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WWII INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S. ARMY 1944 INDUCTION OF SOLDIERS FILM Part 1 28934
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- This black and white 1944 War Department Official Training Film TF21 2067 Army Service Forces is Part 1 of two parts (Part 2 is 28924). It opens with a man using a reel mower outside a house with a picket fence. The mailman hands him mail (:36-:53). It’s a draft notice to appear for his pre-induction physical examination on May 15, 1944 (:54). A neighbor home on leave agrees to tell him about the Army. Men enter the Armed Forces Induction Station (2:27-2:44). They are given a bag to put their money in and hang around their neck (2:45). The room is full of men stripped down to their underwear (3:02). They line up next to each other and take a urine test (3:29-3:49), get a chest x-ray (4:00), have teeth checked (4:03), eye, ear, and nose exam (4:06), and a psychological test (4:14-4:46). Military Officers interview each man, asking his preference for Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard (5:45-6:15). An American flag with 48 stars hangs where the room full of men take the full oath of allegiance (6:18-7:18). At the Reception Center, the men are unloaded from buses and lined up. (7:20-7:58). The Army Officer explains the next five days, instructs them how to march, and they turn and do so to his verbal cadence (8:00-9:00). Men enter the Infirmary for their next physical. They are again lined up in their underwear to be assessed for the type of physical service they each can handle (9:05-9:38). They march to the Insurance and Allotments building where they receive pamphlets (9:40-10:47). The men are finger-printed (10:50-10:58). At the Quartermaster, the men are given their GI clothing from “skin up” (11:00-12:13). A soldier in uniform looks at his reflection in a mirror (12:15). An Officer inspects each man to make sure everything fits (12:34-12:54). The men pack their bags with Army issued clothing (12:55-13:12). In the barracks, a soldier learns how to properly make up his bed (13:13-15:00). The Sergeant orders everybody out and they march (15:08-15:35). Cooks prepare food at the Mess Hall as the men sit down to eat (15:36-15:50) and march again (15:51-16:00). The men get into their beds (16:01-16:43). Soldiers of different nationalities are shown marching (16:45-17:12). Taps is played and it’s lights out (17:13-17:42).
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They make being drafted into WWII seem like a fun thing...
Because it was.
@@1533TodaVidayour keyboard warrior opinion doesn't matter.
E.Sledge, Audy Murphy, Remarque and Smedley Butler, real soldiers thought differently than keyboard warriors and wannabes.
One of the books by those guys is called "You will be Sor-ree" wich says by itself if it was fun or not.
It probably is fun only for psychopaths and other pieces of shyt.
@@pagodebregaeforro2803 “Keyboard warrior opinion”🤓 ok, I get it that your anti military so the keyboard warrior would be you since your an adult who never even served unlike you when I graduate high school I’m enlisting, Ok smartass im not using a keyboard and your sentence doesn’t make any f*cking sense, we are not talking about Vietnam here where nobody wanted to fight a 1 decade war for no reason, you dumb as s, we’re talking about Pearl Harbor entrance to WWII trigger, young people after Pearl Harbor were boosted in Adrenalin and patriotism that they wanted to join the Armed Forces no matter what, so they didn’t give a sh*t if they volunteered or ran out of time and got drafted into a branch that they didn’t really want to join so a lot of underage kids and adults enlisted with their friends since everybody wanted to join, it was a brotherhood bond and patriotism that these boys had, it wasn’t until a lot of them experienced combat that they regretted to see stuff, but at the end of the day most veterans know that they fought for a good cause, if it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t be alive or probably living in autocracy which is probably what you want.
@@pagodebregaeforro2803 Next time learn your history, pull your head out of your as s for once, and think with the very little common sense that you obviously lack before talking sh*t and getting pressed up about some high schoolers opinion.
@@pagodebregaeforro2803 Keyboard warrior? Sounds like a real warrior to me
This place where they give us the tests was really something. They had this great big building, full of doctors, nurses and officers. All of them walking in and out and around real quickety-quick, and not smiling at nobody. And then there was this place something like a schoolroom, where they give us the tests we had to write out.
