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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
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I joined the Coast Guard in January of 1965 and was sent to Cape May, NJ for 13 weeks of Basic..
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Doing what I was told...Consequences be........
Basic Training That right of passage for every military member. Though it happened, dare I say 25 years ago. I..
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My Worst and Fondest Memories of Basic Training
My worst memory comes to mind first. We had "rat" drills where the trainees had to fallout in formation in..
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Shooting Range
I was at Ft Jackson, SC in July of 1954. The first day we went to the firing range..
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Basic Training Memories
What I remember most about Basic Training is arriving at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas and checking in at..
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'Sweet' memory of mail at basic combat training
I joined the Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG) during the post-Vietnam era in 1977. I had high hopes of travel..
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Sergeant wants 8 volunteers
On the third day I was in the Army, our company was lined up outside the barracks—all 350 of us...
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Some memories
I remember the reception station at Fort Jackson, S.C., where we stayed in tents on "Tank Hill," standing in line..
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Careful what you ask for
It was the middle of a night in 1972 when our buses arrived at Navy boot camp in Orlando, Fla...
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BETTER LISTEN UP!
After travelling since 8 a.m. by bus, airplane and bus, a second time, we raw enlistees pulled up in front..
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Keep me chilled
My basic training was in June 1980 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Let me first say, I would rather..
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Recollections of fitness and absurdity
A story of amazing fitness: I remember running in formation, 60-plus boots and utilities watching my platoon commander. He would..
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US Army, Fort Dix, New Jersey
The year was late 69-70. We had some southern born enthusiastic DI's. They made us salute the water coolers, (mfg..
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Basic training surprise: M-16 training
Back in 1969, we were one of the first training companies at Fort Gordon, Ga., to get the new M-16...
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Remembering Basic Training in Ft. Gordon, GA
I along with many of my friends living in Woodside, New York received our draft notice the same time, July..
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US Navy Recruit Training Ctr. San Diego, Calif., Company 383-48
Fondest Memory: As having many years in Boy Scouts and two years of High School Junior ROTC, I was selected..
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Teenage memories
Shortly after World War II and fighting ended in 1945, I was drafted into the Army of the United States...
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Putting out fire at basic training
I was almost 24 years old when I enlisted in the Army. I was excited for the new adventure and..
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Remembering Basic Training
We got to that point in Basic Training where we spent three weeks of running in the early dark dampness..
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Memories of Basic Training 1964
I enlisted in the Navy in 1964 at the advice of my older brother who was in the final year..
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Preacher? Not really
I had been active in my church youth group when I enlisted in the Army in August 1963. I was..
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My basic training nightmare
On Dec. 17, 1968, I was surrounded by a lot of people that I did not know. We were in..
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So few heroes when shots are fired
The best memory of basic was the feeling of accomplishment that went with graduating and shaking my drill sergeant's hand...
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Basic protection at basic training at Camp Gordon, Ga.
In July 1953, I took my Army basic training at Camp Gordon located outside of Augusta, Ga. It was around..
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First 'combat roll' at basic training
The date was Oct. 23, 1984—my first day in Basic Training at Fort McClellan, Ala. I was assigned to A-11..
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Great Lakes basic training
I can remember in 1961 Navy basic training at Great Lakes—getting up at 5 a.m. and walking through 2 feet..
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Boot camp, Parris Island, S.C.
During the Korean War, I was sent to boot camp in early February of 1951 at Parris Island, S.C. It..
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Canteen Kool-Aid
It was the summer of 1965 during my first few weeks in basic training as a cadet at the U.S...
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The smoking lamp
I was one wild West Virginia kid who trained circa November 1956 at Parris Island, S.C. Some stories are sad..
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Volunteering on Day 1
As a teenager, I worked in a luncheonette after school as a soda jerk and short-order cook and performed other..
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