Barracks
Enlisted
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I cant say that i didnt enjoy it or that i have any bad memories of barrack life. Like most thing done in the Army I can say that “I did that and I served it”....
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Looking back to the years I lived in the barracks, life was good. The exceptions were in Basic Training at Fort Knox and the early KP wakeups in other assignments. When in Basic it was a bit intolerable because a corporal in the Orderly Room wouldn't show me how to operate a buffer. I had never operated one previously and it was awkward and irritating. I always wanted to meet up later with that corporal but didn't have the opportunity.
I pulled KP throughout my SP4 years, even aboard the U.S.S. Breckenridge en route to Korea in 1962. Quarters were certainly cramped and our main outlet was watching the movies on deck at night.
I pulled KP throughout my SP4 years, even aboard the U.S.S. Breckenridge en route to Korea in 1962. Quarters were certainly cramped and our main outlet was watching the movies on deck at night.
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PV2 J M Rule #1 whenever possible Rack with the Zoomies (Air Force) They Live Very Well "I'm Sorry Petty Officer Nagel You will have to Share a Kitchen with another Service Member" "Lady I'm Used to Sharing a Whole Lot More"
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PV2 J M I've Racked in Army, Navy and Air Force Quarters. Air Force is always the Best. Always had a Room to Myself, I may have had to Share a Head or Kitchen but they were Sweet. My Least Favorite was the TPU/Brig in Philadelphia, Don't Do that, It is Bad! Next Least Favorites Army TPU Open Bay Fort Richardson, APL-15 (Living Barge 100 Man Rooms) USS Proteus (Sub Tender turned into a Living Barge). Any Berthing with More than 15 Individuals Sucks.
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It really depends on the unit. Some barracks are absolute shit holes, some are very nice. Some units have a very fun barracks life some don't. If you go to Korea there will be no barracks parties as NCOs will live there too and don't like having to tell you guys to keep quiet on Friday nights at 0030. They'll probably stop parties before they happen.
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SFC Greg Bruorton
I well remember those Quonsut huts in Camp Coiner and in Camp Casey during my two tours there. At my first assignment we had a young houseboy who could kick down the light bulb hanging ten feet above us.
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It really depends on the installation, and the unit you're assigned to. I've been new barracks for extended periods for schooling where you're essentially on lock down. And I've been in unit that's had the MP's called and kicked off post, told never to return by the installation commander. Living in a college dorm was less fun I can tell you that.
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It generally sucks, guys drunk, guys fortune, guys snoring, guys listening to music. After A school I never saw a dorm again , I was attached to 2nd Anglico and we shared rooms 3 to a room up to Cpl, then 2 max to a room as Sgt.
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I never caught any social diseases though I know a few of alleged superiors who did!!
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While I was a young buck sergeant living in the barracks at Fort Gordon in 1963 we had a PFC assigned to the boiler room (coal furnace) who took his job to heart. He'd start out each morning wearing a clean, white T-shirt but that was soon changed. Systematically, he'd select only the choicest lumps of coal from the pile and cup them with his T-shirt to the furnace. The guy would do that all day and early evening hours, seldom using a pail and shovel. He loved his job!
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