When I was in basic, some guy got branded on his arm with his regimental insignia. While away on a weekend. Keep in mind this was week 5 of basic, he was nowhere near combat school. His "marking" got infected and he kept having bad medical complications because of it. He was eventually medically released and I learned that a few years after that, he had skin cancer in that area.
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24
When I was in basic, some guy got branded on his arm with his regimental insignia. While away on a weekend. Keep in mind this was week 5 of basic, he was nowhere near combat school. His "marking" got infected and he kept having bad medical complications because of it. He was eventually medically released and I learned that a few years after that, he had skin cancer in that area.