BCT and AIT - Ft Knox, Ky 14Nov,79 -- 6Mar,80

[@juliemay9185]

To all those who commented thank u for taking the time to... my dad Joe Guerrero has passed away Oct 10th of last year and has been the hardest thing for me.. godbless u for all u have served in the army

[@robertmarin8217]

I was 19 Delta MOS I was there 44years ago training squadron D5C1 Date enlisted 12/79 departed for OSUT on January 17th 1980.these photos are in my book. Godbless everybody there.I was 17yrs old

[@jayeklund1894]

I was there for BCT Jun-Aug 1980. 1st Plt B-19-4. Was wishing for some of that winter weather humping those tank tracks all summer. Good memories.

[@fredgrigsby2682]

Julie May. Thanks for posting the video. I went to Fort Knox, Ky, during the summer of 1983. Sorry to hear about the loss of your father. May god be with you.

[@tint661]

I was at Ft Knox around the same time. I got to Ft Knox for AIT three days after Thanksgiving day in 1979. I took basic at Ft Jackson, SC and they flew me into Louisville from Columbia, SC . I was a 63C tank and wheel mechanic. I graduated AIT in February 1980. I remember the phone booths. They were in the movie Stripes. I was in walking distance from the bowling alley and we had our pay musters at the gym from the movie also. I made it to Radcliff and got to go to the US Calvary Store. I guess it's out of business now. Thanks for the video.

[@robertmarin8217]

I was there January 17th 1980 43 years ago like it was yesterday

[@jameshuckaby-ie2wv]

A-2-4 63Y TRACK VEHICLE MECH. OCT-NOV 1981. FT KNOX AIT

[@jameshuckaby-ie2wv]

A-2-4 63Y TRACK VEHICLE MECH. OCT-NOV 1981 AIT FT KNOX@@robertmarin8217

[@kenlang5268]

I was there for 19E Basic and AIT from June, '78 until around December, '78 due to catching pneumonia. I returned as a SFC in June, '94 and retired in June, '99. I liked Ft. Knox and have returned occasionally revisiting old haunts.

[@BartScovill]

Scouts Out! Kinda worried this was a tanker video until I saw the slick. Went through in the fall of '81. Gotta say, winter looks tougher. We also had new barracks by then. Thanks for sharing!

[@concernedcitizen9373]

Winter's were definitely colder back then

[@BartScovill]

@@OfficialLadyDarkSky Sorry, didn’t get there until July.

[@OfficialLadyDarkSky]

@@BartScovill no worries Bart someone has to have some pictures somewhere

[@theotherpaulmitchell]

Hi Bart, I was there in Fall of '81 as well. A Trp, 5th Cav, 1st Training BDE (A-5C-1). Disney Barracks. You?

[@theotherpaulmitchell]

Hi Bart. Which training unit were you in? I was in A-5C-1 during that time period.

[@M60gunner1971]

Nice nostalgia. Ft, Benning 1990. 1/501 PIR Ft Richardson, AK 1995.

[@WilliamGibble]

Where are now Disney Barracks ❤ the telephone booths are gone , and the sound of rolling thunder no longer echos ..19echo Delta company.. this ole Patton tanker has wer eyes at rhis moment.. 😊

[@larrycoburn8787]

Jan 81- April 81 we had ssgt. Ronald buzzel. lt.green was there also,ran right past him ,had to come back and salute we were on the way to the theater. good times.ours was the first rotation to get the camo fatigues.

[@WilliamGibble]

Thanks 😊 that was awesome 😎

[@mikewade6973]

I was in basic and ait in Disney barracks A5C1 SCOUT. 19D FROM OCT 4 1979 TO JAN 1980. MY DRILL SGT WAS DS BUBB.

[@theotherpaulmitchell]

I remember SGT Bubb. He was there in July of 81 when I arrived for OSUT in A-5C-1.

[@mikewade6973]

Last time I looked ds Bubb is on Facebook. After basic and Ait I never saw him again. I have a 21 year old grandson that just got sworn in for the Army yesterday. Infantryman. He wants to be sf. That's on his contract at least. Scouts out to you my cav brother. MY God bless you and your family. Mike wade.

[@mikewade6973]

WS bubb an E6 or E7? In 79 he was an E6. Sr. Drill for 4th platoon was ds. Brown. I remember bubb Always saying he was shooting straight from the hip.

[@robertmarin8217]

I was there I remember Bubb SFC Brotus staff Sgt Daniel's Staff Sgt Tommy Harmon SFC Donald Melendy first Sgt Dixon Capt james allard

[@mikewade6973]

@@robertmarin8217 all the above names but the second sfc. He was not there when I was

[@larrycoburn9112]

19-D cav. Scouts,driving those m-113s and those old 151 army jeeps.

[@louisnevin7185]

I was there January cold as hell the clothes were thin remember drill sarge. Hershey he was a real pain in the ass ended up at ft. Bliss tx 4 yrs m60a1 tank commander. Miss it all wish I could go back.

