Boot camp company pics.

[fuzzybuddy]

In 1968, I joined the US Navy. I went to boot-camp at Great Lakes. I was in company 68-something or other. The Navy took a group shot of my company on our graduation day. I used to know the address to get a copy of that pic, but it's lost to time. It's coming up to the 60th anniversary in a few years. I've toyed with the idea of getting that old pic. Somehow, you remember your boot camp buds. And if the new Navy is anything like the old Navy, they never threw out any document.

 

[Nathan]

I had a photo of my platoon in Basic Training, I can't find it to save my life. I would very much like to find a replacement, if possible.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Great Lakes, IL Naval Training Center - 1965,Great Lakes NTC,Company ...​

militaryyearbookproject.org

Not 1968...maybe the site has a pic.?

 

[Naturally]

I had a company picture from Boot Camp San Diego but it got lost in the moves over a 20yr Naval career

 

[PeppermintPatty]

My husband went to basic training when he was 17 /18. He has lot of pictures.

 

[Paladin1950]

This photo was taken outside of my grandmother's house in the mid 1940's. The shorter one is Robert (my father) in his early 20's. The taller one is my Uncle Bill. My father's older brother. My Dad died in 1966, and Uncle Bill passed away in 1985.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I tried
"US Navy Training Center, Great Lakes, recruit group photos" and got a site, but it didn't seem to work for me. But this was with this zippy wow pad.
Great Lakes Navy Boot Camp Yearbooks | GG Archives

 

[Trade]

Had to reduce it to 25% to get it small enough to upload.

 

[squatting dog]

1968...out of basic and heading for A.I.T. So long ago. Me and dogs, my life it seems.

 

[hawkdon]

My 58 great lakes book didn't get listed I guess...oh well....

 

[old medic]

Found mine buried in a box when we were packing to move a few years back. Surprised the glass wasn't broke. Then remembered and took it out... had notes and stuff on the back. Also found a couple polaroids that got stuck in there.

 

[Trade]

Air Force basic wasn't hard physically but they played a lot of mind games on us. We had two main TI's (Training Instructors) as they called them. The head TI was Tech Sergeant Olness and his assistant was Tech Sergeant McDougal.

Looking back on it I think they might have been playing good guy, bad guy with us. Olness was tough but he wasn't mean. McDougal on the other hand was a nasty piece of work. I hate him to this very day. I still sometimes fantasize about finding him in some retirement home in Florida (he must be in his late 80's by now) and giving him a beat down for all the misery he brought down on me in those 6 weeks at Lakeland back oin 1970.

After basic while I was still in the Air Force the movie "Billy Jack" came out and I hated it because the main character, Billy Jack looked so like McDougal did in his Smokey the Bear TI hat.


much

 

[davey]

wasn't the belief system then that the best way to learn was the hardest and most painful?

 

[Murrmurr]

wasn't the belief system then that the best way to learn was the hardest and most painful?

Tough training was more about weeding out men who weren't fit for actual combat and creating a strong team of men who could absolutely rely on each other in all situations.