)

"[Hey Bob], I turned out to be a [non-hacker] pussy when I went [to boot] camp, so i'm just going to army basic training." ❋ Drunken_usmc (2007)

By week 6 in basic, my [basic training balls] were so bad I [would've] had sex with the 400 pound [lunch lady]. ❋ The King 061393 (2011)