"Stories From A Life" #2

                                                                 Restless Legs

 When we arrived at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, boot camp, we were assigned to a training platoon of approximately 30 "boots", i.e., recruits.  Four platoons created a company and we all went through training together.  There was a fifth platoon, the discipline platoon, for boots who were in trouble.
  The twelve weeks of boot camp in included a week of mess duty (what the Army calls KP).  While on mess duty on day I was serving food as the discipline platoon came through for lunch.  I engaged one of the 'disciplinees' in conversation.  Traveling Curmudgeon "What did you get in trouble for?"  Response "Leg trouble."  TC incredulously "LEG trouble?"  "Yeah, they keep running away!"