I went through in 85, the drill instructors in this video are being very nice for the camera. They were never like this in real life.

@kauaikanani

Жыл бұрын

I went through in October '85 ... you're right

@Jim_Evan

Жыл бұрын

@Wayne Corbett back in the 80s drill sergeants were way more brutal and cruel than they are these days😂

@alexanders88

9 ай бұрын

Summer of '85 at Ft Lost in the Woods. C-3-3. This brings back memories. A bit sanitized, particularly the Sundays. Church services yes, but no Px or Rec Hall. I don't remember doing a confidence or PEC. The bivouac was all rain everyday, the DSgts pretty much stayed in their tents and we were felt alone. Every Thursday in the mess hall was fried shrimp and steak for lunch. Great experience, but would not do it again.

@ryanhell921

9 ай бұрын

I went through basic, summer 1980, was permanent party 1984-1987, HQ-4-4, at TA244, out there near the airport😁

@jaraujojuan6687

6 ай бұрын

I went to Fort Leonard in 1987 and it was hell. My drill sergeants where brutal.

I did my boot camp in 1984 at Ft. Leonard Wood. I remember a LOT more cursing and yelling from my drill sergeants. That was back in the days when Basic training was no joke. The most memorable things about my boot came was the food (Probably some of the best army food I've ever had.), and the night-time maneuver through live fire with the tracer bullets. I was probably too young to even realize how dangerous the whole thing was and was just full of adrenaline. It was like playing a video game.

@PeterWolfe2012

5 жыл бұрын

I got to be a suicide watcher for a guy who'd never consider suicide. He had a standing 10AM appointment with Physical Therapy at the hospital. The first thing they did was issue us a chit for chow. The hospital's cafeteria was awesome. Then we took a tour of the main PX and went to the post office so I could mail a letter. SSG Johnson, our platoon sergeant was walking in as we were walking out. Oh, shit! "Joe Willy what are yo doing in the Post Office" "Suicide Guy", " I had to mail a letter, sergeant" Sgt Johnson to me, "Are you supposed to be watching him?" "My orders are to never let him out of my sight and go whenever he goes, sergeant. I'm not big enough to stop him". SSG Johnson, laughing out loud, "Well, Joe Willy, you two had better get back to the hospital before you get into trouble". "Yes, sergeant" I went through the night assault course with A Company. It was the most pathetic joke ever. You could almost walk through the lanes that had been worn under the barbed wire. You needed to, too. The instructors had through all the large rocks they could find find in there to try to keep them from wearing down so fast. The machine guns were in bunkers on two hills and firing at least 20 feet over our heads. After clearing the wire "obstacle" , we were to wait until the flood lights came on before "assaulting" our way through to the back World War One suicide style. While we waited, the guns fired (WAAAAY) overhead and the propane simulators fired off and we even had a couple of small demo charges fired off safety inside enclosures so nobody could get too close. I sat down behind a jeep that had been 'destroyed by enemy fire" and waited. When one of the propane flashes lit us up, this guy about twenty feet away yelled out, "What do we do now?". He was so terrified that he was literally shaking. I was amazed. I wondered where he could have come from to be so frightened of loud noises. "We wait unit until they turn the lights on and then we play soldier". I went in the second batch. While we waited for the first group to go through, we saw the tracers through the windows of the building we were in. None of us knew at that point just how high those tracers were going to be. I was remembering the stories of my uncles from the the 1950's; including Uncle Thurman's story about the guy who crawled up face-to-face with a snake and stood up just in time to catch a round in the forehead. I was started to be glad that "Little Korea" was so damn cold in January. We were watching the tracers and talking when this A Company guy popped up with, "Oh, hell, it's only tracers". Without thinking first, I said, "And what the hell do you think is carrying that tracer? A fucking bullet!" I'm surprised they didn't all kick my ass. I guess they were as blown away by his stupidity as I was.

@fender68able

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. Oct. '87 here!! Alpha 2-10. Gor my ass smoked several times!!LOL

@briankean7888

3 жыл бұрын

In 1986, the army had just started instituting non-verbally abusive training. Not that they didn't slip from time to time but as explained by Drill Sergeant Moore, they wanted to instill a more positive approach. Man did they struggle with not ripping us to shreds! ))

@danfunk7307

3 жыл бұрын

I was at Fort Leonard Wood for Basic in Bravo 5-3 on July 1984. You are right this was the cleaned up version for the camera. The Drill Sergeants would cuss you up one and down the other. I even saw on several occasions put their hands on a recruit and dare anyone to say anything about it. Looking back though the eyes of a old man I would do it allover again. The best of times during what you think is the worst of times . My Drill Sergeant was SFC Velichek , and Sgt. Williams still remember them to this day.

@AnomalyTKRad777

3 жыл бұрын

@@danfunk7307 Dan, I think the Bravo units were next door to us in those old metal buildings. That was one Hot Muggy July in 1984. I remember countless times just hanging my head and watching the sweat drip off my nose. Too tired to wipe the sweat off. With all my experiences in life, that summer of 84 in Basic Training was the best. Even with the harsh conditions Basic used to be.

The music sounds like something I would hear from a Pokémon videogame.

