1:30 AM - Arriving at Parris Island USMC Boot Camp

Recruits of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, arrive at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.
Recruits arrive at Parris Island late at night and are immediately thrust into the stressful whirlwind of in-processing, platoon assignment, haircuts, uniform and gear issue and medical evaluations. They would also have an opportunity to make their first phone call home. This is the last time they'll talk to their families for three months.
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[@surferdude44444]

I remember the barber said to me...."do you want to keep your sideburns?" I said "sure!" Zip, zip.....he put them in my hand. Hollywood '69. Semper Fi.

[@thunderbird1]

legend has it, the guy in the black shirt is still there trying to call someone...

[@raybonds5029]

those 12 weeks were the hardest time of my life, physically and mentally. problem is that 12 weeks is my life from the day i left boot camp. it saved my life more than once and imprinted itself on the way i approach any problem. it's been decades since i left P I. It's still there. Semper Fi

[@John_Be]

Wow they REALLY move fast in the Marines!

[@rtydht45r5]

This was the most anxious, alien, confusing time in my whole life. Receiving was the real hell.

[@elizabethortiz7740]

My son went in july 23. to Marine bootcamp. Thank you for letting us see what they go through once they get there. He graduates next week.

[@a.j.4317]

I wonder what the drill instructors' blood pressure is.

[@ZOMBIEGAMER-sc6rz]

Thank you men and women for your service and sacrifice for this country be safe and God bless each and everyone of you. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@davidb717]

I survived the island, finished in 79, retired in 02 only because I left my right leg over in the first gulf war, people never understand what it truly means to serve, I wish I could do it all again, 1st bat 1/8, hold your heads high when you finish boot camp brothers!!!

[@watsisbuttndo829]

That phone call home with the instructors screaming at them the whole time must freak the parents out.

[@aBc-123-XyZ]

When and if you go before a promotion board and you're asked,how would you use that rank. Answer should be: Use it to the best of my abilities and seek improvement where needed. That was my answer going before Sergeant (E-5) (0351) promotion board, which lasted 2 minutes and I was done and promoted the next day.

[@thelowmein9143]

It’s amazing how they can make you feel inadequate over the simplest task. Open the door? Oh sure I can open a door, I’ve opening doors since I was 2 years old this is no proble.... “NO CRACK-BABY!! TRY IT AGAIN!”

[@americanoutdoorsman_1133]

July 1993 I remember that night when I stepped onto those yellow footprints at PI!! Semper Fi!!! USMC retired E-7 (Gunny) 1993-2013

[@silasleeks2324]

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[@soreintou]

I’d put a big sign on both doors saying ”PUSH”.

[@neo8378]

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[@THE_BIGGEST_HATER]

The guy in the black was calling his whole generation wasn't he

[@mr_beezlebub3985]

This seems just slightly more stressful than what I went through in the Army.

[@EnglishLearnersHere]

Wow! Look at the discipline being instilled in them.

[@jodawson856]

Sure brings back memories, but my entry 🎉occurred in Feb. 1958. The facilities were less accommodating then, but obviously the reception and introduction to very intense life changing boot camp pressures are much the same! SEMPER FI !!!