Fort Knox 19D Cavalry Scout OSUT Basic Training

0-8:18 - Stock in processing footage
8:18 - 11:12 Drill & Ceremonies
11:12 - 14:12 NBC (everyone's favorite!)
14:12 - 16:12 Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM)
16:12 - 18:12 Individual Tactical Training (ITT)
18:12 - 20:12 Hand Grenade Course
20:12 - 22:12 Commo class
22:12 - 25:11 Pugil Pit! (another favorite)
25:11 - 29:41 Confidence Course
Typical training cycle for 19D Cavalry Scouts at Fort Knox, KY. Early 1990s. Drill & Ceremony, NBC Chamber, ITT, Weapons Qualification, Grenade Training, Obstacle (Confidence) Course.

[@sumsitup7783]

90s uniforms were the best BDUs ever. Man... memories... "Drink waterrr! Beat the heat, Drill Sergeant, beat the Heat!" "Warriors in the house!"

[@foxmacnamara8809]

Mad Dogs! Hungry Dogs! Hold that empty canteen over your head!!

[@tnwhiskey68]

Those scouts are the best soldiers in the Army! I was lucky enough to be a medic for some of em!

[@richardornelas2670]

Went to Basic Training here at Ft Knox right before Desert Storm; Jan 23, 1991 through March 23, 1991. Was one of the greatest accomplishments of my life. Went on to Ft Sam for Combat Medic Training and Ascertained a Physical Fitness Excellence Award. Only patch you could put on your PT Uniform. I will always remember that brief time in my life. I came out of there ready to conquer the world. Thank you Ft. Knox and to all who served there.

[@robertdiaz485]

Agony Misery Heartbreak you will never forget.

[@tobinbourne8939]

Did you get too "oh Jesus" Top20k+

[@robertdiaz485]

@@tobinbourne8939 never heard of that just those three hills. Our last march we were taken up all three. I lost three toe nails on that march.

[@tobinbourne8939]

@@robertdiaz485 great days Brother. My DI had your name .. 👍 I did OSET but had got held over the next year and winded up starting back again in week 2 red phase.

[@AgentPepsi1]

You are so right. The DS sat on the hood of a Humvee and we got to slog up the hill, feet sideways, leaning over so much I swore the road would touch my nose. LOL!!! It made me a better person though. After I left the Army, I went to college to earn both a B.A. and M.A., and today I'm a foreign language teacher (German). I would never have had the discipline without my experiences at Fort Knox in Basic Training.

[@douglassinclaire9968]

gawd.. i was stationed there for several years, we used to PT those every week. Yay VA knee ratings..

[@Doug_M]

I remember all those reception buildings. Now most of them are gone. And the infamous hills...Agony, Misery, and Heartbreak.

[@mikehenry9430]

I know The Chieftain shot some video in the early 2010s (I think) that showed the Disney Bs empty and forlorn. Was sorta sad, actually, in some weird way.

[@mikechavis4125]

How'd they get rid of hills? And in 95 we called them Agony, Misery and Mother Fucker.

[@richardbradley6038]

I remember them hills too

[@rcruz2008]

@@mikechavis4125 same 1999

[@speedme7910]

We used the old reception buildings for house clearing exercises using paintball guns in 2008

[@AgentPepsi1]

I did my basic training at Fort Knox in January to April 2006, but it wasn't OST. Then I went to Fort Rucker for AIT - 15Y. :) The hills Heartbreak and Misery I remember really well.

[@speedme7910]

Will never forget those 3 hills 2008

[@jusliving7977]

In 1990 from Sept thru Jan l was in the Disney Barracks. A company 5-15. Had drill SSGT Dedeke & Drill SFC Bell running my platoon. Well over 30 yrs ago. Man time flies.

