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John H[_2_]

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:56:15 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:51:58 -0400, John H
wrote:

Actually, I don't remember anything 'benign'. It seems like we were being continuously screamed at
by a whole bunch of folks in a uniform!
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I was pretty happy that we did not see much of that after the first
few weeks of boot camp.
They were still pretty tough on you if you screwed up but as long as
you did your job it was fairly benign. By the time I got out on a
ship, people were just about like anywhere else.
They do remind you, "screw up and people can die" but other than that
it was just a job.
New guys on a construction site have it a lot tougher.

During Basic Training at Ft Leonard Wood, I was an 'acting jack' platoon sergeant. Our real platoon
sergeant and I got along very well, and I had it pretty easy during basic. The screaming was in the
induction center in Kansas City.
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John H.

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