Hey Dan. WWII era temp. It was pretty slick. I remember that at each meal they would yell NG's to the front of the line. He was always telling us someone would hit us between "your snot-box and your cox-sucker" if we kept messing up. I was there February 1971 B11. Didn't make it to Viet Nam. Then assigned after zero week of testing, KP and other duties moved to Company A-3-1 to begin eight weeks of Basic Combat Training which included bed making, using a buffer, rolling and folding underwear etc. Brittany's Gourmet Coffee, 690 Barnes Blvd, Lewis McChord, WA 98438. I was C-4-2 3rd platoon, Ssgt Collins and Sgt Brochettes. . Project Name: Fort Lewis Barracks. D52. Would like to get a copy. I was there for basic training June 1971. Lot of URI and if you went on sick call for 2 or more days you got re-cycled to start over or if you couldn't do PT you went to a PT platoon until you could do the Army drills and complete basic. Proud to have serve. I dug so many holes, I wore out the heel on my left shoe. My cycle was the first to use the buildings in 25 years. All those guys I became so close to have faded into my memory..I hope they all did well and someday far off we will meet again to stand in Formation and pay respect to all who have fallen before us. The platoon I trained with was B-3-2 lead by Sgt. August 2012 February 2014 Back in the day when everyone had a prefix in their service number. Download the JBLM Connection, your consolidated monthly bulletin. Weather Underground provides local & long-range weather forecasts, weatherreports, maps & tropical weather conditions for the Joint Base Lewis-McChord area. 1970 February 9 to April 3 C42 anyone know me? Office wanted someone with a degree so I stayed until offered a six month early out because of the RIF in 1972. GO Army. Lot of the guys were just 18-19 and some were quite immature but sure had to grow up in a hurry especially fo DS Robles was around, he could actually make them cry if they screwed up. I also have no idea how our laundry was done in Basic, but I remember vividly going to a laundromat in Fort Ord cook school because of one event. I was from the bay area when I went in the Army, the city was Vallejo, Ca. Pokazuje odlego w kilometrach midzy Fort-Lewis i Victoria wraz z tras na interaktywnej mapie. C-4-2 Chargin Charlie. Our Drill Sgt. Thanks , I was flown to We obviously had to leave the company area when training and marching. 54 Echo stationed at Ft Lewis 1982. IMCOM is not responsible for the content of links outside home.army.mil. March April and May for me.I remember we were the 4th platoon and I remember the painting of the decapitated VC on the outdoor broom closet with the caption"we eat VC for breakfast" and I remember Hecker and Steele and Hansen and Bryant and Beaudwin, and Liedtke and Pugh and Linstead and Halowapo and Burke the Indian. Our paths may have crossed. Want to make sure I didn't unsubscribe by mistake. Gietsen we ran rings around them. So long ago much is lost in time. The D-2-1 sounds correct but Infantry was the 11B MOS which was the training which comes after basic training. I was in D22, which may have been very close to you. Jim, I was there the same time, Nov 1970 - Jan 1971, Alpha 1-1. D-5-2. Consisting of 87,000. was Sgt. He gave me a bottle of cough syrup. The free, interactive app helps you better understand all that you need to do. I wish I had a photo of Sgt. While at Lewis I develop a respiratory infection that August and spent two days at Madigan. 7ID History: Operation Just Cause - 32 Years Ago Today December 20, 2021. Had a DI from Germany and his accent stuck with me for years. My mistake didn't mean to do it. Reading this blog helped me. Not a Bad Training Cycle. I went back after Nam in Aug 70 and was assigned to the 3rd Armored CAV as the training NCO and then back home to sac at the end of Jan 71, BCT, Ft Lewis North Fort, March 67, D-5-1, Sgts Vickers and Brown, then to Germany 3rd Inf. If any guys from Alpha One One Jan 71 see this send me an email at slorazorsedge@aol.com. D Block was demolished in 2019. Double time brother. I wish I had waited for his laundry to finish to see the results. Artillery training. Al. As in B-3-2Bravo Company-what-what? Barracks First basic trainees they had had D41. I was with Linstead when we came back and saw your work.I was a holdover.finally assigned to the Army Security Agency trained at Fort Ord and eventually they sent me to NAM as everyone was coming home. Chuck. Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord, JBLM . April 2013 World War II I was in B-52 at Fort Lewis Washington in August of 1968. We were a mixed lot of guys from Texas, Montana with a few mid-West and East Coast. DI was SSgt Hunt. Does anyone recall serving with my uncle, Alan Roderick Hanson? There were pictures of Fort Lewis that I took during that time and a few grey stones which covered the entire base. Upon graduation the Army sent me to New Jersey where the humidity would stick to you in the form of ice. Thanks. He was a bad ass, but he sure could sing. Browse 330 fort lewis washington stock photos and images available, or search for charles de gaulle airport or fort benning to find more great stock photos and pictures. We were right across from the dog training