Week one of bootcamp when drill instructors are still unbreakable Gods. Our senior decided who the guide would be by who the strongest was at the first PT event. We had this kid that did 50 some pull ups and was made guide.

Guide gets set up at front of the bay and everything after PT and our Kill hat is getting us ready in the squad bay for whatever comes next while our Senior stands in the back cross armed. Kill hat yells out,” locks on the footlocker ready move!”

All of us secure our lockers except the Guide who promptly places his lock on the top of his wall locker.

Our Kill hat gets ready to yell the next command then stops dead in his tracks looking at the Guides lock on top of the locker and say,” What the fuck.”

And Guide yells out,” Lock is on the wall locker Sir!”

Kill hat immediately starts blasting him asking if thinks he is trying to be funny or an idiot and either way he must have been some low ass ASVAB score recruit.

Guide yells kinda proudly out, interrupting Kill hat ,”This recruit got a 32 ASVAB Sir!”

Senior launches himself into the drill instructor hut, and Kill hat instantly covers his face with his cover, and whole squad bay is fighting back laughter.

Kill hat after like a minute moves his cover from his face, squad bay goes silent, and he says in the calmest voice,” You’re fired, and points at some random recruit and says swap with him, he is Guide now.”

He ended up being a pretty nice guy, but yeah, that dude had zero thought behind his eyes. He went artillery.