Do You Get Free Time in Basic Training?
If you're in basic training in the Marines, you have about four hours of limited, on-base, in barracks, “free time” each week, after the first couple weeks, for the 12 week duration of basic training (boot camp). However, other services provide more free time during their basic training.

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In respect to this, do you get weekends off in basic training?

Once you get to your job location, it's usually Monday through Friday 9-5, (6am physical training). Weekends off. Frequent exceptions, as you will always be a soldier 24/7, and missions, training, and tasks may spend your time for you.

Similarly, can you watch TV in basic training? NO! You cannot watch T.V. in basic training. However you can read the Army Times magazines and anything that got to do with the Army, you can read those types of materials.

Hereof, what time is lights out in basic training?

Hitting the Sack: Lights Out In all the branches' basic training programs, bedtime is usually 2100, or 9 p.m., except during times of special events, such as night exercises. In basic training, lights out means go to sleep.

Do they go through your phone at basic training?

Recruits in many (not all) Army basic training platoons are now allowed to use personal cell phones to call friends and families, send text messages, and update their social media status. Prior to the new cell phone program, well-performing platoons were often rewarded with a phone call home on Sundays.

Related Question Answers

What do you eat at basic training?

Most military chow halls today include an extensive salad bar, a station for full meals such as fried chicken, seafood, Mexican food, and pastas, along with a snack line that includes hamburgers, hotdogs, chili, fries, and other junk-food items. Plus, you're allowed to consume sodas and dessert!
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