I quit high school in 72' got drafted ran back to school graduated and enlisted in 73' 11B....

Did Basic at Leonard Wood in 72, never went back during my 27 years. As a civilian contractor I got to go back and it was a shocker. During basic we seemed to march every where in the dark and we marched forever. In the daylight in a rental car I was surprised how close everything was. My barracks were still being used but most of the other buildings were gone. I still wonder what happened to the guy that went AWOL.

Well that explains alot Fort Ord California

The draft is needed again. Today's society needs the discipline & awakening ! ...

My outfit didn't have one case of bone spurs!!

That was my brigade in the summer of 1967 WOW.

1974 took basic at Ord and AIT at Knox

bring back the draft..

Ft. Ord, 7-28-69, C-4-2 , “The Hill”, (Hit…Shift…Rotate, Move…Shoot…Communicate)

Boot camp Navy 1972...we were out of our racks immediately. No wondering, eye rubbing. Reveille at 0500. You had to explode out of your rack and pop tall. Everything was done fast, fast, and faster.

Chills

Was a 11B grunt in Vietnam 1971. Was an intense year for me.

Enlisted in 1972 went to Ft Polk for basic training retired after 35 yrs as Lt.Col

70's Marines, when them lights come on, you better be at attention in front of your rack or almost there

Drafted in Los Angeles in 1965 but sent to Fort Polk, Louisiana due to spinal menginis out break at Fort Ord. Barracks were the same, WWII era. Training very much the same. Hard to believe it was nearly 50 years ago!

My service time 1968 to 1970.

I enlisted in July 1966 as a Private E-1. Twenty-six years later I retired in July 1992 as a lieutenant colonel. It was an interesting life and I wouldn't change a thing.

RIP Gallup, J.

Went to ft.ord in 67. Notice no tennis shoes wearing fatigue shirt. We trained wearing what we would fight in.

I enlisted in the Army back in 1972. It was either that or be drafted. I retired in 1998 as a MSG/E-8. Wow. I didn't expect that.

basis training for me june 1969 for lewis. then, on to the jungles of vietnam!! and here i am over 50 years later and glad i made it!!!

I enlisted in the Army in 1963 and went to Fort Ord California for basic training.back in the day you did what you were told to do or you would latterly get your ass kicked,or got worked up on the wee hours of the night and have the whole company running laps on parade grounds because someone screwed up during day training.Looking back,they would make you or break you,and if they broke you,you would recycle you and start you all over again.

In the memory of Jesse Gallup, Navajo Nation ❤ and the basic training mystery assault 🌊💦

i went through BCT in 2021 and damn our DS were terrifying when they woke us up. 0430 and they came in screaming and throwing shit. Good times

Drafted in 1971, one the last draftees. Off to Polk for Basic then assignment to 1st Cav, 227th Avn. Hated everything about it but somehow got out alive. I must admit I did learn and met some wonderful people; I owe much of where I ended up 51 years later to the lessons learned back then. In many ways it seems like only yesterday. May God bless those that didn’t come home.

Did basic Ft Ord we never were measured for uniform they looked at you and handed you your new clothes, then you packed up your civilian clothes to ship home then 5 weeks later they have you contact home to ship your clothes back.

Ft Jackson May-Sep 74...A-10-2....Old wooden barracks, Little Egypt low crawls,Tank Hill runs..BCT and AIT, 1 week off and straight to Germany for rest of 2 year enlistment---thank goodness Nam was winding down and over.

In 2006, I returned to Ft. Benning (training for civilians deploying to Iraq and Afghan) and I witnessed an exchange between a soldier and a Colonel that was unbelievable; there was no "sir", no position of attention, not even parade rest. The soldier literally touched the Col's chest and asked him about this new bayonet award the Col was wearing. The old NCO in me was about to yell both of them for their lack of discipline, but I walked away - my dad's rolling over in his grave.

Did Basic at Fort Jackson, SC. First day there was Feb 8, 1973. It snowed 11 inches that night.

I did basic 75 Charlie 23

Ft lewis,WA Oct 1967 BCT good shit...to bad it's just a memory now..long gone !!

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

I took basic at Dix in 1952, damn cold winter, old beat-up barracks, no hot water, but we survived. Glad to see you guys making videos , brings back memories for us geezers.

