I have at Boot Camp at Ft Leonard Wood...one idot dropped a riot baton in one...stuck like a javelin about 5 ft down....he HAD to get it...it was just a broom stick basically, but it would have cost him about 10 million pushups...We lifted the top off the poop mine... held him by his feet and lowered him to grab it...still remember him begging us , "PLEASE DONT DROP ME"....
i woulda had to drop him, that's a once in a lifetime opportunity right there
Trust me...it crossed my mind...but, explaining to our beloved Drill Sgt, why PVT Maldanado was absolutely covered in chit...and having to ride with PVT Maladnado on the 130 degree Cattle Car we rode in, the 20 miles back to base...which had a listed capacity of like 60 troops, and we packed in probably 150 troops...We decided quickly to not give PVT Maldanado a quick Airborne lesson...and yes...its was in 1983, and I do remember his name
