Drill Instructors Unhappy at the Rifle Range (Remastered)

[@NGIstudios]

Despite all of the yelling noting hits worse than when your senior gives you a genuine disappointment talk

[@blickymo0212]

Like a parent

[@charliebrown6512]

Fuck, those cut deep

[@dudeseriously57]

100% facts.

[@TheGuavaberry]

yup, I remember that talk when we got kicked off the parade deck. He didn't even have to raise his voice yet dude's were crying lol.

[@jdm777certified]

Fr tho..

[@KMCGames]

If you ever experienced anything like this, the yelling isn't the part that hurts, you block all that out eventually, it's at 2:40 when they are speaking to you in a low tone with disappointment in their voice that hurts the most...

[@yuch1102]

Yup true that, you feel like you really let them down

[@benlaubach8026]

My senior drill instructor got sick of our shit and he "quit" being our senior drill instructor and when he took that Black belt off and toss it on the floor that made me feel like a piece of dirt shit😂😂

[@zambezi5202]

lol that barely qualifies as yelling, that's one of the most passive dis I've ever seen

[@AIRDAM1]

@@benlaubach8026 Ours did something similar. He threw his sword, skittering down the squad bay. In disgust. It motivated us , just like he wanted it to.

[@user-hx7yi6wx5k]

@@benlaubach8026 ours did, and instead of screaming Aye Sir, he made us scream “WHATEVER DUDE” instead, for a whole fucking week. We took Pft and final drill after that lol

[@brandonharris5867]

Never will forget watching this one kid sprinting up and down the entire range several times with a filled Brass can, screaming “BRASS BRASS BRASS” just happy it wasn’t me

[@nicknick9032]

I had to skip up and down the pit, singing “I am so smart, smrt “ lol

[@jeffjr84]

At least it wasnt "the song that never ends"

[@naffox4259]

Sounds like first Lieutenant

[@parkerlawhon4898]

Ahhhh, this shitbag was a brass recruit😂 Usually they picked 2 everyday at the range, and if you hauled ass faster than the other one and worked a sweat they’d replace you lmao

[@tima.478]

I figured out early, the closer i stayed to 300 the more the D.I.'s would leave me alone....lol Never got anything less than crossed rifles, OOOoooRaaahhh!

[@connormagill4201]

"You didn't know? THAT'S WHY YOU FAILED!!!" My new favorite quote

[@ericmaldonado9074]

me too

[@tritontransport]

I had a drill sergeant in the army mid 90s at ft benning and privates would say I’m doing my best drill sergeant and he would say SOMETIMES DOING YOUR BEST ISNT GOOD ENOUGH 🤣

[@sax71man]

Start using that with the kids

[@archerpiperii2690]

That is a great quote!

[@benlaubach8026]

If you don't apply the fundamental either your shooting pizza box or your fucked

[@mogwaiman6048]

This is the calmest experience you will have in Marine Corps boot camp because all the recruits have live rounds.

[@JohnWick-nn2cu]

Throwing pebbles at the recruit had me dead

[@briangoldy8784]

lol..........

[@georgegravette1132]

When I was in (Army, 1975), they'd whack you hard on the head with a cleaning rod. And we wore steel pots without covers--clang! 😅

[@HelloWorld-lg1pz]

@@georgegravette1132 hahhaha man thats some potheads

[@TheStephenmonroe]

In 1973 at PISC there was a drill instructor who walk up and down the ranks whacking privates on the head with a M14 combination tool. I witnessed it in formation at the chow hall. No helmets in sight.

[@novoice9286]

0:57

[@milesbowen9433]

I love the calm, disrespectful talking while tossing pebbles at the recruits

[@alreddy13]

Lololol this was probably the best part of the whole video. 🤣 I felt so bad, not for the recruit but for the instructor.

[@ryanmaris1917]

In the army we had this one girl who had to literally shot about 15 times to qualify on the range. The entire company was stuck doing individual movement techniques in body armor waiting for her ass to finally figure out how to shoot.

[@chasemcpot7789]

I bet she never really learned lol

[@Locutus494]

They really remediated her that many times?! Why bother, when you don't actually have to qualify on the rifle range to be in the Army?

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

You would get recycled in the Marines. Sent back to another platoon.

[@Locutus494]

@@Predator42ID The Navy's boot camp instructors are called recruit division commanders (and they're the only branch's instructors that don't wear a "smokey bear" hat). "Drill instructor" is specifically the Marine Corps' instructors.

[@davidmarsh7933]

Had the same thing in my BCT company. our drills just told her to go sit on the bus, and think about how much of a failure her life is. they failed her rifle Qual and kicked her out of the army

[@setdaviking2849]

0:17 that was actually his way of saying good job. You gotta love tough love. Even when it’s said like that it still makes you proud

[@thesm0keybear102]

Pretty sure he was also annoyed that they had to go through the range process again. The recruit was shooting like crap, and then qualified really well literally out of nowhere the second or third go of the day.

[@KingIntrepid1]

"Did you aim at the target, did you open your eye's?"

[@bensonyazzie1168]

🤣😝😂😂😍😱🤣, fuck up's!!!! LMAO 🤣🙂😝.

[@4epa1012]

Lol

[@marcuscicero9587]

taught to shoot a rifle at Edson Range with both eyes open. still make myself do that today

[@williamwilson6499]

Eye’s what?

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

Wind?

[@dennisatkinson22]

"excuse you? when the f*ck did i ever say whisper"...lol oh man...its easy to sit here and laugh, but i remember being terrified oh my DI's. That recruit is in for a rough going

[@adonaimorales3560]

It’s funny bc I remember the di’swere not in charge of you at the range. You belong to the range instructors so the di’s tone it down to like a “3.” Just wait till you get back to the barracks bitch.

