 | Update! Update! Update!
After four years of radio silence, finally an update from your jovial (though regrettably neglectful) webmaster Sgt Smith! |
 | Welcome to Fort Leonard Wood
It's 10:30 PM... the charter bus is engulfed in anxious silence as the sign rolls near... "Welcome To Fort Leonard Wood- Army Installation of Excellence". ...And it's only the beginning... |
 | 43rd AG (Reception) Battalion
Where else... but at good ol' 43rd? Those of us who have had the pleasure of attending remember it as a place of long days and naieve enthusiasm. Welcome to the first stop on the long road of Basic Training. |
 | Phase I- The First Two Weeks
Cold, hard reality assaults most privates in these first two weeks. This isn't Boy Scout Camp, it's not a picnic "back on the block". It's all about the pushup, the situp, and the side-straddle hop. Welcome to the Army. |
 | Phase II- Learning the Skills
The process of soldierization is (hopefully) complete, and the focus is now learning to use the weaponry of the U.S. Army in its many forms. |
 | Phase III- Advanced Field Training
The knowledge and skill gained through Phase II weapons training prepares for advanced exercises, such as lane training, night infiltration, and reconnaisance fieldwork. |
 | Graduation
With all training complete, the privates don Class A uniforms and march to the theater- the day has finally arrived |
 | Letters Home
My collection of letters, unedited, give the details of daily life in Basic. As it really happened. |
