When I went through Basic at Ft. McClellan back in 82-83, there was this one dog-face that decided after 4 weeks that he didn’t want to be in the Army after all. He started doing everything he could to get kicked out...didn’t shower, blew his nose in his socks in front of the other guys-and then wore them, and various other things. All it did was get the DI pissed off.
Finally one night, he managed to sneak off the base. He went out the front gate, undetected, mind you...and as soon as he’d crossed the road in front of the base, he called the company and told them he’d escaped...and to come get him.
He did get discharged, but they made him finish Basic. For the next 2 weeks, he was the DI’s puppy dog. He went EVERYWHERE the DI did, pretty much under 24-hour surveillance.
That guy had no idea what he was dealing with, obviously. And that $h-t is hilarious.
I remember in what was called the “P” days; no one was issued a uniform, all they brought with them was sent home already, and the train stations and airports would rat out anyone showing up with their PT gear inside out that went “over the wall”. Lead to a lot of comedic mess hall conversations.
~W
The guy that wouldn’t shower... Ours got Brillo’d. Did he?