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enough in those last few minutes before the inspecting party arrived. If the officer's gloves are dirty at the end of the inspection, they are left in the barracks, and must be washed and returned to him. 
One of the main difficulties among the Wacs is the problem of keeping hair off the collar. The last thing before leaving the barracks or standing inspection, one person examines another and goes around with a few extra hair pins in her pockets, in case a stray wisp or two falls down.
Of course you do your share of griping. But if you had it to do all over again, you would do the same thing. Your main regret is that you hadn't enlisted long before, after discovering how much you enjoy the experience as a whole, and how much more you have looked forward to. 
In spite of KP, in spite of guard duty, or perhaps partly because of them, you wouldn't give up your khaki uniform, with neither stripes nor bars, for anything in the world. You think you have the best company, and the best officers and non-coms on the entire post, and you will work your heart out cleaning, drilling, studying and doing anything else that will prove the faith they have put in you In your spare time, you practice tying ties, doing about faces, and learning to take a 30-inch step on the sidewalks marked off for special purpose. 
You do fatigue duty some afternoon after classes. Washing windows, mowing grass, or cleaning up class-rooms. But the work is soon finished and you are surprised to lean that is was sort of fun doing it with all the others of your group.