[P-Marlowe]

Perhaps the authorities think that he is only 4'2" because he has been carrying 23 pound rocks since he was a toddler.

Otherwise, I don't see the harm in it. No pain, no gain.

My dad just beat the cr@p out of me. Spare the rod....

Lets just say I wasn't spoiled.

[xzins]

4’2” is small for a 16 year old. But we weren’t told how tall the father is.

Moving rocks, road marches with full packs, digging and filling holes....sounds like basic training to me.

3 am on a road march would probably not have happened, but we did have night time road marches.

My dad wasn’t into sparing the rod either. If I had to choose a 3 mile road march or dad blowing up, I’d have gone for the road march and jogged.

FWIW, our road march packs were 40 lbs in the Army in basic, ait, and air assault schools.