Trainees high crawl through the mud on an obstacle course during Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. The nine-week course designed to transform young American volunteers into Soldiers.

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New recruits undergo plenty of exercise to install discipline -- and sometimes as punishment. (Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin/Coast Guard) You probably won't be court-martialed in basic ...