Introduction I joined the Army in November of 1999 not really knowing what to expect. It was kind of an adventure to me that I was eagerly anticipating. Basic Combat Training followed in January 2000, during the Pre 9/11 Clinton era, in the dead of winter at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. I attended basic with 240 other privates of B 3-10 Infantry Regiment as part of 2nd Platoon. There were 12 drill sergeants in all over four Platoons. I got to know them all in various forms of smoking sessions. When I went to AIT at Ft Sam Houston TX in the heart of San Antonio, I got a lot of questions from my friends about what happened during Basic Training. To appease them, I started telling them stories. I had so much fun telling the stories that I decided to put them in a website. Over seven years have passed and I'm still attempting to put my experiences down on the internet. I have also had a lot of people contact me over the years with questions in regards to what I went through in the hopes that it would help prepare them for their own experiences. I personally loved Basic, but not everyone can say that. So basically, this is my introduction to a site that I created just for this purpose. To tell people about my experiences in Basic Training. It is a slow and steady work in progress, and since so much time has gone by, I sometimes find myself having to dig into the recesses of my brain to remember certain aspects of it. Well, in the meantime, enjoy what I have written. And maybe you can get a thing or two out of my experiences to prepare you for your own decision to join the Army, or maybe even give you an idea as to if the Army is even an occupation that's right for you. If its not, that's ok. Its not for everyone. And sometimes thats an important thing to understand before doing something as life changing as this. SGT Kami Erickson Preventive Medicine Drill Sergeant Candidate -Risawn: # 6:24 AM 6:24 AM