LETTERS

Being in the military, I’d like to try to give to you some first hand knowledge of what it is like. But first, let me say that if you don’t have to go—DON’T!!!

When you first come in, if you have enlisted, (like me)they will treat you extremely well. They’ll tell you of all the things you might encounter in your stay in basic training, but they leave out the little things, like, why you have to serve in the military.

You have finally arrived at the station to which they have told you to go, and now the military life begins. The first thing that your drill sergeant will tell you is that as of now, “I am your mother, father, and girlfriend—but don’t try to screw me.” Everyone laughs without realizing that this brutal sadistic bastard is going to try to teach you to kill people. It doesn’t mattter whether you want to or not, because now you take orders from Uncle Sam.

So begins your life in the service. As the days progress, you have your hair shaven and you are vaccinated