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Basic Training

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Ahh basic training. Hell when your there but fun to look back on. I know there are a lot of vets on here so I wanted to start a post on any funny basic training stories you may have. I have a couple

  1. When we got picked up from the reception station by our DI's and packed in the cattle trucks our Drill Sgt said, "Is anyone here offended by foul language?" This one dude raised his hand and the Drill Sgt said "Well you know what? F&ck You!"
  2. Another time we had some kind of classroom training on Geneva conventions or something like that and it was like 20 degrees outside. So we got in the classroom and it was so warm and cozy you had to fight to stay awake. Well my buddy lost the fight. His name was Burton and just about the time he nodded off one of the DI's said all virgins stand up! Well Burton thought they called out his name so he stood up! Burton was a cool ass black guy in mid 20's and the DI's said damn son you ain't never had no pu%%y? He was like ah no Drill Sgt. They made him drop and do 50 push ups and told me I had to try and get him laid when we got our 1 day pass after graduation..
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Burton's neighbor should have been looking out for him...you guys didn't have a buddy system in place....I elbowed a few during a boring class. I did my basic in the UK. We had a welsh guy that pointed his weapon in the wrong direction....the cpl grabbed his rifle(we had SLR 7.62mm big motherfucker) and he used the butt against his head and then told him to count every leaf on a tree. This poor mofo couldn't get anything right. He couldn't map read to save his life.

One guy got us in trouble because he couldn't make his bed...he was unable to get that tight hospital corners on his bed. The Cpl would grab his sheets and throw them out the window. I was on the second floor. Lights came on the next morning at around 4am and we had fall in and stand to attention for maybe an hour or so November cold morning in England.(cant remember exact it was 30 years ago). The fucker had it coming to him...we tied him to a tree and let him keep his underwear on. We tied him up for a couple of hours. Plus he snored too...we would pinch his nose...lol fun to look back...

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Thanks for commenting brother. Yeah it was 30 or so yrs ago for me as well and we started basic in November also. As far as the bunks go we used to come back many a time from morning chow and our bunks would be thrown on the other side of the barracks because of them being improperly made. Also spent many a morning in sub freezing temps standing at attention for over an hr for one of our Fups. Those were the days. lol

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