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Recruit training is the initial indoctrination and instruction given to new

military personnel. It may be common to all recruits, officers being selected
navigation on the basis of competency shown during recruit training, or for the enlisted
Main page ranks only. Officer trainees undergo more detailed programs, which may
Contents either precede or follow the common recruit training, taking place either in
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languages where there may be a strong urge to disobey orders or flee. The recruit who cannot work as part of a
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1 Resocialization
2 Australia
2.1 Regional Force Surveillance Units
2.2 Royal Military College Duntroon
3 Canada
4 Denmark
5 Finland
6 India
7 Israel
8 Pakistan
9 Singapore
10 Germany
11 United States
 11.1 Army
11.2 Marine Corps
11.3 Navy
11.4 Air Force
11.5 Coast Guard
12 See also
13 Notes
14 References

Resocialization [edit]

Main article: resocialization

Resocialization is a sociological concept dealing with the process of mentally and emotionally "re-
training" a person so that he or she can operate in an environment other than that which he or she is
accustomed to. Resocialization into a total institution involves a complete change of personality. Key
examples include the process of resocializing new recruits into the military so that they can operate as
soldiers (or, in other words, as members of a cohesive unit) and the reverse process, in which those who
have become accustomed to such roles return to society after military discharge.
Recruits are typically instructed in "drill": to stand, march, and respond to orders in an unquestioning
manner. Historically, drills are derived from 18th-century military tactics in which soldiers in a fire line
performed precise and coordinated movements to load and fire muskets. Although these particular
tactics are now obsolete for the most part, drilling performs a psychological function by inculcating the
response to commands and training the recruit to act unhesitatingly in the face of real combat
situations. Learning drill commands also enables the modern infantry soldier to maintain proper position
relative to his peers and thus maintain the shape of his or her formation (arrowhead, line abreast, etc)
whilst moving over uneven terrain. Drill can also serve a role in leadership training. Combat situations
include not only commands to engage and put one's life in danger, but also commands to disengage
when military necessity so demands. This conditioning, which ideally results in instant response to
commands, is essential for military function, because without it, a military unit would likely disintegrate
under the stress of combat and degenerate into a mere armed mob. According to Finnish Army
regulations, the close-order drill serves four functions:
is essential for the esprit de corps and cohesion for battlefield conditions
gets the recruits used to instinctive obedience and following the orders
enables large units to be marched and moved in an orderly manner
creates the basis for action in the battlefield
A criticism of drill is that it is a fairly inefficient method of training, based on behavioristic method, which
does not enable the subjects to learn anything by heuristics, and can be used only to instill very simple
and trivial things, like series of movements, therefore consuming resources from combat and weapons
training.
Recruits are usually subjected to rigorous physical training, both to prepare for the demands of combat
and to weed out the less able or insufficiently motivated. This also builds morale and provides a sense of
accomplishment for the remaining recruits who have met the physical requirements.
Army and Marine recruits are nearly always trained in basic marksmanship with individually-assigned
weapons, field maintenance of weapons, hand-to-hand combat, physical fitness training, first aid, and
basic survival techniques. Navy and Coast Guard training usually focuses on water survival training,
physical fitness, basic seamanship, and skills such as shipboard firefighting, basic engineering, and
signals. Air force training usually includes physical fitness training, military and classroom instructions,
as well as field training in basic marksmanship, first aid, and protective equipment usage.

Australia [edit]

Main article: Australian Army Recruit Training

Most of the recruit training in the Australian Army is currently held at Army Recruit Training Centre
(ARTC) at Kapooka, near Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. Recruit training is 80 days long for
members of the Australian Regular Army and 28 days long for members of the Australian Army Reserve.
In basic training recruits are taught drill, weapons and workplace safety, basic equipment maintenance,
marksmanship, fieldcraft, radio use and defensive/offensive operations.

