<p>You’re on the ball, AFDAD. We singled out kids only for very gross misconduct type things, such as blatant disrespect towards cadre. Most of the time, even at the beginning, punishments and things like that are given to the entire group, even if the perpetrator was only one individual. </p>
<p>Again, like I said in a post a few days ago here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/air-force-academy-colorado-springs/533922-first-letters-home-4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/air-force-academy-colorado-springs/533922-first-letters-home-4.html</a></p>
<p>…don’t base anything on what you see in basic- because it is a highly unique training environment. Everything has a reason, and it’s not always plain or evident. That is one of the things we had to straighten out in a few of the basics- they thought they knew better than us, or questioned our methods just days into being in the military.</p>