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Basic and AIT in 1973. Blistering hot in the summer. Heat lighting every night! Were you there early enough to experience the March/April ice and rain storms? Water ankle deep ON TOP of the berms at the rifle ranges, they quit msking us rotate our boots every day. We went to ~ a 2 day rotation to dry them out. What a mess!
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Basic Training, August 1971. Hot, lots of ticks under the shade trees.
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Spent 2 days there in October this year. Son graduated Basic and is there for AIT now. Rather nice base compared to Ft. Ord where I had housing in the 2000's.
He's from the UP/WI - doesn't find it cold at all from what he's told me recently.
Me
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My brother was stationed there. He refers to it as Fort Leonard Wood, Misery
He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
- Albert Einstein
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Spent 2 days there in October this year. Son graduated Basic and is there for AIT now. Rather nice base compared to Ft. Ord where I had housing in the 2000's.
Been there, too. I guess Ord does make Leonard Wood look pretty good. Beautiful landscape, both places. DF
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Campfire Savant
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A guy on my lease has a son stationed there.
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Did Basic Training there May-July 1983
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5th Engineer Battalion there from 1973 to 1977.........
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Both my nephews went through there in the last five years for different training courses, one enlisted, one commissioned.
I was able to drive up to see my one commissioned nephew graduate in late July, they were out of regular suites to put him in in the college dorm-type buildings so they put him in a senior officer grade suite, came with extra blankets, extra fluffy pillows and a white bathrobe, plus booze in a refrigerator, which we couldn't touch. The enlisted guy (the one that did a tour in Afghanistan) graduated from there when high school was in session so I couldn't get free. To a casual visitor like me what I saw looked like a college campus and the Px was like a supermarket.
Stopped in on the way home at Wilson's Creek Battlefield (1861) over by Springfield.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Basic Training summer of 89. I did the split option between Junior and Senior years of High School.
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[quote=FOsteology]
I did an Army Reserve active duty tour there.
I remember a canoe trip down the Big Piney River. Our guys flew a Huey for 10 miles, located a bridge for us to meet a duce and a half for the canoes and trip back to base..
Well, we paddled and paddled. Beautiful scenery, still water, fast water. All day we paddled. It was dark when we arrived at the bridge.
Ten miles by chopper turned out to be 26 miles by river.
Took a bit longer than expected, We were tired.
DF Dirtfarmer, the big piney is a smallmouth bass wet dream river. I use to deer hunt in the mid 80’s just outside of FLW near the pig piney wilderness area. There are some deep deep hollows in that area. For all of you on this thread that served our country, thank you for your time.
Help keep our sport going. take a kid outdoors!
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