[Future Snake Eater]

What do you recommend? Firing squad? It was harmless fun. I think the essay is too much, personally, but the 82d notoriously has no sense of humor.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I wouldn't think any punishment is required -- a couple hundred push-ups, but nothing major or formal.

What I take exception to is that any offense in the military carries the punishment of writing an essay about safety. I read that you now get a medal for emailing your superiors if you see or hear sexually inappropriate jokes or behavior. Drill instructors aren't even supposed to cuss at recruits these days. The ongoing pussification of our military continues.

Making a paratrooper write a paper about safety is just plain GOOFY.