Whenever the military feels obligated to point out that standards have not been lowered, you can be 100% sure they were lowered. Likely lowered even more than you suspect they were.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

exactly. standards are the same and better yet ask any one in they will disagree.

@arthursandomine5464

Жыл бұрын

Really good point!

@jakexou812

Жыл бұрын

this whole video was proof of that. Sleeves rolled up, boots unbloused. They all looked ate up like soup sandwiches.

@twinkieinyomowf6033

Жыл бұрын

the fact that they even have to respond to a question of their standards dropping means something prompted the question in the first place... likely their standards dropping lol

@Jbainbridge5

Жыл бұрын

They fired everyone back in 2013 when they were bitching about this.

The number one most useful life skill you learn in basic training is how to be effective under stress. The stress is necessary.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

the new army is cheating the kids from a great life experience. i wont change a thing. i deserved every beating and save me later in life from many bad calls.

@macahdahma7382

Жыл бұрын

💯

@johnfisher8401

Жыл бұрын

just wait until these recruits are actually in combat, they will be fucked.

@labvampire

Жыл бұрын

Amen!

@jamallabarge2665

Жыл бұрын

@@johnfisher8401 They'll be undertrained, some will die because of it. The survivors will come back angry at their crummy training.

"...you are not relevant in our Army anymore..." that is the saddest phrase i've ever head uttered by a grown man.

@phil4483

Ай бұрын

Sad that NCOs and Senior NCOs have to regurgitate the General's BS.

As a graduate of Parris Island in 1990, all I can say is, "WTF is this s**t ?!?!?!?" The objective of Boot Camp/Basic Training is to teach you how to react under stress. If you're never put under stress, how TF are you supposed to know what to do when it happens?

@willardlentz3044

7 ай бұрын

They canceled the shark attack because all of the crybabies raised 8in a participation trophy soft enviroment

@outtahere321

7 ай бұрын

Amen brother Marine.

@georgemartinezjr

6 ай бұрын

This Do to the New Biden Format

@TheMikepatota

6 ай бұрын

They’re not going to know, they’re going to have to learn on the fly and learn some extremely harsh lessons in the absolute most devastating way possible.

@nickgale1070

6 ай бұрын

Exactly!!!!!!

The army going woke is absolutely a contributing factor of lower recruitment numbers but the fact that young people have grown up watching our military being deployed in highly questionable foreign wars and then seeing the government not taking care of those veterans after they come home is another big contributing factor.

@ayalewdessieabebe

Жыл бұрын

👁️

@osirisasar2392

Жыл бұрын

If you think about it, or served. It's all pretty questionable. Of course you learn later, but then it's too late. A private does what it's told lol, and no longer matters. Whatever America needs. Merica

@denno3124

Жыл бұрын

That whole going woke thing is a joke. The nonstop deployments and two decades of war did it. Recruiting was already down...it got worse.

@Ilearnedtodayy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah im sure not joining im better off teaching myself.

@gregorylatta8159

Жыл бұрын

If when we lose the moral upper hand we will end up like Rome.

I'm a Vietnam vet, this training will get a lot of young people killed in the next war. It is a hell of a lot better to learn in basic and AIT how to deal with stress. Learning in combat is a day late and a dollar short.

@silvershamrock5489

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Davis hahaha mans wants the receipts

@sumone124

Жыл бұрын

And a soldier dead!

@HTCvideos

Жыл бұрын

Just Canon fodder at this point. Throwing bodies at a conflict

@beyondbackwater4933

Жыл бұрын

@@HTCvideos have you been paying attention, they aren't getting enough people in the army let alone have enough for cannon fodder

@TheBros2theend

Жыл бұрын

God bless heal and save you

Without stress, pain, and fear, new recruits will never be prepared to face bullets. Most of these future Drill Sgts look like they need remedial PT before being accepted into Drill Sgt training.

“Get to the root cause of the situation” Sir you’re in the army, not a therapy camp

Actually, the concept of yelling at recruits was created during Valley Forge. This is when Baron Von Steuben took 100 men and turned them into a highly disciplined unit to train others. It constituted yelling at them and making them do things quickly under stress. Because, like it or not, that's combat.

@iankeller4839

Жыл бұрын

Makes you a better person all around. Showed in sports like football 20-30 years ago before it went soft how boys become men and take stress.

@matthewcreech8259

Жыл бұрын

@@iankeller4839 Exactly! It's amazing how someone can literally grow up in 8 to 13 weeks doing it old school.

@rouninpanda6318

Жыл бұрын

Scream at them in basic, so they're not affected by it in combat. Seems similar to me of training horses not to spook around gunfire and explosions. Let's just make a completely unprepared military...

@dbuck1964

Жыл бұрын

It’s not just about screaming at them in individually, it’s about the way the collective stress causes the group to pull together and function more cohesively and effectively.

@johnshelton5998

Жыл бұрын

Train hard fight easy.

Yelling and screaming, lack of food/sleep, being exhausted and yet still having to function and do your job was to simulate the stresses of combat. It serves its purpose.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

its such a short period that the kids come out of better. life lesson on what they can tolerated and very short time frame.

@Zebra_3

Жыл бұрын

NKoreans don't scream, they'll work you to death, but they don't scream.

@davidkimball4415

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. If we do end up in a hot war with Russia or China, we’re going to be as unprepared as we were on the outset of WWII.

@Crackshotsteph

Жыл бұрын

How to handle organized chaos.

@VL1975

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Captain Obvious. Now give me 20. lol

This is the most assinine thing ever. How are the new recuits going to fight in battle if they can't handle their feelings being hurt! 🤯

The new crocheting class during basic is awesome!

