Are you allowed to bring a camera to basic training?

By SGT Volkin

Are you allowed to bring a camera to basic training?

A recruit going to military basic training e-mailed me and asked “Are you allowed to bring a camera to basic training?”

The short answer is no. However, you will have a historian will be following you around everywhere and photographing you doing military fitness, getting yelled at by drill sergeants and all the other neat experiences you were promised when you decided joining the military was for you.

When I went through army basic training the historian assigned to us was everywhere he should have been. He knew where he was supposed to be and he knew when the exciting army training was about to take place. The historian knew when the army fitness regimines where about to reach the breaking point for recruits and we would have that dumb and exhausted looks on our faces. And if your going through USMC training the same applies for you.

At the end of boot camp, the historian will sell you a CD of pictures and videos for a few bucks. Even if it doesn’t sound appealing to purchase it, be sure to get a copy, you will want the memories.
SGT Michael Volkin is the author of The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Boot Camp Survival www.UltimateBasicTraining.com

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June 14th, 2010

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Sergeant Michael Volkin is a U.S. Army veteran and one of America's most successful military authors focusing on basic training. He served in Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom as a Chemical Operations Specialist and received an Army Commendation Medal for his efforts and for the military fitness programs he designed to help his fellow soldiers. He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Science from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas and also a Real Estate Brokers Degree. Note from the author: "I knew absolutely nothing about the military when I entered basic training. I had no immediate military family history and no prior desire to ever join the military. It was on the tragic morning of September 11, 2001 that I realized what I was taking for granted all these years. Freedom, as wonderful as it is, is an uphill struggle, and comes with an enormous responsibility. It wasn’t so much a decision, but a calling, that I joined the military - the Army Reserves. I departed for basic training without an ounce of military knowledge one month after September 11, 2001. However, I used this lack of knowledge to my advantage. I took notes on everything, with the ambition that no military recruit would have to go through boot camp like I did, with no knowledge of what was in store for me. I listened to hundreds of soldiers share their advice, tips, and tricks on surviving basic training. When I was deployed shortly after basic training to serve in Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom, I had the time to organize the notes, add to them, and assemble the most practical basic training guide ever written. The Ultimate Basic Training Series is straightforward, easy to understand and applies to every branch of the military. Take advantage of the military fitness routine in these books. Many hours of research and trial and error went toward creating the program. I believe there is no other fitness program that can get you in shape for basic training faster." SGT Volkin is currently a real estate broker and marketing consultant.