I Have a great uncle(grandfather's brother) who did his basic training at Fort Polk La then infantry training and airborne school at Fort Benning back in 1965. He did three combat tours in Vietnam 1966-71 1st Brigade 2nd Bn 327th infantry 101st Airborne.

Bring back memories? Indeed it does! C-10-2 down at the back gate at Ft. Jackson SC...in July and August of 1968. Then it was off to Infantry AIT in the 'new' barracks area behind main post. In all I spent the whole month of July thru December at Ft Jackson, then I got orders for Nam. It is an unforgettable period in my life...curiously good (but, with some regrets).

Fort Ord March 1974 B 3 3 PSG Brown Sgt Aza me and Pvt Spissler then AIT at Fort Ord Tubular Bells played every morning in the mess hall

i was stationed at Ft Ord for four months in 69

Retired from the Navy, but spent my first two years in the Army. Went to Basic at Ft. Knox Ky Aug 1971, then on to Ft. Polk, LA for Infantry training.

US Army-ASA 05C Radio-Teletype Operator/ditti-bopper '70-71 with basic at Ft Knox, Radio Operator/Morse Code training at Ft Jackson, AIT Teletype school at Ft Gordon, duty at Ft Bliss. Thanks for your service.

To all who have served and are currently serving..Thank You. You are in my prayers and come back home safely.

I was in Basic Training At Ft. Bliss June 6, 1969 thru Aug 8, 1969.

I was sorry when Fort Ord closed. Every time I go north I think about the base. It was a nice location, although we didn't get to see much of it when we were in basic. Even though I have gone by the area a number of times, I never went back there. I did take my wife to Fort Gordon when we were on vacation one year. I knew the MP school was there, but didn't have much contact with them. I do remember when they were conducting riot training, but some Friday nights were black out nights.

That's me @03:12. I don't remember anything the interviewer said. All I cared about was getting back for chow on time.

Thank you all for your service, currently going through basic.

My grandpa said they would tie your legs and hands and throw you in water to learn to swim if your limbs were blown off

Fort jackson SC. tankers' Hill 1974

my grandfather is Steve akin i think he got in at 67 or 68

Basic Fort Ord Feb 67. Thanks for this vid! FTA and rest in pieces Fort Ord! Majority of training officers and DI's had never seen combat and had no clue how to prepare us for Nam. I Survived in spite of training. Many didn't!

I was an RA and I went too Ft. Polk for basic in Jul 1965 because of the spinal meningitis out break. After basic I got orders for Ft. Ord for AIT 64C then went too Germany and then too Viet Nam in 1966. Ft. Ord is just about all gone, I live about an hour & half away. So many memories!

I see these vids i think of rubber body bags , lots of them.

Thanks for posting the three videos. It changed my life, got me in better shape. I wasn't in the worse of shape whem I went in but need to be in better shape for the next 2 years and 7 months. It brings back many memories.

took my basic training at fort ord 1965 vietnam 1967_68

My uncle was one of these guys who were trained. And went to Vietnam. And was K.I.A. 1972

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

I took basic training in Ft Hood, Texas in 1966, trained for Vietnam, at last moment we were sent to Germany.

I was drafted in 1968 and attended basic and AIT at Ft. Ord. Went to OCS in 1969. Left the military as a Captain in 1973.

I arrived at Fort Ord on August 4,1970 at 20 years of age. I spent the next week in reception station, pretty much pulling KP everyday, then 8 weeks of basic training. It was not as depicted in this film for me. It was more like the “Full Metal Jacket” type. Seeing these films brings back a lot of memories, some good, some not so much. We trained with the M-16 rifle. I made some good friends there. I wonder, to this day, what happened to a lot of those guys I took basic with. I still remember the foggy mornings. The minute September came, we were in long underwear. Who would have ever thought it would be cold? I came out of basic training with the PFC rank. I was then sent to Fort Lewis Washington for AIT in October. I can’t hardly believe that was 50 years ago. 2nd Platoon, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade.

i enlisted nov. 71 at ft. ord. i wish i could remember my unit there but i've had some injuries and it effects my memory. but i do recall drill sgt. carter. he was tall black soft spoken but you could hear him eveywhere. kinda like my dad. good times. made me grow up from a kid to a man.