The enemy does not care about your feelings or your "root cause situation". Liabilities in training right here.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

but i have a rainbow flag on my shoulder...instead of a usa flag, am i ok now?

@thetrailoutthere

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesonsTravels let me run that by my dictator real quick....yeah no! 😆

@Zebra_3

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesonsTravels how does your inner wacko woke warrior feel? 🏳‍🌈

@boondocker7964

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesonsTravels Nooooo! Put the Stars and Stripes on your shoulder.

@AmserEvans

Жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right, in real war if you have a soft military you're gonna get your ass beat

As a US Army vet I'm not only saddened but also ashamed of what has happened to the military.

@ayalewdessieabebe

Жыл бұрын

🥺

@lyssgoddess

Жыл бұрын

Me too bro ❤ me too. It’s disgraceful They continue to make our soldiers weak not woke

@ltravail

Жыл бұрын

It's a microcosm of what's happened to the country.

@deathhexxxgaming3431

Жыл бұрын

Same here brother

@rossbrown9768

Жыл бұрын

Amen brother

My drill Sgts were infantry and a tank commander. The infantry drill was hard as hell and absolutely destroyed us. The tank commander was firm, and strong but also had a strong arm to teach and guide. They were both the best at their jobs and knew everything about what they did. Very thankful because it made me a better soldier.

I'm an Airforce veteran, signed up shortly after 9-11. Don't know what it's like now, but my basic was about 30 times more difficult than what I'm seeing here! Army, you can do better....

The Army is adapting to people instead of having people adapt to the Army.

@kylerehkamp2793

Жыл бұрын

That's not how that works. The Army sets standards that is reachable by all people, it is on that person to meet. If they fail it is a failure on them not the Army. Why it continues to lower the standards to "adapt" to society blows my mind

@firefly9838

Жыл бұрын

@@kylerehkamp2793 that's fine until so few people meet that standard that they don't have anywhere near their quotas.

@kylerehkamp2793

Жыл бұрын

@@firefly9838 would you rather lower standards to meet a quota or have a smaller army of soldiers who meet or exceed said standard and perform better at their jobs? People will always line up to join for whatever reasons, but I'd take the ones who can meet and exceed standards than lower them just to meet a number.

He’s 100% right!!!! People join the service to toughen up!! Not to get softer!!

@arnoldvezbon6131

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Davis Ivan is currently grinding your PMCs in Bakmut to dust. Don't be an idiot you all are to soft to face the bear.

@markmcgoveran6811

Жыл бұрын

The army doesn't want the kind of people that used to get all the time. They're trying to recruit smart.

@hakeemtarpley2998

Жыл бұрын

@@markmcgoveran6811 sad times. Hopefully our leaders know what they’re doing.

@markmcgoveran6811

Жыл бұрын

@@hakeemtarpley2998 I'm sure they know what they're doing but I'm also sure it's pretty much self-serving.

@markmcgoveran6811

Жыл бұрын

They joint so they can go to school for free.

My veteran friends and myself as a vet tell everyone to stay out of the military under this clown show administration. The military may never recover.

So now, Gordon Ramsey would be a far better drill sargent? I'm speechless.

My oldest brother went to Fort Jackson in the summer of 1975.He told me stories about how tough his drill sergeants were.They were Vietnam veterans and they didn't have any problems enforcing discipline on stupid privates.

@indycharlie

Жыл бұрын

All our DS at Knox 69 were CIB holding VNV's . They knew what they were preparing us for !

@chuckdeuces911

Жыл бұрын

He probably also lied to you. People always lie about how bad their experience was..

@cedcampbell47012

Жыл бұрын

@@chuckdeuces911 Were you in the military in 75? Vietnam vets DS's are have crazed and brutally cruel. They are pissed at the world for the most part.

@davidcook680

Жыл бұрын

You mean fort relaxin Jackson. Easiest bootcamp in all of the army.

@tarlanhuseyn5164

Жыл бұрын

@@davidcook680 this is so true😂 they get their phones like 3 times a week

As a 13 yr Army Veteran and Former Drill, this just hurts.

@erikarabie

Жыл бұрын

Apparently you couldn't suck it up and do your 20 to retirement haha 🤣

@lyssgoddess

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for ur service bro -fellow vet

@noahdunaway

Жыл бұрын

As a 2 1/2 year Army veteran this makes me 🤮

@michaelcrow6943

Жыл бұрын

@@erikarabie Have you?

@kyvian251

Жыл бұрын

@@erikarabie try being a drill instructor and then tell me that you should do 20 years of it.

Went through BCT-OSUT in 1986. Drill Sargeants were complete PT STUDS! They were mean & would cuss, call names, destroy barracks and have troops then prepare for inspection in 1 hour. We walked everywhere unless schedule required riding on cattle cars. They made soldiers out of us. Great experience and we felt like we accomplished something worthy.

The enemy doesn’t care about your feelings……sigh!

Canadian Infantry veteran here. Our trade description is as follows.. To find and destroy the enemy, no matter the season, weather, or terrain. We kill, that's the point, and you need to train your military as such. If you hate that aspect, don't join, it's something you will have to live with. Just being honest. Cheers from Canada.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

I love Canada Now for that exact statement. it's the only job. break shit and kill people while most supporting the effort.

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252

Жыл бұрын

​@@JamesonsTravels I'm also Canadian, our army may not be large, but it's really well trained, at least it used to be. They've banned gendered language a couple of years ago and added other woke policies.

@somewhere6

Жыл бұрын

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 The top end of the armed forces and the RCMP have been infected with ideologies AND corruption. This is bound to have a negative effect at the lower levels.