[@derrickbryant275]

I was in Disney barracks Alpha 2/13 in 1990 November to March 1991. Drilll Sargeants Jenkins and Alexander 4th platoon memories forever ♥️

[@jusliving7977]

@@chadmiller5704 Hahahahaha....yes...l remember the cadence. Man if them guys are alive they'd be in their 70's now. Hope they're doing well. Senior Drill Sgt Bell was a Task Master...l also remember A Co 5-15 had another drill Sgt named Drill Sgt Cherry. He taught the NBC course.

[@jusliving7977]

@@chadmiller5704 Yep that's right Pugil sticks....he was the lead instructor on that too...those were the days.

[@derrickbryant275]

@@chadmiller5704 sure does brother I do remember your drill Sargents. Thanks for your service, and much love and respect brother!!

[@mbendero]

I was there in 1987 OSUT for 19E. The best was on certain Fridays during the AIT portion the DS that pulled duty would let us order Dominos Pizza. They used to charge us 2 dollars more for a pizza and the DS would get a free pizza and a pile of singles. Ohhhh the memories…

[@gonzothompson412]

Man, this place was tough for me back in 2001. I was there from February to October. Got recycled twice because of my feet, but didn’t give up. Drink water drive on, Scouts Out!

[@JosueRodriguezsharon]

I was so proud wear the uniform after the tough training in Knox. 2003

[@traceyk6541]

Was here in 1978, even got a signed letter from the Sec. of State for top score on the combat skills course, good times!

[@AlexanderRodriguez-ni4kt]

When I was being issued my uniform the lady said "Better you then my child". Now looking back she was right, I do have a better life now then probably her child. I never forget those that lost there life for us brothers and sisters in the Arms Race.

[@michaelthruman9502]

Man that brings back a lot of memories like agony and misery Delta 6 C 1/1980

[@zanecole5814]

I'm leaving for benning in 2 weeks for cav scout basic and ait

[@kdogs8715]

D-19-4 5th plt 1980 Sgt Thomlison

[@keithrandino1600]

C-5C-1 at Knox in '77

[@mikedetrick7630]

I was Delta 6-C-1, started basic in Nov,1981 Drill SGT Dunaways platoon

[@Mr07191963]

I was Alpha 6C1/1980

[@richardmelendez5303]

Graduated August 1990 A 2/46 !!! Agony, Misery and Heart break will always be remembered!!!

[@samuelpaige3860]

Attended Basic Training there in June 28th 1979 . I was the flag Bearer during PT. That’s one Helluva job. Scouts Out.

[@Alyosha-nm4io]

I still have my gold phase earplug case, graduated osut in 2000

[@tobinbourne8939]

Same

[@steveramirez4294]

A co 2 81 here, same year drill Sgt Goss was my drill ,

[@tobinbourne8939]

@Pete B they never had a F 5\15 cavalry osut troop at fort knock. Echo was at the bottom of the hill.

[@nigeljordan]

November 1998, C Troop, 5-15 CAV... DS Van Hecke was the meanest, toughest and the best drill sergeant I ever had. He is the reason I made MSG in 16 years 👍👍

[@AJ-br2iq]

5/15 cav A troop, 2000. Then onto Schweinfurt Germany (Ledward Barracks) with one tour in Kosovo (Camp Bondsteel). This video brought back some good memories.

[@daveb6386]

I wasn't Cav but was at Ft Knox in C-4-1 Sept 7- Dec 16 1982. If I remember correctly, we were the last class to go through M60A1 training before it switched to A3 training.

[@GaryGipson]

I was there from August 86-Dec 96 OSUT Armor. I was an A3 tanker.

[@kjw1856]

October 1983 - Ft Knox, KY. 19D scout training… best days of my life! Scouts out!

[@tqmoosey]

Thank you so much for posting this! Such glorious memories from here! I saw myself, my brothers and DS's a few times in this video. Looking back on it, as a stupid kids, didn't realize at the time there was a reason for everything we did, learned that much later but at the time the pressure, stress & attention to detail was extreme, but I'm grateful for it and re-live many of the moments in my head even now seeing this footage and I'm just howling (laughing) excitedly.

