This Is Parris Island (1970)

Marine Recruits Go Through The Rigors Of Boot Camp At Parris Island, South Carolina.
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This Is Parris Island

[@XTrooper3936]

I arrived at Parris Island on August 24, 1970 as a skinny 17-year-old kid who was 5’10” tall, weighed 126 lbs, and had never been away from home nor ever fired a real weapon. Our training commenced on September 1. Eight weeks and two days later, on October 29, I graduated as a member of Platoon 396. I left Parris Island an 18-year-old physically fit Marine who weighed 145 lbs and who proudly wore his “Toilet Seat” Marine Rifle Marksman badge on his chest. I am now 70-years-old and still have that original Rifle Marksman badge. It survived all those years and is in better shape than I am! 😂

[@JawsFan27]

That's awesome!

[@MrJMB122]

I still don't remember my platoon I was in boot. That was back in 2009.

[@deadpoetztampa]

Good bless u friend

[@ryanhorow4590]

Gŕeat brother you Know the drill There is Know dieing on This wåçth bless you for service and you family be Safe my your god go with you kev ķev kev kev kev kev kev kev

[@heidygonzalez6427]

Thank you for your service, Sir.

[@folkskjoldr4814]

I wasn't a Marine but went Army. I came to say I respect our nation's Marines. Our nation will always need its Marines. Thank you.

[@HappyHermitt]

Same here. All deserve respect for serving honorably. Not weaseling out.

[@terrarecon]

As a Marine, we respect our Army brothers. I trained as a Marine with Army and served in a few joint missions. Thank you.

[@coolezum]

High five to all you Marines that did basic in 1970 I was at a Fort Dix doing Basic in May 1970. Brothers in arms! Peace to all that served our country with pride. 👏🇺🇸

[@saabab1474]

@coolezum Thank you for your service How many years were you active duty?

[@coolezum]

@@saabab1474 Thanks Man.😊 I joined in 1970 and did 3 years Active.

[@jasonford8962]

I personally LOVE this kinda ole timey kind of stuff. It's like the narrator is the voice of every documentary or commercial in those 1940-1950s days.

[@jasonford8962]

LOL....curly locks!!!!

[@jasonford8962]

LOL!!!! The purpose of the shower is to clean them!!!!!! LOL

[@HoosierGuy]

Went through PISC in 1978, served 20 years, and retired in 98.

[@joannamarie2548]

My dad joined the Marines in 1942 after dropping out of high school. He and 2 of his buddies joined together. My dad was the only one to come back. He saw action on Guam and Okinawa then back to Guam for training for the inland invasion of Japan. He brother also went in a year after dad. I joined 40 years to the day as my father. God bless all Marines

[@elcompavergolia9986]

Sure he did

[@glennbuttram3986]

Sloot

[@JayPlateFaceVideos]

@@elcompavergolia9986 why would he be lying? People join the Marines everyday since it's inception. It's not like he's claiming his dad was a wizard. I had a great uncle die in Normandy I had another serve in the Pacific. Millions upon millions have served this country.

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

The only islands that NEEDED to be taken in order to attack and defeat the home islands of Japan were the Marianas. You're dad's buddies lives were just wasted

[@JayPlateFaceVideos]

@@The_Conspiracy_Analyst thanks general keyboard

[@brianhudson1565]

Our family friend was killed in Vietnam in August 1970. He was 19 years old and expecting a child he never saw. I visited the wall in Washington. He was a good soul. RIP, William Ray Schroeder.

[@ChasOnErie]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jackcarlin942]

Rest in peace. Salute.

[@dsuttajit]

🙏🙏🙏

[@joejordan1259]

I was in the Marine Corps in 1974 in San Diego boot camp. This video shows a couple of things that we did, but not nearly the stress they put on you and what they teach you and what you do. The video is very watered down.

[@MitchellGarrett-gh9ix]

Yes they Brain 🧠 wash you use you and then throw you away.Look at all the homeless vets! Shame on this country..

[@sgt2dog]

Graduated December 1970, Platoon 3029, Parris Island. It was tough but when you marched your graduation on that very same grinder you just do not know how proud you are. I was 18, now I'm 67, I'm old but I'm still Marine Corps.

[@jimrosson5697]

Hoorah 3rd her 1975 June July and August who is tough but God damn it made me a man

[@sgt2dog]

Mike McGomer I’ve read about him, but no Biography or Autobiography. I would expect any one of them would be an outstanding read. Semper Fi

[@stevefowler2112]

1975 Platoon 329, 3rd Battalion...Semper Fi

[@gstove9999]

sgt2dog, I graduated March 1970, platoon 307. S/F

[@darinbarfield8738]

Semper Fi Devil Dog!🇺🇸 Platoon 2040 Grad June 7, 1985 I was 18 also. Now almost 53, Still love the Corps.

[@graycloud057]

This film makes it look like welcome to summer camp.

[@vic5828]

This is a commercial for the Corps. Believe me, it is no summer camp and they had to tone this down from what really goes on or very few would join the Marines.

[@FJ80Coop]

Yeah no shit...not like it's the hardest 2 months of your young life..

[@vic5828]

@@FJ80Coop Almost three months of hell! But, I am never sorry I joined and went through it.

[@DQBlizzard_]

its propaganda so of course its gonna look all nice

[@whatabouttheearth]

Hahaha right, its "sanitized"

[@eddielombera5862]

The music makes me think I'm watching Tom and Jerry lol

[@jp8871]

wow that so true lmaoooooooooooo

[@keithpopko7068]

I agree, but it was no cartoon.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Eddie Lombera Parris Island no cartoon. Man it was pure HELL. I was there Oct-Dec 1973. Semper Fi

[@benjaminortiz387]

My Gentle Pitt Bull, neither was Camp Pendleton MCRD but it does sound like Tom n Jerry lol

[@mistertofu]

My Gentle Pitt Bull I thought so.

[@timbarnes3581]

I don't believe anyone arrived at Parris Island during the day. We all arrived very late at night which I believe was just the introduction to the mind game that followed. It was damn creepy driving through those dark swamps from I-95 to Parris Island through what looked like a deserted waste land. You got off the bus after midnight very tired and disoriented. That ensured you got little sleep so you were prepped the next day for the beginning of what was to come. It was a very long and carefully planned indoctrination designed to remove any part of your former self to be replaced by only what the Corps wanted you to be: a highly trained, highly motivated killing machine. Platoon 257 June 1973

[@neverbackdown2534]

The sad part about this video some of these men went to Vietnam and never made it back.

[@fiuttello]

War is hell. I wonder how many would quit if they were given LSD and realized everything they are being told is bollocks.

[@effygoodwin37]

This was in 1970 so it's unlikely. The Vietnam War was winding down at that point.

[@derrick4584]

DOE John he had something go bad with his foot I think, he had clubbed feet or something like that look it up it’ll tell you

[@treytrill1066]

DOE John jfk went i think

[@ryanjohnson3749]

@@effygoodwin37 more men died in 1970 than all of the Iraq war and another 2400 died in 71 and 700 in 72 so there was still a high chance they could die in Vietnam my dads hometown lost 2 boys in Vietnam and both were in 71

[@WootTootZoot]

One of my classmates from High School got drafted in 1970, he figured, "oh, well, two years in the Army won't be too bad". But, he got to the receiving center and they had everyone line up and count off, one to four. When they finished counting, the sergeant said, "every one whose number was four, step forward". He then said, "congratulations, you're in the Marines now." My friend was a "four", and went off to Parris Island. He got lucky though, when he was in Infantry, he was chosen for Embassy Duty and got sent to Argentina.

[@hanc37]

I bet the Marines that got Embassy Duty in Saigon in 1968 didn't feel so lucky...

