Sgt. See Yong Cheow: I had a really good time at boot camp. I was brought up in a strict house anyway, so [00:00:05] discipline wasn't really an issue, but you could see how other people [00:00:10] react to that type of discipline at first.
Sgt. Mildred Rodriguez: I was debating whether I should join or not [00:00:15] because everyone would say the stories of boot camp, how hard it was, waking up at three in the morning, [00:00:20] and you wouldn't finish your duty until ten at night.
Lt. Dennis Wischmeier: [00:00:25] It was very, very good. Obviously, going through anything intense like boot camp, [00:00:30] you make a lot of good friendships and, I don't know, [00:00:35] I just felt like I grew a lot going through flight training.
Lt. Duval Tyson: The one thing that I was nervous about [00:00:40] was the gas chamber. My uncle kept telling me, "Yeah, they're going to make you go through it three times. [00:00:45] Just because you're from New York, they're going to make you go through it three times." They only made me go through it [00:00:50] once.
SSgt. See Yong Cheow: We train soldiers. We actually get down in the combative [sport] with them and show them [00:00:55] technical moves, show them advance techniques what they can do, [00:01:00] how to survive on the battlefield.
Sgt. April Cashdollar: All this stuff that you really never do prior to [00:01:05] going into basic training; weapon qualifications, PT, [00:01:10] just having to be around so many different people for two or three months at a time [00:01:15] is-that's a challenge in itself.
Lt. Dennis Wischmeier: You have some very strict academic [00:01:20] rigors that you have to get through in the beginning, along with physical standards. You have to go through [00:01:25] swim [qual], swim training, physical training as well. And all that [00:01:30] stresses people. It makes a lot of people nervous [00:01:35] going through that thinking, oh, if this is what the next year and a-half is going to be like, we aren't going to make it.
Sgt. April Cashdollar: It's a [00:01:40] little different, but I went through with men as well. Physical training was awesome. [00:01:45] Girls are always trying to lose weight and that's how I did it, in basic training.
Lt. Duval Tyson: It's fun. [00:01:50] I won't give you more than what you need to know because [I'll] let you experience it on your own.
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