Basic
Surviving Boot Camp and Basic Training
Jack Jacobs ; David Fisher
- The
- award-winning
- author
- and
- Medal
- of
- Honor
- recipient
- shares
- an
- insider’s
- history
- of
- bootcamp
- that’s
- “authentic,
- entertaining,
- and
- often
- funny
- as
- hell”
- (Corporal
- Brian
- Dennehy,
- Ret.).Every
- American
- fighting
- man
- and
- woman
- share
- one
- thing
- in
- common:
- they
- have
- all
- survived
- basic
- military
- training.
- Basic
- tells
- the
- story
- of
- that
- training.Col.
- Jack
- Jacobs
- and
- co-author
- David
- Fisher
- recount
- the
- funny,
- sad,
- dramatic,
- poignant,
- and
- sometimes
- crazy
- history
- of
- how
- America
- has
- trained
- its
- military,
- told
- through
- the
- personal
- accounts
- of
- those
- who
- remember
- the
- experiences
- as
- if
- they
- happened
- yesterday.If
- you’ve
- been
- through
- bootcamp,
- these
- memories
- of
- drill
- instructors,
- marching
- chants,
- combat
- training,
- hospital
- corners,
- and
- the
- shared
- feeling
- of
- triumph
- are
- guaranteed
- to
- make
- you
- smile.
- And
- those
- who
- haven’t
- done
- it
- will
- understand
- and
- appreciate
- this
- life-changing
- experience
- that
- turns
- a
- civilian
- into
- a
- soldier—and
- in
- just
- eight weeks.
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