 What is happening guys? Staff Sergeant Masiba here also known as our chisel on social media I am your host and welcome to the US Army basic combat training miniseries Your future starts here if you're watching this right now chances are you are currently a future soldier Someone who already enlisted into the US Army either active duty or army reserves You are probably also a high school junior a high school senior Someone who's in college already pursuing a degree or someone who already has a degree and about to ship to army basic training You came into the right place because the main intent of this video series is to show you guys about What to expect in army basic training and with the help of the US Army recruiting command I was sent back to where it all started for me my army career started in Fort Jackson, South Carolina in 2011 there was a lot of memories there good memories a lot of challenging experiences and Ultimately it's something that I will never forget because it's kind of like first day of school for me My first day in the army throughout the whole seven days. I was there We were able to interview drill sergeants trainees everyone on base showing you guys Important aspects of basic training so you guys are better prepared before you arrive at basic training today We are in Fort Jackson, South Carolina basic training and this is reception so far I know that nothing has changed. It's pretty much the same Later that night. It finally got real the trainees arrived in a bus all coming from different places But with one goal, which is to take the challenge to become an American soldier I would also like to introduce to you Sergeant first-class coach one of the company drill sergeants at Fort Jackson So first-class to make the culture my role in this organization I'm the company senior drill sergeant company senior drill sergeant kind of bridges the gap between People to drill sergeants and the company person for somebody in the school your training program You just have to keep an open mind. You have to understand that it is basic combat training. It's not supposed to be easy So when you get here and the drill sergeants introduce themselves That's your day one of training that that's training and that's just what we do here You have to come in with an open mind. You have to understand that it is based on combat training It's not designed to be easy meant to be challenging So as long as you keep an open mind and as long as you can start to instill kind of that mental toughness in yourself and understand it Eventually it will be over. You'll be perfectly fine This part of reception is when trainees go through a shake down to make sure that they do not have any Prohibited items before going to train once all trainees conduct admit in processing Male trainees finally proceed in getting their haircuts This haircut is actually more known as the Fort Jackson fade They also go through medical screening and reception and finally get their army uniforms for the very first time Pickup day is always a good one. Pickup day is always a good one because You tend to to see everybody's two colors on pick up Here's the chaos trainees must be accounted for to make sure that no one is missing from my personal experience This is that brief moment when you finally realize it in your mind in your head that This is it for the next nine weeks. There's no more backing out. You have to follow orders from your drill sergeants at all times Be in the right place at the right time and help a fellow trainee who might need help From here the journey begins in transforming from civilian to United States Army soldier Never ever give up all the sweat all the pain even if you have muscle failures It's just in your head and you'd be surprised how much you'd get fit