Fort Benning

U.S. Army Fort Benning and The Maneuver Center of Excellence


2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment Site

2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment

Course Schedule


Week Training Activity
Red Phase
0 Initial in-processing, First 100 Yards, Equipment Issue and Uniform Standards
1 "Guard Duty, Professionalism, Drill & Ceremony, Rules of Engagement, Equal Opportunity, SHARP, Heritage, Legal U.S. Mines, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Training, Radios"
2 First Aid, Finances, Confidence Course, Obstacle Course, Military Ethics, Code of Conduct, Situational Awareness, Eage Tower, Drill & Ceremony
3 Warrior Ethos, Morality of War, Employing the Army Ethic, Land Navigation, Army Traffic Safety. Rifle Marksmanship, Phase I Test
4 Range Week (Rifle Marksmanship) & M4 Qualification
White Phase
5 Range Week (Rifle Marksmanship)
6 Range Week (Rifle Marksmanship) & M4 Qualifications
Blue Phase
7 Hand Grenades, Tactical Training, High Physical Demands test
8 Basic Combatives Certification, Finance Class
9 FORGE: Confidence Course, Obstacle Course, Tactical Training, Mass Casualty Training, Night Operations & Infiltration Course, 10 mile Field March, Turning Green Ceremony.
Black Phase
10 Light Machine Gun Training (M249)
11 M249 Qualification, Phase III Test, Land Navigation
12 Land Navigation, Fire Team Live Fire Day/Night
13 Combat Life Saver, High Performance Demands Test
Gold Phase
14 Squad Tactical Training
15 Enhanced Fire Team Live Fire
16 Urban Rifle Marksmanship and Operations
17 Urban Operations Live Fire Exercise, Heavy Machine Gun and Automatic Grenade Launchers (MK19/M2)
18 Eagle Skills Assessment & M4 Qualification
19 Mounted Platform Training, Combat Water Survival Training
20 Field Training Exercise & BAYONET
21 Recovery/Retraining Opportunity
22 Graduation Preperation