When I got out of AIT and came to my Reserve unit there was a pretty sudden reality check. It was a weird change in pace to go from a highly structured TRADOC environment to a unit where an officer in her early 60s had a negligent discharge and flagged a firing line was considered normal. If you've seen A Combat Veteran's Drew Hernandez incredible videos describing the ugliness of being a part-time Soldier, you know that there's a real gold-mine of material from the other half of the military.
cohje02 I wish we could discuss things offline rifle range was always a gold mine of stories.