US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Jackson, SC)

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IRECEPTIIDN BATTALIIIN Reception is the gateway to the army. Here begins the basic training that forms a foundation on which future accomplishments are built. Here, the new recruit receives a total haircut, is issued regulation clothing and is given a complete medical exam and inoculations. Aptitude testing, classification and an orientation briefing follow in short order. This is the beginning of a challenge. A challenge to complete the next eight weeks of arduous training and physical conditioning. a challenge to learn, to excel, to rise above the average and to become a professional soldier. It is a challenge to be humble, polite, honorable, obedient and, at the same time, be proud, aggressive, stealthful, and independent. It also is a challenge to learn to be a member of a team where each individual can be depended upon to support the team's goals. The basic training received during the next eight weeks will accomplish all of the above - and then some. For those who make it to the end of the training cycle the reward is an inner assurance of strength, mind and body. The soldier is out of the recruit phase and well on the way to becoming a proud and professional member of the worlds greatest army.

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