How to Prepare for National Guard Basic Training - Recruit Sustainment Program

I'm up drop them check them up however they are not locked do not lock your knees if you have your knees locked right now on to great our six right cover for on owner right now we know this rifle safe it's impossible for it to fire right you're not gonna look down the best back - so so things like say for a second hey I have a magazine about a custom go get set go today all right if you are one of the last five six people look well do the same thing this morning you all play music you know some of the stuff that they're going to learn while they're here is your your basic to your two weeks of basic training we take them through read phase which is going to give them the basic seal when they get yelled at to do a right face they already know everyone else that's been there it's going regular army and has an experienced RSP doesn't even know to write faces they don't know to go to parade rest when that drills heart walks up to them and to already know that I'm here to saving them push-ups wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be because of RSP and then when I got to basic training I was like the only one in our Bay that knew had to make the bed right and fold the corners and actually our drill sergeant had me teach a class on bed making so it's just one example of advantage I had I can't wanna see me though good you sit there guys aren't these guys in a Humvee drive around a sinking fund police officer cousin so far with negative know this seems them a lot more than just moving as a team and communicating when actually a basic training very me relying on each other as battle buddy so right now this helps them get in tune with being a soldier and actually learning that teamwork aspect of the military in a nutshell RSP is recruit sustainment program and the purpose behind it is to take civilians that have enlisted with the military and also getting ready for basic training we make sure that they are well aware and well equipped for everything that they're going to need for basic as well as classes of the program such physical fitness training and getting ready for PRT and by the time usually they're shipping out the training other branches kinda have their own thing and they do stuff but this one this particular recruit sustainment program seems to be unique to the National Guard where we actually sit down with them and go through what it is they need to to be ready what to expect a basic and knowledge is going to help them and prepare them get them ready RSP is awesome it's a really good program I'm glad they started because you know I've talked to guys from way back that didn't have an RSP program and went the basic had no idea what was going on and this has been really good especially for even with PT you know just going okay this is sort of what PT is gonna be like you need to get in shaping to giving you that understanding so it's just it's a really great tool it's a good program I think I think they should continue investing in and I think they should as they I mean you know the National Guard in general really need to focus on this this is this is where soldiers began and this is important Guardsmen for a day program is established for citizens that are in our community high school age kids all the way up to people that are eligible for enlistment to come out and experience National Guard doing weekends and it's just not for the RSP which we're doing here but it's for any Maryland Army National Guard unit where they can go and break themselves into trading with the units to see what they actually do to kind of get a feel for what they would do once they join the Maryland Army National Guard program is effective in bringing in new people so they can see what we do and at that point we can discuss with them options and being members of the Maryland Army National Guard find out what their interests are oh they said come out here and try it out and I was afraid I was going to be doing push-ups all day mainly running around the trap trying out paintball and different things Target ladies are going hanging out really getting to learn a little bit more about it so it gives them an opportunity to do something different and become part of a team from Camp Ryder Edgewood Maryland is the site of the recruitment sustainment program or RSP its mission providing training prior to ship out for non prior service enlistees in the Maryland Army National Guard they do this by introducing a military training environment designed to get these young enlistees up to speed typically most of our recruits go downrange they either receive distinguished soldier for for their training site or typically honor grad because again we have programs like strike force skills in place which again prepares them for what they're going to encounter down to basic training and AIT on this day enlistees were putting in work practicing their physical training weekend drill instructor sergeant first class Kevin McCluskey says the training is second to none I mean we do a pretty good job we got great drill sergeants we want an excellent program we prep our soldiers prior going to basic training and I think we're just as good or maybe even step above the RSP program is designed to ensure there is no lost time in these young soldiers careers reporting for the 29th mobile public affairs detachment I'm Army sergeant Ron Lee

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Keywords: FoxtrotAlpha, Recruit Sustainment Program, Army National Guard (Armed Force), United States Army Basic Training, National Guard Basic Training, maryland army national guard, national guard of the united states (armed force), national guard basic training physical training, training in the army national guard, army national guard basic training, national guard basic training day, United States Army (Armed Force), Recruitment Sustainment Program

Id: IJoaoh1_Hm0

Length: 6min 47sec (407 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 07 2015