'Department Store' for Marine Recruits: Shopping at Recruit Exchange Parris Island 

thats why I didnt drink much,ever try to shit quick ?,enough of this Lmao,lol crap,,dickheads,we got bar soap in the navy,not wash gel

My buddy pissed himself during prone on table one and grad practice

Ahhhhhhhhhh☺️

@@reberror7942 couldn't hold it like a champ ehh? Chuck it up! I'd hold it longer without even hydrating myself!

I was in Navy boot camp in Orlando. They called week 5 "work week" when all the recruits got assigned to different parts of base for a week to fulfill jobs. I got assigned to the galley. One guy in there was so nice to us. He would let us take naps between meals and even bummed me smokes in the walk in every now and then. It's the little things! It must be weird working as a civilian at boot camp though.

Yup those scumbags keep most of it. Fuck those funny hatted motherfuckers lol.

LOL

Yep I felt ripped off at the end…. Like you need 80 bottles of soap???

Will never forget when my DI said. “We need soap for the whiskey.” And slid the entire shelf of Dial soap into my basket. We used 2 out if those 6 big bottles and maybe 8 of the 24 smalls for the rest of the cycle lmfao.

I rather someone take it than it go in the trash at great lakes you really couldn't fit anything extra you bought in your seabag so you would end up throwing alot of basic stuff away like mouthwash shampoo deodorant toothpaste only to go buy it again two days later at your next duty station. You would graduate with alot more stuff graduation photos and division clothes and have to put it somewhere.

Milan There's a big difference between "cant" and "chooses not to"

bitch this isn't the army this is the marine corps and the marine corps is broke. not really but we have the lowest budget of any branch

Turns out half the shit you buy goes towards the next cycle

@@RandomRU-vid123 only in some cases, air force cant clear a civilian city safely, nor go door to door serching for the enemy, less you think puttin warheads in some family's living room is the right thing to do bro

@@nathencolberg8294 coast guard calls

And on the seventh day, God rested...leaving the Drill Instructors unsupervised, and no one to protect the recruits. MUAHAHAHA!!!

F U N F A C T S : we used the aftershave to mop the floors

@@elicantu8005 I can still remember the smell of it in the squad bays... doesn't last long though

@@elicantu8005 must've been fun. We had old ratty towels that we washed in the washracks outside, then we grabbed a recruits by the heels and dragged them through the squadbays while they held the towels lol.

@@jeffburnham6611 litty

David DiStefano man i could see it now if a drill instructor heard that. LMAO

You can't say I in boot camp. You have to say this recruit and speak in third person

aaaand you just got yourself destroyed.

David DiStefano Ma’am

It’s all discounted you silly civilian

Spook Stomper 😂😂😂

+Spook Stomper Damnn i'm at basic training in the Canada forces at the moment. We are babied compared to these guys shitttttttt. When we go to the shop to buy supplies theres no order no time restraint just pick your shit up and stand in cashier line.

have fun and don't VR brothah! it gets much easier after week 5

Matthew Martinez I just finished week 4 and now on just finishing Christmas leave. lol Returning to St jean on Jan 8 to continue. So excited to get the C7 when i return on wk 5.!!! Have you finished basic? What trade are you in?

Thanks for your service. Good luck, God bless you, and God bless America!

Chris Brocato Because these are special cashiers. They are trained to work faster

Chris Brocato if you have an Aldi grocery store near you go there. they do it as fast as this. they get payed the big bucks.

Where the champions of Wal-mart and Target go.

People actually work when they are held accountable for their performance.

Jonathan they’re probably former marines themselves

I remember us buying the blue Aqua Velva and blue Listerine and both got put into spray bottles for inspection days. After hygiene time and before getting in our uniforms we'd stop outside the head and get half-ass sprayed in the face and mouth and move on. Nothing like aftershave in the eyes and mouthwash all over a freshly shaved chin.

Bulldog! That stuff was terrible.

@@DSB831 shower thought: Bulldog was absolutely fucking disgusting but we still use it for the wet scuzz mixture

These are marines. Soldier refers to someone in the army

Carson Nidzgorski alright thanks

@@Nekro_bird well they're recruits. They're not marines yet

@@TheJimyyy except they're NOT in the army . Title literally says marine recruits which means they are part of the United States Marine Corps, not the US Army. Those are two different branches And yes I'm aware recruits are still part of the military, but they have NOT earned the title until they graduate. In this case until they receive their EGA is when they officially become marines Don't call other people "kid" when you don't even know what you're talking about.

