Winter 1982, anybody remember Drill Sgt. McCallum "The Threat". Was not in his platoon but he took me and about 10 others on a nice 5 mile run in our combat boots.
I was there in April thru August 1985 Delta 3, DS.Wynn, DS Porter, DS Bradwell, SrDS Smith,DS Segram,DS Lopez can't remember some the other I lost my grad class book
A btry 2/80, 4th platoon from Mar84 to July84!!! Was a good experience for me at the time, but was happy when it was all over and I got to leave Ft Sill!!! Hated that place and NEVER want to ever go back!!!!
I was there in '88. Just finished a 2022 video of Sill boot camp and then watched this one, Big difference in the quality of recruits. Gen X > Gen x-box
48:43 OMG!!! The man on the left with the High & Tight is Captain Neil Dennington our Battalion Chaplain!! Note the Blue cord around his right shoulder (Infantry cord) and the Special Forces Combat patch also on right shoulder….. that man could talk to you about Jesus or send you to meet Him face to face 🤣
29:02 WOW!!!! My old unit!!! I was C Btry 6/33 1st Firing Platoon, the 212 stands for 212th Brigade. That track is the STL (Standard Transport/Loader) that resupplied our Launcher track with the Missile. 15D Lance Missile Crewman.
3-18th FA battalion 84-85. Loved Sill. My great grandmother lived in Lawton and I would spend my weekends there (sometimes). My dad is buried on main post cemetery.
Lawton airport: would actually CLOSE at midnight! Locked up and lights off. I missed my flight out to Dallas and figured I would just sleep in the terminal until the next day and then go home,,,,boy I learned a lesson that night!
I can't believe I found this video. I went to Basic Training summer of 1987 at Fort Sill, 13B. This was my year! Thank you for bringing back the memories!
Something guys dont know. You could screw up, make a mistake, they will demote you, but if you work hard to correct your mistakes, you make you rank again, this is a very good mark on your records, they see you humbly acknowledged your fault, you worked on your self to get it right, righted your wrongs. The post commander will have up most respect for you. You will gain your ranks back and the trust of your peers. In no other job in the civilian world have I ever heard of that would be this forgiving if you screw up, they just fire you, dont give you another chance. The army will if you just do the time. I gotten in trouble, was busted from E4 to E3. But after a year of hard work, I got my E4 rank back, then about three months later, they seny me to NCO school to become Corporal,. then it wasnt even a year and i was refered to be promoted to E5. I made my mistakes and over came. The Army really appreciated that and rewarded me. Thats something that turns the general on i guess, seeing you screw up and you work to correct yourself, shows you have some guts to be a soldier. You take care of the Army, we are a clan, we will take care of you, its called comrades. You learn this about the Army, you will go places. I didnt leave the Army because I disliked it...i just felt that I had done my time serving my Americans and that they let me free to be a sovereign man among men.
And just because i ETS from the Army, doesnt mean that dropped all thoughts o soldier. I didnt make that oath and creed to the Army, about to defend my fellow Americans...I made it directly to you my fellow Americans..no matter if in uniform ot out domestically.RANGERS CREED. To basically protect all of my Americans. I may seem very ego filled, boisterous, dogmatic..but if you hold a American social security card, then you are who I sworn in to protect. This is why the Army or military will never turn on you Americans. In the coming age, there will political strife, but the military is at odds with the government. The government might think the American military will be at it side..but not when its comprised of Americans. Its a little game they are playing.
Had graduated high school 1986, I thought about joining right out of school. Instead I went to two years of college got a AA degree, then I joined. Went in as a specialist E4. Had a few years of work experience, being instructed taking directions at a job. This gave me the ability to do what I was told, not questioning authority, just do my job no matter how tough it gets, be a man and do it. This attitude and getting some college refelcts a whole lot on your paygrade, your responsibilities coming into the military. You have an advantage, you can get a better job and be in a more adorative position, even in basic training. I only stayed in the Army for 6 years, but i obtained staff sergeant rank. They didnt want me to ETS, offered me a good up rank of two bars, promote me to E7 with good standing to be E8. I was done, so I went out with E6 on the 6 years I had enlisted to do. I was a single soldier. lived in the barracks which wasn't really that horrible( had girlfriends stay nights with me and a fully kitchen type apartment like billet, I got away will some tomfoolery, but the barracks life wasnt that terrible) SO making a E4 paygrade and a few promotions to E6, i had a pretty good chunck of change, Since I didnt pay rent or utilites, I had a a lot of play money. I kind of wish jobs on the outside would do that, pay your rent or house bills, so I could play on my days off with a few bucks. So the military is a good option realistically if you are a single person. And yes, I managed to get laid more when I was in the Army...kind of weird benefit. I was stationed very near to the Defense Language Institute, where they had many females who joined the military to be linguists, The girls I seen were Army soldiers themselves. It was all inclusive, wasnt just some soldier ravaging the local civilians. I guess at the time, the military didnt have a problem with soldiers mingling among themselves. Anyhow, go in with some college and rank, things are better for you.
August 1983 15D. Took me about a week and a half to get used to the continuous shelling so I could sleep. This brought back a lot of memories. Thanks for sharing.
I used the M-16A1 in basic training and AIT at Ft Sill in 82. And was issued an M-16A1 once back to my Guard Unit from 82-88. My Unit was never issued kevlar helmets either. But I did buy my own- and after what turned into a major ordeal ( LoL) I was allowed to wear it.
@@shadowwolf9503 Haha, I imagine there was an officer suffering from Helmet envy who tried to stop your wearing your kevlar. One good thing about the good old steel helmet was you could use it as a big pot in the field to boil water in and give yourself what we called a whore's bath. I really liked the weight and balance of my M-16A1. In the early 2000's I decided to build my own AR-`15. It was a hodge podge build based on an Olympic Arms stripped lower. I bought parts here and there. Eventually at a gun show I found and A2 upper and barrel assembly. It had a 20" HBAR barrel and the more sophisticated rear sight with windage and elevation adjustments. The AR-15A2 it evolved into was OK but with that heavy barrel it was really nose heavy and she never had that sweet balance my M-16A1 had. I will say it was dead accurate though.
hahaha I remember hearing that, when reception battalion was over and they loaded us into the cattle cars, drove us around, we arrived at our training battery, cattle car door opens - then that. Good times ;)
@@kostoffj Haha....I remember they used those Cattle car transporters to take us out to the rifle range and other places. The Drill Sergeants would cram us in those things like sardines. One of them used to say " Get in there! Make your buddy smile ". Haha I did my US Army Basic Training at Fort Sill in 1979.
I was there for the heat wave of July - Sep ‘85 , 4th Training Battalion, Alpha Platoon with D.S.’s Gann, Jimmo, Peterson, Miller, Morgan, Cline, Adams and Duffy and Senior D.S. Wong.. Had a great time. Not one D.S. could yell at me louder than my mom so I knew I’d be ok
The single thing that I recall most about basic at Ft.Sill was the smell of all that gear in the TA-50 issuing facility. I think it was primarily the plastics, like canteens, wet weather gear and such. So much in that hot building created an oder that stuck with me. Every once in a while I encounter a similar smell and I'm transported back to that first few days in basic. Typically happens in a Army surplus store or a flea market booth full of that gear.
Fox 5, 3rd Plt. Summer of '86. Returned the next summer to 3/22, 3rd. Plt. For 31V school. We had night classes to avoid the summer heat. Good memories.
Thanks for uploading this video. I graduated OSUT in 1986. Some good and bad memories of my time there. This video was really cleaned up for RU-vid. I wonder what D.S. Laboy and D.S. Lopez are doing these days.