@TaylorHaubrich

Жыл бұрын

Canadians y'all got big balls, big bad military? Why haven't you done anything about that tyrant Trudeau? Little balls.

@somewhere6

Жыл бұрын

@@TaylorHaubrich Is that what you want? i.e. government changes by coup? The US, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany and UK among many others are equally in need of a change at the top but once you have the military doing that, say good-bye to constitutional government.

I'm actually really saddened that our new generation of recruits will end up learning the hard and very costly way of what real warfare will be like.

@Lonovavir

Жыл бұрын

Essentially the way the 29th infantry learned about war on Omaha Beach, amidst slaughter and chaos.

@rh906

Жыл бұрын

COIN-era Army from 2003 to 2013+ would have learned that lesson the hard way too. Even if the Chinese are pushovers, that is a lot of dead weight (people who aren't going to have kids anyways) you need to chomp through before they finally quit.

@obediahpolkinghorniii564

Жыл бұрын

With a bit of luck, they won't end up in a 20-year war against an invisible enemy, fought in a country that hates us, on behalf of whose citizens apparently don't even want a democratic government. ...and that wasn't even a real war.

@obediahpolkinghorniii564

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewobrien4639 Stop helping.

@hexkwondo

Жыл бұрын

They found out the hard way when the Ukraine war started.

The upper echelon of the military is going to have to be completely removed and the military entirely rebuilt to fix this.

@RockerWasRight

Ай бұрын

Starting with Austin.

This hurts these kids in the long run. It’s sad really, do they not realize what they signed up for? The end game is to be battle ready at all times! Handle situations under pressure…. I’m worried. I’ve seen what’s new recently in the Marines & its not much better.

you said it right. we are treating the military like teens who need a safe space and we can't hurt their feelings. if a real war happens; they will run like the wind or start crying for their mommies

@ninjamasterbuilder8675

8 ай бұрын

If we had the drill sargents of today teaching the soldiers of WW2, Korea, Vietnam, or Afghanistan our army would be a complete failure

@hellboy0189

8 ай бұрын

Tbh even russian military youth is different from the one of the soviet union. Many russian soldiers disobeyd orders and refused to fight.

@We-Wuz-Great-201

8 ай бұрын

If America falls, we all fall. Don't let the shitbats get you down!

@jayrum7303

6 ай бұрын

Treating recruits with kids gloves is a luxury a nation can afford when the nation has nuclear war ships and F-22s.

@jackryan8588

6 ай бұрын

@@jayrum7303who do you think is going to operate those crafts? Crappy personnel lead to crappy operations.

My understanding was that boot camp was supposed to be so bad that war was a relief. It kept soldiers alive in a conflict.

3:28 They want to customize individual training and avoid "one-size fits all" approach by creating a standardized training program that applies to everyone.....WTF?!?

This is going to cause a lot of Mom’s tears for sons and daughters.

@bobbys4327

10 ай бұрын

lol....and they are one and the same

You used to feel a sense of pride and accomplishment finishing basic in any branch BECAUSE of the toughness stress salty language and yelling . Not many go through that process and it made you feel like you could handle yourself better .

@danpress7745

Жыл бұрын

Jared, I'm USMC, 1966-1969. My DI's never yelled, but were combat veterans, the Senor DI went through Korea and Nam. They. also, lead from the front, getting in the mud with us.But, never yelled.

@steverichards7469

Жыл бұрын

Ejection port closed goddammit!!! Every single one of them were open!!! WTF please tell me infantry training is not another day care center. Thank God for leathernecks!! SEMPER FI !!!

@manoman0

Жыл бұрын

Maybe it's a good thing what's happening. The army is being made inoperable.

@alejandronopasanada5302

Жыл бұрын

Robots of old felt that way, the new robots need new programming but it’s all just poor people with few options being adjusted.

You’re creating a force full of marshmallows!!

Imagine next time we go to war… and our men get scared when the enemy yells at them.

We started with 32 Men and only 17 of us was left for graduation. We got cussed , pushed ,roughed up by our Drills. Ill never forget that experience. They were the best.

@bigmarkthe1

11 ай бұрын

They make pu. Ys now

@Jerryfallwell

10 ай бұрын

100 men will test today and only 3 will become green berets

@jRex918

9 ай бұрын

abuse is never ok, even if its from the drill sergeants. and they wonder why everybody is so messed up in the head nowadays. the constant abuse from their abusive parents, abusive classmates, and abusive bosses. always being told that they will never be good enough. it messes up people's self esteem. they really start to believe all the put downs. that they are not good enough and they never will be good enough.

@blackriflear15

9 ай бұрын

@jRex918 the problem is not that people are truly stressed, it's that people nowadays are told that they are a victim of something. Just like a muscle, you have to build up your ability to handle stressful situations.

@rondolavino7778

8 ай бұрын

If you can’t handle some yelling you WILL NOT do good in the stress of war. Come out of your pillow fort

Regular Army retired with 26 years...The Army has an identity crisis. It constantly changes its standards, uniforms, training and even its motto. The Army has allowed external conflicting pressures to cause confusion and loss of focus. Identity begins with blood and sweat in supporting the mission, goals and values of the organization...All held in sacred trust from countless sacrifices made on battlefields of the past.

@quickzilver333

Жыл бұрын

POLITICS!

@josiahwyncott7519

Жыл бұрын

Some decades ago the radicals in Washington realized the military is a perfect laboratory for imposing their utopian bullshit on large numbers of people. Get the Presidency or the Pentagon? The military is your toy.

@CD-vb9fi

Жыл бұрын

They didn't "allow" anything. They got told to do these things. Your body is property of the US government while you serve.

