1-Don't take anything, except for a change of clothes, and a toothbrush. You can get everything else on base.
2- D.I.'s could give a damn what your grandaddy, daddy, or older brother did in the "last one". Keep your mouth shut.
3- Do exactily what they tell you to do. No more, No less.
4- Listening to someone with stripes may not get you the info you need. Example? The myth about "Shining your boots with steel wool" will get nothing but a statement of charges.
5- Buy one roll of decent toilet paper, carry it to and from the latrine. G.I. toilet paper can double as sandpaper, and you do not want to destroy the waldorf on the roll.
6-DO NOT pass up the following opportunities.
Free food.
Free beer
Chance to "relieve yourself".
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