You world think someone would be able to quit in a manner not involving first hijacking a bus full of kids, but what do I know.
Being in basic training is like being in minimum security prison. You are not allowed to leave, your options are faking an injury, faking being suicidal, or trying to run, which makes you a criminal and cops can arrest you and bring you back. You used to be able to fake being gay but Obama got rid of that option.
Without doxxing myself too much: I've been through it. I know. Could just repeatedly fail your run for bad knees. Nothing involving a school bus full of children there to speak of.
You can't just refuse to train either. They'll literally starve you into submission.
Back when I was in boot, there was a pair of kids who really got homesick about 3 weeks in. They missed their girlfriends. So they came up with a plan- one night, make sure every recruit on firewatch saw them kiss.
I remember being awoken to a pissed off senior DI having his wall pounded on by firewatch recruit to inform him that Recruits so-and-so were... kissing, sir.
Never saw those guys again. I don't think this would have worked for them like... 3 or 4 years later, probably would've just gotten them quarterdecked or severely disciplined... idk how the fuck a sexual situation would be handled, because that shit never came up.. we were more focused on, y'know, becoming warriors.
It was the perfect way out of the Army. When I was going to Iraq my battalion got stop-lossed and a bunch of guys who were supposed to leave had to stay. So one guy basically just told the command he was gay and he was gone in like a day or two. That shit trumped anything, but Obama got rid of it.
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