I'm deploying January 27 and I want to thank and show my respect to all the vets

@Sparrows587

3 жыл бұрын

Still serving?

@maplemanz

2 жыл бұрын

Your cannot deploy till you finish Basic and AIT.

B--3-4 1986 Coldest place I have ever been and has all 4 seasons in one day sometimes.

@alexf9183

6 жыл бұрын

Ken Knight yep kinda remembered nick name there is fort misery or something like that, I was there 1985

@bigdreamer66

6 жыл бұрын

You said the same thing I said after I left there. I still remember 11-12-87 as the coldest I've ever been in my life at that time and I was from the mountains.

@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime

5 жыл бұрын

C-4-2 August 1986 here. 12B

@orlandoriveras

4 жыл бұрын

B2-2 march 1986

@brians5469

3 жыл бұрын

Snows in the morning and is 78 degrees by noon. C 2-10

the worse was making you pay for the damn haircut

@nguyenluke_

4 жыл бұрын

nah nothing beats the BCGs

@MrDaviso360

4 жыл бұрын

It was like 3 bucks.

@cspence5400

4 жыл бұрын

PenTaFPS I got lucky some how..... they didn’t get me mine until the first time they let us have as much food and ice cream as we wanted.... lol

@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703

4 жыл бұрын

My barber earned every penny of it.

@owen-nd7om

3 жыл бұрын

MrDaviso360 they charged me 13 bucks

I went through basic at Fort Leonard Wood in the summer of 1973, and a lot of the ranges and the barracks and the bowling alley were much the same as they were in this video. I seem to remember the haircut went very fast, and they used to have vacuum hoses attached to the clippers. The big Checker taxicabs were a cheap way to get around.

@DorianTMChannel

4 ай бұрын

I just graduated in August 2023. They still have the vacuum hoses on the clippers. The base looks a lot different now, but it seems like only a few things have changed in the training experience. I'm sure the Drill Sergeants were a lot scarier back then, as well. Thanks for your service!

@maplemanz

Ай бұрын

I have been in The PX at leonard wood a few years ago and it looked just like a civilian mall with a the typical fast food crap .when I was there in 85 there was none of that no fast food

OMG! I trained there in 03' and I remember the older African American Gentle Man in gear issue. He was still there! Sir, I salute you.

I went through in '89 and did 20+ years. I regret not getting my tape or yearbook.

@TimJohns

8 жыл бұрын

What company? I was in D-4/10 2nd Platoon, June 6 of 1989. Just 18 of us started, and then a week later they brought in like 200 other soldiers, and so just restarted the whole cycle -- we got to do Week 1 twice.

@hajjibarbara2900

8 жыл бұрын

Tim Johns Yep I remember that. Too weird. I was D 4-10 4th Plt during the same cycle. We almost had 1 Drill Sgt for each Joe that came running off of the cattle truck that hot assed day. They had dudes crying, puking, and nearly blacking out from heat exhaustion during the shark attack/smoke session. I'll never forget when the Sr. Drill busted out the back door with a stack of papers in his hands and yelled "HOW MANY OF YOU PUSSIES WANT TO QUIT NOW?!?! I have the release forms right here. Raise your hand if you want to get out of the Army and we'll send you home today." I couldn't believe it when about 2-3 cry babies actually raised their hands and wanted to quit after only an hour into Basic Training. Then he said something like "FUCK YOU!!! You ain't getting out that damn easily." LOL. They were crushed. Good times.

@royalbloodlinewarriorblood1474

5 жыл бұрын

Hey what do you mean your tape and know what a year book is. I as out of curiousity, i dont want to miss out on experoences while i go in for basic. I ship to leanardwood on the 1st or 2nd week of march 92f.

@ronskelton8742

5 жыл бұрын

I was there in January 89. C35th.....

@frankpaws

4 жыл бұрын

91. Front back go. We got reserve DS even through AIT. Not sure if there was a sergeant Campbell there. Drove a white firebird. One of my DS told me I could have a soda. Campbell eat me alive.

I went to Fort. Leonard Wood for basic training and 12b10(Combat Engineer) training OUST from 6-Dec-1982 to 17-Mar-1983. I was in Alpha Co 1-2 . Will never forget that place or my time there, I do admit it looks a lot different on this video than when I was there in the middle of winter.

@michaelransford8334

4 ай бұрын

I went through april-june of 82 with. A2-2

Arrived at Fort Leonard Wood from serving with the 193rd Infantry Brigade in the Panama Canal Zone. Was assigned to the 2nd Brigade (OSUT) from 1979 to 1981, then PCS to the 2rd Infantry Division in South Korea. Returned to my old unit for another tour of duty until 1984. Good duty for soldiers with families, quality of life was excellent.

Wow this really took me back, because I had joined national guard while I was in school. I went for basic training @ ft. leonard wood about April 1986. There are so many things in this video that clearly remember like the reception station, the barracks, the chow hall & various parts & location of training. What was more ironic I recognized one of the drill sergeants that I had Sgt. Hall. Needless to say I could go on but the list would get to be a little too long. What,a way to bring back some long forgotten experiences at challenging time in my life ☺.

@xXSgtWolfXx

5 жыл бұрын

were you in desert storm?

