Reality of being in the U.S Army

[CHEWY-bc]

Not free, they take it out your pay before you see it.

[showmeyourdaleel]

I miss the Army. I miss being deployed overseas and working 12 hour shifts. I miss my comrades. Some of my old battle buddies are E9s now. One is an O4.

[NotMyUsername]

Nice try recruiter, but you can't fool me

[wingsclippedwolf]

"9 to 5 pm. Honestly, it never lasts that long." Laughs in 35 series.

[SorcererKing]

Army feed you for Explain that dfac deductible 😂

[jonGoward]

Don't forget about constant formations every hour on the hour or standing in formation in the rain

[BrianWilliams]

The army was truly the best I had. Best 24 years of my life. The men I served with, that's a brotherhood that will never be shaken. Rangers lead the way.

[zacharylewis]

Your time in the Army will be either good or bad. And it all comes down to your leadership. For instance my first duty station was so good I reenlisted. My second one was in Korea and the first few months I realized I'm done. Of course I had to extend it to my ETS so it was 8 more months longer with that trash unit. We did get better leadership at the very end. But I wasn't taking any chances.

[Hercules-vm]

This is a POG perspective. It's far tougher in combat units.

[Callsign_Grouch]

0630 PT? What? My AIT was 0430 report outside. I’m not even a combat MOS.

[CDK_Angelus_Mortis]

Your experience will heavily depend on your duty station.
For AIT, i was in Fort Huachuca and we had a mile limit on how far we could go out of base on the weekends. And obviously, there is nothing but sand and desert, so i just stood in the barracks or went out to the PX

[jackhaugh]

I’ve been out of the Army for over 26 years now, so I have no idea what it’s currently like.
I did 6 years as a 91D back when that meant Operating Room Specialist. My first duty station was the Berlin MEDDAC, or just basically community hospital. They were in the midst of closing the unit when I got there, not just the hospital but the Berlin Brigade. They had moved all of the soldiers out of the hospital barracks and into family housing so I had an entire 3 bedroom apartment completely to myself. I ended up loving Germany so much I extended my overseas tour for another 2 years and ended up going to Landstuhl which is the largest US military hospital overseas. I ended up getting deployed to Hungary and then shortly thereafter to Bosnia which kind of sucked, but it was only for 8 months. I got to travel ALOT while I was in Germany and went to every Western European country except Finland and Portugal.
After that I went to Ft Polk, LA; which is considered one of the worst assignments in the Army, but I actually had a lot of fun there. My unit actually deployed to Egypt 2 weeks after I got there for 3 months to provide medical coverage for a big multinational exercise going on there. It was incredibly cool.
So I ended up getting out after 6 years which was initial enlistment. There was way too much money to be made on the civilian side in my career field, so they make you enlist for longer up front.
Life AFTER the Army has been pretty incredible. I do the same job I was trained for in the Army, but make well over 6 figures, used a VA loan to buy a fantastic house on lakefront property in Northern, VA, work in a surgical center that is staffed 100% in the OR by veterans which is incredible.
I’d say joining the Army is a great start to life. You’ll get out of it exactly what you put in to it.

[SLOADING]

Hey yall I was an 11B (infantryman) in the Army for 4 years of my life lol, one contract I was done.

I didn’t join the Army for any other reason other than I was legitimately bored.

So from a civilian who “broke” their habits here’s what it’s really like:

It’s honestly a day to day pointless activities man. I’m ngl, it’s like mopping up the ocean and a lot of stuff don’t make sense but it’s extra structured. That’s the beauty of it all is, it’s extremely organized and structured for the most part. Other than that I’ve told people it’s like HS except you have a responsibility you MUST meet. For me It was honestly extremely easy. I got deployed and when I got back it was just “alright back to whatever the fuck I was doing” most the time at the end of the day you’ll always remember a good convo you had with Sarnt whoever the fuck but you’ll never remember what you truly did. The Army actually does a lot of activities that are rarely fun but the good news is that you get a lot of brownie points and depending on your leadership the more you put yourself in the boring shit the more leeway you get. I made E-5 by my third year by just volunteering and doing the bare minimum at whatever I was told to do. After BCT and OSUT or AIT it all just becomes 123, ABC. I was always mentally strong willed so a lot of the dumb shit the Army offers never really got to me it was just the people. The one thing about the Army is 2+2 always equals 4 but your always got them freaking re re’s and they are everywhere. The Army isn’t a waste of time at all and it’s very much a great place to be for people who have no where to go in life. For me I had a career and a job and a house and all that but I got bored with it. I got out and went right back to my original life. This is also MOS dependent. Again, I was infantry so my days consisted of either pt or paperwork for some odd reason. I had shitty leadership at one point but I just kept my head down and went on about my days and most the time it went by smooth. It’s a great career choice but it’s extremely black and white.

[bHBullet]

"even civilians already work out at that time before they go to work" no one in that video looks like they work out

[Michael-hotu]

Best job ever! Never thought I would say this but I miss it.

[Gladiatorst]

As you know the War on Terrorism involved all MOS's. It is when you believe you cannot be deployed and then the MOS you thought was deployment free is no longer a reality. It is not everyone's calling but I commend every young man and woman who makes the choice to serve. But you are always a Soldier, and need to prepare for war because you never know when the orders are coming.

[DavidRogers-yw]

Recruiting was the worst duty I ever had when I was active. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.

[mrunknown]

8 1/2 years in the army. Single life was horrible. Treated like a child in the barracks. I was 26yo and was not responsible enough to have cooking equipment in my room, manage my personal firearms, have my own furniture, have guest past midnight, own pets, I had to share the room with a random person and I did not have a bed bigger than a twin mattress. Being single was a punishment. I’m out now and got a 4 bedroom home, one room dedicated to my firearms. Nobody tells me what to do. And I didn’t have to marry anyone or share my house in order to do so. I

[markphilpot]

My basic was 13 weeks. Man has it changed for the worse. Didn’t bring Jack to basic. Wasn’t much at AIT either. Best to wait till you get settled at your first PS before you think about anything other than learning your job. Good advice. No time for that while in training.

[ChubbyHubby]

The main differences are that physical training and weapons training are mandatory