Air Force Basic Training - The Gateway to Success (1970s)
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- Опубліковано 27 бер 2020
- This video is presented for historical reference. The video quality is not optimal.
This video was used in the 1970s to explain USAF Basic Training at Lackland Air Force Base, TX. The video was frequently used in the recruiting process. At this point, the production team is unknown.
If you were in USAF basic training during the 1970s and recognize any of the people in the video, please leave a comment below and the approximate time in the video that they appear.
July 1971, I had no dad, or discipline while growing up, I was a High School drop out, I had no future what so ever, My life was going nowhere. Somehow I managed to pass the entry exams,, (Viet Nam era, they were taking anyone that signed on the dotted line) Three weeks after I turned 17 I ended up here. 3723rd BMTS, Flight 1053, Sgt Robleto, and Sgt Miller. These guys jump started my life, (70 years old now, and I can still hear Robleto's thunder voice in my mind) I can never thank them enough. God bless you both if you're still around. Ended up at Eglin in the 557th CES RED HORSE, God bless all my fellow brothers, and sisters in the Air Force, past, present, and future. Aim High! NEVER QUIT!!
When I went to Air Force Basic Training in May 1973, on the night of our arrival they showed us an outdated film of what Basic was "going to be like" while we were there. Weeks later, about two-thirds of the way through our 30 days of training, they hustled all fifty of us and the guys in the Flight next door out for PT early. Soon after getting in PT formation out on the drill pad, a film crew showed up and the TI informed us they were making an updated version of the film we had previously seen. With his hands on his hips and a scowl on his face, he hissed at us, " I don't know WHY they picked YOU PEOPLE, but I had better NOT see a smile on ANYONE'S face when they are filming you!!!" When I spotted this video I was sort of hoping that it would have been that film!
I also went thru in May 73.
were you in the two story barracks or the new dorms?
@@terrygunn6723 I was in the old "mob" barracks in the 3701st BMTS. We always had chow at the new dorm, 3723rd BMTS, dining hall.
@@williamhuntington1397 our barracks were 5279 BMTS were ate in hells kitchen
@@terrygunn6723 sooooo hard to believe it has been 50 years. BTW, thanks for your service!
That was great. My husband was in the Air Force from 1972 to 77. It was a great foundation in a future IT career. Those were wonderful years for us as we were newlyweds and lived at Lackland, and then shipped out away from all our friends. Thankfully, Facebook brought us all back in communication 30+ years later. About fifty years have come and gone, and we are both so thankful for the great life we had through the Air Force.
I grew up as an Air Force brat, so when I got drafted it was only natural to join the AF. It was a great time wouldn’t take anything for it. My mother loved to travel so every time we got orders my mother was so happy. Dad retired after 22 yrs. Great to hear from you.
I went through summer of 1974. I was in the 3703 BMT. Only a few things in the film were accurate as I remember. They ran the dog out of us. Three guys in my squadron died in one week from heat stroke while running on the PT pad. They were all from far northern states and couldn't adapt to the heat and humidity at Lackland. I was lucky as I lived about 200 miles North of San Antonio. Hard times for a lot of guys. I had to wait for my top secret clearance to be done and I got to spend some time in the old wooden WWII barracks. We got to paint curbs, mow grass, move furniture, etc. I was glad that I was there only two weeks. I did one tour active duty and over 25 years in the guard. 29 years and three months in uniform. I loved every bit of it. I entered as an E-1 and retired as an O-5. I miss all the good times with good friends. JJ Golliday
Good to hear from a mustang
Some of our better officers were guys who had once worn the enlisted chevrons. They not only empathized with the "working" troops, they earned our respect for obvious reasons.
Went through Lackland November-December 1977. TSgt Hinkle and SSgt Timmons. Best decision of my life.
I was at Lackland 20 Feb thru 2 Apr 1970. Opeing tune, "I've Got a Song" is based on Jim Croce's 1973 hit "I've Got a Name." I served at RAF Chicksands, Bedfordshire England that entire year. (The soundtrack music overpowers the speaking.).
Spent 1967-1971 throughout Asia: Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan. Wonderful experience. Bought our first house thanks to a VA loan.
