D-4-36 1988. The one thing I remember was on top of our barracks door had a sign. It read, “ Through these doors have walked the greatest infantrymen in the world” WOW! That really knocked me for a loop because I knew it is true because of my grandfathers and their stories they told me, well I knew I had some big shoes to fill. I hope I made them proud in Heaven I gave it my very best
Interesting that a lot of National Guard folks went to harmony church. Mean a buddy also went there on that split program we did summer of 83 and 8483 at harmony church in 84 at sand hill. I was so bummed to finally take the family out there and show them the place and it was all gone! Thanks for the video this helps a lot! I remember one time getting in a shouting match with the active duty trainees we were yelling no livers to them and they were calling us a bunch of nogos I guess it all changed with the Iraq war as a lot of national guides and them going over seas.
Steve are you from Lafayette, LA? Attended basic at Harmony Church 2nd Training Batt 3rd Plt A 1/38th. Drill Sgt Cameron, Bland, and another. I came back during Desert Storm for IOBC & Bradley Commander Course as a 2nd Lt and stayed on the Main Post in the octagon shaped dormitory barracks down the road from the jump towers . Went back years later, probably in the early to mid1990's . . . I cried. They had a transportation company there and my barracks was completely gone with high grass growing where it had been. Yep, I cried.
@@garypulliam3740 Roger that. Remember them both. They had 2nd Platoon (I think) when I was there. We were in 3rd Platoon. We were in the barracks furthest from the road/telephones.
@@petersahucsr You know what, maybe I was 2nd plt. But yes 3rd plt was what our plt called "in the back" and you guys had the meanest toughest drill sgt in the company. The dude was ripped and had eyes like a snake. He had you guys low crawling up the hill next to your barracks all .... the .... time.
Bravo 8-2 1985/86 Harmony Church. Old WWII barracks, you could see threw the floors. Central air, a brroken window on one end a busted door on the other. Wouldnt of changed anything. A shame its no longer there. Kids today have no idea.
Went through Harmony Church in the Summer of 1984...C-4-2. I didn't realize the Church had been abandoned that soon after I left. I was at Benning in 2011, but most of the area where our battalion sat was overgrown and I couldn't make out any landmarks.
Was there September-December of 1984, D-9-2. Senior Drill Instructor was SFC Daryl Kinman, a true professional soldier and a great man. Commanding officer was Captain Duane MK Nathaniel, wish I could say the same about him but he was a true a**hole.
D-2-2 Summer 1987. Thanks for this video as it is very erie to watch this now. To know all the experiences I had here and to see it so quiet and peaceful is really weird. The end of an era as most people will never know how this place has changed our lives in so many ways. Thanks again!
D-2-2 Summer 1986! Drill Sergeants Borum and Bledsoe and the Battalion Commander was LTC Walter Marm, Medal of Honor recipient. Still have my yearbook and, just last week, was showing it to someone who went through Basic at Benning in 2006! LOL where did the years go?!?
@@britaom3299 Delta 2-2. 2nd squad, 2nd platoon...spring 86. 11BC2. Lt Col Marm, Captain Smith, SFC Greene. SFC(?) Bledsoe and the Toyota Previa minivan. Reserve DS taking their turn. Linoleum green floors. Winning BRM. Dawgs on the warpath, ooh ahhhhhh!
I was there 84/85 C-2-2 A-2-2 . Man it’s sad to see it at that state . But I believe it’s been turned into either the infantry museum. Or training for the Armor decision or Airborne. From where my pt. Field was and on our morning run we could see the Jump towers . DS. Kelley And DS. Kelly . Don’t remember for sure if they were Basic or AIT DI’s . I did a split option for the Army National Guard I was still in high school . That’s the reason for the 2 summers .
Hell yes. A-4-2 Grad Oct 83' We had Johnson as one of our DI's. He was the ex Marine. I remember DI Shultz? He wasn't my DI, but I got along good with him. I recall him walking over to congratulate me on maxing the PT.
A Co, 4/36 "Bushmasters". Basic and AIT just 4 yrs before this video was made. Low crawled across that pt field as well as sweated on it. Felt sick seeing the buildings I lived and trained in during the summer of '88 abandoned and trashed like that. Thanks for the memories.
E-4-2 1983: Drill Sergeants were SFC Bittinger and SSgt Ratliff. That was a great time. We were told that the new barracks were almost complete and Harmony Church would be closed off. Can’t count how many times we were caught in those damn Georgia wait a minute vines... Thanks for posting this
I remember putting some 5.56 rounds inside an electrical outlet. The main highway was real close by and the winter of 83 was freakin cold. Doing guard at 3am with sleet blowing on ya was the shits.