area down a hill where we did a lot of running. I do have a group photo if your interested I don't mind emailing it to you? It serves as a training and mobilization center for all services and is the only Army power projection base west of the Rocky Mountains. I mentioned above that I pinched an ashtray from the messhall. When you saw a bunk mattress rolled up they did not come back. Lucius Thomas. Totally corrupt and physically abuse DI Rod Walters. Had a friend in E-1-1. Not too many Canadians in basic, but didnt know any better at that age. We had a brand new 2nd LT (LT French), all of 18 years old, who insisted on calling us "son". Drill Sgt. Some of the guys I worked with were Phil Knapp, John Krietgens, Jim Conney, Mark Nolan. It was the second time I had visited. Chilly, windy and cold. I took basic training at Ft. Lewis NOrth Fort March13 -May 15 1970. Cannot remember their names. It is a bond that brings us together. From May 1969 thru October 1969 for Basic Training and Advanced Infantry Training. We had guys come from basic at other posts to our AIT (B-2-3) company and because of Drill Sgt. I had occasion to rn into him at a conference in Southern Utah in the 90's. August of 66 for me too in the old wooden barracks on North Fort Lewis, but I didn't see coal furnaces until AIT at Fort Gordon, GA, I was there July 1966 (A-2-1 Rah) And the basic training reopening was so new that we had a 'stand in' DI (Sgt.Dennison) who insisted everyone quit smoking. Got my covid shots at the VA clinic here in the Villages,Fl. Many were gone. Podcast Texas Tech Tom Williams Clyde, you must've been in the first of the VOLAR (Volunteer Army) basic companies. (Colorado), I to was at Ft. Lewis early 1970, I'll find my DD214 to get exact dates. Find a home that best fits your needs. I showed up right after youAug 1968D-5-2. slorazorsedge@aol.com . stayed at lewis for AIT, but do not remember what company.Left May 70, Looking for pictures Graduated Mar 68 then went right to Madigan Gen Hospital - with the measles LOL. I was in the first BCT cycle to use D Block in North Fort Lewis since WWII. Story at Fort Lewis, and went in with a bunch of California and Nebraska kids. I went across the base for AIT. The inspection of our bunks was so rigid that most of us made up our bunks to specification, and then slept on top of that in our full gear so we would not mess it up when we got up in the morning. In his 1968 U.S. Army training at Fort Lewis, Washington, Grady was housed in World War II-era barracks like these still standing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Now I've never been much for schadenfreude, but damn, sometimes a fellow just must indulge. Basic training perfect? Would love to buy him a beer or three. I was trying to remember my experience as a 17 year old during that period in my life. He was a veteran of the battle of Pork Chop Hill in Korea. The four of us did drive from Bremerton, where my son and wife live, up to Port Townsend for lunch though. Was in basic training around the same time. I graduated basic training from Ft. Lewis Washington on December 1967. Monte Allen Had to sleep with the windows open. Was committed to training us well. Also pictures of Drill Sergeants Forcade and Graves. I was drafted. Good, hard training. I was fortunate. I was just over a year behind you at Ft. Lewis and was also sent to Ft. Sam that fall and became a 91Bravo. It was tuff but I'm glad the draft got me. I remember the big guy by the name of Spicer. All because i defended a fellow soldier from a bully officer. He was in Viet Nam in 1964-65. Of course, the economy of Fort Lewis revolves around Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington's largest employer with over 52,000 Department of Defense and active-duty military members. I had to spend a week in the hospital because I caught pneumonia. In his only appearance, he allowed that we "looked like a bunch of blind dogs in a meat factory". PS How in the hell do you remember the class number laugh I have snap shots from then and a bit of recall but to many things inbetween. He was a rep for the Veterans of Foreign War. Oct 71 to Dec 71 C-3-2 2nd Plt Sgt Folmer DI my brother from Hastings was there.3PLT C CO.1 BN2 BDE 11. Will be Great! Known Toxins Great memories there. you can find his picture on here under graduation picture 4th. Tindel. Chicago Gone all gone..replaced by new brick 3 story dormsonly thing left are the paved roads.only memories nowafter all we were told they were condemned in 1936. Was in boot camp Sept. 1971 ,,,, was in a-4-1 ,,,, who was the drill sergeant?????? Mitchell Rogers - "SP4" is Specialist 4". It was the A12 version, green with a black fiberglass hood and a 440 6 pack. I couldn't believe they were sending guys home during an outbreak like that. I did my basic training at Ft. Lewis in November 1970 and graduated in January 1971. Vail & SSG Weston, (Baxter, Williamson, Maddox, there went on to OCS with me).3-25-67 to 5-20-67; OC 69-67, 62nd Co., 3rd Plt., 2nd Sqd., Ft. Benning, GA, 6-7-1967-did not start till 6-26-67.Grad 2nd Lt, Dec. 12-1967. I hope some of my platoon members read this and reach out. Dale. Also, do you remember the name of your CO? I just wanted to walk the company parade grounds