Why was English being taught do recruits in BCT?
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MovieRat-2 — 12 years ago(April 19, 2013 10:10 PM)
perfectly understandable. I went through BCT (at FT Bennimg) in 2005 with OCS immediately following. Granted my memory may be off as well, but I could have sworn there was down time at least for a half hour or hour long class that this movie more than likely employed.
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pmac7902 — 9 years ago(April 13, 2016 10:37 AM)
You're not remembering wrong. That was the time table alright! lol I remembered when I watched this after I was on Active Duty and thought, "Yeah they are missing out on a hell of a lot of training." But you knowHollywood. Still enjoyed the movie.
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dotjackel — 12 years ago(November 17, 2013 12:07 AM)
The real question is why there were no NCOs in the class making sure the BCT soldiers were acting properly. Soldiers in BCT are never left alone outside of personal time before bed and in the latrine. They sure as hell wouldn't march themselves to class.
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ncdwbmk6 — 11 years ago(August 26, 2014 08:51 PM)
As I recall, one of the students wore an armband with two chevrons, so he was an acting Corporal, in charge of the other students.
Although that raises the question that if he was sharp enough to be given that leadership responsibility, why was he in the class? -
dotjackel — 11 years ago(December 27, 2014 05:57 PM)
Acting corporals have no actual authority outside of their platoon. The band is only a sign to their fellow recruits. An NCO should have still been escorting them everywhere.
And his being a leader had nothing to do with academic success, so his being part of the class is believable. -
ncdwbmk6 — 10 years ago(June 28, 2015 07:17 PM)
Acting corporals have no actual authority outside of their platoon. The band is only a sign to their fellow recruits. An NCO should have still been escorting them everywhere.
And his being a leader had nothing to do with academic success, so his being part of the class is believable.
They were all evidently in the same unit, either the same company or same platoon. And the classroom was right next to the drill field. They didn't need a permanent NCO to escort them a few feet.
They were all on the borderline of being kicked out of the Army due to their inability to understand instructions. Recruits at that level of performance don't get placed in positions of temporary leadership. But maybe in LeRoy's case, he was given stripes so that at least someone would be in charge, and he was otherwise a good soldier.
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gc18 — 10 years ago(January 23, 2016 04:08 PM)
That was always a criticism of this film, that they wouldn't have time for the class.
Unless there is an emergency draft a peacetime military likely wouldn't have spent the time on a recruit who couldn't or wouldn't follow directions or read and write. -
ncdwbmk6 — 10 years ago(March 06, 2016 08:32 AM)
When I was in the U.S. Army in the mid 70s, there was a remedial class in Basic Training for recruits who were deficient in education. I think it was for a high school equivalency certificate. Technically this was during the Vietnam era, but the conflict was winding down so it was more or less peacetime. Basic Training was about three months long, so there was enough time for such activities.
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OneGettingOlderAndBetter — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 01:18 PM)
Isn't it a bit for more ore less the same reason they teach "idiot english" in some universities, or used to ?
Manelle
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