Went to church in August 85 (E-2-2..'Headhunters') And that is where I found God (Drill Sergeant White). Hardest motherfuker to walk this Earth... (other drills wouldn't even make eye contact with him). Never had to raise his voice.. he'd just give you that look..(you know, that "why do I even let you live" look .).. and somehow, you magically got your shit squared -the -fuck away. I lost my bearing once.. early in the cycle.. threw my cover to the ground..God did I become instantly popular. Enough Hats descended on me to block out the Sun.. ( back when they most definitely put their hands on you!). Anyway, while I was spending the next 3 hours learning the nuances of PT (from my 4 new friends,who I at no time 'eyeballed!!!").. Drill Sergeant White slipped up next to me and whispered " they're just doggin you tonight private.. but tomorrow your ass is mine.. and I'm going to make you quit." He then patted me on the head, and smiled as he stood to leave and said.." better start thinking of somethin to tell that crack whore mother of yours why you're home early!" Got to see him smile one more time.. right before graduation.. when I was so squared away I would cut you on all four corners. After inspection he brushed my shoulders, and quietly said "that cum burpin gutter slut is going to be so proud of you..." I had a tear in my eye when he walked away.. without looking back he said "get on your fucking face private.. I wanna hear you knock em out!" I was fuckin sobbing as I counted.. I'd like to think he had a tear in his eye too.. but I know better. Fuck.. I'm sobbing now.. what the fuck is going on?
I was there Delta 10-2 3rd Platoon. March 1984. Senior Drill, Russel. SFC Miller. SFC Ferrior, Sgt. Foley, SFC Nine, SGT Dudley, SGT Winman, SGT. Riviera. SGT Penn. I remember the Red PT feild. Wow! Hard to believe it’s gone. Thanks for the footage. I haven’t seen that place since 1984.😊👍
I was there Nov 87 to Mar 88. I went back out there in 2004 when I was in ANCOC. All you could make out was a slight outline of some of the roads. Weidman field was still there though. U.S. Army 87 to 08. My oldest son is currently a Drill Sergeant on Sand Hill!
Great Video TY, i was there Feb,1985 to may 1985. We were close to the mess hall, but can't remember exactly where. Remember doing dips before chow? Lol._. Drill Sgt Carter much respect if your still out there,, King Cobra's
I was at Charlie Co. at the same time period. Seems like just yesterday but a lifetime ago at the same time. Hard to believe it was so many years ago. Now I'm an old man reflecting on the past. Can't believe it went by so fast. When I was there I had my whole life in front of me. Now it feels like it's all behind me. Though I don't know you, we shared the experience of this place and time. So as you wish your companions well I wish you well also ☮️
@ciscoguru.. we were in the same basic E 4/30 Oct 87-Feb 88. I don’t remember what platoon I was in. I still keep in touch with another person from basic, J Toups. Good to see another person from the same basic training. P Hernandez
@@pranger37 Howdy! I'm still around! Just saw the YT notification. I remember Toups. His first name was either Steve or Jason...I think. Hard to remember all of that. I remember the Drill Sergeants...Lowe, Turnbull, and Thomas most of all.
Interesting to see what came before. I attended OSUT at Harmony Church last year. The entire area is completely different now and there is a motorpool over where the barracks in this video once stood. In many areas though, old foundations were still visible. I would've loved to have had time just to explore the woods at Benning. I found so much cool shit while out in the field. Lots of WWII-Vietnam era relics just rusting away.
Summer of 1980. Cold Steel Charlie! C-2-1 I believe. I was 17. Split option reservist. My senior year in high school; some of my friends didn't recognize me for few weeks until my hair started growing back. LOL! Not in style for 1980 but for 2020.....acceptable! LOL!
So many memories-thanks for posting this. I was the XO for A-2-2 with LTC Franks as the BN Cdr and CPT Busey as the CO. Great DI’s working to turn civilians into soldiers.
D-2-2 July-October 1985 (2nd platoon's barracks at 1:43 in the video) I learned a lot about myself that summer and have nothing but fond memories. Funny, I stared down at the off-ramp a lot when things were going tough but I never quit. I'm a teacher now and I love telling boot camp stories to my students. SFC Green was the real deal as a drill sergeant.
I was D-2-2 July - Oct 1986 first platoon and also knew SFC Green. I will never forget drill sgts. Borhum and Bledsoe. I also was a teacher, for 21 years, and loved telling stories of those days.
@@jeffreyhunt6170 Green had that death stare to go along with that perfectly pressed uniform; he just looked the part. Bledsoe took several of us to Airborne School in the back of his pickup after we watched everyone else load the buses after graduation. I miss those days...but only every now and then ;)
Thanks for posting the video. I was there in 85 and 86. B-9-2 and D-4-2. Sure wish I could remember the area where they once stood. But that was long ago. Stopped and visited the base in 2015. Wow how times change. What battalion/Brigade was this when you went through?
A-4-2, 3rd platoon (Third Herd) Alphagators! 29Feb84 to 30May84. SSG Picket, SFC Timmons, SFC Johnson were the Drill Sergeants. Breaks my heart to see the area like this.
