MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Boot camp 'not like home'

At first it was hard to be in a place that was not like home. It was for sure a..
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You will always remember your drill sergeant

I arrived at Fort Knox, Ky., for basic training and advanced infantry training, where I met my drill sergeant, Ronnie..
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Road guards out

There are numerous memories that remain a part of my military basic training history. One particular event still brings a..
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29 and feeling fine at basic

I got an age waiver in 1986 to join the Marine Corps. I was 29 years old and always wanted..
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Memories of basic training in 1962 at Lackland Air Force Base
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Memories of basic training in 1962 at Lackland Air Force Base

I went through basic training in the summer of 1962 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. It was..
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Warm memories from Marine Corps boot camp

Marines will tell you that they may not remember what they ate yesterday or where they parked their car at..
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Navy Boot Camp

It has been 52 years ago that I went through my Navy training. I joined the Navy in 1964 and..
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Idaho girl at Lackland

My favorite memory of basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was the obstacle course. If I recall correctly,..
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Getting up the rope

Marine Corps boot camp, March 1969, San Diego: Our platoon was at the 20-foot rope. Some poor kid (not a..
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Friendship better than gold: Basic with high school buddy at Fort Knox, Ky.
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Friendship better than gold: Basic with high school buddy at Fort Knox, Ky.

My hometown school friend Dennis Kreger and I joined the Army's delayed entry program in 1982, well before our high..
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The chow hall toothbrush of 1976 at Great Lakes, Ill.

At Great Lake Naval Recruit Station, you would have worked some place on base for two weeks. I worked in..
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A death at basic training

At Fort Knox, Ky., we were in temporary barracks used during World War II. One of the guys had never..
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Basic training from Hell

In July 1968 I enlisted in the U.S. Army with the conviction that the United States of America gives us..
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Brothers

Basic training, June 1966, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Playing cards over a blanket-covered footlocker wearing just my skivvies and my dog..
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Many memories of basic training at Fort Knox, Ky.
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Many memories of basic training at Fort Knox, Ky.

After graduating from high school in 1959, I enlisted into the U.S. Army in January 1960 without a clue of..
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They don't fit

When I entered basic training for the Air Force in 1958, I was kind of standard-size. When we were issued..
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Daily life of U.S. Coast Guard basic

It was late fall in 1967 in Cape May, N.J.—lots of close order drills, seamanship classes, seabag high porting along..
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Remembering an embarrassing moment in basic training

In March of 1965, I enlisted in the Air Force/Women in the Air Force (WAF) Division from Chesapeake, Va., and..
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Time to get serious

We were about two-thirds through basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., in 1963. It was time for bayonet..
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Weekend pass

August 1969: graduation! I walked off the parade field to be congratulated by my girlfriend, her brother, her mother and..
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Inspection

Halfway through basic training in August 1969 at Fort Knox, Ky., our company was informed we were to prepare for..
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Unwilling service

Surprisingly during basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., we were assigned a drill instructor who was a draftee. Staff Sgt...
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Marines? I thought I'd joined the Navy
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Marines? I thought I'd joined the Navy

It was 1968; I had flunked out of college, and getting drafted was imminent. I looked into all the service..
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The Civil War saved me

One day at Fort Benning, Ga., the drill sergeant had us all open our lockers and then "toe the line,"..
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Calling home

Toward the end of basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., a Reserve drill sergeant temporarily filled in for one of..
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One for the president

I was in basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., while George W. Bush was president. One day when the..
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Basic Training

I left for Basic Training on October 15, 1971 for Ft. Knox and E-15-4 was to be my home for..
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Got one over on the D.I.

March 23, 1970 through June 23, 1970 A Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Fort Lewis, WA My fondest memory from Basic Training..
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Summer of '68
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Summer of '68

It was August 1968. I was in Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. I enlisted in..
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Frustration on the rifle range

My basic training was January 1972 at Fort Knox, Ky. We marched to the range for qualifying in some brutal..
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