Bad to the Bone!!! - 1/19th INF OSUT Graduation, 7-May-04, Fort Benning, Ga.

This is a new production of the combined Alpha Co, 1/19th INF & Alpha Co, 2/58th INF OSUT (basic training and AIT) graduation at Fort Benning, Georgia, which I taped on 7 May 2004.

What an awesome event! If you, or anyone you know, ever went through basic training at Fort Benning, then you will want to see this!

You WILL NOT want to miss the "Infantry Assault" demonstration of firepower. It was conducted to the pounding tune of George Thorogood's "Bad to the bone". It included M2 Bradley armored fighting vehicles racing around the field, 60mm Mortar squads, and fully camouflaged soldiers (armed with M-4 carbines, the M-249SAW, M-203 Grenade/Rifle combo, M-16A4s and the M-136AT4 Light Anti-tank Weapon) coming through a cloud of colored smoke and pyrotechnics, with weapons blazing!! HOOAH!!! ROCK STEADY, DRILL SERGEANT, ROCK STEADY!!!

This video is 60+ minutes long and even though it is of 1/19th and 2/58th, it still captures all the excitement of being at Fort Benning to see any class of our Nation's newest infantry soldiers graduate "Basic Training".

Photos of the Graduation are available HERE

This is a new production of the Alpha Co, 1/19th INF "Turning Blue" ceremony at Fort Benning, Georgia, which I taped on 6-May-2004.

At Fort Benning, where many soldiers attend basic training, there is a ceremony the day before graduation called Turning Blue. Turning Blue is an impressive ceremony where the soldier is specifically assigned to the Infantry. One of his family members or other loved one is given the opportunity to attach a blue Infantry cord to his Class A uniform.

This video is 40 minutes long. Although the focus is mainly on 1st platoon, it still captures the excitement of this impressive ceremony.

All the thoughts, the sights and the sounds. They're so different. "Let's go Crazy Private" ... "Rock Steady, Drill Sergeant, Rock Steady". The classes, the drill, P.T, more waiting, yet we're all so busy. The ranges, tactical training, testing. Let's go back, listen and remember the sights and sounds of Basic Training.

This is a video of the Infantry Basic Training class, Spring, 2004. It includes, Reception, NBC, Eagle Tower, M-16, M-240B, Hand Grenades, Tactical Training, and more.

This video is 60 minutes long. This keepsake is full of many great Basic Training memories! Regardless of when you went through Basic, this is guaranteed to be one hell of a trip down memory lane!!!.