[@claudiocaldo4740]

Im from argentina Im

[@D__Lee]

When I was in the USAF Reserves back in the early 70's, one of the Tech Sergeant in my squadron was "famous" for being a rare USMC draftee. I asked him about this and he said he got drafted after the 1968 Tet Offensive when no one was volunteering for the USMC. He recounted the same experience as your classmate. When he was told he was in the Marines, he was stunned and almost started to cry. Other draftees looked at him in pity and someone told him he was going to be immediately shipped off to Vietnam. Someone asked him if he could play a musical instrument or if he could type. He had taken typing class in high school and could type 20 words per minute, but lied and said he could type 40 words. After basic, he was a clerk typist and never left the USA. After the USMC, he joined the USAF Reserves because he was afraid that he'd be recalled back to USMC active duty.

[@arelortal6580]

Ah I understand = "one two three four I love marine corps" Makes sense now.

[@vic5828]

@anonymous by preference I avoided the draft! I volunteered to join the Marines at 17 years old. I have never regretted it.

[@C-J-Outdoors]

I got drafted in 1969. I'm 69 now, my brother was drafted in 68 after graduating college, he's 71, my brother came back all fucked up, lost his knee cap suffering from the effects of dioxin used in all the agents used to kill the foliage, I suffer from PTSD as most do when they go to war, we never got the welcome home soldier that everyone else got, welcome home veterans of Nam. you deserve it.

[@lionsden5123]

@Fluke Whisperer Thank you for serving our country. I never understood why those people couldn’t understand that you men were only doing what your country asked of you, and I think you did it damn well.

[@1967lathrop]

I was 5 in 72 and I remember my mom and her hippie drugged up asshols treated you guys like shit. I left home at 14. I remember being ashamed of my mom. We made sure our kids learned to respect those who served and to give those hero’s in Vietnam the respect they deserve. We will never forget our Vietnam vets. Thank you. Generations went by but we will never forget and I hope you feel that we will never ever forget you.

[@jeromecabral8440]

I want to say thank you to all heros who served in vietnam. My uncle Tom Gillen in vietnam he was a bomber pilot but was shot down.they found his co pilot and they could not find him

[@miran9385]

@Cat Egorical LMAO yeah it pisses me off how theres that one ''vietnam vet'' who posts on youtuber about there service. its not humble

[@ahuman2695]

@Cat Egorical posing as a military member is illegal so ofc we do

[@richarda.valdes1197]

It’s been OVER 50 years and I remember this graduation day with honor . My dad was there and even though he’s gone I’ll remember that he was there to witness this day I became a Marine. Till this day I’ll always be a Marine…Semper Fi

[@diedjently8805]

Semper fi 2012-2020

[@LilSteinyJr]

Thank you for your service

[@CEOkiller]

Once a Marine, always a Marine

[@morrisonandrew2521]

were u the one that needed to learn slower for a "read test", more like slepmer skri

[@diedjently8805]

@@dement3djoker Bot

[@CometExpress]

This film’s from 1970 yet it sounds and feels like it’s from the 1950s

[@amysmith3247]

I believe it was from the50s

[@jppumperbulkfuel82]

I agree, the music at times when it was as if it was produced by Disney.

[@mikeadams4752]

I was a trailways bus driver the bus is from the 50s in 1970 we all drove eagles or mci 7s not the very old hump backs most of them were on the west coast

[@marvin60000]

If you look at the world in 1965 (before the cultural revolution) you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference from the 50s. This isn’t much long after.

[@cdrogers87]

@@marvin60000 Especially considering that many who volunteered for military service and their families would have more than likely come from a more conservative (not political) lifestyle.

[@Ted2414-h4d]

Wow 46 years ago. All these guys are like 65 now.. God Bless them and all former and future Marines...

[@russelljennings3056]

+Ted 2414 or 67 !

[@dbiggs7399]

That's right! I second that!

[@kosmo57]

67 here ....1968

[@dunruden9720]

+Russell Jennings. He said, like 65. 67 is like 65.

[@ccSkydog]

Ted 2414 ...my dad passed..once worked dept.of defence.. stepdad died 82 AB army.his son my step.Brother passed away age 59..so i respect all who serve..though none Semper Fideluis in my backround..i worked health care..took care of many even some WWll vets..that said i was more a supporter of caring for our wounded veterans..but also in hinoring our Treaties with the Natives..i watch..counterculture vids..but also war ones..as we all clsim to fight for peace in this country..I was born in 1970..year of this movie ..kent State massacre..Janis Joplin died the same week..the flower power generation died..but i was born into the fight..i have a clear memory of being 4..watching Ford ..Then Carter..on 60 minutes.. Americans on hijacked planes being killed on life tv by terrorists..i remember saying the pledge of Allegiance..respecting the law..which i found out is a crapshoot in my own experience.. the seventies seems like a century ago..smoking on airplanes..all kids had cap guns..but noone got shot over em..you learned to respect all parents..if you werent home by the time the streetlights came on...well..you just never found out.. no pills or video games destroyed our upbringing by age 12..never saw porn..till i saw a tape at a party..aged 19..before that..ocassional scrambled soft Cinemax movies..with sound..i might see a minute.. but now if i even see a concert even an older performer like Jackson Browne who i saw last summer with a friend who had been in the National Gaurd during desert Storm....its a a sea of iphone screens recording..i wonder at times how did i survive..with payphones..records..and librarys..lol...i enjoy this vid. its good to see even if non military..who we were..as we become what we are now. god bless us all.

[@charlesw7012]

I went to Parris Island in September of 1966. I don't remember some of the training being as easy as they show on this video or the Drill Instructors acting as lenient. The best day of training was the graduation day when they said "You are Marines," it really made a person feel proud. Semper Fi

[@debbiedailey4358]

Yeah, I was four years later and a "Hollywood" Marine, but I got punished every day. I was the Guide of our platoon so I got beaten every time a recruit messed up during our training days. But "it" rolls downhill, so I'd visit him after lights out... earned my Dress Blues in boot camp, the hard way. Now, Dress Blues are given to everybody??? There were only four of us in Dress Blues on graduation day. One for each platoon in our series. I did feel good that day. A DI ( I could finally say that instead of "Drill Instructor" ) was marching his platoon on a side street close to the parade ground. We ( I was with my two best friends who went to boot camp on the "Buddy" program ) were stopped to let his platoon to pass but he said "No, you Marines don't have to wait on these scum. Or close to that..... he made the platoon stop and let us pass. They were told not to "eyeball" us, as we were Marines and they didn't deserve to look at us! Of course I watched the Guide and the squad leaders look at my Dress Blues as I passed in front of them. After all I had gone thru, I dug that feeling. After four years of serving I learned that I hate war and will always hate it. Semper Fi!

[@HenryGibbs-u2r]

The old Corps changed in 1970 I think.

[@XTrooper3936]

You can say that again! The best day on PI was the last! LOL

[@pamelanorris8179]

​@user-su9dd1fw9g Today, the men could not cut what the training and how tough the DI's were like back before the 70's. My brother was in boot camp in the 60's. I heard horror stories and even today there are things he won't even talk about. Thank all the Marines for their service and sacrifice.

[@diamondbackdt]

@@XTrooper3936 I think there are TWO BEST DAYS, the FIRST AND THE LAST

[@johnk1639]

5000 calories a day, that equates to a lot of PT

[@vic5828]

You need every calorie of it!

[@MewMewStyles]

One Billion Caring Mums 😂

[@mauricepowers8079]

And that's EXACTLY what you got...for 16 HOURS a day...7 days a week.