@@TheJimyyy being in the military doesn't automatically make you a soldier unless you're in the army. If you can't grasp that concept then idk what to tell you

IIRC we never all did the shopping. The DI's would have the scribe (maybe wrong recruit billet) collect x number of chits from the whole platoon as we stood on line with the chits held out. They would then send a few recruits to the PX with a list and chits and each one bought x number of each item. It was all brought back and put in the whiskey locker. The paper chits were in different denominations. We were each given a certain dollar amount when we arrived, and that amount deducted from our pay. I only recall ever going to the PX once.

@@bobt1029 Yeah that's how it played out. I only followed that BS the 1st time around before I realized they're just stuffing the supply locker with stuff and they don't really keep count, they just want enough to get the job done. Ever since that realization, I just stopped buying the DIs shit.

@@bobt1029 One idiot they sent to the PX, got caught tearing a centerfold out of a Playboy magazine. Court Martial and booted him out of the Navy!

Thanks for the info, I’m a poolee and I was scared I had to buy everything on the list or have my guts eaten out by a DI

@@bobt1029 that's how I remember it was well.

aquadragon1 correct

aquadragon1 it's a lot cheaper

yup, you have no choice in the matter....

David Ramey It's the Marine Corps. You don't even see a paycheck until you pass boot. Oh, and we paid for our uniforms as well.

That was not the point my friend.

Three way?

Nah, that's outdated. nowadays most phones can add up to 8 people in one call.

Josh Pierce LMAOOO

Or Walmart! Geez.....

I used to just throw the shit they would put in my basket back when they weren’t looking #IntegrityViolater 😅😂 Oh well, it’s my money.

@@59Fitness In your head while taking a shower you did.

@@DANIAC262 I promise you, I did what I did. I didn’t give a fuck. I’ve had an honorable 5 year Marine Corps Infantry career with a deployment to Afghanistan. I never played those stupid ass games if I didn’t have to.

@@59Fitness haha tight dude. You look cool now

@@59Fitness so if they caught u then what I'm curious

Abby Babby HAHAHAH

So she says she loves you when you order her around?

Mik Moen Yep. She digs me man, we been married like 48 years, something like that.

Someone is whipped =P

The_Desert_Tiger A B S O L U T E L Y, and damn proud to admit it.

Ok Karen

@@Jamezzcrew That joke went over your head buddy.

@@edgardeloera2874 he only said 2 words lol

Manager is ruder

@@neqqs3265 And clearly you dont get what he is referencing, or do you need me to hold your hand and explain?

I was in basic back in 1969 - the only things I remember buying were a can of "Brasso" polish and a can of "Kiwi" shoe polish.

When the DI comes in and is the good guy you know things are screwed up!

I remember that some of the barbers were rude and nasty.

@@charles97th so was the civilian bus driver

When I was there in 1993 it went surprisingly smooth. From uniform fittings to basic necessities shopping at the Px went smooth. But that all changed when we got back to the barracks. Each drawer in our wall locker had a template. Soap goes here, shoe polish there, etc. But of course you were given the impossible task of putting all your shit away, in attempt to get squared away, in I believe it was 2 minutes or something ridiculous. Basically it was just another creative way the the drill sergeants could smoke us for not completing the task in time.

went to fort leonard wood in 2017 can confirm the shoppette staff are still like that probably because they make 10 bucks an hour i guess id be mad too. Now the chow hall people are another story those people must have been sent by jesus himself they were so nice to us🤣🤣

No need for a fake smile there!

That is the way almost all of the civilians act toward Recruits.

Fade StatTrak do dey s Skittles

They don't get paid hourly...

I was at Parris island watching my friend graduate this summer. That store is now the size of a normal Walmart and they have everything you could possibly need. They even have name brand shit like Jordan Nike Calvin Klein mikchal kors, and a bunch of other shit

Luis Castillo I bet knowing there is filming changes the experience and interactions

They were definitely briefed by their COs to keep their act together during the filming for sure.

That was tame because cameras were present.

@@MrBullet888 Same with Ft. Bennings filming too. The videos are absolutely not what the experience is lol

It was Skin So Soft that was used to repel the sand fleas ,But it didn't help at all though.

Hope everything is going well for you man! Thank you for your service, I ship out in 2 months

Pick it up

How you like the M27IAR. Fire it yet? Beautiful gun

@@FreeStyleSkier802 Hey Joey, the Internet Bully.

@@jacksonmcneil3766 how am I an internet bully?

My Gentle Pitt Bull Thank you for your service, sir!

