Marine Reacts to Jarhead Movie - FACT OR FICTION

[@JamesonsTravels]

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[@sonnydsantana770]

the movie heart ridge sucked , even after the south east asia conflict when the CORPS morale was at it's lowest and divorce and the suicide rate was high , you couldn't behave like a bunch of pogey bait slime like that in a grunt outfit , let alone a recon co , never happen , big lie GI

[@myerkord]

I would have said what " a slope gunnery Sgt you gotta be shittin me

[@javierescuella9984]

Thank you for your service sir

[@lieutenantnitewolf3337]

Well I had a friend who served he told me some stories he only said once never asked him stuff or to repeat if I forgot cuz I know it was a touchy subject. I loved talking to him. My family, ROTC, a friend and nieghbor of mine who was a marine and my friend tought me to not take shit from some people who are just assholes.

[@mcoleman6834]

Did you hear? DOD is prepping to permanently disqualify anybody with the virus. Those diagnosed will be able to pursue a waiver.

[@grahamvandyke]

A lot of people get turned off by the fact that Jarhead doesn't have much action, but I think that's what makes it such an interesting war movie.

[@mikevanroy9356]

It was Desert Storm. There wasn't much action. Swofford got more than most.

[@logan-vq3dm]

people who complain about literally miss the entire point of the movie

[@Gabriel-br4qe]

good ol' hurry up and wait

[@slayerd357]

Absolutely. It's what majority of servicemen experience. We train for war but most likely never see it. And now war has changed so much its not what most people imagine.

[@McCarthy1776]

Lol that's the whole point of the movie. Veterans who never saw combat but were right on the edge of seeing it get it.

[@morgo_6918]

"I got lost on the way to college sir!" Haha that scene always cracked me up

[@jamesmorant1406]

Me too 😆

[@CHRF-55457]

yes

[@hawkeye681]

Drama queen!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Joshuaxiong2]

I don’t get that part. I don’t understand.

[@Notmyname64]

@@Joshuaxiong2 It's sarcasm. It's as if he was saying that it was an accident he ended up in the Marines, because he meant to go to college. In other words, he's being underhanded about saying that he should have gone to college instead.

[@sfdanceron1]

It would be interesting to know how far "Jodie" goes back in the military? He was alive and well in the Army back in 64.

[@JamesonsTravels]

Jody is a busy boy. Who knows.

[@ChrsLee78]

I hear Jody hooked up with good ol’ Suzie rotten crotch.

[@jamesjingle4379]

Jody must be busy cus he banging all the locked up convicts wives and girlfriends too 😂😂

[@help4343]

Do you mean Jody? "Jodie" is a chick.

[@Vato-Psyko-Loko]

There should be a statue of Jodie on every base.

[@williambenton9959]

I have a family friend who is a D.I. who absolutely loves his job, and he says "My job is to make boot camp the toughest experience I can for them, so any enemies are a cake walk" and when he said it like that, I gained so much more respect for Drill instructors.

[@CARSON441]

He's absolutely correct, and it serves you your entire life. People yelling about things simply doesn't phase you after that experience. Most people are amateurs at yelling, Marine Drill Instructors are professionals!!! At 75 years of age, I can say they changed my life. Semper Fi! I believe the World looks different for Marines!

[@donsurlylyte]

@@CARSON441 yelling and tough is one thing, but hitting and hazing is bullshit. these men may have to die for us and deserve good treatment during and after their service.

[@CARSON441]

@@donsurlylyte Do you regret the adverse treatment that you recieved while in basic training.If so you are unique among men! Having experienced USMC boot camp and having known many Marines over the interveneing 60+ years you're the 1st one that has objected.What you're classifying as abuse is actually the forming of an attitude that doesn't question athority.when a command is given,the person issuing that command doesn't want to hear a contradiction ,he wants/expects A HARTY "AYE,AYE-SIR!!" Hope this helps.

[@rdred8693]

My ex had such a miserable childhood, when he got to Parris Island, he said boot camp was easy for him.

[@Sam-Jones]

@@rdred8693 i bet that surprised the di's finding out they don't scare him.

[@michaelangelocostello2599]

We had a recruit with a Russian last name. His last name had about 13 letters to it with only 2 vowels. The Drill Instructor tried to read it and started yelling “how the hell do you pronounce a last name this long with two damn vowels?” My real last name is De Guimera, ironically my father during Vietnam era and I both got the nick name Alphabet.

[@tristanholland6445]

I remember a guy in Air Force basic was Laotian and his name had more letters than the name tape letter size at the time allowed. So his last name was literally cut off by a few letters. He took it in stride. We also had two Ukrainians and a South African the South African was a white Afrikaner and we happened to have a missionary's son who had lived in South Africa and they could both speak Afrikaans. One black guy used to joke "ain't this some Sh** I finally meet someone from Africa and he's a white boy".

[@cessnaking2000]

We had a guy show up that had a long last name, we called him "G13".

[@torinjones3221]

Sounds pretty Welsh to me

[@michaelangelocostello2599]

Torin Jones mine is a town in Spain, who knows where before that

[@ninjaslash52_98]

my last name sounds a bit like tortellini so I get called tortellini a lot... that’d be a shit name in the Corp to be called

[@phantomstranger8959]

Jody's name has changed with every theater of war from Joe the Driller to Joe D and finally Jody.

