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I remember one of the most brutal aspects of my time at Ft. Knox was the almost total isolation from the "real" world. Almost until the last week of my 13 weeks there, the closest we got to normal life was the little PX down the block. There was a bowling alley at the bottom of the hill not far from us that we'd get little glimpses of off in the distance every now and then but that was it. No radio, no TV. Our only connection to the outside was mail call and Sunday afternoon phone calls at the pay phones down at the corner of the block.

Yes, I was there in 90 and we didn't get to see anything until we went to that tiny PX in week 8 or 10. We hit that bowling alley after graduation and hammered some beers during the 3-4 hours we had free after graduation.

I didn't think they had any females at Ft. Knox?

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Posted by Darth_Vader

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 4:28 pm to hogminer

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Yes, I was there in 90 and we didn't get to see anything until we went to that tiny PX in week 8 or 10. We hit that bowling alley after graduation and hammered some beers during the 3-4 hours we had free after graduation.

Hell, i had my leave papers in pocket and headed straight for the bus station after graduation.

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I didn't think they had any females at Ft. Knox?

Where we were at didn't have any females other than the old Korean ladies at the mess hall. I was in the Disney Barracks at the Armor School. Now on the other side of base, they had a regular training brigade that did basic training for combat support MOS's. Privates would go through like 8 weeks of basic before going elsewhere for their AIT. I'm not 100% sure but I think there were female privates there.

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