During the last week of basic, you have an inspection where the Command Sergeant Major (CSM) comes down. For this inspection, each soldier has to be in their class As and have all of your gear that you used over the last nine weeks laid out and ready to be checked.
We were all standing by our bunks waiting for the drill sergeants and CSM to come in one of the other females noticed one set of my boots had been bumped and fell over. I did the logical thing and reached down to fix it, as I did I heard a loud rip and the room went silent. My dress pants had just split completely open. I stood up and asked one of the other soldiers how bad it was and even though she told me it would be okay - I could see in her face that it was BAD!
I stepped out of the room desperately looking for a drill sergeant, finally I saw one of the female drill sergeants who yelled at me for not being by my bunk. I snapped to parade rest and explained to her what had happened. She proceeded to tell me to turn around so she could see if it was a big deal. As I turned around, her eyes got huge and she rushed me back into the room.
About that time, we could hear the CSM stepping into the hallway to check our stuff. The drill sergeant got a panicked look on her face and told me just to make sure I didn't turn my back to anyone and we would deal with it after the inspection. The CSM came in and checked our gear and uniforms. The whole time I ensured that my back stayed to the wall.
After the CSM left, the drill sergeant came back in and I changed quickly into the other pair of dress pants. Thankfully, the second pair fit.
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