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My Senior Drill Sergeant here at AIT has a few good quotes. Try to imagine somebody with an extremely gruff voice speaking English as a second language (he's Polish) and the quotes are better.

"Listen, Alpha: Some of you are fat and slow, so you make up for it by doing nothing. That's not how it works."

"Oh! G**d*** it, CA, you just might be good for something after all!"

(One morning when we were particularly sleep deprived, during PT)
"Privates, you get all the time in the world to sleep when you die. You just lay there. But you're not dead, privates, so for now, just push."

The always well known: "I have more games then Milton Bradly!"

"Why are there 5 minutes unaccounted for in the Quarterdeck Log? Did terrorists take over? Was there massive chaos? Did the world ******** end? Oh thats just ******** awesome. ******** awesome." Try to imagine that one being sad by a really short, mean asian Drill Instructor having issues with the english langugage.

Then the usual threats "I am going to PT you so hard Satan will have mercy." 'Satan' was the nickname of the Drill in charge of PT activities of the entire training.

"Standards don't change......

PEOPLE DO!"

It's a coldsteel thing mrgreen

this happened at marine corps leadership. My First SGT. was asking a question to this short Filipino kid in my class and he sa "why arnt u standing up when im talking to u?" oh wait nvm! it was hilarious he says it to all Filipinos

Well, im in the Navy, so we call the m RDC (Recruit Division Commander).

one day, they were teaching us to fold our coveralls properly, and in between two steps, where we would have instincively folded the crotch over, like we did with our utility pants, the RDC prevented this by boldly exclaiming:

"DO NOT TOUCH THE CROTCH!"

this became our motto in boot camp and beyond.

I heard so many funny things the drill sgts would said, but it was in the moment type deal.

One was " So you think this is burger king have it your way? that you can do wut eva (<-- she siad it like taht) you want? Font leaning rest postion, move."

EDIT: I know some of these stories aren't from basic. But I got carried away. lol.

From USAF basic:

-During drill, when we were learning/perfecting movements, one person never sould seem to put his heels 12" apart at the heels to stand at parade rest. More like 3 or 4. To which the TI responded: "That's not 12", your girlfriend's lying to you."

-One day, a bunch of Rainbows are dropped on our doorstep. Lucky for us, they get flak instead of the more senior trainees at BMT. So, one day, a TI enters into the chow hall from the exit, rushing hurriedly to the Snake Pit (where the TI's eat and otherwise make hungry trainees' lives miserable) and exclaimed "Did you see the kid out there with a mohawk?!" to which the TI at the head of the table, a Master Sergeant, said very loudly "THERE'S A KID OUTSIDE WITH A MOHAWK?!?!!?!?" Upon which, in unison, EVERY SINGLE TI in the chow hall stood up, grabbed their hats, and power walked out of the chow hall. xd

-While I didn't see it, a friend who went to medical hold (319th) reported to a TI that there was a skunk on the drill pad. The TI rushed out, and proceeded to swear at the skunk. "GET THE F! OFF MY DRILL PAD!!!" upon which she kicked the skunk and was promptly sprayed.

-One of our TIs didn't anticipate the correct distance we'd cover before getting to a turn... So the candence went something like "HUP.... TWOP.... THREEP.... FOURPHUPTWOPTHREEPFOURPCOLUMNHALFRIGHTHARCH!"

From tech school:

-During open ranks: "your collar's not straight. Is that a reflection of you?"

-During a training course, I had to find a random... Anything (non-living) and x-ray it with the appropriate settings. We were told to pick one item. I put like.... 8 or 9 things on the film. Which was really just kinda funny, because the instructor never saw it comming.

-My job involves the use of black lights to perform certain inspections. I was telling a coworker about how highlighter flouresces under a black light, and that yellow highlighter doesn't show up on skin very well. So, he proceeded to draw pictures on his arm, so when it came time to do his practical exam, he reached under the black light (on purpose) and pointing to the part he was inspecting "I see an indication there." The Instructor gave him a kill-you look, as a giant ionizing radiation symbol accompanied with "NDI RAWKS!!!" illuminated bright, neon yellow. It was awesome.

-Using a central bar conductor for a magnetic particle inspection (my practical examination), I placed it into the head stocks (two copper pads that compress/release upon the push of a foot peddle connected to a pnuematic system), and switched from "coil," which unbeknownst to me at the time, actually extends the head stocks out when it's switched to and put the switch on "contact," which engages the head stocks, and also retracts them. BANG!!! The loud sound of a 12 pound copper bar being released and clanging against a solid steel surface. "oops." But I corrected myself and continued. I was the first person to do the practical. Everyone wondered what the BANG was. I didn't tell them. And one by one, I listened to every single one of my classmates do the exact same thing. xd

On the job:

-I was performing an ultrasonic inspection on an aircraft. The anxious expediter and our maintenance officer were eagerly awaiting my results, along side the wing commander, vice commander, and squadron super intendent. Would they have to ground the aircraft for repairs and miss the mission window or not? Only I knew what secrets the aircraft held... "So, what's the verdict?" "Congratulations, sir. It's a girl."