Recruit Training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego | Boot Camp

[@kingchadthegigeth]

4:37 it’s kinda like he forgot he was supposed to yell for a second there lol.

[@nickmadrigal1239]

😂😂

[@baconknightt]

Calm before the storm.😂😂😂

[@LetsGoForAPoke]

I don’t know who will ever read this or who really cares but I went to MCRD San Diego over 20 years ago. My absolute best memory was practicing drill on the parade deck and we would have these moments where we would just be standing at attention. Nothing would happen momentarily, and I will just use my eyes and scan the view of California I could see. Sometimes we would stand there for 30 seconds, sometimes a bit longer. It was the calm during the storm, or just a moment of peace. I had never been outside of the state I lived prior to this so everything was new to me. I still think about this moment, to this day, and the nostalgia kills me. I ended up retiring from the military, did my last 12 years in the Army. I had some of the best worst years of my life. I travelled to over 40 countries by the end of my career and most of my memories are just boggled together. But the memory of that parade deck and those short peaceful moments has never left and is as real as the day it happened.

[@krandelvision555]

Well I read your comments and I can agree with you all the way. I to was in the service and thank you for your service. I won't say which branch I was in because I don't think it matters. I was in from '80 to '86. 2 years overseas and 1 year stateside. Then 3 years IRR. That was enough for me. I thank the good lord I was not in a war zone. I to have fond memories of my time in service for my country. It is definitely a brotherhood of sorts. The best part I think was being able to visit places around the world when the world was at peace with itself. In todays world I believe I am better off staying right here at home. Take care.

[@danielgarcia228]

Feels like just yesterday I was on those yellow footprints. That was back in 2006.

[@DatBoiKirk]

The DI's couldn't wait till they was off camera

[@terrancewalker3169]

this is like the PG-13 version of bootcamp 😂 as soon as the cameras leave all HELL breaks lose

[@_rasec_9910]

How bad does it get?

[@aviVas1418]

Pretty bad, no remorse! Idk now but back when I went cameras left. It got hectic! Listen to the war cries, if cameras aren’t there, everyone could hear them war cries. These are weak cries, basically recruits being tired and weak!

[@sunshine69962]

@@_rasec_9910 eh it can get bad, at least it could before they really came down on the DIs for abuse. For example, my first day meeting my senior drill instructor he slammed me against the wall and started choking me, I was in heaven, exactly what I signed up for, crazy stuff! In our company two or three kids killed themselves. One hung on the pull up bars and one jumped off the third deck. The guy who jumped off the deck had been shoved into an industrial drying machine by the DIs, they turned it on and he had burns all over. Kid had mental issues before joining though so, fault of the recruiter in my opinion. My friends had to testify in court to the crap going on there. Bunch of DIs got in trouble. Though id rather prefer the DIs be absolute maniacs and able to give us a crazy experience than be soft toward us. They cant even curse at people anymore, maybe behind closed doors. This was 2015 era

[@randomclipsmilitary9056]

@@sunshine69962tf

[@wsbnews4270]

"We will break you down and build you up again, even when you have given up on yourselves."

[@atsea713]

13:21 he parted them recruits like Moses parted the Red Sea 😆

[@nosleep9494]

Bros white 💀

[@StinkyMink]

Shitttt I got up and moved in my living room

[@c-doggaming4706]

This is an old video. The Mexican with short hair getting the cut at the beginning was my drill instructor in hotel company PLT 2163 SEPT ‘21. I would love to see new footage.

[@ac6627]

Yea, there is a picture of Obama and Biden in one of the shots. So at least 7-8 years old.

[@joshuazungia8545]

Alpha company 1015 baby I remember these recruits this was 2014-2015

[@jasonbrown3925]

@@joshuazungia8545 Yeah they still wore desert cammies so no later than 2014-2015 or so.

[@Andrew-lq7pr]

@@jasonbrown3925they still do bro, 5months ago when I was there we wore both woodland and desert. In the morning we’d put on woodland and swap out half way through the day sometimes depending what it was we were doing.

[@jasonbrown3925]

I could see the woodlands absorbing too much heat in the afternoon sun so deserts make sense then. I remember when the rule was DayLight Saving = Desert and Woodland the rest of the year. I went back for a visit last October, were you there then?

[@Landford177]

bro the way the barber just grabbed his head is hilarious

[@FedereIBureau0flnvestigation]

I can sleep good at night knowing these guys will be protecting my country.

[@lanceleazer9639]

i love how they have all this footage, but wont show you what they do behind closed doors, (IE. black friday, getting smoked at night, early early morning, setting up the rain room, stuffing kids in dryers and washers lol , mind you since i in the 2010's so times could have changed, but man i miss thendays when DI's had free reign of these nasty recruits

[@midknight6036]

Still the same from my experience

[@Bryan-fg4kt]

They don’t do that no more salt dog. Different marine corps

[@GulagG4ry]

a few months before i went, a couple DI's got in trouble for stuffing recruits in a dryer, stapling paper to their chest, and making one eat an acorn.

