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Boot Camp is the easiest thing you'll do in your career

The only easy day is yesterday...

@@G59stev Why the fuck does everyone think like this? Boot Camp was easily more difficult than MCT. Not only was MCT half of the length, but you also typically got weekend liberty.

that’s why you join the air force😎

Oh don’t worry, it gets so much worse

Ever since my DD-214 reached drinking age, I don’t see much of it anymore. I think it’s turned into an alcoholic.

@@brianb.1883 I need to put mine in a gold plated picture frame and hang it up on the wall 😂

What's a DD214? Oh I forgot, it's a yellowing piece of paper stored with my family trust documents.

Same. Only difference is I was Army.

Got mine turned into a blanket

I got there in 2008. All of my SOI instructors had a ton combat experience and many had purple hearts. It was damn good training learning from those guys, especially since we would be in the same situations they had been in, a year later.

Same here 2006 I loved it I couldn't wait to be done with boot camp to do the real training. Best time of my life.

Unheard of nowadays. All it is now (at least in IMC) is just hazing and fuck fuck games.

The marines are fun til u hit the fleet lol

Yeah that stuff still happens off camera. But this is just a holding company, not the actual schooling

The s*** didn't stop for 4 years + 6 months of involuntary extension. Glad I got out, got an education and joined the USAF Reserve.

@@XJarhead360 Yup, I did 3 of the worst years of my life at the stumps. Fuck that shit, I've considered reinlisting in to the Guard but I'm fat and drive trucks for a living now lol.

@P Mar it's the west cost they're all girls hahahahahaba

@P Mar PI was a dump that's facts. But historically speaking PI is THE Marine Corp Boot Camp. Of course MCRDSD looks nicer and has better stuff. But at the end of the day PI Marines have a special pride in being PI Marines that the boys out in Hollywood don't understand. There no inferiority complex there. Maybe a tinge of envy because we didn't get to go to a MLB game or anything like that and the island is so isolated that the drive back home after graduation feels surreal.

I bet all of those privates were wishing they were lances so they could yell at him for not knowing his place lol. The cycle continues.

@@iPwnR 😂 exact thoughts, the hunger begins

😂😂😂😂

Or in boot camp when some boot who is 2 weeks ahead of you grabs a little power

Power man , even jarheads can’t get enough of it .. Semper Fi brother 🇺🇸

I remember getting asked if I wanted to do a stint at the Pentagon as a SSG. Yeah an E-6 why would I want to be less than a PVT somewhere.

Yep that's sucks

Now that's leadership. Rah

That is solid leadership right there.

Course you're still treated as a boot until the next cycle of replacement comes. I was a boot for a year lol. Corporals and and sgts kept calling me boot" Semper fi

That MCT nipple tipping ain't the Fleet, you ought to know that come on its a division of SOI .

Excuse me but can someone please tell me what a supply dolly is? Thank you.

Michael Sakran lol!

Michael Sakran that’s pretty smart hahaha

Michael Sakran lmao I went to Lejeune as a boot. Landed in Charlotte and got on a little prop job to Jacksonville. It was about 2am in a thunderstorm. There was 6 of us on the flight. We didn't think we were going to make it. We finally landed and I went to a phone booth to call a cab. This was in 88 so the phonebook was the only way. The cabs listed their fees in the phone book to base. I found one that said it was a limo service and the price was the same as a cab. I said hell I may as well go in style. I called and he showed up quick. It was a 1960s hippy van complete with flowers and all. I rolled into Lejeune wet tired and not giving a fuck lol. Semper Fi brother

Fucking priceless lol.

Sgt Gomez sounds like a shitbag that lacked the Marine Corps values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment. You should have throat punched his ass for taking advantage of young Marines who he is supposed to be mentoring.

Same with ait in the army we just don’t get called trainees

SOI is no different bud.

Oh I was there for like 5 months total bro. Spent 3 months waiting to pickup for ITB. Shit was packed and wild as fuck

Mct isn’t that bad. Wait till you knock IMC

A Marine career is basically one long boot camp.