@kevinallies1014

Жыл бұрын

By “they” he isn’t talking about individual Soldiers he is talking about “they” as the Army as an institution. They have in fact done exactly what he said they did. They are scared of the cultural revolution eating them so instead of standing up to it they have gone along, The US Army will likely never recover from it.

@CD-vb9fi

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinallies1014 "he is talking about “they” as the Army as an institution." Whom composes the body of the Army? Does the Air Force control the Army? It was my understanding that the members of the Army compose the Institution. You can only serve one master, not two.

This just reminds me that my ROTC program was getting bogged down by so much regulations, before they got shutdown. That was like 10 years ago.

Excellent Report

This is a massive deal. Hard times are coming and my generation and younger show that people have never been softer.

@dookieheadhead

Жыл бұрын

Hard times make hard men. Winter is comiiiiiiiiiing. You just waiy till the chinese get the oportunity

@cappuccinosnephew1382

Жыл бұрын

​@@dookieheadhead Lol the Russians are already leveling up, not just the Chinese. This ain't about just the Chinese or the Russians anymore. Knowing that India is turning their back on us and making a new currency with China, Russia, and Brazil means that we can't even trust all of our allies. The US is about to be in survival mode.

This makes the Navy's basic from the 2010's look like spec ops.

@kenacosta1420

Жыл бұрын

that sounds sad but true

@ortho-g9826

Ай бұрын

Exactly.

You're right, units will keep the best people operational if they can. The army will still need people to fill these vocations though. One way to motivate people to take on such vocations is to make it mandatory for personnel to serve in such roles for a period of time as a prerequisite for promotions to certain ranks.

Jay's a legend he cracks me up!

Young recruits want, demand, and deserve the toughest challenge of their lives - Anything less than that treats recruits as less than who they strive to become.

@nikoc8968

Жыл бұрын

and also sets them up for failure in battle, which they truly believing theyre "trained" for...

@Tracyannbanks_123

11 ай бұрын

This video doesn’t fade me, only the string will make it

@Tracyannbanks_123

11 ай бұрын

Id love to know you better, thats only if you dont mind cos you seems to be a nice and very cool person

@ninjamasterbuilder8675

8 ай бұрын

The army is like a challenge, this makes us want to do well and drill sargents are meant to push us with their rough methods to success, they aren't training baby sitters, drill sargents are training soldiers ready for any problem they face, that is a drill sargents real duty

When a two star general has to say that the Army is as tough as ever you know something is wrong, just the same if a general officer said anything to the contrary they'd be dealt with as well.

@scoobydoo5439

Жыл бұрын

It's called a particular two star Generals is bucking to get a extra star put on his collar.

@WestSideGangsta

Жыл бұрын

It a 2 star General is nowadays highly decorated college degree student fresh outta of college

Man this makes me want to cry. When we went through, basic was cool because it was hard. And it made you hard. It was like taking a dull knife and making it razor sharp. How many moms have you heard talk about their sons (and daughters) coming home after boot camp a completely different person. An adult. They're robbing these kids. And its going to get them killed. When the drills have no military bearing whatsoever.... sigh

Some recruits down there at Fort Benning, GA are pretty chunky also. It’s sad

A 2007-2009 era Army BCT would Crush a present day BCT in a force on force exercise.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

I have zero doubt. just looking at the product I see on base today compared to 10 years ago. it's shocking.

@charlesartificer2158

Жыл бұрын

1990`s soldier here, you are 100% correct. Just got one question about this training. Where in the hell are their helmets!? Every bit of training we did it was in full gear. Running around without a helmet would have earned us a 30 minute pt session. This woke army is so soft.

@beachhoppr

Жыл бұрын

2001 era BCT here. Sigh.

@jcalohio

Жыл бұрын

WTH, a 1962 BCT Company would annihilate these guys, attack their homeland and it would become a wasteland if they don’t run out of ammo first! God help them if they ran into a Company of Marines from 1962! Would probably have to reconvene the Nuremberg trials these current soldiers would be so mutilated.

@omarali262

Жыл бұрын

Well that was also war time

You hit the nail on the head at 2:35. The WHOLE point is to start getting new recruits adapted to performing accurately and correctly and following orders under extremely chaotic, loud, high stress environments. And you only have 9 weeks to reprogram a lifetime of apathetic comfort and unaccountability and turn them into a soldier that can tune out the chaos and stress and successfully accomplish missions. The only way to do this is to bombard them with it relentlessly every waking hour until they adapt.

@rh906

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Will they be great at it? Depends on their upbringing and personality. But they will be 10 times better at it when put through basic properly.

@Lucifurion

Жыл бұрын

Adapt or sink.

@gord-tj6qs

10 ай бұрын

all you have to do is give them a video game. they'll tune out automatically. you think the red chinese are training like this, or the russians?

@mitchrichards1532

7 ай бұрын

@@gord-tj6qs lol, the Russians get about 2-3 weeks and then join the next "meat wave".

@Lee-bp8sp

7 ай бұрын

Agreed. Weak military is a weak nation

At least the USAF has maintained their standards... They insist people be able to carry a Latte and Ipad 25 yards

@longwindingroad

10 ай бұрын

What size latte 12 or 20 oz ? Does the Ipad have a charger and carrying strap? See what I'm getting at, it can be tough depending on circumstances.

My Uncle went to Paris Island for Vietnam. He said his DI had a golf club with the head cut off for a swagger stick. The DI would "emphasize" some commands by applying the stick behind knees, into stomachs, and across backs. My Uncle said he was a slow learner and received a couple of solid kicks to go with everything else. He was a tough SOB but also a gentle giant and is missed.

