MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

My first day in military service

Like many 18 year old's, I joined the military during WWII. My very first day I remember going through my..
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Join The Navy Learn to swim

Having made up my mind to join the Navy,(My choice), in 1957, I was sent off to boot camp in..
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Airman Looses It at Attention!

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Bootcamp

Dec.2nd,1967 I arrive at Great Lakes Naval Training Station at app. 2:00AM with approximately 100 other boots. We are greeted by..
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It was the best of times it was the worst of times

Spending a winter in boot camp at Great Lakes Training Center was not my smartest decision. I clearly remember spending..
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Basic @ Overseas
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Basic @ Overseas

It was not a question - I intended to enlist in the USAF after having such a great senior year..
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Telling a mop I was sorry for stealing it !!

Basic training 1966 Fort Riley, Kansas, we were the first to occupy the barracks since the 50's so a major..
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My Friend, The Riifle

In autumn, 1946, at age eighteen, I reported as Seaman Recruit to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. On one..
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Basic 1973

Well my story is as a 17 year old. In platoon formation and drilling Ft Leonard, MO. Well, somewhere during..
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MCRD Parris Island 1955

I went to Buffalo, NY to enlist in the Navy. Getting off on the 4th floor all I saw..
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COLD-NATURED HAWAIIAN

I entered Army Basic Training October 1983 at Ft. Leonard "Lost in The Woods", Missouri. I don't think there could..
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BASIC TRAINING

I TOOK BASIC TRAINING IN SEPT '49. TWO THINGS STUCK IN MY MIND, FOOT LOCKERS & DRILL. YOU HAD TO FALLOUT,..
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Fort Dix 1977

December 6th 1977. Arrived at Fort Dix for Basic Combat Training. None of us had any clue what we were..
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Global Warming

I went into Basic Training at Ft. Bliss, Texas April 1966 (Bliss is not the correct name for it) and..
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Hot, Humid and Invaluable

I entered Army Basic Training in June 1, 1988 at Fort Jackson, SC. I quickly learned to fear, then..
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The Amercian Legion

Went to basic in Jan 7,1972. helping Private Roberts, he was from Kentucky, become a Marine 13 weeks later.
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THE FLYING 7
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THE FLYING 7

MY MOM SIGNED FOR ME, AS I WAS ABOUT 5 DAYS SHY OF 17, WHEN I CAUGHT A BUS TO..
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Home for 1967 Christmas

I was drafted on Nov. 28,1967 and sent to Fort Ord for Basic. About three weeks later we were told..
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Damp, Windy, Cold.

Sampson Air Force Base, Geneva, New York, October 1951. A former Navy base closed at the end of WW ll,..
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Christmas Basic Training 1944

I was taking Basic Training at Camp Hood, Texas. We were on bivouac waiting for our 20 mile march back..
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Two Basic Trainings, Air Force and Army

As a young man, just out of high school in 1951, I joined the Rhode Island Air National Guard. ..
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Eight Wet Weeks at Ft, Lewis

I spent my first two days in the Army on the Empire Builder from Fargo to Seattle. That was..
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Basic at Fort Jackson SC Autumn 1964.

The Vietnam involvement was just beginning. The Post was so crowded that our Company had to live in 5..
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Christmas Leave-1969

During Coast Guard Boot Camp in Cape May, New Jersey from October'69- January '70, we recruits were authorized Christmas leave..
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Hello Basic Training

September 18, 1967, I had to report in by 0600 hrs. My Dad drove me to Indianapolis, we shook hands,..
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Grenade Throw

Part of basic training is passing the big, final physical test. Part of my test was running a mile (as..
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Navy Boot Camp - 1978

I enlisted in March 1978, delayed entry until November 1978. I spent Thanksgiving & Christmas at Boot Camp. The Navy..
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December 1950 Lackland AFB

Moved into squad tents with no winter issue. Basic had been cut from 13 weeks to 5 weeks and they needed..
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Home for Christmas

We lived in tents at Fort Jackson that winter (1967). We were out training in an ice storm that shut..
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DO NOT dress for the occasion!

Delayed enlistment initially my senior year in high school, I had joined the West Virginia Air National Guard, the 130th..
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