😂Yeah, no kidding! Except you're referred to as Marine from then on and not a long string of expletives that usually include deriding your mother😃

Jon Luther No expletives? Where did you serve? 😂

@@afcgeo882 😂yeah, what was I thinking?!

At least they have the EGA and are called Marine...in addition to other things. 😏

Same all this woke BS plus no more deployments just MEUs and UDPs

@@communismisgarbage what’s your mos?

Hell no! Glad I retired back in 2015.

Yeah now training with the bitches .I went in in 1979 no bitches back then and no easy ride at all

Plus, it was a lot easier to run when I was 165 lbs. Today, at 220, I can still run, but it takes a lot more effort. ;) Of course, due to age-normalizing, I might get someone to cut me some slack for being 60.

yeah...im sure running 10 plus miles a day will do it to ya' smh...

I spent time on both Camp Pendleton and Camp Lejeune. From the mountains to the swamp. Semper Fi, Marines.

My amazing ex (23 yrs married since being kids with kids) was at Pendleton for MCT. He was at MCRD SD for Boot, then he went to a form of training to be a SAR swimmer and Crew chief. It wasn’t his MOS. His MOS was done at MCAS New River off of Lejeune. Jacksonville was a great place to live in 98. But when we were sent to MCAS Cherry Point out by Morehead and New Bern, somehow that was home for the next 8 years. His last 2 years before choosing to not re-inlist was in Va Beach. I have the utmost respect for everyone who has gone through the discipline and training that you all did. I wanted to go right behind him. After giving birth to our son, I was still amazing physical condition. He was all for it. It was my dad who didn’t like the idea of two Marines living under one roof raising babies together. So I went on to become a Funeral Director. Some say Mortician, some say Funeral Director. We did very well having been teenagers raising two kids. We also broke that teen parent generational curse. ❤

If you all were at Cherry Point in 98’ we (your husband) and me probably served in the same squadron. I was all-Pedro and spent a brief time swimming and flying but the C9’s there nearly broke me. Daycrew to nightcrew and back all in the same week. Was part of the job though. I just got a whole mess of questions from VA about being at New River/Lejeune etc. and the water contamination issues.

I got a packet from the Pentagon about that which was slightly terrifying when I checked my mail; I did my best to impress no one at Lejeune, but the Big Boys knew my address after all that time, anyway.

Yeah . It’s supposed to simulate checking in to the fleet 🤣

@@rvasquez6870 I didn't even have to wear my alphas in the fleet bc aviation maintenance is a whole ass autoshop

You always check into your new duty stations in Charlies

@@balthazarbratt8194 yeah but nobody even looked us over, we just got there and ripped it off

Because of covid we were able to wear out camies for both checking into mct and mos school. I haven't worn my alphas since the battalion commanders inspection. And that was almost 3 months ago.

Yeah when I went through SOI, (school of infantry) in 04. SOI is for grunts, MCT is for pogs

Grunts go to Infantry Training Battalion (ITB). POGs go to Marine Combat Training (MCT).

@@SuicidePar i stand corrected. Thank you. I actually forgot it's ITB

@@SuicidePar Back in '92, the 03's had to go through both. What a waste of time. We called MCT, fourth phase. Or, Marine Custodial Training.

Hey Steve i was also MCRD in 1963 i went in on my 17th. B Day, and yea we called it 2nd. ITR !!! Boy those were some really Shitty days, But would never trade those Times for anything !!! Semper FI Man !!! Keep your Powder Dry !!!

@@rogerhegemier8491 Semper Fi Brother…fond memories now…not so much back then!

Only the grunts go through ITR everyone else goes through Marine Combat Training or MCT

Yes. School of Infantry, Marine Combat Training. Those with Combat MOS go to Infantry Training Battalion.

How the fuck did you go through both?

@@matth3708 SOI is School of Infantry which is divided into MCT or ITB.

@@irockz281982 MCT is not SOI. I went through in 2008. POGs don’t get to say that they went through SOI.

