LoriDavenport

Jones, however, did NOT want to shovel so he made a scene. He crossed his arms and cussed Hartman, now being the one stupid enough to mess around with Hartman, Jones made it possible that his DI's really DID hate him. Hartman got smart, he brung out reenforcements. When Hartman saw that Jones wouldn't work he caught Lori out of the classroom and stopped her,"Ma'am.." He said, and saluted her, she saluted back,"Hartman...whats goin on now???" Hartman pointed to Jones. Lori rolled her eyes and marched over to him,"Do you NOT know the meaning of W.O.R.K??" Jones, as stupid as we made it clear to you early, smiled at her and nodded,"Ma'am yes ma'am..." Lori smiled with a sarcastic smile,"Pulled a good stunt Jones...that'll cost ya though... I got some real W.O.R.K for ya know son...." Lori pointed to the mess hall that was cleaned after the last group went in late, then she pointed to an obstacle course that was in a total and complete mess. She smiled and shoved the shovel in his hands,"Now..START WITH THE PILE!!! THEN THE MESS HALL, THEN OBSTACLE COURSE AND DO IT NOW BEFORE I PILE MORE WORK ON YOU AND MAKE YOUR LIFE HERE A LIVING HE**!!!!!!" Jones did as he was told, for once, and began to work. Lori stood there and watched Jones work a bit, then turned before winking to Luke, it was unnoticeable to Hartman, and they thought Jones... Lori looked to Hartman and spoke,"Just come get me from my apartment if he acts up again...if either does...I wouldnt worry too much with Duke though..." Hartman watched Luke and looked to Lori, Lori gave him a slight smile and explained,"See....he's one of those hard workin farm boys so I've heard from his buddies... he can handle that no problem..." Lori thought back to when he was almost asleep in her class and almost laughed, but didn't. She headed back to her barracks. After Luke and Jones were finished, Jones looked to Luke and slapped him on the back,"That DI of ours...she suuure is something aint she?" Luke.........

its this saturday.... like ole Hnak Jr says,"We know how to have fun come saturday night..." quoting his song, "We are young country!" yes..it is this saturday my friend hope ya'll can join us at the Boars Nest for a great time!

Hot dog! Glad to have ya'll there now, if I can make it on here by then without having my neck broke around the house....*cough cough* I gotta learn to stay outta trouble more..

I knwo im a little late in the thread but I listen to Waylon as much as the next guy and them two voices they have at times, just doesnt sound like good ole waylon to me. I thought I might have been hearing things wrong or something..but I guess theres more people out there that was hearing two different voices too.

I know your use to stayin up late Richard!!! LOL!

Yep, me personally I stopped watchin CMT when the Dukes went off, heck I stopped watchin tv altogether....they seriously wasn't anything on. Less a good tom or john movie came on. I do hope that they get enough ratins and all and bring em back on!

Hmmm Im guessin the most convient time would be on the weekend.. so hows bout Saturday night, 8:00 P.M. Eastern 7:00 central time. I really dont know about England...itd be too late for them really cause it'd be around 1:00 or 12:00 over there...

I want to listen to the country music gospel... the one were Charlie Daniels sings...uhhh..lord how mercy I forgot I'll have to watch the commercial again!! lol I still say Charlie Daniels for President!!! be better than Bush!

I didnt know that was you BoJames.... well anyways I love your writing course you already knew that!! LOL

Lori sighed as she rolled around in the bed. She really couldnt wash off the smell of Luke's aftershave and that'd get her in all sorts of trouble. She got up and went to take a looong shower. Once she was done, she put her uniform on and STILL smelt Luke's aftershave on her faint. She sighed and pulled her hair back in a bun, putting her DI hat on. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed, what she was doing was wrong and she knew it.. She had to keep herself from staring at Luke too. She sighed when she sat down in the classroom, waiting for the platoon to take a step through the door. When they did all Lori saw was Luke, the platoon waited for her to stand so she could take order, she didn'r. Luke closed his eyes and thought,"Ohh dear god we're caught.." She sighed and stood up, in control. Luke let out a breath to himself, thanking god she took command. Lori sighed as she watched the platoon walk out, she dropped her head and sighed. Hartman walked over to Lori and sighed,"Somethring wrong ma'am?" Lori looked to Hartman and gave a slight smile,"Never been better sir..never been better." Hartman smiled and went outside to watch the platoon walk to their barracks. Luke.....