@orlandoriveras

4 жыл бұрын

Marc-june B2-2 1986

I did my thing at ft.Leonard Wood in 1968 and will never forget that place! It was called by some "Little Korea" because of the amount of rocks on the ground & the winters where so cold, the summer is very hot.

@ram2791

4 жыл бұрын

1981. Lost in woods summer into fall

@cspence5400

4 жыл бұрын

93 - Was still Lost in the woods summer into fall

@henry-vx4jm

4 жыл бұрын

1986-damm rocks are still there

@MrTeslarulz

3 жыл бұрын

aka Fort Lost in the Woods

Man this makes me feel old. I was 18 when I went to basic there and I'll be 50 this year. I saw one of our drill sergeants , SSG "Danger" Slane, at the beginning of this film. I went through Sept through Nov 1986 Bravo 3-3 4th platoon. Our senior drill was SFC Phillips who never smiled and his favorite saying was "Bravo Company I don't mind and you don't fucking matter. Open ranks MOOOve". My knees are still bad from low crawling on the jagged rocks. Good times.......... E. Taylor

@559043

5 жыл бұрын

Basic Training 1986 March to June. 52 yo now... those were some pretty awesome times when i think back on it now.

I went through Basic Training at Fort Benning in 1987. I thought it was weak at best. It wasn't physically challenging, but certainly a culture shock for an 19 year old kid who has never been away from home. The challenge started as an 11B when I arrived at the 82nd Airborne. Incredible leaders who pushed us beyond our physical limits. Basic Training isnt meant to break you but just get you somewhat ready for your 1st duty station.

@gbolahanfadeyi2886

2 жыл бұрын

Good SOLID FOUNDATION FOR ANY YOUNG PERSON. I was at FT / W . in the winter of ‘88 . I thought the place was a hell, even though it was super cooled. I thought the DRILL SERGEANTS WERE CRAZY. But guess what?? . At the end of the training, I didn’t watch to leave the place. The D. Sergeants became the best people I ever came across. They pointed me the right direction in life. I’m a living prove. Thanks S. Sgt, Brown. He was at my chest level, but he pocked the hell out of me with that hat. It all turned out great. I wish I could meet him and some of his colleagues again. I’m about to retire as a police officer. HOOOOOOAAAA GO ARMY !!!!!!!.

@HighSpeedNoDrag

2 жыл бұрын

You didn't attend and complete RANGER SCHOOL?

@kurtkline468

2 жыл бұрын

No sir

@jeffadams9807

Жыл бұрын

I Did My Basic, AIT (Sand Hill) & Jump School At Ft. Benning, Ga In 1990, B Co / 1-19th / 4th Plt...

@jaraujojuan6687

6 ай бұрын

I don't know about you but my drill instructors where all Vietnam vets. I was punched in the nose my hands were stepped on when we were dropped. One of the guys in my platoon was kicked in the thigh by a drill sergeant while doing mountain climbers. I heard guys cry at night after lights out. MY basic training was hell till we got to white phase. I was at fort lost in the woods in the summer of 1987.

Great advices: 1.) avoid creating unwanted attention. 2.) observe everything around. 3.) be a team player. 4.) Don't quit / Never give up.

Basic there in '80. Love those Hostess Apple Pies. I think that buffer is the same one I used. They didn't show the night live fire course which was fun. Good times. Thank you Drill Sargeant Rosario.

@FIRECON41C10

6 жыл бұрын

I was looking for that too

@maplemanz

4 жыл бұрын

I loved the hostess fruit pies also , and when were able to actually drink a soda from the machine was pure bliss , tasted like heaven!!

E 2-2. October 1982 to February 1983 (Basic and AIT. Ft. Leonard Wood) I saw plenty of cursing, yelling, pushing, kicking, smashing, from the Drill Seargents. I even got smacked around a couple of times myself. Back then we even did PT in combat boots and BDUs. I do believe 1986 was the year the Department of Defense turned Basic training into a touchy feely type of training environment.

I was drafted into the Army in 1968 during the Vietnam war. I was sent to Ft. Leonard Wood for basic, NOBODY failed basic training during that period, the Drill Sergeants “fixed” it so everyone graduated basic training. Uncle Sam needed body counts in the ‘Nam!

I was there starting January 1988. I served 8 years in the Army. At the places I served, starting with basic training a lot of the government civil service employees treated the soldiers like chyt. At about 7:00 the soldiers are getting their gear. The civilian employees are handing the soldiers the gear, not throwing it at them. When I went to Germany and was issued gear, some younger civil service employee stood behind a counter and threw the gear at me. Could have just set the stuff on the counter, and I could pick it up and put it in my bag. This guy had to throw my flack jacket at me, shelter half, and all that. Had to talk the talk as well. The civil service workers that had jobs at the base treated the soldiers worse than the drill sergeants. Kind of resented it. There were exceptions. The guy in charge of the mess hall where I did KP was a really cool, older guy. Treated the detailed soldiers with respect.

