THIS VIDEO AND THESE COMMENTS ARE EXACTY WHY THE ARMY IS PATHETIC. I KNOW WHEN I WENT TO BOOT CAMP AT MCRD SAN DIEGO WE NEVER HAD OUR PHONES, NOT EVEN DURING RECEIVING. THE ONLY FORM OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD WAS GOOD OLD FASHION SNAIL MAIL AND EVEN THEN WE ONLY HAD SUNDAY TO DO THAT. DRILL INSTRUCTORS NEVER TOOK A DAY OFF, AND WE CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER BE CAUGHT DEAD HAVING FUN LIKE THIS. F***ING GARBAGE
well our phones was EARNED not just given to us. some platoons were able to get their phones for about an hour or two every sunday but we can't, our DS didnt let us coz we have to earn it..
Damn back in 07' we made maybe 4 calls during all of basic. And if our DS had it his way we would of made zero phone calls the whole time. Half hour phone calls on sunday, WITH your cell phone must be nice. We had to buy cards and use the pay phones and had 5 minutes I think. Crazy shit.
ok, for all of you who are wondering why we have our phones in reception, this is why. this was columbus day and the drill sergeants had the day off except to get us to the defac for meals. so because they had the day off they let us have our phones and cameras and hang out in the barracks for the day. we didn't get our cameras back til graduation and we had half hour phone calls with our cell phones on sundays and that was it.
@schultzE7 i just graduated bct at ft sill. we didnt have to turn our phones in while we were at 95th. when we got across the tracks we turned them into the drill sergeants. they let us have them on sundays for a few hours and then we didnt get them back til the night before family day
it must be nice having a phone during basic training... But than again i was trained properly and actually had the things taught to me in boot camp stick for my time in the fleet. Making a phone call before graduation usually meant you either EARNED it or you were a pussy and cried to the senior that you miss your mommy. But those of us who didn't stuck to regular mail which when received meant more than maybe a 5 minute phone call. The Army is becoming more and more pathetic nowadays
I guess it was up to each platoon or battery...i was there in 2007 and they kept our cell phones locked away with our personal gear until graduation day....well really after we got back to the bay after graduation.
I got a phone card and 5 minutes to call home before basic started. only other time i got to use phone was when my brother was shot in the head and i got to call home to talk to my mother for 5 minutes, other than that, snail mail, and no time to screw around with dancing.
@TheGreenSmoke A lot of DS give cellphones back for limited time on the weekend instead of making a Soldier waste his paycheck on an overpriced phone card and wasting time waiting in line for a payphone (that means more time to clean the barracks, lol).
cellphones are creature comforts not needed to mold young men into effective war fighters. I had to buy a phone card and did not complain, because I had a paycheck every month and that allowed me to call home around once a week.
if a trainee does not want to buy a phone card, then don't use the phones or borrow a friend's (I despise the word "battle buddy", it sounds gay).
@TheGreenSmoke Cellphones were used the same way payphones were used with the same amount of time given to those Soldiers that\ had to use payphones. Neither cellphones nor payphones mold effective war fighters. There is no difference between cellphones and payphones. You are not "harder" because you used a payphone. It's the same damn thing. The only reason phones are allowed once in a while is for something called "mental health."
payphones are something young recruits are not used to. the point of basic training is to take away everything that the recruit is used to, break him down and reassemble him as a fit fighting machine. using a cellphone does not aid in the breaking down process of an individual. I remember the discipline it took to stand at parade rest in line on a Sunday afternoon waiting for my turn to use the payphone for 5 minutes.
@TheGreenSmoke Haha, no kidding. Must be the Army. Marines would never give you 5 minutes to stand around and act like idiots. I know from experience.
@chrislgrooms you dumb fuck maybe if you took the fucking time to go to my page on here you will see that i have join the fucking military Pfc smith i ship to basic aug 12th i have no prob with any brance i feel that we all do out part in battle to serve our country but what i dont like is when people bash on the army when there brance also have vids up of them doing the same thing you feel me now i am trying to come to you like a respectable person i would appricaited if you talk to me the same
@chrislgrooms i didnt say i knew jack about anything man if you go look at my prev. comment it says that there was videos of marines doing the same thing not once in that did i ever say that i knew anything about what was going on so you cant say that lol but like i said we are on the same team man i would love it if you could give me some tips you know like shooting the rifle anything that can help
hey, i leave for fort sill on the 13th of this month we can bring our cell phones? will they tell us to put them in the amesty room or something? do i tell them i got it, or like keep it in my bag? thanks!
yeah you can bring them, they'll let you use them during personal time in reception, but in actual basic we only got them for a half hour on sundays was all.
