Posted on Jan 8, 2014
What is your favorite basic training experience?
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I know mine was when we kidnapped the phase banner of our rival platoon and placed it in the middle of the field across from our drill pad.
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Recieving my Eagle Globe and Anchor at the Iwo Jima memorial at Parris Island.. I may have cried a little =)
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Going through heck in BCT and in the end my drill sergeant shaking my hand and congratulating me.
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Not sure it's my favorite, but is my most memorable.
Had a kid that wasn't cut out for the job and was getting separated. He told the DS to perform a physically impossible feat.
On April 1st, in front of the Battery, the DS read him the findings from the Commander and that he was being given an Art 15 and was to be extended until the completion of restriction and extra-duty... Then when the kid was in tears, told him April Fool's and handed him his clearing papers.
Had a kid that wasn't cut out for the job and was getting separated. He told the DS to perform a physically impossible feat.
On April 1st, in front of the Battery, the DS read him the findings from the Commander and that he was being given an Art 15 and was to be extended until the completion of restriction and extra-duty... Then when the kid was in tears, told him April Fool's and handed him his clearing papers.
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Ft. Sill, lol, I never will forget this, all of our Drill Sergeants loved this....the CSM was talking to us, soldier after soldier was falling out, on the side of the room there had to be 25 people standing up to stay awake, he was upset that the Drills had to pull people out. So he decided to wake us all up. Dropped the entire company, there was no space for everyone on the floor, so people was on the stage and in the hallway outside the auditorium. Great times...lol...Â
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Foxtrot Battery 1/40th Ft. Sill, OK
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Best experience was watching the 1SG standing beside a PVT who got nervous and dropped a M320 40MM training round, "killing" himself and the 1SG. They both were covered in smoke, it was great. I don't know how we all didn't get smoked for laughing.
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Same thing happened in Sill with my unit, but they didn't close it all the way and it blew up in the barrel
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getting on the bus to leave Lackland AFB to go to Sheppard for tech school. This one dumbass decided it would be a good idea to flip off the cadre from the back window as the bus pulled out. They stopped the bus, dragged his ass off and, from what we heard, recycled him back several weeks.
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When my drill Sgt. dismissed us and I grabbed my bags and ran all the way to the bus station. Waiting to leave and having a feeling of accomplishing the first part of my career in the Army
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I loved basic. I had many awesome moments so it is hard to choose just one, but I believe this is my favorite. We had an Asian guy with us with the last name "Chit". Of course, the DSs made it a point to screw with him. They would always say "Holy Chit!" and at that point the poor guy would have to run up to all of the DSs and say "I'm the Chit!" and then do a number of push ups. Of course, we would all die laughing every time which resulted in us getting smoked. Good times...
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