69-75 here, Military Intelligence. Ended up serving in SE Asia and getting a Total & Permanent VA Disablity. (3704 BMTS for Basic) Task Force Alpha, Nakhon Phanom RTAFB. Spent the rest of my enlistment in SAC. Got my BA, BS, MA, MPA, PhD with GI Bill and had my student loans forgiven because of my disability.
Thank God I chose the Air Force. It was my home for over 5 years. 1962-1968.
Hey, I never had any Base liberty like what is shown in the movie here. Never saw go-carts, pool tables, PacMan games, or inside "clubs." I was at Lackland in 1979. All I remember getting to do during free time was hanging out on "the pad" (paved area under a building) in a co-ed group. In the evening we stayed in the barracks (I think we called it a dorm, though) and watched TV but had to go to bed at 8 or 9 pm.
Towards the end of our time in basic, when we were wearing dress blues, we did go out one Saturday and see the ritzy parts of San Antonio on a bus tour and then walked around downtown a bit (I remember seeing the Aztec Theater lobby) before taking a public bus back to Base. Someone on the bus asked if my friend and I worked for the Post Office, because of our blue uniforms. I can't believe they didn't recognize Air Force attire so they must have been teasing us.
I was there. Oct 8 1974. I recommend it today to anyone that wants to get started in a good job/career. Even to my own kids I recommend the US Air Force.
First training base after basic when bus arrives at squadron in 1970: "ping, ping,ping ,ping" by your seniors. That was the supersonic sound of hair growing back out.
Thanks for sharing. I went through BMTS in 1978, this is the exact program I went through. I even recognized some of the instructors!
I was there in 1978. We used M16's retro fitted to shoot .22lr for rifle qualification. And Smith & Wesson Model 10 .38special revolvers for handgun qualification. Only ribbon I received in my short AF career was for Marksmanship. I had a bad experience in the AF. Which would be a long story. But they let me out(Honorable Discharge) after serving just 2 years.
3701st BMT Squadron FLT 458 1June 1978. Great way to start off!
3706 BMTS Jan 1974. I was in the old 2 story wooden barracks. That was a lifetime ago!
Me too. Exactly the same. 3706 December 1973. Getting old. Can’t be many of us left. From there to Keesler AFB in Biloxi MS. For 38 weeks of electronics school. AFSC 30434, Ground Radio tech. So much fun. Had a ball.
@@georgearon504 We were at both places at the same time. I went to Kessler from Mar - Sept 1974. Aircraft radio repair 328X0. 18 weeks of self paced BED then on to sets. I was on "C" shift which taught me all about
"Midnight Chow"! Marched back and forth from the "Triangle" area to class. Also learned all about a thing called "Humidity" lol
3706 after "volunteering" for drum and bugle. If you recall that was the motivation squadron. The TI from 3726 told us we screwed up and likely, be stuck there for a year. I was 25 and knew it was BS.
This is the same video I watched at the recruiting station in San Diego back in Feb 1979. Thanks a bunch fir the memories! Go Air Force. Aim High!
DOE Feb 1982 👍
If everyone served in the USAF as we did this would be a better country.
Was there 06 September 1979 3709 BMTS Flt 299 Ssgt Persons Sgt White Ssgt Shobloa
@@michaelrapcavage8854 Flight 495 ♥ Smigelski and Sanders
I went in May 16th 1966...Flight 1015. Then Went to Lowry AFB in Colorado the Munitions Tech School. Then back to Lackland as Permanent Party for a year. Then off to Cam Ranh Bay Viet Nam for a year. Then Off to Hill AFB In Ogden Utah until I got Discharged in March of 1970.
46290 here 1976
Arrived Lackland 11 apr 66 3701 flt 671 sgt Ledgerwood a1c Wright. Altus AFB 1966-70
The background music broke my ears!
Mine too!
Hasnt changed all that much! I graduated 2 weeks ago.. much of this is still in place to this day.
No it’s not! Training Instructors we’re far more Stricter and also didn’t wear Damn Sweatshirts!
In 72 we got no combat training except firing a M 16 100 rounds. The Ti grabbed your shirt and strangled you with it while screaming in your face.
A lot has changed and a lot hasn't
I I went through basic training in 1980. 3723 BMTS Flight 374. SSgt Quigly and Sgt Smiley.This brought back some memories. Retired in 2003
BMTS 3707 Flight 067 (as close as I can remember) January 17, 1977 to February 1, 1997 retired E-5…best times ever!