[@canuckscountry]

What’s the rain room?

[@eparta9549]

@@midknight6036I was told you don’t address by sir or ma’am anymore, is that true?

[@jaime5711]

Every coughing, the recruit crude. I was so sick for 2 weeks. Back in 92.

[@masondrip42]

i remember this so vividly lol. i wasn’t necessarily scared but i just had no idea wtf was next at any given second. i just knew no one was coming to save me; and at that moment i had to realize that was the entirety of life itself. no one is going to fkn save you lol

[@LOL2YOU]

47:30 bro is proud to be a Marine!

[@Tamu095]

I shake when I hear the Drill Instructors yell at the recruits. I can’t believe that I actually did this when is was 18 years old.

[@cjturner9688]

do you shake because it makes you hyped?

[@TheMilitaryFeed]

@@cjturner9688its pressuring it might not seem like it on video but juss try to imagine a grown ass man yelling in ur ear to do something that ur already doing 😂

[@cjturner9688]

@9sore yea my father did that lol he is prior military

[@rem-0515]

@@cjturner9688 My dad did that a lot too as a kid and he used to be in the Marines in the 80's and early 90's when they were still allowed to smack you around. I don't like being yelled at but I'm pretty used to being yelled at over the dumbest crap or being yelled at to do something I'm already doing or even finished doing regardless if it's right or wrong.

[@trackz510]

God bless any kid who has a former drill sergeant/instructor as a dad/mom lmao.

[@solomonfromstatefarm4848]

I leave in 9 days. Watched every boot camp video I can. Hopefully I won't be the platoons Pvt. Pyle

[@piratebadass3779]

Honestly, just do what you’re told, fight past the brain fog, and be an unthinking machine, and bam you’ll be done before you know it, accept that you’re gonna have a hard time and know the DI is there to help you through breaking you

[@gsXXXrhub]

Yooooo I leave in 9 days too! March 12th!

[@solomonfromstatefarm4848]

@@gsXXXrhub Are you going to San Diego or Parris Island? What mos did you end up choosing?

[@gsXXXrhub]

@@solomonfromstatefarm4848 going to PI, signed for Infantry. 03xx

[@gsXXXrhub]

@solomonfromstatefarm4848 how about you?

[@redacted5035]

Wait I recognize some of this footage from years ago... When was this filmed? 🤔

[@Chairguy7oh7]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@da0fficial._mikeybelieve927]

Yeah it’s old footage

[@matthewgarcia9222]

It was filmed 7 years ago

[@lilxholly7476]

13:20 the way they all backed up🤣

[@randallknapp7528]

I was there the summer of 1986, Plt 3063. Semper Fi!

[@dethslaker1990]

Has it changed much since you been in or was it as nostalgic for you as it was for me?

[@TheUniverseHasMyBack]

As a San Diego resident that lives less than 2miles away from MCAS Miramar, That hear and see Jets and Helecopters 7 days a week why? Because they fly over my house everyday nonstop...lol I just want to say thank you to all of the brave men and women that serve to protect our country. You are my heros🇺🇸✌🏾

[@maver1ck26]

Non stop flight hours for practice and practice and practice. They also do it for training for some on ground different missions. Sometimes just test flights for the aircraft. Also kinda like an old car you can’t let it sit for too long or the thing will die

[@Orrestes13]

glad they still say "kill" instead of some bs

[@davealmighty9638]

I served in the space force. I was a space shuttle door gunner.

[@neighborhoodhopefiend5804]

@25.01 The Di's execute a "Falling Demonstration" to ensure safety that the belay process will stop your descent. That's BS! If the belay man is distracted like mine was in the HURST Master Course, your weight will will pick up speed where he can't stop you, I know. I fell 40 feet and got knocked the fucked out because my belay man was distracted. I survived and finished the course but still have issues til this day because when I knew I was falling, I tried to break and landed with my break arm behind my back. Fucked me up! I now have a VA disability claim. There is a fine line between hard and stupid and I was stupid because I wanted the title of HURST Master. I earned the title but at damn near 60 I feel the injury for life. Still, no regrets. I came into the Marine Corps to do 4 years and I accidentally did 21 years to retirement. The Fewer, The Prouder, The Retirees. Yes, I was a DI from 1991 til 1993, 3rd BN Mike Company, no regrets!

[@charlesburke2379]

The most frequently asked question in the history of the receiving barracks: Sir! Is it too late to switch to the Chair Force?

