Posted on May 11, 2016
What Post/Base/Camp did you go through Basic Combat Training at and how old were you?
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Army OSUT at Fort Benning, GA, when I was 19.
Coast Guard Boot Camp at Cape May, NJ, when I was 30.
Ouch.
Coast Guard Boot Camp at Cape May, NJ, when I was 30.
Ouch.
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SFC William H.
CSM Jane Baldwin: Fort Leonard Wood, MO....17 years old with a waiver from Momma saying it was OK..Oh yea, it was 1965....
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A Co 3/8 iINF 4th INF. 1965 trained for a year went to Vietnam same A Co same platoon almost two years with the same guys very lucky joined at 19
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SGT Philip Roncari
SGT Carl Blas - Thank you for the Salute,of my only three years in the Army two of them were spent with the best people on the planet ,from my first day in basic until the last chopper ride out of the field those guys became my life long Brothers ,they were as our Division motto states "Steadfast and Loyal".
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Full circle; Engineer OSUT at Leonard Wood at 18 and final duty station there at 48.
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C Co, 5th BN, 10th INF REG at FT Leonard Wood, MO in 1993. I was 17 when I got there, but turned 18 on Training Day 1.
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SFC William H. - It was what it was. I was a little floored when some of the others in my bay asked me why I didn't say anything about that day being my birthday.
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SFC William H. - Yea, it was already a "fun filled" day that I really didn't want to add to all the "excitement."
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MAJ Bob Miyagishima
I commanded A Co, 5th Bn, 3d BCT Bde from Mar 85 to May 87. I think they changed Unit designations around 88-89. I bet your orderly room was 2 doors from mine.
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I don't claim to be the oldest person here, but it was MCRD San Diego in 1959. 18 yrs old at the time.
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SFC Greg Bruorton
I have you by a year, Capt Tom; I was 18 in 1958. Enlisted in 1960 with BCT at Fort Knox.
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1981, Co. 177, RTC/NTC San Diego, next door to MCRD. I was 18. GMG1 Wend from The Bronx was my company commander. That's where i learned how versatile the f-word could be.
NTC closed in 1993, now known as Liberty Station. Has shopping, restaurants, education , hotels, military and civilian housing areas, and a golf course. SD did a great job with it.
NTC closed in 1993, now known as Liberty Station. Has shopping, restaurants, education , hotels, military and civilian housing areas, and a golf course. SD did a great job with it.
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