<p>I joined in 2006. I wouldn’t suggest trying to fail basic and I’ll tell you why from first hand experience.</p>
<p>I don’t know how it is now but a couple years ago you couldn’t fail out of basic. If you became suicidal they would take you out away from everyone and kept you there until you were ready to continue. </p>
<p>I was in charge of this one guy during in processing station. The group of guys I was watching were already at basic so there was no turning back and they were at the part where they get their roster number/medical/dental and everything and were about to go to their respective units where their drill sargents took over. This guy was all about the military and saying ******** like “all my uncles and dad are all full bird colonels” and all that and the day before we were about to turn them over he comes up says that he’s got a bunch of medical disorders and he was bi-polar and all this stuff so he didn’t want to go through basic. But guess what he still went.</p>
<p>I actually say him again about a month after that hating life. I think he was in the middle of doing a platoon run so he was still okay.</p>
<p>When I went through there was guys who had to get recycled for injuries which meant that they had to go home and come back when they were healthy again and redo basic again because they didn’t finish.</p>