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I'm going to Ft. Leonardwood for 91L, and coming from "'Laxin Jackson" I'm kinda worried about what to expect from Fort "Lost in the Woods", and was wondering if anyone had any experience with my MOS as well. I understand I'm going for training and not necessarily to enjoy myself, but I have no insight on what to bring or really what to expect except that I have heard it's really bad. I think I have only heard 2 good ish reviews. I know Fort Bragg has a whole website that tells incoming soldiers what to bring and what to expect, as in electronic use and stuff like that. Do I need to bring civilian clothes with me? I literally can't hardly find anything online about Ft. Leonardwood and I leave in 5 days upon the conclusion of VBL. Is it like basic or more chill? Will we still write letters and receive mail? Do we stay in bays with 50+ people and do we have phases like in basic? I know everything is different depending on where you go, and I was told that the weather is pretty bad, but when it gets to a certain point PT is done inside. Where I went to basic we got phone calls upon the completion of each phase, and I was told because I'm going to Ft. Leonardwood, with it being a BCT station as well, it wont be much different than basic training was.
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You will do short inprocess to 43rd ag and from there I do not know. Weather is bi polar as f%&&. Idk how your privileges will be but when I was there their was a lot of prior marine MOS-T's going in as 91L's.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
"Weather is bipolar - you got to love that as a description and a pun - as there are two poles. LOL Loved it.
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The common saying is, "don't like the weather, give it a couple of hours." Lived in MO all my life (short of active duty in ND). Bi-Polar/Schizophrenic is the best description of our weather...LOL
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SPC Ted Ronayne
SSG William Jones I'm a new dick to the army. But I've heard stories of the hell that is Polk.
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SPC Ted Ronayne
It was more popularly known as Ft. Puke, Lowsyanna! Near there was a little town known as Diseaseville (Leesville). The drills were all multi-tour Vietnam veterans and believe me, training was much like the Marine training depicted in "Full Metal Jacket". MUCH has changed since then. When I graduated from Drill Sergeant School, we couldn't "stress" the "trainees" nearly as much as was done in the late 60's.
It was more popularly known as Ft. Puke, Lowsyanna! Near there was a little town known as Diseaseville (Leesville). The drills were all multi-tour Vietnam veterans and believe me, training was much like the Marine training depicted in "Full Metal Jacket". MUCH has changed since then. When I graduated from Drill Sergeant School, we couldn't "stress" the "trainees" nearly as much as was done in the late 60's.
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SPC Ted Ronayne
SSG William Jones yeah I bet. Basic was a real disappointment for me. Too many shitbags got pushed through, and the amount of people who didn't actually care about training or standards (trainees, not the drill Sergeants) really cheapened my basic training experience... And then I got to AIT where it was 100 times worse.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
I went to Polk and Tiger Land in the Fall of 1970...Good Training, bizarre weather, and my first exposure to scorpions, tarantulas, and Cajun women with knives.
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I just spoke to a Vietnam veteran who was a second Lieutenant at Fort Leonard Wood and he said that it is extremely cold and wet there at this time of year. I'm sure you will be issued your extreme cold weather gear because I know you will spend some time out in the field. Just make sure you are in good health and go to sick call even if you have a small cold because those Winters can easily Foster pneumonia. I got pneumonia when I was in Iraq in 2004 and I was working in a brigade headquarters. I was in a Dusty Barracks with a bunch of other lieutenants and I got pneumonia. Do some PT and run before you go Back to Advanced individual training.
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