@PeterWolfe2012

5 жыл бұрын

The contractors running the chow hall changed just as our cycle started. It was so bad that the drills asked for the company to issued MRE's instead. One morning A Company went to chow first. There was 0 milk by the time we got there. We were, ahem, disappointed. We did not know that the milk had been sitting in the dispensers all night, with the power turned off. So many people in A Company got sick that the entire company lost a training day. B/87th Engineers was the first unit to receive bayonet training since 1973. The guys in the next cycle of A Company got pugels, too. SSG Gentry was long-waisted but his short little legs could walk faster than the rest of us could trot. SSG Kelly marched with his hand on his nuts. SSG Johnson took care of his people. SSG "Ken Doll" was a former Misguided Child of Uncle Sam who like to sing "Up jumped a monkey from a coconut grove . . ." when he led marches. SSG Bowman was always a complete dick to us; but his platoon always had toilet paper we could steal when ours ran out. He made sure they had what they needed. Senior Drill SSF Short was from the 10Worst and managed to keep a straight face when he spun around and lunged at my face with a fixed bayonet when I didn't flinch and the rest of the platoon pretty much fell down. I'd noticed he was carefully pacing off from me as he lectured and made up my mind that I WOULD NOT move - although I did pray that he didn't miscalculate or slip on the ice. SGT Smith was a giant from Alabama whose shoulders reached the top of the doorframes - he had to bend door to enter a room. His arms were larger than my legs. He picked me up by my ear when I fell on the ice during a road march. But after SSF Short and I both had been unable to clear and double overfeed in my POS M16A2, he made two grunting pulls on the charging handle and out popped to fairly mangled rounds. I'm surprised the charging handle didn't break. The first sergeant was a former motor pool guy who loved to try to convince people he was some kind of super soldier and bragged about how he was going on the road march with us. Of course, while we had full rucks, his was empty except for the ensolite sleeping pad he'd used to block the form. When he went back inside the orderly room for something, the nearest drill held up Top's ruck with his pinky. We all laughed. Without penalty. SSG Bynum was determined to prove that she had the biggest nuts, but ABSOLUTELY hammered a slut in AIT who was trying to destroy a fellow soldiers life in AIT because he was the first guy to hit on her after she found out that the rest of her platoon laughed at her behind her back because she was such a tramp. The girl's room mate had told SSG Bynum that the girl routinely went onto the open platoon bay wearing her PT shorts pulled as far up her ass as she could them and I'd had to make a statement about how many times I'd seen her pretending to wait to use the pay phone at the other end of the barracks while letting everyone else go first so she could play with the dumbasses in line and how when the projector malfunctioned at the post theater and we all turned around when the house lights came up, there was no way to tell where she ended and the two guys she was wrapped up with began. Hell hath no fury like SSG Bynum at a girl who was busily destroying everything SSG Bynum had spent her career trying to build up and proving every bias and presumption that she'd tried to overcome. SSG Bynum earned tremendous respect from me that day as I stood at parade rest while words hurt my ears through a closed office door twenty feet down the hall. Captain Cowder was the only one who never used profanity. I did see the man so infuriated one morning that he told the drills that, "A Company can go have sex with themselves". The short little bitch who commanded A Company from her Jeep with the, "Women are natural leaders, You're following one now" bumper sticker was so aware of her inferiority that she berated the hell our of me once because I failed to salute her as I exited the Mess Hall directly int the afternoon sun which was conveniently behind her back. Salute her? Hell, I didn't even know she was there. Then there was the morning in AIT that the Brigade Commander gave the new drill sergeant a ration of shit because I had called the couple of new guys working on the floor with to parade rest when I saw through a spinning fan what looked like the First Sergeant. Colonel Dipshit was wearing a yellow PT suit with no insignia at all and I'd only seen him once several months before and the new guys had never laid eyes on him at all.

@powerseostrategy

4 жыл бұрын

I also started in Jan 1988. It sure does bring you back!

Yes, Yes. I went through basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood in Jun 87. Delta 31st. We had Drill Sergeant Roak, St. May, St Monroe, Sgt Robinson, and Sgt Lestikow. Man they were tough. Thank you for the discipline and the training. Taught me alot of respect for others and myself. Is there anybody else that were in Delta 31st summer of 1987?

In 1986, I was at FLW with C-1-3. My drill SGT's were SSG Herrington and SSG Snyder. I will never forget that place!

@johnmoore4

2 жыл бұрын

I was in B-2-3 in 1986.

I was there in june 1988. I learned about humidity the hard way. Great experience. Long live the rock platoon.

My experience at ft.lost in the woods.Otober 89- January 90. Pure HELL! But the best training EVER!!! HOOAH...💪💯

@chriscser6350

Жыл бұрын

I was there the exact same time. Alpha company 31st battalion.

I was at Fort Leonard Wood Bravo 5-3 summer of 1984. The Drill Sergeants were a lot rougher than this film shows. I got kicked once, slapped another time and cursed out so much I lost count. If I had it to do again I would not change a thing.

I still remember to this day my first military meal. Arriving at reception, 2 am cold cheeseburger cold potatoes, milk. Then bed at 3am, wake up 04:30 hrs.

@Ashley5family

4 ай бұрын

Yes...same here C-3-4 from 1985. 5 minutes to eat, sent to bed and they came soon after to get us processing.

