BASIC TRAINING SURVIVAL TIP TUESDAY - MIND GAME - DBL Tap & TAG Your Friends if you like my Tips and find them useful! - Don't be easily offended! Develop or have thick skin. They are professionals and it's all part of Basic Training. So, don't take it personal. If you do, you will have a tougher experience. You will be yelled at. You will be confused. You will get frustrated. You will make mistakes. Others will make mistakes. No matter who made the mistake, you ALL will pay for it collectively. It's called mass punishment or corrective training. Just be prepared to do a lot of push ups. The first three weeks during Red Phase is the toughest. Just get through that phase and training will ease up a bit but not by much. Yes, the Army wants you to be mentally tough and adaptable soldiers. To be able to adapt, adjust and overcome a stressful environment. Don't let it get to you. This is the part training and the rest of your Army career will not be like this. Don't get mad at each other if one of you slips up or your Drill Sergeant says something in a tone of voice you don’t appreciate. It doesn't matter who messed up because the drill sergeants will always find something messing up. Keeping this in perspective makes day to day life at BasicTraining a little less frustrating. The worst of the yelling is during Red Phase. It’s when the Drill Sergeants are getting very little sleep. Getting there before you wake up, tucking you in at night, breaking you down as individuals, setting the tone and Drill Sergeants want you to TRUST THE PROCESS. Everything that do serves a higher purpose. - Reasons to Check Us Out: Up to $20,000 Cash Bonus Federal Tuition Assistance $4,000 State Tuition Assitance $6,340 (100% FREE Form for all SUNY/CUNY - No One Rlse Offers) Mont. G.I. Bill (Scholarship) $13,500 Monthly Pay Check F/T $1,566.90- $2,046.00 P/T $193.20- $272.80 (E01-E04 pay grades) - Instagram.com/TeamSwartz Facebook.com/TeamSwartz YouTube.com/SFCSwartz Anchor.fm/Team-Swartz - #BasicTrainingTip #BCT #ArmyNationalGuard #NationalGuard #Army #TeamSwartz #AskMeHow #MentalToughness #ThickSkin #BasicTraining #MindGame @TeamSwartz @MGodette2 @SSG.Ramirez (at Team Swartz)