The First Four Hours

[@mattmatthews1398]

I'd say that I remember my first night but I'd be lying. The confusion and stress combined with lack of sleep means I only remember bits and pieces. I will always remember however the moment I stepped on the yellow footprints. Semper Fi and good luck to these new recruits

[@MCRDPI]

I think we can all agree with you there! Have a meritorious day! Respectfully, LCpl Dakota Dodd Communication Strategy and Operations

[@noahhudelson2447]

I remember being stressed and unable to process things for a min. Until they took us to the red room and told us our platoon number 3269 and everyone kept whispering to each other trying to joke about the fact that 69 was in our platoon number

[@trentdevlaminck9927]

Bro seriously I couldn't have said it better myself

[@richardmorris6365]

In 75 we were in those old barracks @ P.I. I remember it well. One guy had an electric Razor & all kinds of shaving lotions & extra clothes. The DI got up on the table & kicked his shit about 50ft across the room & asked the guy if he was a traveling vagabond. Guys were falling asleep standing up. And the mess hall,cold eggs & warm bug juice. Strange looking place too. Ooh rah

[@richardmorris6365]

​@@noahhudelson2447I was plt169 in 1975. No one was doing any whispering or snickering about our plt number,those receiving Marines had us scared to death!

[@vrl4355]

My Son graduated High School Friday and was Gone the following Monday 6/12/2023 I pray he makes it through . Im been so sad but at the same time proud of him ...

[@vietnamvet4533]

Yea well today the military is like summer camp, hate to see them go, but with phone calls, girls in the ranks, trans genders and juice boxes how hard can it really be, not I bet.

[@beepboopbeep5456]

2/3s the way through now. How's he doing?

[@vietnamvet4533]

@@beepboopbeep5456 Great I bet I see one above talking on a phone, never saw one of them when I was in. Today the military is like summer camp, they even have girls, and guy/girls or the other way around that want to touch you in that special way. I remember when they shipped us off to the Nam, they told us that it was going to be tough, if it wasn't they would have sent the girls. Imagine them saying that today. So how hard can it be?

[@tiffanycunningham7735]

My son left 3 days ago, haven’t heard from him yet

[@vietnamvet4533]

@@tiffanycunningham7735 Oh no, my dad left for WWII and my grandparents didn't hear from him for months. Me during VietNam a really long time. I am sure he is just fine, no wars, a military under the control of that able bodied Commander in Chief Joe Biden, what could go wrong.

[@KM-cm1jp]

Dude, bootcamp is surreal. No other words to best describe it. We have all seen the bootcamp movies, but when you’re there you’re like “I’m really here, wtf”. You have to experience it to really understand it. If I could go back, I would, but dang, it is for sure an experience.

[@QuantikoOfficial]

cant wait. just wish me luck, im 9 lbs under

[@thelegendaryt-rex4763]

I remember stepping foot on parris island. I was like "I don't believe it, I'm here, I'm actually on the island. Holy fuck!" And it was all fast paced, so you had no time to think about anything, just keep on moving. And it would be that way for 3 months.

[@KM-cm1jp]

@@thelegendaryt-rex4763 I know right. 😂

[@bobbyallen7977]

@@QuantikoOfficial eat lots of hamburgers

[@MarkDuncan1]

Yeah, that first night in the squad bay I was just like "holy shit...this is real".

[@sebastianorellana9183]

I can tell you this......it's those hours that feel heavy on your face and no matter what was said, no matter how it was done and no matter what the weather was......as soon as you cross those silver hatches, your theirs. 💯 Good luck to any Poolee who sees this before the beginning of your journey. Regards, This USMC Vet turned Soldier. It'll be okay. Just accept that you're wrong and the drill instructors are right and do what your told. Sound off and just know, if you're ever in a stooper....just remember why you joined. 💯godspeed.

[@leanmexican]

Thank you, Im heading out next year.

[@kingbobofh-town1972]

Thank you for this I head out tomorrow

[@drewcovington8436]

I head out June 5th.

[@MarkDuncan1]

Fellow USMC Vet here. Been out for 16 years and about to go back in to either the Army or Navy. Really kicking myself now for not re-enlisting or going reserves earlier and I'm glad I realized there are options available to me before I reach the age cutoff. Those years fly by!

[@MustyMike]

Thank you, I head out in a few months.

