From the article: Cell Phone Use in Army Basic Training
Recruits in many (not all) Army Basic Training platoons are now allowed to use personal cell phones to call friends and families, send text messages, and to update their Facebook and Myspace status. Why or Why Not?
ur an idiot
- The people that say no are stupid i think yes cell phone but 1I call a day for 30you mins becouse what if somthing tragic happend at home? Its the 2000people the electronic era u old people need to grow up and admit ur wrong.
- —Guest dylan t
YES!
- Yes, because so you can contact your loved ones. Mailing takes too long!!!!! But I mean, mailing is okay too! :)
- —Guest ohaw
No No No up your writing skills!!!
- I'm being deployed in August for bootcamp, and I'm actually terrified. However, I'm getting all the goodbyes and farewells out of the way now. I know what I'm going in for and what is in store for me (lots of intense physical and mental work). For me I only have one person that I care about, but I've made a decision to just write him even though he insist that I call him. I won't be able to because bootcamp takes a lot out of you ( that's whats been told to me). I think letters are more intimate anyway, so if he can't wait for my return oh well.
- —Guest Future Reserver USAR
Yes.
- People don't understand how encouraging it is to get to text your parents and friends. If I am able to use my phone in BCT, I will use it to call my parents, text my friends, and call one of my close friends to pray for me, stress is good and bad, I could go without my phone and just stand firm knowing that God is with me but it's always great to have your friends pray for you. I leave for BCT Tuesday, May 8, 2012
- —Guest PVT Devillier
Yes and No
- No, not for text messaging and phone calls. Yes, so I can pay my bills. I leave for basic training April 8th 2012.
- —Guest Bréyon
Yes
- Stationary was the cell phone of our pre-2000s brothers and sisters in arms. To call one a pansy is hypocritical, to write a letter may seem the old fashion way, but in the days of Greek soldiers and The Crusades, men would leave for war for ten years! No contact in between then. Training is priority, we need to be hard pressed and focus on making our soldiers war fighters, but so what if they make one of their two calls from a cell phone?
- —Guest GroundPounder
Yes
- I think yes because, even though I was only 7 when my dad was in Basic, my mom always wanted to call and see how he was doing. We got letters all the time, but hearing his voice is what we loved the most!
- —Guest Guest Army Brat
HECK NO!!
- I am embarrassed to call myself a vet after hearing this crap!! Grow some damn balls and pick up a pen and paper!! this is what is wrong with our military a bunch of pansies who can't tough it out for 9 weeks! the entire time i was in basic i was only able to call my parents twice!! and that was once to tell them I'm alright in the beginning and once to tell them when graduation was that's it!!
- —Guest VETERAN
Yes.
- It's 2012. The technology age for all people. It's not the 60's or 80's. With I pads I phones ect. We should be able to Skype and phone call when we have our 1 hour persy time
- —Guest 900 club EHS
Not in Basic
- Going to BCT is not just hard on the person going, it's also stressful for the family they leave behind. If someone in BCT is discouraged and feeling homesick and call or text home and unload, it just adds to the stress of the spouse at home. Man up, grow up and deal with it.
- —Guest Susan
NO!!! Not at all.
- If the troops aren't trained properly they are going to have no discipline and get themselves and others killed when they go to combat. Think about. You can be happy for 3 months when they are at basic or after 12 months of not seeing them when they come home alive after a deployment. You little girls need to grow up and be women.
- —Guest Andrew (CPL USMC)
No.
- For me, the soldiers i trained with became my new family. I rarely even thought of home. I loved every moment of basic and i couldnt believe i was getting paid to do it. I did write letters and thought that was enough communication with loved ones.
- —Guest army vet
Grow up
- I say no. For the simple fact kids now a days can't do anything with their parents. Cell phones was a no-go when I was in Basic. They need to continue to use the pay phones that are provided for them. That will limit a lot of frustration the Drills have to deal with. If they are allowed to have them and they know they have them. They will be up all night talking on the phone. And not focused on what they are there for. There for it's a no for me.
- —Guest The Soldier
Cell Phones are for Wussies.
- I do NOT support the idea of Cell Phones, If you wanna talk to your Significant other, Write them a letter or Use a Damn payphone. If you wanna call them to complain, I say grow a pair and Learn to depend on yourself. You don't need someone there to hold your hand. No one wants to hear you Complain. I'm eighteen and I'm about to enter Basic Training, Yeah I'll miss my Parents and Sister, But I don't need to call them to tell them about my day, That is What will keep me going. It might seem twisted but Its called Personal Motivation. My daddy was an Army Ranger and He had to do Pushups to Receive his Mail and His Phone Calls to/from my mama, Be lucky you don't have to do that.
- —Guest Little Ms. Reality
Pussies.
- All of you people need to eat some bricks and harden the "f***" up!! I agree with the people that say when you are deployed you cant contact your family etc. I agree also with the people that say "you should time your children better", if you know you are thinking about a military career, dont have kids!!!! "If" it is so hard on you that you have to call home all the time. I am 29 and single, and ready to work the hardest I ever have in my life, physically and mentally. It excites me. The idea of being away from my family and serving people is all I need to keep me going, that and my faith in God. So Im excited, and I think some of you need to really think about why you are joining and if joining the army is really the best option for you, if you are worried about how often you get to call your loved ones. When you are deployed for a year at a time, you dont get a chance to call home... stop being pussies.
- —Guest KK1983
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