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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Forever Grateful
In 1955, after forging my birth certificate and my father's name, I joined the US Army at the age of..
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Dig a HOLE
Ft. Ord, California Sept 1957. As a 17 year old recruit in basic training my squad was ordered too recite our..
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Football - In Lieu of Basic Training
I joined the Army Teserves while in college and after graduation I, along with 22 of my fellow reservists and..
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Dallas Cowboys Basic Training Ft Bragg, NC
In 1967 I was at Ft Bragg for my basic training. We had Robert "Bob" Hayes, wide receiver and John..
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Special coffee
This story was related to me by a SSgt. who at one time had been a Drill Instructor. As..
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Basic Training Story of The Army
I volunteered draft out of High School graduation in 1957. Basic training was at Ft. Benning, Georgia starting in September...
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Gas and Blueberries
In the old days men from our Territories were also drafted into the Army. We had a guy in our..
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Lackland AFB 1969
I got to San Antonio Texas 6 Jun 1969. Colorado Air National Guard, along with 47 others from CO. ..
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My introduction to the US Army
In 1953 I was in College and received a Direct Commission. When I received the commission I was told, "The..
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ROTC Summer Camp
I experienced really bad kitchen cleanliness at Ft Riley, Kansas in the summer of 1968. I was there for..
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Who are these people?
I graduated Boot Camp at Great Lakes NTC in October 1984, just in time for the Navy's birthday. Company 84-257. I..
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It was 1952
It was 1952. The Korean War was still going full born. I was a seventeen year old recruit assigned to..
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Driving Myself to the Gas Chamber
My basic training in the summer and fall of 1970 was at Folk Polk, Louisiana, which puts us in Company..
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M1 rifle training
In March 1952 basic training at Ft Jackson, SC, after what seemed like weeks of zeroing and dry firing the..
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Our United States
I joined the Navy in March 1973. At the AFFEES in Oakland Ca., they swore us in one more time..
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My Navy in Thirteen Buttons.
It was April of 1951 when I reported to Great Lakes and began some of the best years of my..
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Whoa, That One Was Real!
We were doing the mandatory “live night fire” exercise in basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in July of 1986...
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Hostess Goodies For Sale!
As all vets know, your diet in basic training is very controlled, with little or no sweets allowed. One day..
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Don’t These Things Work???”
We were preparing for an inspection from our Company Commander and our Drill Sergeant, who was a big, barrel chested..
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Senior DI
My favorite memory from Boot Camp is, our Senior Drill Instructor was a Staff Sergeant who was constantly on my..
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You're in The Army Now!
August 23rd, 1983...my first night in the US Army at Ft Knox, KY. We got to the base around 7pm,..
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Tough Senior Drill Sargent
Welcome to the U.S. Army It was in 1973, at the age of eighteen I enlisted in the..
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We Probably Don't Want You Arming Our Missiles
I entered the Air Force in 1959 after grades on the entrance tests qualified me for Electronics. Me and my..
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Navy Boot Camp - Ma, 1969 & God's Sense of Humor
Who says God has no sense of humor. It was about November, 1968, during my 4th semester in college at age..
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The Infiltration Course
It was the Fall of 1954 when I was undergoing basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. We had marched from..
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MUSIC KNOWS NO END
First week into Boot-Camp, San Diego, California, 1954. My company learned how to wash its clothes and how to properly..
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Basic training
One memory that stands out was marching everywhere. I don't remember much about what we ate in the chow hall, but..
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My Army Intro at Ft. Leonard Wood
I entered active duty at Ft. Leonard Wood on Jan 9, 1965. I was an enlisted reservist. Three things; good..
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A Home in the Navy
A cousin who was a close friend was in the Navy and he sold me on the benefits of the..
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The Times are a Changing
It was February 1971. Fort Campbell Kentucky, Home of the 101st Airborne! Elvis was even here! So, here I..
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