I have arrived at Basic Combat Traing (Dum Dum Dum Dum Dummmmm)

Matthew's address:
Specialist W. Matthew Chancey
B Co 2-46 INF (Bldg 3520)
1st Platoon, RN #141
9697 2nd Armored Div. Road
Ft. Benning, GA 31905-4769


28 June 2011

We left the 30th AG Battalion (Reception) at 14:00 today after a morning briefing and chow. I was assigned to the 1st Platoon of B CO 2-46th INF. There are 60 guys in my platoon and we have been assigned 3 drill sergeants (Drill Sergeants Gonzalez, Stockton and Sutherland).

We loaded the bus @ 14:00 and made the 2-mile drive to "Sand Hill"; the infamous BCT side for the Infantry. When we stopped, the drill sergeant said "Men, welcome to Basic Combat Training, now get the **** off my bus". We had to carry all of our stuff (about 75 lbs worth) up "Sand hill" to our new barracks (which look like college dorms by the way). Then the push ups began because we never did anything right.  We were in our full ACUs (Army Combat Uniforms) and it was about 95 degrees outside. Wet from head to toe, we were taken to a classroom for a 2 hour briefing of expectations, rules, and just general housekeeping stuff. Chow was @ 18:00 and after that we came back to the barracks and emptied all of our bags on the floor. Talk about chaos! We sorted through our stuff (not fast enough), so we would stop to do push ups along the way. I think we have knocked out about 200 push ups so far. There are 16 shower heads in our barracks. We did a "moving shower line" where everyone had 3 secs at each shower head (LOL). 21:00 was lights out. Needless to say, I, along with the rest of 1st platoon was soaking wet when we crawled into bed.