First Day Of Boot Camp

I remember flying out of New Orleans and getting into Orlando about 10:00 P.M. We did nothing that night. Got to bed around midnight. Now the fun starts, they got us up at who knows what time for breakfast, after a good meal and marching us back to the barracks in the dark we were given a toothbrush and small buckets of water and told to clean the floors. After what seemed like hours of scrubbing the floor I worked my way to the window to peek out and see that it was still dark.

This will be the longest day of my life.

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How I became a sailor

I became a sailor in 1969 after getting a draft notice in the mail. I knew I wanted nothing to do with Army life so I ran to the Navy recuiter and enlisted. Dad had passed a few years earlier so Mom had a fit about sending her baby off to war. I had 4 months before I had to report to boot camp so I made sure she had all my attention before I left.

I reported to Orlando and my sailor life started that August day in 1969. Today I became a blogger and launched the USS jbird.

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