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<li> I think every SA has a Basic who quits the first day.</li>
<li> To me, something is horribly wrong if a Basic quits the first day. As nerve wracking as it might be, I know there are support mechanisms at every SA to help a Basic out that first day. Perhaps one reason it takes so long to outprocess…the want the Basic to BE SURE he/she wants out.</li>
<li> I cannot imagine a Basic not know what he/she was about to get into such that he/she quits that first day. To me and I think to many…he/she DID take a spot away from someone who was just as worthy and was not given that spot.</li>
<li> It’s immaterial whether it was one Basic or 3 Basics that left during a ceremony…what IS important is whether they left to quit permanently or for other reasons. We should not speculate. The sad truth is that statistically there is at least 1-2 who DO quit that first day. Sad.</li>
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