Fort Knox Basic/Advanced Training (OSUT) Video. Bravo 1/81, 6th Platoon. August-December 1990.

This is the video produced from my time at Fort Knox for training to be a US Army M1 Abrams Armor Crewman. At the time, new soldiers in the US Army typically did 8 weeks of basic training, followed by 10 weeks of advanced (specialty) training. Rather than 18 weeks of basic and then advanced training, the 19K MOS instead combined the armor crewman basic and advanced training into just 14 weeks. This was called OSUT, or One Station Unit Training.
I signed my papers to join the US Army in February of 1990 and began basic training in August of 1990. My unit was Bravo Co, 1/81, 6th platoon.

[@calvindavis1071]

Thanks for posting this video my fellow Tanker. I was there May 1987, A-1-81, 2nd Platoon under Drill Sergeant Lee (Master Fitness) and Drill Sergeant Cohee. We were in the Disney barracks and there was a small Greyhound bus station just down the road from the barracks. First was trained on the M1 (105 mm smooth bore) and later trained on the M1A1 (120mm smooth bore), OSUT as all of us tankers were. Our tankers side arm was initially the M1911A1 45ACP and later we were we got the replacement side arm which was the Beretta 92F 9mm pistol. Who could forget the gas chamber? Lol! Agony & Misery...got to love the tactical road marches keeping 5 meter intervals. Drill Sergeant Lee had us pushing up Ft. Knox at every opportunity, he was true hard core. Thank you Drill Sergeant Lee for conditioning my mind and my body! God bless all of my fellow Tankers, both past and present............Hooah!

[@JohnMcLemore]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I lost all my army memorabilia in a nasty divorce. I did my basic training at Ft. Knox starting March 1991. I was B-1-46 3rd plt.

[@kevinsettle672]

C-3-1 July-November 1986. Thanks for the memories. I recognized everything right away from the reception center (Where the movie Stripes was filmed) The barber shop, uniform issue, the raised area trying on boots, even the steak body truck that picked us up and headed to Disney Barracks. The pistol training looks likes it in the parking lot behind Disney Barracks where we did most of our drill training. And who doesn't remember the gas chamber...

[@matthewchapman2494]

Was there!!! October 1986. C-3-1. 5 th Platoon " road dawgs"! Drill Sergeants...Rich,Byrd, Darling, Senior Randlett, Sevier, and some I can't remember! Holder Complex..Motorpool and the end of our road! LoL The lower 40 across from the barracks. Smith gym. The PX barbershop!! The Chapel every Sunday!

[@matthewchapman2494]

Best I can do... Charlie Company...3rd Battalion...1st Armored Training Brigade!! 1st Sergeant Aldrich.. and the cooler Supply Sergeant!

[@user-bd8je6cb9z]

I did not go to college, I went to the school of hard KNOX 😊

[@AbramsGunner]

Good times! Thanks for the memories. 19K OSUT Oct '86 - Feb '87

[@gregoryhagen8801]

Did basic there in '71. When I told guy's I was at Knox, they always asked if I saw the gold. 😆

[@DeadDanganronpaGuy]

I was trained at Ft Knox with A co, 2/46 1st Plt Warriors April - June 2004

[@Richard-ZA01]

I was in Fort Knox from March to September of 1995

[@robertmarin8217]

1980 January 17th D-5C1

[@davegibbons4625]

I was there just prior to that A 4/13 19E

[@matthewchapman2494]

The dreaded Gas Chamber!! I'm a bird,, I can fly!! Not!! Mucus and pleghem and anything else left is coming up! The only hint we got from the Senior Drill was.... Don't shave!!!!

[@Michael-un2fi]

Was there at the same time. C-4-13 19E.

[@dmacarthur5356]

19E too, I swear I dont remember doing half of this stuff lol.

[@jasonfrisk3266]

Notice the narrator refers to Patton as a Calvary Officer. That's now our excuse for misspelling cavalry on the FTC video.

[@brianburnett4956]

Basic In Nov 1991

[@user-vt2xc6jn7m]

Pray for our communities and nation.

[@dwightengle8802]

Basic and AIT back in 75.