Reinstating basic training in the military

 DC Daily Journal:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to lift a prohibition on “bay tossing” for recruits and is exploring the reinstatement of “shark attacks” by drill sergeants during basic training, aiming to enhance the rigor of initial military training, according to Pentagon sources.

In late July, Col. C.J. Hallows, commander of the 197th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning, Georgia, issued an order banning “bay tossing,” a practice where drill sergeants disrupt recruits’ living spaces by overturning mattresses, scattering locker contents, or knocking over trash cans to enforce discipline. Hegseth, however, reversed this ban earlier this month, a Pentagon official confirmed.

“Bottom Line: Make BASIC Great Again,” the Pentagon source said. “Tossing bunks is back. Drill sergeants are back. Getting cursed at is back.” The Defense Department is also considering reinstating “shark attacks,” a former Army tradition discontinued recently, where drill sergeants aggressively confront new recruits with intense, chaotic verbal challenges to test their resilience and instill discipline, another defense official stated.

Hallows’ initial July 30 memo, citing U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) regulations, emphasized that “our mission is to provide competent, capable, well-trained Soldiers of good character, ready to fight and win our nation’s wars” and that “there is no greater obstacle to the effectiveness of the IMT [initial military training] environment than the improper treatment of Trainees.” He argued that “abuse of Trainees undermines the trust of the American public by violating Army Values, disrupting military order and discipline, and destroying a positive training environment.”
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It was not unusual to have these events in Marine Corps basic training as well as in OCS.  The Marines were still an awesome service with well-disciplined troops and well-trained officers.  Combat operations require well-trained troops to respond to enemy operations.  

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