[@Sean2002FU]

I remember bits and pieces...I'm watching this video because my son is on his way there. He's on the plane as I'm typing this. You got this my boy, my son. Soon you will also be my brother.❤

[@Physique_Dailies]

This is the best part the transformation, the worst part is it's not like the old days where courageous moralistic men took the lead coming face to face with adversity too many cowards in the high ranks that backstabb I've seen military family's on the streets because of these people, my best advice is not to let them manipulate him into staying in yes it's for the country and it's selfless, they will take advantage of that, either way you look at it good men are needed anywhere.

[@Sean2002FU]

@@Physique_Dailies Don't you worry , he will get the cautionary tail.......

[@gogurtz1738]

I’m a “Hollywood Marine”, 7 years ago when I went through. MCRD San Diego was literally right next to the airport and that bus ride felt like hours since they made us kept our heads down.

[@MCRDPI]

The west coast may be the best coast, but the east coast is definitely the beast coast! Semper Fidelis, Lance Cpl. Dakota Dodd Communication Strategy and Operations

[@bobbyallen7977]

Our bus trip literally was hours from the airport in San Diego. Some lance corporal picked us up at the airport and said ok get on the bus and then the bus broke down 🙄 so we all got out and sat around on the side of the road and waited for a long time for another bus to come get us.I kept thinking to myself this must be some kind fuck game they're playing.They never made us ride with our heads down though

[@p.cowart7286]

I was told they deliberately drive you around in circles to disorient

[@richardmorris6365]

​@@MCRDPIand doing gaurd duty around first btn barracks at PI was scarey,those swamps were right there & I seen some big raccoons at night.

[@jeffshultz3883]

They do that to confuse you and you don't know their way out. Same as Parris Island.

[@fridakhaos8304]

My son left 2 weeks ago & im a mess. As his mom, I can’t imagine him in any sort of pain. The temperatures are dropping tonight to 25 degrees, it’s freezing cold & I can’t sleep from worrying about him.

[@HaveYouBeenNaughty]

Your son will be fine. It's not the same old school days anymore where they could smash your nose in. There are a lot more rules in play for recruits well being. Not saying shit doesn't sometimes happen like getting slapped or having your hands stepped on while in the pits. But your son will come out a man. Just don't call him a Solider should he graduate Paris Island. Fastest way to piss a Marine off.

[@thecrusher8153]

Im sure your sons doing a fine job. Don’t worry, I’m enlisting soon aswell so don’t worry, he’s only gonna come home better and stronger. Best regards.

[@fridakhaos8304]

@@thecrusher8153 Thank you 🙏🏼 and good luck 🍀

[@keithwisdom1663]

Boy will be fine

[@marcog797]

its getting hotter now so you dont need to worry about the temperatures freezing him just the heat now! and the sand fleas!

[@joseph07496]

I truly respect our USMC, America's heroes!!

[@Msol16]

I remember my first day pretty clearly , I arrived one day late along with some others, we were placed in a room with the rest of the new recruits their hair was already buzzed and they were still in civilian clothing they looked like they hadn’t slept in a day absolutely exhausted, a drill instructor passed by tossed a Gatorade in the room and said “survival of the fittest” it’s a very tough place , to any poolees seeing this work hard work fast and just know that drill instructors aren’t picking on you it’s their job to turn you into a marine , dig deep do your best and you’ll leave that place a better man/woman best of luck , Semper Fi

[@adamchurvis1]

My boot camp experience was VERY different. As soon as we arrived, the Drill Instructor smiled and cordially invited us to join him outside the bus. He then explained the entertainment schedule and our "Flex Personal Time" privileges which let us participate (or not) in whichever training sessions we wanted. We were shown a training video of how the days would start with a String Quartet waking us followed by breakfast in bed (choice of omelette, of course). There was an optional wine tasting on every other Thursday. We were allowed up to five half-hour naps each day whenever we wanted. If we ever felt discouraged or just plain down-in-the-dumps, we could get an encouraging hug from the Drill Instructor. Physical exercise was at our own individual pace with no pressure to perform. Then on the weekends, we... Oh, SHIT! I just remembered that I enlisted in the AIR FORCE, not the Marines! Sorry, my bad.

[@Etereys]

😂😂😂

[@shaybrown5289]

😂😂😂

[@jessicaperez7689]

😂

[@patrickkozlowski8273]

😂😂😂😂

[@SelejX]

😂

[@TXRBL]

I remember morning chow, because we were still in civies but had our hair cut. We looked like dorks and more than anything wanted to get into a pair of utilities so we could fit in. Actually it was genius. The very beginning of our transition from civilian to Marine Recruits in Holding awaiting our Series.

