"Dan Rather quit in Basic Training after 44 days,"
How do you QUIT the armed forces?
A secret that they don’t want you to know in boot camp is that you can just quit (at least that’s what I’ve been told). Just like TexasTransplant says, people are not in the Marines until they complete boot camp. Therefore, because they can’t be “discharged” from something they were never in, there’s no BCD or other than honorable discharge.
But after helping managed the Camp Pendleton “transient platoon” for a few months after graduation, I think waiting there for many weeks in harsh conditions to process out is as bad as boot camp. Worse considering they’re reminded every minute that they’re washouts.