[@monty510]

God Bless you all, thank you 🙏🏽

[@duped8273]

oh man i thought this was new footage

[@CLE.Riley15]

Me too bro, me too.

[@CK21932]

Can someone tell that first DI that the P is silent in Marine Corps. But he’s a Marine so I’ll cut him some slack 😂

[@59phonebone]

15:30 The DIs are sweating through their khakis from all the hollering and running around in the San Diego humidity. I was across the fence in 1977 at RTC/NTC.

[@strawdawgs78]

Does anyone else who did boot camp in the 90s remember the two mafia-looking brothers that performed all the barbershop duties?

[@Shelongbongdong]

Thanks for your service !

[@dhdnbdf8722]

I’m going here June 3rd🥲

[@ghangj]

God speed

[@harleygp4684]

When did MCRD start wearing shoes instead of boots in bootcamp

[@ProdbyThunder]

Just waiting to hear back from the recruiter

[@darkwolfrip1714]

Going tomorrow 🤙🏽

[@robertharper4066]

I'm going next month

[@Daniel-ld7xs]

Nicee! All the best

[@Daniel-ld7xs]

@@robertharper4066 All the best bud. Smash it!

[@rod8796]

All the best bro. Thank you for your service🤘🏽💯💯💯

[@iptgang]

@@rod8796he ain’t a marine just yet. Once he graduates he will be a proud Marine. 🫡

[@10thFTW]

Finally get the full video

[@710stonerbob]

I absolutely enjoyed being stationed at MCRD San Diego. 3371 Cook/Baker. Oorah and good morning Marines.

[@andresgarcia5305]

Leaving on monday april 15th 🫡

[@DV8340]

Best of luck to you. God bless and protect you and your brothers in arms. 🫡

[@carlosortiz659]

He’s going to boot camp… not war 😂😂😂

[@arkalonalan]

They'd never show what went on in 75. No girls on deck. Punching, kicking, slapping. Best times of my young life. Hands down.

[@peerzeidler]

respect !!!

[@queengamingytxo]

My dumb self would laugh 💀

[@thechadalorian2866]

Oh this is years old

[@danjackson2848]

Are all the barbers shaving heads vets or regular barbers they hire

[@BoostednStoopid]

Bro there is this one Italian who has been there a long time, he cut my head in 2023 and all my buddies who went in 2014 and my recruiters as well who were in boot a while ago

[@dethslaker1990]

They hire angry civilians that hate the military

[@napa7m115]

A Gopher as a drill sergeant. 🤣

[@baconknightt]

I went thru mcrdsd in 1986. The Drill Instructors were as tough then as now. Receiving wasjust as brutal. The epitome of toughness, hardass badassery. I watch the Air Force, Navy, coast guard try to do the same with fat pog clerks trying to scream like a D.I. i laugh. Being badass doesnt come from screaming. It comes from bearing. When the drill instructor yelled," im gonna rip off your balls.!" I believed them. When i hear/see a 350 lbs navy guy or 4'9" female navy scream, i laugh. I believe nothing from them.

[@peerzeidler]

cool friend let`sGo Team Go - Go !!!

[@OliWinchester]

How would you like your haircut today, Sir?

[@tenzin123]

Respect this yong people

[@user-zv5yy7oh9u]

As an SLP student the drill sergeants' constant yelling and poor vocal quality is concerning to me.

[@Snufftest]

Imagine getting your head shaved bald only to get DQ’ed from something simple like the IST lmao

[@ramondamian5067]

This is quite amusing.

[@kurisu9103]

4:36 lol

[@Xellius13]

Should give them a mics or something. No fixing those vocal cords later.

[@rammone5241]

I could have done pool drills all day, better than a 15 mile ruk on that hot tarmac up going up and down those sandy dirt roads.

[@retaliate6094]

You did not ruck 😭

[@Daniel-ld7xs]

What if you lose your voice when you scream all the time?

[@arifazio5949]

It happens to everyone. You just keep screaming anyways😂

[@sulije]

this footage is old

[@xx_sn1p3rg4ng_xx5]

Was wondering if I watched this already 😂

[@popeyemarino-ds8gh]

Hoorraaah! Hahaha!👏🏼

[@sirvonhugendong]

He didn't say the drill instructors wouldn't abuse them

[@chupacabra188]

Would 27 be to old to join the marine?

[@I.sellEBT]

No

[@Ducks1]

You got a year left buddy go for it 👍🏽

[@dethslaker1990]

Oldest I've seen was 30

[@veziyetgergindi1172]

outdoor drag Vietnam traning 😊

[@NgJackal1990]

This is an old footage which was featured from other military channels before.

[@ChevyBoyCallofDuty]

Sounded like zombies 😂😂😂

[@yaboyeman]

Honestly anyone can be a Marine now, it’s really not that hard anymore. DI’s are restricted heavily, and not to mention the rigorous training is non existent

[@iptgang]

What all do you bring with you to the marines boot camp?

