Alright for those of you who have been to the wonderful Ft Sill! It may not have been in basic but the reception before. While it normally takes less than a week to complete, it almost took us two. While being taught the basic things we needed to know before being sent to our specific …
This is a story of a young private’s first encounter with the impossible sit-up. Back in 2003 at Fort Sill in the 95th AG/processing center, we were going through the motions before actually heading to basic training. This meant shots, briefings, death by PowerPoint and getting smoked either by the Drill Sergeant or his two …
PVT Falls Victim to the Oldest Trick In The Book at Reception Read More »
Its reception on a hot night of day zero and everyone’s hopping off the buses. Rushing onto the yellow feet getting yelled at by the drill sergeants per usual at basic. We all grab our bags from under the bus and start moving and form up for the first time. As I stand at attention for the …
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