[@kirby7294]

Grandfather, father, son.

[@Anticlimacticwhale]

what about joe mama

[@ivantheslav9256]

@@Anticlimacticwhale yea Jody visited her too

[@maykolllopez1585]

Joe the grinder

[@kirkdaley3441]

In Jamaica we say Joe grind..as he's at home grinding(fucking) your girl

[@pstrmorrison]

My Senior DI was from a small town less than 10 miles from where I grew up. Made me very popular with the other DI’s. I serve one term and got out. The Senior DI retired and moved back home. He started dating a lady I worked with and later married. We got where we hung out couple times a month. One day he asked if I wanted to go get a drink together. I could not resist looked at him and say so you want to be my beer drinking buddy. He just stared at me then broke out laughing

[@CM_54]

Checkmate

[@Warmaker01]

The questions in boot camp where there's no right answer. You have a split second to ponder what you're about to answer back, and realize there is no right answer and you're going to get thrashed. You immediately start thinking, "I'm fucked" when you suddenly realize the Drill Instructor is yelling because you haven't said anything. "Now I'm really fucked."

[@JamesonsTravels]

Exactly. Whatever your answer you are wrong

[@dammyjodger4950]

Must be to get past unwinnable situations mentally i suppose

[@CHRF-55457]

lol

[@eugeneroberts6891]

My dad taught me the correct answer,if nothing else works. " If the drill instructor says so, Sir!"

[@tsdobbi]

We had private "Gay" in my platoon in Army basic. (Yes his last name was literally "Gay"). I still remember when we arrived at reception and a DS was calling out role, all of a sudden hes like "private........huh huh....Gay?" I was an art major in college before joining the Army, and in down time before we hit the rack, I would do drawings for people. Everyone had drawings from me in their footlocker. One of our DS's finally got curious and asked where these were coming from when doing an inspection and like that scene in Forrest Gump I just hear the DS bellow my name from the other side of the barracks, I ran my ass off stood at at attention and he just goes WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN THE ARMY?! Then he made me draw his portrait while I was on fire watch.

[@acegamer117]

What was your MOS, and legit why’d you join lol

[@landonallen9072]

Just met a private gay in fort Leonard Wood a few months ago

[@elcuh9506]

well at least you didnt have a drill ask for a neck massage while he was pulling cq

[@MarkHayes-ue7hs]

Yeah. We had one too. Got more pussy than two of us. Made video tapes and all. He and Marvin are the only two gays I like.

[@camposjesus3725]

@@acegamer117he's lying lmao seen that exact post on another video

[@erikschiller7210]

Jodi is probably the mega Chad, he’s been screwing every military service member’s SO since the beginning of the military.

[@libertatemadvocatus1797]

He has to make up for name somehow.

[@jamesdragonforce]

Hell even George Fucking Washington’s SO 😂 😆

[@mcoleman6834]

Let's put "Jody" downrange. I guarantee greatly improved marksmanship scores.

[@similaritiesendhere]

Except Jodie/Jody was often another soldier on base while you're away.

[@mcoleman6834]

@@similaritiesendhere if "Jody" seeks the reward, then he should be aware of the price.

[@similaritiesendhere]

@@mcoleman6834 There are rewards for shooting fellow service members too. You should keep them in mind when you try to defend the "honor" of a woman who cheated on you. You'll be dead or in military prison... she'll still be fucking Jody's. What battle did you win?

[@mcoleman6834]

@@similaritiesendhere Things would be much simpler if those in uniform would save the effort for a better brand of female. Of course, we both know that such ladies are scarce. Still, being alone is preferable to risking heart and soul on a bad relationship. Regrettably, "Jody" will always be there. Any woman that would turn to him is unworthy of the trouble. Giving the problem a name and/or a face helps to deal with it.

[@bradcurtis5324]

I believe he would be missing his scrotum unless the aim was slightly off. Then he would be a complete eunich.

[@tmacphd7871]

As a Viet Nam era veteran, I really enjoy and appreciate your commentary. Pretty real.

[@JamesonsTravels]

Thanks brother. I keep it straight. Don’t win the PC police but never did as a salty devil dog.

[@otravis676]

I firmly believe there wasn't one Jody there was a fleet.

[@carolinagoldbug983]

They picked a name no one actually had........or else the poor bastard would get his ass KICKED as soon as he got to the Fleet.......🤣

[@rusty7984]

If anyone names their kid Jody that’s painting a target on the kid’s back for bullying even without the military stereotype

[@Taemien]

Nah man he's like Santa Claus. Hitting all those chimney's in one night.

[@vladnoname1309]

Travis Olson Jody keeps our wives or girlfriends just like we left them. Freshly fucked.

[@oisincassidy5664]

Jody is just a callsign 😂

[@jeffburnham6611]

Even Anthony Swofford, he wrote the book the movie is based on, came out and said much of the film from basic through scout sniper school to their initial arrival for Desert Shield, was fabricated and never happened.