[@alexandergomez3491]

I absolutely remember it. The one thing I gotta say, that is a little sad that much of the "mystery" is gone for incoming recruits with these videos now so readily available. That wasn't the case in my day.

[@MarkDuncan1]

I went through in 2003 (plt 1080) and I had a pretty good idea of what to expect thanks to my recruiter, some events I attended, and some videos I watched back then. I honestly find these KZbin videos a bit sanitized for the public. It was significantly more intense in person and there are things that happen when the cameras aren't around. I'll never forget my senior DI's reaction when one guy ended up with brass on him during the rifle range when we undressed for the night. First and only time in my life I saw someone get the shit beat out of them in their underwear.

[@FezMooseLive]

22, working in construction, and when I was 16 or 17 videos like this hyped me up. I still think of enlisting, I was weaker back then, and I wanted to be In shape before I joined. A previous trip with ROTC made me realize that my mind was cut out for it, however my body wasn't. However if I want to join now, my body is in the perfect condition to get broken down and rebuilt. The only thing I was bad at was remembering general orders. And I feel like those are to important to forget. Except the 11th or 12th, dont leave your post unless told to. (And thats not even the actual wording, that might not even be it.)

[@elemix27]

@@FezMooseLiveare you going to join

[@Ladydreadscreations]

My son plane landed yesterday and I haven’t heard from him. This video makes me a nervous wreck but I understand the Marine Corps are making our babies heros so they can protect us. #13weeks#myson#mylove

[@vrl4355]

I feel you my son left last night I miss him like crazy

[@Ladydreadscreations]

@@vrl4355 it’s not a easy three months,at all… but when it’s over and you see him it’s the most rewarding experience you will ever go through.

[@user-wr1wu4ek6d]

@@Ladydreadscreationsdid your son say it was as bad as he thought it was going to be or worse? I am going in September and I’m nervous

[@Ladydreadscreations]

@@user-wr1wu4ek6d He said at first it’s difficult getting used to everything but he said after like two weeks it was fine. He did miss not having a phone and music. He said the crucible was easy except the hike back, that was the hardest part. He loves being a marine and so will you! You will do excellently just like my son did! Good luck to you! Wishing all the best!

[@richardmorris6365]

​@@user-wr1wu4ek6dSept isn't a bad time weather wise, I did June to Sept 21,1975, it was one hot summer. You'll be fine..

[@evilchaperone]

Just gave me a charge! I'd do it all over again in a hot second. Semper Fi! Hollywood Marine. If I could part with any pearls of wisdom for these young war fighters, give it your utmost every single day in everything you do throughout your entire enlistment. It may seem like 4 or 8 years is a long time to you now, but you have to live with yourself for the rest of your life when you get out. You want to look back with pride and honor that you served your brothers and sisters with all your heart and soul. That's what being a Marine is all about. You will forever be changed.

[@curt6204]

I arrived with others in a white van. I'll never forget the DI running down the steps and slamming his hand on the window screaming "OPEN THE DOOR." All I could think was "fuck where's the handle... fuck where's the door handle."

[@MarkDuncan1]

Did you eat at Shoney's before arriving? I remember our driver stopped there for our last civilian meal before he took us on base.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Memories of 5 Oct 73. It was crazy. I was in Plt 395, India Co, 3rd Bn Parris Island. Thanks to Senior Drill Instructor, Ssgt Stewart, Drill Instructors, Ssgt Johnigon, Sgt Valentine, Sgt Guest, you took young kids and turned us into Marines. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant... OUT

[@micahgotracksplays2875]

I see you everywhere And I love it

[@2ndmarinedivisionmilsim363]

Oohrah. I can’t wait to join man! 2 years left!!!

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@micahgotracksplays2875 thank you. If it's late 60s or 70s music, I'm there. Semper Fidelis from an old Marine Sergeant.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@2ndmarinedivisionmilsim363 you know you can join at 17 yrs old, with parent or guardian consent and high school diploma. But High School graduation is the most important thing to do. After boot camp and your MOS school, start working on some college classes. This gives you promotion points. Stay safe and Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt...OUT

[@micahgotracksplays2875]

Semper fi from a young child civilian

[@Art79GA]

Only remember bits and pieces too. We got there later that these kids did, like 2am. Tired after being up early at MEPS and traveling all day. Was a long time ago but some events are still very vivid. Semper Fi

[@rhodium69]

God does this bring back memories and this looked a lot calmer then back in the days 1975, but it's all worth it for sure .

