Living in barracks (US Army)?

1) The USMC says hoorah. The Army says Hooah. Either way it is gay and you should stop saying it unless required to do so.

2) Everything Lester said was correct... about a decade ago. A lot has changed since then so what he wrote is no longer relevant.

Essentially everything boils down to the post you get assigned and what your unit requires of you. Some are nice than others, some are down right crap holes. Some places you can have a lot of free reign, others you will be living in a squad bay with 2-3 other guys.

As for BCT. Keep you head down, do what you are told the first time, and don't complain about anything, even to your fellow recruits.

Hello Robert,

Living in the modern barracks takes a lot of displine. Lights out at 10 pm unless there is late night training ops. Two people from the barracks will be on night patrol. The shifts change each night and it goes by rotation. If you are on night patrol, you do not get any sleep that night. Usually, the modern barrarks house 50+ so about 1 night a month you will not be allowed to sleep.

You must always have your bed made. You must be very clean and orderly. There are random inspections. They average to about 2 inspections a week. Your shirts have to be properly folded and your shoes must be freshly polished.

No decoration is allowed. The most you can do is put a family picture or two.

You are given part of a bunk bed, a locker (no larger than the lockers at a typical highschool), and half the space under the beds. The other half is reserved for your bunk mate.

There are many rules. The life is tough, but what got me through it was realizing it was temporary.

how much can you decorate?? hmm, barracks life can be a challange---hopefully u will have a decent roomate and not some noisy, ignorant bi--ch.

I spent 90% of my time away from the barracks--I hated being there--just alot of loud, drunk, inconsiderate mo-fo's. Good luck.