MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING

Cleaning an M-16

I joined the Navy in 1970. I spent 5 yrs., then transferred (sp) to the Army Reserves. I was at..
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Fred and Irving.

I have many memories of my Basic Training at Ft. Leonard Wood. Some good, some not so good, and some..
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My First Days

In August,1965 after physicals and taken the oath, I flew out of Pittsburgh to USN Training Center at Great Lakes,..
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Standing room only

I took basic training in the summer of 1988 at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. One time, during chow, there..
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War is Hell

I enlisted in the Navy with five of my buddies at Texas A&M In January 1951. We all agreed that..
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Mistaken Identity
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Mistaken Identity

It was late 1964, I was in the middle of my basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. and was looking..
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Me and Joe

The winter of 1962, K company Fort Dix, N.J. Basic training back then was brutal on two notes: the weather..
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Being a Klutz Has It's Reward

I attended U.S. Air Force basic training during the 1960’s at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. At..
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Helping a buddy
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Helping a buddy

When I went to Navy Boot Camp in July of 1978, I had been out of high school for only..
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NO BASIC TRAINING

October 22 1942, this 18 year old from Brooklyn, NY enlisted in the US Army Air Corps...
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'Cover' Story

On completion of the second week of basic training at Lackland AFB, back in Dec 1975, my stressed out brain..
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Thank You San Antonio!
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Thank You San Antonio!

My best experience, during Army basic training, in WW II was not just mine, but one probably shared with thousands..
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The Flying Twenty

Army One It was June, school was out for the summer, and I was looking for a job. I had often..
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First Real Shave
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First Real Shave

When I joined the Navy in 1961 I was just fresh out of High School joining the Navy at age..
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SGT RAM of Company D
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SGT RAM of Company D

In December 1970, I received my draft notice in the mail informing me that I needed to report to the..
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Glow in the Dark

I enlisted in the US Army Delayed Entry Program 95B, Military Police in 1979 and left Harrisburg, PA for Basic..
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Basic training

I entered the Army on June 6, 1962, the 18th anniversary of D-Day. Due to the physically demanding job I had..
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Basic training

I graduated from high school in 1961 and then joined the Navy. I was 17. I went to Great Lakes..
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Basic training

I weighed 200 pounds when I started basic training and 180 pounds when I completed it. The Army definitely whipped..
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Basic training

August 1952, Pittsburgh. Along with other enlistees, I was on a train en route to Ithaca, N.Y., and Sampson Air..
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Basic training

The first day of basic at Fort Knox, April 3, 1964. There were wooden barracks with double bunks, only a..
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Basic training

Yes, I do remember basic training way back in 1945 at the age of 19 (I am now 88), at..
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Basic training

When I first went in boot camp, a few feet inside the gate, some chief kicked some recruit in the..
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To start with me asking

As a sailor in San Diego in boot camp in 1966. There was a fence that we would march by frequently..
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Basic training

In boot camp, I remember we were awakened real early to take a test. It was 1960. The test turned..
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Basic training

My worst memory of boot camp was crawling under barb wire at the same time they were firing 30 caliber..
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This 19-cent gift was the best

Published December 2008 Star Gazette – Neil Chaffie Like many other sailors, Michael E. Mize boarded a troop train out of Buffalo..
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1945

The first 6 weeks of boot camp are the hardest. The 1st Sergeant yells, screams and harasses you from sunup..
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Basic training

Hi, folks! My name is Rex Howard and I would like to tell you a little story about my experience..
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Basic training

I was in basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., in November 1963. We had been on the firing range that..
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