[@kathypeacock8910]

I remember all too well the confusion not knowing where I was at and being up for 48 hours straight. Something I will never forget just remember the yellow footprints and that is about it. Toughest 3 months of my life but proudest when I was given the Eagle Globe and Anchor

[@dunexapa1016]

Go visit a VA hospital and see the results of lies and believing lies and tell me again how hard those 3 months were. You need to mature a bit more.

[@kathypeacock8910]

I am just stating what I know from when I was In boot camp and being pushed to the max, my bad if I offended anyone. I am mature thanks for the mean words but going through marine Corps boot camp is only a few that people can actually say they passed. Hey thanks for the mean words, I know what I went through and what it was like for me

[@dunexapa1016]

@@kathypeacock8910 , *I SAID WHAT YOU SEE IN THE VA HOSPITALS IS A RESULT OF LIES!!! LIES YOU VERY PROBABLY BELIEVE RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE!* Are you a coward? I met some veterans yesterday. The ones I spoke to were cowards. Very probably you are too. Would you like to take my coward test?

[@shaybrown5289]

@@kathypeacock8910My daughter just joined and I’m super nervous, her first call home had me in tears, the yelling and screaming was so intense, I felt so bad for my baby, I got 3 months of not hearing her voice, only letters until she’s out 😢

[@kathypeacock8910]

@@shaybrown5289 yes look forward to the letters it’s intense for the first few weeks as they are on lock down and I didn’t call home because I didn’t want to make my parents cry. Each week will get a little better and if she speaks in 3rd person it’s normal. We where trained to speak that way and has to ask permission for everything! I was able to call home on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day but had 5 minutes to call. When you write bask encouragement is the key to her making it through! I got letters every day and each letter made me realize there is an end goal and that is graduation! I wish her luck and hope she does well if you need encouragement or advice I am always around!

[@colossusforbin5484]

I clearly remember the first night, but I never passed through those silver hatches. Receiving was still the old white wooden barracks in 1985 when I was in boot camp. I think it was very shortly after that the new receiving barracks seen here was constructed. I also remember we were the first recruits to be issued the "new" M16A2 and HMMWV's were just starting to replace the jeep.

[@johnpierce2609]

I can remember vividly how it smelled and the humidity stepping off the bus.

[@richardmorris6365]

And those huge silver pipes everywhere.. The sand fleas were horrible. One guy had to dig a 6' hole & bury one he killed!

[@TheTypeofGuy-pb2ui]

I’m 29 years old with a Masters Degree and I recently enlisted. I ship out to basic training on March 14th 2024! Update: I absolutely hate my life. Unfortunately I signed a 12 year contract so I’m stuck. Forgot to mention, I’m stationed at Fort Sill.

[@harleywyatt5545]

Masters degree? are you commissioning as an officer?

[@TheTypeofGuy-pb2ui]

@@harleywyatt5545 No, I’m enlisting as an E-3.

[@badcholesterol]

@@harleywyatt5545 its a rough economy

[@lukemei5ter]

Good for you. A good marine never brags

[@ChukedIII]

Fool

[@johnstreet7656]

Ah, 1972. I remember parts of it. Yellow footprints. I know there were about 300 guys in an old wooden barracks squadbay overnight waiting to begin the receiving process. Remember the seabag drag the next day when we get picked up by our Drill Instructors. My ride into PISC was from AFEES Jacksonville Florida, about 6 hours on a Trailways bus on US-17 with stops at every jerkwater town along the route. Arrived about 2200.

[@adamxcix1620]

I remember the ride from the airport to parris island being a lot longer than 5 minutes

[@beastman1083]

You are correct! I took that bus ride from the train station in Savannah in 1979, Aug and it took at least about 3-4 hours. At that time not much was around unlike at present, so it was pitch black the whole ride until arriving at the Receiving Barracks, which were the old WW2 wood barracks with the yellow footprints on the ground in front. Then sat waiting in a classroom in the same building to fill out paperwork and such. What a night and morning!

[@richardmorris6365]

We rode down from Charleston airport,about 2 hrs or so.

[@ronaldbrown8792]

PI in July 1968 and Vietnam in late January 1969. Semper Fi to all in our military family.

