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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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ALL New Connections - Back by Popular Demand! I'm still receiving some great photos from all you RP Members. THANKS!

Keep them coming!

All you photogenic military personnel out there in RP Land let’s have a little photo session just to lighten it up today! Share the first photograph or the earliest photograph of yourself when you entered the military and tell us the date of the photo.

I'll start with Private Burroughs in 1975 at Fort Leonard Wood, MO & end with Colonel Mikel in 2005!
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MSG David Johnson
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Bravo Company
4th Battalion, 2nd Training Brigade
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
January-April 1983
12B OSUT
A fresh faced scrawny 18 year old.
In Basic Training I made myself a goal of retiring from the Army as an E8, goal achieved.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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MSG David Johnson Thanks for the photo & your service to this country!
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MSG David Johnson
MSG David Johnson
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Thank you Colonel, for your service as well.
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SFC Kevin Turner
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Back in 1987 @ Fort. Leonard Wood, MO
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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SFC Kevin Turner - Great beginning and ending photos Kevin. Thanks for sharing. I went through Fort Leonard Wood, MO in 1975 - Charlie 2-3!
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Letise Dennis
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My husband - Staff Sergeant Kevin Dennis, USAF. (Pic from 1990)
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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PVT Denise Biers Great photo - thanks for sharing and thank your husband for his service!
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PO1 Mike Dean
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The earliest picture I have of me in uniform.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Wow, Thanks for sharing PO1 Mike Dean Thank for sharing that photo and thanks for your service!
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PO1 Mike Dean
PO1 Mike Dean
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This one is a little later..... between basic training and specialized training. I can tell for sure because the haircut regulations were eased a bit.
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PO1 Mike Dean
PO1 Mike Dean
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PO1 Mike Dean - FYI.... 6 year obligators who signed on to advanced training were promoted to E-3 out of recruit training. I saw it as an opportunity for extra beer money.
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AN Christopher Crayne
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DURING week eight of Boot Camp,RTC San Diego. I had snuck in a micro disk camera I had purchased from the one trip to the PX. I hid it upstairs in Seabag stowage.I had a fire watch that evening and was just being relieved.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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AN Christopher Crayne Great photo - thanks for sharing and thanks for your service!
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MAJ Don Bigger
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MCRD San Diego. First ever picture in uniform. Although fellow Marines will know it's only part of a uniform :)
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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MAJ Don Bigger We did the same thing for the Army Photos in Basic Training, shirt and cap that was it. In and out! No second shot. Thanks for sharing Don and thank you for your service!
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PO3 Jacob Jenkins
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My father and I the day I graduated basic. What a great day that was. I was granted 24 hours with my family and then I was shipped to Pensacola to begin training to become an Aviation Rescue Swimmer.
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PO3 Jacob Jenkins
PO3 Jacob Jenkins
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Me today!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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PO3 Jacob Jenkins - Looking good Brother - Mine is a little longer than the other picture and whiter though - wife getting mad it me for letting it go! LOL!
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PO3 Jacob Jenkins
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs Growing facial hair may be a small thing but it was something I sacrificed while in. Well kinda... haha this was on deployment.
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SPC Robert Wray
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BCT Ft. Dix NJ 5/1976
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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SPC Robert Wray Thanks for sharing the photo Robert & thank you for your service!
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CPL Karl Wegner
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Basic training at Fort Bliss 1984
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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CPL Karl Wegner Great photo - thanks for sharing and thanks for your service Karl!
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2LT Intelligence Officer (S2)
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Ft. Sill 2013 as an E2
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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2LT (Join to see) Very cool - thanks for sharing John and thank you for your service. Also, I must be getting really old, but your DI looks really young too! Is it just me or doesn't he?
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs - Thank you! He couldn't have been too old in this, I'd say between late 20's and early 30's.
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