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Photo by James Brabenec
Drill Sergeant (Staff Sgt.) Jonathan Manila discusses building search responsibilities with a team of Soldiers Sept. 18, 2009, at a tactical training base on Fort Sill, Okla. The Soldiers of B Battery, 1st Battalion, 40th Field Artillery are rehearsing for their situational training exercise prior to graduating basic training.
Some basic training in Alberta during WW2...
A few scans from my vintage photo collection, with a military theme in mind as Remembrance Day approaches...
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)
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Photo by James Brabenec
Drill Sergeant (Sgt. 1st Class) Rick Bell advises a Soldier of a better angle of fire up a stairwell during a building search scenario Sept. 18, 2009, at a tactical training base on Fort Sill, Okla. The Soldiers of B Battery, 1st Battalion, 40th Field Artillery are rehearsing for their situational training exercise prior to graduating basic training.
It's nice when you find a lost treasure. Looking through an old camera bag, I came across my coin from basic training. À propos, it depicts a dragon on one side and my number on the other 0713, which corresponds to my birthday July 13th. I originally had 0711, but traded with the guy who got this one. The coin is a little tarnished but the details are still sharp. CFOCS was at CFB Chilliwack until 1996 when the base was closed. The unit was moved to BFC St-Jean and training began there.
The purpose of most military coins is when you meet someone who was or is in your unit, you pull out your coin. If they cannot produce it, they buy you a drink. If they do produce it, you buy them a drink. And if in a group, the person with the highest number buys the round. You can only do this once in an evening. I have several of these types of coins from different units. This is my earliest.
GRamps rear right.
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.
unknown doing "nose art" pose
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.
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)
Gramps 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.
Bassett Trace Trail Field Trip for Cohort XVI. From left to right: Donna Benson (kneeling), Bill Weldon, Ron Hunt, Robert Ambrose, Tracy Melton, Marie Robertson (kneeling by sign), Sarah Hodges (kneeling by Marie), Lisa Cumming (glasses, standing by sign), Dave Watt, Kristie Hammond, Leisa Clark, Elizabeth Myers, Christine Mason, Dave Beals, Martha Moss. Photo by Shirley Devan
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)
I thought I had managed to find a rare species - a pay phone
Not much left of it
in a few years I doubt you will be able to find even a vandalized one
I remember spending hours on a pay phone when I was in Basic and AIT at Ft Bliss
I could wedge myself up in the "half booth" that AT&T was making at the time
the Drill Sergeants would look out of their office window and as long as they didnt see legs, they assumed no one was on the phones
:)
A warm hello to everyone coming here from Shannon's wonderful blog! I feel really special to have done something that made her happy!
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.
Rubbing rocks and stream bottom into a net to gather samples (done prior to working with the collection tubs and sorting trays). Donaldson Run at Zachary Taylor Park. Photographer unknown. Please credit: "Arlington Regional Master Naturalist."
Austin Chater's Basic Training division at HMCS CORNWALLIS in May/June 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC003)
Infantry Squad Demonstration by the Super Squad at my son's graduation ceremony from Fort Benning at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, GA
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.
Infantry Squad Demonstration by the Super Squad at my son's graduation ceremony from Fort Benning at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, GA
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)
Gramps rear right
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.
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.
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)