3709 BMTS (December 17,1982-January3,1983)Flight 600. Had to come out on Jan. 3; long story short, lost my nerve, ashamed to admit that, but, here at 59, if I could do it over, I'd be more determined than ever to break that major obstacle in my life, and make my Mom and Dad in Heaven proud.
. August 1979. Hot, Humid . Flight 183. 3723'rd BMTS. I was 21 years old. I wish i could go through that again. Last of the baby boomer's.
Jose, was your Flight in the video?
That was one month before I got out! I was at Lackland in Jan and Feb 1975. Super cold early in the morning there before chow!
Dec 71-Feb 72. It was very cold in the morning, but great through the day. I think many got an upper respiratory infection as a result. TIs were TSgt Medlock and SSgt Viltz, the center of our universe.
I was in the 3723 rd in September of 80. Hot and humid then too.
I served from 77 to 95. Went through basic in Feb-Mar 1977. This brought back a lot of memories and things i had not thought of in years. The TI's are a lot quieter here than in my squadron. chuckling at the memories. I don't remember my squadron or my flight, something i thought i would never forget. I do remember those metal heel taps, that I will never forget. I remember we called ourselves The Black Sheep Squadron after a popular tv show at the time.
Feb 69 did my basic training (Flt 0308). Stayed in two story white barracks, as first shown, but all double bunk beds, no singles. Training instructors were much louder and always wore fatigues, never blues, just like the rest of us.
Definetly made me a better person and was very proud to serve 72-76
What a great experience!
Graduated from Lackland in Jan. 1970.
Went there in Jan 70'
Air Force boot camp 18 Nov 69 to 5 Jan 70 . Flt 1820 . Tsgt Garvin was a good TI . Tsgt Miller was a grouch . Christmas Day they let us sleep in till 7 , but we didn’t get morning chow . I stayed in the old barracks. Not the new dorms . Didn’t go home after basic , went straight to tech school in Denver, Lowry AFB .
Sept 29 1976. Funny how I remember the exact date. Dorm was right across the street from the PX.
I was there in 79. Funny how they leave out the yelling and screaming.
The Academic Instructor was one of mine...TSgt Quick...in April 1972. Gateway was one of the mandatory films that were shown to recruits prior to going active duty...and this particular one I showed 1982-86.
I was in the old dorms with foot lockers instead of the wall units (1975),
Same here, was there summer 1975. Hot as could be. Went back there in 1988 while stationed on the other side of town. The WWII barracks had finally been marked for destruction.
@@mdmarko Wooden barracks 1971
Was at basic training at Lackland September - November 1972. Don’t remember it being this simple. Never sat on the floor like some of these guys did. Was in the newer barracks for the time. Building 3701. Right down at the end. Ended up staying at Lackland through to August 1973. Crypto school. Loved it.
There in 1969 70 staff Sargent Gulley (sp) and his side kick who said Airmen Airmen what are you doing? Great person trained a lot of kids to push harder.
Went in 8 62 and this is BS. Boot camp was Hell period.
I was there Nov 72 do you remember your flight number? I think I was 1385.
@@hermanripps3692 i was there in 72 they screamed a lot and strangled you with your shirt.
@@anthonyfoutch3152 I was in Flight 1100.
I was at Lackland spring 1974 . Coming up on 50 years 😮
Basic training 1970 1994 retired no problem love it
Was at Lackland for BMT from Sep to Oct 1997. Sq 321, Flight 484. Video is ancient here…lol….but good. We were in the same barracks. Lol
I went in the Air Force on 30 June, 1977 and retired in August 2007, combination of active duty and reserves, I wish I had done 20 years of active duty but no regets. I'd do it again.
Was there 6 Aug - 17 Sep 1971. Don't remember my Squadron or Flight numbers. Was in the old wooden WWII buildings. They only had about 4 of newer barracks with AC at the time.
I actually remember parts of this video. I'm sure it's the one my recruiter showed me in 1977 before I joined on the Delayed Entry Program...
