Fort Dix, New Jersey 1971 Basic Training

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  • @FrednDeeDee
    @FrednDeeDee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I Started my 4 years active Army at Fort Dix in E-1-3 for Basic Training May 1972. It was 50 years ago and yet I still remember my training and such like it was yesterday. We were all a bunch of youngsters back then when we were all wearing Olive Drab and thought we were invincible and going to live forever. I'd give almost anything to do it all over again.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I wish that I was still in shape and had the energy that I had back then.

    • @FrednDeeDee
      @FrednDeeDee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I may have slowed down a bit but my zest for life is still running 110%. I wish I was as smart back then as I am now. Then if I had the notion, I could have ruled the world. I was always happy with country living and never had a thirst for much more. The outdoors has always given me all I've ever needed or wanted.

  • @edwardcarey3738
    @edwardcarey3738 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    To all of you who have passed through Ft Dix at one time or another. And to the one's who are still passing through there or living there.
    Thank you for your service and thank you for continuing to fight for our freedom
    And welcome home
    May God bless you and your families.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching. Very well said. Have a great week...Calvin

    • @edwardcarey3738
      @edwardcarey3738 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SouthernCountryLiving thank you for your reply. I meant every word from my heart. I hope more people read what I wrote.
      You and your family have a good week also.

    • @timsmith9169
      @timsmith9169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fort dix alpha 2-3 . what a life changer thanks for the memories 👍🇺🇸🗽

    • @lastmanstanding1954
      @lastmanstanding1954 ปีที่แล้ว

      FORT DIX IS NOW CLOSED..........

    • @da-jc9jz
      @da-jc9jz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      God Bless

  • @TheXpompier
    @TheXpompier 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Went through Basic Training there in the Winter of '73-'74, Echo-5-3 Damn it gets cold in New Jersey. From Washington (the State) farthest I'd ever been from home. Thanks for the pics. 👍

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching. I was there in the winter of 1971 and you are right, it was cold..

  • @topgunsnake720
    @topgunsnake720 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for the memory! A speed bump in May 1971 en route to the Land of the Little People.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for watching.
      Have a great week,
      Calvin

    • @lornakim5706
      @lornakim5706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😸😎🥳😁⚓🎆✨💌🌌🍀

  • @ncyankee89
    @ncyankee89 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was there in 1970. My cycle book is much like this one

  • @victoriataylor5457
    @victoriataylor5457 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is amazing photos of Ft. Dix, 1971 thanks so much for these great memories. My husband did his basic here in 1968 , and our son did his here 1989 . Great place to see again ,so long ago but seems like only yesterday Thanks so much for posting alot of good memories were made here. God bless

    • @orbits2
      @orbits2 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ya well the dirty bastards were out looking for meat in the Nam era.
      fuck you and your son for falling for the shit back then.
      Nam Era Vet

  • @jean-marccourbin3508
    @jean-marccourbin3508 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for this. Ft.Dix 1973 D-2-3

  • @keithh.3446
    @keithh.3446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    BCT AUG/SEP 71 - My graduation book is the same format...then off to the sunny and exotic paradise of Tigerland with the wake-up call of Peason Ridge. Chuckles now, blisters then. lol Good video!

  • @chriskoop4888
    @chriskoop4888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Went there for Basic June of 1977. Still remember forced marches with full pack in the sand. Was tough but I would not trade the experience for anyting.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching, I feel the same way.
      Have a great week,
      Calvin

  • @jimscribner8314
    @jimscribner8314 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You should put the Theme from Patton with this picture show. I went through Basic Training at Ft Dix in 1972. It was where I picked up the two pack a day cigarette habit I've had ever since from those little mini-packs of cigarettes they used to put in C-rations. The most painful experience I recall there was having to hold up a pair of socks for about an hour when they first issued us uniforms.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching, yes that music would have been nice but it is copyrighted.
      Have a great week,
      Calvin

    • @kandynewlin7091
      @kandynewlin7091 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m looking for a photo of Allen Kent Borden. Fort dix No 1972. Can anyone help me

  • @Racex777
    @Racex777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It makes you remember the drill sergeants they're tough on you. And I thank God for that

  • @mariofilippi3539
    @mariofilippi3539 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I went through basic training there in 1974 and later worked at the hospital (Walson). Thanks for the video, it brought back nice memories.