[@christopherperkins6837]

you need all that to complete the daily task

[@sammas7440]

Yep, 5000 calories. I went from 150 to 165 in 13 weeks (I'm 5'9). I wasn't used to that much food before boot camp, although I was physically fit, I wasn't used to that much exercise. MCRD San Diego June 1983.

[@tylermiller4572]

1:40 "According to regulations and humff muhh mmm military justice" lmao, love it.

[@playallthegames1870]

There's always one in the crowd... I had the same in our oath. That one guy who gets tongue tied and ties the rest of us up...haha...

[@fredbazoo]

"They take a shower. ...The purpose of the shower is for cleaning. ." Lol.....

[@grill.daddy_3433]

No way! Really?! XD

[@JDAbelRN]

Fred B. Yes it's called " basic training".

[@gene4438]

I had no idea. Learn something new everyday 😁

[@christianrogers9439]

@@grill.daddy_3433 No it's for ass raping

[@drpoundsign]

@@christianrogers9439 With Col. Hartman you had to worry about Zyklon B in there!

[@gew9487]

Arrived Perris Island May 1965! Woman Marine here. PFC out of Boot Camp. Sharpshooter. One of first 10 WMs sent to MCAS Futema in Okinawa Dec 1966. All young enlisted women on an island with 7,000 men who didn't want us there. Were accepted after they saw we could do our jobs! Prepared me for successful career and great life!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲❤️

[@XTrooper3936]

Outstanding! Thank you for sharing your story, Marine!

[@frankiejohnson2702]

Reading this from my barracks room at MCAS Futenma. 7257

[@nileenshadowhawk5389]

I am Former WM

[@robertl7239]

My Dad was D.I. and that man was tough. Though I disappointed him several times throughout his life, he NEVER gave up on teaching me about Honor and Respect. Few days pass that I don't think about him and appreciate the sacrifices he made to make this World a better place for all of us.

[@rivverbonner3787]

@George Kafiridis dont be all sensitive and butt hurt maggot. Leave your worthlessness elsewhere

[@maineoutdoorsman677]

Robert L everyone father that was in the army we as sons have some army ingrained into us from the get go

[@invaderzim1265]

Man, I shed a tear. Thanks for sharing your Dad's story.😢 I didn't think there was any men like him left. GOD be with yall. 🇺🇸 🇮🇱

[@davidlamotta1994]

Your old man was a D.I.? Was he a scumbag lowlife too?

[@kingofcrows8829]

Says the guy who was all but begging somebody to email him on another comment

[@313-v9k]

Gee....They left out the part where the DI screams in your face 16 hours a day. MCRD 2081

[@Ray13star]

+Construction guy You and I both know it ain't 16 hours a day unless you truly are a lost in space shitbird raised in a family where the men are cuckolded.

[@313-v9k]

Except for KP in boot, it was 16 hours a day. Oh, and mountain training when we camped out. Other than that, you got your 8 hours of rack time most of the time...in boot. DIs seemed scared shitless that lights didn't go out at exactly when they were supposed to. And we did sleep. No funny business after lights out. You weren't allowed out of your rack except to go to the head. ***************************************************************************Most guys lost weight in boot. I gained 15 pounds because it was the first time in my life that I got 3 square meals a day. First time I ever had my teeth cleaned too. I came from a "disadvantaged background"....common in the Marines. I thought I was going to do a lot of cool training, shooting, repelling, learning how to fight and kill people. We did a little of that but 98% percent of the time we were marching, shining shoes and polishing brass...oh or cleaning weapons that were already clean. Busy work. *************************************************************************Boot is more of a mind game than anything else. Very little "training" went on. We also spent a great deal of time being tortured. This is where you or someone else fucks up marching and the DI "put your dicks in the dirt" We would spend hours getting up and then sitting back down on the floor or in the sand. The DI would say, sit down....get up" This went on for hours, about 50 guys in a confined space. Sweat dripping off of us as the DIs tell you your wife or girlfriend is back home screwing everyone in site. Or, holding your M16 out in front of you until you feel like your arms are going to fall off. I don't know what boot camp you went to but that's the one I was in.***********************************************************************After that I went to Infantry Combat Training my MOS was 0311. It was also a joke. I liked the military but joining the Marines and choosing the infantry was a huge mistake. If you are thinking of joining the military....Join the Army, more room for advancement or changing your MOS. get the best job you can based on your ASVAB score. Don't go in the infantry, too many idiots. If you like guns and combat, go in the Military Police....not the infantry.************************************************************************I'll admit it. I joined the Marines to prove how tuff I was. LOL When I got out I went to college and got a masters degree, was a teacher for a few years. I would tell my high school students the military was a good option if they weren't going to college right away but steer clear of the Marine Corps. Any other branch...not the Marines.

[@stanwjarosz8808]

Construction guy that was least of my worries you get used to it 3 things you looked forward sleep eat and shit semperfi mcrd 2001

[@ccSkydog]

Construction guy Thank you for your service.. i Myself never had to serve..likely would not have endured that sort of discipline..i seemed to get it regardless..

[@mrrebel5150]

Stan W Jarosz and not really in that order lol..

[@hayesman76]

This was during the Vietnam War. Have to wonder how many were sent overseas and returned home whole or even alive. As a U.S. Army peacetime veteran I thank all of these young men for their service.

[@davidlamotta1994]

I don't thank them, I feel sorry for them.

[@hendo337]

If they didn't die in Vietnam then they likely died younger than normal once they got back home.

[@charlottekey8856]

This film was made much earlier than 1970

[@robinstewart6510]

In 1970, the Vietnam War was starting to wind down. Few were still being sent to Vietnam, with numbers instead being reduced. I enlisted (Army) in April 1970, fully expecting to be sent to Vietnam. Instead, I joined my airborne unit, fresh from Vietnam, in Germany.

[@johndaugherty4127]

None.

[@jeffm68]

This brought back a lot of memories. Graduated APR 1987. Served six years, attaining E-5 (0341). Being a Marine changes your personality and your worldview in a way that no one who hasn't been through it can ever understand. The man I am today -- and I am very successful by any standard -- was forged in those mere weeks of basic training. Semper Fidelis.

[@gogoforromeo9598]

41 is a mortar right? I’m an 11C in the army! Always awesome to see a fellow Mortard!

[@vic5828]

Semper Fi Brother - June 1970 graduation MOS: 1371

[@DevDog1108]

Semper Fi-Dec ‘87 grad ‘87-91

[@coleleslie3480]

My son went thru USMC boot @ MCRD San Diego (2000) and I have NEVER seen such a change in a young man. He was always a good kid and driven. But, after finishing boot camp, I have NEVER seen him SO PROUD to have completed and there was NOBODY that did it. It was ALL him........ The letters he wrote cracked me up. Most especially, the beginning, there was one DS that he HATED. But, 1/2 thru, they changed good guy and bad guy roles. At graduation, he couldn't wait to introduce me to Staff Sgt. McCole!!!!!

[@jitkundough]

@@coleleslie3480 RTC/NTC SAN DIEGO is now a housing development...sigh!

[@camilomontoya7412]

I can't imagine how tough that shit was in the 70's. They probably literally beat the shit out of the trainees.

[@1234Molotov]

They did indeed. This is the Nick at Nite version. I hear they still do, but they can be reported.

[@gyrsriddle]

I was there in 1969. One guy nodded of during class. The DI brought him to the front of the class, put him in a strangle hold until he passed out then had some recruits drag him into the shower to revive him. On body else ever nodded off.

Yeah. It's funny how they never showed anything like what it was like in Full Metal Jacket. Especially the Gunnery Sergeant banging a steel garbage can at 2 am with a baton. I believe that's to simulate guys out in the warzone & the enemy strikes even at night when you don't expect it.

