When I reported for training at OCS, Quantico we had a very large group reporting at the same time. It took a long time to receive out issue of clothins, boots, etc. This did not slow the training a bit, we marched, ran and did exercises in our civilian clothes. Also they made us pay for our arrival hair cuts. Two months into our training (November) it was getting cold and one morning I was almost asleep on my feet. Very early in the morning I was first out of the mass hall and standing on our painted foot steps. It was still dark and very cold. I thought I was alone and put my hands in my trouser pockets for warmth. I did not see the DI in the darkness and he started hitting my hands with a big stick and shouting to get them out of my pockets. When we finished and got our commission in mid December my hands were still sore. I never put my hands in my pockets again for the next 20 years. My class received our commissions in December 1957 and I left the Corps in October 1977. Bennie Parks USMC Retired