This is not the Basic Training I went through at Fort Bragg in 1970. We were yelled at and called things the whole 8 weeks. I was kicked in the ankle so hard that I almost fell over because I didn't have my heels together while standing at attention. One the guys in my platoon was hit over his head with a stick (he had his helmet on). I don't know what this is but it's not my experience at all.

If you served this country I just want to say thank you for your service!

Ty for your service.

Got drafted in 69 but I sure remember a lot more yelling….. much closer to the first half of full metal jacket w/o the punching and choking. And run till you puke.

Drafted to Fort Gordon in 1965 and trained in Camp Crockett, it was scarier than my tour in Nam.

BCT & AIT both there at Ft Ord. Aug 66 to Dec 66. In old wood barracks D-5-3, then about quarter mile to AIT Light Veh Drivers Course. Being in old barracks and at the time we were under meningitis controls. Top & bottom of windows had to be open 10". It got pretty chilly at night. Trained with the M14 & didn't get trained & qualified with M16 until mid 1968 in Korea. Didn't make it to Nam, but spent two years in Korea, Jan 67 to Jan 69.

"The youngest is 19" my ass. I went in on Nov 10, 66 on my 17th birthday.

I was drafted n went to Fort Bragg N.C. on February 14 th 1969 I was 19 and in April '69 I went to Fort Sill OK n became 13 Alpha field artillery in July of '69 at the age of 20 I spent the next 14 months in Vietnam where I ets'd n 50 years later Agent Orange n Combat PTSD have me. A splendid time was had by all.

The Army uniform looked so much more military then than it is now. Nowadays they look like mall security guards.

I Loved the M-14 but it was a little heavy. For 6 weeks of basic we carried our weapons everywhere we went, 7 hours a day. I didn't get to handle an M-16 until I got to Vietnam.

I enlisted as an E1 July 1956 served until 1959. Re-enlisted 1963 as an E2 redid basic training and retired as a 04 Major 1980. I went through basic the 2nd time wearing basic jump wings.

I took basic at Fort Gordon, B-2-1, Jun-Jul 69. AIT, 11B10, Ft. Jackson 3rd brigade.

Vietnam wasn't bad. I was at DiAn for about two months, then Phu Loi for about 10 months. Fairly quiet at both locations, didn't have to set up anything since it was already there. Most people I was with coped with being in country. There are always exceptions, but for the most part I enjoyed the time over there and would do it again.

Yes, we remember those old wooden barracks, low crawls, Tank Hill runs, etc. As you say, thank goodness Nam was winding down. And thank you for your service.

Yes, we didn't realize it then, but those were good old days. Thanks for your post and your service, Bob Demuth!

Wow! Interesting ... stumbled on this. In the Dec. 1969 Birthday draft lottery televised Nationally for birth years 1945-59, I drew number 65. Only lottery I ever won, lol. Was a "US" at Ft Ord 1970 A-3-3, 1st Company/Barracks on the "Hill". Then AIT MOS 05B A-3-4, old WW II Barracks there; injured while shipping out...medical profile sent me to Ft Gordon 385 Sig. Co. (Spt). Retired Emergency Operations Center Director. That Army experience was used.

I enlisted in April 1972 and retired in 1992, as a E7/SFC. Which wasa shock to myself, family and those who I crossed paths with early in my career.

PT test Ft. Knox, 1967: 1) 1-mile run 2) 40-yd. low crawl 3) Monkey bars 4) Dodge-Run-Jump 5) Grenade throw. Uncle Sam was drafting 50K/month in '67.

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brings back memories, completed basis aug 59. Sent to Ft. Gordon, Ga. to attend radio/teletype school mos053, after completion assigned to 11th Armored Cav. Regt., Straubing, German, served wtih the Regt 1960-1962.

Did my basic at Leonard Wood in 1971, Delta Co. 4/3. Lived in the old metal quonset huts, and were separated according to whether you were RA-regular Army, NG-National Guard, or ER-Enlisted reserve. The RA's always got special privilege. I remember Drill Sgts Lacasse and Harrison ( who I saw get shot by another drill sgt. during an argument ) right before going finishing AIT at FLW.

Drafted June 66. Glad I served. A 2 1 lean and mean.

Sargent Hulka..... the big toe....

USAF Basic in 1966 was only 4 weeks.....The big Machine was desperate for warm bodies in Vietnam....I served there in 1968-69.

