A few words of advice.
Get in as good a shape as you can right now. If you have not worked up to it you should be running more than a couple miles at a time. If you can do 4 at a real running pace that's good. You will do more at basic later on. Toughen your feet if you can. Blisters are no joke and you will get them. Learn about mole skin.
Pushups, situps and some pullups. At least 50 to 75 of the first two and at least 10 of the last before you get there. All in 2 minutes or less. These are MINIMUMS to be able to do now.
When you get there. Listen to everything. Do what you are told the first time you are told. Watch everything. If you have not learned to do so yet, learn right now to get out of bed the instant the alarm goes off or you are given a wake up call. Do NOT stay in the sack a second longer. You WILL regret it.
If you are wrong, learn to admit it, do not try to explain or talk back. Eyes and ears wide open, mouth firmly shut.
Do not be first all the time. Do not be last at all in anything if you can help it.
In the beginning do not do your absolute best in PT testing, hold a little bit back not much though. They are looking to find who is in shape of course but also they do expect and will demand improvement.
Forget what you think you know now. Plan on learning a lot when you get there. Yes, there are often 3 ways to do things. The right way, the wrong way and the Army (insert service of choice) way. Learn the Army way and do it.
Be a buddy but choose your buddies carefully. If someone is being a pain, constantly wrong, a know it all, or worse yet a barracks thief stay the heck away from them. They will probably wash out if they don't straighten up. You don't want to get splashed by what they get hit with.
When things get tough take it one step, one task, one hour, one day at a time. You will be surprised at what you accomplish.
One last thing. Welcome to the Green Machine. HOOAH! Oh and BTW, tanks are a real blast, no pun intended.
