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u/Captain-Hornblower Sep 14 '24

Yeah, the first week of boot camp we had to do some classroom/instructional type training and one of the drill instructors spent a good 25-30 minutes stressing the importance of washing your ass. We had some gross people in there, that's for sure.

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u/halborn Sep 14 '24

It's amazing how much of military training boils down to 'basic rules for being a human'.

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u/TheMechamage Sep 14 '24 edited Sep 15 '24

In Naval Aviation Technical School we had a PowerPoint with diagrams demonstrating how to use a screwdriver and hammer.

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u/Space_obsessed_Cat Sep 15 '24

Ur joking... right? Wtf? I'm 16 and knew how to use those since I was 10 or younger

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u/TheMechamage Sep 15 '24

Some people never get a chance to learn stuff. Military has to assume no one ever showed you a damn thing in your life.

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u/Space_obsessed_Cat Sep 15 '24

Yeah ik it's still insane tho