Basic Training
Before Basic Training
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Below are tips on what you can expect to encounter in basic training and steps you can take in order to make the process less stressful and yourself more prepared:
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Not on the List—Don’t Bring It
Before training, your recruiter will provide you with a list of items you can and cannot bring to basic training. There is absolutely no leeway with this list. Any extras you bring will be taken from you. The following lists show what items will be issued to you, what items you can bring, and what items you are prohibited from bringing to basic training:
- Not Allowed
- Weapons
- Any foods or beverages (alcoholic or otherwise)
- Any street drug and its paraphernalia
- Magazines
- Pornographic material
- Over-the-counter medication
- Stowage
- Additional civilian clothing
- White socks with visible logos or stripes
- Excess jewelry
- Electronics and games (including playing cards)
- Anything in glass containers
- Vitamins and nutritional supplements
- Nonprescription sunglasses
- Excess cosmetics
- Keys
- Hair clippers
- Contact lenses and civilian glasses
- Permitted Items
- Up to 10 white V-neck T-shirts
- 6 pairs of black dress socks
- Up to 10 pairs of white underwear
- Men: Two sports cups and 1 bottle of shaving cream
- Women: One pair of skin-toned pantyhose, six white or tan sports bras, one white or tan half slip, bobby pins and hair ties, and one safety pin
- Items you will be issued or that you can purchase at a Base Exchange (BX)
- 10 plastic hangers
- 2 wooden hangers
- 1 pair of shower shoes
- 12 pens
- 1 highlighter
- 1 black marker
- 1 ruler
- 1 nail clipper
- 1 package of razors
- 1 bottle of shampoo
- 4 pair socks
- 1 blister kit
- 1 package of band-aids
- 1 tube of lip balm
- 1 package of Q-tips
- 1 package of cotton balls
- 1 washcloth
- 2 rolls of masking tape
- 1 backpack
- 1 penlight
- 2 laundry pins
- 2 bars of soap
- 1 stick of deodorant
- 1 tube of toothpaste
- 2 laundry bags
- 2 locks
- 1 tube of metal polish
- 1 water bottle
- 1 shoe shine kit
- 1 notebook
- Not Allowed
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