Chapter 15
Chapter 15
We woke the next morning to the blaring sound of reveille. 0500 - right on time. After the usual morning ritual, we put on our ‘battle dress uniforms’ and marched to breakfast. Upon finishing, we fell into formation. The D.I. again lectured us on our impending five-mile run. This time, he also reminded us to be wary of the symptoms of heat stroke as well as heat exhaustion. This left me with the impression that it was okay to puke as long as we didn’t die doing it. Initially, we started with a half mile run during the second week of training. Eventually, we were running four miles a day. With half mile increments, I had managed to avoid throwing up. Now, we were going from four miles to five. Shortly after we started marching the D.I. ordered us into double time. My