I was there just after you second platoon, I was glad to train at harmony church probably the same place that the greatest generation trained in ww2, my uncle jumped with the 82nd on D day so I like to think the spirit of all those who trained there were watching over us.
Wow! What memories!! Where did the years go? Thank you for sharing this! D-2-2 Summer of 1986. Drill Sergeants Borum and Bledsoe and LTC (and CMoH recipient) Walter Marm was the Battalion Commander. In January 91 I got called back to the Army for the First Gulf War and spent a couple weeks at Benning before heading off across the Atlantic. One day I went by and walked around Harmony Church and, by then, the barracks were still there but were all deserted. Very eerie.
That theatre was cleaned at night by my dad and brother and I can hear the soldiers running and marching there. My dad was responsible for troop supply for Sand Hill and Harmony Church. One Sunday he took me with him when he went to make sure some new soldiers had what they needed for bedding, etc. It impressed me greatly that he went out of his way to serve them. I had asked him why. And he explained that they needed a place to sleep. Worked for me.
1982 11B OSUT. Harmony Church. Picked up trash along that hiway. And WTF...PT uniforn??? We took our BDU shirt off if it was hot. Ran in boots tee shirt and pants. And "Oh no they took our phones."..shit. 2 min pay phone calls home a month. Lord Help Us!
I was at Harmony church in 1988. Eco. 1/38 Infantry. Out in the middle of nowhere. Think it was 3-5 miles to road march to the church on Sundays. For a while at pt formation in the morning when they'd do roll call, never failed each platoon would report one are two men awol. Senior drill finally had enough and came out and talked to everyone in the company and the awols stopped.
Harmony Church Jan to Mar '67. I couldn't believe the cold and wet (until I did Infantry AIT at Ft Lewis. Did they strip the siding from the barracks? Lead paint?
Oh my, please tell me that this is NOT what has become of Harmony Church! I went there from Sand Hill to do radio training and loved those old barracks. E-3-1.
Interesting comments about the "accommodations." I served in 1968-70 and slept in old WWII barracks at every assignment: Basic, AIT, OCS and permanent duty.
B-10-2 1984. That area has been leveled and rebuilt as the Armor school. Some of the buildings have been moved behind the Infantry Museum and set up as they were in WWll.
So many men have come & gone in those barracks, I was there only 8 years earlier. C-2-2, Still can hear the recorderd bugle on the loud speaker. Ghost town there, I guess its totally gone by now.
C-8-2 July-Oct '86. DS Malletey was the senior Drill. Loved/hated that dude. Turned 18 when we did the night infiltration course with live rounds overhead...
@@TheGeorgiaGent I remember the DS made us all face your weapons line that was by our road/area and yell at a redhead recruit in the Delta line. “Hey You! In The Weapon’s Line! Red On The Head Like A Dick On A Dog!” 200 us yelling at the ginger recruit.
I was in A-10-2 in June 1883 . My Brother went through in June 1985 . We drove cross country to meet the Batt. Boys from B Co. 3/75th coming home from Mogadishu . That was November of 1993 . By then Harmony Church was a pine orchard . Returned to nature . Now in 2021 it’s the new home of The Armor and Cavalry .
I was at a 10 2 June 1983 3rd platoon black drill sergeant lewis and drill sergeant prince he had very heavily south accents . Company commander captain north
@@joemufalli4290 Cool! I was in 1st Platoon. Do you still have the Co. photo? Wow… what were the chances ! Sooooo long ago. We were kids. It’s funny attending unit reunions & BBQ’s . We all adults , today- Fat, Old Men !
@@trentward1770 That's awesome. Did you have Drill Sgt. Rush and Black? And now that I look at my original post I noticed a typo. I typed 1987 but it was 1988.
D-4-36 1988. The one thing I remember was on top of our barracks door had a sign. It read, “ Through these doors have walked the greatest infantrymen in the world” WOW! That really knocked me for a loop because I knew it is true because of my grandfathers and their stories they told me, well I knew I had some big shoes to fill. I hope I made them proud in Heaven I gave it my very best
❤ Hallowed ground. Alpha 1 38 Harmony Church Apr-Aug 1988 11B/11M. "RANGERS LEAD THE WAY ... OORHAH!"
Was in C-4-36 Sept-Dec 1988
Interesting that a lot of National Guard folks went to harmony church. Mean a buddy also went there on that split program we did summer of 83 and 8483 at harmony church in 84 at sand hill. I was so bummed to finally take the family out there and show them the place and it was all gone! Thanks for the video this helps a lot!
I remember one time getting in a shouting match with the active duty trainees we were yelling no livers to them and they were calling us a bunch of nogos I guess it all changed with the Iraq war as a lot of national guides and them going over seas.
