What Can (and Should) You Bring to Army Basic Training?

A common question that new recruitments ask is "What do I need to bring to Basic to Combat Training"? No worries, there are only some items you may bring with you from your civil life in to Army Basic Training. Whatever you bring to basic Here is the BCT packing list for all training installations!

Packing List (What You Should Bring).

You really do not need anything at all except the following items below:

• The clothes on your back , you will get issued government uniforms and boots. Your civil clothing will be locked away into a storage locker.


• A cell phone , you get more freedom to call your love ones at any time instead of using the pay phones provided to recruit which charges a fee and also have prepaid card to make calls.


• A debit card , you need this to pull cash from the ATM machine to pay for haircuts, a yearbook and personal items at the PX store.


• Bills you pay monthly , if you regularly pay bills than you may want to bring your information readily available in order to keep track of them such as car loans, car notes, rent, utilities and etc.


• A school backpack, By now, everything you need, you can bring your own personal backpack or use the one your recruiter has provided for you. should fit inside your backpack and if not, then you may want to compromise.


• The manila folder that you receive from MEPS on ship day. This manila folder is very important because it has your identity identity (Driver & # 39; s License, Birth Certificate, Social Security Card, High School Diploma, etc.).

Packing List (What You Can Bring).

Some of the items will be locked into the storage locker for the rest If you bought a cell phone then it will be returned to you once a week and will not be accountable for it if something were to happen to it.

However the packing list is very short for basic training, you really want to pack light and minimize as much stuff as possible.