Do they give a piece of shit humor in the past ?
How do you know?
@@yaboy1689 I was there
@@smug8567 MEPS?
@@1533TodaVida prob but they prob didn't call it that back then or it was so long ago he doesn't even. Remember
At 0:54, the draft notice says Harold Leonard Davis. He lived from 1924-2008 and earned the Silver Star at Iwo Jima as a 2nd Lieutenant in the USMC. He went on to be a bird Colonel in Korea. Unfortunately, I can't post the link to the source here.
Yes TH-cam punished me for 6 months for posting a simple Wiki link on a car to give some info they don't like anyone adding links for some reason!
@@TheSpritz0good info thanks. Sounds like the moniker ‘screw-tube is warranted.
The "Needs of the Service". That statement says it all. You are a number, a live body worth little until you are trained as a team member. Your life and the lives of your brothers and sisters are all interconnected. It is a proud tradition and not everyone has the ability to perform service like this. You will forever have a bond with anyone who has done the same.
Sounds like abusive dehumanization and brainwashing until they convince people its a good thing. It really does take a special kind of stupid to join the military
4:29 ARMY: "We need you to interview recruits to see if they're psychologically prepared for war"
DOCTOR: "R U GAY? LOL"
I would have screamed I was gay so fast
@@zmitch9177 yup
@@zmitch9177 Prob not a good idea back then.. you'd go straight to a mental asylum getting chemically castrated and given a daily dose of ECT
Blue discharging
@@zmitch9177 Of course you would nancy.
When I joined the Navy the only advice I got from the vets in my neighborhood was, "Keep your mouth shut and never volunteer for anything" 😂
Because you will be Voluntold often enough
I volunteered for submarine duty and it is one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Yea, the fingerprints are for graves registration because you aren't going home until victory, KIA or wounded badly enough to be unfit for service. However US Army graves registration did some amazing work-even fingerprinting, labeling and identifying dead enemy soldiers as well as our own. Must have been rough at first but becomes just another job with professional aplomb handling stiffs or pieces of them.
Army is all about waiting in line. No truer statement has ever been spoken
AMEN! 🤣😂
Hurry up and wait
@@Teeko253 wait faster!
@@nhpivotlk lmao 🤣 we learned real fast in basic
Hurry up and wait
My dad was Navy/National Guard...Taps still makes me choke up with tears.
Taps is lights out. Makes me sleep.
I don’t remember the DI being that polite at reception back in ‘71.
The US Army didn't have centrally trained Drill Sergeants until about Vietnam, I think. Back then, the Sarges were veterans who were rotated back from the front to train new recruits. So the attitude of your Sarge might be better or worse than what's expected.
Also, this isn't in the thick of things when Basic actually starts. That's always when the funny stuff starts happening!
My dad served in the Army as an Mp WW2, My dads 2 younger brothers, Korea. Youngest uncle said the Army has 2 sizes, too big and too small. I was drafted fall of 63, served mostly at Ft Sill
My boss of 20 years was drafted then, served at Ft. Sill, was trained as a Huey pilot. Did 3 tours in Vietnam.
@@brianwillson3693 I was in 9th field artillery missile group. They trained Sargent and Pershing missile battalions for deployment to both Vietnam and Germany.
Thanks for Your Service to Our Country
@@edwardlincoln5680well thanks for your service ensuring security of US allies in Europe.
my uncle was an MP in Patton's army... he said a few times how much he liked it. Seems like war wasn't hell for him, over in europe. He had his picture on the front page of the NY Times on VE day.
Almost 80 years later, and yeah waiting in line in the Army is still where you probably spend at least 40 percent of your time lol.
Hurry up and Wait!!!
These are some mellow instructors.
Been smoking their underwear.
This was just Reception- never even got to Basic.
