{"id":105341,"date":"2020-09-22T07:30:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=105341"},"modified":"2020-09-21T21:57:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T01:57:43","slug":"us-army-infantry-basic-training-gets-more-cuddly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=105341","title":{"rendered":"US Army Infantry basic training gets more cuddly"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_105343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105343\" style=\"width: 141px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105343 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/US_Army_Infantry_School_DUI.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"232\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Follow me&#8221; is no longer an order on the first day of training. It&#8217;s a request.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jeff LPH 3 sent me this news. The US Army Infantry School is getting rid of the decades old &#8220;shark attack&#8221; on soldiers&#8217; first day at basic. The shark attack is when the trainees come off the bus, can do no right, and drill sergeants are everywhere. The soldiers are made to do simple, physical exercises (pick up your bags&#8230;put them down), which of course they do too slowly, not as a group, and never to the satisfaction of the sergeants. In response, the angry drill sergeants pounce on any perceived weaknesses in a swarm attack not unlike a shark feeding frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know this originated with the Army infantry. They did it to me in USAF basic. I thought it was part of the standard military training.<\/p>\n<p>Not anymore though. Drills will no longer be establishing &#8220;dominance and authority through intimidation and fear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The new \u201cFirst 100 Yards\u201d event will replace shark attacks as trainees&#8217; first experience at the 22-week infantry training program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"o-articleBody__text a-body1 element element-paragraph\">The five-phase event was developed on-site by senior non-commissioned officers at the Infantry School, officials there said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"o-articleBody__text a-body1 element element-paragraph\">The phases require trainees to memorize information about their unit histories and chains of command; conduct a simplified resupply mission; perform events from the new Army Combat Fitness Test, including leg tucks, standing power throws and push-ups; and observe an infantry squad and weapons demonstration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"o-articleBody__text a-body1 element element-paragraph\">It ends with trainees moving to their new platoon bays to begin 14 days of isolated training as part of the recently implemented COVID-19 protocols.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to live in a world where new military members aren&#8217;t afraid that their drill sergeant, drill instructor, military training instructor, recruit division commander, or company commander (that&#8217;s Army, USMC, USAF, USN, and USCG respectively) isn&#8217;t going to actually murder them in their sleep for not tucking a lace in properly.<\/p>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/09\/21\/draft-era-shark-attacks-on-army-infantry-recruits-are-over\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Army%20DNR%209.21.20&amp;utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Army%20-%20Daily%20News%20Roundup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff LPH 3 sent me this news. 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