Who Will Stay and Who Will go Now?

The ARMY draws all kinds. I share a barracks with rednecks, farm boys, smart kids, and gangbangers. Many are young (though there are some older ones, too) and many started off with littled discipline and lots of attitude. The ARMY requires you learn certain skills in Basic Training, and to pass a physical fitness test. The easiest way to fail Basic, though, and to get sent back to try again, is to refuse to learn discipline. Looking around the barracks, I wonder who will graduate with me, who will have to repeat Basic, and who will never make it. We certainly have some interesting characters. There is Radio. He's a very slow black dude who looks just like Cuba Gooding, Jr. Then there's Melon. He's a REAL slow white dude with a head the size of a melon. To understand JUST how slow he is: We were talking and joking. He walked away for two minutes, talking and nodding to himself, told himself "yeah, that's it" and then came back to share his comment with us - even though the topic had shifted two minutes earlier. We also have a few people related to famous people. There's Cochren, related to the late Johnie Cochren. And there's Witherspoon. Boxing fans may remember paying to see his dad on pay-per-view, getting knowcked out by Tyson in the second round.

Who will stay and who will go....soon we'll know.