December 10, 1987: Illustrious Older Brother graduated from U.S. Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, OK, while your faithful correspondent and the rest of the family were visiting in a marathon car drive from OH to OK. This is no information available on whether the similarities in those states abbreviations had any negative impact on the trip, since there were enough gas stations that sold pretzels and Diet Coke to make up for the lack of handhelp GPS Systems. Older Brother continued in Army training at the PERSHING Missile Crewmember Course, where he first encountered GPS equipment that was the size of a pickup truck bed.
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December 10, 1987: Illustrious Older Brother graduated from U.S. Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, OK, while your faithful correspondent and the rest of the family were visiting in a marathon car drive from OH to OK. This is no information available on whether the similarities in those states abbreviations had any negative impact on the trip, since there were enough gas stations that sold pretzels and Diet Coke to make up for the lack of handhelp GPS Systems. Older Brother continued in Army training at the PERSHING Missile Crewmember Course, where he first encountered GPS equipment that was the size of a pickup truck bed.