Why do people say Air Force basic training is easy? I get a little offended when I hear that.?

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Ross	If it was that tuff for you than consider yourself lucky you didn't join another branch. I work with all branches and I can tell you the AF is the first to complain. As far as designed to pass, the Army and Marines, probably the Navy too are looking to fail out a certain percentage. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

lilydrakek	I was told that AF basic training is easy. That means it has a short training as 6 weeks, not like the others are 8 weeks Navy, 10 weeks Army and 12 weeks Marine [but I don't know about some of them]. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

parkermbg	you have a right to be pissed & a right to be proud,...regardless of the bs scuttlebutt------------i suggest you challenge any jackass thats gassin about which branch has it easiest to a contest (half physical/half mental). the other half of those old rumors is that the air force doesn't enlist dummies (they leave those for the other services)!!! btw; thank you for serving Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Bethany	People classify Air Force basic as being easy because compared to the other branches it is the easiest physically, mentally, and emotionally. Physically because they're the least physically demanding branch. Mentally because the DI's aren't as bad as the other branches. Emotionally because you're gone the shortest amount of time. Its still challenging but the Air Force is just now catching up with the other branches by increasing basic from 6 weeks to 8 weeks. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Rick	Physical training is probably the easiest among all the branch, you do like half of push up compare to Army or Marine Bootcamp., and half of miles you run. Airforce isn't focus too much at physical shape, since majority of the job deal with technical stuff. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

NCMOMMAAC	Go through Marine Corps boot camp and then tell us all what your oppinion is.... Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

A J	Suck it up. Of the services it's the easiest. No, it's not a high school gym class, but remember who you're in the company of when you try to defend the AF bootcamp Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

cordeliabrainiac	I thought basic was hard when I was in it but I look back and if you did what you were supposed to do when you were supposed to do it, it wasn't that difficult. Esp, if you were in shape physically. I think the culture shock/lack of privacy was the hardest. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Ragnar	Well to be fair to you I am biased just like many of the other answers on here. But each service has different expectations from its personal and thus its entree level indoctrination is different from each because of the different expectation and cultural differences between branches. Also many experiences are really dependent on the person and their perception and personality type. I had friends in the Navy, Marines, Army, and the Air force. As well as I served in the Army myself. All of them found something challenging about their experience and they take great pride in their accomplishments. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Eric P	I think people think it is the easiest because it is the shortest of all the branches. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Lori H	Easy is relative, I had just graduated colleg where I play basketball, top condition. Navy was easy to me....I even requested Intensive Training(punishment for dirtbags) at night so I could get the workout. BUT>>>>>>>we had people crying almost every day. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

The Mrs.	Every single branch of the military get ragged on by a different one. I wouldn't be offended. You chose what you wanted to do, so just do it proudly. Nothing wrong with that. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

troydowning	I don't blame you for being offended. Anyone that says any military Basic Training is easy is just wrong. None of them are "Easy"! I believe that the reasons that Air Force Basic Military Training is considered by some to be easier than the others are 1) It is the shortest Basic Training (USMC = 13 weeks, Army = 9 weeks, USN & USCG are each 8 weeks, and USAF is 6.5 weeks.) 2) Airmen aren't required to go through infantry training or combat training. I mean the air force is not normally associated with infantry type "Hand-to-Hand" combat. 3) Also, I believe I am correct when I say that Air Force basic training does not require exposure to "Training" in an active gas chamber. 4) Army soldiers and Marines must qualify with the M-16 rifle. The recruits must fire on a course and achieve a minimum score to pass. Navy and Coast Guard recruits are required to train with a pistol and a shotgun, as well as learn to fight on-board fires. As far as I know, airmen do fire the M-16 in Basic, but are not required to qualify. I went through US Marine Corps "Boot Camp" about 25 years ago. It was supposed to be the toughest. But I have a great respect for ALL members of the U.S. Armed Forces, no matter what branch they are or were in, and no matter what "Basic Training" they went through. And let me finish with... Thank you for serving you country! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Tom T	I know you do not want to hear this, but if there are any older vets 50's 60's era still around they can validate this. Ft. Benning Georgia summer June/July. We trained all day regardless what the temperature, or the heat index was at the time. Our instructors were all combat veterans, we had troops on the ground in Vietnam when I was going through Basic back in 1959. We were trained to go into combat, those of us that continued on to AIT at Benning went on to Airborne Training lived a living hell with the red clay mud when it rained and the sand fleas when it did not. We became very intimate with the snakes that lived in the swamps we trained in, we pissed & moaned every day, but we survived Basic Training and we survived Ft. Benning, and thanks to that training, some of us managed to survive Vietnam while others had "other priorities" or hid in the TANG. We did our job, we did what we had been trained to do. None of us asked for any special treatment after the fact. We came home went on to further our education get married raise a family get drunk raised some hell and did all the things other people our age did, only we were a bit older and a bit more mature than those that stayed home. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

