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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Private Goat
This will explain the story of how I became known as Private Goat. I was a young man who joined..
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Water stampede
I completed 13 weeks of basic training at Camp Wallace, Texas, July 4, 1943. The last three days were spent..
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Not the smoothest start
Early on a Monday morning in August 1960 I decided to join the military service. I lived about an hour..
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Seeking safety in the wrong place
When I was undergoing basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo, in 1964, one of the things we had to..
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A fancy barracks
In November 1943, the Army Air Corps transported me to Miami Beach for basic training as an aviation cadet. Because..
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KP duty
As I recall, this event happened in mid-December 1951 when I was in basic training at Lackland Air Force Base..
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Sarge, I really can’t do this!
We were heading to the range late in the evening. This was the night we were going to crawl under..
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No truck driving experience needed
Ft. Dix, N.J., 1974. After a month of training, we received a day off, a Saturday. In the early afternoon,..
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How NOT to fold a shirt
Naval boot camp, San Diego, 1957. The night before everyone was running around getting ready, I saw some guys stitching..
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Clay pigeon ‘traps’
In mid-1961 I was stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga., with the 10th Field Artillery as a field communication wireman. A..
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The helmet fit perfectly
I took basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., February and March 1951. After we got our clothes and shoes squared..
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‘Rabbit’ running?
April 1970, Fort Polk, La. After spending a week getting prepped and shot up with 100 needles and air guns,..
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Boot dorm guard
I was in the 3706 BMTS at Lackland AFB, Texas, from Feb '65 to Apr '65. There were dual barracks with..
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Recruit's basic education
It took a while to recognize and accept non-coms, and officers were lot smarter than me. They were teaching how..
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Basic training
All ROTC, college graduates fall out, report to the mess hall. EGE
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Basic training, Fort Ord, February 1972, Company D-2-1
I have many memories of Basic Training at Fort Ord in February 1972, but the one I remember the most..
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Culture shock
Finding myself standing on yellow footprints with some crazy man yelling worse than my father not to move ... I..
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Cold feet
I was in basic training from Oct. 1963 through Dec. 1963. Late in training we had to go out on..
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Life as a female Marine in WWII
During WWII, women Marines were a novelty. I was one of them. Living facilities at Camp Lejeune, N.C. were not..
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A visit from Dad, WWI veteran
The early weeks of Army basic training at Camp Steward, Ga. were spent firing rifles, marching, and writing letters home...
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Not movie idols
When we were taking basic training, a movie was going to be made there. They picked out 22 guys as..
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Hopping the border
I took basic training in 1953 at Ft. Bliss, Texas. After about four weeks, they let us go out. I..
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Limited basic training
The thing I remember most about my basic training was that I didn’t have much! My story begins in December..
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Let 'er rip?
I was in my final weeks of aviation electronics school at Millington, Tenn., just outside of Memphis. We were to..
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Mating rattlers
Remembering eight weeks of signal corps basic training in the spring of 1953 at Ft. Hood, Texas-- our first..
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Displaced by flooding
In late June 1951 my trainload of new draftees arrived at Ft. Riley, Kan. to begin Army basic training. The..
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Birthday celebration
My 13-week-long basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas started as expected in early September 1948. In Flight..
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Hail, the conquering heroes!
When I joined the Navy, I was 19. It was peacetime, and boot camp was 14 weeks long at Naval..
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No driving test needed
I got such a kick out of an article in your March 2017 Basic Training Memories, “Never raise your..
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‘Get a razor!’
Ft. Dix, N.J. April 1968 – As a 19-year-old draftee, I found myself two weeks into the Army and being..
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