@TheKb117

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewobrien4639 abuse or bordering on hazing, it can separate the chaff from the seeds... the reason old soldiers are tougher.

@MASTEROFEVIL

Жыл бұрын

And back then those things were solid metal instead of metal plated

@kd741

Жыл бұрын

My uncle was big John! Went to Parris island in the early 60s and found out he wasn’t so big. Said it was the best thing that ever happened to him. Brought to reality and became a successful business owner after his enlistment

@kd741

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Davis oh no! Forgot the second R in it, boo hoo

@liamsandal6360

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Davis He misspelt it. Big deal.

Nothing says "combat ready" like throwing up a stress card. Cause your enemy will totally give you a break from that "stressful environment." BCT needs to be like Marine Corps boot camp. I've been to both army BCT and Marine boot camp. Army BCT literally felt like summer camp.

@sharkclub1

Жыл бұрын

They don't intimidate me..

@ayalewdessieabebe

Жыл бұрын

Just imagine al Qaeda and ISIS saying okay we'll cut you a break u can catch my breath and get a water break 😂😂😆😆🤣🤣🤣 I'd be weak 😆😆 @Lane Dunn

@longshootingshow2163

Жыл бұрын

@@sharkclub1 yeah, the army’s gotten soft

@williamdavis9562

Жыл бұрын

@Lanedunn5726. Yea my man don't you know that Russian and Chinese troops in the heat of battle will back off if they see a stressed out soldier. In fact they might even ask them what their pronouns are and apologize if they misgendered them. They'll also allow the female troops to shoot at them from closer distances (to fight systemic misogyny)

@denno3124

Жыл бұрын

Stress cards are like big foot...only heard of it, never seen it.

Basic training is tough. It should be. It needs to be. You find out who you can trust.

In early 1997 about 6 weeks into OSUT (12b U.S. army) our training battalion was assigned a female drill who was 50lbs overweight, fell out Dailey from PT, cursed more than a sailor, didn’t know anything about being a 12b and her constant screaming about utter nonsense was like nails on a chalkboard. Two days before graduating she disappeared without explanation and everyone assumed she’d been reassigned to a non combat MOS basic training. Three years later while assigned to the 65th Engr BN, 25th LID we got a new platoon Sgt and low and behold it was one of the NCOs who had been a drill sergeant at the 35th ENGR OSUT facility at Ft Leonardwood. One day me and one of the other E4s who had cycled through that OSUT class asked the new platoon Sgt what the hell happened to that female drill and why she was even there in the first place when our MOS was restricted to males only. He immediately started laughing and told us that she had been kicked out of the army for failure to pass PT test and being overweight and the only reason she had been sent to our OSUT in the first place was because she had been begging to be a DI in an OSUT combat MOS battalion and had a senator as a benefactor that pulled strings for her.

@Notaghost603

Жыл бұрын

Jeeez man she had to senator go to bat for her

@DapperSapper515

Жыл бұрын

@@TheElevenBravo20hey now… when there’s a minefield and you need somebody to blow it all hell, you call us! Isn’t we let the infantry sleep comfy at night. I’m all seriousness, thank you for your cervix, brother!

@jaydavet9740

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear from a form 35th Eng. brother!!!!! Me and my lil bro was Gulf 35th 2nd Plt. 2004. "Essayons" "Sappers Lead the Way"!!!!!

@kd741

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Davis you again! Air Assault air assault! Airborne! Air Cav! All that air up there! Lol

@davidwelday3276

Жыл бұрын

12B 85-95, we had so many people in our basic training class we couldn't fit in the brick barracks and had to go into the old metal open bay barracks. It wasn't bad at all except when taking a deuce all the commodes were side by side with a sink across from them and open bay showers

The military recruitment videos from the Russian and Chinese armies, compared to the US says it all.

@RC.-

Жыл бұрын

They’re already developing robot soldiers

@dogguy8603

Жыл бұрын

Albiet our tech against Russia has show who would win.

@shadooks4774

Жыл бұрын

@@RC.- figuratively and literally

@robertjeffcoat441

Жыл бұрын

@@dogguy8603 When the GPS system or technology is knocked out by an EMP then it's a soldier with a rifle and grenades. If you're only a button pusher then you're a casualty. You better be ready for hand to hand combat with an entrenching tool. Technology won't save you.

@robertjeffcoat441

Жыл бұрын

@@RC.- When an EMP hits the terminators then flesh and blood soldiers better be ready for action. Have that entrenching tool ready for hand to hand combat. 🪖 💥

I’ll never forget my drill sgts. Almost 60 and remember it like it was yesterday

A mate of mine was in the Australian Army back in the eighties. They went to the States to do some exercises with the US Army in the desert somewhere, on the first day they were waiting for it to start when word came through that it was canceled. When the Australians enquired as to why the response was that the temperature was over thirty degrees Celsius and they don’t do training exercises in that kind of heat. The Australians were gobsmacked as that was normal for them and guess what the average temperature was in Iraq & Afghanistan

@davidgoodnow269

10 ай бұрын

Yup.

@davidgoodnow269

9 ай бұрын

@@timmattle4730 The ambient temperature for shutting-down activities or exercises is a variable because the military uses something called "wet bulb temperature" as humidity is a major factor. High humidity preventing perspiration from evaporating will neutralize someone quickly if air temperature is higher than body temperature. I've worked in 130°F heat, but it was dry. Generally though, yes, lazy butt-covering officers will curtail activity when ambient exceeds body, because they haven't planned how to deal with it and assume their subordinates are as incompetent and lazy as they are themselves, and don't want soldiers having heat stroke. Casualties during exercises are bad for the Officer Evaluation Report.

