[RosieCotton]

I was...naive. To say the least. And really worried about doing everything wrong...which I pretty much did.

Boot camp is not exactly a place for the uncoordinated to shine. ;-) I did really well on the *one* written test we had to take (missed one question, as I recall), but I couldn’t march worth doodly, I had trouble making my shirts into perfect squares like we were s’posed to, I sometimes ended up with buttons in the wrong place, I fell into every single water obstacle on the obstacle course...etc.

Tech school was much better...heh.

[SuziQ]

Did you do boot camp at Keesler?

[300winmag]

Boot camp is not exactly a place for the uncoordinated to shine. ;-) I did really well on the *one* written test we had to take (missed one question, as I recall), but I couldn’t march worth doodly, I had trouble making my shirts into perfect squares like we were s’posed to, I sometimes ended up with buttons in the wrong place, I fell into every single water obstacle on the obstacle course...etc.

That sounds much like my experience in Basic. Except that I could ace minor topics like marksmanship and scored in the 99th percentile on written tests. But no matter how hard I tried, I looked and marched like a loser. Maybe that's why the Senior Drill Sergeant kept asking me if I'd be happier going to OCS.