[@S1deshowRob]

I read the book, there actually was a situation with a physically violent drill instructor who actually was reprimanded and removed from his position because of how he treated recruits. I think this was meant as an approximation, if anything the real story was crazier

[@pan2aja]

Good, then he is not lying

[@mikevanroy9356]

My SDI got pulled after hitting someone. This was after my cycle but I was stationed on the same base so I heard about it. I was actually surprised. We had DIs I could see that happening to but the SDI was pretty chill with us.

[@lukemiranda8747]

Anyone else laugh at the "I got lost on the way to college" response? I don't think I've laughed so hard at such a quick comment.

[@rockerone9594]

What cracks me up even more is Jamesons's response right away: "I don't remember there being a chalkboard" but the rest is pretty accurate. Still laughing out loud at that.

[@mohammedshaheen1429]

What does that line refer to ?

[@CHRF-55457]

yes

[@CHRF-55457]

@@mohammedshaheen1429 lost to college? Its like u got drafted before u could get to college or sumthing

[@bright7473]

Drafted before college? Isn't U.S Armed Forces 100% voluntary service?

[@jondoe9491]

My pops was a vaulenteer nam vet. 101st airborne medic. 68-69. Great man, absolutely insane! He passed away in 2019

[@kyjortin_gaming]

DI's do not hit you, but they will definitely "relocate" you if need be lol.

[@JamesonsTravels]

Good choice of words. I was relocated a few times

[@carlosvillalvahernandez2136]

DI's do hit you, other recruits and I got punch in the gut for something I shouldn't say but yeah... Stupid but, We Graduated 2019 2BT G Co. USMC

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

@@carlosvillalvahernandez2136 what do you think he means when he says "relocate"? I remember having breakfast with a member of this church I attended. He talked about when his son enlisted he told his dad (also a crayon eater) that DI are not allowed to hit anyone anymore. His dad gave up trying to convince his son that they will put their hands on him. He sent his dad a letter at first opportunity saying "I was wrong, they still do"

[@1645308]

It depends when you were in....

[@scallen3841]

@@eriktruchinskas3747 So what purpose does it serve

[@evan4856]

My dad was telling me how his drill sergeant asked if anyone thought they could take him in a fight and one small guy raised his hand. He said the kid got one of the worst beatings he’s ever seen

[@Teufelshund]

I don't recall ever seeing a Drill Instructor with a mustache...ever.

[@JamesonsTravels]

I never saw one. very few mustaches in general.

[@Teufelshund]

@@JamesonsTravels Unless you are airwing...then you can have a mustache and a mullet!

[@CARSON441]

Or much hair at all, they are the most squared-away guys in the Corps!

[@johnryan4769]

I had a chief with a mustache as one of my CCs

[@naffox4259]

Must be a usmc thing? When I was in bct in 2015 the army DS had one

[@UlrichTheOmega]

That's true about not talking about it. My Uncle was in Vietnam, and he rarely talked about any of it. The one time he let on to any of it was when he was talking about being on anesthesia. He said it knocks him out so badly he couldn't suppress the memories. It's the only time I've ever seen the man cry.

[@hemprope4326]

So Jody was basically proto-Chad?

[@Bejita666]

Ah what?

[@ryack6355]

Hemp Rope No guy with morals would bang a military wife, it’s wrong on so many levels.

[@scutumfidelis1436]

Chads don't bang other peoples wives. Thats something effeminate people with no self control do.

[@Bevo_Baker]

Jody is his dad

[@cusefan5510]

Why is chad a name that gets shit on so much. Fuckin brutal sometimes

[@cappriment]

My father served two tours in the Army during Nam! His 2nd tour he was in Grave Registration. He told me about removing drugs from off dead soldiers bodies, so there wouldn't be a question as to how they died. He would only go so far, when I would ask questions, before he would start yelling and screaming at me, asking why I always wanted to ask about Vietnam. It always ended there, he would never go beyond that! After awhile, I stopped asking about I realized, he didn't want to relive the things he saw, preparing dead bodies to be returned back State Side!

[@greggmoldovan1165]

Before Boot Camp I had never been in a fight. My senior Drill Instructor took me into the gear locker and beat the crap out of me. He called it "counseling" . I'll never forget that day as long as I live. Plt. 161, Parris Island 1976. Semper Fi

[@nateulpanzarella9154]

when they did it to us in basic it was called adjusting your gear with counseling

[@AnakinSkywakka]

The heck did you do to warrant that? Refer to yourself in the first person?

[@ridingdeep8530]

This movie most accurately portrays my experience in the Marine Corps and the military in general, as a grunt. I was scribe as well, they most definitely grabbed us from time to time - that was nothing compared to other things they have in their tool box of fun. Honestly boot camp was easy compared to most of the rest of my time in the Corps. Jody stole my girlfriend multiple times throughout my career, bastard.

[@brianfitch5469]

For me in 2009 bootcamp was much easier then infantry school was

[@San_Dude]

Did he really meet your girlfriend Or this was the sarcasm Isn't it wrong or illegal

[@San_Dude]

Why your girlfriend agree with him

[@Sniperboy5551]

@San Dude I’m gonna ask you a question, but don’t take offense to it. Are you dumb?