@@matth3708 well, sorry you think that way there motivator. But that's the truth.

Yeah, I guess on very technical terms, your right, but ITB is your infantry training battalion. Nobody says I went through “infantry training battalion.” Motivator? Shut your POG ass up.

Michael Ryerson -- did it in 1964. It was called basic infantry training (BIT) In the infantry training regiment (ITR). Our entire recruit platoon along with two other platoons from our recruit series were in the same company. Everyone including 03 and all the others trained together for this basic indoctrination. Once BIT was over we all went on our first leave with orders to our first duty station. 03's came back to Pendleton for advanced infantry training. Things have changed in 50+ years. I admit I do not miss little agony. The first time we went up that hill people were taking off to the side puking, gasping for breath and at the top all the instructors were standing around like they had gone for a five minute walk on flat ground. You would think nearly 300 Marines fresh out of boot camp would have made a better show of the climb. Semper Fi

Yeah, that all sounds about right. The instructors kept threatening that we'd do the hill with our footlockers but that never happened. But we did it with full 782 gear in a frigging driving wind storm, and fast. Lotta puking and wheezing. Semper Fi.

San Onofre was infantry training after book camp in 65......

Never heard anyone talk about boot camp in the 60s.Did you go to Vietnam when you finished training?

@@michaelryerson1315 -- I forgot all about the footlocker threat. They did the same thing to us. We didn't do the footlocker climb either but yeah, 782 gear and rifles up that hill, over that hill, around that hill, and some more that are not for a family oriented site. :-)

America 81 hooah

Wow you actually enjoyed your time in the navy?!😂😂

I liked the Navy they always got us where we Wanted to go, sometimes when we Got there it wasn't so Nice. There was always some ass Holes shooting at us, so we had put a Fnn stop to that shit !!!! Than the Navy would take our Asses somewhere else, yep same Shit Different Day !!!

Lucky bastard lol

We didn't get boot leave till after ITR at San Onofre, Pendleton. It was still boot camp just advanced infantry training. You were still a hoot even after you got assigned to your unit for about six months you would get harassed, blanket parties and crap like that. Then eventually you were accepted as a Marine that was back in 1963 when the Corps still had brown leather and wool greens, and cool looking utilities not like the crap they have now.

Scott Kazmer probably because the cameras were there. I remember MCT being a month long haze fest with all of our instructors being disgruntled assholes for no reason.

Cornelio Martinez I am not sure when you went through. But it seemed to get better when they made it a B billet. I was there as there were working towards that. I got the MOS and a little extra pay. The ribbon came after I left though. 2005-2008 at Pendleton is when I was an instructor.

yeah I was there around september-october 2009, F Co.

Cornelio Martinez right on. I started in golf but became a primary instructor after about a year.

Scott Kazmer because they’re pogs.

yea i was wondering about that too, when did females start doing mct at west coast?

2018

Cody Flies when the liberals thought it was a great idea to allow women to have a 03xx mos.

linemanup I don’t think that’s the case, because they go to both now rather than just East. Really has nothing to do with combat jobs.

almighty_salt or politics for that matter

Kill.

Was about to post an angry rant, then I remembered that I got out years ago and have no plans of ever joining again

Some of my buddies are buried in national cemeteries. You can salute them at the Vietnam Wall. "Only the dead know the end of war," Voltaire.

He's actually being nice compared to drill instructors, during this phase we are still in student status meanijg we earned our title but are not fully trained yet so these combat instructors still need to have a stern way of instructing their Marines

hikes are the easy part. it's when those green tracers come at their noses and they are curled up in a hole crying and your kid is next to her and she puts the whole unit in a bad pile of #&%* people will die. that poor grunt is at the bottom of the pecking order. they follow orders and fight and die. give em a chance.

Hikes???? They're called "Humps"....lol

MCT was added in the 80's, short month long combat training before going to first duty station.

It is no longer the Marine Corps.

@@jimterrell828 I would have to agree!

