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- how to work together as a team
- how to be resourceful
- how to sneak in prohibited objects
- how to start a fire
- how to take a bath without shampoo
- how to last 2 days without a brush - at least for some of us
- how to eat grass and dirt - mixed with the food
- not to sleep outside the tent...you'll wake up with bites all over your body
- the difficulty of scrubbing cooking utensils
- tomatoes, bread, and eggs never tasted so good
- how to curse either in Tagalog or English or even both
- how to live -even for a little while- without the technology of fans,
phones, beepers, computers, etc.
- that our bivouac could have been a lot worse
- marching takes a lot of patience and practice - most of us still don't
know how to do it well
- that the best cadette is a sergeant at heart...u know who u r
- the unity of the platoon depends upon the eagerness and ingenuity of all
its members
- that one person affects everyone
- everything is a matter of perspective
- tents have very thin walls, so talk quietly
- we stick to our friends even if we are told not to
- a secret is a secret...you can't trust anyone else with it
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