Platoon 3006 Oct-Dec 72

Mutlap Semper Fi, long live the Spirit of Chesty Puller.

Have some friends that made it to his house before he passed away, in 1971.

Mutlap WOW, the Marines Marine. Have you been back to Parris Island since graduation? I've made it twice.

@Karl Childers wait, is that actually a thing?

Joking right ?

Never shared a flesh light before? Pft Ameuters.

in2food they getting new frames I think

in2food those def aren't BC glasses. BC glasses got phased out years ago.

We had BCG's in 2010

James Z yeah theyre better this time

Lmao

Jolene the Llama They had us use shaving cream to I guess condition and break in our combat boots. I still have no idea if it actually did anything or was just another fun filled event on the agenda. Another useful thing for extra shaving cream is making a huge mess for recruits to clean up

One can goes into the gear room. The other will be used up within a month shaving daily. I stopped buying shaving cream and just dry shaved.

Even if you don't grow facial hair, you still put it on and go through the motions of shaving. They teach you literally everything in basic training.

they are required to shave whether it's needed or not.

i had facial so i had to shave. however my friend had no hair at all. he still had to go through the motions. what he did though was keep the cover on the blade on and acted like he was shaving. So i would say its to teach those that never shaved or barely shave, how to do it properly using the correct amount of shaving cream and for the Llamas that might have to shave twice per day usually fpr inspections or final drill

I went in 1985. I was trying to remember what we used in the PX and I think you're right. They were red 'chits'.

Mark Yasaitis l remember getting booklets of colored chute for use at the PX

Chits and we kept them in our blue money valuable bags...

Once you hear it, you cant unhear it

Why isn't he shaved

WTF, Why didn't she say ''MAKE A HOLE!'' What's the World coming to when they don't even have the same language as the Old Breed?

I'm speaking for the army, but God help you if you went somewhere without a battle buddy

I had a similar experience, during the same time period, but I was Army.

I when about the same time and bought a carton cigarettes and I didn’t smoke my dad had been a Marine before he went in the AirForce said get some cigarettes there be somebody you get trade with when your out of something he was right

I would pay to see that. That right there is some quality entertainment.

THOSE DEVIL DOG D.I. 's , " ALL BARKING AT THE. SAME TIME " , 1 BARKING IN YOUR FACE, 1 BARKING IN YOUR LEFT EAR , 1 BARKING IN YOUR RIGHT EAR , " ALL AT THE SAME TIME " . ONES INDIVIDUAL REACTIONS , ATTENTION TO DETAIL , MEMORIES NEVER FORGOTTEN .

In the real world they'd get shot acting like they do. DIs are all cowards who were bullied in school that want to feel some kind of power over high schoolers

Same 😂🤣😂

You know you could have carried a tiny bottle of lotion. Possibly. That's how my friend used to shave. Although by the time I remember that my leg hair is getting so long it itches I'm usually about to leave. So I just dry shave the worst. Having fibromyalgia & arthritis in my spinal fusion is my excuse I mean reason for not shaving much. So I say. But unless it shows or itches I don't give a shit. But dry shaving is not very fun. I imagine a face would be much worse.

Fred Brice that is because it's the USAF and not the CORPS

Fred Brice stop lyinh

Fred Brice it probably wasnt invented grandpa. I don’t recall being born in 96’ loool

I don't even remember shopping, all the things we got was at receiving and after finishing Elliots Beach. Semper Fi

@@ashc4167 Boot

gotpuntedagain aye mam!...

That's my old drill instructor

Recruit: What crawled up your butt?

Yeah when that stuff happens, I feel like that's just a DI on a power trip. I hate it when someone tell someone to do something, especially if they're yelling at them, while the person is already in the process of doing something.

Matine Corps They Are Drill Instructors.

It's just the way of Corps. Make everything look depressing as fuck.

🤣 the exercise countered the harm of cigarettes ahahaha

What plt were u? I was 2009 in this

Nice to meet you! Same here.... I did from 1986 to 2017. The best 31 Army years, I've ever had.

Oh god...who let the democrat in....

Because the Armed Forces would be bankrupt if they did that.

@@granitejeep5967 He has a point though, if you sign away your life to the US government, the least Uncle Sam could do is pay for your crap while you’re in basic.

You dont rate politeness in recruit training

Oh trust me they were. Yet they tell us bs that “they’re actually cheaper here than outside” yeah right my ass. So just out of curiosity are the uniforms in the Canadian army free or you had to pay for them as well?

@@johnli25 our uniforms were free, they may be used or new, but came included. Reckon you guys have to pay for uniform?

