I was curious if anyone did their basic training with my father. He did his at Fort Polk Louisiana. 9 May 66 to 2 July 66 2nd Battalion Company C. Thank you for serving vets!
March 25, 2023, 10:12 PM
Redleg06
Not with him, but I was there the following year; 9 Jan to mid-Mar'67.
"Cedat Fortuna Peritis"
March 25, 2023, 10:17 PM
TexasScrub
2 September, 1986. Ft Jackson, SC.
___________________________ He looked like an accountant or a serial-killer type. Definitely one of the service industries.
March 25, 2023, 10:33 PM
Steve in PA
Parris Island, SC Sep 23 1979 1st Recruit Battalion, MCRD Platoon 1081 Graduated 17 Dec 1979
Steve "The Marines I have seen around the world have, the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps." Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945
March 25, 2023, 11:26 PM
drill sgt
Fort Polk, La August 1968... A-1-1...."Spizzerinctum"....."Energy Ambition And the Will To Succeed" .. Located at the far south end of the post less than 200 yards from the post boundry fence.............. drill sgt.This message has been edited. Last edited by: drill sgt,
March 25, 2023, 11:43 PM
low8option
close. Ft Poke, June 10 to Aug 10, 1966.
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Freedom comes from the will of man. In America it is guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment
March 25, 2023, 11:54 PM
divil
25 OCT 95 - 16 DEC 95 Lackland AFB.
March 26, 2023, 12:01 AM
creslin
feb-april 2000 san diego
This is where my signature goes.
March 26, 2023, 12:04 AM
oldfireguy
1976 at Ft. Jackson S.C.
March 26, 2023, 12:42 AM
scratchy
Feb - Apr 1979, Lackland AFB
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March 26, 2023, 04:55 AM
V-Tail
Bainbridge MD, arrived May 1956
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים
March 26, 2023, 06:22 AM
sourdough44
Ft Leonard Wood, MO, one week after H.S. graduation, June 1981. I’ll admit, it was a pivotal juncture in my life.
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit!
Sigs Owned - A Bunch
March 26, 2023, 07:11 AM
straightshooter1
Sorry, never at Fort Polk. Fort Gordon last of February to last of April, 1965.
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March 26, 2023, 07:24 AM
Ironbutt
Parris Island, SC- Sept 1966.
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"It's hard to imagine a more stupid or dangerous way of making decisions, than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." Thomas Sowell
March 26, 2023, 07:29 AM
Elk Hunter
Did basic at Ft. Knox in 1955. Enlisted in the 3rd Armored Division which was being reactivated for a tour in Germany. I was 17. I spent 11 years in the army, 9+ of those years in Germany. Met the only girl I ever dated there. Been married for 65+ years.
Elk
There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour)
"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson
"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville
FBHO!!!
The Idaho Elk Hunter
March 26, 2023, 07:44 AM
BigSwede
Sep 87 at FT. Jackson. Last cycle through Tank Hill barracks
March 26, 2023, 08:09 AM
dgshooter
Ft. Bliss, TX, Oct-Dec 1986.
March 26, 2023, 08:32 AM
ggile
Much like Sourdough44, only I was in Ft. Leonard Wood two days after high school graduation 1961.
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"The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
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March 26, 2023, 08:40 AM
Brother
October 1985 Ft. Jackson SC. Drill Sgt. Garcia. Then to Ft. Gordon (Brems barracks) for AIT.
