My uncle Lanny Parker was drafted by the US Army in April 10, 1966*heI was 19 years old. The draft is no longer used.This was during the Vietnam War era. Anyone going into the Army was probably going to Vietnam.His first eight weeks was spent at Fort Jackson, S.C. receiving Basic Training for military duty. He was assigned to Company C in the 3 rd Army.
Basic Training began with physical training, "PT" every day. Each day began with a mile run before going to breakfast in the Mess Hall PT consisted of Push-ups, sit-ups, running and more running, ptus normal exercises without weight training. He had rope courses and other types of exercise equipment. He would have 10 mile runs in fuEt gear and 20 mile hikes. Fort Jackson was always hot. The Army goal was to teach them how to survive and win in any combat situation.
He was taught hand to hand combat, rifle and bayonet training. The army rifle was there best friend, they cleaned their rifle each …show more content…
HE befriended one the dog handlers and he helped him get assigned to the dogs. Military dogs were trained in the United States and he had to be trained how to work with the dog. His dog was named Blaze and he was fast. Working with Blaze was one of the high-lights of his lifetime. He was trained to receive commands verbally, silently with hand signals. He had normal commands to heel, (walk on his left side only with his shoulders aligned to his left leg), sit, tay down, stay, walk, run, watch someone, attack someone along with other commands. Watch meant the dog sat with his eyes trained on the enemy and never bark Attack meant he was free to stop the enemy by attacking them. He had five dogs and each dog would attack differently, Blaze would grab the first thing on the person he came to. Dan would wrap his legs around the enemy's leg and tackle them. Dan weighed 150 lbs. Ginger attacked the groin area, and Prince would knock down the enemy and attack them on the
Basic Training began with physical training, "PT" every day. Each day began with a mile run before going to breakfast in the Mess Hall PT consisted of Push-ups, sit-ups, running and more running, ptus normal exercises without weight training. He had rope courses and other types of exercise equipment. He would have 10 mile runs in fuEt gear and 20 mile hikes. Fort Jackson was always hot. The Army goal was to teach them how to survive and win in any combat situation.
He was taught hand to hand combat, rifle and bayonet training. The army rifle was there best friend, they cleaned their rifle each …show more content…
HE befriended one the dog handlers and he helped him get assigned to the dogs. Military dogs were trained in the United States and he had to be trained how to work with the dog. His dog was named Blaze and he was fast. Working with Blaze was one of the high-lights of his lifetime. He was trained to receive commands verbally, silently with hand signals. He had normal commands to heel, (walk on his left side only with his shoulders aligned to his left leg), sit, tay down, stay, walk, run, watch someone, attack someone along with other commands. Watch meant the dog sat with his eyes trained on the enemy and never bark Attack meant he was free to stop the enemy by attacking them. He had five dogs and each dog would attack differently, Blaze would grab the first thing on the person he came to. Dan would wrap his legs around the enemy's leg and tackle them. Dan weighed 150 lbs. Ginger attacked the groin area, and Prince would knock down the enemy and attack them on the