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Welcome to the Boot Camp Challenge, an interactive story designed to take you through some of the thrills and spills of military basic training.

To refresh your memory, or if this is your first time with Joe, you may wish to work your way through the previous episodes (it's not a good idea to be thrown into boot camp on the second day of training. Almost guaranteed to get you noticed).

For the sake of simplicity, our adventure takes place in a hypothetical near-future, where members of all the services (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard) attend the same military boot camp. While this is a work of fiction, actual situations, scenarios, and experiences have been used from all of the current U.S. Military basic training courses. Your task, in this and future episodes, will be to successful navigate your way to completion.

The Shower

"Out! Out! Out! Out of the shower! Stop wasting my water! Do you think Uncle Sam's got nothing better to spend the tax payer's money on, than water for you? Wrap those towels around your waist and get out here!"

You line up with the rest of the recruits, bare feet standing in small puddles on the cold tile floor. Staff Sergeant Fear walks slowly up and down the line.

"All right, herd, drop the towels."

You:

	Say "Huh?" and hold on tight to your towel
	Allow the Towel to Drop to your Feet