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Share some of your stories, or stories that you've heard that happened during your tenure in the Military. It can be anything from drunken nights, an E-1/E-2 having a chesty puller stack (ribbobs and medals) that they never earned or anything of that sort. I know you all have stories that you want to share.. I'll start.
I am sure most of you have done something of this sort during your bootcamp/basic training where your Drill Instructors/Sergeants made you guys do some stuff during the duration of your initial training. Anyway, during our second phase of training. The competition between the platoons in our company became intense. After our lunch chow, we were marched back to our barracks and as we were marching back, the other platoon was marching towards the chow hall. Our drill instructor had this idea of going back to the barracks and check to see if there was a firewatch in the other platoon's barracks. When he confirmed that no one was there, he instructed us to go inside their barracks and "take care of business". So all of us charged inside their barracks and ripped off all the linens off of their racks. We tore up the name labels out of their foot lockers and stacked it all up in the middle of the room with all their sheets. They also left their guide on inside the room so we erected their guide on in the middle of the mess (Ala Iwo Jima). We only had 5 minutes to do this because we had to clean up our weapons before we went back on the range. The place was an absolute mess. About 30 min later, the drill instructor of the other platoon came in to the room. He told us that we just started the war and we better be prepared to face the consequences of our action. Our DI denied everything and told us not to say anything. Needless to say, war did ensue during the rest of our time in MCRD San Diego/Pendleton.
Good times!
I am sure most of you have done something of this sort during your bootcamp/basic training where your Drill Instructors/Sergeants made you guys do some stuff during the duration of your initial training. Anyway, during our second phase of training. The competition between the platoons in our company became intense. After our lunch chow, we were marched back to our barracks and as we were marching back, the other platoon was marching towards the chow hall. Our drill instructor had this idea of going back to the barracks and check to see if there was a firewatch in the other platoon's barracks. When he confirmed that no one was there, he instructed us to go inside their barracks and "take care of business". So all of us charged inside their barracks and ripped off all the linens off of their racks. We tore up the name labels out of their foot lockers and stacked it all up in the middle of the room with all their sheets. They also left their guide on inside the room so we erected their guide on in the middle of the mess (Ala Iwo Jima). We only had 5 minutes to do this because we had to clean up our weapons before we went back on the range. The place was an absolute mess. About 30 min later, the drill instructor of the other platoon came in to the room. He told us that we just started the war and we better be prepared to face the consequences of our action. Our DI denied everything and told us not to say anything. Needless to say, war did ensue during the rest of our time in MCRD San Diego/Pendleton.
Good times!
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