I was in Sand Hill Jan 1966 to April and we had to fix up those old buildings that had been closed since WW2.
Steve are you from Lafayette, LA? Attended basic at Harmony Church 2nd Training Batt 3rd Plt A 1/38th. Drill Sgt Cameron, Bland, and another. I came back during Desert Storm for IOBC & Bradley Commander Course as a 2nd Lt and stayed on the Main Post in the octagon shaped dormitory barracks down the road from the jump towers . Went back years later, probably in the early to mid1990's . . . I cried. They had a transportation company there and my barracks was completely gone with high grass growing where it had been. Yep, I cried.
Hallowed ground. Alpha 1 38 Harmony Church Apr-Aug 1988 11B/11M. "RANGERS LEAD THE WAY ... OORHAH!"
Which Platoon & Company were you in? And who were your drill sgts?
@@petersahucsr 1st Platoon Alpha Company DS Williams and DS Rucker.
@@garypulliam3740 Roger that. Remember them both. They had 2nd Platoon (I think) when I was there. We were in 3rd Platoon. We were in the barracks furthest from the road/telephones.
@@petersahucsr You know what, maybe I was 2nd plt. But yes 3rd plt was what our plt called "in the back" and you guys had the meanest toughest drill sgt in the company. The dude was ripped and had eyes like a snake. He had you guys low crawling up the hill next to your barracks all .... the .... time.
Bravo 8-2 1985/86 Harmony Church. Old WWII barracks, you could see threw the floors. Central air, a brroken window on one end a busted door on the other. Wouldnt of changed anything. A shame its no longer there. Kids today have no idea.
I was at the Mighty H.C. in 1988 and holes in the wall, see through the floor and no windows nor screens but I loved it looking back.
Fuckin Sad. Harmony Church produced good soldiers.
I took my basic and Ait at harmony church Ft. Benning Georgia, C-4-1 1980, old WW2 barracks and mess hall!!!
I was there in July/Aug/Sept
1982...one hot mother.
Ronnie Merchant hey I was over at the sand Hilton same year Delta 5-1
I was there Dec 82 to spring of 83.and froze a lot.
Aug/Sept/Oct 1982 Harmony Church A-2-2
I was there the same time. C-2-2. Guys were dropping like flies from the heat.
@@randyboisa6367 A Shitty Fan and or Fans was better than nothing.
I was there in August,September, October, of 1966. Sgt. Broom was my drill instructor, he was a good man who taught us well.
Went through Harmony Church in the Summer of 1984...C-4-2. I didn't realize the Church had been abandoned that soon after I left. I was at Benning in 2011, but most of the area where our battalion sat was overgrown and I couldn't make out any landmarks.
Was there September-December of 1984, D-9-2. Senior Drill Instructor was SFC Daryl Kinman, a true professional soldier and a great man. Commanding officer was Captain Duane MK Nathaniel, wish I could say the same about him but he was a true a**hole.
You might know my dad as he was in your group.
@@bradwilson8872 what was your dad’s name??
@@tonymicalizzi7583 Keith Wilson
D-2-2 Summer 1987. Thanks for this video as it is very erie to watch this now. To know all the experiences I had here and to see it so quiet and peaceful is really weird. The end of an era as most people will never know how this place has changed our lives in so many ways. Thanks again!
Long time no see Bro!
D-2-2 Summer 1986! Drill Sergeants Borum and Bledsoe and the Battalion Commander was LTC Walter Marm, Medal of Honor recipient. Still have my yearbook and, just last week, was showing it to someone who went through Basic at Benning in 2006! LOL where did the years go?!?
@@britaom3299 Delta 2-2. 2nd squad, 2nd platoon...spring 86. 11BC2. Lt Col Marm, Captain Smith, SFC Greene. SFC(?) Bledsoe and the Toyota Previa minivan. Reserve DS taking their turn. Linoleum green floors. Winning BRM. Dawgs on the warpath, ooh ahhhhhh!
@@TheGeorgiaGent Awesome! Yep, Marm, Smith, Greene, Bledsoe....they were all there that summer. "Dawgs on the warpath" indeed!
D-2-2 April 87 OSUT then airborne school. Then Korea Camp Hovey 1/503 B Co. Then off to Ft. Campbell 1/ 502 B Co.
Hate to see them all torn up like that. B-2-2 Aug '86. DS's Baumchen, Turner, and Scriven.
Hey! Douglas Hall here. I was there in the same class. DSs were Harris Harris and Cruz. 25th infantry. Good times 😅
I was there 84/85 C-2-2 A-2-2 . Man it’s sad to see it at that state . But I believe it’s been turned into either the infantry museum. Or training for the Armor decision or Airborne. From where my pt. Field was and on our morning run we could see the Jump towers . DS. Kelley And DS. Kelly . Don’t remember for sure if they were Basic or AIT DI’s . I did a split option for the Army National Guard I was still in high school . That’s the reason for the 2 summers .
