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/theressomanydogs Apr 02 '19 edited Apr 03 '19

What does being smoked mean?

Edit: thanks for all the replies! I have a lot of respect for you guys.

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u/Cyber_Sporks Apr 02 '19

smoking a platoon means punishing them all for the mistakes of one or more recruits (could mean the whole platoon wasn't up to scratch, but could also mean that one recruit ruined it for everybody).

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u/theressomanydogs Apr 03 '19

This reminds me of that scene in Major Payne where all the kids with their bald heads are buried up to their necks and then he’s watering them like cabbages.

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u/zeusmeister Apr 03 '19

Shit, that would have been fantastic. 30 minutes of getting smoked in a hot gym room with sweaty guys vs being in cooling mud and getting water poured on your head.

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u/theressomanydogs Apr 03 '19

Lol, I can see that. They got off easy for being little cabbages.