Some time ago I had the pleasure of stopping by the Basic Training Museum at Fort Jackson. Pretty neat little museum they’ve got there. I think it’s primary purpose is to educate families coming in for boot camp graduation as to what their family member endured.

Located on Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC.

They do a good job of covering all the different era’s of the military.

A haircut chair!

Dog tags throughout the history of the military. Pretty cool!

Gas masks throughout the ages.

Yes, this is a hands on museum! You can pick up the Garand and mess with it. Cool!

Wooden drill rifle for WW1/2 when there were large rifle supply shortages.

This was an enormous training aid.

Teaching about what the grenade is.

Here, throw the grenade around a bit!