D-4-2 May 1986 at Fort Leonard wood. I can see my old Drill Sgt. The memories of the birth control glasses,banana suits,and heat (being in hot cattle truck). I would do it again.

@mz8560056

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Brock I was there the same time you are... if I remember correctly I think ours was D-2-3

@alexf9183

6 жыл бұрын

I was also there d42 sept-dec 85 . Was sgt Manuel n sgt korchek(spelling bad, tall white guy super cool) 1st platoon. Man I remember that cattle truck. I was 19 there

@tonyvennie9201

5 жыл бұрын

E 4-2

@fender68able

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget salt peter so we wouldn't get a boner for two months!!LMAO

@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime

5 жыл бұрын

I would rather go to Somalia than do that again.

I went through this exact BT in July of 1987!

@briansefring4981

4 жыл бұрын

Me to!!! 372nd Eng. Battallion.

I did basic in Ft Leonard wood in May of 1985, company B, 142nd engineer. Our drill Sergeant was Sgt Saurwein.

I was there starting in November of 1985. E-2-2 Company with Sgt.Slaughter,Sgt.Smith and Sgt.Silva.Some of the very best times of my life,without a doubt !!!!

Did my Basic and AIT at Leonard Wood from September 1988 to January 1989. Glad those days are over lol

@srtb3931

9 жыл бұрын

+bitter37 I was there from August 1988 to December 1988. Bravo 5-10 2nd platoon.

@bitter37

9 жыл бұрын

I forgot what company I was in> I know I graduated basic in November of 88 and my AIT in January of 89.

@douglaskirbyl4684

8 жыл бұрын

me too. What training company?

@bitter37

8 жыл бұрын

+Douglas Kirby L I honestly can't remember.

@Desstrik

8 жыл бұрын

Same here. I was Delta 4-10, and Bravo 58th Trans.

you aint lived till u do basic and ait at ft.leonard wood!!anybody out there went through from3-83 ...nice memories...u had to be there

I was an #Armybrat My stepfather was a drill sergeant...We lived on base and I went to middle and high school ( 9th grade ) I loved Army life..It was good for us kids! :))

@marig1972

10 жыл бұрын

This was an Awesome film!!!

Basic Training 1986.Great experience and learned a lot.

I did my basic at Leonard Wood, aka Lost In Woods. This brought back memories from 1993. Thanks :)

FYI, this is my wife's profile...I was there May to August 2000 with Alpha Company, 35th Engineers. Catchy soundtrack lol. Yea right with first locker inspection-I think everyone's stuff got dumped on the floor along with the beds because they'll ALWAYS find something wrong on first inspection. The real inspection was the last one, the Sgt.Major's Inspection. I remember during our First Sgt. Inspection someone was dumb enough to leave a piece of cleaning paper in the barrel of their M-16...the 1st Sgt. quit the inspection on the spot and we belly crawled for over an hour, ruining our boots and uniforms we'd spent a whole week prepping....ah good times. Felt on top of the world though when we went back to reception to get overseas shots. We were graduating OSUT in less than a week and it was awesome seeing the clueless new recruits-we felt like old hands by then. Amazing how you felt on your first day at reception versus how you felt your last day at graduation. ALPHA!!!! KILL SOMEBODY!!!!!

@spcwright2002

10 жыл бұрын

I KNOW THAT FEEL!!! YES! I remember pulling in on that bus and saw a class graduating all I could think of was how fkn lucky they were. I remember the first time going to the PX and seeing another recruit in AIT he asked me "what week are you in?" I said "week 2" and he gave me that "sucks to be you" look LOL. The I remember the day I graduated, Went to the PX after I changed back into PTs and I asked a recruit "what week are you in?" he said "week 2" and I gave him the the "OH man! must suck to be you" look and told him it'll be over before he knows it.

@fredwinky12

7 жыл бұрын

flirtwithapokerface I graduated Delta Co 35th in 01. this video made me lmao. SFC Daniels tore our rooms apart on a weekly basis! And I remember the cs chamber. they let us all load up on chocolate milk before we went. nothing but puke EVERYWHERE.

@JohnH20111

4 жыл бұрын

@@fredwinky12 and they made sure that you shaved real good that day as well

August 1988 to December 1988. B 5-10 2nd Platoon. Brings back some good memories. No regrets only fond memories of Ft Wood. I think I still have this video somewhere!

I don't remember having cheese burgers, pizza, hotdogs nor anything fried. All I remember sucking down was chili mac and mashed potatoes. I remember one time while on KP, I stole a apple pie off a rack and went into the latrine then stuffed it down my filthy sewer! lmao the wrapper is still hidden behind the ceiling towels I'm sure. July 1994

@stanmack6171

7 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they still have the family of civies who worked there cutting hair, passing out uniforms/supplies and maintained the pots and pans? I'm almost certain that they were casted as the imbread group on that movie The Hills Have Eyes.

@petermarkusic4047

7 жыл бұрын

Stan Mack lmao. those church revivals

@kerrymcneal214

7 жыл бұрын

Stan Mack

@finley614

6 жыл бұрын

Stan Mack I’m sure they do. I went through basic in Ft Leonardwood in 87 and in 2005 i re-enlisted civilians were still handing out the gear

@truthseeker2321

6 ай бұрын

If you did that and got caught when I went through there in 1982,you would have paid dearly for that pie.

