MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Dad Wrote Daily

I attended basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, in March of 1981. Every day..
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Sweating General Inspection

For me, it all started in Sept. 1969 at Fort Dix, NJ. I remember the first day we got off..
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Destroying Government Property

I was a seventeen-year-old in Basic Training at Fort Belvoir in 1946. I had a few scraggly facial hairs..
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Really My Birthday!

I enlisted during the fall of 1969. Being a planer by nature I wanted to get through basic training..
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Drill Team in Basic Training

In Spring 1959, while in basic at Ft Dix, the Field First Sergeant, SFC Tucker, established a 40-member close order..
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Brass and Ammo

During basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. and leaving the rifle range at the end of the day, everyone..
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Phone privilege

I was in Basic Combat Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in 1990. One day we had a break in training,..
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See the world.

In the spring of 1966, I was among a small group of AFROTC cadets sent to Scott AFB for..
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Who's in Charge Here?

Back in 1974, I entered the Army at Ft. Dix, New Jersey at the age of 22, on possibly one..
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CAN YOU FOOL A DRILL SARGENT?
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

CAN YOU FOOL A DRILL SARGENT?

I joined the army in 1967 and went through basic at Fort Lewis, Washington. We were told what to bring and..
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A LESSON LEARNED

IT WAS A HOT SUMMER DAY IN 1967 AT BASIC TRAINING, FORT LEONARD WOOD MO. ABOUT MID-WAY THROUGH TRAINING, THE..
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Space Wars
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Space Wars

For a brief period of time in 2010-11, the Army pushed the age of non-prior service enlistment from 35 to..
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My Vivid Memory of Enlisting in the Army
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

My Vivid Memory of Enlisting in the Army

My brother and I talked about it when we were 14 or 15, working here and there because we were..
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THAT FINAL HAIRCUT
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

THAT FINAL HAIRCUT

I met my good buddy, Ron Raccioppi, at the Newark, N. J. Induction Center in June of 1965 as we..
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Tregedy on the Mortar Firing Range

I took heavy weapons infantry basic training at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky with the 101st airborne infantry division. One of..
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basic training-good, bad, and humerous

I had a hard time learning to make my bed really tight for inspections. So I got it really..
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Basic Training Times Three

I enlisted into the U. S. Army in October 1942 and was called to active duty in May 1943. At..
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Bunkmate

In Basic Traning, we slept in stacked cots and I was on top. One night, my mate came in after..
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Dummy Wins By A Knockout

When a close friend received his draft notice, we collected a third friend and enlisted in the US Army so..
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Bayonet training week

I enlisted in October 1963 and arrived at Ft. Leanord Wood for basic training. We were in our seventh..
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Gool Ol' KP

Back in Air Force Boot Camp, it was our flights turn for KP duty. The Drill Instructors had us up..
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Basic training

I never fired a rifle prior to entering basic training. At the firing range, I was going though my second..
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New life

I went to basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C in February 1979. The hardest part for me was the first..
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BUGLE CALL
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BUGLE CALL

1953-1957 In December of 1953 I was stationed at Sampson AF Base in Geneva, NY for basic training. Before getting out..
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Life Changing

I was 18 when I entered Marine Corps Boot Camp at San Diego. My uncles and my dad were..
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9/11
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9/11

Fort Sill, Oklahoma is probably a wonderful place when you’re not a new recruit going through Basic and 13B (Cannon..
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SHAVE

Recently my middle grandson shared with me his desire to join the Coast Guard when he graduates high school this..
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Close order drill

IT was December of 1966 at Fort Ord California, we were doing close order drills in front of the barracks,..
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Ft Leonardwood Dec 61-Feb 15 62

To me basic training was a breeze. I had grown up on a poor dairy farm in Michigan. We did..
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Basic Training

I was in Fort Gordon, Ga for basic training in early 1964. We had an inspection which included a full..
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