My grandfather was a DI at fort ord. Living in Salinas Ca

I went to Fort Ord in June of 1967, just after my 22nd birthday. When I left there I went to Fort Gordon for Signal School, then taught at Fort Gordon for a year. Then to Viet Nam for a year. A great time, served our great country and my God.

Some men refused to be drafted, some went to Canada,. Some used various tricks. Some simply refused, fought it in court and won (boxer Muhammad Ali is the best known example).

I was in C 2 3 at Fort Ord in the summer of 1967. A lot og good memories. Then off to Fort Gordon, Georgia for AIT, then teaching and finally in Vietnam from February 1969 to the end of January 1970.

In 85 when I was in basic.one morning I wanted to see what happened if I didn't get up.i was on top bunk.matress went one way and I went the other flying off.didnt get hurt lucky for me.i got up everytime after that.ha ha miss that old drill sgt.good memories.

1974, basic at Ft. Polk, E-2 out of basic, qual. Sharpshooter, M-16. Best time of my life !!!

Army basic training Jan. to March 1966. Fort Dix, damn near froze to death.

I grew up on Fort Ord in the early 90's. We used to go out into the woods and pick up old blanks in the hills by the water tower behind our school. Not safe but what we were kids and it was fun. I remember you'd find old fox holes filled with unused belts of blanks the Joe's had buried instead of fired. A decade later when I enlisted and went to Benning I realized why. Good times.

Basic Fort Ord, Nov 72, A-3-2. Segeants Pantoya and Isabel

Waiting at Columbia South Carolina airport for bus to Jackson, two guys just took off. Remember these barracks,fire guard was absolutely necessary.They were wired like in 1950. Run dodge jump was easy for me,played lacrosse, we did the drill every day in school.I would inside roll dodge.Because of shoulder injury parallel ladder was hard. During that man carry,guy carrying me tripped, fell and drove my head into the ground.last trial before P.T.Final, went to hospital and I got recycled to STC company for 3 /4 days.Cadre there said why you here after scoring high on evaluation. They let me slide some, trained with pull ups then passed test.

I did my basic training at North Ft. Polk in March thru May 1972. After basic I went to South Ft. Polk for the wheel mechanics training.

Been there, done this.

3rd Army Reception Station at Ft. Jackson, SC in Jun 1969. Basic training(B-2-1) at Ft. Gordon, GA Jun - Jul 1969. AIT at Ft. Jackson 3rd brigade(11B10) Jul - Aug 1969.

1LT Peeler, 2LT Anthony (XO), SFC Crowther and most of the "permanent cadre" of the training battalion were 1st Air Cav veterans who had done one tour in Vietnam and some two. Our first aid instructor was a highly decorated medic who had participated in the so-called "Battle of the Ia Drang Valley" in Nov. '65. As a result of that action he had received a Silver Star and a Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, i.e., a Silver Star and two Bronze Stars for that one engagement. He later received an Oak Leaf Cluster for the Silver Star and another for the Bronze Star. It turned out that he was planning to marry his high school sweetheart when he got out of the Army in a few months. His fiancê was the younger sister of one of my best friends in jr. high. Small world. I later asked SFC Crowther about the man's experience and he said that he was also involved in the battle as part of the 2/5 Cav reserve force at LZ/Firebase Columbus. So I heard the whole story, not just half the story as told in the book and the movie. For me it was a wakeup call and I started paying more careful attention to what they were teaching. SFC Crowther has always been on my list of unforgettable characters as well as the rifle instructor and our talented, creative mess sergeant. As I have grown older I have appreciated even more the role of 2LT Anthony who played the "bad cop" to 1LT Peeler's "good cop" for a lot of laughs when we really needed laughs.

This unit was B-4-3 at ft. Ord. I was B-4-2 when I went through Basic. I saw a lot of things I remember. Ahh those were the days. Wish I was 17 again. I do a lot of things different. Thanks for the memories !

My husband join the military 2 months after turning 17. 1974 1st Cav. Did his basic training at Ord.

1967 US army draftee Ft Jackson Reception Station on to Ft Benning. I was a good test taker and got I'm the Finance Corps and spent my last 11 months in Vicenza Italy

Ft. ORD. D23..65' 6 Months ass kickin.