Do they still pull "fireguard" in Army basic?

[ABNAK]

Friend of mine is a retired SgtMaj, insists they don't do it anymore. He's been retired since the 90's and I threw the BS flag! I maintain it's part of getting a soldier used to pulling "guard" duty as the days of wooden barracks and coal burning stoves (which he lived in at Ft. Knox basic in 1970) are long gone. It conditions the troop to get used to the idea of being awake at times you don't want to be, i.e. in the middle of the night.

Hell, in 1983 at Benning we pulled it at Sand Hill, and they were brick barracks (although the Harmony Church schleps still lived in the wooden ones ).

Well, any recent grads or Drill Sergeants?

[LtNovakUSA]

They do. Two on Firegaurd per Platoon when they are in the Barracks. Plus they still act as CQ runners. CQ rotates between the PLTs, two on CQ per company, with 1 Drill sgt as the actual Charge of Quarters. Those 2 CQ runners come from the Drill's PLT.

The above from a friend of mine who is currently an Armor OSUT Company Cdr at Ft Benning right now.

[skydivr]

They do. Two on Firegaurd per Platoon when they are in the Barracks. Plus they still act as CQ runners. CQ rotates between the PLTs, two on CQ per company, with 1 Drill sgt as the actual Charge of Quarters. Those 2 CQ runners come from the Drill's PLT.

The above from a friend of mine who is currently an Armor OSUT Company Cdr at Ft Benning right now.

Your friend is correct. However, it may be a post by post requirement and not uniform across TRADOC. I still can't get over AR OSUT at Benning and not Knox...

[ABNAK]

Your friend is correct. However, it may be a post by post requirement and not uniform across TRADOC. I still can't get over AR OSUT at Benning and not Knox...

Me neither!

You know if the treadhead trainees are doing it the grunt ones sure as hell are!



ETA: I would *think* that it wasn't a post by post thing. One of the basics of soldiering (hence the basic training part) is pulling some sort of guard duty at all hours. I think the "fire" part of fireguard is a ruse! Maybe at one time, but even then they killed two birds with one stone. I would be very disappointed in the Army if that wasn't an Army-wide requirement for BCT/OSUT.

[Caeser25]

AR OSUT is at Benning now?

[ABNAK]

AR OSUT is at Benning now?

Yep, in the Harmony Church area (old wooden barracks are long gone). Grunts are at Sand Hill, with some smattering of other MOS's basic-only at Sand hill also, but seperate from the grunts in OSUT.

Ft Benning is now the "Combined Arms Center of Excellence".

[kry226]

Yep, in the Harmony Church area (old wooden barracks are long gone). Grunts are at Sand Hill, with some smattering of other MOS's basic-only at Sand hill also, but seperate from the grunts in OSUT.

Ft Benning is now the "Combined Arms Center of Excellence".

That's just crazy. Last I checked (and based on my own experiences), infantry and tankers don't get along so well.

[Caeser25]

Yep, in the Harmony Church area (old wooden barracks are long gone). Grunts are at Sand Hill, with some smattering of other MOS's basic-only at Sand hill also, but seperate from the grunts in OSUT.

Ft Benning is now the "Combined Arms Center of Excellence".

So I'm assuming ARTY is there as well?

[sandman99and9]

I remember pulling firewatch during basic at Sand hill, Ft Benning in the early 90's

4th platoon C/Co 1/38 Inf just down the road from the reception battalion

We had the joy of having the Drill Sgt school eating in our chow hall every day.

Was it me or were those damn starship Barracks either 10 degrees hotter or colder than the outside temp ?


S.M.

[CodeRed30]

Yep, in the Harmony Church area (old wooden barracks are long gone). Grunts are at Sand Hill, with some smattering of other MOS's basic-only at Sand hill also, but seperate from the grunts in OSUT.

Ft Benning is now the "Combined Arms Center of Excellence".

With a big ****ing sign out front that says "Home of the Armor".

Like **** it is!