The men repeated it, feeling quite odd seeing that Hartman and her both were dead serious on the cadance. Luke was watching Lori and his sweats got tightly uncomfortable, he cursed under his breath every few minutes. Lori could hear him, she chose that one just for him!! After the 2 mile run, the men went to the showers, Luke's water exceptionally cold. When the men changed into their uniforms, they went to the classroom and they were off to learn. It had been at least a month or so that Luke knew of, hell who was countimg, he sure wasnt, that Lori would tease him and he had to have a cold shower every single morning and every single afternoon. Lori knew Luke was in need and badly ineed. She sighed setting at the desk, in two more months it would be out to the fields, her favorite part. Lori looked around and saw Luke look up every now and then. She smiled to herself and watched him. see over the weeks Luke was a guardsmen for the barracks, late at night he'd see Lori in her apartment... her shadow, and watch her. He was really tensed. Lori had made Luke HER pick of the bunch. Luke had become what he had tried to avoid at least when Lori was the one in charge. There was always one person in every group that was 'the chosen one' that all the DI's made and example of. With the other DI's it was Cadet Sam jones, from Kansas. He was it even with Lori when he gave her a smirk the first day. He didn't know when to keep quiet and didn't have a clue when to just do something and not ask 'why'. When Lori was on, Luke was it and he knew why. He hadn't given her what she wanted, him. Now, she was letting him KNOW just what he turned down, just what he missed, and just what he had given up when they divorced. Luke knew he had done more push ups in the squad than anyone else had 'for her', but of course on occassion he did them for other DI's too because of one thing or another. Now he was assigned night fire watch of the barracks which mean he had only about half the 'sleep' time everyone else did but by that time usually the was no way he could sleep. From day one all the guys had commented on what it must be like to have Lori. Luke had enough scense NOT to tell them that he KNEW Exactly what it was like to be with her. They had even figured out that her apt. windows were insight of the barracks. Luke could not help but know which windows were hers. Futhermore, he knew she knew that he knew which windows were hers because he saw her smile to him every night when she turned off her lights. One night, Lori was out and about around the barracks. She saw Luke and smiled to him as he went to salute her,"Its ok Luke..I aint in uniform as you can tell.." Lori winked and smiled, she was in a pair of tight jeans, a low cut tank top, her hair was down, and her side swept bangs blew in the wind. Luke looked her up and down and was immediately very uncomfortable. He couldn't take this much longer and finally said, "I know that you know you are really killing me." Lori only smiled and replied sweetly,"You was the one that turned me down and walked out.." Luke knew she saw his discomfort. He could feel his heartbeat in places of his body he hadn't before. "And you have made me regret that for a month straight!" Lori raised a brow..." I CAN arrange something here ohhh say at least 5 minutes??" Luke gritted his teeth and said, "I have 3 more hours of duty." He knew if she pulled him it may look real funny since no one had been pulled off that duty once they were assigned there before. Lori smiled,"Ahhh so you DONT want me to "Fulfill" your needs??" Luke closed his eye and tried to think rationally. It didn't work. "I didn't say that." Lori smiled and nodded,"One question..how bad do you want it? and how far are you willing to go to get it??" Luke looked at Lori. His desire was showing in his blue eyes, "Lori?" "Remember when you teased me at the jail and Rosco painted the red line?" Lori could see the desire in his eyes, she was going to make him beg. She nodded,"Mmhhm.." Luke swallowed and led her hand there again,"Lori please... I...i'm desperate.. I miss you and your talent."Lori only smiled and nodded,"I'll be right back." Lori went back to her apartment and changed into her uniform. Walking out, she went to the door, Luke saluted her and as she turned to go in the barracks, he smiled.Lori shouted,"ALL RISE!!!" the men were warned that at any given moment they may be awakend for anything. They all shot up and stood at the edge of their beds. Lori hollered,"Duke..FRONT AND CENTER NOW!!" Luke was only too glad to hear those words, he marched in and retorted,"MA'AM YES MA'AM!" Lori couldn't believe she was doing this.. but she was. Lori searched for the "perfect" watch. She picked the sleepiest one, Sykes, she yelled,"Cadet Sykes.. you'll take over for Duke for the remainder of this semester of your training. Sykes replied,"Ma'am yes Ma'am!" He got dressed and went to duty. Luke watched Lori walk by as she whsipered,"Wait for the signal.." Luke was tempted to smile, but didn't. He walked to the bunk and laid down as the lights turned out. Lori looked out her window as she was dressed ready for him. Luke rose quietly and looked out the window. He saw the lights flicker and knew it was clear to go. Luke snuck out of the barracks through the back door and ran across the small parking lot to her apartment door. When he knocked Lori opened the door,"You really want this dont you?" Luke looked to Lori and cursed,"Da** it Lori!!!!" Lori smiled and as soon as he stepped in and the door was shut and locked the heat in the room was unbearable, Lori's slip came off and Luke's clothes came off. Lori smiled as they were entwined and locked together, panting and whispering sweet nothings in each other's ears. After hours had passed Lori lay still in Luke's arms, she looked up to him as he looked up at the ceiling staring. Lori raised up on one elbow and asked,"Whats wrong?"Luke sighed and looked to her,"Lori you know the chances of me being shipped out. What if you're pregnant?" Lori got up letting the covers fall away from her,"Luke... To be honest... I aint thought of it..they'd probably question whos it is, course id lie, and they'd kick me out."

