Storytime: An Army Tale! (For Hobby Background Listening) [Ep. 96]
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Sometimes I just jabber in the background while you get some hobbying done. You know, like a podcast. I guess.💥More below!⬇
So today I just tell you about one of my experiences during Basic Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky while in the US Army. Is it interesting? I don’t know. But I hope you get some good hobbying done regardless!
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Parris island, 100°, 100% humidity. Best day ever!🤣🤣🤣
Living inside a jacuzzi full time 😂🍻
@@joshuaparise8933 my best friend went to Paris island, you guys are truly crazy. God bless you all!
I remember the chamber at Fort Knox. I was there Jan 89 and was billeted in the old WWII barracks on the far east side near the road to the rifle range. We ate a sack lunch just prior to going in. Our drill sgts said we might want to eat light. SSG Carter and Abbey were two men I really look up to. I sucked as a soldier but they got me through basic. Wish I could find them and thank them.
I hear this 100%, one of my drills (DS Ponce) went to Delta Force after our rotation. Two things I’ll never forget, how he could pack a bag with more items than we could and his pack was half the size of ours and how he tore a web belt in half in front of us with just hand strength. We were in Disney barracks 🤙🍻
We served concurrently. I did two enlistements. I started a bit earlier and got out a bit later. I was in the rear with the gear fixing RH-53 helicopters. Our gas chamber training was in a quonset hut. There was a Folgers coffee can that a drill instructor dropped a cs grenade into. The hut filled with a green glittering gas. Whatever it was that I was supposed to say never quite made it out of my mouth. We were supposed to count to 10 and then don and clear the mask. Discipline defintely started breaking down. We marched out in single file, but after that we went in all different directions. I remember I somehow found a tree to hold me up while the thick ropes of snot streamed out of my face. Good times.
Hoo-ah, lol! Where were you stationed?
@@tabletopalchemy Camp Lejuene, Anacostia Naval Air Station, and Alamda NAS. My ship was the U.S.S. Tarawa, (which was decomissioned and sunk recently.)
I had no idea you were in the Army. Very cool, I can officially call you a brother in arms. I'm retired USAF - C-130/C-141 navigator, command and control, communications. My son did a tour in Afghanistan, and my second son served 7 years as a weather specialist. Chemical warfare training was interesting - it wasn't so bad - but leave it to the Army to make it as challenging as possible! ;) Great story.
Right on! I rode in a c130 once and my uncle was in the Search and Rescue out of Moffat in Mountain View. 🫡🍻
I was at Fort Knox for my basic too! Fall of 1987. Oh, and of course, ChiliMac was served for lunch prior to our trip to the gas chamber.
Oh man, I think that’s what they gave us too! Disney barracks! 🫡🍻
cool, thanks for sharing, and thank you for your service.
Very welcome 🤙🍻
An awesome story. Thank you.
Yeah, in many rank and flank games there are rules for contagious negative morale results
I now understand why lol. 🏴☠️🍻
I have had the pleasure of doing something similar to myself during a chem lab mishap.
I made a lot of weird noises and got to use the emergency shower. It was cold.
Had me laughing along with your story reminiscing.
Thanks for sharing!
lol it’s doubly funny that you “got used to emergency shower” 😂 I can see smash cuts of “multiple incidents”!
I never know what to expect here. Love it!
I love that you love it lol 🤙🍻
Oh I remember that day , only for me I was at fort Benning and it was August of 83. And my captain made me go around and do it again because the gas had no effect on me that was the day I found out I was a super hero. Sadly not I was just one of the 10 percent that was not effected by CS gas. Thanks for your story . Oh and I used the time to pay bills.😢
lol pay bills - hey, you accomplished something right?! Immune to CS that’s amazing, I didn’t know such a thing existed! 🍻
Cool! I started my Army career in the summer of 83 in Fort Benning - 11B - there are very few people who will do what we did!
Roger that!
@@sirguy6678 I was in 7th training battalion on top of sand hill right next to the hospital, fun times , not LOL
I finished my service in the USN in 1989. I was a Machinist Mate, which is not a machinist. Its a fairly broad rating, but I did most of my time working on main engines and associated equipment.
