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TRAINING
BASIC MILITARY
BASIC MILITARY
TRAINING
WEEK 0
The second you step off the bus, your journey begins. You’ll be assigned to a squadron with a Military Training Instructor (MTI) who will guide you and help you succeed during your 7.5 week transformation.
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Week 0 activities
Here are some of the activities and requirements you’ll complete during week zero.
- First week briefing.
- Clothing, running shoe and equipment issue
- Dorm and drill basics
- Haircuts
- Coping with BMT
- Health, morale and welfare
- Immunization and blood draw
- Initial phone call
- Initial base exchange (BX) issue
- Pay
- Physical training
- Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
- Entry Control Procedures
- Squadron Tour
- Chapel Orientation
- Drug Testing