Should trainees be allowed to quit basic training?

In my opinion when I went to Bootcamp (1989). I didn't even know you had choices to quit. It never crossed my mind. Lets be honest though your recruiter doesn't exactly explain to you the realities of Boot camp. He's just racking up poolees. If within the first week you honestly feel it's not for you they should be able to duscharge you without ruining your young future. That is all

My knee jerk reaction is trash him. But if we keep, The trainee if he is passed. Well then he may be the guy next to you in combat. So give him a dishonorable.

They should not be discharged before 120 days except for medical or mental reasons. When I went to Navy Boot Camp. If you were a screw up, you went to the MIC company. If they didn't straighten you out, then you weren't worth having. The only ones who marched better were the stockade prisoners going to the meal hall. I could not blieve it when I was told you only had to tell your NCO you wanted out.

They should be treated like when I went to Navy Boot Camp. Those who had dicipld

It should be a dishonorable discharge regardless of time served.

Forced to complete if I had not had that I would have quit which would have been terrible

Give them a dishonorable discharge and six months in the brig. Lesson one in contracts

There are minimums that have to be met. The recruiters have min skills needed to qualify for basic training. That said every branch has in place also a list of disqualifying items that would be compiled during recruit training. I can only speak about the Marine Corps, the Instructor's(DI's) are charged with turning slimy cilvians into raw basic Marines. That said there are only a few ways I re all you could get out of basic, 1) Medical issues that arise during training that make it unsafe for the recruit to continue. Heart, lung, and many other issues. 2) Mental derress , during the 13 week training, evaluations are given and observations by the DI's are reported to the Senior Staff and Company Commander for further eval.
3) Any recruit that is deemed a danger to theirselves or others and after extended consulting can be discharged.
To the best of memory if you as a recruit can write to your district senator and pled your help, but should the DI's should find out, your counseling will begin on the 1/4 deck and continue to insure you truly feel you want to leave... Semper Fi

Yes quitting should absolutely be allowed. Not everyone is cut out to be a soldier and not everyone realizes that when the recruiter gets them to sign the paperwork. That's the whole point of a failure to adapt discharge. I'd rather have people who want to be there.

I WOULD HAVE BEEN OVERJOYED!!
I NEVER WANTED TO BE MILITARY!!
THE ONLY REASON I JOINED THE ARMY RESERVES WAS THE DRAFT NEARLY GOT ME!!
HOW EVER WHEN I WENT TO BASIC I HAD DECIDED TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT!!
THEN I WAS BADLY HARRASSED BECAUSE OF MY BALANCE AND INABILITY TO MARCH AND DRILL PERFECTLY!
I HAD ALWAYS BEEN A KLUTZ ALL MY LIFE!
I ENDED UP BEING A VEHICLE MECHANIC
AND WAS GOOD AT IT!!
BUT THEN I WAS RAGGED FOR HAVING DIRTY AND GREASY CLOTHES WHILE DOING DIRTY AND GREASY WORK!!
ALL IN ALL A TOTAL WASTE OF MY LIFE!!