MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

The trials and tribulation of basic training in the U.S. Army

My most enduring memory of basic training is when the bus rolled into Fort Polk, La., and the drill instructors..
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Basic training in September 1963 at Fort Knox, Ky.

After graduating from high school and not knowing the future, I volunteered for the draft. After a day at Fort..
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Camera fun

I received my draft greeting from Uncle Sam in May 1969 for induction in September that year. Prior to my..
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Winter at Fort Knox, Ky.

My venture into military service began early in the morning on a day early in December 1967, here at home..
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Don't take that weekend pass during basic training
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Don't take that weekend pass during basic training

My worst memory of basic training was my first run. It was the summer of 1960 at Fort Leonard Wood,..
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Learning to smoke

I joined the U.S. Air Force Reserves in 1962 when I was 19. While out on the drill pad in..
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Switching clothes boot camp 1962

I went through San Diego for boot camp. We had to mark all our clothes. We went to the mess..
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Fondest family memory from basic training

I was the youngest of four children with two older brothers who had already served or were still serving when..
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Memories of training for basic training

Basic training was memorable for me because I was the commanding officer of B-15-4 from March 1976 to April 1977..
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Memories from basic in 1970 at Fort Campbell, Ky.

I remember getting a hug and shaking hands with my dad as I left Milwaukee, Wis. in 1970. I was..
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Getting recycled

The worst part of basic training for me was getting recycled eight days. I was almost to graduation and my..
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Tree humping and more fun at Fort Knox, Ky.

Ah, the summer of 1980! In the heat and humidity, running in the hills, getting up way too early. Fun..
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Memories of basic training at Lackland Air Force Base

I was new to the military lifestyle. No one in my family or any of our friends had ever been..
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A drill sergeant's warm welcome

I entered basic training in August 1989 at Fort Benning, Ga. As we were being herded into our company area..
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Marine Corps boot camp in 2006 at San Diego

What I remember most about boot camp was the "quarter deck." As any Marine knows, that is the last place..
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Rerouted at basic
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Rerouted at basic

I entered the Army on April 13, 1961 at the Armed Forces Entrance Station in Kansas City, Mo. We then..
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Memories from basic in fall 1963 at Fort Knox, Ky.

The combat zero on my M-1 was 16 clicks elevation and four clicks left windage. I could still take one..
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Volunteer typists

During basic training, we were in formation when our drill instructor asked, "Who can type?" You could have heard a..
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The sound of punishment

In December 1945, I was awakened from a sound sleep at about 2 a.m. one cold wintry night at Great..
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The road to manhood

Upon arrival at the main entrance of Marine Corps Boot Camp on Parris Island, S.C., the gates opened into another..
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Quitting smoking at Parris Island

In 1966 I joined the Marine Corps and went to Parris Island, S.C., as a smoker. I was in 3rd..
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Tough training in 1971

It was 1971 and we were being trained for war. There was no political correctness then or mixed training with..
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Looked like war in first days of basic

In December 1961, I took basic training at Fort Dix, N.J. Waiting in line for the multiple-shot "shot gun" in..
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Best insight from basic at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

By the time I entered basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., I had graduated college, done some graduate school..
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Memories of Fort Leonard Wood

My memories of basic training are all positive. It was the most fun I had in the Army. You awoke..
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Learning humility during pugil-stick training

I took basic training in 1968 at Fort Polk, La., also known as "Tigerland." Like the majority of us there,..
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You are going to be sorry

At the end of the fourth week of basic training in July 1959 at Fort Dix, N.J., we were allowed..
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First day at the rifle range

Having been raised a city boy in a home with no guns and having never fired one, my first day..
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Fire the torpedoes

I was standing watch late one night in the barracks at Naval Training Center San Diego when I heard..
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Chow Runner

I was in the Air Force, and on Jan. 26, 1965, arrived at 3706 Basic Military Training School Flight 128..
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