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Duncanpup

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Fri Feb 3, 2023, 07:33 AM Feb 2023

Watching Documentary on Fort benning. [View all]

Can’t post from my I phone yet it’s called what army recruits go through at boot camp 22 weeks produced by business insider. First of all they fucked up it’s not boot camp it’s OSUT infantry , the term boot camp is reserved for our brothers and sisters who join Marine corp or the Navy.

Wow Benning has changed from 39 years ago from the barracks yes Dash one I’m talking about the WW2 barracks I lived in Harmony church now pound sand Hilton. Yet benning has changed to the set up on ranges especially weapons Qualification 240 hours of learning to shoot and scoot to the length of training it’s 22 weeks it was I think 14 went I went through it. One thing caught me was two weeks in reception now shit that’s all zero time my reception was three four days tops.

And once they get off the bus they give them a snack in middle of the night off.
Granola
Juice box
Sun flower seeds
Dried fruit.

WTF when did they stop the 2 cheeseburgers and fries , I just found it cool to watch ,in 84 nothing like young joes getting to know each other crapping on open toilets no privacy as the Drills scream you better make that shit fast.

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