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The draft was always there, but nearly all of them were taken into the Army. Marines got some draftees off and on, as I understand it....just didn't happen to be any that I saw when I was active.

In fact, despite what you hear about my generation ..when I enlisted in '67, there was a 2 month waiting list to get in the Corps from my recruiting station in Waterloo Iowa.
The Army does need their numbers. I remember during the "Surge" they were offering three year enlistments and were talking about going down to just two years just to keep enough personnel to meet their deployment needs.
 

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The Army does need their numbers. I remember during the "Surge" they were offering three year enlistments and were talking about going down to just two years just to keep enough personnel to meet their deployment needs.
I suppose there may have been some draftees around when I was in...but if so, they denied it. WE didn't want to serve alongside anyone who didn't want to be there....or at least had thought so at one point.

Me, I knew I'd made a tactical error about 30 seconds after I stepped onto those yellow footprints...that's when GySgt Hamilton announced his intention to kick the asses of every honky motherfucker in the plt.
 

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I suppose there may have been some draftees around when I was in...but if so, they denied it. WE didn't want to serve alongside anyone who didn't want to be there....or at least had thought so at one point.

Me, I knew I'd made a tactical error about 30 seconds after I stepped onto those yellow footprints...that's when GySgt Hamilton announced his intention to kick the asses of every honky motherfucker in the plt.
I had the same feelings. Overall I didn't think boot camp was as bad as I thought it was going to be. Some parts were pretty tough though.
 

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Can't believe it's already a year later. Still, need to get back out there soon George.

Feel a chill in the air. Winter is coming.

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Nice Jeeps! :devil:
 

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Thanks. I think it got longer than I initially intended, but I can't seem to leave well enough alone. lol
I've been following your posts for a while. I like to see what other Punk'n owners are doing to and with their Jeeps.
 

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I suppose there may have been some draftees around when I was in...but if so, they denied it. WE didn't want to serve alongside anyone who didn't want to be there....or at least had thought so at one point.

Me, I knew I'd made a tactical error about 30 seconds after I stepped onto those yellow footprints...that's when GySgt Hamilton announced his intention to kick the asses of every honky motherfucker in the plt.
Oh, how we've all been there - mine were delayed since our Platoon Sargent was out on emergency leave. He (GySgt Crenshaw) showed up 24 hours later, up until that point I thought this boot camp/OCS stuff wasn't that bad:). Amazing how 44 years later I can still remember him like it was yesterday.
 

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Oh, how we've all been there - mine were delayed since our Platoon Sargent was out on emergency leave. He (GySgt Crenshaw) showed up 24 hours later, up until that point I thought this boot camp/OCS stuff wasn't that bad:). Amazing how 44 years later I can still remember him like it was yesterday.
I had quite an assortment of Drill Instructors. One of em would usually forget to yell at you in English and would get even more mad when you don't understand Portuguese...
 

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