I was there in the fall of 82, (c-5-3) 2nd plt.-sergeants Douglas and Beaty

oh man i miss this part of my life was the best time i had and i was so happy when it was over

I trained there in 1988..FT Wood, The house of Pain,,

@randywaynedallas2319

6 жыл бұрын

Alpha 6-10 ! 1988

@finley614

6 жыл бұрын

Bryan Tracy E-6-10 1987 ...

@FIRECON41C10

5 жыл бұрын

Thomas, A-5-3 84

@mccary1969

5 жыл бұрын

Bravo 6-10 1987

@jamesmccourt9782

5 жыл бұрын

I got stationed there after doing basic training there, then AIT... When the Cadre read my orders, everyone in the room when "Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh....." and a small dark cloud entered the room... (best time of my life)... :)

I do believe I saw Drill Sergeant Rafeall in this video on several occations; he was one of my BCT drill instructor's back in 1979 when I also got my carpentry training at Ft Leonard Wood; I went through in '79 and did 13 years.

2005 Chem Dragons Feb 14, 2005 OSUT the last of the ole skool. Trained up by Golf war vets thank you for your hard work. Proudest days of my military career.

Charlie Company, 6th Battalion, 10th Infantry. First platoon. First squad. I was there for basic training from 23 JUN 1988 until 26 AUG 1988. This video brings back memories. Drill sergeants for first platoon were SSG Craig and SSG Bryant. The Senior Drill was SSG Hildebrandt (?sp). We were on the corner of Buckeye Avenue and Fourth Street. I remember a few other drill sergeants for other platoons…….Cutino, Grimes, Tiffin, and one named Lenny. Lenny was his first name. I can’t remember his last name because all the other drill sergeants called him “Lenny”. I also remember sounding off with the sixth article of the code of conduct every time the company was called to attention…..”I will never forget that I am an American fighting man……”. Yes……it got old after the first few times. My best buddy in basic was a guy named John Mueller from Dallas, TX. I don’t know what it is about basic training. It was hard. I was 18 and home-sick. And I couldn’t wait to get out of there. But yet I have nothing but fond memories.

Everything looks so new!!

I did Basic at FLW in 2014 (2-10 Alpha Co 3rd Plt). Kinda nice to see what life was before I got there. I remember nearly everything from the USO, bowling alley, main PX and Commissary. The ww2 barracks was definitely an experience as when I got there in March, it was freezing at night. Then I stayed for OSUT with the Chemical Corp (74D) Good freaking times man

I did basic at Delta 2-3 at Fort LW. Arrived in the night on January 3rd. Loved seeing these old images. Man, hated it while I was there but loved it now. And yes, I was shocked they made us pay for that hair cut! )))

Wild I just graduated basic from fort Leonard wood and recognize a lot of what was shown in this video from the same barracks to the obstacle courses. All still there and the same

I have a tape like this from when I went through basic training in 87 at Ft. McClellan.

Fort Leonard Wood, third platoon, Charlie-2-3, October through December 1985. Somewhere between the barracks and the M16 range, I lost about 20 pounds of me. Senior Drill Sergeant Benelli, Drill Sergeants Nance, Richardson, Stevenson, Matagi, and McElwee...I'll never forget these guys as long as I live. I retired on 1 July 2010 as a senior Major. What these Drill Sergeants taught me helped me survive tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. We were promised that we could go to the base movie to see "Back to the Future" if our Company passed EOCT. The whole Platoon aced EOCT but two of our retards snuck out of the barracks, bought a Polaroid camera, took a bunch of pictures of each other and got caught. The next night, SSG Richardson marched the Company through the freezing sleet and snow to the base movie theater. We could smell the pop corn and hot dogs. We were all so excited until he shouted, "Company, Half Right". What followed was a half hour of "Front, Back, Go" in the parking lot as our punishment for the Polaroid incident. We were ordered to "Attention", "Half Left" and "Forward March" all the way back to the barracks. SSG Richardson fulfilled his promise...he did take us to the movies, sort of.

@rontucci3552

5 жыл бұрын

I was in Charlie 2-3 third platoon March -May of 1987. Remember many of the same DRILL sergeants.

@garygeorge9648

3 жыл бұрын

Ft Bliss they told us if we gave blood we would get a free bowling pass. Well we did and as we walked out the DS took it back and said, "Never said you would get to go bowling." Next we were told we would get to go see the Monkees and the Turtles in concert. We get there get in the stands and hear the Monkees play their last song. Then we got to police the whole area and march back to our barracks. Fun times and got to go to Juarez for the morning just before graduation. Some of the guys had to go to sick call after that.

3rd PLT, C-5-3, Summer, 1985. Man, that was so long ago, it feels like someone else's memory in my head. "Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?"

Crazy my buddy from Basic,AIT and Airborne school just showed me this, my basic training class is doing sit ups and jumping jacks around 16:00 a third in the film. So weird to see this good old Alpha 4 2.

I went to Ft. Leonard Wood in January 1980. C-3-3 Would be awesome to hear from people in the same company and time period.

