PFC Alexander Oliveira 1351782 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Going through basic there was limited news coming in from the outside world except two small TV&#39;s in the opposite side of the dfac we exited from after we finished chow. when I went through the penn state child abuse scandal was happeneing and it was the only thing that was ever on those things. what about you? this could say a lot about your age as well :D 2016-03-03T16:15:27-05:00 PFC Alexander Oliveira 1351782

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Going through basic there was limited news coming in from the outside world except two small TV&#39;s in the opposite side of the dfac we exited from after we finished chow. when I went through the penn state child abuse scandal was happeneing and it was the only thing that was ever on those things. what about you? this could say a lot about your age as well :D

2016-03-03T16:15:27-05:00 2016-03-03T16:15:27-05:00 SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member 1351830

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="789697" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/789697-pfc-alexander-oliveira">PFC Alexander Oliveira</a> just like you, we had 2 tv's in front of the CQ desk where we held Formation. There was a tiny 1" strip with news where I read that Phillip Seymour Hoffman had die of an overdose. Being a big fan of him, that was shocking...

2016-03-03T16:25:17-05:00 2016-03-03T16:25:17-05:00 LTC Stephen C. 1351874

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="789697" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/789697-pfc-alexander-oliveira">PFC Alexander Oliveira</a>, I enlisted and later started BCT at Fort Jackson (Tank Hill), SC, on 11NOV69. The big news occurred on 1DEC69 when the big draft lottery was held (for the year 1970). My number was 332 and the highest number that was called that year was 179! Had I not enlisted, I would have never have even had to serve!

2016-03-03T16:36:06-05:00 2016-03-03T16:36:06-05:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 1351969

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1993/june">http://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1993/june</a><br />All of the month of June, July, and the first part of August of 93 <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/046/249/qrc/bill-clinton-200.jpg?1457042738"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1993/june">Historical Events in June 1993 - OnThisDay.com</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Historical events in June 1993. See what famous, scandalous and important events happened in Jun 1993 or search by date or keyword.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2016-03-03T17:06:00-05:00 2016-03-03T17:06:00-05:00 Capt Private RallyPoint Member 1351993

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>JFK was elected president.

2016-03-03T17:14:55-05:00 2016-03-03T17:14:55-05:00 SGT Jerrold Pesz 1352136

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am sure that something happened while I was in BCT but I sure don't remember what.

2016-03-03T18:04:17-05:00 2016-03-03T18:04:17-05:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1352178

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Y2K "scare". I grad 30DEC 99 and due to the "scare" of Y2K they kept us on base for an extra 2 days after grad.

2016-03-03T18:25:22-05:00 2016-03-03T18:25:22-05:00 SGT Philip Roncari 1352313

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Answering from prehistoric times basic training Nov.1965 no TVs no radios we got to make a donut run after our 6th week those two maple covered donuts were my big news!

2016-03-03T19:15:38-05:00 2016-03-03T19:15:38-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 1352821

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>July 29, 1986. Moscow promised the world that they would drawdown 6000 Soldiers from Afghanastin by the end of the year.<br /><br />And for those of the younger generation. Yes the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the 80's.

2016-03-03T22:11:44-05:00 2016-03-03T22:11:44-05:00 PO1 William "Chip" Nagel 1352960

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.onthisday.com/date/1976/october">http://www.onthisday.com/date/1976/october</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/046/341/qrc/gerald-r-ford-200.jpg?1457064847"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.onthisday.com/date/1976/october">What Happened in October 1976 - OnThisDay.com</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">What happened in October 1976. Browse historical events, famous birthdays and notable deaths from Oct 1976 or search by date, day or keyword.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2016-03-03T23:14:13-05:00 2016-03-03T23:14:13-05:00 SN Greg Wright 1352994

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You got tv in boot? Yeesh.

2016-03-03T23:25:39-05:00 2016-03-03T23:25:39-05:00 TSgt Melissa Post 1353239

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SEAL Team 6 killed Osama Bin Laden!

2016-03-04T03:17:54-05:00 2016-03-04T03:17:54-05:00 SSgt Dan Montague 1353935

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>LA Riots.

2016-03-04T10:18:21-05:00 2016-03-04T10:18:21-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 1354342

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In October, 1993 the forces of President Boris Yeltsin defeated a coup attempt in Moscow.

2016-03-04T11:58:13-05:00 2016-03-04T11:58:13-05:00 SGT Dave Tracy 1354532

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I remember our Drill Sergeant jumping onto the cattle car we were all stuffed into, to tell us about Major Hassan shooting up the SRP site at Ft. Hood.

2016-03-04T12:46:55-05:00 2016-03-04T12:46:55-05:00 TSgt William Meyer 1357059

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Elvis Presley died.

2016-03-05T14:58:46-05:00 2016-03-05T14:58:46-05:00 SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth 5574257

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Elvis Presley died while I was in basic training.

2020-02-18T15:42:57-05:00 2020-02-18T15:42:57-05:00 Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth 5574854

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Van Halen broke off with David Lee Roth and then turned around and brought on Sammy Hagar...HORRORS!!!<br /><br />Seriously...there was a Delta crash at DFW and we found out that some of the passengers would have been in our baby flight...kinda devastating.

2020-02-18T17:54:59-05:00 2020-02-18T17:54:59-05:00 SSG Robert Webster 5575117

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Swine Flu outbreak at Fort Dix. We actually found out before most of the country, and were among the first to be vaccinated.<br /><br />&quot;In 1976, an outbreak of the swine flu, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 at Fort Dix, New Jersey caused one death, hospitalized 13, and led to a mass immunization program. After the program began, the vaccine was associated with an increase in reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, which can cause paralysis, respiratory arrest, and death. The immunization program was ended after approximately 25% of the population of the United States had been administered the vaccine.&quot;

2020-02-18T19:25:45-05:00 2020-02-18T19:25:45-05:00 1LT Private RallyPoint Member 5575122

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>DADT was repealed.

2020-02-18T19:27:19-05:00 2020-02-18T19:27:19-05:00 2016-03-03T16:15:27-05:00