[@night-owl2264]

I remember pieces of that night like I remember arriving and being on the yellow footprints then getting our boots and clothing and stuff the next thing I really remember is meeting my drill instructors a few days later is what I’m guessing was days later but from what I remember from those few hours was confusion and stress

[@madisonolivia82]

Just got a call from a U.S. Navy number. I answered, said hello three times. He didn’t say a word all I heard was very intense yelling. Anyone else just call home and not say anything? I hope he’s okay, the background was so intense I can’t imagine how he feels

[@shaybrown5289]

Well my daughter just joined and her first call home had me in tears, I couldn’t even hear her , the yelling and screaming was intense, it made me so nervous, I hope my baby is okay,

[@ryancampbell5039]

Went through 10 years ago. You never forget it, or smell.

[@212fanita]

My son it’s a 1 week already and I missing hem so much 😢 pido a Dios me lo cuide y proteja 🙏🙏🙏 we love you so much Mijo Mateo Crespo

[@dunexapa1016]

Your son's commander in chief is near completely senile. Why would your son want to join when the Commander in Chief is near completely senile? If your son were ordered to kill innocent children do you suppose he might do so?

[@jackopoulos9537]

I’ll be there in 2 weeks! Can’t wait for this, I’ve been wanting to be a marine for awhile now.

[@vietnamvet4533]

Good luck shouldn't be to hard, your generation of Gers is so sensitive, that the DIs don't hit or yell at you. You even have trans genders and girls in your ranks, so again how hard can it be? My guess summer camp.

[@dunexapa1016]

​@@vietnamvet4533 , And if he goes to some foreign country and ends up killing hundreds of innocent babies then maybe he might blow his brains out like many veterans are doing these days.

[@grubhubguy9629]

I joined the Army instead of the Marines. I have to say, the first 4 hours of Army was a cake walk compared to what Marines go through.

[@Yicodm]

My greatest fear going to boot camp is sitting with my legs crossed. I can’t do that😂

[@planetclownfishbrain7052]

Should have trained in martial arts as a kid. The Marines won't teach you how to fight-only to act with reckless abandon. Can't tell you how many time a phony-tough Marine took a swing...and a miss at someone with actual skills.

[@beastman1083]

I took that bus ride from the train station in Savannah in 1979, Aug and it took at least about 3-4 hours. At that time not much was around unlike at present, so it was pitch black the whole ride until arriving at the Receiving Barracks, which were the old WW2 wood barracks with the yellow footprints on the ground in front. Then sat waiting in a classroom in the same building to fill out paperwork and such. What a night and morning! I see much has changed since then Aug 1979. Although the same premise is the same for Marine Corps training, I believe that certain surroundings such as updating building structures should not be so inviting. Also, these tasks took 2 days to complete along with MOS placement tests. I hope to visit Parris Island soon and maybe run with a platoon from 3rd Battalion, my haunt.

[@VanDerKruk-g7b]

I was there in Aug-Nov 1979 also. I was 2nd Bn (SECOND TO NO ONE) Delta Co Plt 2071 Graduated November Receiving was the worst. I think we were up for the first 48 hrs. The thing I remember the most was when we arrived at PI and saw the sentry’s with the silver helmets, I knew then we were in for some shit.

[@richardmorris6365]

We flew up from Miami to Charleston on a L1011 Jumbo,the receiving DI came right up the steps & made his first impression. The bus ride down was interesting too.

[@richardmorris6365]

Plt169 Sept 21,1975

[@MichaelSmith-jw3ni]

"The proudest thing I ever did was serve my country, because it made me the man I am today." Don't let this deter you from enlisting. the military is one of the best job anyone could ever have. This is just boot camp. its over before you know it; then you are in the fleet. That's when the real fun begins.

[@michaelwhite4242]

I arrived at PI in July 1975 fresh out of high school. My dad was never in the service so he had no words of wisdom for me. Thankfully he was a Southern Baptist preacher and very strict on us kids. The discipline was fine with me, but I really thought for the first 8 weeks they wanted to kill one of us recruits. I am so glad I served. 9 years. Wish I had of stayed 30. Semper fi.

[@moridanim]

I remember the first 4 hours. I remember pick up on Black Friday. I remember getting my rifle. Everything else from Phase 1 is blank. Like a repressed memory.

[@richardmorris6365]

I remember being locked up at attn for hours shouting General orders till we were hoarse.

