Dear Mrs. Gray    by Cindy Ely
Price: $4.99 USD. 101240 words. Published on August 30, 2010. .
Dear Mrs. Gray is not just another story about overt heroism and life in the U.S. during World War II. From Warren's brushes with fame and reflections on life at Camp Wolters, to Violet's stories of survival on the home front, their love and devotion is expressed through letters to each other. Dear Mrs. Gray is a diary, love story and history lesson that delivers.

Isle of Stumps    by Bryan R. Dennis
Price: $0.99 USD. 12920 words. Published on May 26, 2011. .
Aliens, boot camp, and freaks. Three astonishing tales.

Basic Training And The Accidental Pink Underwear    by Robert Chapin
Price: Free! 2450 words. Published on August 15, 2011. .
March 1966, reported to Fort Dix for basic training. On weekend pass I wore a red bandanna with civvies. It was my turn to wash white undergarments of three men I included red bandanna. Underwear pink and me left handed I made mistakes drill sgt picked me out and motioned ordered me to approach podium. As a left hander demanded I drop my drawers - AND... I was wearing pink underwear.

A Signature Away - My Diary of Bradley Manning in Basic Training    by Francis Buxton
Price: $5000.00 USD. 9580 words. Published on September 28, 2011. .
Francis Buxton, a private who was with Manning 24/7 for 2 months in basic training - reflects upon his experiences in his diary excerpts. Provides a look upon Bradley Manning in the army that few know.

For the Love of God! A memoir of Army Basic Training?    by Damon Ortt
Price: $8.99 USD. 75020 words. Published on December 15, 2011. .
A boy joins the Army without a clue. While in Basic Training, his girlfriend converts to a different religion, saying that God wants her to be single. The young man's only hope is that he can hold on to her long enough to make her realize they were meant to be together. Until then, his hands are tied in the testosterone-drenched school of combat.

In The Early Morning Rain    by D.A. Madigan
Price: $5.95 USD. 64930 words. Published on February 20, 2012. .
A military memoir detailing the experiences of the Worst Army Recruit Ever as he passes through Army Infantry Basic Training at Fort Benning, GA in 1985.

When It’s All You Can Do To Be All You Can Be    by Kelli Jae Baeli
Price: $0.99 USD. 12560 words. Published on April 1, 2012. .
I raised my right hand and was sworn in with a room full of other recruits on December 7th, 1987. I was at that time too naïve to know that this meant I was saying, “I have no more rights, and you may abuse me at will.” It must have been in the sub-text somewhere, but I missed it.

One Girl's Life in Army Basic Combat Training    by Mia Johnson
Price: $0.99 USD. 3900 words. Published on May 28, 2012. .
I never saw myself joining the army. It wasn't even something I'd put on the back burner as a possibility in case my life goals didn't pan out. But after earning BA and MA degrees, I found myself, age 27, hopelessly in debt and working my old part-time job. Worse? I was living in my parent's basement on the spare bed. So I embarked on a crazy adventure... and it all stared in army basic training!