I Cross My Heart: Our love is unconditional, we knew it from the start. I see it in your eyes, you can feel it from my heart. From here on after let's stay the way we are right now, And share all the love and laughter that a lifetime will allow. I cross my heart and promise to Give all I've got to give to make all your dreams come true. In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine. You will always be the miracle that makes my life complete, And as long as there's a breath in me, I'll make yours just as sweet. As we look into the future, it's as far as we can see, So let's make each tomorrow be the best that it can be. I cross my heart and promise to Give all I've got to give to make all your dreams come true. In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine. And if along the way we find a day it starts to storm, You've got the promise of my love to keep you warm. In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine, A love as true as mine. Lori finished the song and smiled, the crowd went wild, Lori wasn't a professional singer, although she'd like to be someday. Luke set at the table with his friends but felt as if they were the only 2 people in the world he knew she was directing the song to him. Lori picked out another chord and played, Dixie on My Mind. When she was through she walked over to the bar and sat down on the stool ordering a whiskey. She slowly sipped it thinking of how she would ever get outta the mess she was in. Luke got up and went to the bar to get a drink. He set a couple seats away from Lori. Lori smirked and softly said,"Whats a matter Lukas??" luke said truthfully," I never expected to run into you when I got off the bus."Luke asked, "what do we do about it?" Lori sighed,"Im spose to report it... what do you think?" Luke said truthfully, "I dont' want to cause you any problems. Do what you have to. I sure don't need any problems.." Lori nodded,"I know that...truth be told it'd kill me if I did.." Luke looked confused and asked why. Lori looked at her whiskey,"Luke.... do you still have feelings for me?" Luke gave her the answer that he needed her to have, "No Lori. We need to keep this professional. There are reasons I have got to get through this." He was lying. Luke went it pvt Duke mode, "maam, recruits are NOT to look their DI's int he eye, ma'am" Lori looked to Luke and said,"Tell me the truth Luke...and another thing aint got no uniform on im just an ordinary person.." Luke said," Just leave it in the past ok." Lori nodded,"So if I went and reported it... you'd be able to handle another DI and NOT wonder or think?" Luke sighed,"Lori I've got to make it through basic and I'll do what I have to in order to do so." Lori looked at him,"I know...all because of Dix....Cooter called to tell me, seems to be the only one in the family that cares." Luke dropped his head and replied, "I had NO idea she ws only 16." Lori shrugged,"Teach ya to keep the horse corraled now wont it?" "You know you knew there was something between us when no one else did." Lori snorted,"Well duh wasn't it obvious... you talked more to her than me at times" Luke said,"the point is You, her, all of it's in the past. I got to go forward or go to prison." Lori smirked and looked to Luke,"Yer in for a hell of a ride Duke...listen, if I report one thing about you to anyone probably it will get back to the judge and he may take you out of the marines and rein state your sentence once he finds out your ex wife is here." luke knew she could be right. He said, "I don't have a problem with you if you don't have one with me being here theres only6 or so weeks left and I'll be gone out of your life anyway." Lori sighed,"luke I dont want you outta my life.." Luke said, "You are training me to me a Marine. Once I'm trained just how long do you figure I"ll be state side? And you know as well as I do I may not even come back." Lori shrugged,"Dont mean I dont want ya outta my life no matter were you are..I'll always think bout ya.." Luke looked and her and sighed. He couldn't say that he didn't think of her, but he really didn't want to tell her that. He knew that their relationship had always been that of gasoline and Fire and right now that was more of a dangerous combination than it had ever been. Lori sighed and nodded,"I know I know... it never works... no matter how hard we try..why do I bother?" Luke looked to her,"look I"m just saying I don't think we need that kind of attention fight now either of us.." Lori snorted,"Who says we're gonna fight??? you always assume that..." "i didn't say we were going to fight but we always collide." Lori dropped her head,"Do you know how many times I've tried to avoid that to?" "yes I'd say we are pretty equal on that score." "Most of it was my fault too.... How could I NOT have been so protective??? look at you!!!" "at me??" "Lori nodded,"You're the kinda man every woman wanted... I felt..well....jealous" "you