My husband is going into the Delta Battery and he has been hearing that it is the most strict battery there. Apparently they have taken away night passes for over the weekend because ppl are coming back drunk. Are they taking away day passes? Also, he has been hearing that there is a 4 week lock-in so they can't leave the base for those first 4 weeks...is that true? Just wondering. Oh yeah...what are the restrictions of those 4 weeks. Can they have their phones and everything and the lock-in just means they can't leave base but have all the other AIT priviliges or what? Any answers would be appreciated! THanks

I also have a few questions about the 68w AIT, as in I'm getting sent there in late August-ish.

I'm contemplating purchasing a new cell phone, but I'm afraid there will be restrictions on the use of cellular phones there. How lax is the AIT as far as that goes?

Also, the issue of clothing- how many outfits/articles of clothing should I bring?

Well, it's Delta Company, not battery. Ft. Sill is the only training post that uses that term.

Delta isn't the most strict, just the worst. do a search for Delta and see what people have to say, not good. My experience there was HORRID.

First 4-6 weeks will be phase 4, just like basic training. Electronics are allowed after final formation of the day, usually around 1830 when I was in Delta. You can have your cell/laptop, MP3, whatever day 1. Only during the evening hours though. During phase 4, you are not allowed to leave post, or the company area for that matter unless specifically allowed. Delta is known for ungodly long formations for no reason and they seem to enjoy wasting soldiers time. After phase 4, it's phase 5. This brings with it off post passes, but only Sat-Sun and bedcheck is 2300. No overnights. Delta never let its soldiers stay out till 2300 Fri night when I was there, other companies did. There is basically no difference anymore between phase 5 and 5+ since overnights were taken away. As far as clothes go, don't bring alot. Your wall locker is only so big and you will have a ton of gear in it, and has to be kept to standard. All civilian clothes are taken away day 1 and given back when company phases to phase 5. Our company let us keep extra personal clothes in the luggage closet, but lots of people got things stolen.

for the 1st four weeks you will not recive any passes, and will be on lockdown. However, they will allow you to use your cell phones at certain times everyday(usally after 1900)After those four weeks you will reach phase v(as long as you pass a pt test, and have a certain GPA) and you will be able to out during the weekends but it is Brigade policy not to give out overnight passes due to the past number of sexual assalts.

As far as how many pairs of civilan clothing i would bring 1 pair of pants and 2 or 3 shirts...

ok he will def. appreciate that. He should be on base by now since he flew out from OKC today. I'm sure he will appreciate that info.

Ok another question. Since I have a military ID will I be allowed to go on base to see him over the weekend at the end of this month? Or will he not be allowed any visitors?

i will say this, my wife is there now in D Co. ...it is a tough one but the only reason it is that is the kids there have no respect or disipline at all i seen it personnelly, seems they were never tought it at home.....they do go and get drunk and stupid when they get to go out after they are released, but what is bad there is no punishment for the drinking at all, they come back drunk for formation and get a slap on the hand, or a art. 15, they need to get kicked out for that crap, an keep the ones who want to learn and be a medic..as for the restrictions yes they do have it for the first few weeks in phase 4 but classes of old ruined the overnites...as for civies, i would wait till after phase 4 to have them there cause you dont have much room in the lockers...the only reason the people had problems is they cant handle the mind games and thats all it is ,,,mind games,,,,right now my wife is in the top of her class, has a few weeks left and she is enjoying the training she is getting...what it comes down to is whether you enjoy it or not, cause after the training is over , its totally different...

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Ok another question. Since I have a military ID will I be allowed to go on base to see him over the weekend at the end of this month? Or will he not be allowed any visitors?

yes you can, i do it all the time....they get released aroung 9 or 10 am but that can or does change depending on the sgts mood or how the Co has acted....

and your talking about 9 or 10 a.m. on the weekend?

Ok well I just got a call from him and he said his company was so big that now he and some others are being moved to the Charlie Company. Anyone know how that is?

Charlie is better than Delta. They are more strict, and don't put up with $hit from soldiers, but as long as the company is squared away, they will be OK. Delta is not the one you want. Been there, done that, hated it.

