MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Squarehead Goes to Bootcamp

United States Coast Guard Recruit Training Center, Cape May, New Jersey, 1955. Dog 26, forming week. About 70-80..
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Bad Knees

My strongest memory of basic training actually occurred at the end. I received my draft notice at the same time..
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This Isn't Fun Anymore

Basic training was in D-2-2 at Ft. Dix, NJ, Jan - Mar 1971. The middle weeks, called 'range' weeks,..
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This is My Rifle

March of '66, we pulled into the Army training camp and faced off with one of the toughest Drill Sergeant's..
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Thanks For the Memories

I joined the USAF in 1963. Being raised by a Father who served in WWII in Southern Europe and then..
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Snakebite

I had basic training at Ft Riley, Kansas in 1961 or the year that man landed on the moon. There..
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Does Everyone Know How To Swim?

Try to imagine this day in your mind. New Recruit Training Center, San Diego, California, 1965. It came a..
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Poor Choices

During my basic training at Fort Bliss, TX in 1966, we got to spend a week out in the field...
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My First Encounter with Discrimination

I joined the Army in 1957 in Puerto Rico. I didn't speak a word of English, but I passed the..
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Boot Camp 1966

From my service memories which starts when I turned 18 and signed up for Selective Service to Boot Camp, Pats,..
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The Eight-Ball

My basic training started in March of 1968 at Ft. Jackson, SC. We all remember marching here and there, and..
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Bad Planning

In the mid 1960's, the Navy had trouble recruiting attorneys, so a direct commissioning program was started. We were the..
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Wake Up Call For 18 Year Old!

My memory of Basic Training started when I left the Armed Forces building in Los Angeles on a Greyhound Bus..
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A-1-1 Lean and Mean Drill Sergeant

I arrived at Fort Benning, GA in early February at 2 a.m. in the morning after an all day bus..
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Prior Service

I arrived at Ft. Jackson, SC around midnight in early September 1961, an 18 year old enlistee from New Orleans..
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Summer in Georgia

I went through Basic Training at Fort Gordon, Ga. in the Summer of 1969. I can still remember the summer..
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My Basic Training

I was sent to Fort Bragg, N.Carolina. We were the last bunch of trainees to go there for basic..
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Basic Training

When Congress finally allowed women with one dependent to enter the military service, I was right there at the doorstep..
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Merry Christmas Drill Sergeant

In December of 69, I was in AIT at Fort Lewis, WA. We were going from class to class with..
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An Unforgettable Experience On the Obstacle Course

During the night "run" at the Army's Obstacle Course at Ft. Knox, Ky. I decided to continue my roll out..
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Basic Training, 1970, Fort Polk, LA

The Vietnam war was still going strong in the winter of 1970. Training centers throughout the United States continued to..
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Just keep on marching

In February 1969 I was taking basic training in Ft. Polk, La. and one day, after coming back from the..
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Basic training

Unlike most of the guys with whom I was in Basic Training, I found humor in the blustery, uber macho..
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Wrong guy

I enlisted in the U.S. Army on 27 December 1977, and went to Basic Combat Training at Fort Dix, New..
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Army flexibility

In July of 1968 I was drafted into the Army and processed through the Whitehall Street induction center in New..
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A close shave

In 1959, I was in basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. As a seventeen year old with only peach..
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Shave That Face, Trainee

I enlisted into the Army Jan. 1967 and was sent to Fort Bragg,N.C., for basic training. I had just turned 18..
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"Those Boots Were Made for Walking"

ROTC Summer Camp 1963 For my college job, I was the only Student Supply Assistant at the University of Montana, ROTC..
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First Day of Basic

In June of 1954, I was inducted into the Army at Sioux Falls, SD, and we boarded a bus for..
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Air Force Texas Tag

I told the Air Force Recruiter that after 16 years of freezing Winters in Michigan, I wanted to go someplace..
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