were jealous when we weren't together and when we were. How could I win?" "Well excuse me for loving you, how could I win? I felt lucky with you and I had to worry with Dixie all the time because I KNEW ya'll had something and Ive had my heart broken tooo many times... "I can't change the past any of it and for what its worth you were right about a lot but we can't go back ." "you don't??" "Luke, I got shot by yer ex girlfriend's husband,You and Dixie got together, I was nicknamed the Hazzard Whore... what do you think??" "Well when you put it that way I guess not. But, after all that you are still telling me you don't want me out of your life." Lori nodded,"Yep.... I know it sounds stupid, but hell I've loved ya since thrid grade, how can ya stop lovin someone like that?" "You know when we got married. Well when I asked you it was in a conversation much like this one. You box me into a corner I don't knwo what else to say but to agree with you and then, ..... well,......... we know where that lead." Lori nodded and sighed,"And then it lead to a mess that I couldnt fixed but tired to... Im sorry I boxed you into a corner..made you feel trapped." "Luke asked, "Then or now?" "now??" Lori asked. Luke was pushing her buttons, he knew her all too well. "Lori from where I set you hold the cards. What do you want from me?" Lori looked to Luke,"I dont want to put you in a position as to were you can't fight me back...all because im of higher rank..." " Luke said, Like I said you hold the cards. Yeah you out rank me and can make my life living hell, you can report it and get me moved into another unit and EVERYONE will know you are my Ex wife and cause me and you trouble or have me removed from teh Marines and send me to prison all that is true. but if I turn and walk out here right now you know da-- good and well you will do what you can to make my life difficult. If I tell you I want you and we collide it could ruin us both we walk outta here together get attached and I don't come back (from war) you still are hurt. Lori if you can show me a win here I'll listen.." Lori sighed and shook her head,"Luke if you walk its your choice I can't control your love life...if you stay then good.. i'll always be here...I cant show you a win just yet..." "Lori I'm bunk in a barracks with all men believe me there is NO love life going on.." Lori smirked,"Sucks dont it??? I could have it arranged for you... if I knew we wouldnt collide." Luke couldn't help the smirk on his own face when he had told her that, but hearing her reply he could not deny that she still could stir feelings in him. Not only did his heart and stomach do a flip flop but other parts of his body reacted as well. "Lori I knew what I ws geting into when I joined." HE thought about how long it had been since he'd been with Dixie and he knew it would be a he-- of a long time until he was with anyone else.Lori smiled wide and dropped her head,"Welcome to the Marines.... think of that as a sorta special gift from your DI...I got the same offer when I first joined and NO I DID NOT TAKE HIM UP ON IT EITHER..." Lori ordered her another whiskey and Luke a beer. Luke looked her in he eyes, smiled, said, "Thanks Lori." he said simply and walked out. Lori's mouth dropped, he took it the wrong way... Lori shook her head and said to herself,"He'll pay dearly.." Lori smiled and walked out as well heading to her apartment. That next morning Lori had Hartman sound the alarm, to wake all cadets up to get them ready. Lori was in a jogging suit ready to take their morning jog. When she saw Luke, she wanted to smile, she almost did, but instead eyed him, Luke could tell from her eyes that she was smirking at him from the inside, he knew he'd pay for it...Lori waited til they were in their jogging suits and yelled,"Attten-tion!!" The men all stood straight not looking at her as they were warned. Lori walked through them and nodded,"Forward!!! Jog!!" Sometimes, Lori wanted to laugh, but couldnt. She jogged in front of them and then slowed down to jog beside of them. Luke was next to her, he'd let his eyes wander to her behind without it being noticable by the others. Lori caught on to it and looked forward and only jogged,"REPEAT AFTER ME!" Momma and papa were laying in bed Momma rolled over and this is what she said, give me some PT PT GOOD FOR YOU GOOD FOR ME feels good up in the morning with the rise and shine gonna run all day til the runnin' done HO chie men is a sob got the blue ball crabs and the 7 yr itch. I love working Uncle sam let me know just who I am 1234 UMSC 1234 I love the USMC..I don't know but I've been told Eskomo pussy is might cold un-good feels good is good real good tastes good mighty good GOOD FOR YOU GOOD FOR ME feels good is good..I dont' want no teenaged queen! I just want my M-14 If I die in a combat zone box me up and ship me home pin my medals up on my chest tell my mom i did my best