[@San_Dude]

@@Sniperboy5551 look English not my first language so sometimes there is miss understanding , specially with that unprofessional English that's why I ask

[@1stMarDiv4341]

Whenever my civilian friends would ask what the most realistic war movie is, I'd always say Jarhead. It perfectly captured the monotony and sheer boredom that comes with deploying. Also, one of our kill hats shoved a recruit's rifle barrel into his face during drill and caused him to bleed. Said recruit wrote about it to his parents and they contacted MCRD Parris Island and the DI was suspended for the rest of training shortly after. So from my experience (which I understand varies greatly) they absolutely cannot hit or attempt to physically harm you. But the mental games are fucking relentless.

[@terryevans1976]

We had a Dark Green DI with a mustache. Drill Instructor Sgt. Wilson, you never forget their names, ha, ha

[@bensonyazzie1168]

Drill instructor Sgt. DeWar, he was tough, by his name. Dark Green Marine. 😬😠😈.

[@ellardkurvin1459]

my uncle told me that a lot of his friends in the Army got struck by Jody or got hit with the Dear Johns so he pretty much stayed single til he got out lol

[@rorycollins3527]

One thing I remember in Boot Camp was you never referred to yourself as I, it was always 'this recruit' or for 3rd battalion it was 'this private'. You got dug for referring to yourself in first person. I also agree with you, I never saw a Drill Instructor with facial hair. I got kicked by the drill instructor in the chest because I wasn't going all the way down on push ups, but I was not going to tell the series commander.

[@JamesonsTravels]

Yes. Sir this recruit request permission to speak. I though 2nd with private.

[@ChrsLee78]

You could get away with saying I occasionally... but yeah, in that kind of situation it would’ve definitely been dealt with.

[@michaelangelocostello2599]

I noticed that

[@ChrsLee78]

usmc 03retired, if you don’t refer to yourselves as “this recruit”, then how do Hollywood recruits refer to themselves? 😜

[@ChrsLee78]

usmc 03retired haha! Yeah, I made that comment when I was still half asleep. I didn’t realize he had said that in 3rd battalion they said “this private”. I can’t really speak to that as I was in 2nd Battalion. But I know in at least 2nd, 4th, and 1st Battalions they say “this recruit” not “this private”. 3rd Battalion has always been a bit odd, although I doubt that even they would break from convention in that way. 🤷‍♂️

[@cpl.m9645]

My "Senior Drill Instructor" had a mustache... always remember it when he was pitting me. Also, yes I did get hit.

[@JamesonsTravels]

One thing you don’t forget.

[@sonofslade8235]

When did you go through boot?

[@CARSON441]

I went thru PI in 1963 of course you got hit, later ln life working for a construction company when an irate customer was venting I'd just listen. One day after one of these sessions a fellow worker that had overheard said "how do you take that"? I sald, "it's easy that guy's an amateur, I've been yelled at by professionals!" And that is one benefit of boot camp that lasts forever. Very little rattles you!

[@hotjoose9415]

I got hit, punched, and pushed. Paris Island March ‘86. Wouldn’t of had it any other way! Semper Fi Marines!

[@pstrmorrison]

Hotjoose 94 PI March of 81 training platoon 2022. Look out the window and see the Parade deck watched a dozen graduations

[@bejipwns]

West Coast best coast

[@zappablegiraffe2117]

That's really not something to be proud of

[@hotjoose9415]

Zappable Giraffe says you

[@tomr3422]

got pushed, everyone did, Got slammed against a wall mainly to get me out of the way while our strong junior went after a guy and fisher another junior thought it was me...March 88 San Diego.... Good times

[@dantesinfernopurgatory7826]

"Sir, I got lost on the way to college sir!" Head slammed against chalkboard loosely translates to "wrong answer".

[@TazawaTanks]

I remember “light green and dark green”. 1994 MCRD San Diego

[@davidaubry647]

What platoon? I was in 3109

[@jackthegamer5419]

My dad went their for basic training fresh out of high school

[@ZAGOR64]

When I served in the paratroopers (83/84) our drill instructors were using pushups as the main "tool" for imposing discipline. We did do the ones with the slaps, but it was more something we used to do within ourselves to show off on who was the toughest mofo, and they were for more "advanced" rookies. But there was a "ritual" where the instructor was commanding pushups with: -"..get on the ground and give me (let's say) 50 soldier"... so you dive to the ground and started "pumping" (as we used to call it)... after a bit, when he was noticing that you were already in"pain", the instructor asked you: -"how many did you do?"... so you say how many, whatever the number was... and then he replied:- -"wrong..a paratrooper NEVER count the pushups...start from scratch..." so you started again..after a while, he will ask you again..." how many?" So you were left with only 2 answers possible... -" I don't know" or "I did not count them, sir..." And he... -"wrong...a paratrooper ALWAYS knows what da f*ck he's doing...start from scratch"... HAHAHAHAHA only after few times of this ritual you were given the correct answer which was: -"..how many?"... -"One more than the devil and one less than the drill instructor"... hahaha. it seems so stupid back then, but after all these years I still laugh if I think about it. respect from an old brother in arms...and stay safe out there and God bless us all.