I graduated in 1990. Good old 3rd. Bn. Parris Island. I have to agree as well. It's still the Marine Corps just a softer version. Sad to see. My thoughts only so, those that plan the training methods, I believe, have never been on the wrong end of an AK-47 or fight some extremely motivated (Somalis in my case) people trying to stab and beat us to death. Boot camp needs to hard. For the recruits, they have earned my respect if he or she graduates. They have no choice in how they get trained. You completely agree with ya.

16 mm mortars? God, The Corps has gone soft.

Richard A. Valdes they call you Marines after the Crucible.

The OLD CORPS we NCOS also carried "Swager Sticks" back then. A tradition I was sad to see go. We shined our shoes and the bills of our covers using real shoe wax with the help of Tree Wax. I used so much Brazo I can still remember the smell of the stuff. We would see zippers into Trops so that they could be worn extra tight, to show off our well formed bodies. So many fine memories that I wouldn't trade, E3 was hot shit back in the day. E4 ran the Company , E5 was God's right hand.

P.C CRAP Obamas Work! Why are women wearing men's uniforms? I know I know! B.S

Brian Harris lol as always it’s Obama’s fault 😂

November 10, 1775, Philadelphia. The first man signs his paperwork to enlist in the Continental Marines and steps outside. The second does the same. The first walks over and puts his arm around the second's shoulders. "So, let me tell you about the old Corps."

Woman can be deadly with a weapon. some of the most deadliest snipers in history were woman Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko was credited with 309 confirmed kills on the eastern Front in WWII. making her one of the most deadly snipers to ever live.

@@Lupinthe3rd. you tried...

KingDT2007 r/wooosh

Since fuckin when did female marines go to mct at Camp Pendleton?

You were a douchebag then and you still are now....so no - things haven't changed

Welcome home brother

Thanks, you to Semper Fi.

@@Mikeschmidt61 WOW! Mount MF! Haven't heard that name in a while! With crutches?????? You, Mike, are the Old Breed!!! Semper Fi!

Sam P. Thx Semper Fi

Glad you made it Back Home Semper FI Marine !!!!!

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Well I mean... 3 years isn’t a long time... lol

Lol

Yeah I was already very disenfranchised from the marine corps about half way through boot. This place is an absolute shithole

3 year!!! Fuck try 20 Bubba.

Stew Padasso. How many washin machines worked then?

What was your mos? I'm pretty sure we had no boots on the ground in Iraq in 01. Especially ones that graduated from MCT.

Iraq was 2003

@@dickburt69 yeah I think he got it mixed up.

Uhm, Afghanistan? And why would mct be your proudest moment, it’s a 2 week course with no banter. How does that trump the 3 month hell of boot? I smell bs

@@lewycrabtree8259 Me too, there was only around 500 Marines on the ground in Nov/Dec 2001. Posers must love the glory of RU-vid comments..

"For some reason"

I'll bet the enemy does too.

@@gmaqwert 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

What duh hell 🤔

77musica - Was that dead or alive!?...

That’s where I’m headed how is it like. I kind of regret getting stuck with comms, should’ve been an infantryman.

@@dynamitelui you can still end up with a grunt unit. My first duty was with Comm Center Hq 3rd Mardiv/III MAF(MEF) . Camp Courtney. Great beach on Kim bay.

Comm school was still at San Diego before 1969-----and was moving up to the Stumps in 1970 and '71 when I was stationed there.

@@dennisplatte7506 my cousin Jimmy was in comm school in 68 then to the Stumps also 9th comm Bn. Jimmy went to Nam for 2 tours.68-71

It is POG life 💪🏾

The names have changed over the years. Was ITR and BITS when I went thru. Less than 10% of Marines are in 300 MOS's-----or in the infantry field. All get over 4 weeks of infantry training though. 90% plus POG's. Takes a lot of men to keep the infantry going. Used to be about 7 to 1------and now closer to 9 to 1.

"Takes you back"? You're still a cherry boot, get back to work

Calm down boot, put in the time, then you can talk shit.

