| Boot camp training for the US military is | | | | waiting for commands to be given. They are |
| conducted at several locations throughout the | | | | given haircuts and personal possessions are taken |
| country, such as Fort Jackson in Columbia, South | | | | away. Initial instructions for life at the boot camp |
| Carolina; Fort Knox in Louisville, Kentucky; Fort | | | | are given and common courtesies are taught. |
| Leonard Wood in Waynesville, Missouri; Fort | | | | Preliminary fitness tests are conducted.The |
| McClellan in Anniston, Alabama and Fort Sill in | | | | Reception Battalion lasts for a couple of weeks, |
| Lawton, Oklahoma. For recruits who enlist in | | | | after which recruits begin their actual military |
| combat arms training, basic and advanced trainings | | | | training. The Red Phase continues from Week |
| are provided at the same venue. These venues | | | | One to Week Three. It is also called as the Patriot |
| are Fort Benning for infantry, Fort Knox for | | | | Phase and is the period when the recruit is taught |
| armor and Fort Leonard Wood for combat | | | | to be totally submissive to the Army Drill |
| engineers.Army boot camps are considered to be | | | | Sergeant. Some theory training is given relating to |
| the toughest boot camps among all military | | | | common issues such as sexual harassment and |
| branches of the US. Recruits are trained in | | | | civilian troubles. This week includes the gas |
| physical exercise, combat skills and technical | | | | chamber training. Recruits are introduced to basic |
| knowledge of arms but most of all they are | | | | arms such as the M-16 rifle.The White Phase |
| taught the seven moral principles of the army | | | | follows, where recruits get to practice with |
| which are loyalty, duty, selfless service, honor, | | | | weapons. The arms used are M-16s and bayonets. |
| integrity and personal courage.Army basic training | | | | Physical exercises continue during the three |
| is a nine-week course and is divided into three | | | | weeks of this phase. The last phase is the Blue |
| phases-the Red Phase, the White Phase and the | | | | Phase, where recruits are given field training. |
| Blue Phase. Before assigning recruits to the Red | | | | Passing a field training mission requires a team |
| Phase, they have to undergo the Reception | | | | effort and it judges the recruits' decision-making |
| Battalion. The Reception Battalion is an exercise in | | | | capabilities. It lasts for the final four weeks of the |
| patience where recruits are made to practice | | | | boot camp training. |