[@MuscleCarSolutions]

What platoon were you in?

[@tqmoosey]

@@MuscleCarSolutions 4th

[@MuscleCarSolutions]

@@tqmoosey what’s your last name? I was in this cycle.

[@hectorrivera4004]

I'm from Allentown pa. Echo Troop 5/15 1992. 2nd platoon 2nd to none.

[@keithwinfree6928]

E Troop 5th cavalry. 4th plt sgt Huggins was my drill sgt. Graduate d may 11,, 83. Soldier of the cycle. Patton award. Anyone remember the hills, heartbreak, agony, and misery.

[@jeremyalmquist27]

I do 2007-2008

[@kennyb5441]

I do 1987

[@joeyharrison9771]

I arrived at Fort Knox October 19, 1990. 19D Charlie Troop 5/15 Cav 3rd Platoon. Drill Sgt Grissett and Jacobs..Hoo Raw!!

[@johndougherty9602]

I was in this troop and this video. Thanks who posted this.

[@johndougherty9602]

I was in 2nd plt.

[@johndougherty9602]

Ahh! Good old D.S. Marquize's platoon, and the black D.S. that called everyone junebug.

[@leecodinsworn4432]

Looks like DS Ritter ... I was 3rd platoon... I recognize alot if the faces ... showed my son a few days before he left for 19D at Benning

[@felixmesa3970]

john dougherty I was in A Co. 5/16, Strike Hard, August, 1990. I saw myself in the video at the range. They must have pieced parts of different platoons for the video. Saw SSG Erwin teaching members of my platoon D&C at the beginning. Don’t know how I ended up here, but glad I did.

[@user-gv8sd7zn4f]

Privet Mc Lin, 19 Delta, 1985 was sent to Colemann Barrecks, Mannheim Germany. My Drill Sargent was Drill Sargent Newbill. Basic training was hard, hot,rainy,muddy. We wore turtel shell helmets back then. I loved the cadence drills. I cryied the first night but wenn it was over i was glad i made the choice. It's worth all the gold stored at FORT KNOX😊

[@NerdsPlayhouse]

They must have had trouble editing this. They cut out all the screaming. They must have had to throw out 98% of their footage.

[@richardbradley6038]

I did basic and AIT in Fort Knox March 1995 to the end of August 1995

[@andrewnorwood3288]

Thats the same boot lady that gave me mu boots in the 2000's!

[@ryanvicars8378]

Memories!! I went through basic training at Ft Knox in July-August of 1998! Good times! 5/15 Cav E Co.

[@Balboni25]

My uncle went here in the early 90s he was a Calvary scout stationed in Korea

[@thomasdronet9629]

I was there in 1990 and 1991

[@NodDisciple1]

Ugh...is that damn tree still near the exist at the CS Gas Shack? I can't imagine how many people crashed into that damn thing rushing to get out.

[@NodDisciple1]

@@MuscleCarSolutions Armor school should've stayed in Fort Knox...period. That damn place was called "Hard Knox" for a reason.

[@bassbuckmaster]

Very exciting time. Then the trip to Louisville after basic. A godless seedy town perfect for a teenager with a couple hundred bucks.

[@Xenophon1]

I remember Agony and Misery well. 19-D 1984

[@brianmoore6327]

B-5-15 JAN-MAY. Cold AF lol. Recognized one of the Drill Sergeants. As already mentioned this was dialed WAY down for the video. Cool seeing everything though. It was in the winter while I was there and it seemed like there was no color. Interesting seeing it in the summer. Shouldn’t have moved it down to Fort Moore with the Infantry. SCOUTS-OUT!