[@billneice3747]

Shoot I was there in 68 and survived. What you've got to understand is that every Marine is trained to be a "Grunt" a rifle carrying combat Marine. It doesn't matter what kind of training you may be assigned to after Boot Camp. The idea is any given Marine must be able to function as a combat Marine if it becomes necessary.

[@michaelscott3747]

I went thru USMC Boot Camp in 1994. I gained 40 pounds, and the drill instructors did lay their hands on us. But in the 1970's, it was highly commonplace.

[@wyatt-rocks]

My dad went here and was deployed to the Vietnam War. He was a kid then, volunteered to avoid the draft. He was 6 foot tall and 130 pounds. A bean pole. They forced him to eat big piles of beans to gain weight until he vomited. He then was forced to eat worms for a week when they camped out in training. He served 2 Tours of Duty in Vietnam, becoming a Weapons Specialist and a First Class Sergeant. The 2nd Tour messed him up and he changed, never the same again. For decades he ran a VFW, serving his brothers in arms, in the 1980s and 90s. He also led the white horse that pulled the coffin of the unknown soldier draped in the American Flag each year in our home town's Memorial Day Parade. He eventually succumbed to Agent Orange later in life, sprayed with it so many years ago in those wretched jungles. He was an alcoholic, but in the end repented and gave his soul to Jesus Christ on his death bed. I love you and miss you so much dad. Until we meet again, God Bless America and the soldiers who suffered, sometimes for the rest of their lives, for us to be free.

[@notinmyUSMC]

Your dad was a hero. RIP.

[@biged4311]

A true marine and a hero

[@stevedibbs]

God bless him.

[@couriebrinsonj2552]

God bless his heart and strength,and his parents .

[@jdoggs08753]

May your DAD RIP Wyatt....a TRUE PATRIOT.....JD Lubin USNAVY Corpsman 3BN6MAR 2ndMardiv

[@irish_soldier1248]

“In the chow hall the recruits eat a nutritious and plentiful meal” 😂😂, I was in the army and even I know that’s bull 😂😂😂😂😂

[@irish_soldier1248]

Keyboard Corrector whatever you could shovel into your mouth in about 60-120 seconds 😂

[@jadynpearson1998]

Keyboard Corrector crayons

[@boat73jr]

We ate quite well as a recruit and student. I gained 22 lbs with our 2 minutes to eat.

[@borisdorofeev5602]

@@boat73jr muscle weighs more than fat. I assume you left in pretty good shape, and with a better body fat ratio?

[@boat73jr]

@@borisdorofeev5602 actually i went in in great shape. 185 lbs before 3 squared a day. A pound of fat is equal to a pound of muscle. Yw

[@philipibaugh2925]

My grandfather passed this morning he was a Marine his religion was the core. So for this to pop up on my feed this morning I kinda had to watch it.

[@spiritguy5238]

Sorry for your loss.

[@kentonclarkson1449]

They really glossed over the "motivation" platoon. My uncle was in one in 1968 because he was a hard-head. It consisted of filling up buckets with sand, carrying them 100 yards, dumping them, and repeating the process for 16 hours in the sun. It got his mind right and he survived 2 combat tours and was awarded 2 Bronze Stars.

[@prevost8686]

It’s all about learning to listen and do without hesitation. Negative reinforcement can really inspire a recruit to aspire to higher levels .

[@alfiewhitson7726]

literally nobody gives a shit nor asked for your input

[@neilhuff3492]

I went through boot camp at MCRD in 1953. I hardly recognize what these fellows are doing in 1970 as boot camp routine. Ours was, shall we say, very very different.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

How is it even possible to be a "hard-head" when you have armed drill instructors screaming at you? Like what stuff was he doing?

[@saabab1474]

@@neilhuff3492 Thank you for your service were you in the reserves afterward?

[@Xardox17]

That famous bus trip into hell.

[@BostonsF1nest]

They still use the same buses today

[@KORIGAN1]

I never thought about that

[@dummythicc1984]

@Kurt Number1 Must be brand new because I was on a grey hound in 2017 heading in to San Diego

[@danlevesque5437]

@@dummythicc1984 probably because rust doesn't exist out west you get to keep the old classics on the road

[@crocodile1313]

@Dale Massie I had rehearsed that part in my head before arriving. It really hit me when I got my hair shaved...umm...cut. MCRD SD 2049 '87

[@walkingtrails7776]

🇺🇸RIP USMC Cpl. Carris Michael Francis , KIA March 24, 1970 ..he was 18 years old. 🇺🇸God bless the Marines .

[@davidlamotta1994]

I am sorry to know about your loss. Was he a friend or your husband?

[@MichaelSmith-ct1xl]

Damn, I was 6,my birthday is March 24,RIP Bro

[@jeromecabral8440]

Thank you for your service sir

[@OrbInDaFrame]

33 years and a day later I would be born I'm trying to serve in the navy To serve my country well

[@fuesha]

@@OrbInDaFrame ill hopefully see you someday i leave for boot camp for the Marines in June 14th

[@poetcomic1]

The last war we really and truly won was World War Two. Korean war vets came home to no parades or flags, just changed their clothes and went looking for a job. Vietnam vets were treated like dirt. Iraq and Afghanistan - we didn't even know what 'winning' would look like.

[@boviswetbrain1273]

"Outstanding shooting Private Pile."

[@jonnyfish76]

Swing the rifle around your head, NOT your head around the rifle!!

[@warlaker]

That's not your daddy's shotgun, Private Cowboy!

[@michaelscordo256]

Why you little scumbag!

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

I might let you serve as a rifleman in my beloved corps

[@JohnBrown73.]

Hi.. Joker

[@KORIGAN1]

This is almost 50 year's old , these kids might of been 18 or 20s . Now. 65 years old 🇺🇲 2019

[@halliekingsford7060]

K O R i G A N or dead cuz nam

[@wlt3585]

@@halliekingsford7060 sadly yes

[@cliffords2315]

Yep

[@Jack-ge1st]

Sept. 23, 1971, and ya know what, I'd do it all over again. I was barely 17 years old at the time, and now, an old man of 65. I got lucky though, they sent the last Marine into Viet Nam in Dec. of 1971. The war was ended in the spring of 1975 and I discharged on Sept. 23, 1975. Semper fi

[@maxx8011]

or dead lol - thats basically why you drill people to brainless drones :)

[@richmcintyre1178]

I arrived in Parris Island in April of 1969. It was the BEST thing that ever happened to me. I was 6 feet tall and weighed 149 pounds. They almost sent me to the "Skinny Bodies" platoon but they didn't and I ended up being the Platoon Guide. We won the drill competition and I was promoted to Pfc upon graduation and I won my Dress Blues. I ended my service as a Sargent and used the skills I learned to become very successful in business. The Marines truly do make men out of boys.

[@bronsonadams1441]

Thank you for your service sir. I enlisted in the marines and ship off to boot camp in a few months. I am wondering how it helped you in business. I want to be a business man when I get out in four years. Already have my associates degree and will hopefully get my MBA by the tome I get out

[@vigilante619]

@@bronsonadams1441 I had saved this article from years ago, which may be of help to you and others: A Harvard Management Update article titled, "It Paid Off in Afghanistan: Eight Lessons form the U.S. Military That You Can Use To Take Advantage of Your Frontline Intelligence, You Need to Know When to Substitute Collaborative Management for Command-and-Control Techniques by Kathleen Jordan. Outline: 1. Fast Beats Perfect. 2. Capture the value of distributed intelligence. 3. Walk the walk of collaboration. 4. Reinforce the message that people are important. 5. Resocialize the hierarchy to encourage intelligent failures and to move away from command-and-control management. 6. Give people a vision that's worth fighting for. 7. Make sure the "commander's intent" is crystal clear. 8. Character trumps everything - including training - but don't use that as an excuse for insufficient preparation. Highly recommend reading the whole article.

