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Basic Training Journal

I shipped to basic training at Fort Benning on July 29th after being in the delayed entry program for almost a year. I was in reception for 6 days, and it sure did suck the first few days there....but I finally got into the routine the fourth day there and started to enjoy it at times.

Below I've broken down my journal by day......I didn't get time to journal every day(especially the first few days there) but I did write whenever I had a chance. If I missed a day(s), I still wrote about what happened that day in my next journal entry. Not much happened on Sundays so I skipped that day sometimes.

Late July / August
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		29	30	31	1	2
		Shipped to Fort Benning	In-processing	Shakedown	Shots	In-processing
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Barracks Maintenance	In-processing	Evaluation PT test	Shipped downrange!	Learned Drill & Ceremony	PT test	PT
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Barracks Maintenance	Briefing DnC	Confidence Course	Eagle Tower	Briefing	M16 DnC	Tent demo
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Barracks Maintenance	Inspection First Aid	First Aid M16 DnC	Teamwork Development Course	Land Nav	Land Nav Course	Ring Brief
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Barracks Maintenance	Bayonets Pugal Sticks	Obstacle Course Bayonet Course	Off Total Control! Pictures Classes	Gas Chamber BRM class	Phase 2 Issue	PT Test
31
Barracks Maintenance
September
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Holiday Activities 4 hour pass	Dry fire range	BRM	BRM grouping	BRM zeroing	BRM reinforcement concert
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Barracks Maintenance	BRM	BRM timed targets	BRM timed targets	BRM pre qualification	BRM qualifying	PT Test 4 hour pass
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Barracks Maintenance	Individual Tactics Training Course	Obstacle Course	Live Fire Exercise	Hand to hand combat DnC	Hand grenade qualification	DnC Platoon t-shirts
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Barracks Maintenance	Wall locker inspection U.S. weapons	First Aid BRM	Hand to hand combat BRM	DnC Infantry Museum	End of cycle testing DnC competition	Final PT Test FTX prep
28	29	30
Barracks Maintenance FTX prep	Field training exercise(FTX)	Field training exercise(FTX)
October
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1	2	3	4
			Field training exercise(FTX)	Field training excercise(FTX)	Field training exercise(FTX)	FTX recovery
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
FTX recovery	FTX recovery	FTX recovery	Family day	Graduation day	Shipped to AIT at Fort Gordon