| Air force boot camps are basic military training | | | | relaxed, followed by a drill before breakfast. Then |
| courses for air force recruits that are conducted | | | | again exercise after breakfast until lunch. And so |
| at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. | | | | the process continues. The whole day is made up |
| Here the trainees are instructed in discipline, ethics, | | | | of exercises, with a lot of mental pressure |
| courtesies, dress code, drills, physical fitness, use | | | | thrown in.Trainees are also given instructions |
| of equipment and survival tactics in warfare. It | | | | about flight practice, pilot controls and more. |
| extends for a period of six weeks and the last | | | | Trainees are also instructed on what to do when |
| week is called as the Warrior Week, which | | | | there are life-threatening situations in midair. There |
| involves combat training.Air force boot camps are | | | | are confidence building courses, and courses that |
| supposed to be less physically strenuous than the | | | | teach about teamwork.In these times of war, it is |
| military and the marine boot camps. In these boot | | | | estimated that about 85 percent of the air force |
| camps the emphasis is more on playing on the | | | | trainees will be deployed to some war area, |
| mindset of the trainees rather than on physical | | | | making military training essential. The last week of |
| dexterity. They are also less formal, which allow | | | | the air force training is called as Warrior Week. In |
| the trainees to address their instructors as sir or | | | | this week, a warlike atmosphere is simulated and |
| madam, instead of their titles and posts. The air | | | | trainees are given practice with the M-16 rifle. It |
| force training instructors often play mind games | | | | includes cleaning the rifle, loading and target |
| with their trainees in order to make them | | | | practice. Then there is the dreaded gas chamber |
| stronger for decision taking situations in future. | | | | drill. However the gas used is harmless tear gas. |
| They holler and yell and blow a fuse even if | | | | Yet it teaches the trainee how to cope with a |
| anyone speaks to them without the reporting line. | | | | gas-leak situation especially when it comes to |
| They do not flinch in calling their trainees names | | | | chemical and biological warfare. Most trainees at |
| and reprimanding them even if they have | | | | air force boot camps cherish this week as their |
| seemingly done a good job.All this physical | | | | most favorite time at the boot camp.When |
| exertion serves the purpose of making air force | | | | trainees finish their training they are called airmen. |
| trainees stronger individuals as they leave. Apart | | | | Airmen can secure admission to the Air Force. |
| from this mental wrangle, the air force trainees | | | | Most recruits leave their jobs early and go on to |
| are much better than their marine or military | | | | higher paying civilian jobs. Training is designed with |
| counterparts. Their waking hours are more | | | | that end in mind. |