[@Spartan-tm5hx]

Those are some good clippers

[@DonaldMeyers-v8c]

Right? That's one of those things that I took away from this? Where you get those??? Lol

[@cchristopher4377]

Man O Man ..... Remember this.....Longest Day/Night of my life. Dont be last but never be 1st

[@annmorris7489]

I remember fling from Ireland to london and then on to Charleston and from there to the Island to say was already sleep deprived and arriving in the middle of the night to be met by get off my bus and onto my yellow prints came as a shock do it all again1988 what a year

[@douglasrose1259]

Damn back in my day they flew us to Charleston and assembled us downstairs waiting for everyone to show then put us on the bus. I guess they finally figured out Savannah airport was closer

[@greisvega4030]

Cuida a mi.niño marco martinez aponte que esta en este proceso ayudado mi Dios a resistir.. 🙏 Dios los bendiga a todos

[@GySgt_USMC_Ret.]

Fair winds and following seas to all.

[@JR-jv4nx]

I just got this very call

[@YungBeezer]

lmao I tried to call my dad and I don't remember if it reached him or if he just heard screaming but yeah I didn't read that message.

[@michaelmiller5194]

I don’t remember getting a phone call home. I think someone did it for you in 85. Best days of my life.

[@gearshifterg9756]

I have seen several videos where they are on those phones. What is the deal with all the screaming if they are trying to call home?? I know when I joined the A.F., we were told to call home and tell whoever answered the phone we were safe and all was good. NOTHING ELSE. Goodbye.

[@DonaldMeyers-v8c]

Just the typical trying to work through chaos bit

[@tracespangler7305]

You can see when the drill instructors first get them off the busses some of them shiver a little bit. I do remember those greyhound busses being freezing cold on the way there haha

[@mattrafferty1044]

I lost my voice the 1st hour we arrived. I didn't get it back until 2 weeks after I graduated and left Parris Island😂

[@vietnamvet4533]

Can't be too hard if they are on the phone, and walking in with girls, didn't see one of those for 4 months

[@dunexapa1016]

Are you a coward? I have a test. Let me know.

[@dunexapa1016]

It is not hard to pull a trigger to kill an innocent human either such as has happened during the *PREEMPTIVE* invasion of Iraq. Do you know that four times as many veterans have committed suicide than died in battle in Afghanistan and Iraq???

[@vietnamvet4533]

@@dunexapa1016 I know the stats, but if you think it is easy to pull the trigger, well I guess you were never in the situation, and good for you that you weren't.

[@dunexapa1016]

@@vietnamvet4533 Hello. I served U S. Army 67-70 and I was sent to Germany. I have never forgotten that for me to go to Germany, some other soldier went to Viet Nam. Perhaps it was you. I am glad you are familiar with the stats about suicide. I am sure many of the soldiers that went to Afghanistan and Iraq saw things they never saw before and perhaps did things they knew were wrong. Let's talk.

[@marshallc8119]

Go to meps Tomorrow 😈 edit. Passed my ASVAB going to take the physical double edit got temp DQ’d because of genesis now I gotta go get documentation from doctors and pharmacy’s and hospitals yea this blows

[@wolfypai7007]

update?? i’m going out sept 11th💪🏽

[@stanhope1353]

Uhh-Rah..Semper Fidelis..78-82.

[@andrewstephens6894]

Oh, I remember! September 1989, Platoon 3106, 3rd Battalion, Mike Co. Semper Fi!

[@brandonyeet1587]

Just got sent home about a week ago due to medical reasons. I would’ve been a marine yesterday. I’ll be back, parris island.

[@antoniovaldes5390]

i got sent home in febuary i plan on going back too soon

[@DonaldMeyers-v8c]

​@@antoniovaldes5390how do they treat you guys when you get sent back for a medical reason?

[@DonaldMeyers-v8c]

How did they treat you when you were sent home for medical reasons?

[@brandonyeet1587]

@@DonaldMeyers-v8c normal. i also wasn’t a day 0 drop out that wanted to go back home to mommy, lol.

[@condorc72]

You will fail

[@jameseriksen8522]

Nope. Not one memory. Just a blurr.

[@edwinverzosa7655]

As far as arrival, do they allow you to text your arrival to ❤️ ones or your recruiter or are your phones confiscated before arrival

[@ChrisH930S]

Charlie company 7/1/68 Paris Island sc I remember the “call” home like it was yesterday, my hard of hearing uncle answered and just laughed. He was in the first marine division on IWO….he thought I had it too easy

[@p.cowart7286]

My son was not very kind to me 3:25 before he went to boot. He told his recruiters that I yell at him. When I got his call I felt a mixture of bemusement and love. He was going to learn something about yelling.

[@phillykiki7320]

My son is there now. 7 wks in

[@yasminehuff9053]

My nephew just left today. I’ve been praying all day long!!! I know he will do good, but reality really say in when he pulled off🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@karilynkelly4415]

What’s the update Philly Kiki???