My late father was at Lackland
May 73
Sq 3724 flt 398
I was there June-July 1976. 3708 BMTS, flt 590. This film seems to line up for the time I was there. I ended up AF civil service after my 4 active duty. Also completed 30 years military in the Guard and Reserve. Damn it was hot in the summer, so glad I joined the AF.
Sounds like we were there at the same time. I arrived June 1, 1976. Was in 3710/Flight 571. Not sure where 3708 was. 3710 was in the WWII barracks. One of my TIs can be seen at the 6:23 mark in the video and my dorm was at the 6:25 mark.
Also there June 1976 3723 rd Flt 629. Then on to Security Police next stop Crete Greece.
@@gusm2752 LE or Security?
@@jkmpal Security
@@gusm2752 Cool. I was LE.
This had to have been made sometime after April 1976. At 5:17 he is showing the Honor Graduate certificate (and ribbon) which was first authorized in April 1976. I was in 3703 BMTS starting on 7-Aug-1972.
I started 24 Oct 1972 I just missed you. lol
It’s been almost a year and 1/2 since my Dad passed, who went to basic training 50 yrs ago today…watching this brought tears to my eyes as I recall how proud he was at my Marine Corps graduation on Parris Island, where I received the Company High Shooter Award. He’d taught me to shoot when I was a kid, and my mom still talks about that day being the only other time she ever saw him shed a tear, other than the birth of each of us kids. My God I miss him so much 😖 But it’s pretty cool to get a glimpse into what would’ve been his world 50 yrs ago
What a great memory! Thanks for sharing. I am sure your dad was very proud of you.
@@jkmpalThank you - and thanks very much for posting this video!
thanks for sharing the video@@jkmpal !
I went through basic at Lackland in 2003 and other than the utility uniforms (BDUs) there were very few changes from this film. Same procedures, same dorms, same TI speeches, same classrooms and dining halls, not too many differences. It’s interesting how little changed at basic between the 70s and early 2000s.
I went to BMT in the mid '70s, and I got a chuckle out of this film. Some comments here say their recruiter or someone showed them this film prior to going off to BMT or soon after arrival, but this is the first time I'd ever seen this highly sanitized production.
Our arrival was not like the film at all. We departed the airport on the big blue bus about sundown, and by the time we got to LAFB, passed through reception, in-processing, they fed us, and we arrived on the pad behind our BMTS (3708), it was around midnight. The non campaign hat-wearing NCOs who herded us through in-processing were gruff but not too awful, and as we laughed about later, we were all thinking hey, these people aren't so bad. Ha. Those guys were admin, not TI's. The bus dropped us off on the drill pad around midnight, closed the door, and pulled away with the semi-friendly in-processing NCO on board. Just as I would have been, he was probably laughing his ass off as the bus drove away and left us standing there alone in the dark, wondering what was going on. We were about to abruptly meet our TI's, and they were not happy to see us. The grand performance (a farce minus the comedy) was about to begin.
For some odd reason (hmmm), the film doesn't show any of the standard or more creative shenanigans that went on that night. Those shenanigans included putting a long-haired, mirrored sunglass-wearing fake recruit in with us somewhere during in-processing. As we much later surmised, his job that night was to be the slowest to do everything so the TI's could chew on him constantly while the arrogant smirk never left his his face. In spite of the yelling in his ears (one TI on each side) he failed to move any quicker, which made the yelling worse. Ultimately, at just the right time for dramatic effect, came the show's grand finale. The smirking fake recruit got his smirking ass (fake) curb stomped by the TI's right in front of us and was bodily ejected from the barracks. We didn't start suspecting we had been played until much later in BMT, but we were never 100% sure. It was a clever bit of theater that did exactly what it was intended to do - put the fear of God in us right from the start. I guarantee you that none of us wanted to be last to do anything after that.
After a couple hours of running, yelling, "pick 'em up put 'em down", standing in our tighty whities with our nose against our locker, and other assorted BS, we finally got to hit the racks about 2 am, but within about 30 seconds the lights came on again and they burst back in yelling at us to get out of those effing racks and fall out. Then we hit the racks again, lights out, and a minute later the lights came on again, get out of those effing racks, fall out, etc. Finally, about the third time we hit the racks the lights didn't come back on, but of course our stress level was through the roof expecting it to happen again any second. Reveille was less than four hours later.
