They identified specific areas of required improvement in both BCT and AIT. Survey respondents described a pattern of Soldiers arriving at their first units of assignment unable to pass the APFT.Īrmed with this information, senior leaders and NCOs convened at the BCT Program of Instruction workshop at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, from October 31 to November 3, 2017.
This perception stems from standards designed to help recruits complete BCT, with the idea that Soldiers continue to progress toward passing the Army Physical Fitness Test in AIT. The second most identified concern was Soldier fitness. Also highlighted was a failure to show respect to senior-ranking Soldiers and failure to follow orders. Topping the list was a lack of discipline among new Soldiers, such as arriving late for duty assignments or failing to wear uniforms correctly.
"With these normal assessments and discussions with key leaders, we are getting after the 'Soldierization' process," Mitchell said.īeginning in 2015, the Army surveyed more than 27,000 Soldiers across the officer and noncommissioned officer ranks, asking them to identify the most common deficiencies in recent BCT and Advanced Individual Training graduates. Army Training and Doctrine Command policies. Edward Mitchell, Center for Initial Military Training, Fort Eustis, Virginia, the Army takes an assessment of its basic training curriculum every three years per U.S.
Recognizing this need, the Army is in the midst of evaluating and improving how it creates Soldiers and ensuring recruits who graduate basic training are ready to tackle the responsibilities the Army will soon place upon them.Īccording to Command Sgt. More than 100,000 men and women undertake this training each year.Īs our nation faces evolving and more complex challenges, it is vital to turn a critical eye toward the processes affecting this most fundamental aspect of military training. Basic Combat Training or the " Ten-Week Journey from Civilian to Soldier " is the foundation upon which the Army builds professional, principled warriors.
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