[@twowheeledanimal4805]

@@adonaimorales3560 I remember seeing that Marines had separate range Cadre. In the Army it was always the DSs who did marksmanship and in that phase they were pretty passive but holy shit were they keeping a list of our shortcomings. After we passed qualification like as soon as we were all in formation and did brass and ammo we got dropped. Just hours of getting smoked while the rest of the company shot. Then it was back to the starship where it continued.

[@dennisatkinson22]

@NM Solutions lol Roger that!

[@t0nicss867]

@@adonaimorales3560 That bitch at the end was the most necessary part of that entire sentence, no sarcasm. That "bitch" is unifying, it means wait till were all finally alone and it's all back to normal back at the barracks or chow, then see who is happy, bitch.

[@Riceball01]

@@twowheeledanimal4805 Kind of sort of. In the Corps, while at the range, our DIs were there but they weren't doing the usual yelling and screaming at recruits and the ones eoing the teaching were the PMIs or Primary Marksmansnshjp Instructors, they're the ones you see wearing the Smokey Bears and a shooting jacket instead of cammes like the DIs.

[@stevejorde]

I was at Edson Range back in 1982 and I saw a platoon marching by VERY slowly. As they were passing the drill instructor of that platoon yelled "WHO ARE WE??!!" "MTP SIR!!" "WHAT ARE WE??!!" "WE'RE A BUNCH OF NON-SHOOTING FUCKS SIR!!" Ah the memories

[@Ian-Cognito]

There in '83. We marched by slow and loud, the death March. We took the range.

[@jimfinigan1681]

I was there in 84. Our Drill Instructors weren't half as nice as these two.

[@damondiehl5637]

Hey, I was there in '82 also, end of September.

[@johnapex8618]

What does MTP mean?

[@gaspainsify]

@@johnapex8618 Marksmanship Training Platoon if I had to guess.

[@oldguy9078]

When I was in basic training in the Army back in the Vietnam Era days, we had a guy when the drill Sergeant would walk up behind him and ask a question, he would always turn around with his barrel of his weapon pointing toward the drill Sergeant, he was told twice by the drill Sergeant to turn with his weapon barrel pointed down range at all times, on the third time the trainee turned again with his weapon barrel toward the drill Sergeant, two other drill Sergeant's grabbed the trainee and held him by his heels over a 55 gallon oil drum used for trash and the third drill Sergeant beat the drum with a large wooden stick yelling at the trainee, "Where do you point your weapon while on the range?" And the trainee would yell, "Downrange drill Sergeant!" After a few minutes the drill Sergeant's released the trainee and believe me this trainee never had his weapon pointed anywhere except down range!!!

[@therealsapdad1942]

I'm sad they don't let drills get away with that anymore 😪 that would've been fun to watch 😁

[@oldguy9078]

@@therealsapdad1942 Well to be honest Alex the drill sergeants had us face down range and we were told to not turn around, but we sure could hear what was going on !

[@josephruiz7233]

@@therealsapdad1942 Until it happens to you. I have a surgical scar from childhood cancer on the right side of the back of my head. So guess what?!.... I stood out like a sore thumb without even consciously trying to do so. I was constantly singled out more so than other trainees. Eventually, it got bad enough being hazed by other trainees that I fought a couple of them. Bust one kid's jaw, and then fractured the orbital of the eye of another one. Almost got kicked out of the Army, but the Computer XO and CO stepped in and stopped it. 12 years an Army Engineer. 2006 to 2018. Got out as an E7.

[@lonyaidaniel]

Sometimes you just need a little boost for your memory😃

[@lonyaidaniel]

@@josephruiz7233 IMO, not all hazings are created equal. Hazing someone for flagging others or being an idiot is one thing, but singling you out for sg you are not responsible for is completely different.

[@eltoroloco1936]

1950's Marines: Hated pulling them damn pits 2020's Marines: Still hate pulling them damn pits Every Marine in between: Maybe they'll upgrade to automatic targets by the time I get out.

[@karlgrosshans5591]

They will upgrade about the time we stop burning shitters

[@DonutVideos]

I enjoyed pulling the pits. I wasn't the one getting screamed at. . .

[@TiNg-nk7zt]

automatic targets in the marine corps suck. like everything, they're broken.. i actually unqed because shit didn't plot. i'd rather pull pits

[@ImTheBatchMan]

I had automatic targets when I was stationed in Miramar. Like Ng said, manual targets are better, because it sucks when your shit doesn't plot right or at all.

[@ssgus3682]

I am Soldier. You don't want automatic targets. They are littered with holes and rounds go right through them.

[@mrmiyagi22]

Two things that the Marine Corps holds sacred are marksmanship and PFT!

[@timo4040]

You better believe that those are more sacred than the Bible. It will follow you everywhere in the Corp

[@Tech-ot4iy]

So true

[@aaronhowell7293]

And picking up cigarette butts

[@richiemattes5333]

A very true statement!

[@billwoodward7013]

Now wokeness is even tearing that down in our beautiful corps! Not sure how the fuck it is happening but it is and it should be fuckin treason from those commanding officer's to lower standards that have been reached and increased for hundreds of years. Now we lower it so we can have weak men and women oh shit and mine as well train em together too right?.. well we are now lol sounds like a sick joke but... ya rant over u guys already know.

[@napalmstickylikeglue]

Range week for us, the DI's didn't screw with us as much.(during the day, evening was a free for all and they made up for it). They flat out said it was to do with us recruits needing to be relaxed to a point and be confident on the range. Maybe that's why everyone in our platoon qualified the first time around.