Thanks for the video...
Erie watching that all quiet like that.
I was A-4-2
Grad Oct 83' DI Johnson was one of ours. Anyone have their cycle book?
I was also A-4-2. 4th Platoon.
Grad March '84.
A-4-2, 10/83 to 2/84. SSgt Ard and Sgt Cox. I still freak a little when i hear a whistle. Thanks for uploading this.
I was A/4/2 feb-may 1985 SSgt Ard was SFC Ard than deep voice is what i remember about him, i was 1st plt he was 3rd i think
@@dpkdavis AlphaGators RAAAhhh!
A-4-2 June to Sept. 2nd platoon I remember both of them, whistle disco anyone? Sgt Cox reminded me of Teddy Roosevelt. Also had drill sergeant Kelly.
Hell yes.
A-4-2
Grad Oct 83'
We had Johnson as one of our DI's.
He was the ex Marine.
I remember DI Shultz?
He wasn't my DI, but I got along good with him.
I recall him walking over to congratulate me on maxing the PT.
What a shame, god I feel old!
A Co, 4/36 "Bushmasters". Basic and AIT just 4 yrs before this video was made. Low crawled across that pt field as well as sweated on it. Felt sick seeing the buildings I lived and trained in during the summer of '88 abandoned and trashed like that. Thanks for the memories.
My 18th birthday. I went to basic, at Benning, 6/92. Great video.
Ahhh.. The good old days when you had to poop 2ft away from someone staring at ya and had to share a water spicket with two other dudes.
Nothing like taking a dump with your knees touching the guy across from you
😁💩
B-8-2, Harmony Church, 1/82-4/82...
More PT Drill Sgt, more PT, we like it, we love, we want more of it...
Harmony Church, gone, but not forgotten...
E-4-2 1983: Drill Sergeants were SFC Bittinger and SSgt Ratliff.
That was a great time.
We were told that the new barracks were almost complete and Harmony Church would be closed off.
Can’t count how many times we were caught in those damn Georgia wait a minute vines...
Thanks for posting this
84..hold company..for prior service
I remember putting some 5.56 rounds inside an electrical outlet. The main highway was real close by and the winter of 83 was freakin cold. Doing guard at 3am with sleet blowing on ya was the shits.
Thanks, for the memories Steve !
Richard McCallister Steve?
83 was up to that point the coldest winter ever in Georgia since records were kept.
I was there Nov 82 to Mar 83. I remember that ice storm...thought that shit was cold until they sent me to Alaska!
Went to church in August 85 (E-2-2..'Headhunters')
And that is where I found God (Drill Sergeant White). Hardest motherfuker to walk this Earth... (other drills wouldn't even make eye contact with him). Never had to raise his voice.. he'd just give you that look..(you know, that "why do I even let you live" look .).. and somehow, you magically got your shit squared -the -fuck away.
I lost my bearing once.. early in the cycle.. threw my cover to the ground..God did I become instantly popular. Enough Hats descended on me to block out the Sun.. ( back when they most definitely put their hands on you!).
Anyway, while I was spending the next 3 hours learning the nuances of PT (from my 4 new friends,who I at no time 'eyeballed!!!").. Drill Sergeant White slipped up next to me and whispered " they're just doggin you tonight private.. but tomorrow your ass is mine.. and I'm going to make you quit." He then patted me on the head, and smiled as he stood to leave and said.." better start thinking of somethin to tell that crack whore mother of yours why you're home early!"
Got to see him smile one more time.. right before graduation.. when I was so squared away I would cut you on all four corners. After inspection he brushed my shoulders, and quietly said "that cum burpin gutter slut is going to be so proud of you..."
I had a tear in my eye when he walked away.. without looking back he said "get on your fucking face private.. I wanna hear you knock em out!"
I was fuckin sobbing as I counted.. I'd like to think he had a tear in his eye too.. but I know better.
Fuck.. I'm sobbing now.. what the fuck is going on?
I was there Delta 10-2 3rd Platoon. March 1984. Senior Drill, Russel. SFC Miller. SFC Ferrior, Sgt. Foley, SFC Nine, SGT Dudley, SGT Winman, SGT. Riviera. SGT Penn. I remember the Red PT feild. Wow! Hard to believe it’s gone. Thanks for the footage. I haven’t seen that place since 1984.😊👍
I missed that place, December 1987 to March 1988. I do not remember what company.
Wow this brings back memories I was there Jan 85 to April 85 A-2-2 no slack Alpha
Roy Martinez E 2-2 I was there same time as you
B-2-2 May-Aug 86 Hot as hell. Never thought I'd be nostalgic about Harmony church.
C-5-1 July-Oct 86. That was a hot one! But I was at the Sand Hilton. I can feel the conditioned air even as we speak lol!
😁 I know, right? Dam!