[@arifazio5949]

As little as possible. It will all go into a box that you won't see until before graduation. You'll turn in your clothes, phone, watch, etc. You can keep your wallet, ID, and things of that nature. Just remember when you graduate that that's all you'll have. I recommend packing a bag before bootcamp and having your parents (or anyone coming to graduation) to bring it for you so that you have more than one set of clothes. You'll buy soap, razors, uniform stuff, etc at the store. Unfortunately it comes out of your own check but it's not that big of a deal. Just try not to spend a lot

[@steve3054USMC]

I can still smell the bleach and listerine.

[@acerb4566]

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[@johnalver]

They're standing real close to each other. . . Life that hard?

[@MuskMonkey]

How tf are these phase 1 recruits going to have rolled sleeves

[@jakobmulder9523]

this is crazy because im going to be here in a little over a month

[@quezadilla8658]

Lock in

[@Alex-zu9ow]

dont do it

[@Vstef50]

Just do what you’re told, be on time and be in the right uniform. And take as little as possible with you, i.e. toothbrush and a change of underwear, address book and small essentials, you won’t see any of that stuff until after you graduate. You’ll be fine.

[@LucasMadison-tb5qd]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@hjmendoza71]

This is old

[@braxtonlee-w1l]

All actually looks very terrible if I do say so myself self I’ll continue to grow my beard and workout on my own time 🙂

[@josiahirondreads3211]

Wait I already saw this

[@rodnybolanop.6532]

yessirrrr

[@howardhughes6212]

This is weak. Way harder when I was in

[@wsbnews4270]

they are quieter and calmer on camera lmfao.

[@howardhughes6212]

@@wsbnews4270 they brought a camera crew when we went to Pendleton… still shots. Drill instructors were still hitting people at that time. They told the photographers to not shoot the beat downs 😂

[@im_not_the_best]

This video is old

[@OTF_Joeey]

So like what do you get from all this? Nothing lmao

[@abso2313]

Idk if this was camera or what but if not boot camp soft as shit

[@carknower]

Damn, in the short time this was filmed those marines never known what war is. Just like that their tour is over and now their back to being nasty civilians

[@Alex-zu9ow]

true

[@CLE.Riley15]

I thought this was new smh

[@terylsanabria8262]

No. Not new, you present a new video. OORAH

[@CLE.Riley15]

@@terylsanabria8262 ERRRRR

[@CrinkledPankerSociety]

All this training and technology and they still lose wars.

[@bigcountry4539]

Kinda soft to me... I reckon I'm Old Corps tho... Plt 2084 F Co 2nd RTBn MCRD PISC... graduated 01 Nov 1985...

[@broaddusmarines]

Okay boomer. 🙄🙄🙄

[@Kilroy098]

Showing old footage because the new corps is soft

[@underthehood6206]

Went to bootcamp 9 months ago, so far the biggest changes are the snack packs we get some days in the evening and we always get 8 hours of sleep. The drill instructors also aren't allowed to hit you. But other than that it was pretty much the same compared to this video.

[@tezcz6483]

@@underthehood6206im thinking of joining. is boot camp difficult from all the ds screaming at you and stuff?

[@underthehood6206]

@@tezcz6483 The DIs will get in your face and scream at you a lot. You will play a lot of stupid games inside the squadbay which is like is rectangle box where you and other recruits will live in. There will be beds side by side and there is no doors for the toilet stalls or showers. There is literally no privacy. It sucks for the most part but it is only 3 months. The rest of the Marine Corps isn’t like this. I just wish I knew that before joining. But ask yourself if you really want to do this because once you sign that contract whether it is 4 5 or 6 years, you will have to complete those years and you can’t quit when you are in bootcamp. Your MOS also isn’t guaranteed either. Your recruiter could get you your MOS but it can change at any time. Do more research but ask yourself if you really want to do this. Because this isn’t college or a job that you can just quit.

[@dethslaker1990]

​@@tezcz6483that's a stupid ass question

[@nwothompson]

I believe AMERICA SHOULD MANDATE EVERY MALE FOR 2 YEARS OF SERVICE. WE NEED OUR ARMY NAVY MARINES AIR FORCE STRONG NOT WEAK THIS GEN NEEDS IT BEFORE WE GET TO WEAK.

[@killervito]

So soft... why film? All ❤ all POGS ...

[@arecords8273]

Lmfao why so much screaming

[@claychandler3468]

D.I. not the least bit Intimidating !

[@masschaos2386]

Look at this psychological conditioning happening... sad 😂

[@anthony559]

Fun times.

[@anthony559]

Anyone from H company 2167?

[@Alex-zu9ow]

no