The men entered the room and saw the desks, they stood beside each one and waited for further instructions. Lori walked through the doors and nodded,"You may now be seated." The men were relieved and took a seat. Lori walked to the front of the class and spoke a little lower,"Now..under each desk you'll find books and paper and pencils... we do not require you to buy your own supplies, we supply them for you. At 12:00 everyday we will leave this building and enter the one behind us, which is the mess hall... a little bit of advice: Eat fast.., a DI, sergeant, anyone can come in there and run you all out, when we say its time to go, drop all food and stop eating, empty your trays and head back to the field or classroom." The men all nodded and took out a sheet of paper and pencil, there was notes on the board that they needed to copy down. Lori sat in the chair and looked up to Hartman who was walking around the desks to check to see if the men were working. When they were finished Lori made another announcement,"And guys, another thing, when your in the classroom working its like at school, we do let out of here at O-300 hundred hours, NOW what you do at that point is on your own time, YES YOU are still MINE, but its on your own time, you listen to me and do as I say on MY time!!" The men all nodded and answered," Ma'am yes ma'am." Hartman walked around as Lori was up front teaching the basics of the first day at boot camp. Luke watched her and thought how unreal this all seemed that no matter where he went Lori always seemed to be there. He tried very hard to get over her, it didn't work, he told himself everyday he didn't love her anymore. Truth was, he still loved her and didn't want to divorce her, yes, Dixie was more fun than Lori was, but Lori just had THOSE qualities about her. Lori watched Luke as he watched her, she wanted to smirk but knew she couldn't, she only turned her direction to the others and watched them, to show Luke she had no emotion in her eyes. Lori truthfully wanted to crawl in under a rock and die. At 12:00, the men all filed out of the classroom and to the back building, the Mess Hall. Lori followed them to the door and found a seat by one of her sergenats, she saluted them and sat down, having a normal conversation with them. She saw Luke set with a bunch of others from Osage and Chickasaw county. She sighed as Skye looked to her,"Sg.. you alright?" Lori nodded, she knew she had to report to her superiors about her being divorced to one of her cadets, but she didn't. She tried to get over Luke as well, but couldn't. She knew that knowing he was there at the camp somewheres, not near her, would drive her wild. Lori continued to eat and watched as the men ate. When she was finished and saw that almost all the other men were finished, she screamed out,"TIMES UP MAGGOTS MOVE IT OUT!!!" The men hurridley got up and dumped their trays returning to the classrooms and fields. Luke and his platoon went to thier classroom and began to work again. At three o'clock, the men saluted Lori and Hartman and left the room, sighing they were relieved their first day was over. A man by the name of Randy Jo Walker, walked over to Luke and nodded,"Howdy there, Im Randy Jo, I came from Kentucky... whats your name pal?" Luke nodded and half smiled,"Luke Duke, from Georgia.." Randy Jo smiled and shook Luke's hand,"Say you wanna go to the local bar?" Luke nodded,"Sure sounds good... I need a good drink about now..." Randy smiled and him and Luke went to the barracks and changed their clothes, they then walked around the corner to the local Honky Tonk club. Lori dressed in a casual outfit, she was more fit and looked big boned. She really wasn't. Lori grabbed her guitar and went to Midnight Rider and climbed in. She pulled out and headed to the local bar as well. When she arrived she climbed out and walked in she smiled to everyone some of them her cadets. You didn't have to salute your surperiors if they wasn't in uniform. Lori walked up to the stage and smiled,"Howdy ya'll... I know ya'll wanted me to sing a couple nightas ago, my guitars in tune and im ready." Luke looked curiously to Lori and waited. Lori smiled and picked a tune out..

