Posted on Aug 11, 2015
In Basic Training/Boot Camp, did you enjoy being out in the Field?
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When I was in Basic Training, I had to iron and polish until my tail feathers fell off.
Then, towards the end of Basic Training, all of us Trainees got to go out into the field. I LOVED that experience. It was like summer camp to me.
Then, towards the end of Basic Training, all of us Trainees got to go out into the field. I LOVED that experience. It was like summer camp to me.
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SSG Warren Swan
Don't forget the lovley buffer and cheap wax the Army provides expecting to get a mirror shine out of it.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
We had cement floors at Ft. McClellan, Alabama; SSG Warren Swan. Even lovelier. ;)
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MAJ Carlos Valenzuela-Durr
I went through Marine Boot Camp so the order was someone different. We were in the field twice. In the middle and close to the end.
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It ROTC camp, I thought the field part would be more difficult than garrison, but it seemed easier because in garrison they were more rigid and the cadre put more pressure on the appointed leaders of the day. I think the field generated more teambuilding. Also holds true when your in a unit. Field may be more physically challenging but the soldiers work better as a team there.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
I believe that what you are saying, LTC (Join to see), is right on the money...absolutely correct.
In basic training, we ladies had to rapidly pull ourselves together, if we were ever to find our way back to the bay; and out of that gorgeous green jungle. That lush, green jungle was quite tempting to this lady; a nature lover from the start.
In basic training, we ladies had to rapidly pull ourselves together, if we were ever to find our way back to the bay; and out of that gorgeous green jungle. That lush, green jungle was quite tempting to this lady; a nature lover from the start.
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Absolutely. When it's your first experience in a training environment, it's great. When it's for real and you don't know when it will end, a little less so.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
I have never seen combat; LCDR (Join to see). But I am sure that what you are saying is all too true. HOW I Pray for you; Sir. May GOD eternally bless you; protect you, and shine His grace upon you.
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SPC Margaret Higgins just to be clear that I am not taking credit for something I haven't done, my operational field time was not in a combat zone. But thank you!
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MAJ Carlos Valenzuela-Durr
Yes. The difference is that you are most likely not' to die in training. In training most things as expected. When is for real you have less control and you do not know if you are going to shot when going out of the wire.
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