[@b_m3998]

In Army BCT there were two times our Drill SGTs didn’t really pick on us. The field, and the range

[@hypsin]

Same here... They turned it all the way down for the range week and qual. In the evenings we were drilling and dry-firing at barrels. No stupid games. And DIs were nowhere near shooting range when we handled live ammo lol. Nobody failed and half the platoon got Expert badges.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

So you don’t shoot they ass

[@thewatcher4552]

Lucky you

[@ptwomey3398]

Good point, Buddy....My Drill Instructors told us straight-out that during range week, they would be "relaxing" the usual routine of misery we had all come to know prior to the marksmanship phase. Everything during the day, except for maybe chow call, was essentially turned over to the shooting coaches who in my opinion, were true professionals that worked hard to teach you how to shoot. In the case of my Platoon, every, swingin' dick qualified.....No UNQs. Platoon 318, 3rd Bn., I Co., graduated May, 1975.

[@bthorn5035]

"How come you cant hit that big ol' target?" "Because my weapon was made by the lowest bidder, SIR!"

[@donaldsemora]

I prefer... Because sir, before I got my weapon it has already had 300,000 round put through it....

[@zvezdan956]

what does "lowest bidder" even mean? shouldnt it be highest bidder?

[@jessa1895]

@@zvezdan956 it means the company willing to charge the least amount from the us military to make the weapons.

[@bthorn5035]

@@zvezdan956 😆

[@MrJH101]

Nah, that was on them. They probably just needed more training is all it was. The M16A4 may not be the best weapon in the world, but it’s still a damn good weapon imo and they should’ve done just fine with it. Bad craftsmen blame their failures on their tools, even when others use those exact tools as well and get it done. All I’m saying is that every other recruit in their company could hit that big ol’ target with it. I remember at least hitting the cardboard every time when I first had to qualify there, and we had to do it in below-freezing temperatures.

[@royaltyfree9607]

I’ll never forget making both my platoon and 1st platoons senior DS proud for being one of the ones that shot expert. Seeing the 1st platoon senior DS smile like that after telling me I shot expert is a pride I’ve had long after leaving that range.

[@wfs000]

No one can take that away from you 😊

[@marcusant6895]

Anytime SSgt Nichols and SSgt Sandercock are in range of each other...I know its fireworks. Love this documentary.

[@whodat9198]

These were my DI's, Charlie Co Plt 1005. SSgt Nichols was with a rival platoon, but he was there next to me when I finished my final PFT 3 mile with a fractured foot so I could graduate. I got tore up pretty good in Boot with injuries, but I'll never forget what my DI's did for me and the the debt I'll never be able to repay for making me who I am today.

[@ThaddeusGhostal]

I went the whole time at PI with Pneumonia. I still also talk to my kill hat to this day i graduated in 02.

[@whodat9198]

@@ThaddeusGhostal Get some! I think half of MCRD had pneumonia when I went thru. It was insane. Lights out was a symphony of coughing.

[@LastTryNoHeart]

for those of you who have deployed, these moments seemed so hard but these men prepared us for the real hardships ahead.

[@Darklg23]

I've been down range. I've remembered a lot of what wisdom my DS gave me. Very useful indeed

[@Roddy556]

​@@Darklg23"He's shooting at us from over there! Sorry, I mean he's shooting at us from over there SIR!"

[@edwarddaou9941]

Aim Center mass,clear front sight post,blurry background,tigger & breathing control. The smell of the rifle range is something I will never forget. Semper Fi.

[@BarryL2697]

That smell at Parris Island rifle range was, likely, saltwater MUCK at low tide!

[@dennishanson5254]

Breath relax aim squeeze fire semper fi.

[@Rockst4r8541]

“You came over here to poison my platoon”... no truer words have ever been spoken. We had a drop get sent to us right before the Reaper hike... complete dirtbag that refused to carry his pack, so guess who had to carry it for him. Still wouldn’t change it for the world. Yuuut!!

[@robertrobert6788]

Rah

[@adamhonestyanddecency5054]

Did he graduate?

[@captnunchuk1444]

We had one drop that came to ud as well. He convinced two other to run away at night at MCRD san diego. Obviously they were caught and prcessed out.

[@specialk9424]

Since when the fuck do you get to refuse a damn thing?

[@jacknife10000]

I got dropped back two weeks, my new platoon and DI's hated my guts and destroyed me every chance they got. Sucked balls, but I made it, and I was a badass by the time i got through that 15 weeks.

[@kenb.8596]

As an instructor on many of ranges during my time in uniform, I found it more constructive to remove the troops that were not making the cut, on the M16 / M4 or M60, M203 range 45 range etc. and watch each of their individual moves from all firing positions. I would keep detailed notes on each player; With that being said, I had the luxury of bringing these below average performers out on their days off, to include my day off meaning the weekend; I also had the luxury of opening a range on the weekend with range control. If I had a infantryman not grouping @ 50 meters, 150 meters, or the 300 meter targets, my detailed notes from watching them would be their schooling / corrective action on the menu for the day. I found most of the troops that couldn't group were anticipating the round, rather then controlled breathing, proper aiming, proper squeezing off the round, 99% of the troops would fare 100% better understanding the weapon and acquiring a target. Bottom line a little bit of TLC and verbal judo would be worth a million bucks, rather then belittling, & or barking in ones face. The small % that still had issues, I would again study their downfalls and with a bit more instruction, hands on, talking to the troop, most would finally come around. It is for the best of an NCO to have their weakest link, nurtured to be an asset; Hence the reason when I was first placed in a rifle squad or platoon, I was considered a cherry, that know one gave a dam about. When your life depends on your weakest link, make sure they become your main focus!!!! I never looked down on a new E-1 or Butter Bar. My biggest pet peeves; Range proficiency, Land Nav & What you are packing in your Alice Pac, & foot conditions.

