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There is barracks detail even in the other place (h***). Someone thought it would be nice to rake the sand around the hooches at Chu Lai. So every Friday we had to rake the sand and make everything nice. Sometimes senior Staff NCO's have way too much time on their hands or else they are brain dead and need something to do. Someone even came up with the idea of running a PRT after working twelve hours a day seven days a week. Oh the fun we had.
Sometimes the junior Marines needed something to keep them occupied and out of mischief. Usually I did "Make Work" for my Marines to keep them from being NJP'd. I would give them the choice of "doing some work for the Gunny or going to see the C.O. at Office Hours".
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