Foxholes and Dogtags

Fort Leonard Wood

Hmm, what do you say about this place? It is about ninety miles from the nearest semblance of normal human life in the middle of the Missouri Ozarks. They nicknamed this place Fort Lost in the Woods, Misery. And in the middle of January, it gets down right frigid here.

I would call Fort Leonard Wood pretty much No Man's Land. I pity anyone who has AIT in this place as there is absolutely NOTHING to do here. No matter the Drill Sergeants are particularly mischivious, there's absolutely nothing for them to do on their down time. I guess I would wreak havok on unsuspecting privates when ever i could to entertain myself if I had nothing better to do too.

Well, what I know about old Leonard Wood is its named after a General, I believe during the Civil War, but I could be wrong. But then again, most Forts are named after Generals so there. It's a training post, in other words, most of what they do in this place is train soldiers. I think it would be inhumane to station anyone for any other reason here.

And on top of training Basic Trainees such as myself, they train anyone going into the Chemical Corps, Military Police, Combat Engineers and Truck Drivers. (at least, they were training here in 2000) Pity them. They have to stay past the nine weeks of Basic Training.

Although, I guess one way to look at it, if you have to do your training here, you'll be spending a lot less money on the town, thus saving a lot of money. *sigh* part of me wishes I stayed in Fort Leonard Wood for this very reason. Fort Sam was an expensive place to train.

Fort Leonard Wood

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