They gave a little taste of it when the Sarge tossed his bed immediately after showing him once how to make it. That's true to life and I guarantee you Sarge was laughing on the inside. 😂
My father: Wisconsin "Farmer, General"... Date of Induction, 23Jun, '42, Date of Entry into Active Service - 6 Jul, '42 - Milwaukee (he was 27 Years old)... Then Fort Bragg, then on to Fort Sill (field artillery - 105mm). Battery "A", 32nd Field Artillery Battalion, 18th RCT, 1st Infantry Division; Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Central Europe. ASR Score: 101... depart CONUS: 16 Sep. '45, Arrive CONUS: 27 Sep. '45. Date of Separation:15 Oct. '45 (he was 30+ years old) He died in '64... thanks, dad.
My grandpa was a WW2 sailor. Miss you PawPaw.
A stuuuud
3:13, they had the same dream as me? BUT ITS REAL.. these are the strongest men I’d ever know about
Interesting also was how powerful the local draft board was back then. When I was drafted (lottery #66) during the Vietnam War I tried for an appeal and they paid no attention to my plea.
Also this film didn't show the recruits getting the buzzcut or was that not SOP in WW2?
My Grandma talked about the senior class guys in high school in later years of WWII went crazy when they neared graduation.
Man, what a time to be alive. I would give anything to go back in time and enlist. The honor, the integrity, a band of brothers to the end.
...Freedom, Liberty, and Honor.
You've never served, have you?
if you're referring to me, yes i have; Navy. why the snide comment? Hon. disch. 1968.@@d.m.3645
@@d.m.3645 Yes, for 8 years in West Germany 1983 to 1991.
@@americanpatriot2999 I served from 2002 to 2023 and went to Iraq and Afghanistan several times. There's nothing great about serving in the war zone.
I still remember my induction physical.
"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators"?
“Joey…have you ever seen a grown man naked…”
That question had to be there to try to screen out gays.
8:46 the guy far left. Always one guy who faces the wrong way 😄
"Now you do it" that's exactly how my riding instructor taught me to saddle a horse..i thought i was getting a pass on doing it..nope..she showed me,then i had to,lol.
"All men must serve in the military"
Me: *Welp I guess it’s time for medical school...*
Plot twist. MASH.
Hell no
looksl ike its off to canada for me.
@@cosmeticscameo8277 ROTC. Run Off To Canada! 🤣 Just remember, Canada got into the last two World Wars way before Uncle Sam did...
Medical school or not it won’t matter you will still be drafted and have a possibility to become a combat medic since you wanted to be in medical school or have experience in medical school or already did go through it.
Well, I guess his mother loves him.
THEM and a bunch of 'em.
Lewie McNeely It was a phrase the narrator kept saying, usually about the drill sergeant.
Thanks Steven but I was so fogged out by the calmness of it all it didn't take. I heard several comments while I was bin there and that sure wasn't one of them.
Lewie McNeely 15:01, for example
I really do like these army and navy salvage and reclamation videos and sometimes you still need to get them from the boneyard to get the parts for your ships
It is interesting how thin American men were during WWII
Less cars, more places to go out, dance parties were really common, also many people smoked back then which supressed your appetite quite a bit and also most people here were really young teens, back then, P.E in high school was something else.
America was like a completely different country back then
also many of them were poor. when you're poor ain't got money to get fat.
@@cosmeticscameo8277 Lived on farms. Hard work on farms then. No bells and whistles and few diesels and fewer tractors.
Depending on your source, up to 43% of draftees (six and half million men) were rejected as 4-F, unfit for military service, by Selective Service Boards on physical, mental, psychological, moral, or criminal grounds.
So this film gives a fairly distorted picture by implying that nearly every draftee entered military service.
It would be wrong to assume that the post WW1 generation of men who made up the bulk of WW2 draftees were somehow generally better than later generations in terms of health and fitness.
Many of these men, especially from poorer backgrounds were born into and grew up in the hard times of the Depression and this was reflected in their adult physical condition.
