Favorite T.I. Games in Air Force Basic Training

Favorite T.I. Games in Air Force Basic TrainingFavorite T.I. Games in Air Force Basic TrainingWith any luck, you will have arrived at Air Force Basic Military Training (AFBMT) in the evening or the night, and this first day wont last very long. Depending on how much time the Military Training Instructor (T.I. for short) has to kill before lights out, you may wind up learning some fun new games like fire exerzieren. This exciting leisure activity is a great time-killer. It involves testing your ability to quickly carry your bags (arent you glad you packed light?) from the drill pad to your bunk, then quickly back down to the drill pad again, lining up in formation. Work to get back in the same location where you were once before in formation. This fire drill alone will make you wish you had packed less than you did. You really do not need much in your travel bag as you will be issued everything you need. After graduation, you can get your favorite clothes and other things you like to wear, read, or play with in your down time. You may not play fire drill, as (from many reports), that game seems to have been replaced by a new game plek em up, and put em down. Speed is the name of the game, and it seems that T.I.s are content to play this game with new recruits for hours and hours. The goal of this game is to do everything as a group, moving the luggage and other gear up and down as a team. This can take hours to perfect in the eyes of the T.I. Another favorite game that T.I.s like to play during that first meeting, is Reporting Statement. This is where everyone gets to stand in formation, holding their civilian luggage, bellowing out the reporting statement, until everyone gets it right (to the T.I.s satisfaction, not yours). Sir, Maam, Trainee Jones Reports as Ordered Its common for new trainees to want to put sir or maam at the end of the reporting statement. Dont do this. The reporting statement is Sir (or Maam), Trainee Jones Reports, as Ordered, not Sir, Trainee Jones Reports as Ordered, Sir, nor is it Trainee Jones Reports, as Ordered, Maam (Note You are not yet an airman, you are a trainee.) My good friend, Pete Tabury explains another favorite T.I. Game When the T.I. says follow me and takes off for the stairway to the dorms, follow him running quickly. I was about the fourth person off the bus and the T.I. told people where to stand when they got off the bus. The first couple of guyswere stacked up with lost looks on their faces. Having heard and understood the instructions by the T.I., I stepped to the front and directed the others to follow suit. When the T.I. came and asked me how the Hell I knew what I was doing, I blasted out my reporting statement and then explained that I was in the Police Explorers for three years and had knowledge of marching and formations He was stunned, and told me that he may make me his dorm chief. Of course, this all fell by the wayside after he did the Pick them up and Put them down ga me. He looked at me and stated in column formation to follow him He then bolted to the doorway and swung it open, since the bags were on the ground I was a couple of steps behind. But I would be darned if I was gonna let him get out of my sight and I was right on his heels sprinting. As I was catching up to him, he was already bounding up the stairs, two and three at a time. I did the same and was closing the gap, that was until he hit the first landing, hit the brakes and did an about face Now he was up about two feet taller than me as I was two steps lower than him and he was screaming in my face from above CAN YOU READ? he asked. Sir, Trainee Tabury reports as ordered, Yes Sir I replied. He then pointed over his left shoulder to the yellow painted cinder block walls and asked me Then what the Hell does that say? And in big black letters it said, Walk, Do Not Run, Use the Hand Rails So, for the next 6.5 weeks, every time we went in and out of the dorms, I had to stand at the b ottom of the stairs and say that phrase to each and every person that entered the dorm from our flight. I will never forget that phrase as long as I live Be prepared to march everywhere together and even by yourself, marching for hours sometimes. You will also be required to run, pt, wear extra gear like body armor and helmet, eat MREs, live in a tent to simulate deployment, and then eventually you will take your final test and see your family for graduation. All of these events and training are under the direct supervision of the T.I. whose job it is to prepare you for being in the Air Force. One day you will thank for T.I. for this training - One day - long after BMT. Want to Know More About Air Force Basic Training? Surviving Air Force Basic Training