Getting all of that on film might not have done wonders for recruiting, but it would have been far more entertaining. It was difficult to see the method to the madness at the time, however BMT and the AF of that era in general was a great experience. We were forced to grow up and get our minds right "most riki-tik". If you had told me in BMT or even in my first full year how long I would stay in the military, I would have said you're out of your mind.
Your experience was almost exactly the same as mine in 1976, the only difference was I was at 3710 BMTS. Thanks for sharing and helping many of us to remember a life changing experience when we were young. :)
@@jkmpal Did they play the fake recruit trick on your flight the first night, too? Any time the subject came up with members of other BMT flights while still at Lackland, afterward at tech school, or during my years in the regular AF, I never found anyone else who had that experience.
After the shock of the first week of BMT began wearing off and we started talking among ourselves, we discussed that incident quite a bit and many suspicions and theories arose. We launched our own secret quasi-investigation and by the last week or two of BMT we came to the conclusion that we had been played, a conclusion further supported by an incident on the last day of BMT.
It was a clever bit of psychology that worked like a charm on a bunch of naïve 18 - 20 year olds placed in that unique situation, but something like that had to have required a fair amount of pre-planning, coordination, and several co-conspirators. That would lead me to believe that in those days it was least a semi-regular if unofficial first-night-at-BMT motivational tool.
@@RMBB4202 Our flight heard of that caper, but they did not do that to us. But we had the after midnight drop off in the squadron, the first couple guys who laughed at the TI got to run laps around the flight laughing at the top of their lungs, the we picked 'em up and put 'em down for what seemed like an eternity. We eventually got to the old WWII barracks where we got the first of an endless array of "briefings", then we sent a postcard home notifying all concerned parties that we had made it. Finally, we got to bed and were able to sleep for about a whole 45 minutes. All in all, it was a fun experience.
As a postscript, I found one of my old TIs online and he was still teaching JrAFROTC at a high school. The other one was in another city doing the same thing. I reached out and we met up and had a few laughs. It was fun to reminisce.
@@jkmpal I remember the post card and how they dictated to us exactly what to write on it. I also remember lining up for the 15 second phone call home - "I got here, I'm ok, can't talk, gotta go, love you, bye."
I also remember seeing the old WW2-style barracks as we occasionally marched by them on the way to somewhere else, and it made us glad that we were in one of the new "thousand man" facilities. It was stupid hot while I was there. Did those old barracks have AC?
It wasn't much fun at the time, but a lot of things happened there that still make me laugh. We never would have believed it if someone told us this at the beginning, but in an odd way we were kind of sad to leave at the end of BMT. We had learned the system, figured out how to stay out of trouble, and had developed a group of friends that we'd likely never see again. I still wonder what happened to some of those guys, including our TIs.
76, The class room footage is spot on. They were training support personnel not fighting soldiers.
I was sent to Lackland AFB in 1970.
September 1977, 3706 BMTS, Tsgt. Michael Furey. "You'll forget your mother's name before you forget mine." I miss my mom, good old what's-her-name.
May of 66. Stayed in the newer barracks that were airconditioned. I'm sure this pissed off the recruits in the older 2 story barracks. It was easier than I thought it would be but was glad to get my tech school assignment
3752nd BMTS, Flight 941, SSGT John Klopfer as DI. June 1969 or thereabouts. I did my four years, flew 1000 hours as a combat aircrew member on the Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center during the Vietnam War. Great experience over all.
Give me a 341!
Do you have 2 in your left breast pocket, not visibled, but folded over twice with a 1 inch bend over pocket top for extraction by a superior if required ???😂😂😂😂
and if you really fucked up, "Give me a 682!"
lol i forgot all about those 341s. I never lost a 341 until i was in tech school. I was scared to death when that happened. found out later it did not mean anything.
October 1974, Squadron 3704, Flight 1160; SSgt Williams, TSgt Voss. 21 years - Minuteman ICBM, Ground Launched Cruise Missile, and treaty inspector in the former Soviet Union.
right after high school i went enlisted in Air force I learned more after High school than after.
I was at Lackland 24 Oct 1972 for about 8 to 9 weeks. All I remember is getting screamed at a lot and the first word out of your mouth was sir. The hardest part was sewing my pants up. I'd never sewed anything in my life.