“We have 3 Classes A, B, and B1.” C: “Am I A Joke To You?!?”
This is the army way. Nothing is logical.
Actually surprised it wasn't "A, 2, and Yellow"
14:50 - 14:56 is still the same thing today as it was then at basic XD
4:29 "You like, uh, going around with girls?" -- One of the most important questions back then, at least according to my long dead WWII career Army uncle.
Trying to screen out gays?
"Do ya like dames, johnny?"
Lol
No yelling, no pushups, no sleep deprivation. These guys had it easy!
"This is the army?" - bugs bunny
FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY, JANUARY 15, 1960. I REMEMBER ALL THESE THINGS, WHAT A GREAT TIME THOSE WERE, I WAS JUST A TEEN AGE BOY.
I served with my local southern Indiana (Evansville) National Guard Field Artillery Unit 1982-88. Did my first summer camp at Ft Campbell in 83. We went to Campbell almost every drill to fire our howitzers and to do our annual weapons qualifications. Me and my buddies walked the strip more than once on our off time - hitting every bar lol. I had alot of great times at Ft Campbell. The 101st is a great bunch of soldiers.
Things haven't changed much. The induction routine is very similar today.
This was the hubba hubba missed the 20's generation. Born largely in the early 1920's and late teens, they were too young to enjoy the Jazz Age, spent their adolescence during the Great Depression, then as their 20's hit, there was the war. There would be no Charlestons or jazz records for them, staying out late at the cabaret, sleeping 'till noon the next day like their older brothers or sisters born in 1901 or 1902. They'd never get to hear Sign of the Rose by Ray Miller on Brunswick, only dreary, romantic tunes by Peggy Lee or Doris Day, or loud, tuneless swing by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey who had played Charlestons in their 20's when they'd been their age.
well let's see here young people from the 1940s (ww2 generation)
typically born from 1914-1927
were either 2 years old - 15 years old during the crash of 1929
grew up in the 1930s depression. at that time the worst depression ever experienced in the usa/world. either 1/2 hungry throughout the day or working odd jobs just to help the family. or going to school while doing all the above.
by 1941 the oldest of them were 27 years old and pearl harbor happened and get drafted or sign up for military service. the youngst wre barely 14-15 years old. from 1941 -1945 most of this generation would've either been drafted or had to sign up for service unless they had deferrment jobs crucial to national security or were disabled. so we know how rough ww2 was and well there you have it. childhood/teenage years/early adulthood years going through tough times through and through.
for the youngest of the WW2 generation say 1925-1926, the oldest of the interwar generation those born from 1901-1905 would be old enough to be their fathers.
@@cosmeticscameo8277 Right.
You know nothing about music.
I REMEMBER THE HOSPITAL CORNERS THEY HAD TO BE TIGHT TO BOUNCE A QUARTER OFF THE BED
16:50 surprised me. Considering the army was still segregated at the time, I’m surprised they mentioned African American soldiers at all, and in a positive light
Integration of the Army would occur in a Few years, by Direct Order of General Dwight David Eisenhower!
Integration was not very popular; but when a 5 Star General, like General Eisenhower gives a Direct Order, The Order Is Followed, whether You like it or not!!
That's because (as I've begun to learn) our country was and wasn't as racist as we've been lead to believe, today.
The background music is totally Walt Disney.
QUESTION: My dad became 40% disabled at the start of world war II (shell fragments) He was a 1st leut, Army, infantry.
He had to stay in the military for the entire duration of the war almost 6 years, they would not discharge him even with all his wounds and disability. Instead they bounced him to various camps all over the usa I believed he called it "inactive duty, not sure". My QUESTION IS.....what would he have been doing in all these camps? He was a college grad so maybe they had him teaching or training troops but he never actually told me what he was doing. Does anyone have any Idea why they would not discharge him and instead bounce him all over the country? I would really appreciate an answer or a good guess.
Between the first and second physical smoke 3 packs a day and drop acid regularly. Catching a communicable disease would be helpful as would a broken leg ...