and my barracks, visit the spirit of the closest friendships Ive ever had and the ghosts of my lost brothers Dale, ran across this.. JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. -- All in All it was a good time and i got alot of great memories and the VA is still taken care of me. I got to Lewis on Oct. 10th '66 made it until three days before graduation and ended up with double pneumonia and the first made me go to sick call both cheeks got a shot of pen and I was really worried I would get 'sent back. It was heaven when I went from there to Fort Ord, CA. I know that we did not, but I can't recall how we got our underwear and fatigues cleaned. The weather was cold and rainy with no let up. You must have been in the 1st, 2nd or 4th platoon. Never knew his first name, would love to track him down and but him a beer or three if he is still around. The high point of BCT. Since our BTC was the first ALL Volunteer group to cycle through Ft Lewis, the Cadre did not meds with us at all day or night. It was in November of 2017. I was a NG from Tennessee. I have photo of this platoon if anyone is interested. Also had a Sgt. I see your father has passed but encourage you to keep looking. Not sure about the date I arrived at fort Lewis it was only temporary. I was in B-3-1 and graduated in Nov 70. Located in the Puget Sound region just south of Tacoma, Washington, Joint Base Lewis McChord is a premier installation in the Pacific Northwest.It provides world-class installation support to more than 40,000 Active-Duty, Guard, and Reserve service members and around 15,000 civilian workers. They called my name. Vietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association Julie Titone is co-author of the Grady Myers memoir "Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War." Mr. Hitt. Jim Long, Senior Drill Sgt. I was in the 2nd Platoon. Do you recall? I was with 2/2 in 1981 thru 1983. #1 Fort-Lewis 47.083027,-122.561378 Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Pierce County, Washington, United States of . Infantry school Miserable winter weather for jungle orientation. Force marches in rubber boots. Download the app on Apple or Google Play stores. The obstacle course by it is gone. Him and Horn..! Timeline Attributes. He was my drill sergeant in boot camp in 1970 and looking for some information for a Little Help from the Army which I've never had, D-2-7. Thank you. John Trainor. Bravo 3-1 Drill Sgt White. E-5-2 August 69 Drill Sgt Horn was the best. It is indeed a historic place. I'm trying to see if I can find somebody that remembers me I went by the name of Leo am I drill sergeants for Fasano he took me downtown to the racetrack one time and and then we went down to Pike Street in Seattle and he showed me the downtown area I think if I could get a little help to find him I could probably receive Little Help from the Army we say destroyed my knee when I was there but I decided to go home instead of getting operated on. U.S. Government issued, authenticated Federal PIV credentials, I recently took a tour with my grandson. I was drafted, at the time I thought the world was against me.but now I see it as the best thing that could of happened. Remember Ft. Lewis very well. I recall my grandmother telling me my grandfather was complaining of hearing loss and pain so she inspected it and dug mug and gun powder from deep in his ear months after him returning. I sauntered in and hid my loot on top of the ventilation ducting over the toilets. Trying to be thankful for all the good things since. I want to thank him and every vet out there for sacrificing everything. July 2013 Everyone loaded up with candy bars and stuff. We were confined to the barracks and mess hall due to the meningitis outbreak at the time. Lanaman was also in the Co. US ARMY Fort Lewis barracks tour 2018 ItsabelBD 57 subscribers Subscribe 13K views 4 years ago Just wanted to show you what the Fort Lewis barracks look like, this is my set up and it's a. I remember on the day before graduation Fagan screamed his men into marching order and took them into the forest where he had kegs of beer waiting for them. Find Richard Davidson in Joint Base Lewis Mcchord, WA - phone, address, email. Thanks. I think I was in B-1-1 but remember Long (think he was a big guy and a shake and bake). Grady was an M-60 machine gunner in The U.S. Army's Company Cs 2nd Platoon, 1st Battalion, 8th Regiment, 4th Infantry Division in late 1968 and early 1969. October 2012 nov 69 north fort , was coldfor this california boy ..119 pound go get'er i sometimes wonder what ever happened to all the guys my memory blends all-into-one with the various duty stations and experiences. I served 18 months and 5 days. Looking for ANYONE who may remember him or the name. AIT following (Infantry) there in Fort Lewis. The difference between the two grades is that sergeant is considered a non-commissioned officer (NCO) while the specialist is not. Schools Details: WebFort Lewis Mesa Library Hours.Back to school hours have returned. I did basic at Ft Lewis, D-3-1 September 1970 to November 1970. Went back and backpacked through the Cascades a few years ago. D-5-2 April - June, 1971 Mostly reservists. 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