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Aristus

(68,630 posts)
14. In the state of Misery.
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 08:58 AM
Aug 2018

I was at Leonard Wood for reserve training. I later attended OSUT training at Fort Knox for M1 tanker school. They dropped me into the middle of a class since I had already gone through Basic.

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"Gee golly private" Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #1
Who's next. RDANGELO Aug 2018 #2
Exactly TEB Aug 2018 #3
We were Company 333, or as he liked to call it, Three Dirty Three. keithbvadu2 Aug 2018 #4
Now This Statement Is Really Gross.We Had One Drill Sergeant Who Used To Say ----- TheMastersNemesis Aug 2018 #5
Yea you run everywhere TEB Aug 2018 #15
In the Navy if you could form up four, you could march. We'd have column races and manuvers ... marble falls Aug 2018 #18
No, your OTHER left! JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #6
Did it work TEB Aug 2018 #16
Yeah, it worked half the time. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #19
I had my head up my 4 point of contact TEB Aug 2018 #21
I lie awake nights, thinking of ways to make your lives miserable. bluedigger Aug 2018 #7
Goat smelling ass. tazkcmo Aug 2018 #8
1971 basic and AIT at Fort Polk quickesst Aug 2018 #9
I had AIT at Polk after basic at Ft Bliss (El Paso). JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #20
Haha..... quickesst Aug 2018 #33
Jack Webb: "The D.I." 3Hotdogs Aug 2018 #10
Oh yea I forgot that TEB Aug 2018 #11
My senior drill's favorite epithet was "Airhead!" Aristus Aug 2018 #12
Bro you and my one brother TEB Aug 2018 #13
In the state of Misery. Aristus Aug 2018 #14
Sailor, what is your major malfunction, you'd better square up your shit and git it into one.. marble falls Aug 2018 #17
When I was in basic, Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2018 #34
Our sister company had some PO1 from fleet who encouraged a blanket party and they beat ... marble falls Aug 2018 #35
Hero, Dick and Leg DashOneBravo Aug 2018 #22
And your point TEB Aug 2018 #23
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Piss off TEB Aug 2018 #25
. DashOneBravo Aug 2018 #26
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Welcome DashOneBravo Aug 2018 #31
Summer of '02 Anon-C Aug 2018 #32
Thanks for doing that DashOneBravo Aug 2018 #36
Two stories. I went a remarkable 5-7 weeks without getting "dropped" underpants Aug 2018 #28
We would be marching down the road in formation and a line of M48 tanks wasupaloopa Aug 2018 #29
DAMN IDIOTS FROM HELL ROB-ROX Aug 2018 #30
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