@@johnli25 Buying the individual items, or the exact same bulk packaged item when there's no deals going on at either store, the exchange can be cheaper though sometimes it takes a bit of work by an individual (shopper usually) to show the exchange that certain items at x store have dropped in price requiring the exchange to also adjust their prices, did that once or twice myself.

popacap22 im going into boot camp in my country next year just so i can man the fuck up

@@chebab6219 did you go?

g496r500t Have you been to boot camp? The only thing I can remember not needing was the bottle of aqua velva. And they leave with more than $600. But hey, keep spreading false truth.

i left with 3000. Even after buying some stuff

g496r500t It's better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

I thought for Marines they actually issue it to you and you don't even go to a store. For Army they give you a card worth $250.00 to go buy stuff from the store.

And it was YOUR money not THEIR XD.

This is a poem.

Glad im not the only one who wondered that

She’s on duty.

@@mistertravis4690 that don't mean shit if your in duty take your cover off indoors its respect

L.A your supposed to wear a cover inside when your on duty

No it’s not about respect. It’s actually an order. As a matter of fact I believe it’s order P1020.34G but what do I know. I mean I did my time in the gun club. 🤷🏻‍♂️😂😂

The first night a recruit enters the recruit depot, the hair is shaved. Women don't have their hair shaved, only cut and put into a bun. As we all know, hair grows back. No such thing as JROTC or ROTC at any basic training for any branch of the US military. These recruits are new to training....if you pay attention, you don't see nametape on their chest or the US Marines nametape. Recruits don't earn those until much later in training. Also, it's Paris Island, so both women and men are there to train, however it isn't co-ed training. In San Diego, it's only men that train. They do have a right to be sleepy, they were probably training all day; recruits get up at 04:00 every single day for 13 weeks. Also, it's 'aye aye', not just one 'aye'. It might sound like a single 'aye' but they say it quickly where it just blends together.

You may be right Jeff, and I'm betting you served some time ago - not recently. They certainly are very new to the training. Also, the one D.I. is telling them what to do but isn't wearing a duty belt or a 'smokey'. I was thinking she was a cadre officer. I went to P.I. in 2006 with a unit of Young Marines (like Boy Scouts, but sponsored by the Marine Corps' League). We did everything recruits did (4:40A.M. PT, mess, the O-course, the rifle range/simulator, rappelling - no gas chamber though) and we did it all with an Off-Duty D.I. assigned to escort us, yell and scream, and insult us - he just dialed down the intensity as we weren't actual recruits.

Jeff Cook Parris island is just aye. only Cali says aye aye.

Bryan Heath Really? 30 years in the Corps, one tour as a DI in Diego and I didn't know that. Thanks for putting that out here.

Abby Babby yeah sir! No problem

You get an allowance for all that stuff idiot.

@@cldude691 sorry skippy, be as nasty as you want, troll if you like, but its the truth. the say you make so much a month but out of that pay you will buy everything,

@@TheDoug2103 On what planet do you get free money and not have to pay for things? Paying your own way is part of life, Military or not. Thanks @Hitz..

You pay for chow now.

@@fperry8613 WHAT !!!

Mutlap really? How was it like? Lol

Well, no one moved we all kind a of understood the exercise.

Mutlap ha we had to do an about face when the female platoon marches by lol.

@Mutlap and Chavy...Get this...in '75 during our KP week we were honor platoon (we won 1st pugil and more importantly 1st Drill comp) so our reward was we got to pick which battalion we pulled our KP at...1st, 2nd, 3rd, or WM battalion...of course we picked WM Battalion...so the night before we start, at lights out our DI reads us the riot act about don't even fuckin think about flirting or even talking to the female recruits, just do our jobs and keep our eyes down, he then says the female DI's shouldn't speak to us but if they did just treat them like we do our regular DI's...he then asks for questions and one recruit asks "Sir how do the privates know if they are a Sr. Drill Instructor or not?" (meaning obviously if we have to address them we can't address a Sr. DI, a DI)....So our DI thinks for a moment then a very slight smile comes across his face and for the first and only time I ever heard a DI joke with us, says "Fuck I don't know, maybe they have two twats"...we all broke out in a roaring laugh, which he quickly stopped with an as you were...shut the fuck up...but that shows you what the WM's were thought of back in the day...in the infantry we even had a nick name for them...BAMS...as in Broad Ass Marines...Semper Fi boys.

+Mutlap Mann im basic training right now for the Canadian forces (bmq). You guys from the vids have it much more rough then us. Respect bro

America I’m quoting the instructor. I’m very aware.