[cowsrus]

I went to Infantry Basic this summer of 06 so this is pretty much up to date.

You really have to live through it. I have talked to a couple of my friends that went to Fort Jackson (they have a non combat MOS) while I was at Benning and from what he said his experiences where I would say I had it alot tougher then he did. It gets pretty physically tough, and this is from someone that can max out a pt test. As for how far you march and stuff like that you can go to the Infantry Training Brigade home page and view it there. And for how far you run, well, that depends what you're talking about. For pt or any other time else, the only time I wasn't running is when I had chow, the small amount of free time at night or when I was marching. The training was 6 days a week, monday through saturday, sunday was church and maintanaince around the barracks, we couldn't leave or have passes on sunday so we were still stuck there. Also, if you do Infantry you do OSUT so you are there for 14 weeks instead of 9. Also, the DS can pretty much do whatever they want to do with you. When I was there one guy was crying on a ruck march and the DS told him to stop. He didn't stop so the DS pushed him off the road and he fell into a ditch while everyone else kept marching. So yes, the DS aren't allowed to touch you but do they... well, yes.