San Diego is where MARINES are made. I got punched in the face and hit with a toaster. It really changed the way I saw things. It's where the called my mother a bitch and my girlfriend a whore and now I get to wear some cool T shirts and hats! Would I do it again? No, because I can't but I would watch someone else go through it. Cue up "Full Metal Jacket" with some old Marine friends and enjoy the laughs fir the first 20+ minutes because the all know what's about to happen even if they've never seen it before.

Semper Fidelis! Platoon 181

where can i get this version of marines hymn

"who made the decision themselves and are not just following a fad" Ironic considering they were conscripting people at that time.

i just graduated Golf company 2nd battalion PLT 2090

38 years ago. My God where does time go?😮

This is what I joined the Marine Corps for, how I ended up in reconnaissance, I dont know but I wouldn’t change a thing

EEUU respra guerra

If I was there I would ask the barber to take a little off the top and leave the sideburns.

Lots of memories. Plt 3050, 3rd BN, H CO, MCRD Parris Island - 19 July 1985. 8.5 years active duty. Would do it all over again. Semper Fi, Bros.

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Does anyone remember Correctional Custody Platoon in San Diego? ? They had alarms for everything you did.

Hey i see me! Sfmf!

He brought a knife to boot camp 🤣

My dad was at Parris Island in 71, graduated Dec 23 1971 when he was barely 18 years old. I think I’ll show him this when I go see him this week.

Don’t know if I’d recommend it today in the new woke military.

Arrived at Parris Island Oct, 15th 1979. One of the best decisions of my life!

Nowadays drill sergeants can’t even cuss or yell at soldiers no more lol mfs too soft nowadays

The army was pretty much the same

This film should be required training for all current Marine Corps leadership and that includes OCS, WOBC, Sergeant Major and 1st Sergeant courses, Staff Academy, Corporal’s and Sergeant’s courses and bootcamp. The Marine Corps has started to conform to society over the last decade and we never did before. We set our own standards and then raise the bar. Nuff said.

M.C.R.D. Dec 1971 platoon 1103 , was fun times. Then off to ITR running up and the Mountains of Camp Pendleton life changing experience SEMPER FI

Watching this in 2024 “the marines have their own life style and they aren’t planning on changing it”… now having regulations on hitting pushing physical corrections no violent hateful speech or cursing 🤣 these kids are going to have an eye opening experience when we go back to war

Those recruits looked way more athletic than the recruits today!

That had to be a bad time to go to bootcamp your di's either been to or got back from nam and still amped up they gonna smoke ya into the dirt pul ya back up from the dirt and smoke ya again

I really liked those "Rose Garden Posters" of the U.S.M.C.. The Army poster/sign was saying "Today's Army wants to join You". That was about 1974 time period. The Navy sign said: "It's not just a job, it's an Adventure". Can't recall the Air Force or Coast Guard recruiting signs in the early 1970's. Cpl. 0331, S.T.A.P. 3/4/3 and 3/5/1 .

That's strange, the commandant didn't mention anything about pronouns, gender reassignment surgery options, DEI, or toxic behavior....

I've noticed a lot of Marine Billboards up lately.

My parents graduated high school in 1970.

Time to bring back those khaki Alphas...they were sharp-looking duty uniforms!

Recruits back then were in shape before joining

To many similarities with my own experiences in 1988.

He said they're looking for quality at a time where could be a school drop out and join

I went through Parris Island in 2005. It was a joke. Maybe it was harder in the 70’s and 80’s but it seemed pretty easy when I went through.

Parris Island 65 Nam66.without P I .I probably wouldn't have survived Nam.Semper Fi✝️🇺🇸♥️

They never promised you a rose garden.. every squad bay at Paris Island had a rose garden .

Oh Parris Island in the summer, beautiful memories.

I went through Parris Island in '91 and I'm pretty sure we had the same deuce gear.

Every other basic is like the boy scouts,we marines dont call it basic, we call it boot camp, as the air force, pussie's...basic training.

Then marines were strong. No no more

My dad wore his military issued green boot camp t-shirt into the 2010's, he served in 1984. Every Sunday he would have it on, working on his car, doing stuff around the house,

Went in February 68. What was I thinking?

@ 0:55 there no possible way that this slug is a Marine Corps Drill Instructor.

28 US Marines,

I didn't know Johnny Most was a D I.

4:43 animal mother?

Alot of long-haired DIs. Weren't they told in advance that they would be on camera? Come on, attention to detail!

Where are privates Pyle, joker, cowboy and snowball?😂😂😂

2:15 they should have left his hair like that

04/1970,old ft. Wayne induction into the military. After swearing oath, were put in a large room. Suddenly the door burst open. The guy said stand to attention! Count off by 2"s. Then he said all even or odd # to step forward.(i can't remember) He went down the line all around the room and picked 10 new inductees.both dudes on each side of me stepped forward. The guy got his 10 and told them to fall in behind him at the open door. When that was done he said loudly to the 10 in his line;" you are now in the United States Marine Core! They were short 10 inductees to make up a new formed platoon"!! It all happened so fast as i watched them trundle out the door single file out of sight. I wondered off n on over the past 50 yrs if any were sent to Nam? But the Marines pulled out of Nam i think in late 1970 or early 1971. So they all did ok hopefully.

'We want you to bring all the insanity you'll experience back home with you! God Bless 'Murrca!'