Posted on Oct 12, 2015
OK, Name ONE "survival" skill you learned during Basic Training which helped you. The most amusing the better!
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Mine was that EVERY item of solid food can be made into a sandwich. If it is your squad's turn to be last into the mess hall you only have a short time to eat and you better damn well eat everything you took. So... two plain slices of bread and whichever food I thought I could eat the fastest with the most amount of nutrition and calories... Now... GO!
Basic Training
Survival
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Say nothing. Do everything you are told. Try to graduate without them even knowing your name.
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SGT (Join to see)
That didn't work for me. I never brought attention to myself. However, every DS in the company knew who I was. Same thing in AIT.
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SPC Randall Eichelberger
My first squad leader in my initial counseling verbally told me that my job isn't to think it is to do, and as long as I do things will be fine. I was supposed to be storing my thinking for when I made E4. He also told me I could bitch as much as I want about something, as long as I was bitching while doing what I was told. Most applicable advice I ever received in the Army.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
I was a B-52 guy, at my debrief they told me they learned I was a helicopter guy enroute to Vietnam. I left the room with a big smile and the instructors scratching their heads.
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To STFU and to stop laughing at all the Drill Sergeants' little sayings.
--"This ain' mutha f-n Burger King... Ca'in have it yer wayyyy, Private!!!"...
--"Oh d@mn, 'bout to open up the BIG can of whoop a$$ this mawnin'!"
Ahhh, good times.
:')
--"This ain' mutha f-n Burger King... Ca'in have it yer wayyyy, Private!!!"...
--"Oh d@mn, 'bout to open up the BIG can of whoop a$$ this mawnin'!"
Ahhh, good times.
:')
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SPC(P) Jay Heenan
See, I went through basic a million years ago (1987), when the DI's could and did put their hands on you! I was asked during the TA-50 check if I played football, since I was considered a big guy. My dumbass said "Yea" (or something equally offensive) and was open palmed slapped right across my face. He then told me to go to that little shady spot and give him a hundred pushups. Learned really fast to STFU and do what I was supposed to do.
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SSG Jonathan Edwards
Tank Hill, Fort Jackson, COHORTs program. The rules changed EVERY 2 weeks with Reserve Drill Sergeants. Learned quickly... Dont eyeball, Dont cough, Dont forget your DI's name... And whatever you do, DONT pull the frigging Fire Alarm... Our continuity DI kicked the living crap out of the guy who pulled the alarm.
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SPC Mara Manzer (Spurgin)
I have to add that Tom Slick (see the wikipedia link) was a real man and after having read about him I have NO idea why they would use that euphemism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Slick
Tom Slick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Baker "Tom" Slick, Jr. (May 6, 1916– October 6, 1962) was a San Antonio, Texas based inventor, businessman, adventurer, and heir to an oil business. Slick's father, Thomas Baker Slick, Sr., a.k.a. "The King of the Wildcatters", had made a fortune during the Texas oil boom of the 1920s.
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SSG Audwin Scott
I couldn't help but to laugh it was to funny to me lol, still funny now that I think about it!!!
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Urinate at every available opportunity, even if you just went two minutes ago. You never know when the next chance will present itself, and you are always being told to drink more water.
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COL (Join to see)
The lesson of "never pass up a chance to use the latrine" especially applies in a combat environment!
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SSgt (Join to see)
Same can be said about number 2. Nothing worse than in the middle of your first poop in days (or weeks) as the TI yells DOWNSTAIRS NOW! Except maybe that feeling as your running down the stairs trying your best to keep from needing a change of underwear.
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