Luke arrived at Camp LeJune, NC on the bus that left from Hazzard. He got his bags and pulled them over his shoulder looking around. He made his way to the front tent to grab his uniform and dog tags. Once he arrived at the first tent, the faces were none to friendly. He sighed and went to get his dog tags, in doing so he went to the men's barracks and put his stuff in his foot locker, changing into his uniform. Luke couldn't believe he actually left home, he knew he couldn't get home sick. There was a DI that stood infront of the men's barracks and had told them to report to the front of the enlistment tents,to the administration building, there would be their DI there to greet them. Lori, meanwhile, was running late. She dressed in her uniform and was running full speed to the enlistment tents. An assistant held a paper out to her she grabbed it on her way, skimming through the names missing the "Duke" name that was written. She ran skidding to a hault as she saw the one man she never thought she'd ever see her, Luke Duke, her ex-husband. Lori's eyes got big and round, she searched her list and sure enough, there was his name, Duke, Lukas k. Lori shook her head and cursed as the men lined up. She looked and swallowed,"Ohhh dear god.." Was all she could say. Luke and the others reported to the front of the Adminisration building as ordered after being processed into uniforms. Luke knew from everything he'd heard and knew to stand staight, look forward and try NOT to be singled out for anythng during basic training. To go with the flow. He knew there would be one recruit singled out that would be ridden by all the DI's the entire time they were there. He had spoted likely candidates for this as tehy were being processed. As he stood in the back line where he should be he say a female Sgt., a female DI, that was heading that way. Though Luke only saw her through the corner of his eye as she was obviously hurrying their way he would know THAT body anywhere. He swore to himself. What were the da-- chances? It wasn't bad enough he'd been locked up in jail for over two weeks over her cousin but here was his EX wife as his DI. Lori took command of the squad and shouted "Fall IN!" Lori did her job she never paid any attention to Luke, or atleast, she tried. She started out her speech,"My name is Sergeant Loren Davenport, I am your Senior Drill Instructor. I am assisted in my duties by: Gunnery Sergeant Hartman.Our mission is to train each one of you to become a United States Marine. A Marine is characterized as one who possesses the highest military virtues. He obeys orders, respects his seniors, and strives constantly to be the best in everything he does. Discipline and spirit are the hallmarks of a Marine. Each of you can become a Marine if you develop discipline and spirit. We will give every effort to train you, even after some of you have given up on yourselves. Starting now, you will treat me and all other Marines with the highest respect, for we have earned our places as Marines and will accept nothing less than that from you. We will treat you as we do our fellow Marines: with firmness, fairness, dignity and compassion. At no time will you be physically or verbally abused by any Marine or recruit. If anyone should abuse or mistreat you, I expect you to report such incidents immediately to me or one of my drill instructors. Further, if you believe that I have mistreated you, I expect you to report it to the series commander, Corporal Skye, My drill instructor and I will be with you every day, everywhere you go. I have told you what my drill instructor and I will do for you. From you we expect the following: - You must give 100% of yourself at all times. - Obey all orders, instantly, willingly, and without question. - Treat all Marines and recruits with courtesy and respect. - You will not physically abuse or verbally threaten another Marine or recruit. - Be completely honest in evrything you do. A Marine never lies, cheats, or compromises. - Respect the rights and property of all others. A Marine never steals. - You must work hard to strengthen you body. - Be proud of yourself and the uniform you wear. - Try your best to learn the things you will be taught. - Above all else, never quit or give up. We offer you the challenge of Recruit Training - - the opportunity to earn the title "United States Marine." As part of my job, I will tell each and every one of you 20 survival tactics for surviving the Marines Boot Camp: 1. Avoid eye contact. (It's harder for a Drill Instructor to intimidate you if you're looking past or through him!) 2. Bear in mind that no matter how traumatic things seem Boot Camp is only Temporary. In fifteen or sixteen years it will seem like a dimly-remembered cruel joke. 3. Trying your damnedest to achieve something is often more impressive than actually achieving it. Drill Instructors look for motivation and spirit more than anything else. Show it to them and they'll be happy. (You do want your Drill Instructor to be happy.) 