Basic training for dummies
By: Rod Powers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780470881231
Subjects: Training; Military life; Soldiers; Military education; Basic training (Military education); Armed Forces
Description: Week-by-week information on what to expect in basic training for each branch of the service: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps or the Coast Guard. Topics covered include physical training, discipline, classroom instruction, drill and ceremony, obstacle courses, simulated war games, self-defense, and marksmanship.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The basics about basic. Forewarned is forearmed ; A day in the life of basic training ; Training for military jobs ; On the firing line (weapons range); title: Getting ready for basic. Getting a head start on military ranks ; Doing things the military way ; Mastering military law and justice ; Fit to fight: getting in shape for basic training ; Hup, two, three, four: understanding military drill; title: Heading to basic training. Packing right by packing light ; One last trip to the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) ; Arriving at the base ; Getting pick for a basic training job; title: Basic training life, branch by branch. Army basic combat training ; Air Force basic training ; Navy boot camp ; Marine Corps basic training ; Coast Guard basic training; title: Wrapping up basic training. Graduation week ; Getting your just rewards; title: The part of tens. Ten ways to prepare for basic training ; Ten ways to make your drill instructor happy ; Ten ways to get in shape for basic training; title: Appendix A. Punitive articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); title: Appendix B. Military enlisted history.