How did all of this stuff happen before we had fax machines, e-mail, scanners, cellular phones, etc?
*Tangent alert. I remember when I was course staff a few years ago on a BMQ. I had a recruit show up in her CADPAT uniform, and running shoes. A few of us went over to speak to her shortly after she showed up, and she said that was how ASU told her to dress because they didn't have her size of boots. Sigh.
Same recruit, the next day. We are going through a kit review with everybody, and just making sure we have the course all squared away before we really begin training.
She pulls out a purple sleeping bag. Sigh. I went over with another staff member, and sure enough - it is what ASU issued her, because they didn't have any more green sleeping bags.
We all just chuckled at her situation, poor kid. She wasn't dumb, she knew how ridiculous her situation was. I drove her back to ASU one afternoon to get some of her kit sorted out, and sure enough - the person working behind the counter confirmed her story. No boots, but here's some running shoes. No green sleeping bags, so we gave her a purple one.
She was a great kid, great recruit, and ended up graduating near the top of the class I think. She ended up going CANSOFCOM after like 2yrs of being in, and actually ended up being pretty badass.
^Not sure what the above has to do with anything. Just reading this thread made me think of her for some reason.