@@maximussarcasticus1312 😁
Delta 2-2.
1965 Airborne School. 1965/66 Vietnam. 1966 back to Benning (Harmony Church).
A-4-2 in 83. dam this brings back some good and bad memories.
A-4-2 in 84!
A-4-2 in 84 2nd platoon great memories
When did you graduate?
A-4-2 graduated
Oct 83'
SFC Johnson, the ex Marine, was one of our DI's
A-4-2 1985
I was there Nov 87 to Mar 88. I went back out there in 2004 when I was in ANCOC. All you could make out was a slight outline of some of the roads. Weidman field was still there though. U.S. Army 87 to 08. My oldest son is currently a Drill Sergeant on Sand Hill!
Almost exactly 5 years (1/6/87) to the day my boots first hit the orange clay of Harmony Church. A-10-2 Vanguards of Victory.
C-10-2 Vanguard of Victory! Same rotation! Jan 87.
A-4-2, 1987.
A-4-2
July-Oct 83'
Sure looks sad, spooky in away.
Love that there was no narration.
Late 60s lived in Harmony Church Trailer Park. Anyone else?
Summer '68.
Great Video TY, i was there Feb,1985 to may 1985. We were close to the mess hall, but can't remember exactly where. Remember doing dips before chow? Lol._. Drill Sgt Carter much respect if your still out there,, King Cobra's
I was there in 1986. Some mean motherfuckers running the place at the time. Great memories of the experience though.
True. Sadistic fkn bastards.
I was there from Oct 87 to Feb 88 - Echo 4/30 Mad Dogs. Raymond Strack was my bunk mate. Shout out to Vanderslice! Hope you guys are well! Sutton:)
I was at Charlie Co. at the same time period. Seems like just yesterday but a lifetime ago at the same time. Hard to believe it was so many years ago. Now I'm an old man reflecting on the past. Can't believe it went by so fast. When I was there I had my whole life in front of me. Now it feels like it's all behind me. Though I don't know you, we shared the experience of this place and time. So as you wish your companions well I wish you well also ☮️
@ciscoguru.. we were in the same basic E 4/30 Oct 87-Feb 88. I don’t remember what platoon I was in. I still keep in touch with another person from basic, J Toups. Good to see another person from the same basic training. P Hernandez
@@pranger37 Howdy! I'm still around! Just saw the YT notification. I remember Toups. His first name was either Steve or Jason...I think. Hard to remember all of that. I remember the Drill Sergeants...Lowe, Turnbull, and Thomas most of all.
@@virtualyme7659 I appreciate that and the same to you my friend. Godspeed.
Interesting to see what came before. I attended OSUT at Harmony Church last year. The entire area is completely different now and there is a motorpool over where the barracks in this video once stood. In many areas though, old foundations were still visible. I would've loved to have had time just to explore the woods at Benning. I found so much cool shit while out in the field. Lots of WWII-Vietnam era relics just rusting away.
I was there Jan-May 1988. A. 4/30 3rd Plt. Warlords!!!
Hallowed ground. Alpha 1 38 Harmony Church Apr-Aug 1988 11B/11M. "RANGERS LEAD THE WAY ... OORHAH!"
Went there right after Vietnam: Aug 66-Jun 67. Good memories
Summer of 1980. Cold Steel Charlie! C-2-1 I believe. I was 17. Split option reservist. My senior year in high school; some of my friends didn't recognize me for few weeks until my hair started growing back. LOL!
Not in style for 1980 but for 2020.....acceptable! LOL!
I was 17 also summer of 1980 E-5-1 Harmony Church 👍
THANKS for this, I was there split option NG in summers 86 and 87. Brock field area.
Was there in 1980 ,I remember how hot it was at the rifle range in August , 40 years ago.
1980 June,July,August E-5-1 yeah hot as hell and did PT in the green uniform bottoms and boots✅✅
So many memories-thanks for posting this. I was the XO for A-2-2 with LTC Franks as the BN Cdr and CPT Busey as the CO. Great DI’s working to turn civilians into soldiers.
D-2-2 July-October 1985 (2nd platoon's barracks at 1:43 in the video) I learned a lot about myself that summer and have nothing but fond memories. Funny, I stared down at the off-ramp a lot when things were going tough but I never quit. I'm a teacher now and I love telling boot camp stories to my students. SFC Green was the real deal as a drill sergeant.
I was D-2-2 July - Oct 1986 first platoon and also knew SFC Green. I will never forget drill sgts. Borhum and Bledsoe. I also was a teacher, for 21 years, and loved telling stories of those days.
C-2-2 Oct '85 to Feb '86. You probably watched us come in. Did you make the walls sweat?
A-2-2 1982, my 17 year old dumbass thought it was a good idea to go through Infantry training in August!