Regional Force Surveillance Units [edit]

Training for recruits in the Regional Force Surveillance Units usually differs greatly from training in the
rest of the Army. For instance, NORFORCE recruits attend an additional 2 week course at the Kangaroo
Flats. Recruits from areas covered by the RFSUs often come from indigenous cultures radically different
from that of the general Australian population, and as such many regular standards and methods of
training are not as applicable in their case.

Royal Military College Duntroon [edit]

Recruit Training for Officers in the Australian Army (known as ICT - Initial Cadet Training) takes place at
Royal Military College, Duntroon (RMC). The ICT is conducted for approximately 7 weeks after which
staff cadets continue military instruction in skills such as weapons training, military history, leadership,
strategic studies and other such skills at Section, Platoon and Company levels. Trainees at RMC hold
the rank of Staff Cadet and, if successful in completing the course are commissioned as Lieutenants.
The overall full-time Officer Training course at RMC is 18 months long.

Canada [edit]

Centralized recruit training in the Canadian Army did not exist until 1940, and until the creation of Basic
Training Centres across Canada, recruit training had been done by individual units or depots.
The Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force were unified into one service,
the Canadian Forces in 1968. The Canadian Forces Training System, a unified system for all the
services, was devised and remains in place today. Most non-commissioned CF recruits in the Regular
Force (full time) are trained at Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School at St-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
Quebec. Regular Force officers complete their Basic Officer Training and Initial Assessment Phases at
CFLRS as well, before moving on to Second Language Training and their occupational training. After
basic training, personnel are trained in the speciality of their "environment". Members of the Maritime
Branch undergo a five week sea environment training course and members of the Land Forces Command
undergo a 20 day Soldier Qualification course.
Reservists, particularly the Army Reserve, may conduct basic and trades training part-time, generally
alternating weekends. Due to increased integration of the Regular and Reserve Force, many reservists
attend courses hosted by the Regular Force. Members of the Army Reserves complete an 8 week
BMQ/SQ course (Basic Military Qualification and Soldier Qualification) during the summer. The Naval
and Air Reserve jointly conduct BMQ for its recruits at the Naval Reserve Training Division Borden
equivalent to Regular Force BMQ, at Canadian Forces Base Borden. The Navy trains its personnel in
seamanship, firefighting, damage control and other skills after BMQ, in the Naval Environmental Training
Program (NETP) in either Esquimalt or Halifax.

Denmark [edit]

The Danish Army conducts the HBU (Hærens Basisuddannelse, Army Basic Training course) at 8
bases around the country. The course lasts four months, and has its focus on training skills used in
connection with the Danish total defence, and on recruiting for the army's international missions, and for
the NCO-schools. The recruits are technically conscripts, but in the later years, the Danish army has
taken in a large number of volunteers, so fewer are actually forced into the HBU.

Finland [edit]
All Finnish conscripts undergo two months of basic training, which is essentially same for all
servicemen. At the end of this training, all men are promoted to their first military rank. After this,
specialized training is given depending on the person.

India [edit]

Main article: Military academies in India

The Indian military services have established numerous and distinguished academies and staff colleges
across India for the purpose of training professional soldiers in new generation military sciences, warfare
command and strategy, and associated technologies.

Israel [edit]

Main article: Tironut

The recruit training of the Israel Defense Forces (called tironut in Hebrew) varies depending on the unit,
where virtually each unique unit completes a different training course. Recruits are certified as riflemen
after the completion of the training, where Rifleman 02 is the easiest and least demanding level (for non-
combat units), whereas Rifleman 07 (for infantry) is much more difficult. Every combat corps and some
combat support and non-combat ones have their own training base for the recruit training, while most
non-combat units train in all-army bases for the certification of Rifleman 02.
Individuals desiring to become officers must apply to be trained at a facility in the Negev desert called
"Bahad One" (abbreviation of "Basis Hadracha", Instruction Base). They must abide by a Code of
Conduct and can be dismissed at anytime for failing to abide by that Code, which includes failure to pick
up a piece of paper on the ground or failing to offer a seat on a bus to an elderly individual.

