tothetop14
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The chat with my DD yesterday was overall very upbeat. One problem she's wrestling with is that in her platoon, there were 2 Plebes who committed honor offenses and the rest of the platoon is punished as a result. She said that in the middle of the afternoon they had "ITE", I think that's what she said. I think she said it was Intensive Training Exercise but the phone reception wasn't the best. One kid lied about something and another kid had a cell phone in his room and was using it on a regular basis to make calls and text. I can only guess that he got the phone from his parents during the visit after the swearing in ceremony on I-Day. There's also another kid who showed up to Plebe Summer with the ability to only do 32 curl-ups. I can't remember how many a guy should do, but DD said the rest of the platoon then has to do extras for his inability to do more.
What a shame that someone didnt feel the rules were for him (they were both guys) and that another didn't feel that the suggestions for physical preparation were to be taken seriously, because it's those things that create problems in a group.
I guess I understand why the whole platoon gets punished, but then again, I really don't.
What a shame that someone didnt feel the rules were for him (they were both guys) and that another didn't feel that the suggestions for physical preparation were to be taken seriously, because it's those things that create problems in a group.
I guess I understand why the whole platoon gets punished, but then again, I really don't.