@@robroy6924 Yeah, if I recall correctly, we watched them guys hose you all down pretty good. They didn't quite do that to us ;)
@@jeffreyhunt6170 Green had that death stare to go along with that perfectly pressed uniform; he just looked the part. Bledsoe took several of us to Airborne School in the back of his pickup after we watched everyone else load the buses after graduation. I miss those days...but only every now and then ;)
C-8-2, July through Sept ‘82. Brings back the memories.
A82 November 85 until Feb 86 hated it while was there but happy to have the experience, sad to see it all gone
I was there in May through oct for basic AIT and Airborne school , no tougher place for basic training . A9-2
I agree with you C-4-1 harmony church 1980, barracks was right across the street from the church.
Agree. There at Sand Hill for OSUT and Airborne School 1984 came back later for Pathfinder School
Thanks for posting the video. I was there in 85 and 86. B-9-2 and D-4-2. Sure wish I could remember the area where they once stood. But that was long ago. Stopped and visited the base in 2015. Wow how times change.
What battalion/Brigade was this when you went through?
Sorry for not clarifying that Boss Man. That was split option for the National Guard. Summer of 85 was (Basic) B-9-2. Summer of 86 was (AIT) D-4-2.
C-2-1 Sand Hill, Nov - Feb, 1966; sure looks a LOT different now!!
A-4-2, 3rd platoon (Third Herd) Alphagators! 29Feb84 to 30May84. SSG Picket, SFC Timmons, SFC Johnson were the Drill Sergeants. Breaks my heart to see the area like this.
I was there just after you second platoon, I was glad to train at harmony church probably the same place that the greatest generation trained in ww2, my uncle jumped with the 82nd on D day so I like to think the spirit of all those who trained there were watching over us.
A-4-2 1st platoon SSG Proffit SGT Parker 29 Fed to 30 May
Well damm,
A-4-2
Grad Oct 83'
I had Johnson as one of our DI's
He was the INTENSE looking ex Marine
@@dpkdavis Parker was a ranger in Grenada. A-4-2 second platoon Aug 85- Nov 85
Hallowed ground, indeed. 😢
C-9-2 1982. 11B
Thanks for the post! B-2-2. Aug. 1980. Close to my training co. Place surer has changed since I was there,
C-2-1 Aug 1980.
@@ronnymiller3424 looks like we were Neighbors!
D-2-2. May 1980. Delta Dawgs third herd. No better place to train to be an infantry soldier….
RLTW 80 thru 92
I was there 1987.. supposedly last rotation of the damned WW2 barracks. Hated them hot muthers.
Still in use in 1989.
Hallowed ground. Alpha 1 38 Harmony Church Apr-Aug 1988 11B/11M. "RANGERS LEAD THE WAY ... OORHAH!"
@@earheadsix4119 correct
I swear I stayed in one of those barracks for 2 nights in 1970. My paperwork got lost.There were three of us.
1978, along High 27.
E-Platoon...11B. Last Training Battalion. FOLLOW ME
I was there Aug/Sept/Oct 87 - thank you so much!
In the description you mentioned that you were from Ohio, and so am I! Youngstown!
Wow! What memories!! Where did the years go? Thank you for sharing this!
D-2-2 Summer of 1986. Drill Sergeants Borum and Bledsoe and LTC (and CMoH recipient) Walter Marm was the Battalion Commander.
In January 91 I got called back to the Army for the First Gulf War and spent a couple weeks at Benning before heading off across the Atlantic. One day I went by and walked around Harmony Church and, by then, the barracks were still there but were all deserted. Very eerie.
That theatre was cleaned at night by my dad and brother and I can hear the soldiers running and marching there. My dad was responsible for troop supply for Sand Hill and Harmony Church. One Sunday he took me with him when he went to make sure some new soldiers had what they needed for bedding, etc. It impressed me greatly that he went out of his way to serve them. I had asked him why. And he explained that they needed a place to sleep. Worked for me.
God Bless him ❤
I remember the forced marches up to the theater to get paid once a month and to see a movie the day before graduating.
1982 11B OSUT. Harmony Church. Picked up trash along that hiway. And WTF...PT uniforn??? We took our BDU shirt off if it was hot. Ran in boots tee shirt and pants. And "Oh no they took our phones."..shit. 2 min pay phone calls home a month. Lord Help Us!
I was at Harmony church in 1988. Eco. 1/38 Infantry. Out in the middle of nowhere. Think it was 3-5 miles to road march to the church on Sundays. For a while at pt formation in the morning when they'd do roll call, never failed each platoon would report one are two men awol. Senior drill finally had enough and came out and talked to everyone in the company and the awols stopped.
We did our medical training in those barracks. 1/50th Charlie Company 1992
Harmony Church Jan to Mar '67. I couldn't believe the cold and wet (until I did Infantry AIT at Ft Lewis. Did they strip the siding from the barracks? Lead paint?
asbestos
Ass best toast
I remember the cattle car rides. To the various training sites.
x number of days, and a "wake up".
x days and a wake up
Oh my, please tell me that this is NOT what has become of Harmony Church! I went there from Sand Hill to do radio training and loved those old barracks. E-3-1.
