Golf Company recruits meet their Drill Instructors on Black Friday, Aug. 26. Follow Sgt. Frasier through the bootcamp experience at www.transformationofmarines.wordpress.com
you know....Drill instructors are really nice people.They'll cuddle you in at night and take you to the best beach on earth which is "the pit". Every Drill instructor cares about you so they take you there to have some fun in the sand.
I was one of those clowns sitting on the floor almost 24 years ago. What an experience getting to relive that memory through RU-vid. Thank you for posting this.
The way he stormed off back into the office and slammed the door shut behind him really got me as he was really calm in comparison to other DIs when giving the speech!
Nobody will ever be more invested in the success and graduation of the recruits than his drill instructor. The drill instructors are tough, but fair, and are men who will not let a recruit down. If you WANT to be a Marine, and you give it all you've got, your drill instructors will be the ones who push you over the top to make sure you pin on the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, with pride.
I remember this speech like it was yesterday and the only thing running through my head was "fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" then the door slams shut and it gets real.
I graduated from G company platoon 2156. Ill never forget that day. The looks on every single one of our faced will be forever engraved in my brain. 8/22/11 - 11/18/11. Oorah to all my brothers from 2156.
I just graduated from Parris Island on Friday. I was in G Company platoon 2081. I started and ended on the exact same days as you. Only 11 years later. 8/22/22 - 11/18/22
I will never forget that day. I still remember my Drill Instructor's names: Sgt. Mathews, Sgt. Neminger, and Sgt. Williams. They are the Marines that made me who I am today. (Sorry Sgt. Neminger if I didn't spell your name correctly)
If you are unable to pass the IST, the recruiter isn't supposed to send you, but they still do sometimes. When I was there in '97, there was a special platoon for IST fails called PCP (physical conditioning platoon) where you will stay and work out almost every day until you can pass the IST. Believe me, between PCP and the training platoon, they will get you there. The physical part will be worked out both though exercise and special nutritional meals (I had those and they were still good).
The stopped just as the fun was about to start! Almost makes me miss the fun. But then I always said if I had a chance I'd go back. Knowing what you know as a Marine would make the first part of Recruit Training..... interesting.
People used to ask me what i thought the hardest part of BT at MCRD was. ...Having to listen to those planes take off, I would always suffer knowing that they were full of people going to go see their family, and go take a vacation.
I remember 4th of July weekend. I remember hitting the rack at 9 and fire works going off. Some dud was crying! You miss everything when you are in bootcamp!
Its been 34 years since I sat on that floor and I still remember the names of my DI's. Senior DI SSgt Batista, DI Sgt Barksdale, and DI SGt Ridder. i can see their and hear their voices. That's when shit got real! haha
it's such a nice warm welcome/ then daddy goes into his HUT! and his evil lil brothers destroy us lil step children until we cry and bleed and fart and whimper.. and then magically our daddy sometimes makes appearances and the evil step brothers are sort of passive and quiet... but then he LEAVES AGAIN and disappears back into his hut of silence and those evil step brothers of ours taunt us and yell @ us some more, but then 13 weeks later DADDY TELLS US THAT WERE NOW APART OF THE FAMILY!.... AND THAT THE EVIL STEP BROTHERS ARE NOW OUR ACTUAL BROTHERS IN ARMS!!!! and from here foreword we've earned the right to be called MARINES!!!!!!!! and we will never again be called STEP BROTHERS! BUT NOW CALLED MARINES!!!! GET SOME!
Right? Perhaps the drill instructors will make you dump all your shit in the middle of the squad bay and pour smell good and Listerine all over it--and just when you think hell couldn't be any worse, daddy will drop in to say hi, squared the fuck away with black belt and creases (the way he sleeps) and go weapons hot on those fucking drill instructors for being disrespectful.
Black Friday, aboard MCRD Parris Island, SC, was, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the SINGLE WORST day of my life-before or since. It was the loudest, longest, strangest, most grueling experience I'd had up to that point in my life...Nearly twenty years have passed and I still remember every detail-most importantly the EGA Ceremony after completing BWT and the Crucible and being called a Marine for the first time. BEST DAY EVER and WORTH EVERY MINUTE! SEMPER FI!
