KevinB
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Not 100% all the screaming to be gone but...
New US Army Basic Training Concept
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daftandbarmy
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Not 100% all the screaming to be gone but...
Good.
There's a place for some judicious shouting in recruit training, of course, but the gratuitous 'Screaming in the face while knife handing' stuff is absurd IMHO.
KevinB
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I think it's a welcome change - as @daftandbarmy points out there really is no need for gratuitous abuse.
Furthermore seeing some new intakes at Benning, more PT is a welcome thing that will help those troops more in life (even beyond the Army).
I agree with both of you.
(Although I will admit I find myself using knife hand on a daily basis… instead of pointing with my finger I use knife hand by default now)
When I was younger, and all that I had seen was recruit classes according to Hollywood, I thought the gratuitous amount of yelling and PT was an important component turning recruits into real soldiers.
And there is a component of that.
But I agree, more PT & more time spent learning will ultimately be of more value than just getting screamed at ‘just because…’
(Although I will admit I find myself using knife hand on a daily basis… instead of pointing with my finger I use knife hand by default now)
When I was younger, and all that I had seen was recruit classes according to Hollywood, I thought the gratuitous amount of yelling and PT was an important component turning recruits into real soldiers.
And there is a component of that.
But I agree, more PT & more time spent learning will ultimately be of more value than just getting screamed at ‘just because…’
KevinB
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One can induce a lot of stress without screaming.
Most Armies waste a slew of time on unless things simply because "it's always been done that way"