9:28 "How is your right elbow?"
"Fine, Mein Fuhrer."
Dad And Uncle Tony Were Issued The Finest Battle Rifle ,The Springfield Armory M1 , known As The Garand Rifle , February 1945 , General George Smith Patton Jr . letter To Springfield Armory , In My opinion , The M1 Rifle Is Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised 🇺🇲 !
The M1 Rifle will Definitely get the job done ✔️
Just keep your thumb away from the bolt path.
@wholeNwon , My Grandfather Worked At Winchesters During WW2 As A Guard , They Also Manufactured The M1 Garand , And Carbine As Well .
@@petercofrancesco1620 I can almost remember the serial # of mine but not quite.
@@wholeNwon 1855019
Private Benjamin: I joined a 'different' army....the one with the condos and private rooms...
3:43 'Do Not Leave This Room Naked' reads the sign on the wall. Apparently, there must have been an incident in which nude recruits went wandering in the halls, perhaps surprising a nurse.
or the nurse laughed, hurting the feelings of the guy(s) wandering naked in the hallways.
The signs actually says, "Don't Drop Your Paper - Half Full Only - Stand Over Basin."
Wonder where these actors/actresses are now.
Dead
a lot of them would've been gone by the 2010s.
just think about it if you were just born 1920 - by 2000 you would've been 80.
2020 you'd be 100.
if the average mortality of a americn man is 79 means a lot of htem would've started dying by the late 1990s.
From remarks by German soldiers late in the war after they became POW's and were transferred to bases in the middle of the USA-- they were amazed at how big USA is and if they had a good look, they would be amazed at the manufacturing output in terms of tanks and planes. Now with all of the documentary and movie coverage of America. I doubt any future soldiers would be so amazed at what they had tackled in the form of USA.
The newcoming Americans who stole land from the people already living there inherited a huge place with lots of mineral and natural blessings and soil that allowed the farmers to feed the world. Look at the contrast of Japan after Pearl where they could not feed or oil their population from the land they lived on. America has been so blessed and if the smartest keep going to school and publishing dare ing papers, It seems to go on now.
At least the piss test hasn’t changed 😂 so awkward every time
Who knew they were making recruiter porn for 2024. People lined up around the block to join the army lolollollooll!
They got called “soldier” before they even did basic training? I was in basic a year ago and we were called “trainees”, only when we got our AIT patch did they call us soldier
AIT patch… gotta let everyone think they’re somehow special now
15:50: We didn’t get to have dogs when I was in boot camp 🐶
I think Jimmy Lydon portrayed the new draftee in this film.
Yup
Gosh, Wally: that’s a lot nicer than 1969!
1:03 I got the golden ticket!!!!
Hah so what you did bro
I imagine that if they didn't send the letter certified mail you could just throw it away.
There is literally no proof you ever received it.
FORT KNOX KENTUCKY 1982 * C TROOP 5TH CAVALRY,1ST BDE, 2ND PLATOON
6:44 They're doing that in a room from the 20's, you can see the pretty wall sconce in the background. That room probably heard lots of jazz in its day. I've noticed in old pictures how young people in the 40's always seem to have bland expressions on their faces, as though they have nothing to look forward to, unlike 20 years earlier when everyone seemed to smile. Rimless glasses always make a face look bland.
well let's see here young people from the 1940s (ww2 generation)
typically born from 1914-1927
were either 2 years old - 15 years old during the crash of 1929
grew up in the 1930s depression. at that time the worst depression ever experienced in the usa/world. either 1/2 hungry throughout the day or working odd jobs just to help the family. or going to school while doing all the above.
by 1941 the oldest of them were 27 years old and pearl harbor happened and get drafted or sign up for military service. the youngst wre barely 14-15 years old. from 1941 -1945 most of this generation would've either been drafted or had to sign up for service unless they had deferrment jobs crucial to national security or were disabled. so we know how rough ww2 was and well there you have it. childhood/teenage years/early adulthood years going through tough times through and through.
they went through hte depression... that would take the smile out of anyone.
