basic military training - 8.5 week schedule

WEEK 0

ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

WEEK 2

ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

WEEK 3

ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

WEEK 1

ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

First week briefing

737th Training Group/Commander

(CC)/Superintendent (CCC) briefing

Clothing, running shoe and

equipment issue

Dorm and drill basics

Haircuts

Coping with BMT

Health, morale and welfare

Immunization and

blood draw

Initial Base Exchange

(BX) issue

Initial phone call

Pay

Physical training

Uniform Code of Military

Justice (UCMJ)

Career guidance

Air Force History

Air Force Organization

Airmen’s Time—Flight commander

team building “which side”

Airmen’s Time—P2 debriefing

Airmen’s Time

Drill

Profession of arms

Chapel guide meeting

A new beginning

What Now Airman—

Sign the form

Human relations

Basic situational awareness

Open ranks/D&A 1

progress check

Weapon handling

and maintenance

Professional interpersonal

interactions

Physical training

Recruit living area appraisal

and evaluation

8.5 WEEK SCHEDULE

BASIC MILITARY TRAINING

Reporting and saluting

procedures

Entry control procedures

Medical and dental

appointments

Fitness and nutrition briefing

Educational benefits briefing

(Montgomery GI Bill/

Post 9/11)

ID card issue

Individual drill

Flight drill

Dorm/recruit living

area preparation

Air Force rank

insignia recognition

Weapon issue and

familiarization

Human relations and

cultural sensitivity

Air Force initial PT assessment

Airmen’s Time

Commanders arrival briefing

Dress appearance

Physical training

Immunizations

Intro to classroom procedures

Military entitlements and

educational opportunities

Suicide awareness

and prevention

Chapel guide meeting

Second clothing issue

Dress and appearance

(service uniform)

Interview sessions

3 Week of Training (WOT)

PT appraisal

Airmen’s Time

Airmen’s Time—P2 debriefing

Basic leadership

and character

Chapel guide meeting

Cyber awareness

Drill

Weapons handling and

maintenance

Professional Airman

Resilience

What Now Airman—

Extra duty

Healthy lifestyle and adapting

to the Air Force

Physical training

Public relations and the media

Trafficking in persons awareness

Warrior role

Physical training

Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills

Training (BEAST)/zone orientation

Blood donors

Combat Arms Training and

Maintenance (CATM)

Combatives applications

Pugil sticks teaching

and application

Creating Leaders, Airmen and

Warriors (CLAW) field exercises

Deployment line processing/

equipment issue

SERE 2–5 video

Mission field exercises

Refresher drills (FEST, first aid,

UCC, PAR)

Zone teardown/remediation

training/equipment turn-in

Drill

YOUR FUTURE IS WAITING.

WEEK 4

ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

WEEK 6

ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

WEEK 7

ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

WEEK 8

ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

WEEK 5

ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Computer-based training/Air Force

portal familiarization

Written test

Physical Training (PT) evaluation

Air and Space

Expeditionary Force and

pre-deployment briefing

Air Force fitness program

Airmanship core value briefing

Airmen’s Time—Flight commander

team building “self assessment”

Airmen’s Time

Hometown news release

Chemical, Biological, Radiation

and Nuclear (CBRN) defense

Drill

Leadership/followership

Not everything is gray

Professional competence

What Now Airman—

Help wanted

Foundational Expeditionary

Skills Training (FEST)

Open ranks/D&A 2 PC

Physical training

Chapel guide meeting

Physical training

Airmen’s Time

What Now Airman—Celebration

Risky business

Haircuts

Orders pickup/tech training

school briefing

Commander’s departure briefing

Town pass briefing

Base liberty

Open house

Town pass

Airman’s Run

Airman’s Coin and formal

retreat ceremony

Airman’s Parade

Graduation

Airmen’s Time

Airmen’s Time—FC team

building “box score”

Balance

My role in mission

Warrior ethos

What Now Airman—Relationships

Military skills development

progress check

Physical training

Weapons progress check

Individual portraits and

flight photos

Second boot issue

Recruit living area

progress check

Combat stress recovery

Intro to Air Force combatives

Intro to Code of Conduct

Joint operations

Law of armed conflict

Mental preparation

for combat

Principles in first aid

Drill

Drill progress check

Airmen’s Time

Airmen’s Time—Flight commander

team building “copycat”

Airmen’s Time—P2 debriefing

Base liberty briefing

Chapel guide meeting

Haircuts

Drill

Consequences

Real responsibilities

of Airman

What Now Airman—Big brother

Physical training

Base referral agencies

Career progression and Air Force

quality of life

Environmental awareness

Financial readiness

Joint ethics

Military citizenship

Sexually transmitted diseases

Sexual Assault Prevention and

Reporting (SAPR)

Recruit living area appraisal

Antiterrorism/force

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