Free Use at Boot Camp
It's only the third day of boot camp, and I'm already close to total collapse. I make my way carefully, hopping through the tires of the obstacle course. Once I'm through that, there's a rope to swing across a pool. I grab onto it and my fingers lose their grasp. I slide down, but manage to shimmy back up enough and swing across.
"Come on, Riley. You can do it," several of my fellow recruits shout. They cheer me on as I climb up the rock wall, and drop down into the grass on the other side. Sweat pours down my brow, and I gasp for breath as I make my way back into formation.
Drill sergeant Michaels comes over to stand before me. I salute him, and he looks me up and down. "Good job, soldier. But you need to be faster. Get down and give me a hundred."
"Yes, drill se
