AIT

After Soldiers finish Basic Training, they move on to Advanced Individual Training. The length of the course varies depending on the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS- job) that the Soldier has chosen. Some MOSs are just a few weeks, others a half-year or more.

Here at Fort Gordon we train Signal Corps jobs (communications) as well as some electronics repair. I am a 25P, I teach that course during the day, to new Soldiers as well as more experienced Soldiers who are just switching jobs. But I act as a Squad Leader to a different bunch of Soldiers- New Recruits, of MOS 25N and 25F. I fill out their paperwork, counsel, mentor and teach them, fix minor discipline issues, etc...

A typical day for me starts at 0440 (4:40am.) We count heads, check names off on the roster, and get ready for Physical Training 0530- running, pushups, calisthenics, etc... We're finished with that by 0645 and I go eat, shower, and start teaching class at 0830. Lunch is 1130-1230, then class is done at 1630. Then we have formation at 1700, salute as the United States flag is lowered for the evening, do mail call, disseminate information, and Hopefully be released by 1730, but sometimes later..

This blog will be the always entertaining, and at the same time sad, adventures and witticisms of those outstanding young men and women who have signed years of their life away to serve their country (and sometimes get some college money and ca$h...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Occupational_Specialty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Individual_Training#AIT2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25P_Microwave_Systems_Operator/Maintainer