[PROCON]

I was in Army AIT training at Ft. Sill, OK in 1976 in the field artillery. Marines were also there for field artillery training in the barracks next door.

That Marine DI put those poor marines thru hell; outside footlocker inspections at 0200, etc.

We had it relatively better as most of us had our mosquito wings by then and the Marine or Army DI's didn't mess with us...

[familyop]

"That Marine DI put those poor marines thru hell; outside footlocker inspections at 0200, etc."

I was hustled out with my platoon to formation (in our underwear) during such an hour, before they took us back in, one by one, and tipped our wall lockers to shake the contents onto the floor (looking for contraband like chewing gum or whatever). Drill sergeants for combat engineers (combat type--not construction) at Ft. Lost in the Woods were as mean as any and probably still are. It was 13 weeks of total control fun (no passes except for one after the first eight weeks). In the end, we actually enjoyed pushups, grass drills and high crawling around, barking like dogs.