Originally Posted by
sinister
I taught Army ROTC at Texas A&M from 2015-2019. Explaining to the kids about the differences then-and-now was interesting.
I recall Advance Camp was done at Lewis, Riley, and Bragg, with Basic at Knox. The kids at Bragg and some select others did one of two jump school classes, run by 5th Group.
A very few of us went to Benning for Ranger school in lieu of camp, but eventually that ended since fellas dropped or re-cycled might not have received camp credit, or got back into fall semester too late to graduate from college on schedule.
The numbered helmet covers were what we used, but just one color in 1978. I cheated and put an abundance of Kentucky wildflowers and grass on mine to hide those numbers. I did pretty good at Basic camp and they gave me a trophy, and a slot at Fort Benning for Jump School. I went right from Basic Camp to three weeks at Benning. It was fun, just too much running for my tastes.
The following Summer I did advanced camp at Fort Lewis, Washington.
Last edited by OH58D; 05-21-20 at 15:40.
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