Snapped a lot of us out of our dumbshit, most rikky tik.We had eight go to One Day Motivation... at PI, in February.
It might have been South Carolina, but it was COLD! We had snowflakes the size of quarters on Qual Day at the Range. Frostbite on the backs of our ears.
These eight guys were blue from cold and black from ditch mud.
"Sniper! Get off the road!" (the ditch was swamp)
"Get down! Get ALL the way down!" (this was when the DIs stepped on their gourds to get their heads UNDER the mud)
When they got back to the barn, our DI sent me into the head to turn on all the showers for them. "Start it off full cold. We don't want to shock them to death."
These eight made more noise "sounding off" than the entire platoon. They were motivated! We were motivated!
"Experience is the best teacher. But if you can accept it second hand, the "Tuition" is less!" - Moshe Rosen