4. Don't volunteer for anything. 5. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open. 6. Doing push-ups (you'll do plenty of these) with your fingers spread and your palms off of the deck is easier than doing them with your fingers together and your palms flat. I don't know why, I just found it to be true. 7. Never, ever, ask a Drill Instructor "Why?" 8. Never smile at or near or within sight of a Drill Instructor. You have no right looking happy in boot camp, and if a Drill Instructor sees you looking this way he'll take steps to remedy the situation. 9. When you have to say something to a Drill Instructor, make sure your words are of the one or two syllable variety. That way you'll be less apt to say something that'll get you in trouble. "No, sir" or "Yes, sir" are good ones to learn. 10. Eat quickly in the mess halls. Drill Instructors will occasionally abruptly terminate the time allotted for leisurely dining. ("We're having duck for dinner - duck in and duck out.") 11. Begin and end every sentence with the word "sir" (i.e., "Sir the Private requests permission to speak, sir!" or "Sir, yes, sir!"). 12. When you speak, speak loudly. 13. Avoid personal pronouns ("I," "me," "you," "they," "we") when speaking to Drill Instructors. 14. Despite what you may think the Sergeants, Staff Sergeants and Gunnery Sergeants are really your friends. The Officers may or may not be. If you have to confide something to someone, tell the Drill Instructor. 15. Reserve duty outside of boot camp is nothing like active duty during boot camp. As you may suspect, this is good. And as long as we're on the subject, 16. Don't tell anyone you're a reservist unless you have to. Everybody else will be on active duty when they get out of boot camp, and misery loves a companion. 17. Don't question for one minute your decision to enlist in the Marines. It's too late to do anything about it now and it's not a productive train of thought. (Anyway, in future years you'll be proud you did it.) 18. Make damn sure your boots fit. Foot trouble in boot camp can cause serious problems - like not graduating with your platoon. 19. Don't get sick. Getting sick in boot camp can cause serious problems - like not graduating with your platoon. 20. Stay awake during the classes. You don't want the attention Drill Instructors lavish upon dozing recruits. " Lori then finished it,"From now on, you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be 'Sir or Ma'am!" Am I Understood you maggots??" Everyone of the men looked directly at her, a bad mistake, and all shouted,"Ma'am Yes Ma'am!" Lori stood there and searched the men over, she nodded and walked down the rows and studied them. Luke was seriously doubting his joining of the marines now. Lori stopped at the man beside of Luke and saw a smirk on his face,"What on God's green earth are you Smriking at you Maggot????!!!!!!!" Lori was in his face and she looked enraged, Luke was scared. The man was Cadet Sam Jones, from Kansas. He smriked and replied,"MA'AM NOTHING MA'AM!!!" Lori was pissed,"You WILL listen to me and focus.... OR this will happen..." Lori looked him dead in the eyes and screamed,"Drop and give me 20!!!" The cadet fell to the ground and did the pushups right there almost in under Lori. Lori looked down on him and watched. She returned her attention back to the others,"IF I SO MUCH AS SEE ONE TEAR SHED IN MY PLATOON YOU WILL NOT GRADUATE FROM THIS BOOT CAMP AND YOUR LIFE WILL BE A LIVING HELL!! GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE MARINES CORPS!" Luke swallowed hard as Lori marched to the front and spun around,"Your first task... the classroom... you will spend three months in the class room and three months out in the field. I'll go ahead and tell you this though, since you are MY platoon, We DO go for morning jogs, thats a total of 2 miles every morning. If you wake up late and are not in formation with the rest of your platoon you WILL PAY THE PRICE!!!" Lori scanned the crowd again and nodded to Hartman,"I do believe we're ready.." Hartman nodded and spoke up,"Now! if you all would direct your attention to that building over there," he pointed to a one story brick building,"Forward March!" The men turned and marched to the building, Lori marched behind them all.