[@urwingcon7795]

I wasn't at Fort Knox but I started Basic on Halloween day in 1979, how's that for trick or treat. Your video brought back back some great memories, thanks much.

[@M60gunner1971]

I was in basic at Benning during Halloween 1990. Good times 🎃

[@Sean-jc6cu]

My Dad George McMahon was there in 1979...RIP Boston George

[@spungmike]

agony, misery, heartbreak hills, hated them, but I did them

[@edwardjames6023]

Uh! Hated them

[@primdasi]

Was there in 76 , Bravo 15 -4 . Drill SFC Puckett..

[@AbramsGunner]

19K Nov '86-Feb '87. I think my favorite shots are of the inside of the dining hall, and the phone booths. You never see those.. but they take me right back.. holy crap, 37 years ago. I can still smell the coal smoke in the crisp January air.

[@theotherpaulmitchell]

19D OSUT, A Troop, 5th Cav 1st Training Brigade (A-5C-1), July 1981. Disney Barracks, with SGT Otis Smith, who ended up as CSM for the entire Ft Knox post prior to retirement.

[@joncarpenter4180]

I know this is not a tanker video, but the Drill Sergeant in 1:55 sure looks like Drill Sergeant Jackson who I had in Armor OSUT at Knox back in 78.

[@jerryprice5484]

I took basic and AIT here from May to September 1975 B-17-5 for the MI Nat Guard. I was in from 1975 to 1984

[@larrycoburn9112]

Haha, I was there dec.31- april4.at Disney barracks, c-5-c1 1st. Platoon,we had ssgt. Ronald buzzle. Good Times, bowling alley, movies,and the library to listen to music.

[@brandonconover5206]

Alpha 19-4th training brigade, March 1982 then to Fort Lee for AIT. retired after 23 yrs.

[@royal_blue_static1187]

I think my grandpa took some of these pictures! He was a photographer working with the armor and engineering board on base. It'd be cool if he knew these soldiers

[@uncleandyguitarherbst1157]

Nice video. Sept - Dec '79, E-5C-1 for me. A couple blocks down from the Copple Club. Best wishes to you Joe.

[@mikewade6973]

I would do it again if I could. I did 25 years active duty 15 years national guard. E9 csm

[@spungmike]

At 4:29 the black drill Sgt. is Drill Sgt. Burney. He was my D.I in D-4-1 10-78...

[@davidmcgruder8700]

Hi I was in D/4'1 79 to

[@jamesrockwell9655]

Basic Fort Knox April------June 78 A-15-4

[@nhala04]

Delta Company 15/4, 07 July 1976. Puerto Rican Drill Sergeant Rivera, with a strong accent, couldn't understand a word he says! Yup, Agony, Misery and Heartbreak with the M60A2's and A3's rolling along up and down those steep hills. It's a bitch breathing in their exhaust while forced marching!

[@edwardjames6023]

1:10 that building has been there that long?? And I see Agony and Misery.

[@RichardMoore-gr1vz]

July 1980 they just missed me.

[@harrymallory7963]

Could have used more Disney Barracks scenes but much of this brought back memories!

[@SuperColonel91]

The left for Basic Still in the 1970s, Graduated from Basic Training in the 1980s!

[@moonlitrn1]

E-19-4 for basic...E-5C-1 for AIT....July 1979 to October

[@michaelpopernik5625]

Basic and AIT from January 78 to June 78

[@usongcho4832]

How the hack did I end up on this page...I reported for BCT on Nov 80. B-15-4...we bring smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke. Lol

[@kenscarbrough1157]

Nov 19 1983 B-2-1 Disney barracks. SSG Hunt. Called me a rabbit. Why? Because your the type that likes to run. As in AWOL... That S. O. B. Ran my ass off in basic and A. I. T. Until I left there in 84. Yep winter... Served 12 and give it up...

[@r.e.tucker3223]

One Station Unit Training Armor summer of 1980.

[@Jenna-zv6ve2sx4u]

march-may 1983 B-15-4 4th platoon

[@cbrun1482]

Basic TNG Nov 79, C 15 4, 1st PLT, SFC Beer.

[@MikeJBlues]

A-15-4 , July 1980

[@daveh5918]

B-3-1, April-July 1979

[@edwardjames6023]

My dad was in during this time

[@gerardzacharski1296]

D 18 4 1979 bt ssg carson,1st sgt Jamison

[@luangu]

1979

[@spungmike]

D-4-1, 10/13/78, drill sgt Burney, who was in the pic at the end of this video. My Drill Sgt. Not sure why he is in a Cav pic???

[@jeremybrandenburg1267]

1997 1998 ft lee

[@DavidThomas-me6pi]

This is basic training and everyone has long hair? Didn’t everyone get their head shaved in the beginning week?

[@M60gunner1971]

Hippies