Almost halfway through basic and leaving the mess hall with my buddy, I had grabbed a handful of cookies before walking out the door. Walking back to our barracks with my right hand full of cookies and one cookie in my left hand, from out of nowhere the commanding officer was walking straight at us.

My buddy throws the commanding officer a salute and I do too, but since my right hand was full of cookies, I used my left hand. Well, even though it was getting dark, the commanding officer saw that. He yelled at me and my buddy (sorry) and made us both do push-ups until our arms fell off.

I never ever threw a left-handed salute again.