You were lucky and were assigned to good places. My first assignment in 1970 was one year at Da Nang Air Base, in VietNam. It had the nickname of "Rocket City", as the VC or NVAs' frequently sent rockets onto the base.
I was at DaNang AB Dec 70 to 71. You wouldn’t by chance have been in the 314th Security Police Squadron at Little Rock AFB in 68 or 69 would you.
@@Lester-te3vb I was 366th CSG Security Police Jan 1971-Feb '72.
Oh yes, i remember it very well first night there rocket hit a C-130 on the flight line. Whole place lit up like it was daylight.
I was in the 314th security police at Little Rock AFB at that time. I worked aircraft security on all the B-58s in the alert area. I later retrained into Admin and worked in the housing office for a little while before i was sent to DaNang.
@@falconmoose5435 so was I. Was in the 366th Services Sqdn. We ran the dining halls, mortuary, billeting office, laundry etc. I was in SP at Little Rock AFB Arkansas but retrained before coming to Vietnam. I worked in the Food Service Staff Office in the Dinkng Hall in the main compound.
Arrived at Lackland AFB July 1988. Got to the base about 01:30 hrs and didn't hit the rack til 03:30!! 3701st. Hot the whole time there for 6 weeks but will never forget it
Similar expeience for me, 1970. wasn't as hot in March.
12 feb 1974. It was a blink of a eye.
Thank you❤ junior john shipman🎉
This is the most violently disturbing music to listen to
This was the one the recruiter showed me Was there in 06 September 1979 3709 BMTS Flt 299
Man those fatigues are cool. Wish they were still around when i went through...
I went through basic at Amarillo AFB TX. Hottest place on earth lol. Had to do PT if the hall way of the barracks if the red flag was flying. To dangerous to go outside due to temperature. Had to wear our undershirts backwards to keep from developing sun sores on our chest. Where. The sun hit your chest over and over a sore would form. Tsgt Bushing was a great guy.
I went through boot camp in spring of 1971. I can honestly say the only females i remember seeing were the the civilian ladies who cleaned our uniforms. I never saw a female Air Force recruit.
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I love this film ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Flt 1376 November 1970. We got the privilege of being there for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve,Christmas, New Year's Eve, New Year and I think they still had Presidents day in January. None of those days counted as training days. The longest basic training for any flight. Got picked out of rainbow flight and assigned the most important job, Fire Warden. I'm the only one that didn't lose my job. I am thankful I had a TI that taught us how to take care of ourselves. I feel sorry for these poor Russian troops that have no idea what is going on and don't live long enough to find out.
Enlisted in the air force sept 29 1966.sqiqrdon 3707 flight 2144.sargent Crofton senior di and airman 1st class ming's my assistant di. 56 yrs later and I still check my gig line.
Memories March of 73
It was NOTHING like this. The M16-A1s we shot looked like they had been used as tent pegs and shot like crap
I went to Lackland in 2003. This is obviously ancient...
Went through the gates of Lackland AFB the 20th of may 75. It was 1am in the morning. Boy was it humid. Got to bed at 5am and woke right back up in thirty mins. lol
I bet they told you would get eight hours?
Ahh those green uniforms.
I went through February of 73. Arriving at around 1:30 am got sleep about 3:45 and up at 5 with the TI’s banging on the walls, flipping the lights off and on and yelling for us to get our sorry as out bed. Oh the memories.
You missed out on Vietnam Vet status... As I recall the war ended May 7th?
I believe the war actually ended in 75@@tonypresti5810
BMTS 3723/FLT035 basic training Jan-Feb ‘83👍👍
Thats the same video I watched back in 1983.
Best days in basic were the confidence course and wet fire.
Worst thing, as far as I was concerned, was having to be chow runner. However, I never had KP because I was chow runner, so it probably balanced out.
I was one of the smaller women in my flight, but during the GI parties I ran the giant floor buffer. It needed someone to cooperate with it, not muscle.
I loved KP you just had to figure out the system. First one in line got serving line a gravy job. I hated Dorm Guard because I always got the 0230 to 0430 had to get up at 0230 do the watch then get back in my bunk for 30 minutes.