I was 2nd Btn Golf Co 2146. That’s the same squad bay and Lieutenant we had. This must have been the cycle right after mine. Sgt Havenar was also our Kill Hat. That man was a beast.
I think what transpires right after that ceremony is more verbal assault than abuse. The fates of a lot of men in my platoon were decided in the first 20 minutes. That shit was brutal.
Power walk! That speed that is faster than a walk, yet slower than a jog...love it. And in some strange way, I miss MCRD San Diego. Guess I need 2 have my head examined!
Good Ol' Forming Day 1...Will never forget this Day as My Senior went back into the DI Hut and our 4 Green Belts went Nutz Throwing Footlockers and Introducing us to the Corps...The Quarterdeck and Pit Session didn't get Introduced until 2 Days Later and then once Training Day 1 Commenced Pain was Placed in our Bodies Real Nice! 1999 was long ago and I'm blessed I went into the Corps.
A Chief Drill instructor is the same as a Series Gunnery Sergeant. The term "Chief Drill Instructor" is used at MRCD San Diego while the term "Series Gunnery Sergeant" is used at MCRD Parris Island.
He is actually a staff sergeant now. he was my drill master for bootcamp. you salute when you report in, or in his case his billet is so hi, so when they gave him an order to take charge the saluted
When I went through bootcamp the Chief DI Ssgt Willis was my Senior, and Senior DI Ssgt Jackson was my J-Hat, and DI Ssgt Arellano was my Kill Hat, and my Prac hat was DI Sgt Felix, (DI Sgt Felix is not in this video), in platoon 2149 year 2011. Although I will never miss my Drill Instructors, they will always have my greatest respect for the things they have taught and given me in my life that will never forget. Semper Fi
Yes. When the time for swim qual comes, their are instructors there to help teach you how to swim. There are multiple chances to pass so don't worry if you don't make it the first time.
OOH-FREAKIN-RAH motivated Golf Company hard-chargers!! Platoon 2082 grad here..! We graduated on the same day! If your arrival date was August 10 (mine was Aug. 9, 1988), we were in Receiving together! Per the graduation book for our Series, we commenced training on Aug. 17, 1988, and in the weeks that followed we got to enjoy running in the sun, splashing in the pool, walks along the beach, target shooting, and nature hikes & camping in the hills of Camp Pendleton! (>_^) Good times! Semper Fi!
SDI SSGT JACKSON!! Platoon 2156 of Golf Company, if I recall right, i was on the left side of the space. His favorite words to us were " You're either gonna be smart and disciplined, or fast and strong." Boot camp sucked, but the memories will last me a lifetime. The other DIs were SSGT Arellano, Sgt Havenaugh (i think thats how its spelled) and I cant remember my Kill hat's name, which is weird since he taught us almost everything we know. And also his marching cadence was unmatchable.
SSgt Jackson (now GySgt) was Lead Series Chief Drill Instructor and SSgt Arellano was my Senior Drill Instructor for the second half of the cycle. Plt 2154. I am convinced we were the most undisciplined platoon in Golf Company.
If you mean to join the Marine Corps then you have to be at least 17 to join the DEP or Delayed Entry Program which I highly encourage. I did it for a year 06-07. June 11th, 2007 two weeks upon graduation from H/S I went to Bootcamp. You learn a lot in the DEP and a lot in life through the Marine Corps. Contact a recruiter ASAP.
Not sure where you went through, but we were screamed at, intimidated, and everything else right from the second the receiving DI stepped on the bus and "informed" us that we needed to get off his buss and on to the little yellow footprints. That was in '97. That started on day one for our Company. We were never quaterdecked or pitted, but we certainly knew we were in boot camp right from Receiving.
When you have served your country and can have an honest, well deserved opinion. Raise your sons and daughters to be understanding and loving Americans..Proud and true blood stains the soil we call home..
That's the way it's always been, cutie. In medieval times the peasants fought to protect the nobles and kings. It's always been that way. And always will be.
A recruit who held at least c/E-7 in their high school jrotc unit, or had 2+ years in that unit, will be granted LCpl. upon graduation of MCRT, and VERY rarely, (this has never happened at my school, but we have heard about it) if you were the cadet CO, and the honor grad at boot camp, you will graduate as full corporal, and ive only seen that once. -Sincerely, Cadet P03 Wrenn
