Did someone commit suicide in the barracks latrine when you were in boot camp?
Did someone commit suicide in the barracks latrine when you were in boot camp?
We had weekly gang fights form idiots on opposite sides of Chicago. Got to watch some shooting stars while standing in the dark at attention in my underwear in formation.
That murder suicide in the harracks head didn’t happen. I heard that it was based on an incident in the early 50s. During the time depicted in FMJ your assigned M-14s didn’t have firing pins and you got nowhere near ammo. At the range you were issued a different rifle and every single round was accounted for; no way you had any chance at firing a weapon. Even in infantry training, every round was accounted for. When there was a 1:1000000 accident where a rock from an explosion on a range deflected a round downward, killing a trainee, every trainee in the regiment stripped and every piece of clothing and gear was checked for concealed 5.56 rounds. No chances were taken.
No, but that’s why we had “firewatch” every night. Not much danger of fire, greater danger of AWOL or suicide attempt.
PI really messes with your mind. If you’ve read Dante’s Inferno, sometimes you think you are one of the characters therein.