[@theroadrunnerjarhead4109]

Marine drill instructors are sadists. We had to do squat jumps and push-ups for punishment. Squat jumps took all the energy and power out of your legs.

[@fallsprig4581]

i'd like to thank you and your swole company for their service

[@ZAGOR64]

@@fallsprig4581 Thank you ma' man.

[@rpminc1974]

Not even close to R Lee Ermey's amazing performance in Full Metal Jacket !!

[@JamesonsTravels]

Yep

[@darren763]

Kind of an unfair comparison though. Real DI vs actor pretending to be a DI.

[@johnpeterson2987]

They all have their distinct personalities. Some are funnier and some just plain ass holes.

[@ericirwin413]

@@JazzFan76 nobody can compare to Gunney Sergeant R.Lee Ermey being the fact that he was a former Drill Instructor, but it makes me wonder about Bob Ross back in his days of being a Drill Sergeant which after he vowed never to scream again! 🤬🤗

[@robertisham5279]

Amen especially since he was an actual drill instructor.

[@ash2xx1]

I appreciate how boring this movie is rather then acting like guys are constantly out there fighting like most. The uniforms are also pretty accurate after I googled around a bit so I appreciate that too.

[@JJSPARROW1978]

Marine doing push ups with the Clap. Not the worst thing he could catch on R&R

[@JamesonsTravels]

Lol. Good point

[@dubuyajay9964]

They cut out the DI yelling at him for being a fuckhead and not doing reg pushups.

[@WxSidneyG]

I went to Army Basic in 2017. One of my favorite memories was when a trainee dropped a fork on the floor in the DFAC and a DS made him get on his hands and knees and apologize very loudly to the floor for several minutes.

[@armysimp]

plz continue with this movie reaction

[@JamesonsTravels]

I will take a look and see what works.

[@Undercoverbrotherfromanother]

As a former sailor, seabee attached to a MEU and soldier; I appreciate your clips. Keep em coming. N

[@andrewbradt5144]

His depiction of his time overseas is the most accurate of any movie I've ever seen, long periods of boredom.

[@dredayfolife]

Yea Jody was introduced me when I was trying to qualify with my weapon. DS said jody is in them gutts, and that target is Jody. I shot the hell out of that target.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

Everyone watch your girlfriends. Jodi might be lurking.

[@Xanivert]

*Jody

[@JD-dm1uj]

My first day of BC, our CC was yelling for a recruit to get out of bed who refused, the CC flipped over the bunk with him in it and it completely broke the recruit's femur. Recruit was medically discharged and the CC was "advised" to take a couple of weeks off, haha.

[@phillipsmith4473]

Damn, he must've had a pretty weak femur.

[@theophrastusbombastusvanho849]

@@phillipsmith4473 yeah it’s supposed to be the strongest bone in your body if I remember right. His must been made of glass

[@nardcore661]

Is that Canadian basic training?

[@JD-dm1uj]

@@theophrastusbombastusvanho849Never saw this reply, back in the 80s, the bunks were all metal, very heavily constructed, the sheer weight of it, plus he was a very small framed guy.

[@martinidemon]

The nicknames that the Drill Instructors give to recruits is always hilarious. I went thru PI in 1987. My last name is Summa so my nickname was Recruit Sewage. Lol. One of the hardest things is fighting the laughter when they call you or other recruits such nicknames. If they catch you laughing or smirking it’s over. Lmfao. Semper Fi

[@chrisb3738]

The movie got silly when they depicted the 7th Marines as screw ups in the Gulf. My unit trained with them over there in early '91 and they were pretty locked in.

[@michaelk8642]

Damn. I was an 0351 with 3/7 Kilo Co. from 1988-1990. I barely missed you by a year. :)

[@ErnieJ89]

@@michaelk8642 Different era, but FMF Corpsman, 3/7 Lima. Sangin Afghanistan 2010

[@michaelk8642]

@@ErnieJ89 Right on. Semper Fi, Brother!

[@eazye088]

@Ernie Jimenez 3/7 Kilo Co. Sangin Sunrise baby. 🌅

[@davinescorial1873]

I'm from the Philippines but still, thank you for your service guys! Haha wish I'd be like you all 🪖

[@Shipfixer]

Semper Fi Brother. 1st Battalion, 27th Marines Vietnam, 68". Damn, this stuff you got brings back some memories of the suck. But you know what? Wouldn't trade it for anything. Funny as it sounds, The Marine Corps showed me a thing or 6 about life. No one can really imagine how basic is. A total SNAFU. Be safe, greetings from Alaska.

[@JamesonsTravels]

The Corps makes a lasting memory. All of the parts of the 'suck' fade away after years. Semper FI.

[@Shipfixer]

@@JamesonsTravels Yes. That is true. Kind thanks. Semper Fi

[@saylosrelyks8645]

My coach in school was a former drill instructor so he made us do military exercises every day in class, it was rigorous and tough but man was i in good shape.

[@Juicy_Jeff0341]

They skipped the part right when he got to his unit, and all the other Marines are waiting and staring on the upper decks of the bricks waiting to swarm you lol that’s accurate asf

[@anthonyiacolino8537]

As a Marine this is the most realistic USMC movie to me

[@Beefry222]

As a former Navy Doc I'm right there with you.