@lewperry2695

Жыл бұрын

C-3-3 in May - July 1982.

@michaelcampero479

Жыл бұрын

I was in E-4-3 (tin barracks) April 1982

The guy who was in charge of the music for this film...was subsequently shot shortly after the film's release.

Went through in 1990. This video is a little off in some places LOL. Some fond memories.

I went through basic at FLW January 1994. I was with 4th btn 10th infintry Delta company 2nd platoon Bull Dawgs. Watching this video bought back memeries, the training & disipline help make me the man I am to day. I also did AIT there too. It was hard but worth it!!!

@billgodschall9532

11 ай бұрын

I was there nov-93 march 94 basic and AIT d-5-10 I believe got food poisoning in field they closed down post and forgot we were out in the field for three days

I came down to say: - The music in the beginning strongly reminds me of ..Menstruation VHS tapes from the 80s, & 90s

I recognized 2 drill sergeants here!

i was there! started basic in Aug 1986

Went through there in July-August 1984, D-4-4 Bulldogs. Ah, memories...

I did my basic here in 87 E35 just across from the Davis club and phone city I didn't get much time to eat it was if your tasting your food your eating to slow taste it outside. This was Sargent Davis and Gorker always on point and keeping us on our toes.

Did that in 1956. What a difference 30 years makes.

We came back from a day of training in our barracks and those metal bunks were disassembled by the Drill SGTs. Apparently someone left their Locker unlock. Metal bed bunk parts were all over the place. We have to assemble it before lights out and we only have 20mins.

I was there July 2003 to March 2004. Alpha 210 for basic. I remember the heat, the yelling, early wake ups, etc. I'm from Florida & it was so hot there in those BDU's. Some of the worst was trying to fire with a heavy helmet on, being hot, & sweat running in your eyes. We had some tough Drill Sgts, I remember Drill Sgts Williams, Robinson, Rivers, Pipkin, Fuss, Robling, Ellison, Dumore, Rutledge, Garret & Burnum. They knew there stuff & loved to scuff us up.

i went through basic at flw june of 1983 i was with coB 3d bt bde the nick fits it right fort misery.but the respect and disipline i recieved was awesome.some years later i spent 8 months in desert storm desert storm what i learned in the army has made me a survivor and yes i will admit it was tough

Echo 5-3 November 1986 to Febuary 1987. Does this video make anyone want to say waaaahhhh! Does me brings back some awesome memories. Just turned 50 on july 30th. And still remember all this, I was barely 17 when I got to basic.

Went to BCT at Ft. Dix then was shipped to FLW for AIT. Graduated AIT in January 84 with E-4-4.

I was there, B-3-3, from July to September, 1986 and I loved every minute of it. 36 years later and I would do it all over again in a heartbeat! 2:54, SSG D. Slane, he was there, too. He was one of my Drill Sergeants. We had a really good bunch. Fucked up and funny AF. LOL!

I went to Leonard Wood January 7 1986. Charlie 2-3. 1st platoon, We are we are Charlie. Drill SSG Pietila, I still owe him some pushups.

I was there from Nov. 1972 to April 1973 when I left for Korea where I spent the next 31 months. I was in Charlie 1-3. One third were Ohio National Guard, one third Minn. National Guard and the rest were those who joined and some were draftees like me. Haircut took 50 seconds. It was cold there. Two of our company died of pneumonia. They closed the base for Christmas. I spent my time home recovering from pneumonia. Drill Sergeants Bey and Birdsong were the best in the company and I was so glad I had them. In night fire my target light was out and I never saw the target and flunked. My drill sergeant straddled my back while I was in the prone position and shined a flashlight downrange so I could see the target to hit it to pass. I did not want to be a cook, armorer or motor pool so I signed up for an extra year for a three year hitch. I was a clerk typist for the IG and travelled all over South Korea. Got out as a Specialist 5.

Holy crap, Ft. Lost in the Woods with A 1/2. That brings back memories~!

I was in E-1-3 summer of '86. This video is heavily edited and shows an excessive amount of the fun stuff, like the obstacle course, which made up less than1% of BT. We did spend a lot of time at the M-16 ranges. We also spent a lot of time in classes, which is barely shown, and in MOPP gear, which is also barely shown. And a lot of time getting screamed at and cussed at by the DI's, which isn't shown. All in all it was a good experience that I absolutely hated at the time but look back on with strangely positive memories. The food was fantastic. Right before we got loaded into the cattle cars for the trip from the reception station to E-1-3, I remember overhearing one of our drill Sergeants being told that he was getting an entire platoon of National Guardsmen from California and he sounded really disappointed. His disappointment never subsided, even after we were awarded honor platoon.

I thought I heard a Drill Sergeant say if they needed to use the bathroom to do so now. We did not have bathrooms. Only showers and latrines.

@GreySix

9 жыл бұрын

Note the patches those two drill sergeants were wearing. Those were Army Reserve drill sergeants, so they spend most of their time as civilians.

@douglaskirbyl4684

8 жыл бұрын

he did.

@douglaskirbyl4684

8 жыл бұрын

+John Simpson yeah, ours wore TRADOC patches all.

