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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Navy basic training and lessons in cleanliness
During late 1963, I chose to enlist in the Navy, although I had seldom ventured past the Texas state line..
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'Magic of turning a 17 year old into a sailor'
I was a kiddie cruiser, that is, I joined the Navy when I was 17 and would get discharged from..
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Company from Lima, Ohio
In February 1971 at Fort Knox, Ky., we had an inspection from a major who came to our billets, and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The quitters
We had a few guys who couldn't hack basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., for whatever reason, and they'd go..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
I remember basic training from August to December 1963
Fondest memories: 1) telling everyone I was going and 2) telling everyone I completed it. In general, I remember flying from..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Off to boot camp
Little did I know in the spring of 1968, my senior year of high school, that I would become a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Attention!
In 1986, I was at Cape May, N.J., for Coast Guard basic. Early one morning, around 3 a.m., I had..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
First night in boot camp
I will never forget my first night in boot camp. After being assigned a company at the Recruit Training Center..
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FAMILY LEGACY
Family service
San Benito, TX
In reference to the "Brothers in Arms" story, my family had nine boys and two girls in the military =..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Navy boot camp, 1994
I went to Navy boot camp in 1994 in sunny Orlando, Fla., in the dead of summer. The heat was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Bouncing through basic
I went through Air Force basic training in 1958 at Lackland Air Force Base. During a squadron march, the drill..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hair apparent
I signed up for Air Force ROTC upon entering college in 1963. (My dad had piloted B-24s in World War..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Boot camp 'not like home'
At first it was hard to be in a place that was not like home. It was for sure a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
You will always remember your drill sergeant
I arrived at Fort Knox, Ky., for basic training and advanced infantry training, where I met my drill sergeant, Ronnie..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Road guards out
There are numerous memories that remain a part of my military basic training history. One particular event still brings a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
29 and feeling fine at basic
I got an age waiver in 1986 to join the Marine Corps. I was 29 years old and always wanted..
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LEGION RIDERS
Abraham Lincoln Cemetery, Illinois
Downers Grove, IL
Legion Riders and supporters placed wreaths on 25 graves. Mostly members from Post 80 in Downers Grove, Ill.
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Negron not Niggern
My first day in the Air Force and the following week is a time I will never forget. We..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Memories of basic training in 1962 at Lackland Air Force Base
I went through basic training in the summer of 1962 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. It was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Warm memories from Marine Corps boot camp
Marines will tell you that they may not remember what they ate yesterday or where they parked their car at..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Navy Boot Camp
It has been 52 years ago that I went through my Navy training. I joined the Navy in 1964 and..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Idaho girl at Lackland
My favorite memory of basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was the obstacle course. If I recall correctly,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Getting up the rope
Marine Corps boot camp, March 1969, San Diego: Our platoon was at the 20-foot rope. Some poor kid (not a..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Time at Fort Dix, N.J., and Camp St. Barbara, Korea
Grand Rapids, MI
I'm from the Midwest, so snow is no problem unless it's a foot or more. Was I surprised one morning..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Friendship better than gold: Basic with high school buddy at Fort Knox, Ky.
My hometown school friend Dennis Kreger and I joined the Army's delayed entry program in 1982, well before our high..
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The chow hall toothbrush of 1976 at Great Lakes, Ill.
At Great Lake Naval Recruit Station, you would have worked some place on base for two weeks. I worked in..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A death at basic training
At Fort Knox, Ky., we were in temporary barracks used during World War II. One of the guys had never..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Harlem Hellfighters
New York, NY
My unit with the New York Army National Guard is known as the Harlem Hellfighters of the 369th Sustainment Brigade...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training from Hell
In July 1968 I enlisted in the U.S. Army with the conviction that the United States of America gives us..
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Brothers
Basic training, June 1966, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Playing cards over a blanket-covered footlocker wearing just my skivvies and my dog..
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