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.

[@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

[@mike62mcmanus]

Ever read Gen. Smedley Butler?.

[@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

[@mike62mcmanus]

@@sgt2dog He turned very anti-war and wrote basically that he was like All Capone but on a bigger scale and worked for Wall Street. I was a crook, hung with crooks and there was nothing noble there. I learned hand to hand in a deadly way. My two roomies were IBF and WBC middle and super middle champions I had to learn to fight because I was English in a French revolutionary province. There were bombs and military roadblocks and a form of martial law was declared except no military courts, it was called the war measures act. I refused to speak French and would rather fight in most cases.... I might have been good in combat, because I got shot six times {kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYO3dp-di9uWqMU} and when the gun emptied I figured my best chance was a bluff charge so he wouldn't realize I was so weak. When he retreated then so did I and ran to the rail station, where a cop cradled my head (I was too tired to move my finger, just my eyes) he said McManus tell me and we'll get him for you (I had ran with nothing but revenge ) I whispered an insult to him and he dropped my head, plunk... I woke to interrogation and held my line. They told me there was a contract on my head. A kind of slim possibility considering the guy was Ritchie Matticks friend {www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/storied-montreal-mobster-dead-at-80-had-13-siblings-and-criminal-record-dating-back-to-the-fifties/article22489952/} However I had prayed that night with my near last shallow gasps, I promised I would change... it started a long journey through PTSD and many churches, Then I found one that baptized in Jesus name instead of tricking you and just saying the titles Father, Son and Holy Ghost a,d when I have seen the miracles I came to believe and they told me I would speak in tongues or another language I didn't normally speak when I received it..Baaawwhaaa haaa... However when praying one night to Jesus my lips started stammering and then I spoke in tinges and it came out "Mon Papa, mon Papa...FRENCH... It means my Father, my Father.....There is your read for today, ever wonder why there has never been more that 15 million Jews since they sacrificed Christ?.... Peace

[@stevefowler2112]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@CJfishing2024]

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

[@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!

[@user-su9dd1fw9g]

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

[@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

[@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-veteran7316]

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.

[@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!

[@treemands]

PI in Aug 19 1969. VNam 18 mos. Hill 34. Wanted to go in in early 68 but my dad got me into a college. After I partied my ass off he probably was glad to see me go. Proud of my service. Respect for yours.

[@user-sy6zp6yp4s]

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.

[@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

[@erasmoconcepcion999]

I did my boot camp in June 1970. The day I regret most was the day after I did not reenlist after my second tour. Semper Fidelis to all you Devil Dogs.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@telesniper2]

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]

@@telesniper2 thanks general keyboard

[@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.

[@LilSteinyJr]

51 years ago ... Just think about all the drill instructors and young men in this video that are no longer with us .... May they all RIP

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@bertram_oredrock]

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

[@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...

[@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.

[@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!

[@donpanchoramos4050]

Without a doubt one of the most rewarding personal satisfaction of knowing I am a part of the few that were able to complete what few dream of and few were not brave enough to even want to try ! Semper Fidelis God Family Country and my beloved Marine Corps!

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@richardbrown6174]

I think they arrived at night so no one would know which way off the island. I always thought it was down toward headquarters for the longest time. June3rd to sept 2nd 1975.had to stay extra day for graduation because of labor day .. plt 2257 SDI SSgt Peel,ADI Sgt pierce,Sgt Peitrie,SGT Martin,Had a GYST Ness for 1st 3 weeks until he got his own plt

[@jarteaga1793]

My dad went to Parris Island Around this time. I went in 2018. Semper Fi!

[@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.

[@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

[@trull122]

Graduated November 1982 Platoon 2075, Parris Island. I tried to join when i was 16, they wouldn't have me. But I did have my 18th birthday on the Grinder at Parris Island.

[@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.

[@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

[@fracturedframe1462]

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

[@fuesha]

@@fracturedframe1462 ill hopefully see you someday i leave for boot camp for the Marines in June 14th

[@Korigan97]

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 :)

[@johnj.flanagan-songsoffaith]

Lord, my Lord, it has been 61 years since I arrived at Parris Island for recruit training. First night was a doozy. But after 12 weeks, I felt great standing at attention at graduation, and filled with pride. Semper Fi

[@humbertycarrillo483]

My grandfather was a Marine during Vietnam, Semper Fi🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🇺🇸

[@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!

[@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

[@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 !

[@Turtlebomb11]

I was in from 2013-17. What I love about this video is how evident it is that the Marines are deeply rooted in tradition. Things change with time, but so much has stayed the same. I’m thankful for those that paved a path for me to serve my county as well.

