Gadzooks! I've been drafted!

[VOR]

Pleasant little surprise in my mailbox:


1.  Please do not reply to this system generated email message.

2.  POC: Contact your Training NCO / DPT (M) for further information.

3.  A reservation has been entered in the Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS)
by the quota source manager for the following soldier/student: ME!

4.  FOR: School Code 615 DRILL SERGEANT SCHOOL, FORT JACKSON - SC: 615, FORT JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA  29207-5000
Course Number: 012-SQIX, Phase , Course Title: DRILL SERGEANT, Class 006,
Report date 2007-04-16 End date 2007-06-15
Class Location FORT JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA  29207-5000

[Masherbrum]

Gonna be a DI?

[Goth]

Being a DI has got to be almost as bad as being in Basic. Yeah, you get to mind screw the new cruits, but that hardly makes up for the lack of a life you will incur.

[VOR]

There's a bright side to this: at least it wasn't recruiting.

[Charon]

There's a bright side to this: at least it wasn't recruiting.

LOL, that was considered a nightmare MOS even back in the 1980s. I can only imagine what it's like today. I heard two guys from division HQ at the time talking about recruiters that intentionally failed drug tests just to get out.

You're not BS'ing about being "drafted" are you? I seem to recall that used to be a voluntary school. Tough as hell and about the pinnacle in military professionalism though. Congrats if you applied and were accepted, if not... you must have really impressed someone along the way. WTG soldier

Charon

[Airscrew]

Originally posted by Charon
if not... you must have really impressed someone along the way. WTG soldier
Charon

Or else he made someone very unhappy...

[Maverick]

How long is the course? Ft. Jackson is NOT a nice place to be in the heat of the summer. Very hot and extremely humid. Training halts are a regular occurance.

Congrats on the selection!

Shaping the new Army is one of the most critical jobs I can think of. Hooah!

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by Goth
Being a DI has got to be almost as bad as being in Basic. Yeah, you get to mind screw the new cruits, but that hardly makes up for the lack of a life you will incur.

 

Yup....what he said.

VOR look on the bright side.  At least you'll be there with the "new army boot camp"

[kamilyun]

Originally posted by VOR
Pleasant little surprise in my mailbox:

Report date 2007-04-16 End date 2007-06-15
Class Location FORT JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA  29207-5000

Woot!  Been by those facilities hundreds of times.  Someone mentioned heat and humidity...if you're leaving in June you'll be fine.

The worst natural element you'll have to deal with is all the pine tree pollen.  It is disgusting.  The wind blows and sheets of yellow dust come billowing out of the forrests.

[VOR]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
Yup....what he said.

VOR look on the bright side.  At least you'll be there with the "new army boot camp"

Unnnnghh. I need a drink.

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by VOR
Unnnnghh. I need a drink.

I can't speak so much for the Army but it realy aint so bad.  You get used to the hours.

[Goth]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
Yup....what he said.

VOR look on the bright side.  At least you'll be there with the "new army boot camp"

That sure as hell ain't the boot I went to back in the 80's....disgusting, I'm glad I got out if that's how we're treating our soldiers.

Furthermore, if they think a tough boot is the reason for poor retention they have another thing coming. Years ago, there was no trouble at all, so I blame the softer younger generation as the problem.