[@richardmonson2974]

I am 76 years old and no one but no one can beat the usmc god bless all the marine once a marine always a marine

[@XTrooper3936]

Semper Fi, Richard!

[@BarryL2697]

Roger THAT! OohRah

[@janisbaumrucker3431]

I love you! You served in the Vietnam conflict. Please contact me ASAP I need to make your story available to young Americans.

[@johnhorner4139]

I wouldn't want to go hand to hand with anyone, any service, I've got a 13 year old daughter that can whup me BUT! The marines I sailed with were tough and squared away. Off the Vietnam coast, Sundays we had a few hours off for grilled steaks, live music, skeet shooting and I believe they called it "boxing smokers". The only one that got my attention was a seriously overweight Navy cook duking it out with Marine. The Marine was in better physical condition yes but the cook had some training and that made the difference.

[@briand4000]

These young men...in their late 60's, early 70's by now. Those that made it past Viet Nam, that is. Bless all of them, no matter their eventual fates.

[@vitesse_arnhem]

We could’ve won if they let us.

[@bigkushyindustriesllc5710]

lol this video is waaaaaaaay toned down my grandfather was at parris island in 1968 and the first thing his drill instructor did was slap a recruit for "looking at him funny"

[@Grunt0369USMC]

the only thing that looked at you were steers and queers so yes he was thumped. Head and eyes straight ahead focused on a distant object. Never use the word you to a DI we would this you just called us a ewe a female sheep. San Diego 70 - 73 2 Battalion STB

[@timbarnes3581]

Well after all it's a Marine Corps film so it's a PR focused story.

[@ixlr8677]

@@TS-ef2gv sure

[@SuperCojones1]

Your grandpa was 100% on the money!!''I too was there in '68, and then onto Nam!!..I can't believe the Marine Corps of today in comparison to what I and your gramps went through in those days!!..We all got our asses beat, harassed, P.T.'d and marched all day,everyday!!..It's what made us Marines!!...

[@charlesgoodspeed3474]

@@SuperCojones1 HAND sALUTE

[@jrdaniels53]

Yep that was me, the one with no hair!!! That was all of us! I went through P.I. in the early summer of '74. It was fun! HOO RAH!

[@donnaldostrom]

Semper Fi James.

[@Mr1967mejias]

My Brother, Manuel Stephen Mejias, went through San Diego in Summer of ‘74

[@454easy]

I was there January '74 and it was a cold SOB !! and not fun

[@jackiewomack6802]

Hoo Rah is the Army dumbass

[@ccreech1000]

Semper Fi brother.

[@kennethearley9544]

I was there in feb. 1975 and was 17 and it was tough but i just looked at the ones who couldn't hack it and it just motivated me to continue. I was more afraid of being a non hacker.

[@robertsams3042]

Nothing motived me more than not being the POS who couldn't even finish basic.

[@vic5828]

Every time a recruit was dropped for any reason the drill instructors made a example out of them. We had a lot of drops. I would say back when I was going through (1970) about a third was dropped for one reason or another. Some were recycled, others discharged as unfit to be a Marine.

[@SlapthePissouttayew]

@@vic5828 I was there in '84 and after being recycled twice, I was eventually dropped. One of my biggest regrets is not applying myself better while I was there. I have nothing but respect for those who made it.

[@TheseYeahThese]

Good job my dude. I would've done anything to be able to join, but I'm disqualified because of disease diagnosis.

[@JcLazy1]

SlapthePissouttayew Damn. I give you respect for feeling comfortable enough posting your failures on KZbin. My dad went to Paris island and passed. I was like fuck that so I joined the army lol. Currently an E4.

[@mynamenotimportant7784]

I really miss the metallic style Greyhound buses from the seventies.

[@johnw2026]

Looks like they would've been hot. No a/c on the roof.

[@kevinceniceros3618]

This bus is from the 1960s.

[@chriskratchman6130]

Mynamenotimportant what do they use now?

[@propbraker]

BLM burned them all.

[@johndaugherty4127]

I was thinking the exact same thing. Nice rides.

[@jonasgrumby3378]

They never should have gotten rid of the M-14.

[@UltimateForceMarketing]

My M14 was always heavy and youd really need to check calibration alot. However, these beasts seemed best with Scopes even though much calibration..that beautiful muzzle is always a welcomed site when you needed it out front line and down!! After 4yrs can you believe I reenlisted to Airforce StrategicAirCommand! Go figure..

[@garyeverett1447]

I liked my M-14. It was fully automatic when i was in Viet Nam. I had the selector installed on it. It could be either semi or full automic.

[@MH-mz7pi]

@Bobby Alan The Colt family of assault rifles still have a kinks. Dirty, prone to jamming, and in some applications, too small a caliber.

[@psalmsoftheheartministries7103]

Your right. The M16 were Mattel's pieces of crap. Jammed a lot. Mine was ok. I shot 59 out of 60 at target range. Later in 1000 inch target which will be same size as typing paper. I hit 57 out of 60. Had to adjust sights. It was shooting high and to the right. So I shot low to the left. Tore a 5 inch hole in it. Now at 70 years old my saying is "If it flies, it dies. If on the ground, it's going down." God bless the U S A.

[@wallacegeller2111]

I agree, that M14 Was an ass kicker. I got to Nam February 1968 and shortly after getting there they took my M14 and gave me the matty matel M16. The M16 jammed alot and you were constantly using a tooth brush to keep the dirt and sand out of it Later they worked the bugs out.

[@wtpence4731]

P.I. on 26 th of May,69. Hotter than hades ! Was Blessed to live through the next 3 yrs., when many didn't. Wouldn't take Anything for the experience !

[@carlo1831]

I was in the US Navy and during boot camp at San Diego, we had a recruit go over the fence. This kid was a 4.0 screw up. During close order drill a right flank march would result in 3 men going down cause he'd turn left. Well, the fence he went over was the wrong one. It was the fence that separated Navy and Marine recruit training. They kept him for a week and when they sent him back he was completely squared away. I though, "If those jar heads can straighten out that much of a screw up in just one week, they've got my respect." A lot of my shipmates loved to jeer at the Marines. I was never one of them, not after I saw the results they achieved in one short week.

[@Ray13star]

+Carl O Squaring away is one of the main things the USMC has right compared to other branches of the military. It's part and parcel to what it means to being a U.S. Marine.

[@carlo1831]

Raymond Shope From what I saw I would agree with that wholeheartedly.

[@shelby569]

+Carl O That's hilarious

[@TheMctrog]

+Carl O I grew up in San Diego in the 70's and have heard this story numerous times , I have asked about it so many times , did this really happen?.

[@carlo1831]

Todd McGrath It may have happened more than once with different training companies. It happened in 1980 when I was there.

[@c_a_r_____]

And these my friends, were the men and boys that you call “boomers” today. So sad how we disrespect them. Some went to Vietnam and never came back.

[@RoachDoggJr2112]

Nah, they were all retarded then, too. They CHOSE the Marines, didn't they? Gotta be some kind of glue gobbler to do that. And fuck the Vietnam troops! Fascist tools sent to suppress the people!

[@sterlingpinoy]

okay boomer

[@c_a_r_____]

@@sterlingpinoy odds are im younger than you dumbass millennial

[@claytonmatt4334]

In my limited experience, the Vietnam Vets are some of the most outstanding people I have ever met. The rest of their generation though, not so much. Take the vets out of the equation and the boomers seem like the most selfish generation who ran our country into the ground.

[@sterlingpinoy]

@Jake Fiscus I'm not a millennial. yall are dumb asf.

