Calling All Army Dawgies - When and Where did you go to Boot camp.

[Andy D]

Ft Benning, GA in 2002. Also spent time at Campbell in the 101st and 2 ID at Lewis. Now hanging out at Ft Irwin as a Psyop trainer.

 

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[FreedomUIC]

Okay, Sonny. Heh, heh. 1964-1966 as posted above

After Radio School, I spent several months on North Ft. Lewis in the 32nd Arty, then escaped to Crash Rescue at Gray Air base.

Spent 3 years at North Fort Lewis. Right across from the 2/75th Rangers.....
What a dump Nort Fort Lewis was.

 

[Cl1983]

When I've been to north fort Lewis a couple years ago it was looking to be used for ROTC summer training and things like that. My brother is an mp there but says its hardly used still either

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Now I feel young!

Ft. Jackson, August of 67, RVN 69, 70, & 71 (two tours 4th Infantry) - then FREE! 4 year enlistment

 

[FreedomUIC]

When I've been to north fort Lewis a couple years ago it was looking to be used for ROTC summer training and things like that. My brother is an mp there but says its hardly used still either

We had to support those weanies!!!!!!!!!!! What a joke, some of the ossifers to be seemed to still be in diapers. Couldn't imagine being led by somebody with Coke bottle glasses
and no sense of direction...

 

[Coin Gopher]

Ft Dix. D-4-5 6/85..D-3-5, 8/85-11/85. 63b (mechanic)

 

[Coin Man Dan]

1977 Fort Knox,63 Charlie

 

[WVPapaw]

Ft. Knox, KY -D/8/4. Feb. - April, 1969. Graduated AIT in June 1969 then RVN' s Northern I Corps - Hue/Phu Bai.

 

[chuckster]

Ft Dix June -Oct. 1988

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

Ft. Ord march of 69. basic an infantry training.D-5-1, B-1-2
loved the sand, fleas, and ice plants.
no shooting at the sail boats!

 

[Beans]

Ft. Ord march of 69. basic an infantry training.D-5-1, B-1-2
loved the sand, fleas, and ice plants.
no shooting at the sail boats!

Ice Plants did wonders for the back when doing the Dying Cockroach.

 

[Kodiak43351]

Congrats MP. Any idea of your duty station ? Been an MP myself for 15 years

Ft McClellan Alabama June 90 to sept 90 mp school

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[piegrande]

Spent 3 years at North Fort Lewis. Right across from the 2/75th Rangers.....
What a dump Nort Fort Lewis was.

I did my duty for two years as ordered. However, I considered the entire Army to be a dump. North Fort was, well, just North Fort. They still had only the old WWII barracks, two story wood. We had the old coal furnaces, and had to get a fireman's license to tend the furnace. But, this was in the 60's, and I never thought of it as being a dump, more than the rest of the Army.

Main fort did have big, multi-story, modern buildings. I actually liked ours. And, I came from a farm with a house that could not pass any housing code on the planet. So, I was used to living in a dump. Outhouse behind, no running water or stool. And, in the night in winter, snow would blow into my bedroom.

Our Crash Rescue barracks were also two story WWII barracks. Just southwest of the intersection of ?Pendleton and the main drag, west of the north end of Gray air strip. HHC was west down Pendleton (assuming my memory is correct and Pendleton was the east west street.) but they gave us our own barracks because our hours were not conducive to sharing quarters with the 8 hours a day troops. We also were required to wear low-quarters with fatigues so we could shuck them fast and put on our gear, as long as we had our Crash Rescue badge on.

We had a small flower garden area. I dug it up and planted corn. Due to low sunlight, the plants were mostly tassel. We heard later the post commander had spotted thoes tassels from his limo and commented on them. But, they were orderly and no weeds, so no violation.

We had big crash trucks. My SIL said they were still using the same model in the Air Force into the 80's. Specialist Releford from I think Philadelphia, a cool brother, could really drive those things. If we got a back-up call on a structural hit, he would go flying down Pendleton with siren blaring, and those women would see us in their mirror and drive up the sidewalk, heh, heh. In those days, we still lived in peace with all the racial groups, and that was nice. I heard later some men faced ethnic conflict. I would have hated that.

 

[EricH in NJ]

August 29, 1984 Fort Jackson SC for basic, Ft Gordon, GA for AIT then onto Ft Bragg

 

[FreedomUIC]

August 29, 1984 Fort Jackson SC for basic, Ft Gordon, GA for AIT then onto Ft Bragg

Signal MOS by chance?

 

[Kodiak43351]

Ft McClellan Alabama June 1990 alpha company 795th mp battalion

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[KS Poacher]

Fort Ord California 1966.

 

[piegrande]

I was curious if North Fort Lewis still had the ancient wooden barracks. It just came over me that I can find out with Google Earth or whatever they call it. Those buildings should be easy enough to spot from the satellite photo. When I get time...

 

[Cl1983]

I was up there about 6 years ago ad they were. Think my brother said they were recently in the last few months they were

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Hmmm I supposedly had 'basic' intelligence, so I 'never' was a sweaty, scroungy Dawgie But started as NAVAL Air, . however, ! never saw a ship except for transportation, then decided to fly the thingies myself, so entered the USAF.

Line forms on the right, 'After' we have some hot coffee and swap some tall stories..

Don Jose de La Mancha

p.s. Apol guys for hacking your forum, but couldn't resist