[@mistertravis4690]

Marksmanship in Marine Corps boot camp is VERY structured. It appears a lot more difficult looking in from the outside but there really is no excuse to not meet the minimum requirements. They ensure that it is not the rifle or some sort of catastrophic failure. The one recruit even had saved rounds.. that’s just crazy! They get 3 chances to qualify and in my opinion that is one too many. Your coaches and primary marksman instructor literally do everything except shoot for you. If you can’t shoot, you can’t Marine. It’s that simple. Nurturing will definitely not help as they need to put rounds on target in a stressful environment. Getting yelled at is mild compared to what they very likely are going into.

[@hypsin]

@@mistertravis4690 I had a bad coach and a bolt failure during rapid fire. Still got my expert badge. So, yeah, there's really no excuse to fail qual.

[@mistertravis4690]

@@hypsin I was probably your coach.

[@hypsin]

@@mistertravis4690 dis you? Coach - "You are shooting low, raise your front post to raise your shots" Range - "NUMBER 12, DANGER LOW!!! FOR THE 3RD TIME!!! DANGER LOW!!!" Coach - "You didn't raise it far enough!!!"

[@jor4288]

Spoken like a true soldier!

[@ajcfactor]

Once, when we performed badly on a march, our senior DI had the whole platoon repeatedly yell, "It aint easy bein' cheesy." Good times.

[@ziggybloo8938]

Lol that one kid we had walking up and down the pit screaming "pasties, pasties, I got your pasties here , I got white pasties and black pasties" hours of fun

[@bloodraven1190]

Pasties pasties hot and sticky

[@matthewvigilarana5326]

When i did grass week in boot, i tried my hardest not to laugh at the recruite yelling up and down the line about pasties. Shit was so fucking hilarious!!!!

[@ziggybloo8938]

Meanwhile the damn D.I.s are hiding their faces with their covers laughing their asses off

[@levig6375]

SDI: whats your MOS recruit? Recruit: 0600 Communications sir SDI: not anymore. 0001 pastie recruit. Recruit: aye sir. SDI: well get to work pastie recruit.

[@HeyHax]

*I? *I?!

[@MCsAdvice]

When Drill Instructors yell at you for correction, its hilarious. Drill Instructors when you think about it, are actually comedians. But when they yell out when theyre pissed? Ohh boy...

[@752brickie]

I knew a guy who was a DI ,he had some funny stories ! One of the most decent men I have ever known! RIP Stu!

[@adamhonestyanddecency5054]

They’re comedians you’re not permitted to laugh at.

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

My dad said basic is just a mind game. The worst they're gonna do is humiliate you or smoke you. Pushing you physically makes you stronger so the fuckups actually end up better soldiers. His thing was smiling at this one DS by the end of basic anytime that DS saw him it was "Drop" instantly. Even made him do pushups on graduation day in dress uniform.

[@spacedandy7935]

They're not comedians, they're just dudes who never played sports growing up and were picked on their whole teenage life.

[@KhreamedKhorne]

You get used to all forms of being yelled at very quickly. I got caught laughing during a company wide inspection where every DI from the co was in out squad bay running around like a pack of hyenas screaming at everyone. The absurdity of it cracked me up, so of course I got swarmed, which only made me laugh harder. I wasn't usually one to do shit like that, but something about that moment just hit me in the right way and I lost it. God I had so much DI spit on my face.

[@PhilosopherKing73]

Lessons learned in Basic Training stick with you for a lifetime. I did my Army Basic in 1968 and I STILL can’t bring myself to wear a hat indoors and my battalion motto “Knowledge conquers fear” got me through 31 years in the fire service…😊

[@vietnamvet4533]

68 that was the real army, thanks for your service, Fort Dix with a bunch of city kids, me kind of out in the country NYer (yea we had country back then) father always had rifles, so going to the range was a day off for me. Love to shoot still do now here in Florida, and the heat was off guys like me as the DIs spent the whole day correcting and trying to get the city guys to be able to hit those 100 meter targets.

[@EdwardMidcrest]

I like this DI. He doesn't yell but talks sternly in a way that makes you feel like crap.

[@ruthlesstony2133]

That's because he's the senior DI. Kill hats aren't allowed on the range. They are waiting behind the range house

[@LibertyJiujitsu76]

Brings back memories lol. I honestly don't know how some of these drill instructors can keep from laughing lol. I'm sure glad I didn't fail the rifle range.

[@joeblack3878]

I did basic and AIT twice because I was originally 13b10 but re-enlisted after Sept.11th (on Sept.20th, 2001) to 11b after being out for 8 months. Since I was an e-4 with prior service the Drill Sergeants never really bothered me. I must say - going through it a second time was hilarious!!! These videos bring a smile to my face.

[@aphunt12]

Drill Sergeants? Mistakes happen

[@spidermangy5514]

I had a friend that was prior service, went to college before going back in, then through basic at Ft. Jackson the 2nd time at 38 years of age. He's now retired. I got to hand it to him!

[@micsierra806]

For those of you that were never in the Corps, this is about as chill as drill instructors are. These recruits are at Edson Range and the Primary Marksmanship Instructors (PMIs) spend most of the days with the recruits. Sure you still go on series runs and live in squad bays and go to the chow hall with your drill instructors but during the days in marksmanship training and qualification the stress and pressure from the drill instructors are dialed down. This is the most chill you will see Marine Corps drill instructors outside of graduation week. Edit: changed company runs to series runs. The only time I went on a company run was graduation week. I think we moved as a series up to Edison.

[@thew1ngman]

As far as I remember I think the DI's just weren't allowed to yell on the range. Soon as we got back to the rifle barracks tho, the DIs would smoke the shit out of the platoon. I remember us scuzz racing for like 2 hours and they lit the entire barracks up with bleach water and closed all the windows. Shit was terrible lmao.

