My Basic Training Picture
My Basic Training Picture
Pretty funny as this picture was taken the first few days of arrival. I cut myself shaving as I was very tired and not used to shaving so close. Anyway, they filed us through a room where we stood i... [more]
I went to Fort Leonard Wood in January of 1988. It was my first real taste of military life. We arrived at St Louis airport and then several hours waited for a bus. Upon later reflection, I believe the wait was all part of the initiation plan. We drove for hours starting at midnight and landed up the processing part of the base with a full 90 minutes to sleep. Haircuts, vaccinations and other things filled our days with little time to sleep. By the time we were bussed to the basic training quarters, we were putty in the drill sergeant's [View Full Entry]

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