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Originally Posted by Danny_Ocean
Parris Island MCRD, 1stBn, Plt. 1007, 1980
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Two of my good friends from college went through Parris Island right around 1980 or so. Man, did they have some stories. One of them was extremely gung-ho, the other guy was a character that seemed to get through the ordeal by doing goofy stuff.
One time the goofy one's platoon was getting ready to go on some god-awful long-distance run in full gear. When they started out, all of the guys were jogging along at a speed appropriate for that distance and this friend of mine thought it would be funny to take off and sprint as fast as he could. He made it about a quarter of a mile or so and collapsed on the side of the road and waited for everyone to catch up with him. Evidently the DIs just laughed it off as he was always doing that kind of stuff.