What can you do or say at Basic to ensure additional smoke sessions?

Go anywhere without the beloved PT belt.

Tell your DS, "can't smoke a rock"!

Hey sarge (not drill sergeant), I bet you can't do more push-ups then I can.!

Just be yourself. The Army doesn't want robots. They want smart, thinking Soldiers. Always try and impress your training cadre with your ability to think and act independently. It WIL get you noticed!

Laugh at the DS/DI and say "My mom is tougher than you." Yep, I had good times....

We used to quietly sing the Super Golden Crisp song under our breaths - "Can't get enough of super golden crisps, it's got the munch with the crunch."

My uncle, a retired Master Sargeant, gave me 3 pieces of advice, before I left for basic training. Do as you're told, do as you're told, and when in doubt, do as you're told. I followed that advice, and never got any personal " smoke sessions". I always gave that same advice to young enlisted troops, all throughout my career. Be the soldier, your DI doesn't know, and you will be fine.

"The blue cord is nothing more than a participation prize."

And that is, in fact, the truth.

You can do what my battle buddy did at Ft. Sill. Walking out of the gas chamber with snot from his nose all the way down to his boot, he looked at the drill sergeant and said, “That was nothing; you’re a p**sy.”
Needless to say, that got him a little more than smoked. Lol

1981, Ft Jackson, Tank Hill. BN's first "coed" cycle; Drill Sgt Dishmon (sp?)'s first female platoon AND a brand new female Drill.
One woman barely met height requirement - boots had to be special ordered in a child's size (i.e., handmade) - I was her escort when we went to town to pick them up on the day before she was discharged for cause.
Being her buddy got you all kinds of smoke. She saluted the BN commander with a flip of her hand at eyebrow level & "hiya!"