[@Dread_Pirate_Homesteader]

From the book the drill instructor was actually relieved from the class.

[@Stephen-jr4kb]

You know the drill instructor goes home and he laugs his ass off every night

[@rusty7984]

Broke up with my girlfriend and risking getting kicked out for trying to join the Marines still too fat but getting there hopefully go to MEPs mid June Also yes I can do clap push ups surprisingly considering my weight Update: I made weight and shipping out May 17th to MCRD San Diego Second update: I graduated boot camp 3 weeks ago and finished MCT the drill instructors definitely didn't grab us

[@jacobpohlabel4156]

Word of advice: don't .

[@BlooD_RaVeN_MkII]

Dude, I was 245 lbs when I signed up, like size 42 pants, XXXL shirts. My recruiters had me going to the gym every day until I could make weight at MEPs. I made it through boot camp and came out at 160 lbs, give or take a few.

[@rusty7984]

Moises Mouret Arzaba I started off 240lbs I’m now 227-230lbs I’m 5’6 so I need to be 191 to pass MEPs slowly but surely getting there.

[@BlooD_RaVeN_MkII]

@@rusty7984 Keep it up! trust me, make it through boot camp you'll be well below 200 and in great shape, especially if you take it up on your own to do pushups, situps, etc. on what little time you have to yourself. Had one guy in my platoon who was fairly small and weak, could barely do pullups. Took it upon himself to do 100 pushups every night plus other things. By the last weeks of boot camp this dude was doing the 20 pullups like it was nothing.

[@rusty7984]

Moises Mouret Arzaba Nice for me I don’t really struggle with any exercise except the running not even cardio just running pull ups to bit as soon as the weight comes off I’ll be hitting at least 6-7 pull ups but now I’m running 3 miles at a 10-11 minute miles pace trying to get it down to 28 by June then 24 for boot camp other than that I feel pretty confident about mostly everything

[@dantesinfernopurgatory7826]

A good analogy for serving in the military is this lyric from the Eagles' song Hotel California - You can check out anytime you want, but you can never leave. What you learn/experience in the military often stays with you for life.

[@fredselbman3319]

No one knows the true brutality of a Drill Instructor until your sister sends you two joints in the mail in the beginning of first phase, I truly believe that I pushed MCRD San Diego six feet closer to the SD Airport 😂😂😂

[@darrenhunt9049]

Ex Australian Army and "Rookies" was so fast paced I had no idea what happened a week out of Marching Out Parade but I can remember more 32 years later.

[@BlueBusssss]

I never did pushups with "The Clap" but my buddy Hanson did. The Corpsman punched his bore and gave him some penicillin and that was the last of that.

[@niallreid7664]

Your intros are some of the best on the platform. Straight to the point, no bullshit. As it should be.

[@WaffleLove246]

Im so sad he never finished the last scene, he stopped right before the dude was tied down by his unit and branded with an iron. Woulda been interesting to hear his thought on that!

[@michaelcoffman4185]

I remember the push-ups and thinking "where did they learn to count? " 2 push-ups counted as 1🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@purplegriffin4413]

remember years later walking with a group of guys from my unit. just walking and talking when i noticed we were all in step again. all that time apart and it was instant the sound of our heel clicking again. it was kinda funny doing anything to try and break that up only to have it shift almost instantly after a few steps.

[@Advtaiwan]

Love your reactions . Due to a extremely bad injury I never served, just romanticized, read , or talked to vets . Thanks for sharing with me . Interesting fact . My great grandfather was in the Italian army and served during WW1 fought against the Germans. After the war immediately immigrated to the USA 🇺🇸 . Grandpa was in the American army (drafted right after graduating college) sent to France got pneumonia and basically had a shit time . No Vietnam vets in the family at least not that I know of !. Remember the Republic Of China Taiwan videos in the future ! Thank you 🙏

[@leosparton622]

You ever wonder if there jus so happen to be a recruit named "jody" and every time the joke comes up he is on the chopping block

[@peasley5449]

Man I can see the DI knowing about his father. I got called into my Captains office 2 weeks into basic and I was shitting a brick. Turns out the Capt knew my father from Vietnam and he had my father on the phone then my father yelled at me from the speaker telling me to beat my face. OMG. Then the drill pounded me when we got back for 20 min

[@otravis676]

On the grabbing and hitting. I bet if you look hard enough you can still find my Sr D.I's finger prints on the back of my head lol.

[@madeasimmons9746]

They don't hit anymore, but they urge other recruits to hit you

[@MrScottbot101]

“It was shortly after meeting Drill Instructor Fitch that I realized joining the Marine Corps might have been a bad decision.” All of us that went through basic, regardless of the branch, said something similar to this at one point or another during the first day 😂

[@JeffrikOG9]

Hell yea i did, nothing will prepare you for it.

[@Rob-bo7yn]

@@JeffrikOG9 I had a friend at a job who was former Air Force. So all summer before I went in I would pick his brain and he had me well coached up. Biggest thing I learned from him: when they ask for volunteers, always be in the 1st group. It is usually the best detail. But even with all his advice there were a few things here and there I wasn't expecting. AF basic training is nothing more than a giant mind fuck anyway.

