Fort Knox, KY (All things related) [Archive]

Mr_Loki

April 2nd, 2009, 12:22 PM

This sticky is for all things related to Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Discuss when you're leaving or what you experienced, etc.

Absolutely no discussion of other Forts. Use the other stickies. Do not bash Fort Knox or anyone that is going or graduating. No one cares which is harder or why it's harder, just keep it to the above curriculum. Hold yourself in a professional manner while in here.

EMILinator

April 3rd, 2009, 01:24 AM

I leave for Ft. Knox on July 20th, and I cannot wait. Actual training starts July 31st, so I am assuming the 11 days I am not training is reception battalion and getting settled in?

I heard it gets really hot in the summer time, and there are immensely steep hills that are actually nicknamed? Misery, Heartbreak? Haha. Reminds me of the Kanye West album. Great music.

And I think it ***** they are moving the US Army Armor School to Ft. Benning, which I think was a symbol of Ft. Knox. I wonder what will happen to Ft. Knox...

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m209/EmiLinator/Fort_Knox_tank.jpg

PFCPiatt

April 3rd, 2009, 10:19 AM

I herd that Ft.Knox may be getting shut down as a BCT location. My DS at Benning said everything is going to be moved and put into one main BCT location. Its sad Ft.Knox is having its title taken away :(

plano2001

April 3rd, 2009, 01:09 PM

Ft. Knox is going to be the new home of HRC.

The armor school at Knox is being moved to Ft. Benning, which will host the Manuever School of Excellence.

This is not for awhile.

plano2001

April 3rd, 2009, 01:10 PM

I leave for Knox on Oct 13th (19D OSUT) with a slotted start date of Oct. 22nd.

Going to be a little cold in the winter....won't graduate until March. But yay for christmas exodus!

shutterm4

April 6th, 2009, 11:27 AM

Going to be a little cold in the winter....won't graduate until March. But yay for christmas exodus!

That is a huge understatement. I am from Colorado and consider myself pretty good with cold weather. At Fort Knox i froze my butt off the whole time!

plano2001

April 6th, 2009, 12:45 PM

Well yuck....don't tell me that. :D

Anything below about 75 degrees requires breaking out the winter coat! I think I'm going to be quite frozen at Knox.

cyall

April 6th, 2009, 01:05 PM

Well yuck....don't tell me that. :D

Anything below about 75 degrees requires breaking out the winter coat! I think I'm going to be quite frozen at Knox.

Heh. I graduated last October 4th. I'm from Mississippi, so I'm cold weather averse but the mornings were getting quite chilly then. Of course the afternoon was great.

plano2001

April 6th, 2009, 01:25 PM

Heh. I graduated last October 4th. I'm from Mississippi, so I'm cold weather averse but the mornings were getting quite chilly then. Of course the afternoon was great.

Yeah, but I START in October..... :D

cyall

April 6th, 2009, 02:35 PM

Yeah, but I START in October..... :D

Yes, I read that. I checked the weather occasionally this past winter. IT was cold. Lot's of days with highs in the teens. It always made me happy I wasn't in the field dealing with it.

shutterm4

April 6th, 2009, 04:22 PM

Have fun man. I was there from January 16th to April 3rd. I was so happy when i got to the warm Fort Jackson. Fort knox will freeze you. When you spend the day sitting in the bleachers at the ranges! It ***** to say the least. Just make sure that your cold weather boots fit good before you leave reception!!! Our Pg wore his summer boots for like the first 6 weeks because his winters didn't fit!

987654

April 6th, 2009, 04:37 PM

Heh. I graduated last October 4th. I'm from Mississippi, so I'm cold weather averse but the mornings were getting quite chilly then. Of course the afternoon was great.

Yeah i graduated middle of last september and i remember it being pretty cold in the mornings the last week or two there. what company were you in?

cyall

April 6th, 2009, 05:23 PM

Yeah i graduated middle of last september and i remember it being pretty cold in the mornings the last week or two there. what company were you in?

4th PLT D Co 1/46 INF

987654

April 6th, 2009, 06:20 PM

Cool. I was 3rd platoon B co 1/46

shutterm4

April 8th, 2009, 10:27 AM

I was Alpha 2/46 INF. We were right by reception the whole time. I laughed when they took us "down range".

jtuck418

April 12th, 2009, 07:39 PM

i leave May 20! Cav scout. im sooo ready!

ferguson

April 16th, 2009, 08:38 AM

:) I will leave for Knox on July 29 09 for a little bct on my little girls b-day .
my mos is 21E heavy equipment operator ait fort len wood cold months in the
middle of bfe lol:D Looking forward to bct at Knox I think it will be hard but also alot of fun. And you know any thing worth doing is hard so lets all enjoy the time we are there because it will be over and done with befor we apreciate it .:D

HeelToeSTi

April 16th, 2009, 10:26 AM

I leave May 26 for basic at Knox. Looking forward to it.

