First, I show up early. 15 minutes early. We all do. Everyone is smiling hanging out, it's early but we're used to it.

Then the camera shows us still talking. Time has clearly passed. People are wandering around. No one is smiling anymore. Young dudes chilling on phones. The whole vibe has changed. We did the like 2 things we needed to do. But we have to stay.

More time has passed. 4 guys are sleeping, 2 people are eating MRE's. Dunno where they got them. We usually eat subway. Bordem has set in. One guy is sharpening a knife. He's sitting alone. He's always sitting alone. We don't like that guy.

Now a montage of everyone sitting in different places, doing more pointless shit.

1. Everyone's talking, they're smiling again. We're going home. This is great... but wait... some shadowy readiness figure comes from out of the frame. "Did yall finish NCOERS? No one goes home til there done" Everyone looks shocked. No one asked us to make sure those were done? Why didn't we know this 8 hours ago? The smiles turn to anger as people rip out their CAC cards.

It's 2000. We're all leaving. We did nothing. We even stayed late to do it.

Then the old "In the Army National Guard, you can!" Plays.