You weren't there, so how woulld you know? By looking at a few pictures? Give me a break. LOL!
The opening music sounds like a cartoon
No problem they'll be sending you to a scenic beach in France...
Either WWII treated draftees much differently than most of us experienced during the "non-war" American War in Vietnam, or this film is 100% untrue propaganda! This certainly does not show the mocking, demeaning, violent use of "maggots" as pugel stick dummies, "blanket parties" and dry shaving punishments. However, the unpleasantness of Basic Combat Training equipped me to survive a year "boots on the ground" in the Republic of Vietnam, 1969-1970.
The Steve Rogers days
you know it's funny if steve rogers were real he would've been drafted anyways by 1944. as the battle of the bulge caused a lot of 4f men to be magically 1A on their draft cards. refer to eddie slovik. he was thin, sick and well unfit for the military like steve rogers (except eddie slovik was convicted of shoplifting) battle of the bulge...
Army insurance is still a pretty good bargain
"Do you like.. going around with girls?" .. so much for Don't Ask, Don't Tell 4:29
Don't ask, don't tell didn't come along until Clinton. In fact, one of the questions in the enlistment application was, "Do you like girls?"
If you enjoyed this, I highly recommend no time for Sergeants. Has a scene like that.
@@houstonsmith20 girls sure are fun
@@cosmeticscameo8277 😂😂😂😂. Last name first, first name, middle name last
that didn't get implimented til the Clinton yrs. It was a change in policy in name only..the military still ran a fine toothed comb over even your emails to see any hint of 'otherness' in that area. All i could think of was "Johnny,are you a Friend of Dorothy?Do you like musicals, Johnny?", lol.
@4:31 “do you like going around with girls”? Now that was a missed opportunity for an instant deferment.
Because wars are won or lost on bedmaking skills. No combat ready unit is inspection ready,and vice versa.
thanks
The Central Issue Facility hasnt changed much.
The politicians SHOULD have to report to their nearest reception centres and be there by a certain time in the early hours of the morning "(And exactly bethere early or on time and not one split second after)after recieving THEIR CALL UP PAPERS WITHOUT FAIL and failure to arrive on time without good reason=DESERTION!!
politicians = elite class.
they send you off to war.
@@cosmeticscameo8277 I saw a bumper sticker about Slick Willy saying 'Draft Dodging S.O.B. Will Send YOUR son'. Thought that was quite adequate.
Man, the army was less yell bqck then. Id enlist if i was around in 1945. Post WWII
38regular. People were smaller then.
Get in cardio shape before you go in. Jog with boots on to get in shape and toughen your feet to avoid blisters. Don't expect to be treated kindly by anyone in any position of authority.
07:40 wtf. What happened to “back in my day” I was here literally last year and it was absolute chaos and screaming
The iinncocent conscript who didn't start the war has to live on field rations and their families back home also live on rations while the politicians who started the war llive it up.
I'm 76 & all four of my uncles plus my father were WWII veterans! I went through Army Basic training,
20 years later, in 1964 & boy, was it different from this video! For example, the sergeants were screaming
at you from 'minute one', not being helpful! Also, we had to get "skinhead" haircuts, not reasonable ones!
Lastly, unless things changed drastically from the WWII era, this video was "soft soaping" entering the Army!
They did change cuz Vietnam guys didn't want to fight they had to be forced to do everything
Today if you criticize someone even a little, you'll get written up and yelled at by the deputy commander. Plus a bad mark on your record. Also given a punishment that shows you have learned to ignore the idiots around you, even if it gets you killed someday.
lol...same here.
Thanks for replying! By the way, I enlisted in the Army National Guard in Nov. 1963 & went
to "Basic" in Mar. 1964, so staying out of Vietnam wasn't the reason! p.s. My "bunk mate"
was american Terry Gilliam, later of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" & a movie director!@@Standswithabeer
I remember 1967 getting a buzz-cut: not a problem for me because I was not proud of my hair, but a bunch of hippies in my induction class were devastated.
