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Your Name (as you would like it to
appear): Lizz Burnett
Your Soldier's MOS (please include
code and description, for example "11B Infantry")
21E- Heavy Equipment Operator
When did your soldier attend?
April 1, 2008- June 3, 2008
Where was he stationed for AIT?
Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
How long was his AIT?
6 1/2 weeks but he had to stay a
week longer because he came home for a week in the
middle of course
What was his training like? Normal
schedule? Did he train on weekends? Late at night?
Classroom or field based?
His training was like going to
school for a trade. They would get up at 6 for pt and
then be in class by 8. He was out by 5. Monday thru
Friday no weekends no nights. He trained mostly in the
field on the equipment with going to the classroom maybe
once a week.
Did you get to see him during AIT?
I went there to see him but
before I got there he had to take a pt test to get an
"iron soldier" pass. Which means the soldiers can leave
base. Otherwise he wouldn't have been able to leave.
How often were you able to
communicate with him? By phone? Email?
His personal time was 7-9pm during
the week and all day on the weekends until 9pm and we
spoke everyday. If the soldiers get in trouble though
they get their phone privileges taken away. My husband
had his cell phone the whole time. They are allowed
laptops too.
Describe the graduation ceremony.
Haven't gotten there yet but he
said it's just something they do outside in formation
nothing big at all
Any other tips or information?
If they do what their told and
don't go off and get drunk it's pretty laid back
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