Didn't need to be in the Navy to know about the Shot Gauntlet...I know the Army had it too...
Proud to have served with and supported the Units I was in: 1st IDF, 9th INF, 558th USAAG (Greece), 7th Transportation Brigade, 6th MEDSOM (Korea), III Corp, 8th IDF, 3rd Armor Div.
1980 Ebbtide Dyna-Trak 160 Evinrude 65 Triumph
Yep, they sure did !! And the "don't look at the shooter, don't talk to the shooter, and hold your arm dead still" rule applied there, too. The warning about moving your arm or flinching could cause the vaccine gun to slice you open was the first thing I heard when I got in the line
Didn't see anyone faint or get sick from those inoculations, but I did see several pretty big guys try and climb over the desk when receiving the Gamma Globulin shot in the buttocks (at my overseas station).
Oh yes, the Gamma Globulin shot (I couldn't remember the name of it) was much like getting an injection of winter time gear oil in your back side... and then they'd take you out and run you like a greyhound, claiming that muscular exercise was the only way to dissipate the heavy consistency of the compound. Honestly, you could feel the lump of vaccine in your back end... that felt much like a handball embedded in your muscle tissue. Oh, the memories.
"Just Like Iron Sharpens Iron... So it is that One Man Sharpens Another Man." Proverbs 27:17
Wow brings back memories..SD boot camp,NAS North Island, NAS Lemore,VN,USS Oriskany,USS Bon Hom Richard,Yuma az,Fallon nv,29 Palms...Just a few memories of places that I got to Go and serve and do all the stuff mentioned above ....Other than VN it was all good memories... AO 2 USN 64-68
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Did that in 66 at basic training, Ft. Ord California.
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I was in the air force. One day our training instructor asked if we wanted to train on survival. Then he took our day room tv remote from us and said no snacks after 8 pm. The next day they made us do 5 extra push ups and watch a comedy movie about sailors training. True story.... I swear.