MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Two short basic training stories

I was stationed at Ft. Dix NJ for basic and AIT in the summer of 1968. While we were out..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Picked to volunteer

After completing advanced training at Ft. Dix, NJ, in 1967, we were waiting for orders for our next assignment. They..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

What not to say

I did basic training at Ft. Dix in 1968. On the first day of land navigation training, the DS asked..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Don't look back

It was the final PT test, the mile run. I had fallen off the bars, so I needed to..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Volunteer? Sometimes.

It was 1952 and I was at Fort Jackson, SC. I was waiting for my orders shipping me to..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Volunteering not always a bad thing

When I joined the U.S. Air Force in 1962 I stood a towering 5'3" and weighed a whopping 135 pounds...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Luxury accomodations - almost

It all started in WASHINGTON DC on December 7, 1942 as I raised my right hand and became a member..
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Pottsville Lions support homeless vets program
VETERANS HELPING VETERANS

Pottsville Lions support homeless vets program

Frackville, PA
The Pottsville Lions Club, with some 20 percent of its members who are veterans, have for the second year continued..
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Royse City post selects Boys State candidates
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Royse City post selects Boys State candidates

Royse City, TX
The Laramore-Osborne Post in Royse City, Texas, has selected its attendees for Boys State. The Royse City American Legion post..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Woops!

I was drafted in August 1969. Drill sergeants called a special meeting and wanted everyone to fall out. Something didn't..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Excuse me, Mr. Tree

One bright summer day in 1989 at a Fort Dix, NJ M-16 range, I made the unpardonable mistake of walking..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Drill instructor

In March of 1951 we arrived by buss at Lackland AFB to begin Basic Training. We were met by a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

First night in the Army

In May 1952, I spent my first night in the Army at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, along with a host..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Not that jaunty

I went into the Air Force in 1969, straight out of college. My degree was my ticket to Officer..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Calling barracks to attention

While in basic training at Lackland AFB, TX in March 1966 our T.I. admonished us not to make the mistake..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Boot Camp Co 223, 1948

June 1948 I enlisted at age 17. Sent to Grt Lkes Boot Camp. Was picked Acting Master at Arms. About..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM

Airborne????

Jonesborough, TN
In June 1967, after completing my AIT training at Fort Gordon, Ga., I had volunteered for Airborne, (jump School). I..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Unforgettable cadre

While at FT Dix for basic training in the Spring of 1968, I did raise my hand, and for the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

US or RA

US Army basic training Ft Leonard Wood, School at Ft Lee then at Ft Lewis waiting to ship to Alaska...
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INVISIBLE: PTSD's Stealth Attack on a Vietnam War Veteran
IN YOUR OWN WORDS

INVISIBLE: PTSD's Stealth Attack on a Vietnam War Veteran

This is my real life story of flashbacks, nightmares, and anger alongside friendship, love and recovery. I suffered from post-traumatic..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Volunteers

I attended Navy Boot Camp at Great Lakes Illinois in 1968. We were under orders from reveille to taps each..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Oh, boy. What did I get myself into?

0900, 5 April 1965, armed services induction center Newark, N. J. About 40 of us were ushered into a small..
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Thankful for nurses who served
SALUTE TO NURSES

Thankful for nurses who served

I was serving with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Cambodia in 1970. I was severely wounded on June 12...
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM

First class officer

Tampa, FL
I was a SP4 in the 547th Engineer Battalion in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1964 and my job was S3 clerk...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

"Vegetable noises, sir!"

Back at Paris Island, the summer 1982, we had several "Black Flag" days during boot camp (when it's extremely hot,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Keep your eyes open

Before going to basic tranining in Fort Leonard Wood, I ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. After recovery I..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Hangover from female basic training

I went through Army basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC in the summer of 1976, part of the last all-female..
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The Navy way

My Navy education started on the first day of boot camp at NAS Memphis. We were told to wash..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM

Early one morning in Pleiku, South Vietnam, 1969

Easton, MD
My AC-47D had returned from a fire support mission this 7 a.m. in the third week in May. The 115/145 fuel..
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Boy Scout with honor

Wynnewood, PA
They deserve a flag… Yet many veterans are left out In May 2014, as he did for the last 30 years,..
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