How Do You Survive Air Force Basic Military Training?
Surviving BMT is a huge accomplishment, a great source of pride, and a good military record looks great on a resume. Your recruiter should already have given you several key things to memorize … Air Force Creed, behavioral standards, advice on what to bring/not to bring, and one of the most important..a reporting statement. Remembering “Trainee (your last name)reports as ordered, (sir/ma’am)” will make the difference between getting yelled at, and doing push-ups while getting yelled at. Be careful how you show up for your first day…regardless of what you wear, you’ll get laughed at, be called rainbow flight (colorful civvies), but don’t make it worse. Don’t wear any rock band t-shirts (they’ll find something to joke about), any shirts with drug/alcohol references, pants with chains, rips etc., and for crying out loud, don’t wear any shirts with any armed forces logos or information (they’ll call you out and start throwing questions at you, that you won’t know, just to prove that yo
