It wasn't fat camp, but it sure worked like one.
I went there 210 pounds, 5'6. I came back 8 weeks later 135 pounds, 5'10.
I just happened to have my major growth spurt while I was in US Army basic training at Fort Know, Kentucky.
And yes, my Dad talked me into joining when I was 17...so you could say that he sent me off to camp.
Except for three days of bivouac, the accommodations were top notch.
The food, for the most part was really decent. But they DID put me on the "slim & trim" diet, as my weight stats showed. I had to get new uniforms issued to me three times!
But the MRE's were total crap. This was in the early 80's when they first came out with them. My introduction to the things was a dehydrated pork patty, that could have been put to better use by the Redwings!