Shoot, When I went through 91W training, Charlie was Tha ****. Course thatwas back in 2003. I know things have changed, and its all because KIDS cant keep their things in their pants and bottles of booze out of their mouths. Even with all the restrictions I hear they have now, I can only imagine how rowdy everyone is now.

well then I'm glad and sure he is too that he got switched to Charlie. Yeah from what i hear night passes are no longer available b/c kids can't keep out of the bars and liquor stores. So I changed my plans to go down there til May so that way he will be halfway done. So hopefully he can come off base by that point. Thanks for all your guy's help.

So he just got switched from the Charlie Company to the Bravo company. Yeah don't ask why he is getting switched so much. Its just the military. So how is the bravo comp?

I actually started off in Bravo company. I wasnt impressed. They were strict, Id say pretty close to Foxtrot, which was the worst as far as companies treating soldiers badly when I was there. There wasnt a day that went by at Foxtrot that didnt involve an ambulance or two. Back to Bravo. I was rolled out due to my spending 6 days in BAMC for a MRSA infection, which I almost died from. Then to top it all off, my commander at the time refused to let me go home on con leave which caused a really big stink, since it was ordered by the head of the infectious dieseases which was a Col. at the time. So to answer your question, IMO, Bravo is not too good, when it comes to treating soldiers like soldiers. However, their instructors are very knowledgeable and know how to teach a class.

youd think theyd be knowledgable enough to get you gone with a MRSA infection too...respiratory MRSA?

No it wasnt resp MRSA. Just an infection that I let go too long. I went septic, and downhill pretty quick. Six days in BAMC and 5 days con-leave. The Col. didnt want me in the hospital because I was a threat to the other patients, and he didnt want me in the barracks because the barracks were a threat to me.

ahhh, I see
an interesting rock and a hard place...youd think theyd have infectious disease a bit more nailed down though as far as keeping you quarantined away from other pts

reminds me of an impromtu infectious disease lesson I gave a nurse though transporting a pt...we pick the pt up, xfer her to the stretcher and I take off my gloves right after transferring her to the stretcher...The nurse Gasps at me and says...you know the pt has MRSA! I said uhh...I know thats why I was changing my gloves before I handled all the little bits of the stretcher and passed it along to all of my pts for the day *rolls her eyes*
She just kinda went...oh..
nother time for a respirtory MRSA pt I through a TB mask on him before leaving the room with him...a nurse (though Im hoping she was a cna or something) laughs and says..were not a TB floor..
I said..no really? (rich with sarcasm)
its how we prevent the pt spewing airborne MRSA throughout the entire hospital when we leave with em (and refrained from adding "you twit")
cuz uhh...the filtering of the mask works both ways you know?
she actually said "oh I knew that I just wanted to see if you were on your toes"
yeah...right


aside from that...sepsisemia is bad news man...assuming your 100% now though?

Yeah Im good to go. Most people really dont know what MRSA really is, and believe it or not most of the ignorance comes from RNs and doctors. When I went through the whisky course at FS, they were actually swabbing everyones nose that came through there, to see what percentage had dormant MRSA, and if I remember correctly it was well over 90%. They didnt get to me however, I was supposed to do the swab the day after I went to BAMC, No worries though, Im still breathing, and ready to get my A** back in the Army where I belong!

Im surprised they bother to test for it at all..staph is on everything...which has me eyeballing my keyboard at this exact moment...
Its the resistant part thats a *****..I'm a borderline hippy about antibiotic use, Im totally way more interested in treating everyone in the house by less traditional means ...the upside to that is, no one in the house really gets anything thats too difficult to kick.
Its a shame how overprescribing of meds has made such virulent "bugs"


glad to hear your back in the saddle and ready to jump back into the thick of things

Im generally in pretty good health all the time. Ive only caught the flu twice in my life, no broken bones, just three stitches to speak of, but this crap knocked me on my a**, and the only antibiotics that could beat it were vancomycin and clindamycin, and they both leave a bad taste in your mouth and really screw up your kidneys if they are not given properly.I know people who have been put on dialysis due to this stuff. I agree that staph is on everything, and we as a society only help to make it stronger, with antimicrobial this antibacterial that, not to mention all the unneeded antibiotics that are given out far too regularly. Ive been blessed with an excellent immune system, so it really takes alot to get me down, and its a pretty good guess that if I have a cold or something thats making me sick, then most people need to keep their distance.