MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

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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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Airman Looses It at Attention!

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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

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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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

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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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

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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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

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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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

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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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

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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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Global Warming

I went into Basic Training at Ft. Bliss, Texas April 1966 (Bliss is not the correct name for it) and..
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Teaching English
VOLUNTEERING

Teaching English

Lake Hiawatha, NJ
I did my time in Vietnam, but to this day I cannot get the country or the people out of..
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Guard duty
MY TIME IN UNIFORM

Guard duty

Parsippany, NJ
I remember one time after I came home on an emergency leave from Nam' and was then assigned to a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Hot, Humid and Invaluable

I entered Army Basic Training in June 1, 1988 at Fort Jackson, SC. I quickly learned to fear, then..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

The Amercian Legion

Went to basic in Jan 7,1972. helping Private Roberts, he was from Kentucky, become a Marine 13 weeks later.
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Army topographic computer
MY TIME IN UNIFORM

Army topographic computer

Sergeant Bluff, IA
I saw Lloyd A. Sturtevant in a post from January 30, 2015. I served with him. I served from Feburary 1966..
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THE FLYING 7
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

THE FLYING 7

MY MOM SIGNED FOR ME, AS I WAS ABOUT 5 DAYS SHY OF 17, WHEN I CAUGHT A BUS TO..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Home for 1967 Christmas

I was drafted on Nov. 28,1967 and sent to Fort Ord for Basic. About three weeks later we were told..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Damp, Windy, Cold.

Sampson Air Force Base, Geneva, New York, October 1951. A former Navy base closed at the end of WW ll,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Christmas Basic Training 1944

I was taking Basic Training at Camp Hood, Texas. We were on bivouac waiting for our 20 mile march back..
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OTHER

Christmas Eve

Mound, MN
It's Christmas Eve 1968, and I have been out delivering traditional gifts to family and friends when I see the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Two Basic Trainings, Air Force and Army

As a young man, just out of high school in 1951, I joined the Rhode Island Air National Guard. ..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Eight Wet Weeks at Ft, Lewis

I spent my first two days in the Army on the Empire Builder from Fargo to Seattle. That was..
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