Army utilizes a different kind of boot camp to bolster recruiting
This is not your father's boot camp. Instructors here act more like personal trainers than drill sergeants. Army Staff Sgt. Ben Thomas says that is intentional.
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This is not your father's boot camp. Instructors here act more like personal trainers than drill sergeants. Army Staff Sgt. Ben Thomas says that is intentional.
Sergeants. >> put it in that portion come all right? >> staff sergeant ben thomas says that's on purpose. >> we are treating them a little differently, we also want to instill some of the discipline in them by not necessarily by yelling and screaming at them. >> this is prep camp for young men and women who want to join the army but can't meet the body fat limits. they came to fort jackson to lose weight and qualify for the real boot camp. >> it's not the break them down and build the backup approach. >> lieutenant colonel dan hayes is in charge. >> we are meeting them half way to help them ac...
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