My first taste of the Army was a lady saying "I hope all of you ladies know what you are in for." Have anything like this said to you?

My first taste of the Army that I really remember is some guy smaller than me cussing me out at 0300 hrs to get off his )(^^$%&^***( bus.

I cannot repeat the first words i ever heard from a WAC Sergeant.....

Up until that point, in MY mind, I was just thinking-or Not thinking-"Oh I've joined the Army. La De Dah. (LOL) Or SOMETHING to that effect (Who KNOWS what.). Then once that lady said what she did, I got scared." ;)

At my first duty station, Mannheim Germany in 1986, a PFC, I was assigned as a loader on an XO's (1stLT) Tank, in a regular line tank company(14 M60's). After some months there we had an AGI(Adj.Gen. Inspection). This involves cleaning, inspecting ,checking, EVERYTHING in the unit. I was to told to check out, inspect, and clean up the company Mine Detector out of the arms room. As I was informed one of my job's as XO tank loader was operator of the company's WWII era mine detector. And my job was to precede the entire company on foot detecting mines in the event of an advance march(i.e. toward the enemy). Well I told my XO ,"What if I don't want to be out there in front on foot detecting mines ?" He said , "Then I'll have to shoot you". It was at that point I REALLY knew I was in the Army. :)

Actually it worked out well, because I knew the army a little then, so I claimed to yond LT., I needed to train with it and understand it if I was questioned during the AGI. So LT. authorized my idea ;) and I got a friend(also a PFC) and he buried track connectors in the company green in front of the barracks for me to find. And we spent a couple days screwing around with it, looking busy, finding these "mines", planting flags and pretty mine markers, and got out of many lousy details as no Sgt. could/would countermand an LT.'s orders. ;) - We were both definitely training for SP4 mafia, -LOL

AGI -Adjutant General Inspections were a pain in the butt., we literally took sinks and toilets off the wall in barracks and cleaned where they were mounted, cleaned everything, paint everything, restencil everything, wax, shine, polish, paperwork, etc etc.

Got an AAM and a 3 day pass, for the inspection, but they never asked me about the mine detector.