@analogman9697

8 ай бұрын

The mommyocracy of America is in full swing.

@RRRRRRRRRRR956

8 ай бұрын

​@@davidgoodnow269doubt it was humid in the desert

@davidgoodnow269

8 ай бұрын

@@RRRRRRRRRRR956 Did you have a point, or are you just posting to see if anyone will give you any attention? I'm also guessing you have not spent enough time in deserts to be aware of how it feels after a rain there.

The entire purpose of early BASIC training is to break you down, everyone., all on the same plane. To build the ability to work together excel together. Then build you up. Regardless of your trade or where you are going, where you come from. You are a soldier first! It’s called Basic. If they weren’t so hard, you would never understand what it means to be one. The Truth Hurts. It’s not about you. Go ARMY.

@eddieBoxer

Жыл бұрын

Yes spent 20 years as combat arms Infantryman / paratrooper, they will learn more at their permanent unit, go to Airborne school, Infantry school, ranger school, still high standards been there, this video doesn't fade me only the strong will make it.

@TheMetoyou1

10 ай бұрын

If you can not take the drill then you will not cope in combat ! Unbelievable what is going on !

@NLBusiness391

8 ай бұрын

It’s almost like our combat readiness is being intentionally sabotaged by bad actors looking to weaken/destroy our nation from within.

@seaneustace9838

7 ай бұрын

How many soldiers actually have a PT patch in the army percentage wise? That’s probably the percentage of real soldiers you’ve had at any given time. 90% of the military does jobs that civilians traditionally did for the military so it doesn’t really matter if you’re a quartermaster can you shoot a rifle if you can pack your parachute or amend it, so it works next time. But whoa to them if they encounter the enemy without the infantry around, and that is why we train them all to be soldiers anyway when you can no longer get the elite 10 or 20% that you need to actually fight wars, the whole system breaks down. Following commands and orders being obeyed are necessary for the modern military. But the kind of people who get into trouble and these kind of systems are also the kind of people that take initiative during war time. Without an economy in the future because of the population, how are we going to maintain the sea and air power that has really made us great as a Military? to be atheistic lovers of pleasure. Did you think there was a future people who believes that things? The problem with degenerate says they don’t see that there is a generous and wants to rule over normal people and make their degeneracy, palatable and force acceptance on the rest of the population in the end all day cause it’s chaos. I’m talking to you, Bruce Jenner.

Makeup application is now a one week course in Basic

Insane how people IN the military either don't understand, or pretend not to understand that the POINT of basic and the stress is to make you learn to operate under it

@fracturedframe1462

Жыл бұрын

Problem is, its mostly the Senior enlisted and people at the top who change things like these

@JN1-506

Жыл бұрын

It's senior leaders. Anyone either CPT or below on the officer side, or SSG and below on the enlisted side, 100% disagree with this.

@Terminxman

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Davis Yeah all 3 people here are pretending to be hard, why do you say that?

honest thoughts from the marine here. like it.

1994-2001 as an engineer it was very possible to be physically attacked by chain of command...no paper trail....

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

of course and it worked for nearly all involved. tuning up for mistakes without hurting someones career was effective. outliers ruined it in the media.

My old boss was a US Army vet who was regular army in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor. He was shot in the stomach on Saipan. He said that the regular Army before WWII was tough, and if you slacked off your sergeant would smack you in the chops.

@Shaker1000

Жыл бұрын

Soldiers then dealt with their PTSD and walked it off. It's why PTSD was unknown in service members back then. They just sucked it up. Now everyone has it just from being yelled at and it's now documented.

@alexref955

Жыл бұрын

It's not democratic

@gibbsm

Жыл бұрын

Roman legions were way tougher than your old boss, they would have just killed him for being weak.

@gibbsm

Жыл бұрын

@@Shaker1000 wow, way to denigrate those with PTSD. where'd you get your degree?

@Xenophon1

Жыл бұрын

@@gibbsm Rome fell to the barbarians in 476 A.D.

As a veteran, this is heartbreaking to see. A lot of young people will die if ever SHTF and things get real.

This is how empires collapse, from within. It was a good run America.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

and now we can record the collapse in real time.

@ReneMacias1978

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@dznArro

Жыл бұрын

very true.

The low recruiting numbers, tying the hands of drill sergeants/DIs/RDCs, and lowering standards for entry is a National security risk. We will lose our edge in the next major conflict if this continues

@the_jarric

7 ай бұрын

they even lowered spec ops standarts to let women in

The challenge of boot camp was part of the incentive for joining. Anything worth doing must be challenging, or we won't receive any value from it.

Basic combat training is designed to weed out the people that cannot handle the things they would see and hear in an actual combat environment. Drill instructors should still be able to strike new recruits. As David Goggins would say, "STAY HARD!"

1964...July 8th Lackland AFB Texas. Basic training. Wore 1936 web belt with WWII canteen and cover. The only water source when thirsty. WWII open bay barracks. Drilling one day and our flight was just not " clicking"...Summer time , there was a flag system to tell the base about temperatures. The flag to end all outside activity was up. Don't remember if the flag color was red or black. The stop flag was up because the temperature had reached the max. Our TI stopped us the drill pad. Walked over to office and had that flag replaced by the " okay" flag. We marched in that heat on a black top drill pad. It wasn't long before we were " clicking" like one.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

I was lead by Vietnam SNCOs. zero bullshit and until Clinton little politics pushed on the military. This new version is not going to be effective .WE have some of the most combat tested troops (or did) to train men to fight. sad to see it crumble.

@barryfletcher7136

Жыл бұрын

Black flag = too hot for outdoor training.