  • @edwardcarey3738
    @edwardcarey3738 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I might have only been an U.S. Army dependent but my Flag still flys for freedom and for all those who have lived and died for that same freedom.
    Thank you all for your service and welcome home.

    • @lornakim5706
      @lornakim5706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not Only because you like Mamie Eisenhower kept the Home Fires burning^^ Xoxo ⚓✨

  • @buukkreider544
    @buukkreider544 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had my Basic at Ft Dix from Jan - Mar of 1977. I was in Alpha 3-3. I remember that saloon off base in Wrightstown where I went on my first weekend pass with about 4 other guys. That Pizza! I still remember the taste, and I have NEVER found pizza that tasted as good anywhere!

  • @kjag1
    @kjag1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ft.Dix Basic Jan 1972. Drill Sergeant was Oscar McNight. Also completed AIT there as well, then on to Kaiserslautern, Germany. My Draft Lottery number was 4.

  • @lastmanstanding1954
    @lastmanstanding1954 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I WAS AT FORT DIX NEW JERSEY ON MAY 21ST 1971 , I JUST TURNED 17 ON MAY 16 1971,,,,,,,,BASIC WAS HELL. BUT, I MADE IT THROUGH AND WAS SHIPPED OUT TO GERMANY INSTEAD OF VIET NAM. I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.

  • @multitieredinvestor183
    @multitieredinvestor183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I took basic twice at Dix 1956 & 1963 due to a four year break in service. Knew the ropes 2nd time. Parked my car in Wrightstown. Showed up with a basic Airborne wings sewn on my fatigues. Cadre initially raised hell, but after showing the DD Form 214 they actually bragged about me. Retired 18 years later as a major. It was a great life.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is great. Thanks for your service.
      Have a fantastic week,
      Calvin

    • @lornakim5706
      @lornakim5706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My Battalion XO Forever Major Davis^^ to me started out before he went to Viet Nam as a Private E-Nothing out of the Corn Fields of iowa and decades later Retired as an 0-6 Colonel with a Masters Degree because he used to always bellow, "if You Don't Blow Your Own Horn.. Someone Will Use it As A Spittoon!!"😁

    • @lornakim5706
      @lornakim5706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your Story about your Service is So Very Wonderful and Good As Gold, Salt of The Earth!! Merci Beaucoup Always ✨⚓🎆✨💌

    • @da-jc9jz
      @da-jc9jz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      thats how its done congrats -
      i remember buck pvts in basic did not understand how some showed up as pfc in basic - drill sgt: you get it when you do rotc in high school now get back to work private lol

  • @cbm2156
    @cbm2156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I went though Ft Dix in November 1962 in an Overseas Shipping Company on the way to Turkey. Myself and three other guys were en route to Sinope, Turkey. The three guys make it to Sinope for a 12 month tour, but I ended up in Ankara Turkey , Capitol city for an 18 month tour of duty. There are a lot of stories to tell about our 10 days in Ft Dix.

  • @edwardcarey3738
    @edwardcarey3738 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My dad did basic training at Ft Dix and then retired there 25 yrs later.

  • @coolezum
    @coolezum 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved the challenge! 5/20/70 C23. Always said the drill sergeants could not push me any more than my dad so, outstanding. 😜

  • @subsmike8117
    @subsmike8117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I loved watching it. I was there from February1 through March 1971. As I do not recall my Basic Training Unit and I did not see myself, I might have recognized (or at least wanted to) a few guys, ...but that was 50 years ago. I recall a huge blizzard for several days as we marched to and from the rifle ranges, and a General who tapped me on the helmet at the firing line to inquire of my status during the cold weather, and the razzing I took from the other 'trainees' because I said I was 'ok' and did not tell him 'like it was' as they viewed their circumstances. We had many 'trainees' there who were war protestors and who later received general or dishonorable discharges in protest to the Vietnam War. Thanks for the memories. How did you get these pictures?

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching. I went there in Sept. 1971. I also have trouble remembering a lot of details but I do have a few good and bad memories from there. I loved going to the firing range. The pictures came from the book that I have from basic training. It's like a yearbook.
      Have a great week,
      Calvin

  • @jgreen4715
    @jgreen4715 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Had some good and bad times there, but made it thru made me a stronger young man!☺

  • @walteryaroch1083
    @walteryaroch1083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The last pic is of me (Drill Sergeant) and my platoon on Range Road in June 1968. D-6-3

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching, glad you found the video.
      Have a great weekend,
      Calvin

  • @jurgenblick5491
    @jurgenblick5491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember this well

  • @ronxlii
    @ronxlii 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So cool I did Basic at Fort Dix starting in October 71 to January 72.