Well I think its awesome that you guys had your cell phones...wish my daughter had hers when when was in basic
pamelamiller03 2 weeks ago
@mike whatever, shut up no one cares what you think.
hockeyisgreat1 1 month ago
THIS VIDEO AND THESE COMMENTS ARE EXACTY WHY THE ARMY IS PATHETIC. I KNOW WHEN I WENT TO BOOT CAMP AT MCRD SAN DIEGO WE NEVER HAD OUR PHONES, NOT EVEN DURING RECEIVING. THE ONLY FORM OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD WAS GOOD OLD FASHION SNAIL MAIL AND EVEN THEN WE ONLY HAD SUNDAY TO DO THAT. DRILL INSTRUCTORS NEVER TOOK A DAY OFF, AND WE CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER BE CAUGHT DEAD HAVING FUN LIKE THIS. F***ING GARBAGE
MikeAces66 3 months ago
well our phones was EARNED not just given to us. some platoons were able to get their phones for about an hour or two every sunday but we can't, our DS didnt let us coz we have to earn it..
-Ft. Benning
roopg567 3 months ago
hahahahahahaha I wish we had our phones at all in bootcamp
pussies
1987JMart 6 months ago
Damn back in 07' we made maybe 4 calls during all of basic. And if our DS had it his way we would of made zero phone calls the whole time. Half hour phone calls on sunday, WITH your cell phone must be nice. We had to buy cards and use the pay phones and had 5 minutes I think. Crazy shit.
ejunkulator 6 months ago
ft sill aka america's asshole
omarsgunnagetsome 10 months ago
haha i know basic at fort benning we were lucky to even get to call on the weekends and if we did we only got 5 minutes.
necrodude12 11 months ago
a half hour???? i only got to make a 2 minute phone call once every two weeks... on the pay phones at A 1/79 3rd PLT Mad Dogs...pussies
TheCotypeace 11 months ago
@TheCotypeace I was A 1/79 1st and it was the same for me.
lou4brew 10 months ago
i leave in 9 days for fort jackson basic...
groves1990 1 year ago
ok, for all of you who are wondering why we have our phones in reception, this is why. this was columbus day and the drill sergeants had the day off except to get us to the defac for meals. so because they had the day off they let us have our phones and cameras and hang out in the barracks for the day. we didn't get our cameras back til graduation and we had half hour phone calls with our cell phones on sundays and that was it.
schultzE7 1 year ago
@schultzE7 i just graduated bct at ft sill. we didnt have to turn our phones in while we were at 95th. when we got across the tracks we turned them into the drill sergeants. they let us have them on sundays for a few hours and then we didnt get them back til the night before family day
killa61890 11 months ago
@schultzE7 btw C1/79 1st plt HEADHUNTERS!!!!
killa61890 11 months ago
@schultzE7 is this the u.s army or rangers?
RAYSONIC511 8 months ago
@RAYSONIC511 i think it's boy scouts
Jaysun325 7 months ago
@Jaysun325 wtf
RAYSONIC511 7 months ago
@schultzE7 Half hour calls on sunday, THAT'S it??? you poor guys
Jaysun325 7 months ago
@schultzE7 is their really any difference in how hard basic is at each fort?
georgelopezfan1111 6 months ago
it must be nice having a phone during basic training... But than again i was trained properly and actually had the things taught to me in boot camp stick for my time in the fleet. Making a phone call before graduation usually meant you either EARNED it or you were a pussy and cried to the senior that you miss your mommy. But those of us who didn't stuck to regular mail which when received meant more than maybe a 5 minute phone call. The Army is becoming more and more pathetic nowadays
Sirmovesalot17 1 year ago
@Sirmovesalot17 Because it is clear that having your cellphone in reception means you're improperly trained. Your logic is clear.
powerserj1 1 year ago
I guess it was up to each platoon or battery...i was there in 2007 and they kept our cell phones locked away with our personal gear until graduation day....well really after we got back to the bay after graduation.
etolly1977 1 year ago
I got a phone card and 5 minutes to call home before basic started. only other time i got to use phone was when my brother was shot in the head and i got to call home to talk to my mother for 5 minutes, other than that, snail mail, and no time to screw around with dancing.
joeprelude1 1 year ago
I smell smoke... haha
drummerjjk09 1 year ago
Cell phones?
There seems to have been a great surge in pussification since I went through Fort Sill, and that was back in 2007.
