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88M Motor Transport
Operator
Your Name (as you would like it to appear):Mandy (vez5kids)
Your Soldier's MOS (please
include code and description, for example "11B
Infantry")
88M (Motor Transport
Operator)
When did your soldier attend?
12/03/07-02/01/08
Where was he stationed for AIT?
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
How long was his AIT?
8 weeks
What was his training like?
Normal schedule? Did he train on weekends? Late at
night? Classroom or field based?
Mon-Sat, usually from 6am
-4pm. The first 2 weeks were classroom and then the
rest was field-based, learning to drive
the different vehicles. There were a couple night
drives until @ 10pm.
Did you get to see him during
AIT?
We lived too far away to go
down there. But they received on-post passes usually
on Saturday for a few hours. Then Sunday they had
on-post passes for most of the day. The only time
they got the opportunity for an off post pass was
the last two weekends.
How often were you able to
communicate with him? By phone? Email?
By phone nightly from the
first day of AIT all through until the end. Email
wasn't available.
Describe the graduation
ceremony.
It was about a 1/2 hour long.
They showed a slide-show of the training class and a
short one of the Army in general. Then they gave out
the promotional awards to the handful that got them.
After that, each soldier came up and said their
name/station. Once the grad. procession was over,
the captain said a few words to the soldiers and
released them to speak with their families for 10
minutes. They all had to get into formation after
that and march back to their barracks. The ones who
had permission to have someone drive them, were
released about 15 minutes after getting back to the
barracks. The rest were either getting into taxis to
go to the airport to go to their duty stations, or
waited there until it was time to go to the airport.
Any other tips or information?
DH's AIT was very short
compared to the majority I have seen. The
communication opportunity was much better compared
to basic.
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