I would quickly be in trouble because the head D.I.'s barrage of scream-babbling commands in this video is unintelligible to me. I would much rather be in SSgt Nichols' training group - he is very firm and demanding, but very articulate and sensible-in-context.
I can’t find the video for some reason now but I actually know one of the DI from the video, he would often tell me we don’t yell we just speak an a higher octave than most
Morning times in the military... dead ass asleep then the lights go on and it's just pure screaming to get up and get ready for morning PT in about 5 minutes. It's such a head f*ck.
And this is watered down because cameras are there. A famous quote that almost all Soldiers say of the basic for the army. We Marines don’t care about a worthless camera
Stupid dumbasses, who don´t have anything but a rank and the license to yell !!! Too stupid to do a civil job. Too stupid operate a truck, an excavator or a bulldozer. Too stupid to flip burgers. Too stupid to write their own names properly. Stupid brainless yellers !!!
Marines. The only branch of the US Military that you do not want to become soft. Because everyone fears the Marines. Hell the Marines are so scary that even PETA asked them to stop drinking Cobra Blood. And yes you did hear me right. PETA asked the United States Marine Corp to stop drinking Cobra Blood during their survival training. And will the Marines stop drinking cobra blood. Hell no. They will drink more cobra blood right in front of PETA. Because Fuck You I'm a Marine.
I tend to find it irritating that these moto clips always have ridiculous "epic" orchestral tracks layered in. Like what the actual experience isn't intense enough for itself? It makes me think of the video on US army basic training versus USMC bootcamp. The implication was that Marine Recruits have it harder, but all of the army footage was actual footage versus the Marine footage just being slow-mo clips of DI's shouting while lux eterna plays over it. But making such cheesy presentation decisions almost cheapens what you're seeing. It just makes boot camp look ridiculous. It would honestly be better without the soundtrack.
Hated every minute of it but I’m proud of every second. October 1,1965 till September 30,1969. Plt.194 USMC San Diego (Hollywood Marine). As you drive down the street you will see the Marine Corps flag along the way. Not to under rate the other branches of the service but you never see their flag.Sempre Fi, always proud.
Our pick up day started at the old WWII wooden barracks in the hell hole that was called Receiving in '75 on Parris Island. They marched/walked us asshole to belly button with our full sea bags all the way to 3rd Battalion. We were literally asshole to bellybutton the entire way, just a big mob. It was humiliating and we were exhausted by the time we got there. I don't remember anything else other than all the foot locker and bunk inspections that went on through the nite. We couldn't do anything to their satisfaction and it was mass PT followed by thrown foot lockers and dumped mattresses and do it all over again. When they finally put us down for the nite I lay there thinking OMFG what have i gotten myself into, i can never do this for 13 weeks. I slowly talked myself down and finally decided to just get some sleep and face what came in the morning. I was just starting to drift off when I heard a blood curdling scream and saw a recruit run by my rack at full speed screaming. I then heard a loud BANG!!! as he had run into the rear metal fire door. He then stood up and still screaming ran the length of the squad bay and BANG!!! ran full speed into the other door. By then the lights were on and two fully dressed DI were up along with one his boxers/tee (and cover)...by then everyone was up in their bunks watching...the DI's got to him and started trying to get him under control but he was a big guy and was fighting back...it looked like the cartoon fights where all you see is a whirling ball of faces and fists...the DI's beat the crap out of him and then two drug him away. The third DI in boxers and cover just walked back to his hutch and screamed "Now Stay the Fuck in your Racks!!!" and lights were out again...I laid back down and thought...Well welcome to Parris Island.
lol...I went thru P.I. in '75 and back then when they called school circle you'd get in the circle standing and then they'd give you the Reeeady SEATS! command and you'd have to drop right down onto your ass (yep on the concrete floor). If they didn't like how you dropped you'd get the "Get up" and do it again...Reeeeady SEATS!!! It was great fun, especially right after getting the tetanus shots in your ass...that brought a smile to the D.I.'s faces. From watching the modern boot videos that is the biggest difference I see, today it is just softer whereas back in the day it was just a damn cruel place to be for 13 weeks and three days.
To marines out there: are the drill instructors acting different in front of the camera? From other videos people always say they are a lot worse without the camera
Nope. I would say for the first month they are on you like that constantly and you cannot do anything correctly. They ease up some as time goes by but not much. Our Senior Drill Instructor chewed us out on graduation morning, told us he hated us all and if any of us tried to shake his hand after graduation he would punch us in the face.
Brian, this is just a small view of what happens daily. You won't know unless you go or have been there. It's intense from the moment you get off the bus. It does ease up a little once you're on the 1st floor and ready to graduate.
At ft Benning our army drill sergeants didn’t wake us up every morning. Maybe they did the first morning or two but after that they smoked that crap out of us if we didn’t all get to PT formation on time. They made it our responsibility right away to wake our selves up as a team or else their was hell to pay. This was mid 90s also so our basic wasn’t much different than MCRD when it came to IT. Heck we even got smoked the first week with our bath towels on or in the shower 😂
That brings me back my basic training days! You do things there that you don't nowhere else. It's a crazy time and very scary. But after you finish boot camp you understand that the drill instructor has just Few weeks to make you a marine no matter where you came from or what you know. They break you down and then they build you up.
You'd had to have been a part of it to understand what is being said. That said, that's not a language. There are no words. It's just 110% speed and a lot of context. Very rarely do they say an actual word when they are going batshit crazy.