Pakistan [edit]

Main article: Pakistan Military Academy

The Pakistan Military Academy (or PMA) is a Military Academy of the Pakistan Army. It is located at
Kakul near Abbottabad in the North-West Frontier Province. The Pakistan Military Academy is equivalent
to Sandhurst, West Point or Tironut and undertakes training of the prospective officers of Pakistan Army.
The academy has three training battalions and twelve companies. A Cadet is being trained and passed
out as an officer of the Pakistan Army within two years.
Enlisted Men undertake training at the Regimental Center of their chosen regiment.

Singapore [edit]

Main article: National Service in Singapore

In Singapore, national service is compulsory. Recruits enlisted into the Singapore Armed Forces have to
go through Basic Military training (BMT). Based on their medical Physical Employment Status (PES)
grading, recruits may undergo standard, enhanced, modified, or obese BMT conducted at the Basic
Military Training Centre on the offshore island of Pulau Tekong. During the course of their BMT, they are
expected to learn command drills, go through obstacle courses, survive field camps, undergo fitness
tests, throw live grenades, learn how to operate a rifle and master the basics of being a soldier. They are
also expected to mingle with other recruits from their platoon despite being from different walks of life. At
the end of BMT, they will have a passing-out parade (POP) to signify the transition from civilian to
soldier. After BMT, the recruit will then be posted to a military unit which is determined by their life skills
and suitability for deployment. Recruits deemed with good leadership skills will progress to School of
Infantry Specialists(SISPEC) to be trained as specialists or to Officer Cadet School(OCS) to be trained
as officers. Besides leadership, academic qualifications are also taken into selection for those who are
to progressed to become commanders.

Germany [edit]
The Allgemeine Grundausbildung (AGA) of the Bundeswehr is to recruit the basics of military skills.
These include primarily a shooter and combat training, learning military etiquette (Formal service), to
increase the physical capacity, and the teaching of theoretical knowledge (rights and obligations of a
soldier). The MRA covers the first three months of military service.
The contents of the "Allgemeine Grundausbildung" includes
Combat training for troops of all services
Self-Help and comrades
General troops Client / Internal leadership
Sport, the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) and the German sportbadge (DSA)
Hand Weapons Training (Rifle G36 or Heckler & Koch G3 rifle, P1 or P8 (Heckler & Koch USP)
pistol, machine gun MG3)
Training for security guards and soldiers (ATN SichSold)
Medical training

United States [edit]

In the United States, recruit training in the Army is called Basic Combat
Training, in the Air Force it is called Basic Military Training or "BMT", in the
Navy and Marine Corps, it is called Recruit Training and in the Coast
Guard, it is called "Basic Training." "Boot camp" is a common colliquialism
in the U.S. for describing the training facility for new enlisted recruits when
engaged in Basic Combat Training, Basic Military Training (BMT), Recruit
Training or Basic Training.
Some services present a badge or other award to denote completion of
recruit training. The United States Army typically issues the Army Service
Ribbon (issued after completion of Advanced Individual Training), and the Extreme levels of
United States Air Force presents the Air Force Training Ribbon and the aggression and intimidation
Airman's Coin. The United States Marine Corps issue the Eagle, Globe, are an integral part of most
and Anchor once initial training is complete to signify that the recruits are boot camps.

now Marines. The United States Navy replaces the "RECRUIT" ball cap the
recruits have worn throughout training with the "NAVY" ball cap upon successful completion of "Battle
Stations". The United States Coast Guard's basic training graduates place a Coast Guard Medallion on
their ball cap.
For honor graduates of basic training, both the U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard present a Basic Training
Honor Graduate Ribbon. The Navy and Marine Corps often meritoriously advance the top graduates of
each division one pay-grade (up to a maximum of E-3).

