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TEB

(12,863 posts) Tue Jul 30, 2019, 11:43 AM Jul 2019

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Fun times... ExciteBike66 Jul 2019 #1

I remember taking the cattle car from the reception station to our training company. Aristus Jul 2019 #2

I understand that feeling my friend TEB Jul 2019 #3

ExciteBike66

(2,360 posts)

1. Fun times...

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Tue Jul 30, 2019, 12:14 PM

Jul 2019

Our first day after leaving reception the drill sergeants explained to us that "today's" Army was a "kinder, gentler Army", and then spent all day making us hate life...

Aristus

(66,434 posts)

2. I remember taking the cattle car from the reception station to our training company.

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Tue Jul 30, 2019, 03:21 PM

Jul 2019

Just as the truck pulled to stop, the drill sergeant who rode over with us and briefed us on our new unit said ominously: "We're home, fellas..."

Just then, the doors of the cattle car opened, bright sunlight spilled in, and......

You remember that scene at the beginning of Saving Private Ryan when the landing craft's ramp went down?

It was a little like that, only with fewer bullets and more screaming drill sergeants.

It took a few minutes of blinking, surprised confusion before I started wishing I hadn't enlisted...

TEB

(12,863 posts)

3. I understand that feeling my friend

Reply to Aristus (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 30, 2019, 04:13 PM

Jul 2019