MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Hostess Goodies For Sale!

As all vets know, your diet in basic training is very controlled, with little or no sweets allowed. One day..
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Don’t These Things Work???”

We were preparing for an inspection from our Company Commander and our Drill Sergeant, who was a big, barrel chested..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Senior DI

My favorite memory from Boot Camp is, our Senior Drill Instructor was a Staff Sergeant who was constantly on my..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

You're in The Army Now!

August 23rd, 1983...my first night in the US Army at Ft Knox, KY. We got to the base around 7pm,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Tough Senior Drill Sargent

Welcome to the U.S. Army It was in 1973, at the age of eighteen I enlisted in the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

We Probably Don't Want You Arming Our Missiles

I entered the Air Force in 1959 after grades on the entrance tests qualified me for Electronics. Me and my..
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Cherokee County Homeless Veteran program has Breakfast with Santa for homeless and disabled veterans with families
VETERANS HELPING VETERANS

Cherokee County Homeless Veteran program has Breakfast with Santa for homeless and disabled veterans..

Canton, GA
For the second year, members of Georgia Post 45 in Canton and Post 316 in Woodstock held a pancake breakfast..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

"Reminising"

“Reflecting” * By Peter LaVilla As I look at the military grave sites, And the men and women who Made the..
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Navy Boot Camp - Ma, 1969 & God's Sense of Humor
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Navy Boot Camp - Ma, 1969 & God's Sense of Humor

Who says God has no sense of humor. It was about November, 1968, during my 4th semester in college at age..
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The Infiltration Course
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

The Infiltration Course

It was the Fall of 1954 when I was undergoing basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. We had marched from..
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MUSIC KNOWS NO END

First week into Boot-Camp, San Diego, California, 1954. My company learned how to wash its clothes and how to properly..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training

One memory that stands out was marching everywhere. I don't remember much about what we ate in the chow hall, but..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

My Army Intro at Ft. Leonard Wood

I entered active duty at Ft. Leonard Wood on Jan 9, 1965. I was an enlisted reservist. Three things; good..
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A Home in the Navy

A cousin who was a close friend was in the Navy and he sold me on the benefits of the..
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The Times are a Changing
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

The Times are a Changing

It was February 1971. Fort Campbell Kentucky, Home of the 101st Airborne! Elvis was even here! So, here I..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS

In God We Trust

As veterans we were all "Beach Boys." Whether we served at home or in Foreign Lands. We were always there..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

My first day in military service

Like many 18 year old's, I joined the military during WWII. My very first day I remember going through my..
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Korean War Leadership and Leftist Revolution - America Betrayed
IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Korean War Leadership and Leftist Revolution - America Betrayed

Terrible war leadership of presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman led to Korean debacle.
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Join The Navy Learn to swim

Having made up my mind to join the Navy,(My choice), in 1957, I was sent off to boot camp in..
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Airman Looses It at Attention!

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Bootcamp

Dec.2nd,1967 I arrive at Great Lakes Naval Training Station at app. 2:00AM with approximately 100 other boots. We are greeted by..
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It was the best of times it was the worst of times

Spending a winter in boot camp at Great Lakes Training Center was not my smartest decision. I clearly remember spending..
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Basic @ Overseas
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic @ Overseas

It was not a question - I intended to enlist in the USAF after having such a great senior year..
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Telling a mop I was sorry for stealing it !!

Basic training 1966 Fort Riley, Kansas, we were the first to occupy the barracks since the 50's so a major..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

My Friend, The Riifle

In autumn, 1946, at age eighteen, I reported as Seaman Recruit to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. On one..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic 1973

Well my story is as a 17 year old. In platoon formation and drilling Ft Leonard, MO. Well, somewhere during..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

MCRD Parris Island 1955

I went to Buffalo, NY to enlist in the Navy. Getting off on the 4th floor all I saw..
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COLD-NATURED HAWAIIAN

I entered Army Basic Training October 1983 at Ft. Leonard "Lost in The Woods", Missouri. I don't think there could..
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BASIC TRAINING

I TOOK BASIC TRAINING IN SEPT '49. TWO THINGS STUCK IN MY MIND, FOOT LOCKERS & DRILL. YOU HAD TO FALLOUT,..
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Fort Dix 1977

December 6th 1977. Arrived at Fort Dix for Basic Combat Training. None of us had any clue what we were..
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