-Name: SSG Erickson
-Attended BCT: January 2000
-BCT Location: Ft Leonard Wood, MO
-MOS: 91S/68S - Preventive Medicine
-AIT Location: Ft Sam Houston, TX
-Deployments: Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo - 2005
-Current Duty: Drill Sergeant
-Current Location: Washington State
-Support Locations: Fort Knox
Fort Jackson

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In Bravo 3-10, there were four platoons. First was Light Fighters, Second was Cold Steel (me), Third was Mad Dawgs, and Fourth was Recon. Each Platoon had three drill sergeants over them. And within each platoon, there was roughly sixty privates who had decided to brave the waters of the United States Army. Suckers, some of them.


That sounds like a story, doesn't it?


Explaining the platoons would take a little bit of time, which I won't go into at present. Down below is a picture of my platoon however. All the privates are shown, except Murray and Gregg are missing. I don't think some of our Drill Sergeants minded that they weren't in the picture. We look squared away in my opinion at least. My recruiter showed me his picture back in like '76 or so when he graduated and they were still hard core. What a bunch of tore ups! Half of them were at attention, half of them were at parade rest! A couple of them were even smiling! What's up with that? It's supposed to look like a Prison Photo damn it!

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