<p>As BCT draws near, I thought it would be appropriate to post the “extras” that I have been told to bring by those living in my hometown from Colorado and former AFA cadets:
-Lotion and chap stick- If you are from a very humid region, as I am, I have heard the dry air can be pretty annoying.
-Clear eyes/liquid tears- A lot of dirt will get in your eyes(and lungs) during BCT.</p>
<p>–If anyone else has additions, please list…</p>
<p>I have heard some people mention something about ducktape for making beds and also various other things.</p>
<p>Useful??...Should I bring a roll??</p>
<p>Yeah, I can't give out other ones b/c they are long held secrets-- like how to bring in gum and sentimental/motivational photos, letters, keepsakes... As for the ducktape, I haven't ever heard anything about that, but you can never go wrong w/ ducktape!</p>
<p>you're issued lotion (cocoa butter... funny eh?), but the eye drops are a good idea. i dunno about the duct tape, if you'll be aloud to keep it, and if you use it to make beds make sure you're careful since you'll get in trouble if you're caught, and sometimes they check for that sort of thing. i found the pre-addressed envelopes a good idea for sending mail to make it quicker, and I know I loved having my Bible, but other than that pretty much stuck to issued crap</p>
<p>Yeah... I know what you mean! What a/b this second bathroom kit idea(provided to me by a west pointer)?</p>
<p>We can't just take in stuff can we? Won't everything besides our boots be taken from u?</p>
<p>No, you can have it sent in I believe, or you can pull a Shawshank Redemption!-:)</p>
<p>shawshank redemption = sweet movie</p>
<p>I was told by the cadets this weekend to bring my own underwear because theirs sucks. Is this really okay?</p>
<p>All of that stuff is issued so we'll have to use theirs. If you bring some it'll just get packed away until after BCT. Damn I'm going to hate going back to whitey tighties. In the booklet it says only females are allowed to bring under garments.</p>
<p>Ha, that reminds me of a funny story. I have this friend from class of 88 who dressed up in a suit when he went to Iday,and in a nervous state, he sweat a whole lot. He turned his stuff in and four years later he got back this blue moldy mound of clothes.</p>
<p>haha that's hilarious. At my brother's I-Day some kid showed up in a superman shirt... Not the smartest idea.. the upperclassmen put that kid through hell all of BCT.</p>
<p>Not the smartest thing to wear, either.</p>
<p>But you can see the cadre in the back smiling about it lol</p>
<p>hahaha that has to be the funniest picture i've ever seen. I've always wondered how they would take it if someone wore a westpoint or naval academy shirt. I doubt anyone would ever have the balls to try that though.</p>
<p>Haha.. I have another one... my dad brought his weight set w/ him to west point on entrance day in a suitcase(170lbs) and had to carry it from his hotel , through the gates, and during much of the first day. In the end, I think they allowed him to set them up in the basement though.</p>
<p>geez i thought i was the only kid with an army dad allowing me into the air force haha.</p>
<p>Regarding the photo link posted by rtbcadet15, there was an article in a recent edition of Academy Spirit (www.csmng.com/images/academyspirit/academyspirit_2006-05-31.pdf</a>) about these cadets. Apparently, the young lady was the only one who refused the pressure to change the shirt that day. She graduated this year, and will be cross commissioning into the Marines.</p>
<p>Ok just a suggestion dont bring duct tape, especially in basic (during the school year you can get away with it) they are flipping your bed over and constantly inspecting rooms cause they are bored. If they find you duct taping your bed down your in for one hell of day.</p>
<p>Enjoyed that edition of Academy Spirit, but the class of 2006 needs to get a Latin scholar for their motto. "Sentio Incendium" doesn't mean "feel the fire", it means "I feel the fire". That could be construed in a whole different way.</p>
<p>one thing I heard about while at summer seminar was not using duct tape, but actually those small little straight pins...just for the hell of it I tried it out, and the things work like magic....pretty much invisible too...</p>