[@whattookUsolong]

this is where my dad went. i only heard him say the name of this place and where it is. He was is Vietnam in 67 and 68. I'm thankful for this upload.

[@charleshooper1465]

the video brought back a lot of memories. I went through PI from December 9/69 -2/14/70...platoon 3091. being from Forida , it was the coldest place I had ever been. I was 19.i arrived (dropped off on the side of the highway at 2:am.)dead silence as the bus rear lights moved on down the road.around 2:30am a l/cpl pulled up in a jeep, asked me if i was here for boot camps said yes, he said get in ,you're gonna have some fun! thus began the biggest adventure of my life. it is something that I can remember as clearly as if it happened yesterday. every thing I am today, I owe to the Marine Corps. it gave me the confidence, the mental toughness, that would guide me through the next 53 years to the present.i remember at the end of the day, just before lights out, the duty DI would yell down the squad bay..."mount your bunk,"we would assume the position of attention, lay on top of the wool blanket, thumbs down at your side, he would then bark out"THE HYMN" we would then sing the first two stanzas(we would be able to do all of them by graduation time) the duty DI would then walk down the the squad bay, stop just before his office, flip the lights off and in a deep voice give the command to "SLEEP"!! at which time we would get under the 1 wool blanket and do as ordered.i am a true believer in the saying "ONCE A MARINE, ALWAYS A MARINE!"... SEMPER FI TO ALL PAST AND PRESENT, we are the FEW,the PROUD, the MARINES!!!!

[@michaelgiambra8801]

I was there in PlT 2097; we started 29 Dec 1969. Must have been the series behind you. I know, I'm just a boot!

[@robertslusser6753]

I enlisted in the Marine's a few days after high school graduation (young and dumb) and went thru Parris Island in June, July and August of 1968 in Platoon 184. Here I am some 52 years later and looking back, those three months were a defining moment of my life. And I would guess that is true for every Marine no matter his age. It really is true, "Once a Marine, Always a Marine".

[@cookies-n-cream728]

I think it's probably a defining moment for a young man regardless of the branch of service they enter. I entered the Air Force in 1992 and feel as much a part of it now as I did then. I sometimes wonder how I would have ended up if I hadn't joined the military.

[@philschafer1983]

Are you sure of your year date Robert? I went through Paris Island June July and August 1969. I was the hatch body for platoon 184. DIs were SSGs Ingles, Hedley and Austin. I don’t remember your name, I’ll have to get out my graduation photo and see if your name is on it. I ran into Ingles at camp Pendleton during jungle warfare school 6 months later and he didn’t recognize me. However he did ask me to come around to his room and help him kill a bottle of bourbon!

[@nickyeayea7257]

Young and not dumb

[@robertslusser6753]

@@philschafer1983 Well, apparently they re-cycle platoon numbers on Parris Island. I didn't really have to check the year as it was definitely the summer of 1968. I did however check my platoon book which is on my bookcase and it indeed says Platoon 184. I spent almost all of 1969 stationed at MCAS El Toro in sunny southern California. I spent 5 weeks at Camp Pendleton before being transferred to Okinawa where I spent 12 months at Camp SD Butler. I never heard of the term "hatch body" on Parris Island but I assume it was the same thing our DI's called their "house mouse". I don't remember just what the house mouse did because I was pretty focused on getting thru those 8 weeks of recruit training and not getting "set back" to the motivation platoon.

[@michaelwright3351]

This must be the watered down version of the Marine Corps more of a user friendly Corps

[@brooksequine7621]

" Leave it to Beaver " music for young people going to their death serving our country . I am truly grateful for your service . Thank you ...

[@davidlamotta1994]

They were all lied to

[@Diesel257]

@@davidlamotta1994 Unlike your opinion, punctuation and grammar matter.

[@brooksequine7621]

@John Johnson : You ought to take something for that rage of yours ...

[@EricMcDowellegm]

Narrator forgot to add at the end, "and if they come back as disabled vets, they'll get no help from the government that was so happy to send them into battle."

[@warfarewar8206]

well becausy do e you should have used your common sense and spoken your injuries and ailments and they do care for you but slowly.... lol

[@XTrooper3936]

I've learned that the care provided at VA medical facilities is vastly different from one location to another. I'm fortunate enough to live within a half hour of the VA hospital in Wilkes-Barre which always receives high marks and is probably one of the best VA healthcare venues in the the country.

[@daemon.running]

Whats interesting is that all of the buildings are still in use and look exactly the same! Man, asbestos really holds up.

[@sheldonberg125]

Hahahahaha - that was funny. Probably because it’s true! Hahahaha

[@Ronbo710]

In order to tear them down they would have to bag the whole building. It's easier to put up signs saying don't stir up dust.

[@WhatTheScoots]

"the purpose of the shower is to clean them" ohh so that is what a shower is for!

[@Jack-vy3lz]

Dang I learned a lot from this video too

[@juangringo3906]

You'd be surprised how many recruits acted like they didnt know this out of filthy habits. At the beginning of training the DI will say theres always at least 1 or 2, if were lucky not more, really dirty nasty mofos and it never fails. I dont remember what we called these recruits but every platoon had 1 or more. Theyd use laundry time and shower time to get a quick nap rather than taking care of themselves. It never failed about a wk after this the whole bay would stink of laziness basically. Ngl it was a good excercise to expose these ppl and let them see/smell what they had become. Same psychology behind Adam Sandlers Movie Big Daddy with the kid. Not everyone is taught good hygeine growing up and it shows in basic. Js

[@KillianDeaton]

RIP Gunny Ermey, you will be missed. Thank you and Semper Fi

[@flyingdog1498]

Ermy was a DI, in MCRD San Diego. The platoon next to mine, heard his voice every day for 4 weeks recognized it first time I heard it in Full Metal Jacket. Was in 2nd Bn 26th Marines 1968, Viet Nam.

[@johnthr11]

Yeah, sure. We came in at 2:30 in the afternoon. YOUR ASS. Try 2:30 in the morning. Purposely, to get you ready for what is to come. No hard feelings: they did a GREAT job.

[@timbarnes3581]

Yeah I was LMAO at that part of the Video. As far as I know, everyone arrives at MCRD at Zero Dark early just for the Pych part of it.

[@mitchyoung8791]

Yeah, what is it with the military and doing everything in the dark.

[@Orlandoprivatetransportation]

My father went through in the early 60's at Parris Island he is now a Disabled Marine Vietnam veteran.

[@HeliPadUSA]

well thank him for his service as he's a badass.....hope he is doing okay even though disabled.

[@williamlacombe7791]

So tell us !! Do they take as good care of your dad as they do the illigal immigrants

[@CookinandStuff]

@@williamlacombe7791 ???

[@saosalazar5585]

@@williamlacombe7791 bless ya heart

[@TomCook-jw6ur]

Brandon from Kentucky Yeah, disabled: he stepped on his dick.

[@danielrousseau4842]

We never forget those days on Parris Island. I arrived April 1, 1956 and outposted June 25th, in Platoon 115. We had been on the Island exactly one week when SSgt. McKeon marched Platoon 71 into Ribbon Creek at the rifle range. It's been 64 years since I left Parris Island, but it is as vivid in my mind as if it was yesterday.

[@SmithBrotha]

Wait, this looks nothing like "Full Metal Jacket".

[@geraldlogue7620]

Except for the fact I suspect the guy at 7:30 is the guy who played Gunnery Sgt. Hartman, the senior drill instructor...

[@marineguy4eva]

11:40 PCP, Physical Conditioning Platoon also known as the "Pork Chop Platoon"

[@robmyers9917]

I didn't go to PA, I went to Camp Pentelton, San Diego. June 1984. I can't believe it's been 36 years. I loved the Marine Corps. I miss it. I totally respect all the salty Dogs that went old school. Sgt. Myers.

