TOAK- Thread Of All Knowledge- Part VI
#3715
Did someone say 'virgin wool'?
In basic we had a guy that didn't like to shower. Got pretty ripe. He could stand his socks up next to his boots. So we grabbed him and tossed him in the shower, stripped him down and scrubbed him with the rough brushes we used to clean the floors and some pretty harsh soap. He bled in a few places. After that when he started to get a little foul, we just walked past his bunk with one of those brushes. He'd dash off to the showers like a shot.
In basic we had a guy that didn't like to shower. Got pretty ripe. He could stand his socks up next to his boots. So we grabbed him and tossed him in the shower, stripped him down and scrubbed him with the rough brushes we used to clean the floors and some pretty harsh soap. He bled in a few places. After that when he started to get a little foul, we just walked past his bunk with one of those brushes. He'd dash off to the showers like a shot.
#3717
My Pop (Vietnam Vet) recounted a story like that from his time in the Air Force. They don't let you habdle things that way anymore, or even when I was in back in the 90's. They would write you up with a "Counseling" report for the first few offenses.