    • @ronxlii
      @ronxlii 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Shame there are no photos of the wooden barracks and the induction center. Our platoon pulled kp on thanksgiving day 1971. Most likely because half our platoon was made up of older national guard guys.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your service

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, I remember KP at the old barracks.

  • @tommyanderson-filmmaker3976
    @tommyanderson-filmmaker3976 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome, I was in Echo 2-2 1971

  • @paulbrown8370
    @paulbrown8370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I did my time here at C-5-3 and then on to AIT in Fort Lost in the woods, Missouri. Hated that place, miserable joint, then onward and downward to Vietnam, where i did two tours, because i wanted to. I enlisted in the Army and volunteered to go to Nam. Never thought i would come back, but i really never thought i would see the day that i would want to go back to the land of the 24 hour war. I ended up liking it over there. I think now, i should have stayed there for good. I past through here in Feb 1970.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks for your service

    • @da-jc9jz
      @da-jc9jz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ft leonard wood - we got all the stories about leonard wood transportation school when i was at dix -
      oh we were so glad to be at dix but it was hell at dix too lol

  • @arnoldkellner2173
    @arnoldkellner2173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I still have my Graduation book looks just like yours😀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @2098elk
    @2098elk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for posting. Fort Polk, La aka Tiger Land. 1965-67.

  • @garbo8962
    @garbo8962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Took my basic & AIT training at Fort Dix in 1971. Only have us a 2 week leave befote shipping us to Nam. Was a great place. Open base with no guards at entrance so you could go home in civilian clothes.

  • @usaloveamerica1382
    @usaloveamerica1382 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sept 1 1964 3rd training regiment Hotel Huskies, Sgt Stinson was my drill Seargant...a long time ago, but never forgotten!

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching, I feel the same way. It was a long time ago but I will never forget.

  • @4BearWarrior
    @4BearWarrior 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I took my Basic Training in Ft. Dix NJ 1976 C53 1976

    • @coolezum
      @coolezum 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Basic Ft. Dix 5/70. C 2 3. Peace brother

  • @tammylynn5238
    @tammylynn5238 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your service 🙏🇺🇸

  • @naturalcare2373
    @naturalcare2373 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Basic in Ft Dix 71 now Army ret 92 Thanks for the video.

  • @johndominski8839
    @johndominski8839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great pics.

  • @6799aaron
    @6799aaron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did basic June/July 1971 D - 4 - 2 A.I.T. Ft Gordon then Vietnam and Fort HUachuca E.T. S. June 74

  • @chrisofnh9326
    @chrisofnh9326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my grandpa was here in 1976-1977 & then went to fort sill in 1978 & then went to germany

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching,
      Calvin

    • @da-jc9jz
      @da-jc9jz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ft sill ok home of the field artillery school -
      thats where i was permanent party after ait ft dix -
      471st trans company building 2025 - 3yr tour
      🇺🇸 thanks calvin for this great content

  • @melonbonebean6873
    @melonbonebean6873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was at Fort Dix a year earlier 1970 D-5-3 graduation 7/9 some of the same photo are in my book I was drafted but served with honor

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching and serving.
      Have a great weekend,
      Calvin

  • @kagnewcobra5228
    @kagnewcobra5228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Are rosters available anywhere? Did basic here (E-2-3) Jul 71 but have no copy of orders to AIT ( Ft Gordon, GA). It would be great to see a roster if available.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know if they are available anywhere but they probably are

  • @daletowler1354
    @daletowler1354 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was at Fort Dix 1967, Basic, AIT, took a course on VC traps, nam 67-69 (9th Inf div.,

  • @skye1212
    @skye1212 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ft Dix C-5-3. Fall 1971. Was really funny being separated from service there 3 years later.

  • @ctguy1955
    @ctguy1955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bravo 3-3 March 30th 1972 I am trying to find out the height of the 3 pier tower that has a thick rope from the top to the ground at a 40-50 degree angle.
    They wanted Me to grab the rope and go hand over hand until they said to let go and fall to the ground that had 3 feet of saw dust or whatever they used
    to prevent impact damage back then. I just watched a funny video about people not wanting to jump from a 10 meter tower and I felt that the top
    tier I jumped off of was 30 feet high.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your service. I don't know how high the tower was.
      Calvin

  • @That_NJ_guy
    @That_NJ_guy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I study at Middlesex county college which apparently was another military base in NJ for WW2 and before. But by the 60 s it became what is today a college.

