Basic training attrition rates.

[CavTrooper]

Alot of folks ask about failing out of basic training/boot camp, but I never had any real numbers to go on. I looked tonight and found some numbers I thought were interesting.

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/l/blbasicattrit.htm

US Army has the highest attrition rate in basic training, followed by the Navy, the Marine Corps and then the Air force.

So I guess if youre worried about basic training being too tough, you might wanna try the Marine Corps or the Air Force, seems that their basic training is the easiest to pass!

[strangerdude]

I've never been in the military but I have seen many overweight Army guy's and never an out of shape Marine. If Army basic is so tough why would you have to do Marine basic If you wanted to join? Once Marines decide to join other branches they don't have to go to bootcamp because they have the toughest basic out of all branches?

[cgseanp1]

ahh man, no Coast Guard stats?

[anthonyca]

Army basic training was a joke. It was tailored for teenage girls.

[Desert_Rat]

I've never been in the military but I have seen many overweight Army guy's and never an out of shape Marine. If Army basic is so tough why would you have to do Marine basic If you wanted to join? Once Marines decide to join other branches they don't have to go to bootcamp because they have the toughest basic out of all branches?

This is curious to me as well,When I was in Recruuit training at MCRD there was a prior Army and a prior Navy guy there.the Army guy was mostly squared away,but I'm sorry to say that the Navy guy,not so much.After my time in the Corps.I joined the Guard and went straight to My unit,no school no boot camp,just right to the unit.BTW I hate to say it but there are out of shape Leathernecks too.

[CavTrooper]

Army basic training was a joke. It was tailored for teenage girls.

When and where did you attend basic training? What was your MOS?

[Rem1492]

Desert hit it. If you are a Marine you can transfer to other services. If you are another service you cannot transfer to the Marines.

Marine basic is not a cakewalk. USAF and Coast Guard are. Incindentally, I am USAF, transferring to Coast Guard

Wanna see my tactical keyboard and low profile mouse?

[Desert_Rat]

When and where did you attend basic training? What was your MOS?

A serious Question here,
Is there different "Basic training" For Grunts and POG's?

[CavTrooper]

I've never been in the military but I have seen many overweight Army guy's and never an out of shape Marine. If Army basic is so tough why would you have to do Marine basic If you wanted to join? Once Marines decide to join other branches they don't have to go to bootcamp because they have the toughest basic out of all branches?

According to the Coast Gaurd recruiter I spoke with, anyone who joins will go through their boot camp/basic training regardless of thier prior service, does this mean that the Coast Guard is just as hard as the Marine Corps?

[professorhard]

The drop out rates are because people join the Army thinking it will be easy and they can breeze through it, get the money and get on with it, then fail out when they realize its semi difficult. Fewer people join the Marine Corps thinking this, for the most part they want to be there and want to pass for pride/patriotic reasons. The AF is a joke, people expect it to be easy and it is, hence the low drop rate.

[Desert_Rat]

According to the Coast Gaurd recruiter I spoke with, anyone who joins will go through their boot camp/basic training regardless of thier prior service, does this mean that the Coast Guard is just as hard as the Marine Corps?

I'd say No. It's more of a niche service,being DOT and all.To tell you the truth I would have benefited from some sort of "in the Army now" Transitional training.Because the Army and the Marine Corps. are worlds apart,and not so much in a bad way.Just different.

[anthonyca]

When and where did you attend basic training? What was your MOS?

Fort Jackson. 1996 52c air conditioning. The hvac\r training was actually very good and got me a well paying job when I got out. Basic was a joke!!!!

[cgseanp1]

Desert hit it. If you are a Marine you can transfer to other services. If you are another service you cannot transfer to the Marines.

Marine basic is not a cakewalk. USAF and Coast Guard are. Incindentally, I am USAF, transferring to Coast Guard

Wanna see my tactical keyboard and low profile mouse?

Source? Sorry, but pretty sure the order of boot camp difficultness is AirForce, Navy, THEN Coast Guard, Army, Marines.

[socaldsal]

A serious Question here,
Is there different "Basic training" For Grunts and POG's?

Yes.

Infantry - FT Benning
Cavalry - FT Knox
Armor-FT Knox
Everything else - everywhere else

[Desert_Rat]

Yes.

Infantry - FT Benning
Cavalry - FT Knox
Armor-FT Knox
Everything else - everywhere else

OK Thanks
I was always under the impression that basic was Basic and AIT was for MOS training.