Army [edit]

Main article: United States Army Basic Training

In the Army, the location where a recruit is sent for Basic Training
depends on his or her chosen Military Occupational Specialty, or
MOS, which is selected upon enlistment.
Basic training is divided into two parts, which commonly take place
at two different locations, depending on the chosen MOS:
Basic Combat Training, or BCT, is now an 11-week training
period that is identical for all MOSs. US Army bayonet training.
Advanced Individual Training, or AIT, is where new soldiers
receive specific training in their chosen MOS. The length of AIT training varies depending on the MOS
and can last anywhere from six weeks to one year.
All 11b Infantry MOS are 17 weeks long.
The U.S. Army has five sites for BCT:
Fort Benning, Georgia
Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Female Army recruits are sent to Fort Leonard Wood (Missouri) or Fort Jackson, which have gender-
integrated training.
Basic Combat Training is divided into three phases. During Phase I, (Also known as "Red Phase")
recruits are subject to "Total Control," meaning their every action is monitored and constantly corrected
by drill sergeants. The first week of training is commonly referred to as "Hell Week," due to the intense
period of adjustment required on the part of the new recruits. Marches are common throughout basic
training. Recruits are sent to the "gas chamber" during Phase I, as part of training for defensive chemical
warfare. They are also introduced to their standard-issue weapon, the M16A2 assault rifle.
Phase II (Also known as "White Phase") is where soldiers begin actually firing weapons, starting with
the assault rifle (M16A2). Other weapons the recruit becomes familiarized with include various grenades
(such as the M67 fragmentation grenade) and grenade launchers (such as the M203). Recruits are then
familiarized with the bayonet, anti-tank/armor weaponry and other heavy weapons. There is also an
obstacle course which the soldiers are expected to negotiate in a certain amount of time. Additionally,
there is continual, intense PT, as well as drill and ceremony training. At the conclusion of Phase II,
soldiers are expected to demonstrate proficiency with the various weaponry with which they trained.
Phase III "Blue Phase" is the culmination and the most challenging of all the training phases. During the
first week, there is a final PT test. Recruits that fail are frequently retested, often up until the morning of
their cycle's graduation. If they do not pass they are recycled to another platoon until they meet the
fitness standards. The final PT Test is the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). Usually, a Soldier needs
to score at least 60 points in each APFT category (Pushups, Sit-ups, and 2 mile run) to pass, but in
Army Basic Training, only 50 points is required, though at AIT the Soldier will take another APFT with a
60 point requirement. During Blue Phase, the recruits move on to longer and more intensive
"Bivouac" (camping) and FTX (Field Training Exercises), such as nighttime combat operations. Drill
sergeants will make much of this an adversarial process, working against the recruits in many of the
night operations, trying to foil plans, etc.

Marine Corps [edit]

Main article: United States Marine Corps Boot Camp

United States Marine Corps Recruit Depots are located at Marine
Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, and Marine
Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. All female enlisted
Marines go to Parris Island. Men go to either, depending on whether
they were recruited east or west of the Mississippi River. The Marine
Corps' 13-week-long recruit training is the longest in United States
Armed Services.
Marine Corps Recruit Training is divided up into three four-week A Marine Drill Instructor inspects
phases and further broken down into individual training days. While his platoon shortly before Lights
Out.
there are 69 individual training days, recruits also go through pre and
post training processing. Phase one mainly consists of learning
recruit life protocol, PT, MCMAP training, academic classes, Pugil stick fights, first aid training, initial
drill,a series inspection, and the confidence course. West coast recruits also do swim qualification
during this phase. Phase two is completely in the field for west coast recruits, with the first two weeks
being spent on marksmanship training and qualification with the M16A4 service rifle (the M16A2s are
being phased out), and the last week in the field learning skills such as fireteam formations, land
navigation, and hikes. For east coast recruits, phase two is swim qualification, rifle qualification, and
Team Week, a week of maintenance duties for the island as a sort of relative break from training. Phase
three brings the San Diego recruits back to the recruit depot where they finish up with final drill, final
inspection, more PT and confidence courses, and graduation. During third phase, west coast recruits
also go back into the field one last time to do the the Crucible which includes the gas chamber, and
many other obstacles to overcome. Parris Island recruits finish with field training, final drill and
inspection, the Crucible, and graduation. Note that recruits going to either depot receive the exact same
training, if in a different order.
Recruit training for Marines is a 13-week long program, and is followed by combat training which is
mandatory for Marines of all military occupational specialties (MOS) at the Schools of Infantry located at
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (for Parris Island graduates) and Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton, California (for San Diego graduates). Marines with an Infantry MOS (03XX) are
assigned to Infantry Training Battalion (ITB) companies A-D for two months of training. Marines with non-
Infantry MOS designations go to Marine Combat Training Battalion (MCT) companies E-H for 3 weeks of
training. ITB and MCT are both run by the School of Infantry, but MCT is a more generalized form of
training whereas ITB is longer and MOS-specific. After graduation from the School of Infantry, Marines
who have a non-Infantry MOS will continue on to yet another school for training in their specific job field.
Infantry Marines will normally proceed directly to their fleet unit.