[@JeffrikOG9]

@@Rob-bo7yn in my experience you didnt want to volunteer first everytime, now you do wanna volunteer if you know it's not bad because there will always be something worst.

[@mrc6808]

Yup I remember thinking man I fucked up

[@ManuelHernandez-ek4nw]

Yeah I was like "what did I just do" 😆

[@strider675]

My recruters name was Jody

[@norbaynapa]

Should have addressed him as Judy and then fall back to see what happens next.

[@billreyna1355]

The green description wasn't said in boot when I was there. But heard it later when stationed. Having 1 DI in your face was typical. As for Jodie reference I heard it once and though Jodie was a weird name to begin with. There was some man handling but hitting wasn't or seen rather. SF.

[@roelofvandermerwe1147]

I really really really love how you jump right into the video, no annoying intro

[@jhogan1960]

My dad told me stories of his tenure at Parris Lsland in the late 1950s. I didn't believe him until he got around some Marines when he would fly the USMC Ensign from his sailboat mast. It's all true. RIP dad.

[@leonleon2276]

“The maggot whose dad served in Vietnam” lmao

[@daveyy420]

I was in 2010 to 2015. DI's definitely hit a bunch of us on multiple occasions. Recruits threatening suicide, etc, etc. Boot camp is all a mind game. It really isn't all that physically challenging if you can run 3 miles and do pullups. Its the mind games, hunger, sleep deprivation and missing home that gets to you. Overall I have always though this movie is one of the most accurate depictions of life in the Marines. Was never in Iraq but did a tour in Afghanistan. This movie portrays deployment very well.

[@milominder]

When I was a recruit the DIs would occasionally ask recruits questions that would reveal personal shit so he might have known that Schrawford's dad was in Vietnam. For example, when we got on the yellow footprints one guy stood on them backward. I didn't see it, of course, eyes front. But I heard the commotion. Finally, one DI asked the recruit if he was an officer. The dumbass responded, "sir no sir, but my father's a colonel." His nickname was the Colonel and that stuck from reiving through graduation. We also had a brain surgeon :). Oh and we didn't have "running shoes," we had "go fasters."

[@Fireontire]

You can really see a difference between countries here, in the bootcamp here in Norway the amount of stuff you will get thrown at you is different between each drill instructor, some are really kind actually and try to encourage rather than yell at you, but there are also the assholes, I had one of those. My DI was a woman and I have no problem with that but I really felt like I was being harrassed personaly and I didn't even want to be there but boys are obligated to do the one year, I even told them that I had anger management issues and that I didn't like being yelled at, all I got back was ¨We are gonna fix you don't worry¨. It didn't go as well as they thought, I was put in the medic platoon and there its almost all girls you train alongside and those girls were mean to me all the time, filling my boots with cow shit and the like, they never got in trouble for it but if I ever did one little thing I got in trouble for it. Fair right? So one day our DI had the mind of making my days even more hell and well she laid her hands on me for the first time, I almost broke her arm then and there and she got really scared, I had endured 3 weeks of badmouthing up to that point, I got sent up to the colonels office and he straight out apologized for how I was treated and I got the option to go home which I took, my platoon was also reprimanded for everything they did to me, the colonel had actually been keeping tabs on everything and he could see I was about to explode so he was a standup guy and I went home to get on with my life, thats my experience with the military. Personaly I think its a waste of time, especialy for someone like me as they tell you ¨We are going to break you and build you back up¨, that doesn't work in my experience it jsut pisses people off and someone will get hurt.

[@thedarkestnight9600]

Frisky Hunter seems like you couldve punched her lights out and wouldve gotten away with it. Sometimes women think they are invincible and can do anything. If only society didnt look down on men "asserting domination" physically when things get crazy then maybe women wouldnt be so crazy. Lol but thats just my opinion. Dont give a reason to be hit. You wont get hit. Date an asshole guy thats still on you.

[@CARSON441]

your story makes us all very sad, I don't think it was an accident that they put you in a girls unit;

[@Dillweed9001]

@@CARSON441 Did you miss the part where he didn't volunteer and there was no war? Conscription is ridiculous and I don't blame him one bit for having a shitty attitude just on that principal alone

[@CARSON441]

@@Dillweed9001 Fortunately during WWII that sentiment wasn't shared as 10.1 million of the US TROOPS were draftees, and are often referred to as the greatest generation!

[@PPikes]

1:55 my big bro was a marine and back in 2000 he told me a DI did say to his buddy who had a pic of his girlfriend "is this your girlfriend!?? (recruit said yes) WRONG! the marine corps is your girlfriend now!!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@deez420nuts69]

Epic 🤘🤣

[@krysistheabyss]

What happens in the whisky locker stays in the whiskey locker.

[@jude_the_apostle]

1:55 the two guys trying to keep it together at the back lol

[@StudlyFudd13]

I didn't catch that until you pointed it out xD Oh my goodness.

[@RJ-rp8yd]

I was gonna say that may be a mistake they didn't catch or cut out, but we were all definitely laughing our asses off whenever our instructor was getting in someone's ass.

