Just remembered another one: One of my fellow recruits was the son of an Officer in the Corps. You'd think he'd have been accustomed to the ways of Marines, but that wasn't the case. After about the second week, he decided the Corps wasn't for him and decided to leave. Those of you who've never been to Parris Island have to keep in mind, there is only ONE way on or off that place via a long bridge, the rest of the place is surrounded by water and swamp. Anyhow, we discovered that during the night, he decided to hitch a ride on a bus leaving the island, but since we'd been relieved of all of our civilian gear, he had to wear this bright yellow jogging suit they supplied us with to identify us as Phase-1 'boots' when we weren't in BDU's. Him hitching a ride on the bus wasn't that big a deal, HOW he hitched the ride was...........
Dude didn't want to be recognized for desertion so climbed
on the roof of the bus and made it all the way to Quantico, VA.