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Originally Posted by Evans, Marv
When I was in basic in the '60s, it was a decent sampling of the male population. (We only had one guy at the absolute bottom of the physical performance totem pole. I even remember his last name to this day. He improved very much by the end.) I can't say "dennis in se pa's" claim of running ten miles and doing 100 pushups was feasible for any of us, but the experience was universally beneficial - except for one guy who was a real criminal type and went AWOL. Our platoon was just a group of random guys at the start and ended up a good cohesive bunch mostly helping each other out by the end.
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I went in in 1972. 5 miles running to the range just about everyday, and 5 miles back, and we all could do that many push-ups by the end of training. Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri. I appreciated just being free when I got out. We had one over weight guy - boy did he slim down by the end. They made him do extra at the end of the day.
Now get down and give me 50!
