I did Basic a few years (24 this summer), I don't remember anyone "crying every night". Instead of texting and IGadgetting and hiding in our rooms like you can do in Blue Sector, we had big open H huts. Privacy was probably contrary to our well-being, although we didn't know it at the time. We all sat and polished our boots together, ironed our shit together, cleaned the common areas, waxed the floor (THAT was a teamwork task let me tell you) and leaned on each other in that unspoken way troops learn to do. That kept our morale up and quickly made our platoon a "home away from home" and our squads "our family away from our family".
Grow a thick skin, drop the IGadgets, and bond like military recruits have for years and years and years; experiencing common uncomforts, whether physical or mental, together, helping each other get thru, over and around them as a team...
I've bumped into squadmates from my Basic, one after almost 20 years and I'd still iron his damn winter underwear 8 x 12 for him if he needed it done (christ knows he could never figure it out!). ;D And I know while I was, he'd pull my C1 thru a few times and clean up the working parts, 'cause I suck at it and got jacked up for it last inspection.
Teamwork doesn't only happen on the Obstacle course. Stop texting mom and become a team. Basic is easy as 1 platoon, and just a long shitty go on your own/as a group of individuals. If you make it, that is.
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