I was wondering the same shit.

Long ass time ago

Lol, you being sarcastic? Hahaha

A boot you are and a boot you will remain for some time!

No shit...you aint salty until after your first pump

Lol obviously you have never been to MCT. We were Marines and we had a tad bit of respect but basically we were still treated like up graded recruits.

People said the same about giving women and black people voting rights... just saying.....

Agree, was not in USMC, was Army, went to leadership school for Sergeants at Fort Ord, CA in Monterey, CA, we had a couple girls in this school that went to the field with us. We did many missions, one particular at night I was in charge of Alpha and Bravo squads the two girls falling way behind couldn't carry their rucksacks...I ran back grabbed her rucksack to carry and another soldier took the other girls ruck....always bad idea to mix women and guys....just my opinion. Peace!!

@@spearofconquest Well that turned out pretty bad so yeah.....................

@@spearofconquest lol there's always that one guy that makes that comparison. Such a leftist talking point that's not even the same

ProjecthuntanFish 😂😂😂

Had a female as my platoon leader, imagine how stupid that was. Couldn't even use our poncho liners in the cold without her telling us something. It was pretty funny when a terminal corporal told her to shut her mouth for once though.

Tun Tavern, November 10, 1775. The first man signs his contract to enlist in the Continental Marines and steps outside. The second man does the same. The first walks over and to the second and says, "So let me tell you about the old Corps." 🙄

@@davidwarner3326 Sorry if it's a bit shocking that its become less and less hard to earn the title.. What's this I hear of sensitivity training and white privilege being taught?

@@Chris-gc1hw, did you suffer frostbite in Korea or endure mustard gas in WWI? I'm guessing no. Did you wear a wool uniform in combat? Again, probably not. I left December '93 and our DI's reminded us over and over how easy we had it because of "Mothers of America." Realize that you are bagging on the 11 Marines who were just killed because they didn't deserve the title like you did. Peace out, Marine.

@@davidwarner3326 Did you?

MCRD San Diego trains female and male recruits now

@@Justme-g7t I graduated from Parris Island in 1985. 3rd Battalion I Company Plt 3314. We had WM'S but they didn't train with male Marines. You mean to tell me the Marine Corps is unisex in boot camp? And WM'S can be in a combat MOS? Wow, times have certainly changed. Having WM'S in combat is totally irresponsible. What is the Corp thinking? Good grief!

I thought grunts went to SOI

@@poppa4178 MCT is part of SOI too. ITB is what the grunts go through, for about two months.

@@poppa4178 only after MCT...

@@eustace8520 No, MCT was it's own separate type of fuckery. We called it SOI back in 1990, before that it was called ITB, so they tell me. 0331 here....

Arrived PI in Aug of '62 and after 13 weeks our senior DI finally called us Marines as we boarded the bus for MCT Lejeune.

Same targets, same distances. New guys just get ACOGs' now. Same Tables. Same scoring system. More people get Expert now. Almost everyone, but the Coaches are generally very good at their jobs. All Marines genuinely get good at shooting. It's expected that everyone gets it now.

Why is that?

cammed c6 life. When I was in Iraq in 2005 some females were KIA from roadside bombs. I believe transport unit not to sure exactly. They were brave and died honorably. As far as combat they couldn’t carry there weight. Not strong enough, not fast enough, not able to drag fallen marines to fall back points. Not saying all women I know some could. But majority no.

@@HailMich That doesn't mean that females shouldn't be combat trained. Most females can't carry their weight but when shit hits the fan you wouldn't want her hiding either.

IPlayFooFee I respect that. Honestly I dont think they should be there in the first place. Should be like all previous conflicts with them as nurses, doctors, and other medical services. That’s where there skills shine are most appreciated.

Tre Everett Says the boot

AmnScottNN actually I've done my four I just never bothered to change the picture. Soooo....yeahhhh

Tre Everett naw ur a fucking boot

We were all boots once.. but one thing some of never were?.. POGs.. LoL..