has any of ya'll seen it on CMT?? stars George Strait!!! Gahhh!!! I love him!! if ya have seen it or would like infor leave some posts here!!

too much damage?? try tearing up the front AND back yard!!! like always!!! I always give mine a lecture!!! it never works...im like you..if horses could grin they would definently give theirselves away real quick always up to meaness. Specially mine.. Looked outside after I got off here one night and I be danged to me Thunderbolt was on the other side of the fence tormenting the mare!!

WOO!!!!!! I sure do hope they bring them back on...make my days less boring..

AMEN TO THAT!!! LOL our tennesse walking stud got out last night and we were sooo mad we were threatenin to sell him, BUT we aint..aint go tthe heart too!

Howdy hazzard1 Have fun on here cousin and WELCOME!!! you'll love it here!!! I know I sure do!!

LOL that is true RogerDuke ill agree 100% with you. Well personally, I still say Charlie Daniels for President!! but Id have a hard time choosin tween the two.

Yea gee I wonder who that person is that cant spell worth a danged lick?? LOL.....its glad to be back RogerDuke to be honest with. I swear I cant stand these danged computers, tooo many problems sometimes...only thing i like is my stoires and dukes friends!!!

"Now Boys you gotta give them city people the benefit of the doubt just cause they dont know no better...." and I cant member the rest lol!! from Daisy's song..I thought it was funny cause ti minds me of when i was little, my poor old cousin from Indiana came to visit and well he wasnt use to swinging on grapevines or anything and he had no clue what we were talking bout..poor feller..

Well Roger, I believe you got us all confused as Rosco himself at times, I know who yer talking bout just dont know his name!!

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LOL no you have it right RogerDuke, and lord have mercy im sorry I confused you!! If'n it aint myself im confusin its someone else but you have it correct my good friend... im down and out!