[@suwartahir2292]

i mean every branch has to ease back a little bit on the range, you don't want a recruit to go batshit haha

[@BarryL2697]

Much R-E-S-P-E-C-T to Marine PMIs

[@Joseph_Clark07]

“You came here to poison my platoon” had me dead laughing 😂😂

[@rampage2917]

At 0:14had me so weak “aye, why you playing with me?” 😂😂😂

[@Blessedgal_3897]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@robertrowe8531]

i served in the corps from 84-92, my MOS was 2111, armorer/ small arms repair. I also was a PMI ( primary marksmanship instructor) . It was and still is a diffucult task to teach a recruit, much less anybody how to shoot. However, a Marine MUST qualify with the service rifle, he/she MUST! When i was in, we still had the iron sights on the A2's. The initial shock of using firearms is the noise from the shot, it is nerve racking,especially for someone who never fired a gun before. During my time, there were a few recruits who couldnt shoot the minimum score, ( 190 ) No matter what you tried to do to help a recruit to qualify, it all came down to that person to put that bullitt in the target. When i was at quantico from 86-89, i was a PMI for the OCS cadets, ( officer candidate school) , one female cadet was on my relay, she was perhaps 5'6 in hgt, never fired a gun before, i gave her simple instructions, breathing techniques,etc..and she set a new record on qual day, 247!!...she shot a 229 on pre-qual. it all comes down to the individual, have to apply was is taught, and use it.

[@RahzeeAlibaba]

I was a PMI. Had a kid go unk, then shoot the equivalent of expert the next day. The day before he lost his front sight, or it fell off and the coach/ DI didn't catch it

[@slowpoke96Z28]

And apparently the one ultimately responsible for good sight alignment, the FUCKING SHOOTER lol.

[@10R8OH]

No impact no idea

[@tiberianson7593]

My front sight fell off my pistol on the pistol range and I stopped firing and the Sargent came over, I told him "my sight fell off and now someone is shooting my target, Look" . 'Cease fire, cease fire." I said "whoever is shooting my target, stop I can out shoot you." Put up a new target and 7 bullseyes. Expert.

[@justincampbell680]

I respect marine di's they hold the most important job in the corps. They have my heart. It's the upmost dedication to the corps

[@BarryL2697]

Roger, THAT!

[@10Peter25]

One of my most memorable moments was on the rifle range years after I graduated from boot camp and was a corporal at a Reserve unit. I didn't do all that hot at the shorter distances of 200 and 300 yards, so I needed to hit the target on 5 of my 10 prone shots at 500 yards just to qualify. I ended up hitting 9 out of 10. My staff sergeant asked jokingly afterwards why I didn't do so well early on. He said if I shot as well at the shorter distances as I did at the longest, I would have shot expert. I guess it just took a bit of added pressure to draw the best out of me.

[@Sydow93]

I lost it when he yelled "SAVE ROUNDS?" lmao. caught me off gaurd.

[@SuperSqueakyboy]

I remember being frustrated and panic not having my bullets go through the target...don't know where they were flying...not zeroing, taking a long time and being yelled at by drill sergeant for wasting his time. Basic was the first time I've ever fired a rifle. Today, I enjoy going to the range. Basic training was great experience.

[@Nica-Ra-Wata]

Army soft

[@drevato2861]

I remember one Di's chucking rocks at me at the range and he said, "We're at the range right? I need to make sure I score expert" LMAO😂

[@pauledwards7182]

"There are no bad recruits, only bad instructors." "Write that down. You don't have a pen? Then remember it."

[@wickwire9560]

"EXACTLY" !! What I said go read my post up from yours ! I was in military for 30 years i see this constantly.. Or Soliders that when finishing Basic still can't actually Fire there weapon correctly! I've run up on soliders that tell me, in Basic Training my Instructors never took the time to help the ones that had problems, they just passed them on we all got just enough to pass ! After several times going back shooting on final testing they pushed us thru all they did was yell and scream at us ! Then when these same Soliders come to there Assigned Commands its time to Re- qualifying they cannot shoot one Bit ! So what did I do every solider that came to me from Basic if he got a score, the Lowest just enough to get A "GO" i will take them on Weekends actually Teach them how 5o properly Fire and acquire the Target ! You be surprised how there Confidence Shoots up Sky High knowing they can go to the range and actually Hit what there are Firing at ! Also How to Breath, a Laundry list of Fundamentals on Shooting ! I got good men outta that after, they told me they Respected me more for Helping them ! I tell my Soliders There is No Dumb Question ... What's Dumb is You not asking... That went for everything we had to do as a Platoon !

[@kleffner123456]

Some recruits are just untrainable.

[@HailRider]

@@wickwire9560 Marine 1984-2011. Marines are well trained in marksmanship. It is painstaking, the degree that instructors go through teaching fundamentals of marksmanship. Without even having a rifle yet recruits are reading and hearing the prac on marksmanship. They spend a lot of time dry firing and going over BRASS, breath relax aim stop squeeze. Coaches on the range hone in on those not firing well and calmly guide them on what they are doing wrong and how to improve. The Marine program on marksmanship is very good. Some people just are that bad. If you can't walk off a range in the Corps with a qual then you should not be in the Corps. It is literally the easiest thing we do.

[@johnnyg632]

No, trust me, there are bad recruits. Some just aren't trainable.

[@sicksonethree]

I don't entirely agree. I agree that in a lot of training environments, instructors pass a lot of subpar recruits simply to move them on and make them someone else's problem. I've seen times when this is even encouraged at the highest levels in order to keep numbers up. That's a clear cut case of bad instruction and poor leadership. But, as a leader (especially one that's working in a training establishment) your focus is to give your subordinates all of the tools they need to succeed, through proper and effective instruction. With those tools, you train them, motivate them and build them up into an effective soldier. That being said, you can give a recruit all of the tools they need to succeed, but whether or not they implement or apply those lessons or properly use the tools you give them is entirely up to the recruit. It's like the Military version of the old adage: "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink."

