Neighbor boy failed benning osut

[tazkcmo]

10. Sounds to me

The kid saw too many movies and had no idea what it was about. Happens all the time but never ceases to amaze me that these kids see movies and play army video games and think how cool would this be? Then they get to Basic and shit their civilian pants and suddenly the Piggly Wiggly and Mom's cooking aren't so bad. These kids usually come from semi comfortable backgrounds.

Conversely, I've seen "thug" (Inner city, African American youth from a single parent home on the border of a life of crime) after "thug", huge with street attitude come in, resist the mental changes (Team work, solidarity, many as one, empathy for your buddies, etc) while embracing and succeeding at the physical aspects, the marksmanship, the field exercises etc. and by the time BT ends, they're our Soldier of the Quarter nominee. It's an amazing transformation and there were times at post BT graduation ceremonies I had to hide due to my emotions (I cried, OK?!).