Fort Ord's basic training barracks are located at the northern edge the compound.

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation

photo by Candy Thomson, Public Information Officer

Recruits go with Cpl. Michael Lathroum to the Maryland Food Center in Jessup to inspect seafood as part of their conservation enforcement curriculum.

Basic training/engineer training, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, early 1951.

A drill sergeant from 434th Field Artillery Brigade tries on a garrison cap Sept. 3, at the Fort Sill Military Clothing Sales store. The new dress uniform will go to general sales Oct. 1.

A drill sergeants from 434th Field Artillery Brigade/Basic Combat Training tries on a garrison cap Sept. 3, 2020, at the Fort Sill Military Clothing Sales store. Drill sergeants across the Army are the first Soldiers who are issued the AGSU. Fort Sill is in the second wave of installations to receive the new Army Green Service Uniform.

Lackland AFB

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation

I took this when I was at an Army school. I did NOT go to Fort Jackson for BCT. I say again, I did NOT go to Fort Jackson for BCT. I went to Fort Benning, Georgia, for BCT & AIT, which was a bit...different.

Taken July 3rd, 2006.

photo by Candy Thomson, Public Information Officer

Recruits learn to identify animals found in Maryland

U.S. Army Soldiers currently in Initial Entry Training (IET) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, return home for the holidays during Victory Block Leave on December 18, 2017. Drill sergeants and other cadre assisted and supervised departure operations from Fort Jackson; the nearly 7,000 trainees left from four main transportation hubs, Atlanta, Columbia and Charlotte airports, and an Amtrak station in Columbia, S.C. Victory Block Leave will end on January 3, 2018. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine)

Rct. Emylee Smith, 20, Platoon 4029, Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, practices her firing positions during marksmanship training July 18, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Primary marksmanship instructors train recruits for five days on the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship, firing positions and rifle range commands. Smith is a native of Middlebury, Ind., and is scheduled to graduate Aug. 30, 2013. Approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent for females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. David Bessey)

Family day at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Pfc. Adame C. Clayton, honor graduate for Platoon 2096, Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, graduated Dec. 06, 2013. Clayton is from Jacksonville, Fla. (Photo by Cpl. Octavia Davis)

photo by Candy Thomson, Public Information Officer

Recruits go with Cpl. Michael Lathroum to the Maryland Food Center in Jessup to inspect seafood as part of their conservation enforcement curriculum.

photo by Candy Thomson, Public Information Officer

Recruits learn to identify animals found in Maryland

Unkown at attention

After my grandmother died in 2003, mom collected a treasure trove (to me anyway) of photos.

These were apparently taken after Gramps was drafted into the Army. I do not know the date. but he was in Britain for a a few years and was preparing to ship out to invade Japan when the Atomic bomb was dropped. So it could be anytime 44-47?

He did say that he was trained in Georgia, and this looks like basic training, or maybe just after. (note 09/2018) just discerned that these were taken at Camp Grant in Rockford Il.

The identities of the other guys in the pictures are lost to history. I cannot identify any of their names and no family recognizes any of them. I wonder what happened to them.

Gramps (James Bales) and Meem (Betty Bales [Astle] were some of the most caring, dear people to me and I will always miss them. However they were not good photographers! And terrible about labeling and dating photos.

Maj. Gen. Anthony C. Funkhouser, commanding general of the Center for Initial Military Training at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis J. Woods, command sergeant major of the Center for Initial Military Training, meet with Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia, and Command Sgt. Maj. Alan M. Ferris, Virginia National Guard Senior Enlisted Advisor, and tour the Virginia Army National Guard’s Recruit Sustainment Program Site #9 Oct. 17, 2015, at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach, Va. Lt. Col. Everton E. Nevers, commander of the Virginia Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, led the briefing and tour, where they saw 54 recent Virginia Army National Guard recruits conducting various forms of training. The goal of the Recruit Sustainment Program is to introduce new National Guard recruits to the basics of the U.S. Army before they attend Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training. Training includes physical training, road marches and classes that familiarize the recruits with the U.S. Army’s military rank structure, proper wear of military uniforms and military customs. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)