[@michaelkozak7163]

Oh how I remember Parris Island it was 50 years ago June 21st 1971 boy how I remember

[@georgemacmillan976]

Yes, I remember the D.I.’s @AOCS

[@PatrickSteele-hk5hq]

1986 for me what a day 😆 🤣

[@danielrousseau4842]

I love watching the scenes of fighting with pugil sticks. I was on Parris Island in 1956 and we used them, too. But we had no helmet, no face guard, no padded jacket. Just you and the guy opposite, wearing utility trousers and a scivvy shirt and boondockers. You just hammered the hell out of one another until told to stop.

[@coltonswindell689]

The music in this makes it look like they are going on a painless vacation lol

[@thomasholmes4985]

God Bless all of them. From a USAF retired NCO. Marines are tough, and always will be the Platinum standard for our US services.

[@jgray1711]

Where is Gunny Hartman?

[@ebayerr]

"This is my rifle" "This is my gun" "This ones' for fightin'" "This ones' for fun"

[@jamesfarrell8339]

USMC 1977 1981 Parris Island 3rd battalion I company Platoon 3062 Graduated August 1977 Most 0431 Embarkation Semper Fi brothers and sisters serving our country around the world. Happy holidays and a safe new year.

[@scottperry5072]

USMC 1984-88 P.I 3RD Battalion I Co. Platoon 3306 Grad. Nov. 20 1984...Semper Fi.

[@louistapon2788]

Orrah! Graduated with 3rd Bn! 2015!

[@Christ_TheWay]

That was about the same years as my Dad. He was either 76-80 or 77-81. His name is Terrence J. McKenna from South Burlington, Vermont.

[@snakes3425]

They say mental toughness is just as important as physical toughness in the military, quality matters more then quanity.

[@Tom-jx9te]

Graduated Parris Island Marine Corps recruit training July 1978, platoon 2032. My Boot Camp was 13 weeks, and I envied the guys that did nine weeks. Our DIs were all Vietnam vets, mean motor scooters. I was MOS 2111, unit armorer, trained at Aberdeen proving Ground Aberdeen Maryland. Then off to my first duty station Okinawa. Honorably discharged April 1984.

[@joelspringman523]

Thanks, Tom. I was in the Army. I think I was probably too weak physically and mentally to pass USMC boot camp, plus my attitude sucked.

[@areynoso5660]

Were you ever able to use your skills as a armorer in civilian life? I graduated Platoon 2049 in July 1983. Then graduated 0311. My father always said I should’ve picked a different skill. Thank you

[@joehnunya]

Odd. 40yrs later, I miss having a maniac tell me of my imminent death at full volume, complete with spit. That place will screw with your head.

[@RancheroBFT]

40 years later, and you're still a slave? Good progress, pal.

[@hemprope4326]

@@RancheroBFT fuck off

[@RancheroBFT]

@@hemprope4326 What? Why?

[@hemprope4326]

@@RancheroBFT Because what you said is just plain disrespectful.

[@Lex60]

But-But in the video everything is so nice and drill instructors look so respectful and everything is nice with rainbows and a marching band playing sweet tunes 24/7!

[@tonyserena7298]

Parents would show up at graduation with their Sunday best on in 1970. . . .not so much anymore.

[@HeliPadUSA]

yeah that's sad...they should still show up dressed to the 9's...a historic day and many pics to be taken - always look your best.

[@smsullivan281]

Not true! I live here and went to grad last week and everyone gets dressed up and its a proud day for sure!!

[@reflexionesdelabiblia6711]

Mt mom did not even go to mine. 2001. Lack of family support can really lead to problems.

[@prevost8686]

meli some kids that went to PI had burnt so many bridges before they joined that nobody wanted anything to do with them and others came from really bad home environments and saw the USMC as a “way out”. The “bridge burners” generally didn’t make it long in the Marines. Old habits die hard.

[@prevost8686]

It was about 105*F in the shade when my son graduated. We were pouring sweat before the morning run and bell ringing took place. We didn’t care though. It was without a doubt one of the proudest days of our lives.

[@turk56523]

eat it now, taste it later.

[@gene4438]

When it comes back up again while you're running. 😂

[@HeliPadUSA]

that's the funniest shit I've read all night....I'm sure it's old but it's brand new to me. HAhahaaahaha

[@nicholashopkins3525]

Heard that while I was in basic 2 lol

[@jamesmdriskell4861]

This film is listed as 1970, but it was probably produced in 1967. The footage of Major General Rathvon McC Tompkins who was CG of MCRD Parris Island was made in 1967. He left Parris Island in November 1967 on his way to Vietnam. I was stationed at PI during this time and was his tennis partner.

[@ashtongeswein9239]

completed bootcamp in september of 2018 and i will tell you, they dont let us have it easy like everyone thinks. its a different style of training compared to this era, but it is still plenty brutal. we are still the few and the proud.

[@benlangston444]

You go to Paris or San diego

[@thomascrissman1124]

Good to hear; Obama was sure doing his best to take the honor out of the military and incorporated his own form of pride into all of the military service.

[@MuddyBubby]

Cope

[@constantdarkfog49]

I was in training on Parris Island ( The Rock) at this time, the southern DI's were tough, they worked my butt off. All was worth while, I was never so proud.

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

That "well balanced breakfast" looked a lot like shit on a shingle to me. I was in the Air Force. First class chow.

Pussy

[@MANROCK130]

Not every branch can afford to eat steak and lobster on a daily basis

[@thomasduncan8279]

Did any other of you Marines out there watch this video and kind of laugh inside about the things they leave out and cannot show. It wasn't that calm and peaceful at all there was some crazy ass drill instructors in the '70s

[@philbrown9764]

I joined in 1968 because my dad was a Marine from 1938 to 1946. But he passed in 1966 so he never got to see me join. And I don't think he would have been happy, with the Vietnam "war" going on at the time. I was lucky because I was on a Marine Air Base in Chu Lai. I like to think he had something to do with that.

[@punkdog1327]

thank you and your father for your service

[@ginnyboston4532]

Thank you both for your service. I feel like your father is in God"s arms.

[@stevehenrichs5091]

Your father would have been more than proud of you because you BECAME A UNITED STATES MARINE very few i mean few people become MARINES.IT'S ONE OF HIGHEST HONORS TO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY AND TO WEAR THE UNIFORM.

[@TomCook-jw6ur]

Phil Brown Fucking REMF.

[@buddylajuett8109]

Very sorry to hear that your father didn't get to see you graduate. I was very lucky and my dad did see me grad in 1968, plt 197. Guarantee that your father would have been grinning from ear to ear. Man, we're second generation Marines!

[@mauricepowers8079]

Arrived at P.I. about 2pm on March 18th 1969...platoon 141...9 weeks of pure Hell and petty BS...but it was excellent training. One of the proudest moments of my life when I graduated...you make it through training and you know you've accomplished something...Semper Fi

[@bertram_oredrock]

Plt 1000 Oct74 - Jan75 I Retired Jul 96. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. SFMF

[@windwhisper100]

Arrived Parris Island April 5 1966 at 2:00 am!! Never shall forget that Morning or the next 9 weeks!!! I cherish the memories!!! David.

[@richardhunter4235]

windwhisper100 ji

[@richardhunter4235]

M

[@romansroad2007]

I was born in May 4 1966 . Cool, wind

[@kurtdeibler]

I love the Marines. I love the old school United States Marine Corps. They were hard core, truly distinguished, highly motivated, and trained killers. There is nothing finer, cleaner, sharper, crisper, more motivated, or more trained to kill enemy than the United States Marine.

