MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

My worst and funny experience from basic during World War II

During World War II, my Navy boot camp training was in the winter at Sampson Naval Training Center along the..
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Memories of a Yankee trainee at Lackland

At the end of May of 1970, I just graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Promptly, I lost my..
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Oldest boot

Company 790 I entered the regular Navy with a brand-new degree in pharmacy in 1951. That made me the oldest man..
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Typing in lieu of marching

In the fall of 1958, my brother and I went to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio for basic..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Retiring civilian mindset

My fondest boot camp memory is when I made the transition from civilian to the military mindset. While going through..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Basic training in 1959 at Fort Knox, Ky.

On May 6, 1959, at the age of 17 years and 2 months, I joined the Army in Indianapolis. Knowing..
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Picking up trash

I was drafted in February 1967, and I was right off the farm. About the third week of basic, the..
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Barracks inspection

In April 1961, Flight 617 was going through basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. I was..
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Lessons learned at USAF ROTC summer training unit in early 1960s

During the early 1960s, at Schilling Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas, was an active Strategic Air Command (SAC) base..
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Basic training as newlyweds—married memories

Greetings: In the January, 2016 issue of The American Legion on page 42 you requested stories on basic training. I..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Fire drill victim

In 1961, I was at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. They worked us so hard that I slept like..
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Teaching the training instructor

It was June 1992, and we were our training instructor's first all-female flight at Lackland Air Force Base. We had..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

The Road to Manhood by Matt Bruner

The Road to Manhood Upon arrival at the main entrance of Marine Corps Boot Camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Earning Honor Company in 1968 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

When I started basic training in 1968 at Ft. Leonard Wood, I was 19 years old and 5 feet 11..
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Memories of basic training in 1969 at Fort Jackson, S.C.

I was in Basic from August to December of 1969 at Fort Jackson, S.C. I have both good and bad memories. Wherever..
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Basic Training
IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Basic Training

Basic Training I was all of 6 1/4 years old when I decided I wanted to be a Fighter Pilot. I..
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Air Force basic training—was I ready?
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Air Force basic training—was I ready?

I joined the Air Force in March 1966, destined for basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. An outbreak..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Marine Corps boot camp, 1959, Parris Island, S.C.

I remember lying in my bunk thinking of those three mentally disturbed drill instructors screaming at me, calling me whale..
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Navy boot camp 1966

My boot camp experience wasn't as bad as I expected. First of all, it wasn't my first time away from..
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Tough but fair

We had a forced march. I was the fourth squad leader of the 4th Platoon. When we were given the..
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Sharing a hometown with the company commander

Three of us from North Dakota got off the train at Great Lakes Recruit Training Center on the morning of..
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It's not good to sit while in the Army when you should be standing

Late 1961, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. (Fort Lost in the Woods, Misery) We were lined up outside supply waiting to receive..
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Latrine fight

I was assigned kitchen police for the day. Working in the clipper washing dishes, pots and pans, and peeling potatoes..
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The shocks of basic training in 1951 at Lackland Air Force Base

Leaving my small town on a Greyhound bus was my third trip away from home. After a ceremony there, I..
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Promise kept by accident
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Promise kept by accident

After majoring in partying and flunking out of college in 1966, it was a matter of time before the draft..
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Great to get there, even better to get out
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Great to get there, even better to get out

What I remember of my basic training is that it was a rewarding time of my life and helped me..
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Prank at basic training

In January 1965, I enlisted in the Air Force and was sent to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. We..
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Navy Boot Camp
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Navy Boot Camp

Several weeks into boot at Great Lakes, I came down with some kind of crud. While relieving myself, I passed..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM

My time in the U.S. Navy

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At 17 years old I left for boot camp in Bainbridge, Md. As I rode the train, by myself, down..
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Basic training at Fort Ord, Calif.

My basic training experience began in Phoenix. I was the youngest in a family of 10. There were six men..
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