Right on! Makes me think of the engine rooms on the titanic lol
I went through the gas chamber in 2005 (at the formerly named Ft Benning, now Ft Moore), we did it pretty early on in our training - maybe week 2 or 3?...It was very impactful, but good to see not a lot changed in the decade or so between our visits. Really enjoyed story time!
lol right on! 🤙🍻
Great story! Brings back memories- you forgot one detail- there is usually a large tree directly outside the exit door- with your “eyes open” you won’t run directly into the tree- a lot of Soldiers are lying about “their eyes are open..” and directly hit the tree with their faces. This is very amusing for the Drill Sergeants.
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My brothers were both in the Army. A bit before you. They were both out before the Berlin Wall came down, though I don't remember exactly when. I heard horror stories from them and from some of their army buddies about the gas training.
I think they were at Forts Huachuca and Sill for their basic training, but don't quote me on that. It's been almost 40 years & I was like 8 or 9 when they went in, so I don't remember very well. I know one was intelligence and the other was infantry/motor pool.
Edit: thinking about it, one of them definitely went to Fort Leonard Wood, and I think for basic. So I was probably wrong in my first thought.
All good - I imagine all of my siblings (they’re all younger) wouldn’t be able to tell anyone much more than “I think he was in Germany” 😂🍻
"Eyes of an eagle, heart of a lion, balls of brass...( I am sure you know the rest Ignatious.)
😂 I also remember “God’s gift to land warfare!”
Fun Army stories! Thanks for sharing.
I believe Firefighters have to undergo a similar training, although not with CS gas. And as for the coloured tape on the earplugs, was it US Military or McDonalds who came up with this kind of thing first?
😂 - I bet fire fighter training is a lot more intense for that kind of thing, real smoke is no joke
OMG I was exactly looking for something to listen to like a podcast. Great timing.
Happy to serve lol 🤙🍻
Thanks. Seems fair to swap stories. 6% hearing loss in my left ear. Did CS gas training here Down Under in mid 80's. Summer in BrisVegas. Was hot. Given a mask just for the training. Mask had been in use all day by other victims, er I mean trainees. Mask was covered in gas residue, inside and out. Putting the mask on was bad as your everything exploded into ropey strands of snot. Sent into a tent that was very hot due to being the gateway to hell. Just like you, solid material was heated to make the gas. The sweat made the gas react in your pits and groin. Everyone got a nasty rash. Then, as did you, we had to take the mask off and state name, rank and serial number. I got "trooper..." out before I took a quick breath to finish and immediately the world was only one thing - get out of that tent. Ushered out by a kind soul I could not see. Outside the tent the instructors were all yelling "don't rub your eyes. Fresh water in this bucket I have placed at your feet. Don't rub your eyes!" I tried to crawl head first into that bucket. That was just one event in a calledar of craziness. But the pay off was a pretty good exercise where the SAS and US-SF played the enemy as we went from Cooktown to Cohen. AKA Dimond Dollar 87.
😂 awesome story - tried to climb into that bucket lol
Air Force, a couple of years after you. I kind of faked reacting to the stuff, because I was apparently one of the luck few that didn't react to it. But, it still wasn't pleasant. Just not as bad as everyone else seemed to find it.
I just found out about this partial immunity to tear gas thing! Pretty interesting 🤙🍻
I hope you got a lot of chocolate milk for enduring that.
😂 I think by that time we were allowed full dessert!
This episode gave me flashbacks to 1975 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The gas chamber exercise was a bit different then. We went in with our masks on, but then we had to slide a finger under our chin to break the seal and let in some of the CS. Then, we had to clear the mask and tell the instructor whether we were RA (regular army) or AR (army reserve). THEN, we took the mask off and did the name/rank/serial number bit. For some reason, the anticipation of the gas chamber didn't freak us out as much as the dread we had of the "tank rollover" exercise. I guess the lesson is that nothing is as bad as your mind makes it out to be as you're waiting for it to happen.
This is true about dread! I didn’t have to do any kind of tank rollover I might’ve had a problem with that lol🍻
@@stevenflebbe the tank roll over freaked me out too, I almost forgot that after tank cleared we were to pretend fire a law rocket at the rear of the tank.
@tabletopalchemy I think the tank rollover might have been an 11-Bravo thing. As it turns out, laying in a shallow ditch between the treads of a tank as it drives over is nowhere near as bad as "tank rollover" sounds.
@@johndarhower We had to run behind the tank and throw a dummy satchel charge up onto the rear deck.