[@izzate7]

Ol’ Jodie. The Ghengis Khan off the Armed Ssrvices.

[@johnfite5358]

In real life he would be on his face pushing immediately after telling his DI he looks fabulous. You have to be crazy to say that. And they never tell you how many to do, they just let you go forever. I was the S1 (scribe) too by the way. We always took way more crap. I guess they wanted to make sure no nerds snuck in without proving ourselves.

[@PlanetMars2030]

They aren’t allowed to hit or choke recruits in basic training. The use of physical force is strictly prohibited and violators can face disciplinary action. Recruits are to be trained with discipline, respect, and professionalism. Physical abuse will not be tolerated. Only within the boundaries of professional conduct and designed to teach recruits necessary skills and discipline. Military organizations take such matters seriously and have measures in place to investigate and address any misconduct by their personnel.

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

"I GOT LOST ON THE WAY TO COLLEGE, SIR!!" We just not gonna talk about that?? 🤣🤣

[@logger22]

It was this movie that made me realize how common Jodhi is. It also makes me think of how long he's been around. He may be our real grandad, not the one who came back from WW2.

[@absolutetuber]

My cousin went into the marines and always told me “man....even if the DI asked you what 1+1 is you’d STILL be wrong for saying 2 as a recruit” 😂😂😂

[@matthewwedge6416]

Remember a rec that called a DI crazy in a whisper the DI heard him. Smoked his ass on the quarter deck for dayzzz. Then made him go to the head stand in front of a mirror at the sink Shouting to himself so everyone could hear him without whispering “ im not crazy! You are! Over and over and over. Some funny shit there.

[@ghost-lp9cv]

i went in 2005, i didn't see anyone get grabbed, but i had a trashcan thrown "at me".

[@marineforlifemclean850]

I was in from 78 to 82, and was an 0331, as my MOS. The senior DI, and the other 3 DIs were Vietnam Vets, and believed in the "hands on" approach when dealing with recruits. I had gotten smacked up side the head, choked, and gotten kicked in the ass on a couple of occasions. It didnt mean they had it in for you, it just meant it was your turn that day. This DI seems legit. The language and attitude screams 1970s..lol I did see one recruit lose it, and squared off against a DI once, and got upended and parked on his ass by the DI. We never saw that recruit again. Also, it was never just one DI screaming at you, it was usually a gang affair...

[@calleX]

Jody is drivin' my Mustang

[@devildog3799]

Ahh the needy Marine with sweet little piece back at home... too funny, Jody will always swoop in. Thank goodness for TJ’s

[@cont9205]

Always wondered what an actual Marine thought of this movie. Great video.

[@JamesonsTravels]

The wat part gets really off

[@brandoncrawford5323]

Gotta remember, if one DI has a problem with a recruit they ALL do, sometimes pulling said recruit into the head for some "extra" instructing.

[@wmharrelson]

Stafford himself stated the drill instructor who hit him onto the chalkboard was actually relieved because of it.

[@johnroscoe2406]

Thank you for calling out that guys constantly talking about their service are usually lying. Good to hear it from someone who knows.

[@david3481281]

If you look closely at 1:30 the guys in the back are laughing

[@bensonyazzie1168]

We always try to make recruits on the opposite side at night inspection laugh. We make faces. We all paid for laughter. Semper Fi 😈 Devil Dogs.

[@tomr3422]

nightly hygiene inspection was hell, people would hang there stuff out and do everything they could to make you laugh.

[@417Owsy]

* 1:57

[@MrRene1968]

I had my M16 pushed into my chest by the drill instructor, the instructor called it making an adjustment, I also saw an instructor take down a person in my squad to the ground, and said the person in my squad had his uniformed crooked and he was correcting the malfunction.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

Jameson, what's your take on starting over in Metroid after you've passed the 9th level? How long did it take you to beat Metroid, Jameson?

[@donnieeaton2926]

We had 1 guy in basic training that wanted to fight the drill sergeant so they lined us up around them looking away and we heard him scream and the drill sergeants laugh. Mps came and got him and we never heard anything about him again.

[@sonnyblack71]

"Aint no sense of going home Jody's got your girl and gone"

[@peteross4879]

I remember this movie being boring af years ago, only to realize it’s actually very accurate lol

[@horizonchaser6030]

My experience in 1984, this is pretty close to reality. Things were changing though, different from Viet Nam Era, DI's didn't actually hit you but they still did crazy shit like at Hygene Inspection, you wear your web belt around your neck showing you washed it, if you did something UnSat they would choke you with it trying to breath while reciting your General Orders...or they would take the Squads that fucked up that day in the head and make you Bend and Thrust, Side Stradle Hop for 15min you actually beat the shit out of each other being packed in so tight, if you took a water break before you got permission the DI would make you hit yourself over the head with your canteen until he told you to stop. Jodie, the language and the way you get spoken to as a Boot in the Fleet(After Boot Camp) you get treated like shit for awhile. I watched a USMC Boot Camp Documentary a few years ago. Things have changed. The Saddest thing is the Gungy Profane Running Cadences are all gone. Good Memories. MRCR 1984