First Two Hours of Boot Camp

[Marc.Knight]

First Two Hours of Boot Camp

http://youtu.be/Fm2mPhp3b60

[wr250]

A LETTER FROM A FARMER, NOW AT CAMP PENDLETON

Dear Ma and Pa;

Am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for the old man by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before maybe all of the places are filled. I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m., but am getting so I like to sleep late.

Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing. Men got to shave but it is not so bad, there is warm water.

Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc..., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food. But tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit between boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you till noon, when you get fed again. It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much.

Marches, which the Platoon Sergeant says are long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it is not my place to tell him different. It is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys gets sore feet and we all ride back in trucks. The country is nice but awful flat. The Sergeant is like a schoolteacher. He nags some.

The Capt. is like the school board. Majors and Colonels just ride around and frown. They don't bother you none.

This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk and don't move. And it ain't shooting at you, like the Higgett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in boxes.

Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.

Your loving daughter, Gail

[nextgen.fm]

Well the way I see it...you need some sort of weeding out process!!!

The sooner the better !

and let's be honest, they were giving the guy in the pink shirt a hard time!

[FightTheFuture]

My 80 year old mother could make it through today's post-modern PC version of "boot camp."


AND be meritoriously advanced.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Since when are Non-Coms addressed as 'sir?'

[VtaGeezer]

You mean to tell me that everyone's bus didn't arrive at the induction ctr in the middle of the night???

[Wintermute]

Some people crack and the first 2-3 weeks are total hell for them. Others, just hold back their laughter, stay cool, and just do what their told the best way they know how. The fact is that it doesn't matter if you do everything correct on the first day, week, or month. They yell, get in your face and try to push your buttons. They find any little thing to get you on. And they get everyone... not equally, but no one slides by.

Most of these videos (there are a lot of them) are what they are: edited to make "the reality" look a specific way. After 4 weeks, things lighten up. It's gradual. Those kids that consume the pressure, act and take it all in stride are the solid ones. The ones that are shocked, crack, whatever, are fostered back into reality by their classmates and usually one, very seasoned TI that can turn things on and off at an extremely skilled level.

Reality: Look at how crazy the TI's are acting. How could you not laugh? It's comical. They know it when they are doing it. It's an agreement. I' the TI, will act like a psycho for the next 5 weeks. You, the instructed, will do what I say with your best effort and not laugh. At the end of the day, we all succeed.

Being a TI is a horrible job and the services cycle through a lot of them. Between being overzealous, physically abusive, themselves cracking from being a screaming psycho too long... they roll out to something else. The experience isn't great for anyone involved.

[Marc.Knight]

Since when are Non-Coms addressed as 'sir?'

Marines.