@@stevenflebbe I was an 11 Charlie, a fire director my ass was getting nowhere near enemy talks. Also I could dig a fox hole faster then any one in my company. 😂
The gas chamber is the worst theme park ride ever.
(AFROTC, McConnell AFB, 1984)
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We were there together at the same time. Sept 89. Wonder if you were across the quad. I will have to look through my 1st Armored Training Brigade book to look for you.
Wow that’s trippy! I was in the barracks closest to the front road/parking lot, on the third floor. I know across the quad (which we had to “mow” one day with scissors) there was one drill sgt that was a Vietnam vet and *everyone* was terrified of that guy.
I was charlie company next to the phone bank and the Chow hall. Started Sept 11 in actual training
Oh dang we were only 2-3 weeks apart. Did you train on 113s as well? Where’d you go after basic?
@@tabletopalchemy I did those things were old then. Got out same time ETS on Thanksgiving 91. Ended up at Fort Lewis Washington. I went back to Knox late 90s to try to get one of those cav jackets at the PX that I was too poor to buy at the time. Wasn't there anymore. As we know if you ain't Cav you ain't shit. found my basic/AIT graduation book. Took a look to see if you were in there, no luck but it was 30+ years ago
Yeah I remember they told us 113s weren’t being used by cav anymore but we still trained on em. When I got to Germany, my first position was driver- of a Bradley lol. I’ll tell that story one day. Ft Lewis 🤙 I ETS Christmas of 91, had to do the full 24 months in Germany to guarantee that post. If u ain’t cav indeed lol🍻
Oh man...the infamous "Gas Chamber"! Yes sir, really enjoyed your story and explanation of the whole process...especially for those non-military folks. I'm retired Air Force military policeman (Security Forces) and recall the many times getting "gassed" on training day. I don't recall any gas chamber experience in basic training, but for sure at my first duty location and overseas posting. I think we got gassed a bit was due to our career field (MOS), or in Air Force AFSC (Air Force Specialty Code). I'm kind of shocked you went into the military and curious about your story in joining the Army. From your previous story-time with Tabletop Alchemy, it sounded you went from high school into the movie business. Looking forward to more stories...oh I was working on my 3D printed Galleon ship for the game system called, "Blood & Plunder". Take care.
I went in the navy in 2013. Process sounds exactly the same. Good ol CS gas. I hated all the chemical warfare shit. Made me so anxious. It was disturbing the hard-on so many had for it though lol I remember them having us watch a video in one of the classes of a super cut of atomic explosions and missile strikes to metal music. It was weird. The general idea is that it was supposed make us stoked? I don't know. The military is something else. I was fortunate enough to get an early out after 3 years because my rating(job) was overmanned 🤘🏻Anyways great story dude. Enjoy the videos 😁
Agreed there’s some weird things out there lol. Glad u enjoyed the vid, much appreciated 🤙🍻
I did basic at Ft. Jackson in 2001. Our DIs made us go after lunch and they arranged it so the DFAC was serving Chili Mac that day, so it was extra gross when people started puking.
lol someone else here has that same experience 😂🍻
Mental disorders may well contagious. It's been tested by science. Not a control study but it has been examined via social networks. The result correlated strongly with contagion.
Yeah, the ramifications scientifically speaking are pretty wild. 🍻
@@tabletopalchemy perfectly explains the mackerana
@garyjenson1326 🤣
Actually, the research on mass hysteria is shockingly deep and robust. Something I absolutely would assume is not real, seems to be in rare circumstances.
I did the CS chamber at Ft. Jackson South Carolina in January 2001. That was an interesting experience, lol. After basic I went over to Ft. Huachuca in Arizona for intel school. Nothing like going from running at sea level to running a mile up.
Also from “why is everything damp?” to “it’s ok, this a dry heat” 😂🍻
@@tabletopalchemy No kidding! I do not miss the desert, especially after growing up in Nevada.
My younger brother joined the army back in the late 80's. He retired after 22 years in. Your story sounded very much like what my brother went through when he was at Fort Knox. Thanks for a hell of a story from your life. Thank you for your service.
Hoo-ah! (That’s a Marine thing I know lol). Was your brother a tanker?
@@tabletopalchemy He was a tread head. Also a Tank mechanic. He was in the middle east for a bit, but also spent some time in other places over seas. Later on he served in the reserve unit in the town we grew up in.
Ah, nice
Im first!
Wish I had a prize for that lol🤙🍻