Basic training is a lot tougher and more challenging than any recruit can imagine. Michael Volkin discovered that soon after 9-11, when his personal vow to "serve my country" convinced him to enlist in the U.S. Army. He was utterly unprepared for the new world of the military, " a completely different environment full of unknown exercise and acronyms, where you can't eat or talk without permission. As Volkin later declared, "no one else ...
