[Trombone-l] New place, old desires

[Wayne Dyess]

Speaking from my own experience, we didn't have those types of  
opportunities in Navy boot camp in Orlando.  The guys who went through  
the Great Lakes had the option of playing in a recruit band.  Not at  
Orlando in the early 70s.

And our time was such that we couldn't do anything outside of our  
daily routine.  I remember getting very little sleep during most of  
those 8 weeks.

I'm with you Adrian.  Dying seemed to be a viable option at the time.   
But I wouldn't take for the experience after the fact.

W




On Mar 8, 2009, at 5:21 AM, Adrian Drover wrote:

>>
>> From: Mike Loewen
>>
>>    I know it's not the Marine Corps, but when I went through Air  
>> Force
>> Basic Training in 1982 the base Rec Center had musical instruments
>> available to sign out, and practice rooms.
>
>
> It surprises me that anyone going thru' boot camp has any energy  
> left for
> practicing.  Wouldn't dying be a better option?
>
> A.