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Recruits learn to identify animals found in Maryland

Staff Sgt. Jason Besmer, a South Dakota Army National Guard Recruitment Sustainment Program drill sergeant, gives new recruits a taste of what basic combat training will be like by ordering them to do push-ups at Camp Rapid, March 17, 2012. The RSP is a program designed by the National Guard Bureau to increase the completion success rates at basic training for the Army National Guard. The program prepares recruits for the physical and mental rigors of basic training. (SDNG photo by Staff Sgt. Theanne Tangen) (RELEASED)

An Afghan National Army soldier looks down as he wait to start a small unit tactics training during his basic training at Camp Darulaman in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 27, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released)

Fort Ord's basic training barracks are located at the northern edge the compound.

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation

Basic training/engineer training, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, early 1951. Rations.

ARMY STRONG!

Lane and Greer show their pride at the end of Basic Training.

Ft. Jackson, South Carolina

July 3, 2008

First page of the program handed out to visiting family attending graduation ceremonies at RTC Great Lakes, IL.

Maj. Gen. Anthony C. Funkhouser, commanding general of the Center for Initial Military Training at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis J. Woods, command sergeant major of the Center for Initial Military Training, meet with Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia, and Command Sgt. Maj. Alan M. Ferris, Virginia National Guard Senior Enlisted Advisor, and tour the Virginia Army National Guard’s Recruit Sustainment Program Site #9 Oct. 17, 2015, at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach, Va. Lt. Col. Everton E. Nevers, commander of the Virginia Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, led the briefing and tour, where they saw 54 recent Virginia Army National Guard recruits conducting various forms of training. The goal of the Recruit Sustainment Program is to introduce new National Guard recruits to the basics of the U.S. Army before they attend Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training. Training includes physical training, road marches and classes that familiarize the recruits with the U.S. Army’s military rank structure, proper wear of military uniforms and military customs. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)

Cover of the program handed out to visiting family attending graduation ceremonies at RTC Great Lakes, IL.

Platoon guide Pfc. Rachel Dibbins, C/1-79th FA, barks orders after FTX 3 ends. (Photo Credit: Cindy McIntyre, Fort Sill Tribune)

Platoon 2097, Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, graduated Dec. 06, 2013. (Photo by Cpl. Octavia Davis)

After Calvin's graduation from BCT. He wanted us to head straight for Cracker Barrel!

2 Sept. 1966

Fort Riley, Kansas

Col.Hanry H. Haraden Jr. Commanding Officer. Post Services, and Sgt. Robert L. Brien, Course Chief of Signal School, with graduating class,Radar Operation Course, who graduated 2 Sept. 1966, from Post Signal School. Post Services, Fort Riley, Kansas.

U.S. Army Soldiers currently in Initial Entry Training (IET) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, return home for the holidays during Victory Block Leave on December 18, 2017. Drill sergeants and other cadre assisted and supervised departure operations from Fort Jackson; the nearly 7,000 trainees left from four main transportation hubs, Atlanta, Columbia and Charlotte airports, and an Amtrak station in Columbia, S.C. Victory Block Leave will end on January 3, 2018. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine)

Family Day at Fort Jackson

An Afghan officer congratulates a basic trainee after he recieves a graduation certificate during a ceremony Aug. 11, 2011, from the Afghanistan National Army Regional Military Training Center Southwest on Camp Shorabak located in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. This is the second class that has graduated from this RMTC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Carrie Hinson/Released)

photo by Candy Thomson, Public Information Officer

Recruits go with Cpl. Michael Lathroum to the Maryland Food Center in Jessup to inspect seafood as part of their conservation enforcement curriculum.

Entrance to Station Cape May, NJ. This is the basic training center for all USCG cadets.