Triumph in Adversity: Basic Training Story 4422

We are standing at attention in the barracks, at our bunks. The drill sergeants are tossing our lockers one at a time. Somebody stole a drill sergeant's hat, and they are going to find it. I'm thinking, "Who is dumb enough to steal a DS hat?"They're smoking one in five guys for having a disorganized locker, but they want that hat.By the time they get to my locker, there's two guys bear crawling around the bunks in gas masks. Everyone else is in the front leaning rest.I spin the combination, and they open it. There is a giant Brown Round DS Hat right in the middle of MY locker.I'm thinking, "WTF??? HOW THE... hell?"Never. Leave. Your Locker. Unsecured.Half of those guys still think I stole it.