MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

A one-stripe ticket to the movies

In July of 1954 I was fresh out of high school and wanted to see the world. I had no..
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A burning fear of heights at Officer Candidate School at Rhode Island

I was a registered nurse prior to joining the Navy Nurse Corps in June 1973. School was in Rhode Island...
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Once upon a time in the Navy
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Once upon a time in the Navy

The attached photo is of me enjoying the view as a (by then) radarman second class aboard USS Yorktown CVS-10..
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Army basic training March 30, 1968

I volunteered for the draft when I was 25 years old. I was the oldest trainee in my battalion. The..
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Caught by my drill instructor

My platoon was training on placing and setting up the M-16 anti-personnel mine, also called the Bouncing Betty. I was..
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Memories of straight faces during basic training

I had the most difficult time keeping a straight face and looking scared when the drill instructor was in my..
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Thanks to Sgt. Sneden at Fort Sill, Okla.
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Thanks to Sgt. Sneden at Fort Sill, Okla.

I usually don't respond to these requests, but I felt that I would, even if it does not make it..
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Trouble with a name
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Trouble with a name

Worse Experience: 1966, boot camp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Day 1 All in platoon formation, I was 18 years old and scared..
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Basic Training Back at Ft.Benning, GA, Delta Company 6/30/83

Well it all started when we were told to get off of SFC. Connor's bus. We were all scared anyway..
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My basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

All I really recall is that it was freezing cold in January. They call the fort "Little Korea." It was..
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No Cookies Please

About two weeks into Boot Camp we were called outside our Quonset huts for mail call. One of my buddies..
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First day of basic training

The first night we were there, my bunk mate looked down to me and asked, "Do you think we have..
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Drill instructor incurred personal injuries protecting his company in 1966 at Fort Bragg, N.C.

During the early days of November 1966, I was a member of Recruit Training Company C-5-1 at Fort Bragg, N.C...
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Grenade thrown to trainees under bleachers during basic training

It happened late August of 1967 during our basic training in the hot White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico...
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The rifle range

The drill sergeant was the best soldier and he had to be. At the fire range, I saw a lot..
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Most memorable basic training exercise

Looking back on my five weeks of basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, I recall the obstacle course. I..
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My Air Force basic

I remember wet firing, and it was raining like hell, getting soaked while laying on the ground. I also remember..
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What the hell did I get into? LOL

That was my thought when I arrived at Fort McClellan, Ala. Basic training was hard, but I learned many things..
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Memory from basic training

1974, Fort McClellan, Ala. I remember trying to say my name, rank, serial number, turning around in the gas chamber and..
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Barely survived

Our company went to the range on a hot, drizzly day, despite being under advisory to limit activity. On the..
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Busted by my training sergeant—basic training memories
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Busted by my training sergeant—basic training memories

I had a sergeant who had a distinct voice, sort of Humphrey Bogart style, and he tried to have the..
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Sack rat no more

When I enlisted in the Army in 1962 at the age of 19, I didn't shave and typically slept 10..
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Those who say female DIs weren't tough?? LOL.

Summer of 1985, Ft. Dix, NJ. We had 3 drills, Penniston, Anderson, and then we met the female, Reddner. 5-foot-nothing..
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Wrong Rack Chief

I arrived on the cold snowy morning of December 7, 1967. We stood out on the grinder until we were..
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Be careful what you volunteer for

One morning Sgt. Sheffield started passing out rakes. "I got a work detail coming up and I need a few..
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Drivers wanted

In late spring of 1967, I was in basic training at Fort Benning, Ga. One Friday as we gathered for..
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Wake-up call

I'm not sure if this was true for other flights, but each morning the training instructor would call our barracks..
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Company 314, August 1957

US Naval Training Center, San Diego We were awakened each morning when Chief Newkirk would turn on the lights and, to..
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Air Force basic training and the farm boy

As a hard-working, muscle-bound farm boy, I spent many days toiling in the sun, a conditioning I fondly remember. Running..
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What in the world have I gotten into?

If I live to be 100, I'll never forget Marine officer boot camp in Quantico, Va. I had never been..
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