This is how often recruits can use their cellphones during basic training

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• Basic training in the US military restricts phone use to certain times of the week, usually on Sunday nights. 
• Before cell phones, pay phones were the only way recruits could stay in touch with friends and family — today, of course most soldiers carry cell phones. 
• Cell phone usage is still at the discretion of the drill sergeant and given to recruits as a privilege, not a right.

Thank god you got out when you did! The moment you received your DD-214, it was officially an end of an era. Hopefully, your branch won't fall victim like all those other, weaker branches did. It's Lord of the Flies in here.

New recruits are arriving in droves and they're pulling out their cell phones to record themselves talking back to their drill sergeants. If the drill sergeants have a problem with it, they whip out their stress cards, go back to eating their Tide Pods, and continue listening to their music (which, coincidentally, has gotten progressively worse since your generation, too).See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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