He spent the war running basic trainees.
Since basic trainees need constant supervision, the majority of the incoming senior NCOs were going to training units.
Stewart and his squad of recent basic trainees, along with the first sergeant and Arnold, had been instrumental in cleaning up the situation.
Gentry said, "I am in charge of our basic trainees so I have to study their records carefully.
During the Second World War, in the armed forces it meant "basic trainee", as they spent most of their time in the yards.
Each squadron also has a specific exercise area where basic trainees conduct physical readiness training (PRT).
No other item in the 1960s compared to the incident that occurred at Lackland in February 1966 with the death of a basic trainee.
Virtually all non-essential activities requiring gatherings of basic trainees were canceled.
He had spent most of the war editing a camp newspaper for basic trainees at Fort Dix, New Jersey.