Why has Army Basic gotten so much easier over the years? It is literally a joke now.?

I agree with you PFC, I went through basic 3 years ago and it had changed, alot. Back when I went through (and I went through FT. Sill as well) I got the **** beat out of me, they werent supposed to hit us, but behind locked doors who cared. The army changes all the time. Now that the army is maxed out on people there are a lot more coming through, which makes for more complaints. Its sad, it really is. Its a tradition and I'm honored to be apart of the initiation process when I did get the crap beat out of me. Plus you also have to take in effect if there are female soldiers in basic with you. Ive trained at both ft sill and ft Leonard wood and both were completely different. At sill I got stomped, at lost in the woods I never had a problem, do ten push ups and get up. Honestly. I'm in Afghanistan now about to head home and from what Ive seen the softer ones have a harder time adjusting to the life style. It sucks getting blown up, it sucks hearing the fizz that a bullet makes whizzing past your head or the ding from hitting off your truck, but crying about it isn't going to help. Just sit back, take a deep breathe, and thank god you managed to survive another day. Its a changing world man.