  • @maureendillon3734
    @maureendillon3734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    went to basic june to august 1971 drill sargent meyers b-6-2 allmost 50 years i am retired fdny can still remember him clearly.

  • @kayhutson7577
    @kayhutson7577 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow I was there in 1971 too but, I was only 13 at the time. Lived there from 6th grade to 11th grade. My dad got stationed there. We moved to Germany the end of 1976.

  • @luv2fly352
    @luv2fly352 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My basic and AIT training at Dix began in April 1964.

  • @jamessephar9458
    @jamessephar9458 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Went thru Basic at Ft Knox in 1971 looks the same.

  • @jrsomers9663
    @jrsomers9663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravo 2-2 Fall, 1969 Drill Sergeant: Robert Emerson "The Big 'E'"

  • @rogerokelley
    @rogerokelley ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks very much Roger. I received the medallions from you and I showed them on our Sunday Chat this week. That was very kind of you to send those to me.

  • @garylandis1862
    @garylandis1862 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    E-6-2 Echo Eagles. First day May 18 1971. Old soldiers just fade away!

    • @edwardcarey3738
      @edwardcarey3738 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your service and welcome home

  • @wilhall883
    @wilhall883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ft Dix ,N.J. June 1977 BCT B-3-3

  • @SMHEFtime
    @SMHEFtime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    C-2-3 in 6/75 DI's King, and Gunn

  • @Rainoutreachtv
    @Rainoutreachtv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i was Company A 3rd Battalion 2nd Brigade dec.71 -jan 72 grad feb 72 early..

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching, you were just a few months after me.
      Have a great day,
      Calvin

  • @elkmike23
    @elkmike23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have that same yearbook of my dad's.

  • @formerice
    @formerice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Got there March 1971, then on to L. Wood and Korea.

  • @MrDon0707
    @MrDon0707 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thanks for the memory, my first day: 10Sept1971, E-3-2

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, glad you liked it. I went in on 07Sept1971, C-3-2

    • @edwardcarey3738
      @edwardcarey3738 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your service and welcome home

    • @edwardcarey3738
      @edwardcarey3738 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SouthernCountryLiving thank you for your service and welcome home

    • @coolezum
      @coolezum 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      May 20 1970, C 2 3

  • @da-jc9jz
    @da-jc9jz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ft dix ait transportation school 1977 -
    summer time so hot you thought you were dying everyday - so fun you did not think about anything but getting to permanent party -
    makes me cry to know many of the young men we are looking at here never made it back home to their neighborhoods and families -
    this was real army days where drill sgts were the real deal and you said yes drill sgt
    and double timed the hell out of there

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for your service

    • @da-jc9jz
      @da-jc9jz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@SouthernCountryLiving
      🇺🇸 👍
      for God and country

  • @mikerees60
    @mikerees60 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Basic here in April of 1973 B-1-2 is here to stay.....

  • @richardwilkins8139
    @richardwilkins8139 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad went went to Ft.Dix. just before world war 2.

  • @arnoldkellner2173
    @arnoldkellner2173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3rd Brigade 2nd Battalion Bravo Bravo WETSU 10/14/68-12/22/68

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for your service

    • @arnoldkellner2173
      @arnoldkellner2173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anyone out there who participated in BCT at Fort Dix remember what WETSU stands for? I use it everyday when I run into a difficult situation and overcome the opportunity to fail. I also used to sing the delayed cadence count and the prettiest girl I ever saw sipping bourbon through a straw or Here we go we’re at it again movin out movin in,to my kids and grandkids . My beautiful daughter still remembers the song. Back in the day when I ran road races when I hit the wall I would sing these cadence songs and would subdue the pain amazing what BCT can get you through best training ever thank you PSG Smith, DI SSG MARTIN and DI SSG Miller Bravo Bravo WETSU.

  • @The1OldSoldier
    @The1OldSoldier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Victor Company 2nd BCT Proud Rifles March 1967 to May 1967 Fort Dix.. It seems like it was last week.