@PeterWolfe2012

5 жыл бұрын

IIRC we sometimes has a "shitter" on some of the ranges. LOL

KP is an honor that you won't want to miss. This video makes me laugh.

Ft Bliss May to July of 86'! Our camo didn't blend in too well with the sand. Spent 10 lovely days walking McGregor range.

Basic Training March 1986.. Echo Company. One of the Drill Instructors was SSGT Crabtree. I remember him because he was the first one to scare me.

Was in D-4-3 first platoon from july to sep 1986 (Drills SSG Scott, SSG Nelson, SSG Seinz) saw these guys filming these videos.

I went through in 91. They sure got more time to eat. We had 5 minutes. WE also had new DIs every 2 weeks even in AIT

A-4-3 summer of 1982, still remember going from Ft Jackson to Leonard Wood due to no room at Jackson to train us. Also, getting stuck out in the woods for two weeks due to a softball tournament on base, the drill sergeants were pissed!!!! Anyone else there?

D-2-3, 1983. Brings back some memories!

I was there June to October 85, Foxtrot 4-4, 62J General Construction Equipment Operator. I still have my graduation book.

@williamreid8771

7 жыл бұрын

I was in Foxtrot 4-4, 4th Platoon in the old overflow barracks, in the summer of '84.

@PeterWolfe2012

5 жыл бұрын

62J. You, me and SGT Smith. He'd already run into the E5 to E6 career-ending bottleneck that waited on all of us.

crazy to see the buildings and other things i saw at basic here in this vid

I bought this video at the end of basic training in August of 1988... 3rd platoon C-5-10.

@srtb3931

9 жыл бұрын

+James A. Mouton I was there around the same time bro, August 1988 to December 1988. B 5-10.

@NJDVLS9500

7 жыл бұрын

James A. Mouton C5/10 Aug 93

As a left handed shooter... The Range was My burning introduction to a device called BRASS DEFLECTOR!!!. 2 hulls dropped straight down into My bdu!

13:39 gotta love those kp details... mehh

@fordfreak9456

4 жыл бұрын

😂fun times 😂

I was there in February of 1968. Fringing cold and wet.

I did Basic and AIT there in August of 1985. D-1-2 (Delta Demons). The only drills I remember by name are Sgt. Copson and Sgt. Benton.

oh yeah I went through training 12 bravo combat engineer...Fort Leonard Wood in the early 1982.. great food...if I remember correctly we started with 180 people and graduated with 90 ... It was hard.. 'm 61 years old I would go through this training again if I could be young

I trained at Ft Leonardwood in August of 1980. C-5-3, 5th platoon.

Fort Jackson july-sep 87!! I remember we used Travelers Checks for money back then...

C-2-4 July 1983. It was a very hot summer. Graduated and went to Wildflicken Germany.

My dad was there from september 1984 to December or so 1984. He was disappointed when I went to Jackson in 05 for basic. Interesting to see boot camp footage from the 80's.

@TOUNGSKILLHOTMAIL

8 жыл бұрын

+Amy E.O.D

@terryrodbourn2793

8 жыл бұрын

I was in Jackson in 95 during training!

@danallen4989

7 жыл бұрын

We have a family history at FLW. I went though BCT there Jun-Aug 1987 (E-5-10). He was based there in the mid-60s as an 88M and laughed his ass off when he found out where I was going.

@petermarkusic4047

7 жыл бұрын

Amy who is your dad? I'm pete markusic,C-1-2,same cycle

@StormsandSaugeye

7 жыл бұрын

Peter Markusic He was a generator Mechanic. 1984-1987 got out as a specialist. I was a signals analyst, so I went to South Carolina and Pensacola, 05-2013 medical discharge as a Sergeant (Promotable)

I did my basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood less than 3 yrs. before in the fall of 1983. Many things shown here in '86 was the carbon copy of '83. Since then, some things have changed, like the combat boots. No more black boots to shine. A brown sweade boot is used now instead. When did this boot first started being issued? I have also found the bdu's have changed. I see the old steel pot and liner were still being used. I forgot when we were issued the new helmets they use now. I was in the U. S. Army from '83-'93

@mountainguyed67

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Hill when I got to my first duty station in November 85 they already had Kevlar helmets, steel pot in basic though.

What ever happened to the mess kits? This film was recorded in 1986, only seven years after I got my basic training there. But I did recognize some of the Drill Sergeant's though because some of those on this film were also my Drill Sergeants. /Hanner, T former Sergeant E-5 US ARMY

Thack you! You are heroes! We love you! From, Emma Beckley

Hey I remember going through this in FT. Leonard Wood back in summer of "88. Engineer here.

Never had to do KP, I guess my name got skipped :) Had an interesting reception station in Ft. Ord Ca. and basic in Ft. Sill Ok (1988) All called the West Coast Express (?) done to see how well they could process soldiers from East Coast to West Coast in case the need was to respond to a Russian threat.

i was there in 77 best 8 weeks of my life..went in doing 10 pushups max came out doing 100 easy... had a lot of buttons undone ..lol for u that know

I went through AIT in 1973 engineers! In December, cold as hell.

Thing changed in two years, I was there for BT in '83, whole different ranges and venues.