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...Students] should always be conscious of their safety, especially in areas they don't know as well, like Central Square," HUPD Sergeant Robert J. Kotowski said. "They should use all the methods of safe transportation available...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Central Square Rape Prompts HUPD Advisory | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...about as good as it gets, at least so far: Bayonet drills. Fifty of us in an empty classroom, slashing, thrusting and smashing our way through imaginary commies, yelling "kill" with every move and tossing out the creeds in unison: "Blood, blood, blood makes the green grass grow, drill sergeant!" and "Kill, kill, kill with the cold blue steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just in Case You Run Out of Bullets... | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...Thursday, the hard part - the Army I signed up for - began. As we sat on the bus waiting to leave Reception Camp for Basic Training, our heads down so we wouldn't be able to find our way back, a drill sergeant popped his head in to say a hearty good-bye. "Y'all can make it," he said. "But y'all gonna get scuffed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Swallow the Big D — Discipline | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...drill sergeants have one saying for pretty much all of this - "Too easy." To which we are to gustily reply, "Too easy, drill sergeant," and when he walks by in his big-brim hat, a guy who's not only done all his asking but jumped out of airplanes besides, it really is difficult to tell him it's too hard. But that little saying is still a taunt. The time runs too long when it's theirs and much too short when it's yours (shine boots, clean locker, floss). Monday, they always promise you, it's going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Swallow the Big D — Discipline | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...PAST DISPATCHES He's in the Army Now. Well, Almost... Sgt. Bilko Was Much More Fun Than These Guys Hey! These Sweat Suits Aren't Camouflaged! Yes, Sergeant ? It Is Night and I Am Jogging These Boots Weren't Made for Marching

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Swallow the Big D — Discipline | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

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