[@renzisoncrack]

@2:10 yoooo that SDI was QUICK. “Excuse you?” 😂

[@gunslin33able]

Why did I pick you up for???quality sir !!!!! Lol 😆🤣😂

[@AngelGabriel-xm2op]

1:00 "yes no maybe fuck you anything something" while throwing pebbles at him is what got me

[@jamesjoseph1249]

I love how chill the DIs are on the range. Everybody's seen what happened halfway thru 'Full Metal Jacket'...not gonna put anyone too on edge until you get that damn rifle out of their hands.

[@cardo718]

1974, MCRD San Diego, actually Edson Range at Camp Pendleton. Platoon 3086, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion. 6 or 7 of us out our platoon of about 60 recruits went "unq" (unqualified) on pre-qualification day. We were finished firing at the range for the day. The "unq" recruits were called out of formation and or Drill Instructors commenced to thrash us. Thrash was the word used back then for punishment P.T. Bends and thrusts, mountain climbers, push ups, side straddle hops, make it rain, etc. We were thrashed non stop from 3 pm until past lights out. We skipped evening chow. We were marched to the front of our barracks where we could see the rest of the platoon doing their nightly routine, shining their brass, shining their boots, getting their uniforms squared away, which was considered leisure time. After thye lights went out we were marched to the back of the barracks where we were out of sight from prying eyes and they thrashed us more. About 10 pm we were allowed to clean up and get ready for the rack. But first we had to hose off the mud and dirt from our uniforms, stripped down to our naked bare asses and hose down our skivvies that were brown from the mud. March into the showers naked and then take another shower, withy warm water this time. By the time we hit the rack the rest of the platoon had been asleep about 2 hours. The next, a Friday, qualification day, all of us qualified. The D.I.'s behavior towards us was easy going and actually nice. A complete 180 from the day before. All of us. qualified. I fired Sharpshooter. I figured out that we were so tired and relaxed that it settled down our nerves and our bodies that we naturally did better. There was always a method to their madness during boot camp.

[@StrikeTheRoot]

I am right-handed and left eye dominant and even I was able to qualify, Marksman at MCRD and even shot Sharpshooter at one point during my time in the fleet. It's definitely not easy.

[@colehayes6894]

“Yes? No? Maybe? Fuck you? Something? Anything.” Is my favorite line I never wanted to hear again.

[@chrisray714]

What hurts the most is when your drill instructors aren't yelling at you and they're just disappointed dad basically, because if they yell at you its in one ear out the other, but being talked to like that oh man hurts worse

[@marklanz7234]

In the late 80s, First Battalion D.I.s were told the lower the stress levels for recruits. Recruits need to learn how to fire the rifle and qual. First had a high percentage of quals. Third Battalion D.I.s took the self-initiative and turned-up the stress level at Edson Range and Third had numerous Unks. Imagine that.

[@tomr3422]

I was in 3rd Battalion in early 88, they were a little more relaxed atleast durring range time but made up for lost time afterward.

[@sancho7863]

The range was my happy place. So therapeutic. It was just me and that target. You zone out and the rest of the world doesn’t exist. Shot marksman in boot camp but was all expert after that

[@DontAtMe2k24]

I don’t know how these guys never laugh. He’s throwing pebbles and just talking shit. lol And the other one is like “I have 5 failures. That’s awesome”.

[@texasnord8487]

Had one poor bastard lost his ear pro. He thought the next best choice was rocks. He literally stuck rocks in his ears. He ended up getting chaptered out.

[@DarknessOfRedbone]

“How did you miss a big ol’ target??!” “Skill issue, sir!”

[@2-old-Forthischet]

I had never fired a gun or rifle in my life until I went into the military. The M16 was so easy to fire and so accurate. It was so simple, the guy next to me on the firing line shot 80 out of 60 rounds on target! The guy two positions down from me got his ass chewed out.

[@yavin99]

In the Army we had a guy that was scared to death of his rifle and was afraid when he put his face on the stock that he would get hurt and they took us all to the range over and over for this one guy and he failed at the range every time finally the DSs took him out by himself and somehow he magically passed.

[@Mason-wk5cf]

Yes no, fuck you something? I'd love to see somebody actually curse at the drill sergeant. Recruit: Fuck you, sir Drill Sergrant: Red eyes glowing

[@superdookie99]

I can't explain the experience of the Marines. You gotta do it on your own.

[@conrradotorres4653]

There is no "I" in team, but there is a "me".... boy I got chewed out 🤣

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

There is an “I” in IT and in pit. Guess where we’re going…

[@kevinware5102]

Should the title be "Senior Drill Instructors Unhappy at the rifle range?"

[@danielosterman9676]

This SDI is unbelievably funny. "Thanks for messing up New Years Eve!"

[@joshuawilliams5006]

1:31 when the girl you’ve been crushing on for a long time get’s in a relationship with another man.

[@DD-1996]

Yep. Even happened to me a month or so ago.

[@thecryptobarnacle9530]

This the youngest hard ass old man I've ever seen😂😂😂

[@lowkeyhim556]

God this man makes me want to go to the marines lol love this guy's attitude

[@Dave_B33]

To all of you out there who went through this, I appreciate your service so much.

[@springbloom5940]

I only survived by pretending I couldn't shoot, so Drill Sergeant could teach me.

[@terryrazor4959]

Qualified Expert, even had 10 additional holes in my target.

[@deplorablelibertarian]

As long as we drilled well and marched well, then Senior Drill Instructor treated us well considering the circumstances. We were his last platoon before going to WO school…..that was our saving grace. It was about a week or so after the Company Commanders inspection, and we were just performing extremely poorly; we didn’t see SDI for a week and we knew why. We didn’t make that same mistake twice…..if we did well enough, he would send his green belts away for the weekends.