Wait! I was chow runner... Then, drum and bugle corps
Never did kp, and never had to drill. We'd rehearse over in old dorms near "motivation." The TI sent drummers upstairs to work on cadence's. There was a drum set up there and we'd jam all day!! After a week we got our class "A's" and they sent us to the USO to play for a generals party! He invited us to the food table and we had o'dourves!! Lol. Then, TI released us to go over to the Alamo! Mind you, we'd been at Lackland 6 days!! Lol.
First and foremost, the music is absolutely, horrendously terrible. Now to my remarks. I enlisted in the USAF in July 1965. What is shown here is not at all how it was at that time. It would appear basic training had changed somewhat by the time this video was made.
I was at BMTS in 77. I felt silly saluting plywood officers.
USAF 69 to 73.
Greetings brother. Same years. Remember 2 striper (A1C back then)screaming at us on receiving bus once we went through gates. Had rushed cram down 1a.m. breakfast at "Hell's Kitchen", all you could "cram down" , forks or fingers.
Got through it all in top group.
Went on to Sheppard then other assignments. Made "buck Sgt", had line # for staff but did not re-up. Old man now, still Air Force proud. Always get a thrill seeing C-130's, 52's, 135's, or any fighter jets fly over or any AF Highway convoy with support equipment.But the jet engines are always "THE SOUND OF FREEDOM".
1970 - 1974 Security Police
February 24 1975 for me!
Aug.13 1979. 3702 Flight 188.
I'm guessing the recruits were beginning to miss their folks by the time the plane that they were on landed at the airport. They probably wanted to be in the loving arms of their moms and their dads rather than sleep and stay at a perplexing and companionless place that was far away from where they grew up. That's why I'm never joining the flying corps, it's all too much for me. I mean, staying in a dorm room doesn't sound that eerie, but to me, it's terrifying.
It’s ok, the real men will step up and face their fears and go to strange places far from home to learn skills that allow you to cuddle with mommy and daddy. Most recruits will tell you the loneliness goes away quickly and friends/companionships are made that last a lifetime. These companions would be responsible for your life and you theirs. The military is not for everyone and it takes a strong person to leave their own comfort zone and step up. You obviously are not that kind of person, it’s ok. Some people need challenges and feel that staying in the same hometown with mommy & daddy is just as uncomfortable as you think joining the Air Force is. Just remember while you are at home having mommy & daddy kiss you good night,there are real people giving and sacrificing so you can feel comfortable and can sleep in your own bed at night.
it was an adventure plus you only half to sleep in a dorm during basic training.
@@anthonyfoutch3152 Not true we slept in dorms throughout training and even when assigned to our bases. As long as we weren't married.
This does not look like the Lackland basic that I went through in 1965, old barracks , screaming D.I.'s, and no sleep.
You would know they're called TI's if you actually went through...
I have a roster with pictures of the men from 1960s lackland air force base squ# 3709
You should reach out to www.bmtflightphotos.af.mil/ and see if they are interested. They collect, catalog and post USAF Basic Training photos.
I laughed at the way they made it look like the TI's were nice. They yell at you a lot more in real-life Basic Training, and you say "SIR, YES SIR" and not YES SIR as in this video. The DREAM SHEET and the moral story was a joke. They want to see where you want to go so they can send you far from there. I put in for the East Coast and the West Coast and got Lubbock Texas. Go figure. Moral my ass.
in 72 i put in for Eglin FL and got Eglin.
I went to Reese AFB also!! It felt like we went back about two decades on that base.
While serving in Turkey in 72 I put England on my Dreamsheet. Got England, but the catch was three months training in Mass. then extending by 14 months. I declined, but got the England assignment anyway -- without extending. Guess I called their bluff.
What Air Force was this guy in, absent is yelling and physical abuse.
1-966 BASIC TRAINING NO PROBLEMS 1966-1974 SGT R. S. BUTLER
Did you know Staff Sgt Gulley (sp) ?
Rainbow rainbow don't be blue you'll be green in a day or two!
rainbow rainbow don't be blue my recruiter screwed me too.
@@anthonyfoutch3152 must have been in 1970. We cadenced to that too, especially marching by receiving buses when our flight sarge let us.
Shame the video is so bad.
Wait... Women in the military? Whaaaaaaat??????