[@littlejimmy7402]

I just watched this now, so funny. So good. I remember my first BT really well. September 1986, Ft. Sill OK,. Reception was EPIC. I remember the Mess Hall was the best I've eaten at before or since. They were cooking steaks-to-order on the flat-top every meal. I didn't have the nuts to grab one day one, second day I asked if I could. They said "Sure, how do you want that cooked?", I couldn't believe it. So I had a medium-rare NY strip and fries for dinner. After that, I was shining my boots and being generally happy that we were basically done for the day. I figured I should do some push-ups or something... because really we hadn't done shit that day. Guys were still coming in for our BT class, of course I didn't know shit. I was thinking if this is really what the Army is like, I'm re-enlisting for 20!

[@TheKeli9]

I went thru basic in 98 Arrived on July 15 to meps Charlie Troop baracks right next to street

[@sblack07050]

Bravo Troop 5 Cav Squadron 1st Armor Training Brigade (1986) / 2AD- 2/1 Cav Division Recon...I swear one of those Drill Sgt is SFC Morales

[@lloydscott5147]

I remember SFC Morales. He just about killed me by making me run several laps with full gear and holding an M60. A good DS...his favorite term was "shitbird"

[@sblack07050]

@@lloydscott5147 Shitbirds LMAO... he smoked me for laughing while he called cadence and had me run around his formation marching to holder complex 2+ miles...also do you have your red wings lol...Scouts Out Bro!

[@Alltypz]

5/15 Cav Bravo Plt. 1990. Scouts Out!

[@golffoxtrotyankee1093]

C-6C-1, 2nd Plt, 8/81-11/81. DS’s - SFC Addie & SSG Gonzalez

[@robertlee810]

Went through 19D basic and AIT in Oct 82 to March 83, what is OSUT?

[@tqmoosey]

OSUT is One Station Unit Training which means you do your (IET initial entry training) basic training there and your AIT and the same DS's you had in basic are also your formal AIT instructors. Will always have fond memories of Agony, Misery & Heartbreak! Elizabethtown and Louisville were indeed wonderous places for a green guy with a hundred bucks!

[@alanrobison9393]

A trp 5th Cav 1st brigade Disney Barracks Oct 1st january79-80 Dtrp 2nd /9th Cav (Air) Recon PLT. 24 ID 80_82

[@nizloc4118]

Delta 5/15, April 2004 Thanks for the upload

[@recon2g65]

Who were your DS? I graduated from A 5/15 in April 2004.

[@LucasPalYTOffical]

DS Jennings?

[@billyvalentine4365]

I was there in basic, winter of 1992. I seem to remember a whole lot more yelling. They really dialed it back for the cameras. Please let the men in this video know they are now due for a colonoscopy. Ha! I feel old...

[@MuscleCarSolutions]

haha yup!

[@Randomstuff-xg7nt]

I was there winter of 92 also. ds Settles and Kennedy 3rd platoon from late Oct. through early March (in processing included).

[@LucasPalYTOffical]

they loan you an initial payment that they then deduct from your paycheck, so you can buy all the toiletries you brought with you and were made to throw out...lol..

[@tobinbourne8939]

Lmao I still have that card. Epic

[@williemay6722]

A Troop 4thPlaton 6/16 cav Feb,22,1989 .

[@sergboxer7785]

Was there September 2000 to January 2001.

[@MarvRoberts]

Echo Troop 5/15 Cav, October 15th,1998....Red Dogs, Hooah!

[@1776patriotfreedom]

1998 January I was there. Drill Sgt Hewitt. Who let them dawgs out, Red Dawgs! Hoo

[@happyinparadise7812]

Basic Training @ Ft. KNOX 1967. WE were called Fuc* heads. Learned a lot about people. The drill Sargeant put rocks in recruits pockets. To the ones that didn’t know left from right. Their legs woul be bloody by the end of the day. But They knew!!!!😂

[@karlstrauss2330]

When did Tankers and Cav Scouts leave Fort Knox for Fort Benning?

[@MuscleCarSolutions]

2011

[@RJ-og3cu]

June 2000 - 1st Platoon Iron Brigade! Lead the rest!

