In-Processing

You finally made it. You worked hard all through ROTC, you were selected for Aviation, you got your orders, and you are enroute to Fort Rucker, the home of Army Aviation. Now what! First and foremost, you need to know the Army authorizes you up to ten days of pay for a hotel room while you are searching for a place to stay. When it comes to housing, you will have the option of either living on base or receiving BHA pay to rent a place in one of the surrounding towns of Enterprise, Daleville, Ozark, or even further away if you are willing to drive. If you come down a few days before your report date you can use your ten authorized days of time in a motel to do some home hunting. On the day you actually report show up early. If you are lucky, you can get everything done the first day and then have a couple more days to relax and get your life in order. All the main places you need to in-process are located in building 5700, the Soldier's Service Center. Once you are finished there, stop by the few locations that are not housed in 5700 and you are done with your central in-processing. The next stop is the 1-145 Aviation Training Regiment HQ. You only have a couple offices to stop by here, one welcome brief, and then you head over to B Co. HQ to fill out some paperwork for them. Once all your in-processing is completed, most Soldiers have a few days off before their classes begin. This can be a good time to complete additional requirements such as a flight physical, a dental exam and, if those are both completed, the swim test and dunker training. There will also be times set aside to do these in the future so don't get too concerned if they are not completed before the beginning of class. As long as there are no hiccups the entire in-processing should be relatively painless and you will be ready to begin the first stop of flight school - BOLC.