@bigbake132

Жыл бұрын

Black flag means no training outside, usually just classroom training on those days.

@bud2769

Жыл бұрын

Hated black flags days, we tried to get out of them. At Camp Upshur Quantico in the late 70’s black flag protocol was to lay fully uniformed and motionless on top of your rack. A pleasure on top of your wool blanket in our WW2 Quonset hut Easy bake ovens. It was better to be outside sweating your nuts off.

@whatadollslife

Жыл бұрын

worst thing that happened to me in Army basic was when we jogged for PT as a company in uniform with weapon and even tho it was 6am ,it was in Alabama and already hot ....someone would fall out about 6 streets down in the run and the DIs would make the entire company run around the block until that person got off the street and back into formation for the run ....running around the block for no reason except for them to say that soldier has to complete the run with ya'll .....everybody yelling for that person to get up and get back in line hahahaha I've seen cops do this same training in the civilian world / hardship creates unity

Just graduated army basic training. We definitely bitched all the time about basic being way too easy. It was to the point where even our drill sergeants were telling us to wait until we got to our units to do real training.

@robertgiudice4854

Жыл бұрын

Fort Jackson?

@noahmooneyham7526

Жыл бұрын

@@robertgiudice4854 Benning

@islander790

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service and your honesty. The army has done you no favours thus far by making training too easy. The next fight you may find yourself in could be the one where you are wishing you’d been trained harder. We had a saying in the British Army ”train hard fight easy“. Good luck and have a great career 🫡

@ciguana2mlgprovideo388

Жыл бұрын

Yea same here

@Lonovavir

Жыл бұрын

Cause learning on the job or worse in combat is a great idea 🙄🙄.

It will be interesting to see how things have progressed (or regressed) by 2024.

Many NCOs hated getting the instructor identifier on their record, then they are typecast at each duty station.

In the British Army, a tour as an instructor in basic is a part of your career path, most have to do it. If you send good NCOs, you get well trained junior soldiers.

This is what happens at the decline of a nation. We used to go around the world training other nations. We’d laugh and remark at how crappy other nation’s (even first world nation’s) militaries where. Now, we are going to go back to those same places where the ones or twos of those guys we trained are now senior NCO’s and they we laugh at us. That laugh will ripple into fear as they remember that America was the world’s main military against all foreign threats. Now it’s going to be on them to fight their own fights and they’ll hate it. They’ll resent our weakness.

@ayalewdessieabebe

Жыл бұрын

🤦🏻

@arihaviv8510

Жыл бұрын

Such as against Russia

@izafanime

Жыл бұрын

Extremely true

@pontiacGXPfan

2 ай бұрын

And our unwillingness to help them fight

You say it's soft Jameson that's because it absolutely is.

My monthly volunteer fire dept training seems tougher than this, maybe because my Capt is former FDNY and former Marine

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

volunteer firefighters training way harder, shit cub scout camp outs look harder

Aust vet here. The role of the infantry. To seek out and close with the enemy To kill or capture him To seize and hold ground To repell attack by day or by night Regardless of season, weather, or terrain

@iankeller4839

Жыл бұрын

Did some training with Australian army soldiers. They're some guys you don't F with.

@michaelspringer6974

Жыл бұрын

Hura brother.

@chucksneed5405

Жыл бұрын

What if AUS citizens were designated as the "enemy"?

One of the toughest decision an Army first sergeant can make is to send your best and brightest off to a school. Its something they have to be really aware of because often your best people will be at a disadvantage come promotion time.

Maybe we should consider adding another branch to military service for people who lack the physicality, cognitive skills, motivation and leadership capability. This would be a service that would take on the cooking, general office work, janitorial, warehouse, trucking, general facilities maintenance and other jobs and transcend the MOS for each of these areas across the other branches. The other branches can then focus on training warfighters instead of pandering to those who are not fit for duty.

My Dad joined the Army in December 1941 and retired in 1966 because he said the Army was becoming too soft.

@sinisterisrandom8537

Жыл бұрын

Thank him foe his service many of us civi's would say. Even if he thinks he's just doing a job. He did defend the country from one multiple of several theaters of war.

Next--70% of Ranger School attendees are "selected" because of low numbers of volunteers.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

why not. at this point.

The Army now has trans drill Sgt's. One drill on Ft. Benning broke down crying because a security guard called him sir.

@longwindingroad

10 ай бұрын

How long a go was this ? I'm not in the military but it's now Ft. Moore and did this happen at a gate ? Sounds made up.

2018 era soldier here. Not saying my basic is any tougher but the fact that yelling and cussing is no longer a thing makes all the difference trying to stimulate a battlefield situation.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

at a min just get people listening to start. nothing can sim people wanting to kill you but stress card and soft tones are not the right direction.

@jenniferhiemstra5228

Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure where people Are getting the idea this isn’t a thing anymore, but my drills at basic (this year I’ll add) were 1000% yelling and cussing up storms ALL the time.

The problem is the army is so down on people they just don’t want to risk scaring off what little recruits they have. When we actually get involved with a conflict, there will be another culture change for sure.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

the army was not down until they went full sjw in the ranks. once they started this guys choose else where to be tested.

@thomasjefferson7584

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesonsTravels the guy actually has a point. We went alphabet and gender equality Woke first. Then we plummeted the standards

The Army is woke. My husband served in the U.S. Army from 1987 until 2009 when he retired. He said he wouldn't join the Army today. When you're training for combat, it requires a certain mindset. You can't worry that a soldier's feelings are going to be hurt, or about misgendering someone. The Army, like all Armies has to train you to follow orders and trust your fellow soldiers. War isn't pretty or fun or full of touchy-feely Hallmark moments. You are being trained to engage in combat and that will include taking the life of the enemy before he takes yours. That is the nature of war--people die. And if you're worry about all this woke crap, you're not going to be prepared to effectively do your duty as a soldier in the United States Army.