jason!	Is it easier? Maybe. But that doesn't mean that Air Force personnel shouldn't get credit. BMT is harder than what 90% of Americans will ever go through in their life. And let's look at what Air Force training is meant to do: we don't (for the most part) get dropped off into the desert with a gun to go kill people. so why would Air Force training need to be the "hardest"? Physically it is not the hardest, but that is because it doesn't need to be! I hope Marines and the Army are in a little better physical shape than the Air Force. Why? Because they are the ones running around in Iraq. But don't discredit Air Force training. It is still very strenuous, more mentally demanding than physically, but there is still a reason behind it. I am glad that the Air Force is over the days of let's make it hard to just make it hard! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

blakesgal	well, not so sure about the basic training part..but most people around my neck of the woods call the air force, a civilian in uniform..i live close to an air force base in FL, and know plenty of air force people. Barley any of them have gone to iraq and if they do they go for maybe 4 months. and most dont go, they just train, and train more and some more and never seem to go anywhere dangerous overseas..they get to go to Germany though:)..like compared to my husband(army) who has spent in a period of 3 years in the army ...has done 27 months in iraq, to him the air force would seem like a piece of cake. just going off all the airforce people i know. like this one guy in the air force, just trains and trains, and goes to vegas to show off his airplane, makes great money, adn never has deployed in a time frame of like 8 years. but i guess they are ready for whenever their time does come..maybe they just are not needed as much in this war..either way, you as a member of the airforce, knows you at one time may have to put your life on the line for your country..so thankyou for signing up:) Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

KCH	I don't think AF bootcamp was easy either. I hated it. But it was definetally worth it. It's not easy! And a lot of the people who bag on it are people who have not been to it, and just want to put the AF down. So, who cares? My standard of living is awesome, and they can talk smack all they want. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Philip McCrevice	Pssst, Air Force Boot Camp is easy. Deal with it. It can't be any easier than Navy Boot-camp; eight weeks of practicing how to march for graduation day. If it is, it really is pathetic. Addition: We asked our CO of Great Lakes why we don't have more intense physical training. He said "if we wanted more physical fitness out of you, we'd send you to the Marines." Navy and Air Force are basically a bunch of desk jockeys, except recon and SeALs. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

BDZot	Well, I hate to say it, but they're right. AF basic training is the least demanding of the four services. I've been to Army basic, my nephew went to Marines, my son went Coast Guard, and my sister went Air Force. On comparing notes, we pretty much agreed that she had it the easiest. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Guess who	All things are relative, now i thought the army basic training was hard, but that was before i seen the Marine Corps Boot camp, so when i was going thru it, it was hard, and it was very challenging, and the hardest thing i had ever done, but in comparison, it was nothing, not compared to the crucible and all that they go thru, SO all things are relative and subjective, from your point of view it may have been the most challenging thing you ever did, but to a Marine, it might be a cake walk to go thru it, so dont get upset, dont take it so personally, But know the reality of the test they take, the hard things that required and the differences in the different branches. GOOD LUCK Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No