What was the overall mood like at your group physical exams?

Was it tense and awkward, casual and lighthearted, or quiet and perfunctory?

It depended on when it was done. The first I remember was in school at the age of nine. For me it was routine as my father and I had yearly exams together since I was five.

Later in 7th through 12th grade they were more lighthearted after all we had been changing in the locker rooms for some time.

The intake for the military was a lot more somber. Not because of the exam but because there was a war going on and it was the height if the draft.

It has always been a mix of curiosity and tension. The group exams I received in high school and college always required me to strip to briefs along with the others and to then be standing in front of the doc while others stood on line waiting. At some point, usually pretty soon, the briefs came off as the doc inspected my genitals and when older (college sports) would do a DRE.