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What Females Should Know Before Joining the Army

The Boot Camp experience is also known as: Basic Combat Training, BCT (the Army loves its acronyms), Basic Training, Boot, and Basic. One of my preparations for BCT: chopping off all of my hair! I was...

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How to survive Marine Corps boot camp.

Every year, thousands of young men and women decide to enlist into the military. While each service has a unique and challenging bootcamp, the United States Marine Corps is known for having the longest and...

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10 Pro's and Con's for Joining the U.S. Army from a Soldier's Point of View

Job Security. When you join the Army you are put in a certain job, if you tested well you are put into the job you wanted according to availability. Then you go through Basic Training and upon passing this...

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A woman's guide to surviving Air Force basic training

This is for the women out there that are going into the Air Force. Basic training can be difficult but there are some things you can do to make it easier. What to do before you go to Basic Training. ...

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A Basic Account of Army Basic Training a.k.a. BOOT CAMP

The first day of Basic Training is defintely something to remember. I was lucky, and I came in with the general knowledge of what to expect. It's a personality trait of mine that can only be described as an...

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How to Survive Army Basic Training

Although the Army has evolved over the years and does play with new ideas from time to time, you'll find much today that's just the same as it was in 1969. Probably even the same buildings.

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Attitude Minus Platitude Equals Gratitude

An 18 year old's kind of attitude. The defiant look attitude. The lazy, I don't care attitude. The combination of hormones and the realization of independence attitude. My 18 year old daughter was no...

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Are you a stooge?

Anyone who has ever served in the military at one time or another is bound to have at least one or two interesting stories about basic training-whether something that might have happened to themselves or...

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Learn Visual Basic By Watching an Expert

If you are trying to find a way to rapidly LEARN VISUAL BASIC, here it is - just click on the link mentioned earlier in this sentence. Last year, I was looking for a VISUAL BASIC TUTORIAL, and I stumbled upon...

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22-Letters from Vietnam: Stolen Muffins and Shaving Cream Fights

00 Index to Love Letters from Vietnam Dear Kate, Hello my love. I hope this letter finds you happy and in love - with me that is! But I hope the separation does not weigh as heavy on your heart as it does...

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