[@donovanbauer8579]

Waiting to go to college 2021 then from there ill enlist under officer status. And go in Army rotc as a course of study and it is undergraduate but at the same time it will benefit me also im looking forward to becoming a 19 delta then going airbourne

[@sloanchampion85]

This was after my time...we had steel pots....the training was much more intense and brutal a whole lot more screaming and hitting....this looks like a camp out with fruends

[@Squeeze718]

Trust me....this was dialed back lol.

[@NerdsPlayhouse]

I was in the first unit to go through with the ACUs. Maybe we were second. But either way. There are 19Ds and wannabes.

[@M60gunner1971]

What year is this?

[@tylerhayeswhite]

Echo 5/15 2008 4th platoon WARLORDS!!! Sr ds Johnson and ds trotter. Co cpt deekins. Any battles here?

[@yourlifeisagreatstory]

Feb 18th 2004 Echo

[@recon2g65]

Your Life Is A Great Story April 2004 Alpha. Watched you guys graduate in envy lol

[@Hbone1]

I am curious why the narrator refers to the Cavalry as the "CALVARY"? E.g. "A young CALVARY captain named George Patton".

[@tnwhiskey68]

Cause nobody cares if they say it that way but nitpickers.

[@Spidieder]

Going to osut after basic

[@jesse111487]

Good times the new generation will never know what agony misery and heartbreak truly mean

[@mikehenry9430]

10:38 Holy fuck, were those D&C drill sergeants for 1PLT D Trp 5/15? I'd swear both of those guys look familiar, and for all the wrong reasons.

[@mikehenry9430]

Fuck me running, I wasn't going to throw his name out there in case I was wrong, but yep - I remember. Holy shit, the memories this brings back.

[@mikehenry9430]

Had to have been - if this is *real* early 1990s. I think it was SSG(SFC?) Pedersen had 1PLT, SFC Helms had 2PLT, and I couldn't tell you who the hell had Third. I remember DS West in 2PLT took what everyone thought was a recluse bite, but I never knew for sure.

[@paulsullivan4133]

91' - Delta 2/46 2nd platoon HOOOAAA

[@nineteendelta770]

Scouts Out!! D 5/15 Fall 1994

[@jimmycook2635]

C 6/16 June to September 1988

[@BLUECHET]

The reception station music tho..........

[@thadsnow4371]

Is 19D ait still at Fort Knox?

[@rich19727]

No

[@benlamb469]

Charlie Troop 5/15 cav (october 03)

[@Cupcakecookiedog]

All i remember is Howell you better move your ass howell

[@gjnezat]

I wish i had gotten my basic video...

[@ligia1975]

Agony misery C-18-4 January 1982

[@Squeeze718]

B 5/15 89' !!!

[@jeffshaffer1939]

Echo trip 5/15 .... January 12 1997 to May 25 1997

[@royreeves4980]

I troop 6/15 graduated January 9th 05

[@malbers35]

Just had flashbacks of DS Friezen.

[@Randomstuff-xg7nt]

holy shit I remember that asshole. He was a dick just to be a dick. Him and that stupid mustache lol. Not in his platoon though. I had DS Settles and Kennedy.

[@ericwhiting6017]

D 5 1 2nd plt. Summer of 1984 SFC Forman SSG Giver

[@captain7265]

E 15 4 summer 1984 SSG Shy

[@AbramsGunner]

19K, B-2-1, Oct '86-Feb '87.. Disney Barracks

[@blovell321]

Echo Troop, 5/15th Cav, Aug-Nov 1991

[@richardkohler5773]

Alpha Troop 18/5 , Aug-Dec 1967

[@ayellowbeard]

Alpha 6 Cav! '84

[@GDM1937]

Recon !!