[@YungBeezer]

When I went through, my platoon was very well behaved and followed orders when given so the drill instructors basically had to pull reasons out of their ass to slay us like the rest of the company. Some of it is just part of the schedule.

[@ri3m4nn]

2:45 that wind is blowing so hard the tag is peeling off of the recruit's cover.

[@larskirk5923]

DI are more "passive" at the Rifle Range. Was the only place they couldnt really "yell" at you. But when you got back to the Squad Bay, all hell broke loose 😂😂😂

[@marlow769]

It’s never the drill instructors fault…Right When I was in basic, I couldn’t zero my rifle and of course I got chewed big-time. The drill sergeant snatched my rifle out of my hands, dialed the sights back to center and took a shot - missed the entire target. Adjusted the sights, took another shot - missed everything. The 1st sergeant took the rifle from him and took 2 shots. On the second shot, he barely clipped the edge of the paper. It took everything within my power to not look amused and pleased that these guys whom were berating me 5 minutes ago now couldn’t bring themselves to look me in the eyes. They finally decided that my barrel was defective and got me a different rifle - I qualified “expert”. You could tell It burned their ass to give me that badge.

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

Ha damn

[@gunslin33able]

I was saving rounds sir!!! Lmao 🤣🤣

[@frankmartinez-nunez2508]

When some recruit says he was saving rounds, I would keep an eye on that recruit after lights out.

[@john.t645]

@@frankmartinez-nunez2508 deadass

[@smokeybanjoboy]

@@frankmartinez-nunez2508 after Everytime we shot, the dis would pat us down as we screamed "This recruit has no brass, trash, or live ammunition" as they checked your cover, mags, and pockets.

[@frankmartinez-nunez2508]

@@smokeybanjoboy I remember that during boot camp, (India Company PLT 3206) oh fun times.

[@glensuccaw5975]

Am I the only one who wishes to see the Drill Instructors response to a recruit if they said Fuck You when told to say something.

[@HeronMarkedBlade-ef7zz]

Happened at my Army basic training back in 02, ...... it was a mistake. Private got absolutely swamped by the drills, it was like watching a pack of wolves tear apart a cat. They smoked that guy till I thought he was going to die.

[@napalmstickylikeglue]

We had one at the depot tell a DI to "fuck off, I'm sick of this shit". Well, we found out that someone can absolutely fit in a seabag with the proper motivation....they then taunted him by calling him a worm, and telling him the only way he would get out is if he became a butterfly. More or less made him think he was going to be thrown off the 3rd deck if he didn't. ....he was dropped a week later for Refusing to Train.

[@CentralFloridaBowHunting]

My Senior Chief in basic was a gunner on a river boat in Vietnam, he was 5’ tall and Vietnamese, he also talked like Elmer Fudd...I didn’t know that the first time I met him...we got an “attention on deck” my back was to the doorway, he started yelling at us like Elmer Fudd, and I assumed it was one of my shipmates fucking around and I started dying laughing. Senior Chief Konkl RAN up to me and screamed like Elmer Fudd in my face but it was too late, I was having a legitimate laughing attack and COULD NOT STOP, until he knocked me on my ass and used me as a broom all over the barracks. My RDC came in and joined in on the Shark Attack and the neighboring divisions RDC heard the commotion and came over as well. I got smoked for the next two hours. I got called things I never knew were things. I sweated every fluid out of me. I puked profusely. I never laughed at someone’s speech again.

[@briangoldy8784]

Don't want to Fuck Up.,,,,,,Be Smoked every Fuckin Day., DI's don't take that shit lightly.

[@scenepointjudge]

@@napalmstickylikeglue out of all the ways to fuck with somebody, worm in a seabag is absolutely 👌

[@richardphan6395]

I swear anywhere you go, every range tower Marine sounds the same.

[@willharkcom424]

At least they havnt outlawed the PA system yet

[@jamesbrennan7057]

I’ve been saying this for years😂😂😂😂

[@rossbabcock3790]

The range coaches were the best! They weren't 'hats' and really took the time to teach me how to shoot. Qualified expert, must have worked!

[@GeorgeJansen]

Who is the di at 1:55? Amazing marine. I wished they do a "where are they now" update

[@SAMCRO1988]

That’s SDI SSGT SANDERCOCK. Last I heard he was a 1stSgt & I believe he’s retired.

[@GeorgeJansen]

@@SAMCRO1988 thank you. There's another clip of him doing a night exercise. And he phoenominaly rips this young recruit a new one. Very impressive.

[@GeorgeJansen]

@@SAMCRO1988 looks like he maybe a high scholl NJROTC instructor today 2023. Not sure. Thxs

[@austinfuller8323]

Idk why after going thru shit ALMOST 15 YEARS AGO (2011, i cannot believe its been that damn long) . This is so entertaining to watch lol

[@justincampbell680]

Still test myself every month as a retired marine. 300 yards . Old silk tree leaves hanging off the tree.copy of the rifle I had. Winchester model 70 mauser action in 30/06 .pre 1963 action . Run the same redfield 4/9 scope had then . sufficient.put holes through the hanging leaves lol.thats a old rifleman's test .

[@jamram9924]

Excellent self discipline

[@sgtmitchell]

I remember being on the range in boot camp and one of the DIs was asking a question to another recruit and he says, "Well? Yes sir, no sir, f u sir" And the recruit say ,"F U sir." Omg. Every DI converted on him and destroyed him. Lol

[@rusty7984]

There’s always that one incident I can just imagine the shit show that insued. For my company we had a female chief drill instructor ( May 2021 so females barely started going to SD) and one dude called her “sir” and she said “do I look like a sir to you” and he said “no lady” ooh boy every DI in the company swarmed him like sharks when they smell blood

[@BMK500]

“CEEEEEEEEASE FIRE CEASE FIRE, allrecruitsceasefireandmakeacondition1weapon!” *BANG!* “WHO THE FUCK DID THAT!?” Every..... Time....

