Posted on Apr 2, 2014
Where and when did you attend AIT, and have you ever been back there?
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Would be an interesting thing to see not only the locations, but a generational perspective on how changes to those locations may be for each and if it even exists anymore. Also have you ever returned to the location either as a duty station or just to see what is was like for memories and changes that may have taken place. I will lead off, Ft McClellan, AL: D10-1984. I went back in 1992 for another school but haven't been back since it shuttered it's doors to AIT in '99, have been to Leonardwood for few other schools and checked out their facilities, big difference to what we had at McClellan back in the day though. Would love to go back to McClellan today and see what the base looks like and what bldgs. still exist, or training areas are there.
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Went to 15E (Pershing Missile Crewman) AIT at Ft Sill, OK in '78 and 98J (EW/SIGINT Non-communications Interceptor) AIT at Ft Devens, MA in '86. Went back to Sill for PCS and travelling through on leave on another occasion. Didn't visit Devens again except when going to BNCOC. SIGINT side of MI School moved to Ft Huachuca from Ft Devens after I got out.
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I went to 12B AIT/OSUT at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO from July to October of 2011. I went back to Ft. Leonard Wood for R2C2 Puma early 2013. It was odd being there as a soldier attending a course and not as a trainee. Still could tell it was a TRADOC post, but it seemed like trainees are in a much more relaxed environment even 2 years later.
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SGT Wayne Woodward
I was Stationed t Ft. Carson, in the Emergency room of the old Hospital, before it was torn down. The chief Psychiatrist, Col Stein, got into some trouble (some sexual crap with patients) any way he shot himself in the head, in his office, Nice mess. I have to say that when he was on ER duty, he hated it and was a real bear to work with. You never really know someone, do ya?
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<p>My AIT was in Fort Lee, VA from Sep 2010 - Dec 2010. I know live in VA but I have yet to make it back there yet. I want to show my wife and kids were I did my training at. I will find the time sooner or later. LOL </p><p> </p><p>I am sure it has changed now since they were working on new barracks and other buildings when I was going there.</p>
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SFC James Baber
<p>SPC,</p><p><br></p><p>Depending on your MOS, if you are QM, almost all of the 23rd BDE units have either moved to other barracks or had their original barracks torn down, some of the companies don't' even exist anymore as they were either reflagged or de-activated, so you may not recognize anything if you were QM AIT. After reviewing your profile I see you are maintenance so not many changes on that side of the house other than completion of new barracks and expansion of the schoolhouse.</p>
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SFC Steven Borders
Yes, SFC Baber I was in C Company in the Ordnance BN. The building was pretty new when we got there. I believe over 500 of us at that time. It was crazy and the amount of nonsense that went on with some of the younger soldiers. They lost their minds. I was 32 at the time when I stayed there so I was pretty mellow and new what to do and not to do.
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Attended 95B/C AIT at Ft Gordon, Ga. (Now, I think it’s held at Ft McClellan.)
Back then, you traveled from BCT to AIT in your Uni’s, and was proud to be seen at all the Airport's.
I thoroughly enjoyed the training, the more relaxed atmosphere, & the cadre who supervised. The classroom training, unlike BCT, was much more fast-paced & interesting. But I couldn’t wait to get back to my fiancé’, awaiting my arrival back in NY at the time.
Living arrangements were the very old WW2 barracks, and the “fire-guard” responsibility was a nightly tradition...
Back then, you traveled from BCT to AIT in your Uni’s, and was proud to be seen at all the Airport's.
I thoroughly enjoyed the training, the more relaxed atmosphere, & the cadre who supervised. The classroom training, unlike BCT, was much more fast-paced & interesting. But I couldn’t wait to get back to my fiancé’, awaiting my arrival back in NY at the time.
Living arrangements were the very old WW2 barracks, and the “fire-guard” responsibility was a nightly tradition...
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Went to Fort Huachuca for AIT in 2001. Went there for BNCOC in 2006. And again for AIT in 2007. And ANCOC in 2009? 2010? And then assigned there from 2013-2016. Same hell-hole every time.
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CW4 Craig Urban
As a GS 12 ltg Ronald hits was a three Star. Head of army acquisition. He had been my battalion commander at Fort Ord. We had dinner at his house with his cook and wife I drank to much wine so his driver picked took me to my hotel. He came by in the morning and took me to get my rental.
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Ft. Sill Oklahoma and no I have never been back but I would enjoy doing so sometime.
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SFC Jim Ruether
I was in the condos if I remember right I think they called it the 5000 area. We'd march back and forth by the old WWII barracks that still had piles of coal to heat them when we went to our Gunnery School. Our barracks were three floors with four bays per floor, four soldiers per bay, 48 soldiers per building with a private bathroom per four soldiers in each bay. I was told we were very lucky to have such nice accommodations.
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I'm an AF guy and we don't exactly have AIT like the Army. We do have initial tech school for most AFSCs. I was a pilot. I went to pilot training (my AIT) at Laughlin AFB, TX. No, I never went back to Laughlin AFB. Never had an official reason to visit there and Del Rio Texas just isn't high on my list of places to visit on vacation. I did become a pilot training instructor on my second active duty assignment. I taught at Columbus AFB, MS. Sort of like "going back" because the aircraft and syllabus were about the same as what I experienced as a student pilot 5 years earlier. Frankly, the flying was great, the location was mediocre at best, and the command environment was bad. I was happy to see Columbus MS in my rearview mirror.
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