MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

'The best peaches I never tasted'

I was sent to Fort Bliss in July of 1952. In August, my mother, who was in failing health, sent..
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Fort Jackson, SC, September of 1961

We had just finished gas mask training. The training was about putting and taking off the mask as well as..
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My 3 choices

My chosen career field was changed during the sixth of eight weeks of Air Force boot camp in the fall..
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The Janisch family salutes our veterans
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The Janisch family salutes our veterans

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The Janisch family of Eden, S.D., are patriots. Francis Janisch, who passed away four years ago, served his country as..
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What I remember most about basic training

What I remember most about basic training was the early rising and doing physical training well before daybreak. It didn't..
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Fire drill record

Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio It was 2 a.m., more than two weeks since our last fire drill. I was..
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Basic Training

It was the winter of 66/67 at Ft. Campbell. We never seemed to get enough sleep or enough to eat..
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The impossible we accomplish immediately, miracles take a little longer.

The ‘Recondo Creed’, was a huge sign posted outside of our barracks, E-5-1, at Ft. Bragg, NC, United States Army..
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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day Adventure In late December 1952 a friend had been to the courthouse and saw my name on the draft..
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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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?
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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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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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