Geewillikers JJ!

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"Cruiser, if you were at Ft. Ord, you weren't in boot camp. You were in basic training. That's what the Army calls it.

So says the former company clerk in a basic training unit, A-7-2, Ft. Jackson, SC."
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Boot camp is an overall general term for ALL branches of training camps for military recruits just as basic training is the initial period of training of a recruit in ALL the armed forces. Sure, the Marines may call theirs Recruit Training while the Army calls it Basic Training, but it is all "recruit-basic-boot camp" training.

So says just about any dictionary you care to look at.

Army Company clerks are picky! So says Cruiser.

Since this is a music thread and not a military one, I guess I should suggest a new version of a well known song by Ms. Sinatra...'These Boots Are Made For Marching'