...Basic Combat Training is nine weeks long and is divided into red, white and blue phases. A typical day begins with wake up at 5:30 a.m. and ends with lights out at 9:00 p.m.... (click title to entry - thank you)
Basic training begins with in processing at the 120th Adjutant General Battalion (Reception). For most Soldiers, in processing is brief, from 4 to 10 days. Here Soldiers receive a general orientation, get fitted and issued Army uniforms, establish personnel records, obtain an identification card, receive visual,dental physical examinations, test for physical fitness, and receive immunizations. Soldiers also begin learning the Army core values and basic military skills during this phase. From the Reception Battalion soldiers are “shipped” to a basic training unit on Fort Jackson.