Navy [edit]

Main article: United States Navy Recruit Training

The U.S. Navy currently operates boot camp at Recruit Training
Command Great Lakes, located at Naval Station Great Lakes, near
North Chicago, Illinois. Instead of having Drill Sergeants or Drill
Instructors like other U.S. Military branches, the U.S. Navy has
RDC's (Recruit Division Commanders) that are assigned to each
division. Training lasts approximately eight weeks (although some
A Navy Recruit Division
recruits will spend as many as nine weeks in training due to the Commander conducts "Instructional
somewhat complicated processing cycle). Days are counted by a Training" to correct substandard
system that lists the week and day that they are on, for example 7-3 performance during boot camp.
for week 7 day 3. The first approximate week is counted P-1, P-2,
etc. which denotes that it is a processing day and does not count as part of their 8 week training period.
Recruits are instructed on military drill, basic seamanship, basic shipboard damage control, firefighting,
familiarization with the M9 pistol and Mossberg 500 shotgun (the Navy no longer gives instruction on the
M-16 in boot camp), pass the confidence chamber (tear gas filled chamber), PT, and the basic
essentials on Navy life. Recruits also attend many classes throughout boot camp on subjects such as
Equal Opportunity, Sexual Assault Victim Intervention, Uniformed Code Of Military Justice, Recognition
of naval aircraft and vessels, and more. In order for recruits to pass boot camp, they will be physically
and mentally tested on a 12 hour exercise called Battle Stations which consists of 12 different scenarios
consisting of firefighting, first aid knowledge, survival at sea, mass casualties, bomb detection and many
other skills that they have been learning in the past 7 weeks. After completion of boot camp, freshly
minted Sailors are sent either to various "A" Schools located across the United States, where they begin
training to receive their ratings (jobs) or to apprenticeship training, where they then enter the fleet without
a designation.
The Navy formerly operated Recruit Training Centers in San Diego, California, Orlando, Florida and Port
Deposit (Bainbridge), Maryland. As of 1995, only RTC Great Lakes is currently in operation with no plans
to open new training centers or re-open past training centers.

Air Force [edit]

