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Air Force Boot Camps
Eddie Tobey
Air force boot camps are basic military training courses
for air force recruits that are conducted at Lackland Air
Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Here the trainees are instructed
in discipline, ethics, courtesies, dress code, drills, physical
fitness, use of equipment and survival tactics in warfare.
It extends for a period of six weeks and the last week is
called as the Warrior Week, which involves combat training.
Air force boot camps are supposed to be less physically strenuous
than the military and the marine boot camps. In these boot
camps the emphasis is more on playing on the mindset of the
trainees rather than on physical dexterity. They are also
less formal, which allow the trainees to address their instructors
as sir or madam, instead of their titles and posts. The air
force training instructors often play mind games with their
trainees in order to make them stronger for decision taking
situations in future. They holler and yell and blow a fuse
even if anyone speaks to them without the reporting line.
They do not flinch in calling their trainees names and reprimanding
them even if they have seemingly done a good job.
All this physical exertion serves the purpose of making air
force trainees stronger individuals as they leave. Apart from
this mental wrangle, the air force trainees are much better
than their marine or military counterparts. Their waking hours
are more relaxed, followed by a drill before breakfast. Then
again exercise after breakfast until lunch. And so the process
continues. The whole day is made up of exercises, with a lot
of mental pressure thrown in.
Trainees are also given instructions about flight practice,
pilot controls and more. Trainees are also instructed on what
to do when there are life-threatening situations in midair.
There are confidence building courses, and courses that teach
about teamwork.
In these times of war, it is estimated that about 85 percent
of the air force trainees will be deployed to some war area,
making military training essential. The last week of the air
force training is called as Warrior Week. In this week, a
warlike atmosphere is simulated and trainees are given practice
with the M-16 rifle. It includes cleaning the rifle, loading
and target practice. Then there is the dreaded gas chamber
drill. However the gas used is harmless tear gas. Yet it teaches
the trainee how to cope with a gas-leak situation especially
when it comes to chemical and biological warfare. Most trainees
at air force boot camps cherish this week as their most favorite
time at the boot camp.
When trainees finish their training they are called airmen.
Airmen can secure admission to the Air Force. Most recruits
leave their jobs early and go on to higher paying civilian
jobs. Training is designed with that end in mind.
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