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mtairyguy

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7. We did PT in the OD Green Days!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 08:58 PM

Sep 2025

I did my basic at Ft. Benning in June and July, 1981. I maxed PT tests (not my first though) on push-ups and sit-ips, with 68 and 70, respectively, each in 2 minutes.

Heavy guys (there were no females) were called hog-bodies and were dogged as ‘road guards’ on marches. Those drill sergeants with Vietnam service didn’t care about themselves, let alone trainee privates! Folks actually died in basic, including a sergeant major from heat stroke.

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