[@yanethalvarado7423]

It is very sad to see that the son you have raised with such care and protection, where you have given him the best you can, is treated worse than a criminal, in my opinion, they sleep in uncomfortable beds where there is no privacy or to do your basic needs, where they have to work more than eight hours a day for so little money, there is nothing free there, with the work they do it is all paid for since they are paid with a miserable salary, meals are also deducted from their salary, and more to say… it is possible that I am wrong but that is my opinion for now.

[@dunexapa1016]

Were you born in the United States?

[@Geeboogobber]

Those are some gorgeous hatches

[@sedvl6093]

January 2022 Well I decided that I was going to watch some videos and watched this low and behold there I am in the video I am currently trying to get back to PI so I can finish what I started but they make it hard to go back even when proof of negligence is showen

[@dabeesgaming4026]

What happened?

[@ThaddeusGhostal]

Was definitely one of the longest nights of my life.

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

So these recruits have to fly to Savannah/Hilton Head international airport.

[@SteveZ-yd6em]

Psycho paths aka drill sargents! Semper fi do or die so gung ho to join the fight!

[@Koronith]

I remember that shit. Its good stuff. My one phone call. Pops had one thing to say. " good luck"

[@bodidley5015]

Went back as a 1st Lt supervising a series 10 years after doing it as a private. It was a lot better the second time around.

[@pache2112]

All I vividly remember is the yellow footprints, then in the haircut line a barber took a dudes mole off the back of his head with those clippers and blood was squirting freaking EVERYWHERE and within a minute it looked like someone had been murdered!! DI's of course got REALLY pissed about blood all over the place messing up their nice polished white deck so they yelled at everyone in line to check your "stupid melons for growths and put your finger on it, you stupid miserable bleeding pukes!!" So literally half the dudes after that sat in their barber chair with a finger on their head somewhere cuz everybody was nervous af after that cuz seeing blood squirting and pumping out of that poor guy's head was something else indeed!!! I always wondered what happened to THAT dude. I dunno if he bled to death or what but he didn't receive ANY medical care for a good 2 or 3 minutes and the whole time he's literally got blood squirting out the back of his head and this scared shitless look on his face while the DI's are screaming at him for having the audacity... the unmitigated gall to freaking bleed all over their deck!!!😱 That was April 13, 1988 MCRD-SD Semper fi🇺🇲💀

[@efrainmendoza-lopez8934]

02-08-2021 Lima Co 3rd Recruit training battalion Plt 3243, Mcrd San Diego. Remember it as if it were yesterday

[@gogurtz1738]

Now it’s been a year 3 months and 11 days that you’re in, how’s the fleet treating you so far? How was your first field day? Getting adjust to your new home for the next 3 years?

[@JR-zv6qm]

They gave me clothes that were too big & said I would grow into them. Like an idiot I said something to the effect of "how?". The Sgt. told me he was going to take my head off if I didn't move off the line & the 1st word out of my mouth better be "Sir." Scared the crap out of a 19 year old me. Still would to a 41 year old me.

[@stevengoodman7167]

Sheriff andy taylor drove me to boot camp from Mayberry

[@iCherrryyt]

Omg I remember some of the Di’s

[@zilla9366]

I miss those front hatches, and everytime you didn’t say something to a DI you’d get grilled, life doesn’t feel normal without the chaos lol

[@vicO1323]

It felt like two days when the DIs woke us up at 4:30 the next morning. This one guy didn't wake up and Sgt. Throckmorton picked up a combination lock, threw it and hit him right in the forehead. Saw him later with a bandage over his forehead. Shit got real. Still thinking I might have made a mistake coming here in 1969.

[@richardmorris6365]

Yep,the DI s weren't to happy after Nam, I went thru in 75. Summer

[@YungBeezer]

At the issuing part there was a real zesty Marine and a recruit called him ma'am haha.

[@Devil_Dawg2k23]

3:03 they did him dirty with this one😂🥴😩💀

[@zipchtkdn7804]

When we landed Charleston South Carolina airport I could not hear anything for 2 hours and we're getting them sandwich paperwork and I did everything I could to pay attention and listem.One the ride to Parris Islandnin bus my hearing came back I stayed awake I was sitting right behind the driver with it and another recruit and we talked to the driver the whole way there and I remember the drill instructor in receiving getting onto the bus Sergeant Golden or Gold. Sound like he's from Jamaica you know the way he said certain words like ditty,right left ect.

