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Posted: 12/21/2013 3:37:52 AM EDT
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We date ourselves by admitting to attending basic at a now closed facility. C-4-5 '86. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Ft. Dix New Jersey . Nothing says training like a snowed in pup tent . Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile We date ourselves by admitting to attending basic at a now closed facility. C-4-5 '86. I went in the summer of 1988, when Jersey had an epic heat wave…temps over 90 in June 
I swear they must have brought in truckloads of sand for those damn trails. Nothing like a road "march" in a foot of loose sand. |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 3:43:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I see no option for misery. 43Rd reception bn B35th Essayons See, the engineers do stuff then un-do it  . Lets see infantry undead the enemy  |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 3:58:37 AM EDT
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Sand Hill 1994, although I heard Harmony Church was much worse. I only remember being in the front leaning rest with a puddle of sweat on the ground, an FTX in there somewhere, and getting smoked all night because of the stupidity of another Private. OSUT Graduation, early 1994 http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j422/LRRPF52/OSUTGrad4-22-1994FtBenning_0004_zps6c7c1dc6.jpg http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j422/LRRPF52/OSUTGrad4-22-1994FtBenning_0003_zpsce8090bd.jpg Same field I graduated on from OSUT. Except it was November, pouring down rain and we were in BDU's with Kevlar, pistol belt, M16A1 with fucking FIXED BAYONETS
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Posted: 12/21/2013 4:00:31 AM EDT
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Ft. Knox. Bravo troop 6-16 Cav late spring/summer 1988
19D, god I hated misery, agony, and heartbreak. Disney barracks, not as fun as it sounds. 
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Posted: 12/21/2013 4:15:11 AM EDT
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Ft. Leonard Wood DEC 1995-FEB 1996
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Posted: 12/21/2013 4:24:08 AM EDT
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Dad went through Fort Jackson in 1953. He said that reception consisted of tents, but once they started basic they stayed in barracks made out of rough cut lumber heated by coal stoves.
Things were a bit more modern by the time I showed up, in 1997. |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 4:34:24 AM EDT
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I'm glad I didn't go through Fort Wood, I grew up just south of there and it still holds a little mystery and I like to drive through occasionally. Plus I can't conceive of any period of the year when basic there wouldn't have sucked hard, although the winters are a little less severe now (not this year, however). |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 4:53:12 AM EDT
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Ft. Dix New Jersey . Nothing says training like a snowed in pup tent . Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Also at Ft Ding a Ling .... Fall 1969. B 2-3 |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 4:57:46 AM EDT
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1972 our day to run the confidence course at Lackland it was too cold so we sat around the barrack doing nothing the rest of the day. It was rough I tell ya!
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Posted: 12/21/2013 5:21:01 AM EDT
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A 3/47 Sand Hill '08
I just read that the 3rd Battalion was deactivated last April 
http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130406/NEWS/304060011/Ft-Benning-deactivate-basic-training-unit |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 5:35:22 AM EDT
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Ft Sill
E 1/19th FA 92 |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 5:44:31 AM EDT
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Great Lakes '03
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Posted: 12/21/2013 5:46:38 AM EDT
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Sand hill
Oct 90-Jan 91 D 4/36 Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 5:48:19 AM EDT
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Ft Knox, D 2/46 ID, was the only other basic besides Benning that wasn't coed at the time. AIT at APG
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Posted: 12/21/2013 6:19:45 AM EDT
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San Diego and Mt. Mother Fucker. Even the DI's dropped out of that one because they partied the night before.
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Posted: 12/21/2013 6:20:22 AM EDT
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Fort Leonard Wood! Brown Recluse and poison ivy FTW! |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 6:26:56 AM EDT
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Fort Leonard Wood! Brown Recluse and poison ivy FTW! Not as bad as that but Pendleton has a lot of tarantulas and chiggers. Chiggers sucked even with bloused trousers. My lower legs itch even remembering that. |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 6:28:15 AM EDT
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Harmony Church, Jan.- Apr. 1988.
We had heating oil for about 3 weeks, then Drill decided it would be good training and we had no heat or hot water for the next 10 weeks. Doors on the shitters? Hah! We were down to 2 actual working toilets and 1 urinal at the end of 13 weeks. Those were the days. 
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Posted: 12/21/2013 6:46:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am pretty good at Call of Duty... Can the military utilize my skills properly though... That is the only thing keeping me from joining...I might be too good. |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 6:52:06 AM EDT
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Back before OSUT (One Station Unit Training) was adopted. My basic training unit was C-5-2 at Fort Leonard Wood, MO in April 1976. Following that the twenty or so of going Infantry from our basic training company were shipped off to AIT at Fort Benning, GA in C-5-1 and jump school. Next stop, C 3-325th AIR Fort Bragg NC. I went back to basic training years later, as a Drill Sergeant. That time was a lot more fun.
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Posted: 12/21/2013 6:57:25 AM EDT
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ft bliss, 87
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Posted: 12/21/2013 7:02:17 AM EDT
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I voted Lackland!
