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<blockquote data-quote="Fyrtwuck" data-source="post: 3309994" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Copy/Paste from Wikipedia. </p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Military service</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hendrix_in_Army.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Hendrix_in_Army.jpg/170px-Hendrix_in_Army.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Hendrix in the US Army, 1961</p><p>Before Hendrix was 19 years old, law authorities had twice caught him <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyride_(crime)" target="_blank">riding in stolen cars</a>. Given a choice between prison or joining the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" target="_blank">Army</a>, he chose the latter and enlisted on May 31, 1961.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-57" target="_blank">[49]</a> After completing eight weeks of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruit_training" target="_blank">basic training</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ord" target="_blank">Fort Ord</a>, California, he was assigned to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" target="_blank">101st Airborne Division</a> and stationed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Campbell" target="_blank">Fort Campbell</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky" target="_blank">Kentucky</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-58" target="_blank">[50]</a> He arrived on November 8, and soon afterward he wrote to his father: "There's nothing but physical training and harassment here for two weeks, then when you go to jump school ... you get hell. They work you to death, fussing and fighting."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201014-59" target="_blank">[51]</a> In his next letter home, Hendrix, who had left his guitar at his girlfriend Betty Jean Morgan's house in Seattle, asked his father to send it to him as soon as possible, stating: "I really need it now."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201014-59" target="_blank">[51]</a> His father obliged and sent the red Silvertone Danelectro on which Hendrix had hand-painted the words "Betty Jean" to Fort Campbell.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-60" target="_blank">[52]</a> His apparent obsession with the instrument contributed to his neglect of his duties, which led to taunting and physical abuse from his peers, who at least once hid the guitar from him until he had begged for its return.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201015%E2%80%9316-61" target="_blank">[53]</a> In November 1961, fellow serviceman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cox" target="_blank">Billy Cox</a> walked past an army club and heard Hendrix playing.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShapiroGlebbeek199551-62" target="_blank">[54]</a> Impressed by Hendrix's technique, which Cox described as a combination of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker" target="_blank">John Lee Hooker</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" target="_blank">Beethoven</a>", Cox borrowed a bass guitar and the two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_session" target="_blank">jammed</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTECross200590%E2%80%9391-63" target="_blank">[55]</a> Within weeks, they began performing at base clubs on the weekends with other musicians in a loosely organized band, the Casuals.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTECross200592-64" target="_blank">[56]</a></p><p></p><p>Hendrix completed his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratrooper" target="_blank">paratrooper</a> training in just over eight months, and Major General C. W. G. Rich awarded him the prestigious Screaming Eagles patch on January 11, 1962.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201014-59" target="_blank">[51]</a> By February, his personal conduct had begun to draw criticism from his superiors. They labeled him an unqualified marksman and often caught him napping while on duty and failing to report for bed checks.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201018%E2%80%9325-65" target="_blank">[57]</a> On May 24, Hendrix's platoon sergeant, James C. Spears, filed a report in which he stated: "He has no interest whatsoever in the Army ... It is my opinion that Private Hendrix will never come up to the standards required of a soldier. I feel that the military service will benefit if he is discharged as soon as possible."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201024%E2%80%9325-66" target="_blank">[58]</a> On June 29, 1962, Hendrix was granted a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_discharge#General" target="_blank">discharge under honorable conditions</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-67" target="_blank">[59]</a> Hendrix later spoke of his dislike of the army and lied that he had received a medical discharge after breaking his ankle during his 26th parachute jump.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-68" target="_blank">[60]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-70" target="_blank">[nb 9]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fyrtwuck, post: 3309994, member: 23"] Copy/Paste from Wikipedia. [SIZE=5][B]Military service[/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hendrix_in_Army.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Hendrix_in_Army.jpg/170px-Hendrix_in_Army.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Hendrix in the US Army, 1961 Before Hendrix was 19 years old, law authorities had twice caught him [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyride_(crime)']riding in stolen cars[/URL]. Given a choice between prison or joining the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army']Army[/URL], he chose the latter and enlisted on May 31, 1961.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-57'][49][/URL] After completing eight weeks of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruit_training']basic training[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ord']Fort Ord[/URL], California, he was assigned to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division']101st Airborne Division[/URL] and stationed at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Campbell']Fort Campbell[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky']Kentucky[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-58'][50][/URL] He arrived on November 8, and soon afterward he wrote to his father: "There's nothing but physical training and harassment here for two weeks, then when you go to jump school ... you get hell. They work you to death, fussing and fighting."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201014-59'][51][/URL] In his next letter home, Hendrix, who had left his guitar at his girlfriend Betty Jean Morgan's house in Seattle, asked his father to send it to him as soon as possible, stating: "I really need it now."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201014-59'][51][/URL] His father obliged and sent the red Silvertone Danelectro on which Hendrix had hand-painted the words "Betty Jean" to Fort Campbell.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-60'][52][/URL] His apparent obsession with the instrument contributed to his neglect of his duties, which led to taunting and physical abuse from his peers, who at least once hid the guitar from him until he had begged for its return.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201015%E2%80%9316-61'][53][/URL] In November 1961, fellow serviceman [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cox']Billy Cox[/URL] walked past an army club and heard Hendrix playing.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShapiroGlebbeek199551-62'][54][/URL] Impressed by Hendrix's technique, which Cox described as a combination of "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker']John Lee Hooker[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven']Beethoven[/URL]", Cox borrowed a bass guitar and the two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_session']jammed[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTECross200590%E2%80%9391-63'][55][/URL] Within weeks, they began performing at base clubs on the weekends with other musicians in a loosely organized band, the Casuals.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTECross200592-64'][56][/URL] Hendrix completed his [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratrooper']paratrooper[/URL] training in just over eight months, and Major General C. W. G. Rich awarded him the prestigious Screaming Eagles patch on January 11, 1962.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201014-59'][51][/URL] By February, his personal conduct had begun to draw criticism from his superiors. They labeled him an unqualified marksman and often caught him napping while on duty and failing to report for bed checks.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201018%E2%80%9325-65'][57][/URL] On May 24, Hendrix's platoon sergeant, James C. Spears, filed a report in which he stated: "He has no interest whatsoever in the Army ... It is my opinion that Private Hendrix will never come up to the standards required of a soldier. I feel that the military service will benefit if he is discharged as soon as possible."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobySchreiber201024%E2%80%9325-66'][58][/URL] On June 29, 1962, Hendrix was granted a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_discharge#General']discharge under honorable conditions[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-67'][59][/URL] Hendrix later spoke of his dislike of the army and lied that he had received a medical discharge after breaking his ankle during his 26th parachute jump.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-68'][60][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#cite_note-70'][nb 9][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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