Basic Training: Ft Leonard Wood 1967

[rmgriff1]

went thru basic and AIT there in1968

[jvolstad]

C-3-2.  September 1972.

[nelpine1965]

I was in A-3-3 for basic Jul-Sep 83

[dwtpa97]

Although I took basic at Fort Jackson and AIT at Fort Gordon, they were very similar to this, including the old wooden barracks. Another "smell" I remember is the smell of coal burning in the morning, which permeated the whole base. The old buildings were all heated with coal, and it had a very distinctive smell in the morning. While it was still pitch dark, we fell out for PT and the run, and that coal smell is something I still associate with the early morning.

[dover357]

Winter of '66 in the reception center at Ft. L. Wood.  WWII era barracks. Fire watch duties at night. Every other window had to open at least 4", and this was in Feb.

[vangard213]

@dover357 I was in those same barracks at reception in '82.We did the fire watch thing also,I was always like what the hell is this for ? Until i found out they used wood stoves during WW II in the barracks. The stoves were gone when I was there but everything else was pretty much the same even the toilets with no walls between them. LOL

[CKARGUE]

we did almost the exzact same thing i just did five months one station osut training here

[morjubeth]

To the author of this video, great job, I was in Ft. Leonard Wood Oct. 67 for basic, and saw a picture of one of my friends in the video. The soldier getting a vacination was one of my class mates and wonder if you have any information on that particular person or group he was with. I lost all my infor from that time and looking to get help finding people.

[sabreyow]

oddly enough,i also remember the smell of the scratchy wool blankets..

[sabreyow]

i was there for basic august of 1986 d-2-3..i always remember and hate drill sgt bethune..making us do pushups in the snow until he finished reading his book..haha..brutally cold in the morning and blazingly hot and humid in the afternoon..with tornadoes and lightning strikes to boot,2 twin brothers in our platoon got hit by lightning..

[Lockbar]

Basic training there late 1973. Got caught in a blizzard on the machine gun range and got frost bite. Reception station was still wood WW2 barracks. I said to myself back then that someday I would look back at it and laugh. I was right.

[chongo0303]

A-1-2 OSUT Jul - Oct 1983.

Combat Engineers. It was hot and humid during the summer and cold as heck during October.

I still have my graduation book and the 45 that came with it. I dont know about everyone else, but in those days the DI's where Hands On. You messed up they you know it !!

[vangard213]

@chongo0303 You were there a year after I was,A-2-4 in '82. I have that book and 45 also and not a damn thing to play it on. LOL

Are we getting old or what ?!!

[juseph29]

@chongo0303 OSUT-Combat Engineers @ FORT LOST IN THE WOODS April-78 i remember an 8ft log we had to duck walk with if you screwed up, today that would be illegal. LAY HOE HEAVE!!!! 12 BO GALOOO

[PetuniaAndFrancesca]

I did basic @ Leonard Wood in the winter of 1993! Damn, was it cold & snowy!! They told us that, "The wind doesn't blow here, it sucks!"

[wessy18]

whos sings that song?

[AVictorRex]

The group's name is "The Monitors" on V.I.P. label, (Motown), "Greetings (This is Uncle Sam)."

[sabreyow]

i was in basic at leonard wood 1986

[AVictorRex]

Great video & sound track. Thanks! Drafted June '68, Fort Ord Boot Camp.

[Reroy55]

I went through basic there the summer of 1973 . I remember doing push ups on sharp rocks. That did not feel good on my hands !!! I slept in a metal quansette hut.

I remember after a few weeks we were allowed to go to the EM club and drink 3.2 beer. I remember when I had to hold the M-16 out in front of me, and the Drill Sargeant did the same, he said, what's the matter ? Can't keep up with the old man ??? We DID NOT have hand to hand combat back then. Or bayonet training.

[champ4lyf3]

MY GRANDPA WAS IN THERE

[Spelunker0211]

Ill be there august 12th

[FatalGamingCommunity]

tytytytytytytytyt

[RandySartin]

Went in 82, just picked up my son there...I swear I think he's in the same barracks. It was neat riding around the base trying to remember stuff

[nbrooks503]

I went thru basic there in Jan 66 - I see that a lot of the photos in the cycle book were the same in 67. B-3-2

[overtime2005]

thank you.

[uijongbu62]

E-4-3. Echo Valley.

Sadistic, Obviously alcoholic, Senior Drill SFC Wolf... summer 1982

[kittenkilla123]

i went to basic there. What a horrible place. LOL good luck in missery! haha

[eklipz1943]

i agree.. lol my grandfather went there in 67'

my dad went there and i went there.. lol.

it sucked..

but at least it was co-ed.

[mattie2561]

cant wait to go! haha whats the song?

I leave thursday next week if anyone cares

[borntowander]

The song is: "Greetings (This is Uncle Sam)" by The Monitors, released in 1966.

[mattie2561]

thanks you!

[drumbum5158]

Ha Ha they had pugils back then too

[RadioResearcher]

I was there for Basic Training in Feb 67. Had my 21st birthday while I was still at the reception center. A couple of my buddies chipped in so I could call my wife who was staying with her parents in Germany.

After Leadership Orientation Course (pre-Basic), I was made a squad leader for the Basic cycle. My squad consisted of everthing from a New York attorney to a couple of guys who were told by a judge to either join the Army or go to jail!

[Armyman432]

Did my AIT there in 2004 (A co 58th trans). Probably slept in the same barracks they did.

[DDTdrummer]

hey I was there in 05' 58th trans. Did you have DS Grimes, DS Thomas, or Senior DS Wilkins?

[flybriXX]

I was there the winter of 1983/84. I was in B-3-3. I was an E-3, and headed for Mother Rucker for Flight School, but it still sucked.I went to the AWOC Course, and ended up flying the AH-1S, and the AH-1MODS in Germany.I remember upon Graduation from Leonard Wood, we were going off post, and there were pictures of fat prostitutes, and contact numbers all over the ceiling of the Station Wagon Taxi that picked us up.

That's my Ft. Leonard Wood Experience....

[timeclock3000]

I was there to in july 83 to nov. I think during AIT we used to go to the Star motel. what a dump. I was in c-24.I left there and was stationed in germany

[Sadi2005]

Awesome!

[Barneydd]

I was there in October-November of 1966 and I recognize several of the men in some of the photos, just don't remember the names anymore. If I remember right I was in F-1-2

Fort Lot-a-rocks, Fort Lost in the woods.

[nbrooks503]

I have that same "cycle book" from January 1966 - apparently they just used the same photos - Jan 66-Mar 66 B-3-2

[shikamano]

I went to Fort Leonard in June 16 1975. I remember the fear of the cotton mouth snakes, anyone remember all those jars with just the heads they had on the shelves.

A-1-2-3 rules!

[Ellipsis1771]

Thanks, Borntowander. I also had Basic at Fort Leonard Wood in 1967. I was in F-1-3, and our "barracks" were quonset huts. We did PT on a gravel parking lot. Your video brings back lots of memories.

[maplemanz]

I went through basic there back in 1985

[davie7]

@maplemanz  I was also in basic there in 1985. July till September. When you were there.

[bryantaylor8]

I went to Basic at Leonard Wood in 2006. I don't think any of the post has been updated in the last 40 years.

[DDTdrummer]

I was there in 05'. Looks really outdated there and the food really sucks. lol

[Cyclonus21]

my great grandpa help build it also

[Cyclonus21]

my dad lives near there

[brownhornet71]

very nice!! very interesting!! HOOAH!!