Fort Polk Basic

Private Roe, that's me.

I enlisted in the US Army on 7 Jun 67 and was put on a bus for Fort Polk, Louisiana. I have been chatting with a young man from Massachusetts who is considering enlisting in the Army. I was cleaning out some stuff and ran across my book from basic training. Here are some pictures from that experience. I was assigned to Company C, First Battalion, Second Training Brigade, or C-1-2.

Fort Polk: The arrow is my barracks.

Young men of all races and backgrounds.

Fourth Platoon's Drill Sergeants

We got lots of shots.

Physical conditioning was a big part of Basic.

Grass drills.

Running

40 yard crawl and the run, dodge, and jump

Parallel bars, the blister buster.

Some first aid training

First aid training

Bayonet training

CBR (gas) training

CBR training

Learning to drill

Field chow.

Hand to hand

Hand to hand

Pugil stick

Learning about the M14 rifle

Firing range

M14 Rifle