Should we bring back pay day activities?

Depends on what the desired effect is. We do them here and the day starts with a unit run, then ASU inspection and then focused on counseling and other administrative tasks. These are always on a final day of the week, so there is early release per Corps policy. I'd tell you if you were trying to increase discipline and esprit de corps, there are better more effective ways to do so. If you are looking to accomplish the things that are mandated on payday activities, then it sounds like a great idea. One issue with bringing somehting back from "the old days" is that it may not accomplish what it used to accomplish. As someone has already laid out, there was a reason for it back in the day. Today, it's more about the other things that can be set aside and mandated to get done. Always start with the reason why you are doing something...then work backwards. Don't initiate a task simply for the sake of the task thinking it will accomplish something that is implicit to you (the commander)...if you can't articulate what it is going to accomplish...perhaps you are doing things for the wrong reasons.

I'm a fan of payday activities. There are things I need to do during the week that I can't because I'm at work. Getting off a few hours early once in awhile because of payday activities allows me to knock the things out that I normally wouldn't be able to.

I have been in the 82nd fir almost four years and without fail we do payday activities almost every month. Its a day for you to look good in your dress blues do some DNC and then get off by noon. We all complain sometimes but it really isn't that bad.