The U.S. Air Force's Basic Military Training (BMT) is eight and a half weeks
long and is conducted at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. Formerly,
trainees were referred to as "Airman" from day one of BMT. This has been
changed; now, personnel are referred to as Trainees until the Airman's Coin
Ceremony in the eighth week of training, when they receive their Airman's
Coin. Trainees receive military instruction (including the Air Force core
values, flight and individual drill, and living area inspections), academic
classes (covering topics such as Air Force history, dress and appearance,
military customs and courtesies, ethics, security, and alcohol/drug abuse
prevention and treatment), and field training (including protection against A formation of USAF
trainees.
biological and chemical attack, basic marksmanship on the M-16 rifle and
M9 pistol as well as first aid). Following BMT, airmen go to a technical
school (or 'tech school') where they learn the specifics of their Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC), which
is similar to the MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) in the Army and Marines, or the Navy's NEC
(Naval Enlisted Classification) code.
All non-prior-service enlistees are required to complete BMT, including those enlisting in the Air National
Guard and Air Force Reserve Command. Reserve component enlistees receive the same training as their
active-duty counterparts. Credit can be given on a case-by-case basis for enlistees with college credit,
Eagle Scouts and service in the Civil Air Patrol for promotion to E-2 (Airman) or E-3 (Airman First Class)
upon graduation from BMT. The stripes are not worn until graduation, though trainees are paid at their
advanced paygrade.
Lackland AFB has been associated with BMT for almost the Air Force's entire history. For a brief time
between 1966 and 1968, the Air Force operated a second BMT at Amarillo AFB, in Amarillo, Texas.
Unlike the Army and Navy, but like the Marine Corps (throughout boot camp) and Coast Guard (during
the first section of boot camp), trainees are required to refer to all Airmen, enlisted and NCO's as well as
commissioned and warrant officers, as "sir" or "ma'am." Trainees are required to preface speaking to
Military Training Instructors with their "reporting statement:"
"Sir/Ma'am, Trainee Jones reports as ordered."
An additional 2 weeks of BMT was added to the program on November 1, 2008. BMT has been tailored
to incorporate some of the additional warfighting skills to coincide with increased AEF rotations, and
more frequent support of its sister services during those rotations.[1]

Coast Guard [edit]

Recruit training for United States Coast Guard is held at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in Cape
May, New Jersey. The training lasts for 8 weeks. U.S. Coast Guard is unique in that it fires the Sig
Sauer P229R pistol[2] during the training. The training also covers basic seamenship, drill, military
bearing and firefighting.
Although the USCG is a part of the Department of Homeland Security, rather than the Department of
Defense, the United States Coast Guard is by law and tradition a branch of the United States Armed
Forces. As with all military members, USCG personnel are subject to the Uniform Code of Military
Justice (UCMJ). Due to the unique mission set of the US Coast Guard including CONUS and OCONUS
defense operations, search and rescue and maritime law enforcement, there are added requirements to
maintain high physical fitness standards and intense military bearing comparable to the other armed
services.
During their time at TRACEN Cape May, the recruits are subjected to the usual "boot camp" atmosphere
of direct instruction and intense motivation. The recruits are designated as Seamen recruits (SR). They
must adhere to strict rules such as hygiene and uniform regulations and obey all lawful orders. Coast
Guard drill instructors are called "Company Commanders."
After completing boot camp, recruits can select their rate and then attend an "A" school. "A" school is a
long-term technical school providing specific instruction about a rate. The "A" schools last 2 to 5
months. Some rates have an available apprenticeship training option instead of attending an "A" school.
 See also [edit]

Australian Army Recruit Training

Army.ca a Canadian website discussing the recruiting process and basic training of the Canadian
military.
Basic School
Full Metal Jacket, a motion picture by Stanley Kubrick.
Military Academy
Officer Candidate School
Reserve Officers Training Corps, also known as ROTC.
Royal Marines recruit training
Royal Military College, Duntroon
United States Army Basic Training
Advanced Individual Training

Notes [edit]

1. ^ BMT extended, NCOs to learn new languages

2. ^ Coast Guard Law Enforcement Adopts New Pistol

References [edit]

USAREC (2003). U.S. Army DEP Guide: Army Terminology . United States Army Recruiting
Command. Fort Knox, KY (USA).
USMC Recruit Depot San Diego. Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Headquarters Western
Recruiting Region. MCRD San Diego, CA (USA)
Media:The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Surviving Boot Camp ,
by Sgt. Michael Volkin. Savas Beatie, 2005. ISBN 1932714111
How to Survive Boot Camp (US)
Army Testing New Basic Training Schedule (U.S.)
Canadian Forces BMQ (Basic Military Qualification)
Canadian Forces website (forces.ca)

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