Is this true Veterans?!?

[ruger44srh]

Only name I remember is SFC Kanincia-Hawaiian--Hand to Hand Instructor-had fingers long enough to wrap them twice around your neck and strangle you. One little PuertoRican that was a definate BAD ASS. All back from the Asian Vacation--101st Airborne. Fort Campbell KY--1967

 

[rugertoter]

Hollywood Marine. Sr. Drill Instructor SSgt. McMurray. Drill Instructors Sgt. Lang, Sgt. Gamez, and Sgt. Hipple. 1983. Platoon 3131.

 

[SSGSAD]

YES, it is, Franklin, Dawson, Hutchison... Lt. Herd, Lt. Neller, Cpt. Corwin
C.O. Co. K, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Plt. 3130....
San Diego, Oct. 1977-Jan., 18 1978 ..... OOOOORAH, SEMPER FI !!!!!

 

[XtremeVel]

Many beers since then but I still remember...

SDI SSgt Berry
DI Sgt Ziomack
DI SGT Murray

Platoon 1098
MCRD San Diego Calif Sept 11 -Dec 2 1983

 

[HICKMAN]

D-13-4 Dragons
Fort Knox, KY
Aug 1986

Drill Sergeants:
SFC Daniels and SSG Parker

They loved calling everybody "Hero" and "Rambo"

and I'm sure Agony, Misery and Heartbreak are not any flatter....

 

[U.S. Patriot]

Victor-161
Tracen Cape May New Jersey
February 2002
Chief Quartermaster Ruchser/Lead Company Commander
I can not remember the other two.

 

[kedie]

1st Plt, E Co. 1-38IN
Ft. Benning, GA summer of '98

SFC Talkin
SSG MacNeil
SSG Russel
1SG Young
Rock of the Marne!

 

[mammynun]

SSgt Price
SSgt. Diaz
A-5-1 Harmony Church Ft. Benning Ga. 11/79
45th Company class 18, Basic Airborne Ft. Benning Ga. (All a blur and don't remember any of our black hats names and don't want to either)

Amen! "Don't like the gig pit? Go to the White House!"

 

[Stschil]

1st Plt, E Co. 1-38IN
Ft. Benning, GA summer of '98

SFC Talkin
SSG MacNeil
SSG Russel
1SG Young
Rock of the Marne!

Oh you Dog Faced Soldier! Did you make you learn the song too?

I thought they moved 3rd INF DIV to FT Stewart after the draw down in Germany. Am I incorrect?

 

[j706]

Amen! "Don't like the gig pit? Go to the White House!"

Can't say I cared much for it. Problem was everyone had gigs if they wanted them to, and with us it was quite often. Something else I learned,don't eat a big breakfast in jump school. My first week I did just that right before a major killer run. For those that don't know you eat chow first thing in the AM and then do PT.

 

[451_Detonics]

nope...don't recall either (headmaster in my case)...lol. I do remember the name of the second most influential male in my life, the Commandant of the school. Sergeant Major Golden, aka Smag.

 

[60Driver]

Aviation Officer Candidate School, Pensacola FL Class 11-90

Drill - SSGT Barber USMC
NCOIC - 1stSGT Kent USMC (RECON)
ANCOIC - GSGT Holt
Class Officer LT Hal Collins (Lost in F-14 Crash)

Hard to forget experience like that, and always proud to be Marine trained Navy Air. Sad day when they combined AOCS with Regular OCS and no longer had Marines running it. Big Navy decided that it was "too hard core" and that they were losing candidates! Thought that was the idea....figure out who really wanted to earn it!

 

[kedie]

Oh you Dog Faced Soldier! Did you make you learn the song too?

No, 1-38 just kept the motto from it's time with 3rd ID in WWI. I wasn't in 3rd ID 'cause I was an 11B not 11M.

I thought they moved 3rd INF DIV to FT Stewart after the draw down in Germany. Am I incorrect?

Yeah, when I was in 3rd ID was at Stewart and their 3rd brigade was on Kelly Hill at Benning.

 

[Pocketman]

SSgt Diem
SSgt Ennis
Lackland AFB, May '68

HS principal - Maurice Davis

 

[SideArmed]

Great Lakes Recruit Training Command
Graduated Nov 1999
Div 485
RDC's:
BMC Pemberton
AK1 Cox
FC2 McPheters

Couldn't tell you who my principal was, graduated HS in 95.

 

[OEF5]

SFC La Barge, Ft. McClellan, Anniston Alabama for basic training and AIT. MOS 95 Bravo

Hey! I went through McMuffin too

D Co, 11th MP BN (OSUT), 3rd Plt "Solid as a Rock"
SSG Little and SSG Key
Mar - Jul 1983

A Co 795 (Aug 1st 1988)
1st PLT Predators
Drill Sergeant Lessard (SSG)

My cycle was the first to have the HMMWV training. I only remember SSG Lessard because for some reason we had rotating ones all the time. Would have a female one week, a guy right out of Drill school....was crazy Sad thing is I can remember all of the faces.

 

[Mike H]

Drill SSGT. Weatherspoon... Team Chief
SGT. Wolf...Team Member
Commander. Capt. Cunningham
Lackland AFB 1968

So yes....it's true. You never forget those guys.
USAF 68'-72'
My high school principal was William B. Decker, lived 4 houses down from me.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

TSG Booth
SSG Merced
SGT Moe
3709 Squadron, Flight 148
Lackland AFB, TX
August-Sept 1979

No idea who my HS Principle was...

 

[buzz815]

I think most of us older veterans probably remember our serial number. Some things you never forget.

 

[STEEL CORE]

Thanks for all the replies, so far I think 1966 was as far back as solid memories go, many of stories abound from our military experiences, I am sure, but I believe the original theory has been proven, we remember out DI/DS/TS/PO, who were with us briefly of 6 to 11 weeks, but the man/woman who had us daily for 3-4 years we forget.