[@procwby]

Delta 6th Cav 1st TNG Batt 4th PLT 1983 Oct 5- 1984 Jan 17

[@edwardmarkbailey930]

Get in touch with me DS Cablay was our DS 423-258-1735

[@darylsmith3239]

E Troop 5/15 1993

[@robertdiaz485]

1984 O.S.U.T. Honor platoon

[@patty2079]

DRILL SGT.HENRY...OOHRAH..

[@LucasPalYTOffical]

Delta 5/15 CAV April 2004

[@johncarter6276]

Old school

[@600rrcbr7]

c troop 5/15. 2009 . first in last out. miss it

[@craigsuttles4564]

c troop 5/15 Feb 1990.... time flies. That was the the good ole days.

[@smith2737]

Drill Sargent Lose or is it loss! Holy shit!

[@billnlpaw]

Oh my…Ft. Knox Sept. “69”. AIT Ft. Poke, Louisiana. 11 B. We did our duty. Shameful waste of life and treasure.

[@JonTheDestroyer]

D Troop 5/15 2008

[@jimmy-zr1bt]

1984 Disney barracks CAV SCOUT

[@MrLmezza]

C Troop Drill Sgt Butt, October 1998

[@sumsitup7783]

No joke, if it's the same person I remember, he looked like big ass mean bull, with wide shoulders and a semi-thick neck. He was joking with the other Drill Sergeants at Cherry Hall, but turned it off immediately during shark attacks. It was crazy.

[@kornkingjr2370]

Mine and my Fathers Almateueur..

[@johnniemayfield9510]

Home away from home, D5C1 1976 3plt .

[@johnniemayfield9510]

Drill Sargent Martinez and DS Ebea .

[@qbrpluqsy9009]

My step dad is in the Thumbnail lol

[@MuscleCarSolutions]

What’s his last name?

[@qbrpluqsy9009]

Muscle Car Solutions Tuttle, I’m not sure if this is the exact one but we have it in our living room he was in the 1st cavalry around this time and his pictures look exactly like this one.

[@qbrpluqsy9009]

Muscle Car Solutions his name is rusty Tuttle Private First Class.

[@MuscleCarSolutions]

@@qbrpluqsy9009 they all tend to look a little bit alike. He wasn’t in that class though. I have the roster for that cycle.

[@MuscleCarSolutions]

@@qbrpluqsy9009 but if he was in around that era, all the stuff you’ll see in the video he went through. Didn’t change much until the late 90s early 2000s.

[@tobinbourne8939]

I graduated as a 19D in 2001 with my cross sabbors pinned slammed on my chest.. listening to @Eminem ( 8mile - "loose your self") #Eminen is Not no terrorist. @Trump .. "do your job"

[@alanrobison9393]

last Air Assault School graduate

[@alanrobison9393]

last class of 81

[@JoShUa_J78]

There July 1995

[@richardbradley6038]

I was in AIT in July 1995

[@OBSRida]

Drill Sgt Dotson and Drill Sgt Mendez June to September 2001

[@gonzothompson412]

I was there too. 2nd platoon Rough Ryders! Drill Sergeant Mendez and Drill Sergeant Rivers

[@OBSRida]

@@gonzothompson412 what yr where u there?

[@OBSRida]

I was 2nd platoon also im De Leon

[@gonzothompson412]

I was there in 2001, but I don’t remember us having Dotson, I thought he was 1st platoon with the other drill sergeant who looked like Mario. I’m Currie. I was recycled into the platoon in week 2. I was also the one who came up with the name Rough Riders for our platoon because I was a huge DMX fan lol

[@OBSRida]

@@gonzothompson412 lol yeh i. Remember the drill sgt that look like mario. I remember a guy coming to 2nd platoon he was taller than the rest of us and quiet. But i also remember another guy who had glasses but i think he came in week 4 or 5. Its been so long i cant remember. We started with dotson and a puerto rican drill but the PR left and then it was dotson and rivers. Mendez was 3rd platoon with young white guy but was sgt first class. He like to use the word friggin alot

[@capnb0b578]

Same rooms when I went in 2008 hahaha