[@Retler39]

They were so nice those two weeks knowing we had live rounds! 😂 Semper Fidelis!

[@justincampbell680]

If you can't qual on the range you have no business earning the title marine. And it should remain that way . Retired 1/7 0311/ 03 /17.

[@napalmstickylikeglue]

That's horribly incorrect. Quite a few of them have never shot rifles before let alone the M16 platform.....There's been quite a few badass Marines who failed the first time on the rifle range in boot.... Or only qualed to a pizza box. What makes a Marine is not just how well they shoot.... It's overcoming failures.... It's never quitting.....it's learning from their mistakes and pushing on. That's the whole point of boot camp. 0311, Prior LE, and a current Firearms Instructor

[@fjb4932]

@@napalmstickylikeglue EVERY Marine IS a rifleman. If you do not qualify as a rifleman, then you do not graduate as a Marine. ...

[@napalmstickylikeglue]

@@fjb4932 you clearly have never been through boot. You will qualify. Before you leave, you will qualify. In every series there are individuals who fail the rifle range the first time. However there is requalification.

[@napalmstickylikeglue]

@@fjb4932 and no.... Every Marine is definitely not a rifleman. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dreadnought6263]

@@napalmstickylikeglue did you go? Because you sounds stupid af right now

[@kencouch3328]

I was in the marines in the 60s. They didn't yell at Us. Soft talk did the trick

[@ericguse1558]

Best quote I have ever heard was on a range day in the army when drill sergeant asked a private why his rear sight was down to which the private replied, "So I can see the front sight better."

[@TheInfantry98]

Bruh

[@Nica-Ra-Wata]

Ahhhhh stop it...the army is soft as butter...

[@tomr3422]

We were in the field after the rifle range and one recruit ask if he could go to sick call, when the DI ask him why, he stated "his balls were swollen up", to which the DI said "what do you mean swollen?" and the recuit said "Sir, they are swollen up like ballons" The DI turned his back and said "GO" I did my best not to laugh- still to this day I giggle when I think about it.

[@gilbertayala6694]

“When the fuck did I ever tell you to whisper?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@flipper-b8858]

Dang. You can just hear the disappointment in the DIs voices.

[@ronmassey3279]

Graduated Parris Island Feb 3rd 1984. 3rd Bn I Co. These memories are as fresh in my mind today as they were then. Semper Fi to all my brothers and sisters.

[@thelegendaryt-rex4763]

2:16 You gotta be super lucky to be given M81 woodlands

[@hmcosmetics8272]

It's just a gortex and this video is over a decade old. Most weather gear and ppe was m81 then.

[@quickzilver333]

This one of the Drill Instructor proudest moments. When his or her Platoon all Pass the Range. Imagine having 5 or more failures. It's gonna be a long week for them.

[@DSB831]

We had a guy go unq a couple times leading up to final qual. When he finally passed, he did so by the skin of his teeth. I’ll never forget what the range coach made him say to our Senior when asked what he shot. “A blazin’ 190, Sir!” The icing on the cake was that he wiped his brow like he really did something and went “whoo!” I think Senior almost lost his bearing; he tilted his cover down and said get away thing or something like it and we moved on. Nobody in 1099 went unq when it counted! 😂

[@gaspainsify]

Damned range coach set the senior drill up. That had to be a thing of beauty to see.

[@Psychedcath123]

Recruit: pneumonia sir! Ssgt Nichols: PnEumOniA SiR.... 🤣😂😂

[@izzymarz6788]

1:44 dude just asked to get picked on by looking at the DIs

[@aguynamedscott11]

Having been a Drill Sergeant I have to say that the remedial training is lacking and the main deficiency is that the DI confuses reprimands for instruction. No one joins the military wanting to be a failure.

[@moneyjordy]

lmfaoo DIs funny af dawg i like watching the videos but i wouldnt go back for shit....

[@ralphjones6165]

Went thru MCRD SD in 1964. Rifle qual was my only struggle then and thereafter to requal thru the rest of my 4 years. I felt personal shame being able to barely squeak out Marksman score. I made E6 in 3 years and there was more than one reason behind not reenlisting, but I couldn't get over this inadequacy and the fear of failure to qual. That manhole cover sitting in my box of memorabilia haunts me to this day.

[@Squick96]

After going through boot camp in 16. I now see throwing pepples at recruits is a long standing tradition 🤣

[@trapbois4573]

DI: "What did I ever pick you up for?" Recruit: "Pneumonia, sir." DI: "Out f**king standing."

[@adonaimorales3560]

pNeUmOniA SiR

[@SilhouetteJudas]

@@adonaimorales3560 “Where’d I pick you up from anyway?🤨🤔” “Queller Company sir” “It’s my treat huh😏” “What’d I pick you up for?🤨🤨🤨” “Pneumonia sir😷🦠” “PnEuMoniA siR🤪pNeUmOniA sIR🤪” “So basically you come over here to ☠️poison☠️my fucking platoon too🙄” “No sir😐” “Excuse you?!😡” “No sir!😤” “When the fuck did I ever say whisper?!😡🤬”

[@heavygrut5809]

If I had turned my head like that tall kid did to see who was talking when I was on boot, we'd of all been smoked, lol, good times.

[@JWilliamsLangley]

I saw that and tensed up. "WTF are you looooking at?!!?

[@jshortman98]

The range was the only place DIs were chill and reason for was because they didn’t want recruits to shoot them.

[@marshalt]

Like a poor worker blames his tools, a poor teacher blames his students.

[@JeffJE44]

I love the SDI speeches. They were always so inspirational. 🤣🤣🤣 "Thanks for givin' me a 110%" "Yes, no, maybe, fuck you something"