Reminds me of the hoops I was required to go though to request permission to buy a motorcycle, and to get married, even as an E-5. If I hadn't just turned 21, I'd even have to get a permission slip from mom & dad. As it was the Commander still send them a letter advising them how dangerous a motorcycle was.
However, Enlisting for four years at age 18, and volunteering for Vietnam was no problem, for those I was an adult.
>>Reminds me of the hoops I was required to go though to request permission
I remember those hoops too well. The civilian clothes chit (required counseling to learn how to properly wear civvies), the beard chit (required a checkup at 2 weeks to evaluate whether the beard was good enough), the marriage chit, the motorcycle chit, the dangerous sports chit (for rugby), etc.