Word: drill
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with that, we were initiated. Three platoons were leaving for boot camp that night; we moved into the spotlight. The punishment began immediately; some guys had run off to the PX without permission. But that was hardly the point. We had the drill sergeants' attention now, and we were going to get what we had come for, a whipping, with whatever excuse was handy. That one did just fine...
...Drill sergeants must have huddled for generations over precisely what exercises, in precisely what order, cause young men to scream the loudest. The sergeant, a very funny guy when he wanted to be, had the routine by heart: push-ups, sit-ups, bicycle kicks, squats of all varieties, shoulder touches, arm twirls - more than I can remember, until the lifting of hand over head was quite nearly impossible...
...made big plays all season," Walland said. "We run the two minute drill better than anyone in the league. We were calm and relaxed and made plays...
...heads the Senate Armed Services Committee readiness panel. And there were dire warnings that America was not ready to fight. But, like so many things that emanate from the Pentagon, there's far more to this story than the bald fact that a pair of divisions flunked their readiness drill...
...made big plays all season," Walland said. "We run the two minute drill better than anyone in the league. We were calm and relaxed and made plays...