Draco771

April 28th, 2009, 07:44 PM

Ft. Knox is going to be the new home of HRC.

The armor school at Knox is being moved to Ft. Benning, which will host the Manuever School of Excellence.

This is not for awhile.

I was told they were doing that, so Infantrymen etc. would be able to have a better "more rounded" training experience in "working with" Armored assets, and vice-versa.

Don't know the truth to this, due to the information coming from a PFC three months out of OSUT (Ft. Knox-19D)

But the reasoning behind it, as he explained to me, was so Infantry OSUT can incorporate training/experience working side by side with their Armor brethren.

But that's just how it was explained to me in a nutshell.

Anyone know any set deadlines when Knox will no longer be the School of Armor location?

plano2001

April 29th, 2009, 10:57 AM

Anyone know any set deadlines when Knox will no longer be the School of Armor location?

https://www.benning.army.mil/MCOE/content/faq.htm

By federal law the move must occur by September 15, 2011. But laws can easily be amended and changed if need be.

skaterkid1990

May 2nd, 2009, 11:43 PM

MMI Hopeful

May 8th, 2009, 09:47 PM

dude are you serious about the spiders. I leave the june 10

gphish79

May 8th, 2009, 09:52 PM

going to be at fort knox august 4th for air assualt. Anyone else going to be there?

bigroach

May 9th, 2009, 01:46 PM

I graduated From Fort Knox C co 2/46 Oct 10, 2008

Fort Knox is Hot and missrible in the summer and on the final road march the 15K there is some pretty narlly hills, Missery,Heartbreak, agony.

Watch out for those brown lacruse spiders.

Brown Recluse

I got bit by one of those. I was on antibiotics for a year because of it. I had a hole on my arm about the size of a pencil eraser. I could squeeze pus non stop all day long out of the hole.

88m Soldier

May 9th, 2009, 05:06 PM

Wow what a time I had at Ft. Knox :eek: That was unreal ! lol

Im thinking it would take 10 months to explain my 10 weeks there. But if anyone has any questions as to what to expect there go ahead and email me I will check my emails on saturdays. I can say that we did do alot of cadences about Jodi boy lol

Here is my Email cvhounds@yahoo.com

I was in Bravo 2/46 Inf. Im now in Ft. Leonardwood witch is sweet!

Johbby

May 12th, 2009, 09:24 PM

I ship 20091013 with a start date of 20091023. Plano, I might run into you!

plano2001

May 13th, 2009, 10:26 AM

I ship 20091013 with a start date of 20091023. Plano, I might run into you!

What's your MOS?

Sounds like we'll probably run smack into each other at the airport.

Johbby

May 13th, 2009, 03:43 PM

What's your MOS?

Sounds like we'll probably run smack into each other at the airport.
Me and a buddy from work are going 19D. I'm almost positive he has an estimated start date the same as ours.

HeelToeSTi

May 13th, 2009, 06:36 PM

T-minus 13 days.

XTankOfficer

May 14th, 2009, 02:42 PM

I served as a BCT Company Commander at Ft Knox for nearly 2 years...

A/2-46 IN (Nov00-Jun01)
-Trained 2 cycles of BCT
E/2-46 IN (Jun01-Mar02)
-Trained 1 cycle of BCT and 1 cycle of 19K BCT/AIT (Knox was overstrength 19Ks and had shut down an OSUT Company, so we created an ad hoc training itinerary to make sure these soldiers didn't have to spend 4 months in receptin)
C/46 AG (Mar02-Aug02)
-Conducted retraining for soldiers who failed BCT/OSUT (basically last chance before they were chaptered out and sent home)

Would be happy to give any advice, although it may be dated. I will verify what has already been said - Ft Knox does get quite cold in the winter, there are plenty of critters to keep you company in the woods, and the hills (most famously Agony, Misery and Heartbreak) go straightup or straightdown (those rolling green hills of Kentucky that you may have heard about do not exist at Knox).

dindelus

May 16th, 2009, 09:45 PM

My unit is going to Fort Knox for AT. I heard today that there will be scout tryouts. Does anybody know what happens at these tryouts?

HeelToeSTi

May 18th, 2009, 11:43 PM

One week left.

dsb0001

May 29th, 2009, 11:44 AM

Heading to Ft. Knox June 9th, my reception starts june 15 and by training starts june 19, anyone have any idea what i will be doing for those first 5 days from when i arrive and when reception begins?

987654

May 29th, 2009, 12:36 PM

I'm pretty sure you'll start reception as soon as you get there..i never heard of anyone who shipped and had to wait around to start reception..i didn't have a reception start date in my packet when i left for basic..just a ship date and a training start date. On the other hand after you finish reception you may have to wait around until a company opens up for you to go to to start basic.