Basic : surviving boot camp and basic training /
Overview: There is absolutely nothing in the American experience comparable to basic training or boot camp. If you haven't been through it, you can't understand it. But if you've been through it, you never forget it. No matter where they live, all American fighting men and women have...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press,
[2012]
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| Edition: | First edition: May 2012. |
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| Summary: | Overview: There is absolutely nothing in the American experience comparable to basic training or boot camp. If you haven't been through it, you can't understand it. But if you've been through it, you never forget it. No matter where they live, all American fighting men and women have one thing in common: They have survived basic military training. They've crawled through the swamps on Parris Island, stood in the frigid cold guarding a Dumpster at Great Lakes, struggled to complete fifteen bars on the horizontal ladder to get to the chow hall at Ft. Jackson, fought desperately to stay awake after long days without sleep at Lackland. They were shaved and screamed at, they barely ate, they marched a hundred miles, and they accomplished things they never would have dreamed were possible. They made the epic journey from civilian to soldier in eight weeks and gained a lifetime of memories in the process. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 308 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780312622770 0312622775 9781250033727 1250033721 |