The problem is the upperclassmen and cadre allowing known shortcuts to persist and propogate. The moment the "hack" was found out, all beds should have been tossed every night for a week. That isn't ingenuity, that's laziness and corruption.
100% agree - don’t blame the troop, blame their leaders.
“The moment the “hack” was found out, all beds should have been tossed every night for a week. That isn’t ingenuity, that’s laziness and corruption.”
That!
If their bunks weren’t being tossed on a regular basis then someone was falling down on the job.
A buddy of mine did his USMC basic on Parris Island. By his account it took a couple of weeks for everyone to get their act together on the bed making thing, so many bunks were tossed every day.
When everyone got their act straight the DI’s didn’t toss a bunk....for two days. On the third day every bunk was tossed and they were informed that standards had tightened up.
He loved the Corps.
RIP
SSgt Ben Maxwell, USMC
Killed October 23, 1983
Beirut, Lebanon
“The moment the “hack” was found out”
It’s probably been going on since the day after tape was invented.
Corfam shoes were originally regarded as cheating, too.
> That isn’t ingenuity, that’s laziness and corruption.
Yep, do they think they’ll be able to do the same thing for every battle and the enemy won’t find out? That’s the underlying purpose of the entire exercise.