Never had that particular issue. But it was 5 days before we were allowed to shower in basic training. 2 weeks before we were allowed to wash our clothes.
That's just needlessly cruel and dangerous. Or maybe I'm a POG, but as a medic I hope I would've raised hell as high up the chain as was necessary.
My own Senior Drill Sergeant, outright told us on day 2 that he doesn't play or respect reindeer games.
My day 1 saw everybody being forced to shower. We didn't get curtains until the last month, but the Drills said that was a supply issue since the old ones were more mold than anything else.
Curtains? There was just a shower room with shower heads coming out of the walls. The only stalls were for the toilette.
We were guaranteed 7hrs of sleep each night and they were required to give us at least 4 of those hours uninterrupted. Out of everything though I think my cycle, specifically my platoon, had it pretty easy. The average age in my platoon was like 25 so we didn't have a whole lot of the stupid going on. The other platoons in the company were much younger in comparison.
Youngest guy in my company was a 16 year old guardsman taking advantage of the split option. Summer cycle, too. So mostly kids.
We weren't guaranteed continuous sleep, just 8 hours out of 24 for "rest". Except for the field exercises, of course. Thank God Senior Drill Sergeant didn't care for bullshit.
My platoon didn't have it "easy", we just needed the least correction. I still remember watching our sister platoon get left in the leaning rest while their Drills told us stories, taught us knots, and took questions about their own Army careers.
My own Senior Drill Sergeant, outright told us on day 2 that he doesn't play or respect reindeer games.
My day 1 saw everybody being forced to shower. We didn't get curtains until the last month, but the Drills said that was a supply issue since the old ones were more mold than anything else.
We were guaranteed 7hrs of sleep each night and they were required to give us at least 4 of those hours uninterrupted. Out of everything though I think my cycle, specifically my platoon, had it pretty easy. The average age in my platoon was like 25 so we didn't have a whole lot of the stupid going on. The other platoons in the company were much younger in comparison.
We weren't guaranteed continuous sleep, just 8 hours out of 24 for "rest". Except for the field exercises, of course. Thank God Senior Drill Sergeant didn't care for bullshit.
My platoon didn't have it "easy", we just needed the least correction. I still remember watching our sister platoon get left in the leaning rest while their Drills told us stories, taught us knots, and took questions about their own Army careers.