TheGreenSmoke 2 years ago 3
this was in reception, not during actual basic. we could only have them out a half our on sundays was all.
schultzE7 2 years ago
@schultzE7
dude, I had to use a phone card and the payphone at reception.
but what ever, welcome to the army.
TheGreenSmoke 2 years ago
@TheGreenSmoke A lot of DS give cellphones back for limited time on the weekend instead of making a Soldier waste his paycheck on an overpriced phone card and wasting time waiting in line for a payphone (that means more time to clean the barracks, lol).
powerserj1 1 year ago
@powerserj1
cellphones are creature comforts not needed to mold young men into effective war fighters. I had to buy a phone card and did not complain, because I had a paycheck every month and that allowed me to call home around once a week.
if a trainee does not want to buy a phone card, then don't use the phones or borrow a friend's (I despise the word "battle buddy", it sounds gay).
TheGreenSmoke 1 year ago
@TheGreenSmoke Cellphones were used the same way payphones were used with the same amount of time given to those Soldiers that\ had to use payphones. Neither cellphones nor payphones mold effective war fighters. There is no difference between cellphones and payphones. You are not "harder" because you used a payphone. It's the same damn thing. The only reason phones are allowed once in a while is for something called "mental health."
powerserj1 1 year ago
@powerserj1
payphones are something young recruits are not used to. the point of basic training is to take away everything that the recruit is used to, break him down and reassemble him as a fit fighting machine. using a cellphone does not aid in the breaking down process of an individual. I remember the discipline it took to stand at parade rest in line on a Sunday afternoon waiting for my turn to use the payphone for 5 minutes.
TheGreenSmoke 1 year ago
oh shut the fuck up. Everyone who goes through BCT swears it got easier the day they graduated. Its all BS.
MrGobBluth 2 years ago
dude! the DS smoked my friend so hard, he died!!11one
TheGreenSmoke 2 years ago
lol ya right. Even if he did die he should have stopped doing the drill and let them know he needed medical.
MrGobBluth 2 years ago
@TheGreenSmoke they have cell phones.... wtf O_o
TokeThePlanet420 1 year ago
@TheGreenSmoke I did basic there in 99. I totally agree. Did they stop issuing black boots or something too?
I remember getting yelled at for doing pushups in reception when we got bored once...the punishment? Pushups! Fun times getting dropped lol
Hope you had fun there!
evilpeopleinc 1 year ago
@TheGreenSmoke Haha, no kidding. Must be the Army. Marines would never give you 5 minutes to stand around and act like idiots. I know from experience.
chrislgrooms 10 months ago
@chrislgrooms then tell me why there is a marine video of them in bct doint the same thing your fucking pog
hiltonsmith90 8 months ago
@hiltonsmith90 LOL kid. Join the military and then you can talk shit. You don't know a damn thing.
chrislgrooms 8 months ago
@chrislgrooms you dumb fuck maybe if you took the fucking time to go to my page on here you will see that i have join the fucking military Pfc smith i ship to basic aug 12th i have no prob with any brance i feel that we all do out part in battle to serve our country but what i dont like is when people bash on the army when there brance also have vids up of them doing the same thing you feel me now i am trying to come to you like a respectable person i would appricaited if you talk to me the same
hiltonsmith90 8 months ago
@hiltonsmith90 You joined the military but have not even been to basic yet think you know jack about what you're talking about. Typical.
chrislgrooms 8 months ago
@chrislgrooms i didnt say i knew jack about anything man if you go look at my prev. comment it says that there was videos of marines doing the same thing not once in that did i ever say that i knew anything about what was going on so you cant say that lol but like i said we are on the same team man i would love it if you could give me some tips you know like shooting the rifle anything that can help
hiltonsmith90 8 months ago
@chrislgrooms *branch correcting my spell mistakes from my prev. message
hiltonsmith90 8 months ago
@TheGreenSmoke i know right? I went to Benning. that shit sucked big time...
nfs3fan2 6 months ago
how long can we have our phones there in reception?
oohhxxdang 2 years ago
we could use them for an hour before lights out everyday, but in actual training we had them for half an hour on sundays was all.
schultzE7 2 years ago
ah alright cool
oohhxxdang 2 years ago
hey, i leave for fort sill on the 13th of this month we can bring our cell phones? will they tell us to put them in the amesty room or something? do i tell them i got it, or like keep it in my bag? thanks!
xleeboi 2 years ago
yeah you can bring them, they'll let you use them during personal time in reception, but in actual basic we only got them for a half hour on sundays was all.
schultzE7 2 years ago
@schultzE7 when i was in reception and basic training , no cell phones . check out my army vids bro. Go ARMY!
LawsonIntel 6 months ago