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I Was Verbally Abused And Humiliated By My Army Drill Sergeant in 1969 (*SOB*)
Vanity | Nov. 14, 2017 | Vanity

Posted on 11/14/2017 8:09:48 PM PST by PROCON

It's true, I can't believe I've held this incredible pain inside me for so long but I have to tell somebody how cruelly and unfairly I was treated, Oh so long ago.

I was new to the Army, heading to Basic Training in 1969, wanting to make a difference and serve my country and America but what I encountered shook me to my very core.

Me, a wide-eyed recruit, got off the bus at Fort Lewis Washington and was immediately yelled at and verbally abused by this looming, big, (and mean), Staff Sergeant named SSG Gritman.

He singled me out immediately because he hated me and made me fall into a position I would come to know and hate, the FRONT LEANING REST Position, (*SOB*), to do push-ups I didn't deserve to do because I was nice person!!

This monster of a man continued to demean and harass me throughout the entire 8 weeks of training, always singling me out as if I were his pet DOG, never relenting, never cutting me slack, never saying he was sorry!

Well, here it is, the reason I confessed my pain and suffering from so long ago; I want to find former Drill Sergeant Gritman, and have Congress indict him on charges of having been mean to me those many years ago.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; FReeper Editorial; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: 1969; metoo; satire
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To: PROCON

I don’t see any horns on you...


21 posted on 11/14/2017 8:25:25 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: PROCON

My brother was no angel either, at least when I was 5.


22 posted on 11/14/2017 8:25:37 PM PST by BobL ( I beat up McDonald's and Walmart because it makes me feel like a man.)
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To: PROCON

If it was me, I would want to find him, shake his hand, and thank him.


23 posted on 11/14/2017 8:26:08 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: McGruff

THE CATTLE CARS!! WOO-HOO!


24 posted on 11/14/2017 8:26:25 PM PST by PROCON (#MAGA)
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To: PROCON

Did he sign your yearbook?


25 posted on 11/14/2017 8:27:16 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
If it was me, I would want to find him, shake his hand, and thank him.

Wait a sec, I'm playing the victim here, get outta my face!

26 posted on 11/14/2017 8:27:46 PM PST by PROCON (#MAGA)
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To: PROCON

E-1-1 Ft. Lewis ...getting Pots and Pans suty in the Mess Hall was worse than any Drill Sergeant.


27 posted on 11/14/2017 8:28:02 PM PST by bushpilot2
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To: PROCON

28 posted on 11/14/2017 8:28:03 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
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To: PROCON

Satire/

I have PTSD From my DI hitting me in the head with a tree branch for not covering down fast enough on the rifle range. Sure I was one out of 6 in my platoon that qualified expert thanks to his teaching. Sure He gave me 3 hostess fruit cakes as a reward for that day, and because the guys ahead and behind me in my squad were fatties. I have PTSD because my DI was a great motivator and teacher. REEEEE!


29 posted on 11/14/2017 8:28:06 PM PST by Tailback
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To: PROCON

This is not bad...


30 posted on 11/14/2017 8:28:24 PM PST by stevem
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To: PROCON

"...Sergeant Gritman..."


Did he not notice the symbolic safety pins worn by the young men stepping from the bus?
He sounds like a big meanie.


31 posted on 11/14/2017 8:29:05 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: bushpilot2

duty*


32 posted on 11/14/2017 8:29:27 PM PST by bushpilot2
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To: PROCON

Don’t get me started on the Nuns [shudder]! I still suffer from respect for others and a strong work ethic...


33 posted on 11/14/2017 8:29:58 PM PST by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: PROCON
G.I. Jive by Johnny Mercer 1944

This is the G. I. Jive
Man alive
It starts with the bugler blowin' reveille over your bed when you arrive
Jack, that's the G. I. Jive

Roodley-toot
Jump in your suit
Make a salute
Boot!!

After you wash and dress
More or less
You go get your breakfast in a beautiful little café they call "The Mess"
Jack, when you convalesce

Outta your seat
Into the street
Make with the feet
Reet!!

If you're a P-V-T, your duty
Is to salute to L-I-E-U-T
But if you brush the L-I-E-U-T
The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T

This is the G. I. Jive
Man alive
They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive"
Jack, after you revive

Chuck all your junk
Back in the trunk
Fall on your bunk
Clunk!!

This is the G. I. Jive
Man alive
They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive"
Jack, if you still survive

Chuck all your junk
Back in the trunk
Fall on your bunk
Clunk!!

Soon you're countin' jeeps
But before you count to five
Seems you're right back diggin' that G. I. Jive.

34 posted on 11/14/2017 8:30:23 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: PROCON

You the MAN!


35 posted on 11/14/2017 8:31:10 PM PST by TrumpisRight
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To: bushpilot2
I was E-1-1 too, July-Sept. '69.

Good old WWII barracks in North Fort.

36 posted on 11/14/2017 8:33:19 PM PST by PROCON (#MAGA)
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To: Slyfox

My favorite, “No Time For Sergeants”. That latrine scene were all the toilet seats flipped to attention makes me laugh to this day.


37 posted on 11/14/2017 8:34:30 PM PST by OKITRUMP77
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To: PROCON

I was paddled by my third grade teacher in front of the class because I let the door slam. I then was instructed to clap erasers that were full of toxic chalk dust after school. Ms. Clem was a mean abusive teacher and I finally feel secure enough to bring this to light.


38 posted on 11/14/2017 8:34:33 PM PST by CJ Wolf (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
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To: PROCON

No fire from me. When somebody has to count the decades on their accusation, then their accusation is just B.. Effing.. S!


39 posted on 11/14/2017 8:35:18 PM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: PROCON

LOL...the entire time I was reading this...all I could imagine/picture was a busload of today’s SNOWFLAKES going through basic.


40 posted on 11/14/2017 8:37:20 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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