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Posted: 12/21/2013 7:06:02 AM EDT
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That's me
C co 6-16 CAV Sep-Dec 1989 when I went to 19D OSUT Quote HistoryQuoted:
Same here. Ft. Knox 1997. Agony and misery... Those damn hills. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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FT Knox, '81-'82, winter cycle ("Disneyland"). 19E Same here. Ft. Knox 1997. Agony and misery... Those damn hills. |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 7:08:33 AM EDT
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Ft Knox. Disney barracks B troop 5-15 We made it rain on days 3-15. 19D aren't men though as we have no poll option E/5-15 CAV |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 7:23:17 AM EDT
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Fort Leonard Wood! Brown Recluse and poison ivy FTW! A-5-10 1988 now still in the Guard as an O
still have the scar/divot on my ankle from my spider bite I remember the Pre -op at the BN aid station......"HOLD HIM TIGHT" then the fucker cut out the necrotic nastiness..... 
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Posted: 12/21/2013 7:41:47 AM EDT
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Sand Hill! Aug 84 to Nov 84!  Not my pic, but this is what my barracks looked like. I was in Aco 1st Bn, 1st ITB  |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 8:07:09 AM EDT
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Lackland AFB Drum & Bugle Flight August through October 1984. I admire everyone on this board for serving. I think that must of us would agree that basic training in any armed forces branch is the worst ever experienced. The reason why is that nothing like personal experience goes a long way on perception. As or CPT Planet, I went to college too, but after active duty. USAF to USA. I traded my Blue Uniform to the Mean Green of the U.S. Army. I would like to hear from some of yall that went to ROTC Advanced Camp before commissioning. That felt like getting to break a leg in the same place all over again
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Posted: 12/21/2013 8:30:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ft. Leonard Wood DEC 1995-FEB 1996 |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 9:12:45 AM EDT
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Basic training Ft. McClellan 1983 " if I remember right it was a chemical dump back then".
Ft Benning 1983 -1988 Camp Humphreys1988-1989 Fort Polk 1989-1991 I have a lot of fond memories of Benning I loved that duty station.
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Posted: 12/21/2013 1:57:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Basic training Ft. McClellan 1983 " if I remember right it was a chemical dump back then". Ft Benning 1983 -1988 Camp Humphreys1988-1989 Fort Polk 1989-1991 I have a lot of fond memories of Benning I loved that duty station.  how many times have you gone through basic training?
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Posted: 12/21/2013 2:12:31 PM EDT
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Great Lakes '03 Great Lakes '04 |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 2:20:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sand hill Oct 90-Jan 91 D 4/36 Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I was B 4/36. I tried to locate our building on Google Maps, but failed. I remember marching by a swimming pool on the way to and from the PX, but couldn't find it either. |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 2:20:52 PM EDT
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Maybe he can create joinder with yours? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I actually graduated from high school, so I went to college instead of joining the military. In for the Pit thread.
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Posted: 12/21/2013 2:51:30 PM EDT
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Ft. McClellan 87'. 787 MP Bn
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Posted: 12/21/2013 2:55:04 PM EDT
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Sand Hill 976 |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 3:11:10 PM EDT
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Ft Knox, D 2/46 ID, was the only other basic besides Benning that wasn't coed at the time. AIT at APG Knox stayed pure till the end. |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 8:13:56 PM EDT
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Sand Hilton, D-1-1 1983
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Posted: 12/21/2013 9:52:25 PM EDT
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Fort Leonard Wood! Brown Recluse and poison ivy FTW! Another Lost in the Wood, Misery grad here. B - 3 - 3 1973 |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 10:19:41 PM EDT
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C152
NTC Orlando summer of 1989 |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 10:21:57 PM EDT
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Sand Hill. E 2-19
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Posted: 12/21/2013 10:35:33 PM EDT
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MCRD San Diego '05
Its where the Marines train the men...I think the females get trained on Parris Island 
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Posted: 12/21/2013 10:38:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ft. Knox. Bravo troop 6-16 Cav late spring/summer 1988 19D, god I hated misery, agony, and heartbreak. Disney barracks, not as fun as it sounds. It wasn't all THAT bad though. Back in those dim, dark days we still had beer and cigarette machines in the day room and every bunk had an ashtray  |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 10:43:45 PM EDT
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Ft. Polk for basic and A.I.T.
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Posted: 12/21/2013 11:00:42 PM EDT
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E / 8 / 2 Harmony Church 1984
No stalls or doors for shitters. :-) We didn't even have panelling on the interior of the walls, just studs and exterior w no insulation. Love the TO construction from WWII |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 11:32:08 PM EDT
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Fort Jackson, SC B Co 1-61. Fall 1998.
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Posted: 12/21/2013 11:35:21 PM EDT
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sand hill 83
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Posted: 12/21/2013 11:51:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ft. Knox. Bravo troop 6-16 Cav late spring/summer 1988 19D, god I hated misery, agony, and heartbreak. Disney barracks, not as fun as it sounds. Alpha Troop 6-16, Fall/Winter 87/88. Forced march back to barracks from the field to beat the ice storm, we didn't, damn that was cold. |
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Posted: 12/21/2013 11:53:25 PM EDT
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A-2-1 Ft Bragg 1969 You might actually win this game. There's an old timer on here that claims to have served in the Korean war though, so don't get your hopes up.
PI, btw. |
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Posted: 12/22/2013 7:31:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sand Hill! Aug 84 to Nov 84! Not my pic, but this is what my barracks looked like. I was in Aco 1st Bn, 1st ITB condos?
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Posted: 12/22/2013 7:45:09 AM EDT
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Got my hair cut at Great Lakes, 1977. Dead of winter, what a time to remember, or forget.
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