#ciet

fury road main theme - fury road ost

[instrumental]

Every training event has to have a theme and this was the one for the summer. Much like the theme for my basic training, it slams in the beginning and then kind of evens out as you settle into the rhythm. Which is how training tends to go, to be honest.

just what i needed - the cars

I don't mind you comin' here And wastin' all my time I guess, you're just what I needed I needed someone to feed

This song played in the van on the way to Knox. The fact that the driver spoke to us and actually played cool music and raced the other van was kind of a clue that this was going to be nowhere near anything I'd been anticipating.

sugar - maroon 5

When I'm without ya I'm so insecure You are the one thing, one thing I'm living for

This song was #1 when I left and I was like pfft, what an annoying song. And then it was stuck in my head for seven weeks.

everything is awesome - the lego movie ost

Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome when we're living our dream 3, 2, 1. Go

"Everything is sweaty! Everything really really really sucks! Everything is sweaty, when you're here at Fort Knox!"

anything could happen - ellie goulding

Anything could happen After the war we said we'd fight together I guess we thought that's just what humans do Letting darkness grow

My roommate's alarm just about every morning included this song and I found it appropriate as, you know, I had no idea what we were going to do there. Anything could happen.

miss jackson - panic! at the disco

You've got 'em wrapped around your finger watch 'em fall down There's something beautiful and tragic in the fall out Let me say it one more time Where will you be waking up tomorrow morning?

Simply put, our platoon sergeant's name was Jackson. Also, though, "where will you be waking up tomorrow morning?" became very apt since you literally never knew where you were going to be the next day.

shake it off - taylor swift

Can't stop, won't stop moving It's like I got this music In my mind Saying, "It's gonna be alright."

Gosh, were we on the way back from DSTS or VBS? Anyway, all of us sang this on the bus on the way back from one of those and it was really cool. I love the solidarity of soldiers singing together, it's a neat phenomenon.

can't hold us - macklemore ft. ryan lewis

Can we go back, this is the moment Tonight is the night, we’ll fight 'til it’s over So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us Like the ceiling can’t hold us

4th of July on Knox was wild, man. Long story short, there was a concert and crowdsurfing? They sang this song and it struck me as being apt for CIET and CST in general. Nothing can hold us.

i don't want to be here anymore - rise against

I don’t want to be here anymore I know there’s nothing left worth staying for Your paradise is something I’ve endured See I don’t think I can fight this anymore

To be fair, this one wasn't mine. One of the lieutenants played it for the other lieutenants and declared it the theme song for Fort Knox. And, not to be a downer, but I can't even disagree, man.

feel so close - calvin harris

I wear my heart upon my sleeve, like a big deal Your love pours down on me, surrounds me like a waterfall And there's no stopping us right now I feel so close to you right now

Okay, so apparently this is my song for Army training because it shows up every time I go to a training event. A sign, maybe? Or a metaphor for how attached I get to my battles in training? Who knows.

the hanging tree - mockingjay ost

Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be If we met at midnight In the hanging tree.

Long story short, we had to evacuate our patrol base at like midnight and go all the way up to an Atropian village and sleep there for the night. So we're sitting outside and it's barely light out and one of the girls in my squad starts singing this song. It was super haunting and really beautiful.

drops of jupiter - train

Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken? Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance, five-hour phone conversation? The best soy latte that you ever had and me

One of the weirder things I've ever experienced is our drill sergeants playing us their music while we clean weapons. So we could go from screamy metal to county to Drops of Jupiter in a hot second but this is one of the ones we all sang along to.

goodnight saigon - billy joel

And we held on to each other Like brother to brother We promised our mothers we'd write And we would all go down together

So there's this officer and he's like 'this is going to sound stupid but link arms and close your eyes and we're going to listen to this song by Billy Joel and think about how we're all serving together in the brotherhood of the Army' and everyone's like omg this is dumb. But then I had to make the mistake of looking during the song and my whole squad, my perfect squad, is just sitting there together and I don't know I just get really attached to my teams, man. So the song ends and everyone's like that was lame and I'm over there like *totally not crying* "yeah man, super lame".

the army song

The Army Goes Rolling Along Proud of all we have done, Fighting till the battle’s won, And the Army Goes Rolling Along.

Requisite Army Song for Army training.

bonus: firework - katy perry

You just gotta ignite the light And let it shine Just own the night Like the Fourth of July