Why do most military recruits arrive at their training bases during the night?
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Polar Aurorae
ANSWERS: 7
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So they cant see where they are going and try to "Flee"
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That's not my experience. I arrived at Great Lakes at about mid-day so that they could start right in on abusing me. It wasn't that bad though, I was in the "advanced program" and only had two weeks of boot camp. Long enough to learn how to shave, tie a square knot, and learn that you cannot mix and match uniform items. I guess that's why you call it a "uniform".
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Not in my case I arrived at Fort Dix 9:30AM. I arrived all mouth and learned right quick the meaning of RESPECT!!!!!!
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I arrived at Lackland AFB at 0030. I think they did it like that because they knew we would be tired, out of it, and it would force us to use our heads. We didn't go to sleep until 0430, only to awake at 0530 by screaming, crazy ass drill instructors. Now that is something I wouldn't want to do again.
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[shrugs]
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I arrived early at Lackland, and got to wait a VERY long time. Personally I say it's because night time flights may be cheaper. But also for the Psycho-mind fuck values. Knock them off kilter and keep them that way. It's just one way of weeding out the unfit.
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It's a timing thing. There are multiple MEPS shipping people from across the US. Not all of them can ship to get a certain time on target. MEPS tries to coordinate an arrival time, but due to problems in final inspections at the local station and travel delays, recruits arrive across a span of hours. A shipment for Fort Jackson, SC will have their East Coast recruits arrive at the airport around 1 or 2pm, for example, but the ones on the West Coast may have just gotten sent to LAX for transport across the country. These guys will hit the SC airport at around 11pm and not get on the bus to the post until around midnight or so.
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