A Soldier with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, uses a protractor to find is location during land navigation training April 10. The Battalion is known as the Centennial Battalion because it will graduate during the post's Centenn...

Soldiers with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, exit Fort Jackson's gas chamber during Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear training April 10. The Soldiers who are in their first week of Basic Combat Training are learn...

A Soldier with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, tries to keep his eyes open after exiting Fort Jackson's gas chamber during Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear training April 10. The Soldiers who are in their first w...

A Soldier with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, tries to keep her eyes open after exiting Fort Jackson's gas chamber during Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear training April 10. The Soldiers who are in their first w...

A Soldier with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, concentrates hard on sliding down a rope using a commando crawl during training at Fort Jackson's Victory Tower April 11. The Soldiers are in their first week of Basic Combat Traini...

A Soldier in Training with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, looks up to ensure his fellow Soldiers are crawling down a cargo net during training at Fort Jackson's Victory Tower. The Soldiers who are in their first week of Basic C...

Soldiers in Training with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, repel down the side of Fort Jackson's Victory Tower April 11. The Soldiers are in their first week of Basic Combat Training are learning the confidence needed in later s...

3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment Sees Red

The focus of this first week of Basic Combat Training is learning how to look, act and walk like a Soldier. The first three weeks of BCT are referred to as "Red Phase," and are considered to be the most difficult phase of training.

Soldiers in training with 3rd Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment received the moniker of Centennial Battalion even before they took their first push-up, looked at their first map, or stepped into a gas chamber. Soldiers of the battalion are just over one week in to Red Phase that helps instill in them the confidence needed in the White and Blue phases. On Monday the Soldiers in Training visited the Fit to Win course, learned the basics of land navigation, and felt the stinging effects of the NBC chamber. The SiTs on Tuesday faced their fears on Victory Tower and began the process of becoming experts in basic rifle marksmanship.

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