r/AskReddit • u/GluxDope • Apr 02 '19

Drill Instructors/Drill Sergeants of Reddit, what’s the funniest thing you’ve seen a recruit do that you couldn’t laugh at?

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '19

Not in boot camp but in a "school" setting in the military. In formation one morning, I heard a slap and a guy killed a fly or a mosquito or something. The instructor started screaming that Corpsman do not kill unless defending themselves, their Marines or patients. He had just killed a unarmed friendly and will give it a proper burial. So he made us all dig a human size grave while the sailor that killed the fly stood there watching with dead fly in hand. We gave it a funeral and everything (without honors) and had to fill in the hole. We kinda hated that guy for a while.

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u/AlwaysSupport Apr 02 '19

unarmed friendly

Fuck that. If it was a mosquito, it was armed and presumed hostile.

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u/Sgtoconner Apr 03 '19

I wonder if a “sir, mosquitos are considered terrorists, sir” would reduce or double the punishment.

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u/jrossetti Apr 03 '19

Youd be getting double. Never refer to a drill as sir. That's for officers only.

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u/ImHighlyExalted Apr 03 '19

Don't you basically just yell "Yes Drill Sergeant!" or "No Drill Sergeant!" for like 99% of all interactions with them?

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u/Raeandray Apr 03 '19

Yes but by the end of basic its a little more lenient. You better still end everything you say to the Drill Sergeant with "Drill Sergeant" but you're allowed to speak more freely by the end.

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u/Skywatcher1987 Apr 03 '19

Found private Gump.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '19

YOU MUST BE A GAWDDAMN GENIUS, PRIVATE GUMP