I was there for basic and a.i.t but it looks different. We were in the sticks...not do close to a main road. Please help with more info
Basic training fòrt. Benning c 10 2 .1976 C 10 2 is where you want to be if your shit weak we are gonna see
Where I grew up 2 months after my 18th birthday 10/85
Interesting comments about the "accommodations." I served in 1968-70 and slept in old WWII barracks at every assignment: Basic, AIT, OCS and permanent duty.
B-10-2 1984. That area has been leveled and rebuilt as the Armor school. Some of the buildings have been moved behind the Infantry Museum and set up as they were in WWll.
I was b-10-2 also, july - nov 83 SFC Brown and SSG Penn
B-10-2 July 1985. 2nd platoon.
Steve, Do you remember where approximately where the barracks were at? I know some were by the highway and 8th division road.
Sad to see gone the old was better for teamwork and plt. Training than the new. Air conditioning big mistake. Yours truly evans w Robinson sgt ret
Harmony Church, 1st Platoon, D-8-2, summer 1968.
I remember having to polish the copper pipes in the latrine with Brasso. They had to shine.
Was there from June-November 1966 training for. Vietnam 199th inf
CLASS A 2 2 may of 1982 harmony church near the ranger section
C 4/36 Harmony Church June-August 1988, 11H
April 21, 1972
-11b4p 82nd 1/504 '74
84..in a hold company .I was prior service .
1977 AIT Drill Sargent Zonki. He checked every coin return every morning at the phone bank.
I took Infantry training at harmony church I was 17yrs old then
So many men have come & gone in those barracks, I was there only 8 years earlier. C-2-2, Still can hear the recorderd bugle on the loud speaker. Ghost town there, I guess its totally gone by now.
C-8-2 July-Oct '86. DS Malletey was the senior Drill. Loved/hated that dude. Turned 18 when we did the night infiltration course with live rounds overhead...
C-10-2 Harmony Church, Aug-Nov 1986 fresh off delayed entry from High school
I was there from 1972-1974. Harmony Church and Sand Hill.
Was there C-2-2 july 85-oct 85
A-2-2. 1st Platoon. August - November 84. Would enjoy coming down from Wisconsin and touring the post.
I was at Harmony Church C-2-2, June 1983.
If those barracks walls could talk.....
1974 jump school
E-3-1 Sand Hill August to November 1984.
C-2-2 Cold Steel. Summer of ‘86.
Harmony Church = Hardcore Infantry
D-2-2. Delta Dawgs.
@@TheGeorgiaGent I remember the DS made us all face your weapons line that was by our road/area and yell at a redhead recruit in the Delta line. “Hey You! In The Weapon’s Line! Red On The Head Like A Dick On A Dog!”
200 us yelling at the ginger recruit.
C-10-2 Harmony Church January 1987 - May 1987, 3rd Platoon "Rangers"
1st Plt Alpha 1 38 Rangers Harmony Church Apr-Aug 1988 11B/11M. "RANGERS LEAD THE WAY ... OORHAH!"
D-7-1 1982
I was in A-10-2 in June 1883 . My Brother went through in June 1985 . We drove cross country to meet the Batt. Boys from B Co. 3/75th coming home from Mogadishu . That was November of 1993 . By then Harmony Church was a pine orchard . Returned to nature . Now in 2021 it’s the new home of The Armor and Cavalry .
I was at a 10 2 June 1983 3rd platoon black drill sergeant lewis and drill sergeant prince he had very heavily south accents . Company commander captain north
@@joemufalli4290 Cool! I was in 1st Platoon. Do you still have the Co. photo? Wow… what were the chances ! Sooooo long ago. We were kids. It’s funny attending unit reunions & BBQ’s . We all adults , today- Fat, Old Men !
Damn I was at Harmony for OSUT this year, sure is different from back then
I was there March/ April 1978, E Company. Drill Sergeant Robert Presley.
Same company E with Presley. He chewed tobacco. But was fall of 78. Missed you by that much.
I was there B-2-1 Mar, Apr, May 1981
The memories I have .,64c and damn glad I wasn't 11b😅
11BC2. Regretted it then. Miss the sense of purpose now.
B-4-1, Jan.-Apr. 1980.
I was there at the same time with you. B-4-1 Jan-April 1980
@@glenmartin7153 I recognize your picture in our "yearbook"
1987 last of the Warlords.
I was there Jan-May 1988 A. 4/30 3rd Plt. WARLORDS!!
@@trentward1770 That's awesome. Did you have Drill Sgt. Rush and Black? And now that I look at my original post I noticed a typo. I typed 1987 but it was 1988.