@DM-kl4em

8 ай бұрын

Yes sir! If a recruit shuts down while a drill sergeant is screaming at him, what the hell is he going to do when gunshots are ringing out and shells are exploding???

well said

In other words , they won’t shout at the ones that look like they’re going to cry .

The tug of war policies being placed upon our armed forces must be absolutely nerve wracking for armed forces leadership within the ranks. Having to comply to these nonsense changes and adjust so drastically must be having some effect on moral for sure.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

moral is terrible. talking to a lot of guys in now. young enlisted. all types. its not looking good.

@hulkangry5546

Жыл бұрын

Well maybe the so called leadership should stand up and fight against it instead of being a careerist pig and constantly taking it in the ass. Our enemies smiles are just getting wider and wider.

@archibaldmaclaine6506

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesonsTravels A WEAK military invites attack. Whereas attacking a strong military is NOT something anyone would ever do. The whole of the western world has never been weaker not even in the events leading up to WW2.

@ronaldbobeck1026

Жыл бұрын

Okay Vietnam veteran here. Things were so bad in Vietnam that the military was forced to draft and enlist mental category 4. Back then it mentions someone with an IQ. Of 85. Yes, the average IQ is 100 -110 . Just the facts . Believe me you could tell who was a 4 no disrespect intended to them , but, they had a harder time doing simple tasks .

@archibaldmaclaine6506

Жыл бұрын

@@ronaldbobeck1026 Looking at the state of society now I`d say that the average IQ is now more like category 4. Certainly it seems that some of our so called leaders do NOT even reach that high!

When they relax the standards for Air Assault, Airborne, Ranger & Special Forces schools we will pay a heavy price...

@boosterstephanie5700

Жыл бұрын

Even just regular infantry. We will pay a price.

@garygeorge9648

Жыл бұрын

When?

@LongWalkerActual

Жыл бұрын

@@garygeorge9648 Are you implying that is has already been done?

@garygeorge9648

Жыл бұрын

@@LongWalkerActual Yes.

@darylhopkins9796

Жыл бұрын

The side effects of the woke agenda.

These Drill Sergeants of today's Army seem more like Wal-Mart managers to me.

As a member of gen Z, don’t go easy on these kids… they need to be able to perform to the highest standard across the board.

Ideally, the best DI's would be volunteers who are also screened to ensure that they are up to the task. That is true with most jobs. As for why there is a drop in recruitment, it is likely that there are multiple reasons. Inappropriate ideologies, lowered standards and major strategic errors have to be among them. Lowering standards and softening training is a recipe for disaster. Combat is a shock and is merciless. If one is going there, one is better off being hardened up to it alongside team members who are likewise prepared.

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

Marine Corps makes it an upside duty for the lifer. Not a pick'em for people who dont want to be there.

@davidgoodnow269

Жыл бұрын

All solid points. Letting idiots use the military as a stage for social engineering exercises is, well, idiocy.

Dude should not have said anything about Skinning cats. Some people identify as cats and might take offense Lol

@JamesonsTravels

Жыл бұрын

lol. true. I try to separate Odins Men from this. it can be hard with the new style of military training. SF means more now than ever.

@223dmr7

Жыл бұрын

😆 🤣

This broke my heart.

Setting us up for failure on every front.

Correction. The greatest, fiercest, most loyal, and most dangerous fighting force the world has ever known are called leathernecks and they go by the official name of the United States Marine Corp. The Army follows closely behind them. GOD BLESS AMERICA

I'm honestly embarrassed of what's become of my Army. We are here to turn you people in to warriors, so if you start to feel stressed let us know so we can put you in a safe space. War stressful naaa just let your enemy know so he can back off and let you take the time you need to process your feelings.

@jordanf8797

Жыл бұрын

i'm embarrassed that people still think we fight for freedom, what a joke.

@vegan-cannibal714

Жыл бұрын

@@jordanf8797 I doubt you could find a vet that would say he went to war for freedom that wasn't being sarcastic about it.

@erikarabie

Жыл бұрын

It's not your Army

@chuckshartz2722

Жыл бұрын

@@vegan-cannibal714 you would be amazed the number of them who hold that belief. These are also the same guys who believe the VA is a welfare system that only the "feint of heart" use

@DWNicolo

Жыл бұрын

@@erikarabie guess what? It is.

Honestly my whole life I've been eager too join the army. Both parents were enlisted, told me all kinds of cool tough stories about training. It worked something in me to make them proud and want to do what they did better by going into this. I've been trying to train physically and mentally rigorously to simulate basic and be prepared to breeze through it. But the military changed so much just from 2020 to know. It worries me that the word soldier doesn't have the same grit and merit and myself and others won't get the full potential from the military

@TheUSARMYINFANTRY

Жыл бұрын

Dont do it!!!!

@TheUSARMYINFANTRY

Жыл бұрын

Join a civilian defense force. Chances are thats what going to happen.

@BlueNelso279

Жыл бұрын

It was one of the most dissapointing experiences of my life. Once you get hurt you're useless and they throw you aside like trash.

@RoCK3rAD

Жыл бұрын

If you were serious you’d have done it but go back to your video game

@TastyShepherdsPie

Жыл бұрын

Just do it, focus on serving your country and not the noise. Do what is in your heart.

I've never been more proud to be a Marine.

When the bullets start flyin'...all that crap goes out the door.