[@x0j]

yeah looks like you directly followed the call of duty->zogbot pipeline like any other gamer with nothing going on upstairs. Welfare queen

[@russellmcgurn4217]

Love it! I was in from 88-92 and belong to a couple of Marine pages on FB. When there's a post created by an older Marine I always tell them "Thanks for paving the way for us that followed". That wasn't taught to me by anyone in particular but it's inherent in those of us who are truly honored to be part of the Brotherhood. I can also say to you Brother, "Thanks for upholding our Beloved Corps"! Semper Fi!

[@x0j]

@@russellmcgurn4217 My life for Israel.

[@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 😂😂😂😂😂

[@keyboardcorrector2340]

What was typically on the menu?

[@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?

[@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.

[@jahhleb450]

I never had the pleasure of serving but I respect each and everyone of you guys. Be blessed and stay blessed.

[@danicastone1369]

40 years ago I "earned" my EGA and that's something no one can ever take away or be lost... Semper Fi brothers and sisters... 🦅🌎⚓️

[@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 ...

[@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]

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@donaldlee1224]

Graduated April '70. I was 18. Other than my family my love of the Marine Corps will go to the grave with me. SEMPER FI.

[@ameliafroehlich2577]

My father was there in 1951. He then came out to Camp Pendleton for winter combat training and went to Korea. He was so proud of being a Marine, Semper Fi, Dad. I love and miss you.

[@riotsquadgaming7460]

i grew up not far from pendleton. to hear of it being used as a winter combat training center has me actually wondering why? make it make sense.

[@ameliafroehlich2577]

@@riotsquadgaming7460 Sorry. I didn't explain it well. He was stationed there but then from there they went to an area called Pickle Flats. I think it's in the Bishop area. Pickle Flats is where they did the training. After returning to Camp Pendleton they were sent to Korea. By the way, last night I dreamed I was a Marine. Not a bad dream for a 68 yr old woman with a hip replacemnent.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@tomsedgwick1905]

Graduated 24 Dec 70, Platoon 3023, SSgt Pankey, Sgt Fogarty and Sgt Winger. “Come here sweetheart, let me whisper in your ear!” I started out in an earlier platoon but caught pneumonia about week 6. Sent to Beaufort Naval Hospital for 30 days. Became a pickup in 3023 but still graduated meritoriously to PFC. I remember you, John Stewart!

[@Xardox17]

That famous bus trip into hell.

[@BostonsF1nest]

They still use the same buses today

[@Korigan97]

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

[@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.

[@JohnDoe-fs6lz]

Immense respect. My cousin just graduated a few days ago.

[@paulmercy86]

Brings back a lot of memories. Went through in 1957. Semper Fi

[@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.

[@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

[@kegyen]

My memory of being at Parris Island in 1999 is that it was way more intense and a month longer. Semper Fi brothers and sisters!

[@marcvivori1561]

I turned 18 in 1970. My Draft number was 252, I thought I was lucky and missed Vietnam. I still think I was lucky although my friends who came back have life long tenure as Marines.

[@user-du3vo5ld2j]

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.

[@user-du3vo5ld2j]

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..

[@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.

[@brycebullard3619]

With all that soothing background music and politeness of the DI, it looks like summer camp.

[@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.

[@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.

[@michaelkozak7163]

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

[@thomasficorilli259]

You have fire watch duty tonight , great memories , the M-14 was one bad ass rifle. I wish I could do it all again SEMPER FI brothers & sisters...............1972 - 1976 Platoon 293.

[@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.

[@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.

[@tomallen9179]

Thank you for making this video! Semper Fi!

[@Mainly-boy-outdoors]

Thank you for your service.

[@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.

[@BrandoninOrlando]

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

[@Leilanimttzz]

@@williamlacombe7791 ???

[@saosalazar5585]

@@williamlacombe7791 bless ya heart

[@TomCook-jw6ur]

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

[@johnparker408]

One thing is not mentioned is the physical abuse some recruits go through during, and after boot camp. I was in the Navy, and on my base in SanDiego before we went overseas, The marines were Marching on our base in Coronado California, One of the Marines was out of sync in step when the drill sargent came up from behind and gave this marine a swift hard kick in his ass for being out of step. It was humiliatingf for that dude, had to feel sorry for that dude.

[@rockyblake4745]

1976 grad. You live and die as a team.

[@nickyeayea7257]

I'm sure he did just fine after

[@marty5822]

@@nickyeayea7257 This vid is PR stuff. The actual treatment of new boots was loud and violent. 1973 MCRD. DI's were the meanest SOBs I ever met. Platoon 1004. Sgt Garza was a terrorist in uniform. We turned out to be the best platoon in the series. But it was a bitch.

[@845835]

Love the music. Makes it all sound like a fun family trip.

[@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. 🙏

[@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.

[@bryanhubbard7300]

My father Sergeant Ray Hubbard is my hero. I was in the Kentucky guard he was on an Ontos before he went to a rifle platoon. They obviously didn't have anything like the thst so I picked the closest thing which was an M1 tank. Later spent some time in the active Army and pick the closest thing they had to Marine which is a Paratrooper. "Semper FI"Dad you're the man!

