[tet68]

I have vague memories of a failed platoon rifle inspection,
of hours of PT wearing ponchos in july, of the manual of arms back to back with bayonets, with foot lockers, and finally the DI asked did we want to hit the showers
and screaming "SIR YES SIR!"s and so he said "INTO THE SHOWERS.......WHAT THE HELL DO YOU GIRLS THINK YOU"RE DOING, LEAVE THOSE PONCHOS ONNNN!" Then all 90 of us in the shower doing jumping jacks with the hot water running and several bottles of ammonia thrown in for good measure.

We were packed in so tight all I could do was jump up and down a little.
Finally it was over, the nightmares hardly bother me at all nowadays.

And as you say it wasn't even the "old Corps".
From the 40s, two platoons would line off, be ordered to
remove a boot and proceed to slug the other guy with it
and no skrimshanking there!

This situation however is something different and while not
atrocities as practiced by the Baathists was wrong and people need to pay for their actions. It does not I repeat not, go to the President or Secdef any more than someone caught smoking pot or any other
breaker of the rocks and shoals. (UCMJ)

[Dead Dog]

I've heard of platoon football. Two platoons line up facing each other on opposite sides of the grinder. Playing both offense and defense, the goal was to run to the other goal, while hitting and tackling the opposite platoon. No football needed.