What is the dumbest/worst thing you ever did in Basic Training or your AIT?

Told the drill Sgt that Jesus is always with me when he asked where my battle buddy was when I didn't have one.

So no sh*t, there I was at Ft Leonard Wood, MO in 1993 in the summer. It was FTX time, and the DS has us half circled around the tent as it was hot and he didn't want to be in the sun. So, he is giving us some sort of speech about the upcoming night infiltration course. At the end of his pep talk, he tosses a practice grenade. Naturally, we all scatter. As I am running away, my ankle clips this tree stump real hard. Hurt like hell. Apparently we didn't run away fast enough so he calls us back, rips us a new one, and tosses it again. This time, since my ankle was screaming, I limped away. Naturally, he deemed we were not fast enough again, so he calls us back for another ass chewing. Tosses that damn thing one more time. This time, I just stand there. Only movement I did was watch everyone else run away. Oh, this was not smart on my part. DS calls me and one other guy into the tent (all flaps and sides are rolled up by the way) and smokes the ever loving sh*t out of us for about 30 mins. I didn't know I could do so many front back gos and low crawls so fast and in such a small area. When the smoking was done, he gives me and the other guy a talking. Then he TOSSES THAT DAMN GRENADE again. This time, I ran my ass off.......................right into one of the tent peg ropes. Caught me right across the throat. I literally went horizontal and then landed flat (and I mean flat as a board straight) onto my back. Laid there for a few minutes stunned.

Lesson Learned: Look where you run.

Our chow hall was under construction and instead of eating at candy land (322nd), we went to another chow hall. Standing there in formation my eye caught a beautiful female MTI walk by, naturally most of us glanced since we hadn't seen a female for weeks and she didn't let our glances go unreprimanded she picked me and started chewing me out asking, "Do you like what you see?!" "Yes Ma'am," I responded quickly! "Well! Take a picture it'll last longer," she screamed in my face! I asked her for a camera like an ignorant cocky trainee that was about to do push-ups till My arms were past burning by every MTI within earshot of my statement. I literally felt like an insignificant worm with around 6 MTIs circling me like prey. However years later, I caught wind that a female MTI was discharged for posing in playboy and it was none other than Ssgt. Michelle Manhart, and needless to say I got my picture in the end!