Naval Station, Great Lakes, Illinois. Home of Naval Training Center, Great Lakes.
FEB 1966 COMPANY 114 CO. Commander R.L. Peoples
Looking for anyone who was in this Company.On the day of scheduled departure R.L. Peoples said"I've got some good news and some bad news"The bad news is you are all so screwed up you get to stay and march more.The good news is you get to spend some more time with me.He was a sadistic Company Commander.I remember "were gonna have some smoking choking and cokeing.On the coke and cigarette break he would stick his thumb in some young recruitsadams apple. He never did it to someone his own…
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i went to great lakes n.t.c in august 1964 and i was in company 444.i remember running every where andfor a time i worked in the dental clinic disposing the extracted teeth of the new recurits ,i graduated in november and went on to anacostia n.a.s in wash dc.after my year there i went on board the uss yorktown cvs 10 and we sailed in dec 65 fot vietnam and west pac.
After completing boot camp in Great Lakes, I went to "MM" A school in Nov 1974
Went to Great Lakes Boot Camp in November 1969 it was 45 degrees below Zero. Company 668. Talk about tying your clothes to the line and get it stuck on the metal poles, It would rip right off when you pulled it. Man it was cold.