[@amunra8806]

2:51 TOOTIE!! Still shaving heads like Apache warriors 😂

[@joie8465]

I'm a retired keyboard warrior since 2008

[@ballplaya96x67]

Ratio

[@sanandreasX]

🤣

[@Useravailable336]

It was within the first few hours I knew I wasn’t going to make it 😂 for some reason I thought since my husband could, I could, I in fact. Could NOT!

[@MegaChevy25]

I honestly don’t remember the first 24 hours, it was all a huge blur. But I kinda miss it.

[@barcoofius]

How often do they shave your head? Thanks.

[@dunexapa1016]

Not often enough.

[@charlesburke2379]

The dumbest question ever recorded on Parris Island was the historic classic: "Hey Sir...is it too late to switch to the Chair Force???

[@MarkDuncan1]

When I was going through, we had a guy in processing who asked "Wait, it's not Marine Corpse?". He honestly thought "Corps" was pronounced like "Corpse". He was ridiculed relentlessly. I wasn't in his platoon so I don't know how he faired, but I suspect the DI's really liked him lol.

[@WellsCreativeServices]

2008 | 3rd Battalion Lima Company, Parris Island PLT 3105 #SemperFI

[@sheepleslayer586]

What if you have nobody to call? Are you supposed to call your recruiter?

[@jimlopke8699]

call your dog .

[@DonaldMeyers-v8c]

Yes actually you call your recruiter

[@jonathandiaz4997]

12 months ago 😂

[@Durandalski]

I remember the first minutes, after that I just remember a list of things that happened but I have no idea in what order lol.

[@vfdavis42]

For me it was August 1990 San Diego MCRD. 2300 and tired. We're going from room to room with our sea bag after our haircut and new issue camies. New silver bullets we were.

[@princedken]

00:37. The kid over to the left will not make it.

[@Vadanovltch]

you’d be surprised how different boot camp makes you. i’m sure they made him into a Marine..

[@planetclownfishbrain7052]

''Parris Island, South Carolina.... the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot. An eight-week college for the phony-tough and the crazy-brave.''

[@richardmorris6365]

It was 12 weeks kid

[@redwingfanchris9420]

Is that you John Wayne? Is this me?

[@ryanmcneill8747]

Who said that?

[@tenacioussoul3794]

You get one call AND ONE ONLY!!! ME : Dude, I forgot my gameboy at your house can you bring it over please?thanks.

[@sawyer_volm9265]

where the battle begins

[@cplsaft]

god i miss the corps

[@Js_saavedra]

I ship out may 2

[@Vadanovltch]

you make it?

[@Js_saavedra]

@@Vadanovltch he’ll ya bro

[@kdilla9364]

Oh shit my boy Darling 😂 (yes thats his last name) 2:44 went to school house with that dude great guy.

[@truckerbigwillie4217]

Briefly. The first 4 days was something I know happened. Just don’t remember much.

[@adamchurvis1]

I really do have to apologize for my earlier comment disparaging the Air Force. I know now that statements like mine can have negative effects on others -- especially those in the air-conditioned comfort and with the physical support of a $1,300 Herman-Miller Aeron chair in an office in Boulder, Colorado. I keep forgetting those lyrics "Nothing can stop the U.S. Air Force" because it really does seem like a commercially available two-pound neodymium magnet tossed into the server room of that Boulder office building would do the job nicely. Other things which stand a very good chance of stopping the U.S. Air Force: Very large dogs Very small dogs Salamanders Coke Zero Baby GAP The ending of the movie "High Plains Drifter" Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton George Clinton (and Parliament Funkadelic) Locusts! A 1987 Yugo missing a much-needed part Questionable clams at a wedding banquet But I digress. My point is, I apologize. For real-real, not for play-play, as Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II would say. So everyone keep calm and fly on, as it were, and I will see you in another snarky comment on some other video.

[@pillgrimm]

isn't this the place where the DIs told a guy to kill himself, he tried, and he got screamed at that he couldn't even kill himself right?

[@richfatguy]

The time in the video matched up perfectly with my watch while I was viewing... weird

[@kevinhernandezretana2170]

Fucking LOL how they put the timer on the dude's scalp on the end x:D And damn, that dude scared me at 2:07

[@MCRDPI]

I'm sure the Drill Instructor scared the recruit too! Semper Fidelis, Lance Cpl. Dakota Dodd Communication Strategy and Operations

[@anythingandeverything6924]

Do I remember the first night? I will for the rest of my life. Also I'm in the video😂 that's crazy