This is how you become a Soldier in the US Army. This is the final test to become an Army Soldier.

Army Boot Camp Blue Phase - OVERCOMING ARMY TRAINEES FINAL CHALLENGES

The final phase of Basic Combat Training builds on everything trainees have learned so far and will serve as their final rite of passage from civilian to Soldier.

During this phase, trainees continue learning advanced marksmanship and maneuvering techniques, including engaging targets as part of a team, convoy operations, and identifying and disabling improvised explosive devices. They train on advanced weapons and learn how to throw live grenades.
As part of their final challenges, trainees embark on a multiple-day course to test their survival, fitness, and Soldier skills.
At the end of the phase, and after trainees have passed all of their challenges, they will be qualified to wear the Army Beret as a fully qualified Army Soldier.

After becoming familiar with the use of automatic weapons and hand grenades in U.S. Weapons Training, trainees put their training to the test as they negotiate the Night Infiltration Course. After passing all their tests and challenges, they congregate for Rites of Passage.

The Forge is a grueling, 96-hour, cumulative training exercise that puts week-seven trainees in a patrol base as they encounter a multitude of combat and logistical scenarios. During this time, trainees will be forged in the furnace of shared hardship and tough training. There will be multiple road marches, a tough night infiltration course, a combat resupply event, a casualty evacuation drill, a pugil sticks competition and the reflexive fire range. Over the four days of events, the trainees navigate about 46 miles.

The Forge emphasizes battle drills, tactical operations and numerous foot patrols. The Forge replaces the 20-year-old Field Training Exercise 3, which had trainees working at a forward operating base, or behind the wire.

The Army BCT Forge is the culminating event in Basic Combat Training, and in order to become a Soldier, all trainees must complete and pass the entire evaluation. The Forge is the final event designed to see who has what it takes, and all trainees must complete the Forge. At the end of the Forge, trainees participate in the rite of passage. This is the moment when the legacy is handed down, they earn the title “Soldier” and the newest Soldiers put on their berets for the first time in Basic Combat Training.

Army Infantry Squad Battle Course

In the Infantry Squad Battle Course, a squad of 12-15 trainees on patrol encounter indirect small arms fire. During the attack, the squad suffers casualties that have to be moved to a landing zone for an air medical evacuation, which they call in.

Army Rite of Passage

The new Soldiers put on their berets for the first time and drink a symbolic grog. They get a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood, and they know that they are part of something bigger than themselves.

The rite of passage acknowledges that the new Soldiers have passed a milestone in Basic Combat Training, and it instills a sense of history in them. The ceremony is a tradition for BCT Soldiers Armywide, all with slight variations that make them unique. Putting on their berets signifies that the trainees have earned the title of United States Soldier. They will now stand with their Drill Sergeants as the Nation’s newest Soldiers.

Army Grog Tradition

The BCT grog has a long and glorious history. Field artillerymen load their cannons with powder charges to send rounds downrange, but now individual charges will be loaded into the BCT grog. They then pour seven charges into the drum of grog.
The battery's newest drill sergeant loads the supercharge 8 of the Warrior's Ethos of all the Soldiers who have served since the beginning of the Army in 1775.

The commander samples the grog to determine if it is fit for consumption by the BCT Soldiers.

The entire formation quickly files through a serving line as the grog is ladled into their canteen cups.

Once back in formation, drill sergeants lead seven toasts. The toasts are for the United States, the president, the Army, the Battery, deployed service members, fallen comrades and to drill sergeants.

"This we'll defend!" (the Army motto) is shouted by a drill sergeant at the end of the toasts.

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