[@floydbranson9226]

I graduated from basic training October 17 , 1977 from Platoon 2089 , Company F Second Recruit Training Regiment Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot South Carolina . I remember the day of graduation proudly as it was one the most exciting and and yet most intimidating days of my young life . It was looking back on the day now I realize that for a young man ( I turned 19 during Basic Training ) who had been teased and put down by many of the people I grew up with ( including family members ) that I had accomplished a feat that few if any of those who had put me down could even think of matching . It makes me proud to have served my country for the ten years I did honorably serve . As the saying goes " Once a Marine Always A Marine " Semper Fidelis

[@ebayerr]

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

[@miguelsalami]

My dad was an aviation mechanic during the Korean war. He was a Marine and he raised me just like one❗🇺🇸

[@invaderzim1265]

😲 WHOA. May GOD rest his soul. 🙏 🇺🇸 🇮🇱

[@tgant2000]

My father did the same - Corsair plane captain with VMF-214. Operated off the Sicily, and then ashore at Wonson.

[@zacharymckay9019]

I need this so very much ...

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

Just found this, on my Father's 68th Birthday. 50 years after he was on the island. I think he might enjoy this.

[@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.

[@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.

[@maxwellworldwidehistorical3801]

Semper Fidelis! A Great Video describing Citizens loving the Constitution and the Corps! Hand Salute!

[@playallthegames1870]

Although I was Army Infantry and 13 weeks (OSUT) in late 90s, watching this brings back those memories that will always be with me the day I chose to "man up"... and push myself beyond what I thought I could do for the first time. Even then and in this video.... you had only the raw materials to build with... blood, sweat, and determination.... You were ground into the dirt when you failed...and you learned from it...or you went home. Now days, the recruit isn't molded from doctrine....but doctrine is molded from each individual recruit... when they fail... they don't taste the dirt or the heel of a boot... they are "asked" to do better. Graduates then can move onto their units so they can make TikTok videos and Facebook posts mocking their service (usually), or even making precious "this sucks" videos on deployments. The "appreciation factor" has been reduced over the last 20yrs at least..... It was nice to see and remember the fear in the eyes of the new recruits in this video....

[@Mujangga]

The size of your penis has been duly noted, thank you for your service Sir.

[@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.

[@lynne6417]

I just attended graduation for my nephew on November 16, 2018...it was an honor and privilege attending this. I am so proud of him....And what I saw here in this video, not much has changed except for the buildings, and that women graduated alongside my nephew. Semper Fidelis....THANK YOU to all who have served, and are still serving...and god bless and be with all of these fine young people.

[@donniedefoor4250]

I went to Paris Island January 1970. What they all fail to mention is the physical abuse that was dished out in those days. True it was mainly to those who screwed up a lot but was still wrong. I went in as a 19 year old boy but 8 weeks later I graduated as a19 year old man. Long live the United States Marine Corps.

[@Pebo62]

I arrived at PI in late August of 1970. All 3 of our drill instructors were court-martialed for maltreatment. What prompted it was the result of an assistant DI striking a recruit in the face with a broomstick which required 4 stitches. His father, a retired Master Gunny Sargent, had been through PI in the early 50s and had served in the Korean conflict. He came from Atlanta to visit his son while we were on the rifle range and wanted to know about the stitches on his son's face. He drove back to Atlanta that Sunday and wrote a letter to General Chapman, Commandant. The following Friday 3 investigators showed up and we had 3 new Drill Instructors. There was a lot more that had gone on than that one instance and all 60 of us had to write down what had happened and what we had seen happen to others. We finished our 9 weeks and then the entire platoon was locked up in the old WWll wood barracks for 6 weeks while testimony was taken. It was the difference between night and day with our new Drill Instructors. I'll never forget our new Senior DI, Gy. Sgt. Actie. Platoon 197 graduated 5 November 1970. The one thing we all learned as Marines was our ability to do far more than we ever thought, both mentally and physically. That has served me well over the years. Long live the Marine Corps.

[@moose1952]

As I said in an earlier comment, I've seen enough guys get beat up and had their asses handed to them. It was to prepare them for Vietnam. But I had seen too many drill instructors overstep their Authority and and do what the hell they wanted to do.

[@Imozart0341I]

Can’t blame them, you want fuckers to join not run away. Let’m learn that after the squad bay door are locked.

[@garlannobles7438]

When I got to Paradise Island (1967) it was Midnight. By morning, no hair, got on my utilities on and was wondering what in the Hell have I done.

[@lynnhoffman6340]

Does anyone know a man by the name of Dennis Harvey?

[@thomthumbe]

I spent a good deal of my life both PCS and TDY. I've been to many Marine Corps Ball's in several countries. Made friends with many Marine guards at the front desk of many embassies. MANY great memories!!

[@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.