4:22 missed the 20's talks to remembers the 20's.
10:39 so many people are sitting in ways where mass punishment would be the regular dealio
4:28 LOL WHAT? WHY WOULD THEY ASK YOU THAT BACK THEN!?
gotta make you sure you dont' swing that way.
Yeah, gay men weren't allowed to serve then.
Articles of War (AOW), was military law, promulgated by Congress... that preceded the now known Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) enacted into law, 1950; both considered as "due process", regarding any limitations/authorities on civil liberties, normally allowed civilian citizens... having taken the oath, "affirmative assent" to said Military Law takes effect... fwiw.
The average age of these recruits seem to be about 33.
No screaming and hollering? The ARMY?? REALLY??? Twilight Zone looks like to me.
obviously gotta tone it down for hte newsreels. can't scare mom and dad. yes even back then the military had to pander to the parents because the parents themselves wnet through WW1 and no fooling them. they know whats up.
@@cosmeticscameo8277 Wished more people would open their eyes and take a GOOD look at today! All the sidewaysness is still VERY alive and well right now.
Yeah, that doesn't seem to have been as much the norm back in the 40's. And they still won the war.
Sounds like a plan to me.@@KillerInstinct-ch5oj
I went through the 90’s army and it went well. I believe I could be successful in the 50’s army. HOWEVER, after calling present military instructors lame bitches I may not succeed.
Why did they skip the head shaving? That was my biggest shock in BMT. We had to pay $1 for the privilege in 1976.
Didn't they do that at basic training? This looks like it was all just induction.
@@robertlombardo8437 I did my basic training in 1982. We had our hair buzzed off during reception - before basic.
Did anyone's here actually do this. What was it like if you did.
...my Dad did. He said it was as hard as you wanted to make it. Get along. They were all in it together. He was a corpsman, & shipped out with the Marines in the Pacific. He saw bloody action, and they Held it together. They were men.
While I was not in the service, others in my family were. WW2. I think I made a mistake NOT enlisting. If I could go back in time, I would have gotten my degree(s) and then joined.
Opportunities abound, if you mind your P&Qs.
Interesting, i'm a social History curious, how was your rapport with "the society"? I mean, back in the time patriotism was high, did you have some problems being home instead of on duty? Small town or big city? Thanks
I suppose his mother loves him😂
USA, when it was normal back then. Also, the draft system is the smartest thing.
They never took avab test?
Asvab wasn’t a thing until ‘68 back then it was the army general classification test (AGCT). Very similar to todays ASVAB but back then they used two tests one for the army the other for the navy. The military would go back to one test after the war.
Remember when we had an actual US Army? i was proud to have been in it, and served my country. It is definitely not the us arny now
Food was different in these days
HURRY UP, AND WAIT ***
I was in the Army but not in the infantry.
I can understand why new recruits on the front had great difficulties. There's a VR game called Crash Land.
It takes a while to understand how to use the weapons in the game.
I have a very odd feeling there's about to be another draft just figured I'd watch this to see what it like
There is never going to be another draft. The era of large scale wars ended a long time ago and nobody would tolerate being drafted anyway. It would cause country wide riots that wouldn't stop until any attempting at conscription did
spoiler.... it's not this nice....lol
Best decision I ever made. Joining the army. Changed my life forever.
4:30 a subtle way of determining if a man is homosexual..
1:58 does it hurt much? *Laughs in green weenie*
I joined the Army after I graduated from college. This was early '90's. I loved to tell people that I was drafted and will say, "Damn Nixon and the draft!". Eventually I was in the Army Reserve, and from there I was sent to Iraq 🇮🇶.
123🪖 Fort Benning.😎
Unwatchable with all the ads -- I've never seen a TH-cam video before where the content-to-ad ration was 1:1
Got zero ads lol
Clarence Malloy
As far as what to bring, I would add a few extra pairs of clean underwear.