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NeedleCast

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5. Sounds Like Army Basic Training (Boot Camp)

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 09:02 AM

Dec 2012

How horrible for a young kid.

That description could literally have been torn from the first two weeks of boot camp when you are still really "locked down." Into and out of the chow hall in single file, silent lines. Eating in silence. Choreographed movements and scripted responses to repeated questions. Ugh. For basic training, I get the necessity of it. For an eight or nine year old kid, I think it borders on child abuse.

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