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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My MOS school was at 29 Palms.. thank God I never went back. It was a few months before 9-11.
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May to July 1974, Ft. Sill, OK. B Battery, Specialist Training Battalion. 15J AIT (later 13P) went from there to Wiesbaden Germany for two years, then back to Ft. Sill for two years. Returned to Ft. Sill on three additional occasions, once for ANCOC, once for a Firepower Conference, and once with my Brigade Commander for another conference. Also stopped to visit with one of my old First Sergeants (who was then a brigade Sergeant Major) once and to visit old friends another time. All in all, have been back five times since I graduated from AIT.
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My AIT was OSUT at Fort Benning, GA. Sand Hill and fire ants galore! After the turning blue ceremony, as everyone was getting released, our Drill Sgts had us buffing the floors to prove to us that the Army still owned our asses and I have never been back ever since I literally ran from that place in 1997.
From there I was sent to Fort Drum to serve out the remainder of my contract. Talk about cold!
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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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Ft. Huachuca from Jul 09 - Mar 10. I've been back there twice on TDY and each time I went back they finished all the new buildings that were being built when I was there. They even built a village on the school house to negate students from looking crazy when they have to conduct MSO ops.
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Ft Huachuca Apri 10 to Aug 10. Also known as Fort we got ya. Because so many can't seem to leave there. I have been back for a TDY and plan on being back there for many more.
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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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