"How appropriate to be handed a mop on Christmas Day in Basic Training. Maybe they looked at it since they were new supplies, like they were your presents? Haha. You will never forget that Christmas. And think, yes, you were there…"
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I left for Basic Training Nov 18th 1980. Spent Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years at Lackland AFB Texas. My first Christmas away from home - age 18- we were woken up early - handed new buckets,…Continue
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I left for Basic Training Nov 18th 1980. Spent Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years at Lackland AFB Texas. My first Christmas away from home - age 18- we were woken up early - handed new buckets, new mops, new scrub brushes. We were told Merry Christmas - you have an hour to clean this mess up! I thought it was pretty clean already from the night before! See More
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