[@farpointgamingdirect]

"Let us win your hearts and minds, or we'll burn your damn huts down..." Semper Fi

[@garycreasy]

Parris Island is one of the most beautiful places on the face of this earth, It's hard to see when you're in the grind of Boot Camp; once the stress of training is said and done does one recognize the true beauty of the place. I believe every Marine who has been though there will agree with me.

[@jojosdad1359]

I graduated May '78 Plt 3018. There is no describing the immense pride I felt to be called a Marine for the first time at graduation. My wife would agree that who ever coined the phrase "Once a Marine always a Marine" nailed it. I drive her nuts with my need for things to be a certain way. Almost 25 years since my last formation and I miss the camaraderie the most. Stupid fun times and an equal number of fucked up times. You've never really partied unless you've spent some time at Subic Bay (or Clark) before the Mt. Pinatubo eruption. Semper Fi

[@larrystrickland8101]

Was on Parris 31:57 Island from June 6 1965 through 12 weeks 5 days August 18 1965. I still remember every day there. I was 17 and now am 76. Proud to be a Marine. Discharged an E5 Sargent. Semper Fi !

[@MissionaryForMexico]

I went to the island back in 1983. I actually requested Parris Island, being from Houston. I would normally go to the west coast, and become a Hollywood Marine. I enjoyed the training for 12 weeks. I will never forget what I and all of us went thru together. It was amazing, tough, and motivating! To this day, I still tell people I meet about my time in the corp. I did four years, and went to many different countries. The video was great to watch too.

[@MH-mz7pi]

Graduated May 1999, Platoon 3030 Kilo Co, San Diego. Looking at boot camp nearly 20 years prior to that and honestly, little has changed beyond the aesthetic. For those who've gone through that life changing process, memories were so emblazoned on our minds that just watching this evokes physical responses and perfect recall. What an experience and I wouldn't trade it for any others in my life.

[@saabab1474]

Were you at Leonard wood?

[@robnewhere152]

Did you wear sneakers or boots during the final PFT?

[@MH-mz7pi]

@@robnewhere152 We wore sandals of barbed wire.

[@robnewhere152]

@@MH-mz7pi No, that was before the US military started waking up so we wore leather boots.

[@somerandomguyfromtheintern480]

My dad served during Vietnam, but he was in the Thai Royal Airforce, and he was the one who control weapons purchases. After the war was over, M-16s, M-14s were being sold at the Thai Border for about $20 a pop. The Vietnam and the surrounding countries were flush with weapons and munitions left over by the US.

[@drewframson9722]

Only issue, is no recruits arrive in broad daylight.

[@frankstinelli7132]

The film brought back many memories was in platoon 1063 in 1968 got me in the best shape if my life. Turned 70 in November 22 2019 still same weight 143 lbs few aches and pains in still in desient shape !!!!! WOO RAW

[@MH-mz7pi]

@A.J. Reynolds Yeah...Woo Raw. It's a diet that focuses solely on uncooked Chinese vegetables. It's how he stays so trim.

[@michaellovely6601]

Good for you.

[@davidlamotta1994]

I'll bet you can remember your instructors names after all these years

[@davidlamotta1994]

Bet you can remember your drill instructors names even after all these years

[@davidlamotta1994]

Thank you for replying. I would like to talk to you by way of email about my United States Navy experience. Assuming what you say is genuine and you were in the military, I would like to share some thoughts with you on training and what we went through in 1987. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me. I was only 20 years old and I saw Horrors at the base camp Nimitz in San Diego California. Just as a point of interest, and I'm not asking any special favors, I would like to share some of these things with you. [e-mail]

[@rickmerrifield3975]

I arrived at PI just about midnight on 28 Apr '69. All inbound recruits arrived at PI at night or in the early morning hours before sunrise. PLT 265, the "old battalion , we had the last of the wooden "barnds" while 1st and 3rd battalions had been upgraded to concrete barracks. I'm still proud of the fact that the oak floors that had had been scrubbed white before I got there were also scrubbed by me. Doing it the easy way never won anything. Semper Fi

[@rickmerrifield3975]

My bad typo...barns. But then I was an 0311 and not an 0100.

[@eshelly4205]

When I went through Parris Island in 1981 Platoon 1048 I was told the DIs cannot hit you…but I found out the can “adjust your uniform” My uniform was “adjusted a few times” It was the best decision I ever made. It molded me into the man I became. It prepared me for my future success. Semper Fi to my fellow Jar Heads

[@Pete-lp5pw]

I went to boot camp at MCRD, San Diego, CA in September 1970. I grew up in New Orleans and the night of September 8th 1970 my life changed forever. I retired 30 years later. OOoorah !!!!!!!!!!

[@USMC-ParrisIsland]

Boot Camp @ Parris Island in 1964 was a lot different, than it is today. It was a living, Hell! It was brutal living in those old wooden barracks. The only air conditioning that we received was from outside. Of course, when we went to class for educational purposes, we enjoyed air conditioning, for a short time. I went through Parris Island in June of 1964, Platoon 159. A bunch of us ended up in South Vietnam, at different times. I arrived in DaNang in April of 1966. One of our House Mouses' had been killed on, Operation Orange, a few days earlier. The nicest guy that you'd want to meet. I earned my PFC chevron, at Camp Geiger. I left overseas a Corporal E-4. Back then, a Corporal was few as a, mini-god. I am grateful for the toughness that I received at Parris Island. It made me into the Marine that I'm still today, at age 76. What I see Democrats/RINOS and the Commandant doing to the Corps today, is heartbreaking. Semper Fi Marines!

[@jondavis3406]

Grad in 77. Plt 1068. Mom and dad came down. Wanted to see me grad from something. Started our plt with 72 recruits grad 36, 15 orig of the 72.. the sr. D. I. Said to me. Private Davis i don't know anybody as undisciplined as u could by from Ohio. Served 7 1/2 years. Good times

[@shyryTsr2k]

My grandfather was in the Marine Corps and served for 23 years and was in Vietnam. He retired as a Master Gunnery Sergeant and tells me a lil about his experiences like how his convoy was ambushed and the jeep he was in got blown up, he survived however he had to get metal plates in his shoulder to keep it intact. I have loads of respect and admiration for the military whether they are veterans or active duty thank you so much for your service. 🙏

[@vigidriver6281]

I wish I could go back to 1970 and do my military days all over again. I miss them to this very day.

[@keithpopko7068]

Me too. I would have stayed in, but there was just too much BS to put up with.

[@robertmaybeth3434]

were you hit on the head during svc or what

[@ByDesign333]

Robert Maybeth 😄😂

[@vic5828]

LOL! At least I'm not the same one who thinks this way!

[@bigiron8831]

Late at night when you're sleeping Charlie Cong comes a creeping. R.I.P. MILBURN E. JACKSON

[@thenervousmechanicofficialpage]

He's literally inspecting every single fingernail!!!That was a different time man.

[@Eeetbacon]

The Drill Instructor performing the fingernail inspection is Sgt. R.L. Wells, one of my drill instructors.

[@jodycamper8955]

Hygiene Inspections were normal when I was there in 1996.

[@whatabouttheearth]

That was normal for us in January 2001

[@Ranstone]

Normal for us in January, 2020 as well. I like how the replies are in chronological order of training.

[@davidb717]

I was in from 1979 till 2002, I loved the island, my only regret is that I can not go back and do it all over again, the corps is the only family that I ever knew

[@davidmachado4400]

0300 ??

[@Jack-ge1st]

Semper Fi David

[@johnblack7488]

If that is the only family you ever knew. My heart goes out to you !

[@jamesevenden6559]

Such a sad man you are...the "corp" is only family you know??

[@OAYIP]

david b - Semper Fi, my brother.