  • @johnmaffetone9910
    @johnmaffetone9910 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1963 I spent 6 months at Fort Dix New Jersey training

  • @BTAColorado
    @BTAColorado 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was in Bravo 2-10 the last year Ft. Dix conducted Basic Training, 1988. I've been looking for old stock photos of the recruit barracks. I remember what everything looked like with a 30 year haze to my memory, but I don't even remember what the intersecting street names were around the compound. Anyone else recall them, so I can pinpoint the location on the google map of Dix?

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching Brian.
      Have a great week,
      Calvin

    • @jimgraf9483
      @jimgraf9483 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You oughta try it from Co. A 4th Tng Regt. Feb. 1964, I,d give anything to hear from anyone that was there.

  • @rockuout1
    @rockuout1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How would one get a yearbook of their basic training ???

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I got that one when I was in basic training. I don't know how you could get an old one. You might check with a lot of used bookstores and possibly eBay. Thanks for watching, have a great day.. Calvin

  • @richardwhite2005
    @richardwhite2005 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Went there December 28.1970

  • @brucemarshall9691
    @brucemarshall9691 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was there from Feb - Apr. 1971 - A-1-3

  • @tonypuma8010
    @tonypuma8010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Basic training May 1959.

  • @1234uz
    @1234uz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3rd Brigade Proud Rifles FEB 1971

  • @jimgraf9483
    @jimgraf9483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there anyone there, 4th Tng Regt.. Alpha Co. Fort Dix Feb. 1964. Jim Gross, Iou Iosue, Mike Brennan, Jerry Johnson, George Lafferty, are any of you guysthere ?

  • @LKS-1976
    @LKS-1976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My pop was a Drill Sgt. at Dix, in 72, I believe. I was born at Walson Army Hospital in 76. My ma was a nurse at the hospital.
    Fast forward to 1993, I did reserve time there prior to going active duty at Ft. Bragg.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for watching and sharing your parents story. I love thinking back to my days at Ft. Dix.
      Have a great day,
      Calvin

  • @chrisdaunhauer1757
    @chrisdaunhauer1757 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    been there and done that. 1987.

  • @MrProstreet56
    @MrProstreet56 ปีที่แล้ว

    My basic training here was in late November 1972. Fresh out of high school I was a 110 pound weakling but the chow was great especially the Shit on a Shingle (SOS) which turned me into a 135 pound 🤣lean, mean, fighting machine!

  • @RichThomasInfo
    @RichThomasInfo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    greetings .. i was there a-3-2 december 71...jan 72 graduate feb 72 .. trying to find the right book

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your service. You came there just a few weeks after I left.

    • @RichThomasInfo
      @RichThomasInfo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SouthernCountryLiving looks like we were the next cycle...

  • @charlesaldridge8425
    @charlesaldridge8425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Basic at Dix Nov 1970 D-4-3.

    • @SouthernCountryLiving
      @SouthernCountryLiving  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for commenting, You were about one year ahead of me.
      Sept. 1971 C-3-2

  • @erikspolyssov4772
    @erikspolyssov4772 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How often were you guys paid in basic in 1971 at fort dix and was it in cash and were you allowed to have wallets in basic training

  • @nickmad887
    @nickmad887 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks

  • @passionateguy3420
    @passionateguy3420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Today i went to fort dix to give my asvab test and i scored a 65

  • @robertsheltra7708
    @robertsheltra7708 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    May-July 1973 A-2-2 Drill Sergeant Joseph Smith was our DS. I remember getting caught in Gods country! It wasn’t a pretty site.

  • @terrybrennan1798
    @terrybrennan1798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great.

  • @gregangeli119
    @gregangeli119 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes Drill Sargent!

  • @travelingman9763
    @travelingman9763 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sep.1974!

  • @Gocycle
    @Gocycle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1971 July A-6-2

  • @robertbelfiore4249
    @robertbelfiore4249 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    delta company 1st bn. 3rd brigadeft. dix july 1971

    • @edwardcarey3738
      @edwardcarey3738 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your service and welcome home

    • @coolezum
      @coolezum 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      May 1970 C 2 3.

  • @howie7937
    @howie7937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    January 1971

  • @ranger537553
    @ranger537553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Basic Jan 69 D23

  • @michaeljenkins9823
    @michaeljenkins9823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lahara at 650

  • @SapphireN
    @SapphireN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Know of a zane campbell