USMC Boot Camp: Making of a Marine | US Marine Corps Documentary | ca. 1960

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[@SassyCat2222]

Hi there. I'm looking for Marine PSAs from 1950s to 1960s that told the new Marine recruits of the family life, etc. They were supposed to be part of recruiting videos to show the guys how nice it was to be in Marines, and family, etc. I have a family member in some of those videos. Wish I could find them. Probably filmed at Parris Island or in California, I'm not sure.

[@Black_Patriot-Veteran-1970]

Why are they playing Disney music to this?

[@airdefender1]

@@Black_Patriot-Veteran-1970 wonder if Micke Mouse is in it somewhere!

[@pointingdog7235]

​@Black Sky Soldier 555 Hello the Marine Corps Hymn isn't Disney music.

[@Black_Patriot-Veteran-1970]

@@pointingdog7235 I know that. I was talking about the other music.

[@stewpacalypse7104]

My grandfather joined in 1949 at 17 years old. Within a year he had landed at Inchon, fought through the 2nd battle of Seoul, and survived the Chosin Reservoir. His last overseas tour he was in the battle of Hue during Tet '68 as a Gunny. Pappy knew how to pick 'em. He retired in 1970 as a Master Sergeant.

[@mattm.5436]

Is Grampy still around?

[@RobertJones-ux6nc]

My Dad went through the same in 1944 and fought two campaigns in WWII at Guam and Okinawa then was in Korea from Inchon to Chosin then served multiple stations Stateside until 1965. I joined in 1975 until 1987.Was born at Naval Hospital #9 on MCB Camp Pendleton, California in 57

[@xLiLtEmPeR]

​@@mattm.5436 Hed be like 91-92 today. So maybe

[@mattm.5436]

@@xLiLtEmPeR I was asking him. I know how old he would be today.

[@michealknight3776]

Marine of Marines.

[@stevenjacobs1295]

I went through this process in May of 1970 and I still am still learning how to be a professional warrior.

[@tommytatom8399]

Me as well. The island 81 Sea duty USS RANGER thru 85. Pendleton thru 87 Wound tight

[@fargeeks]

Is it true back then the drill instructors were brutal to the point of assaulting you?

[@johnwickfriends2876]

How tf are you guys still alive?,

[@ChristopherGray00]

@@fargeeks technically yes but basically no, you could get hit if you really really really really did something wrong but it was rare then and it is even more rare now

[@fargeeks]

@@ChristopherGray00 yeah from what I've seen the drill instructors seem to yell ALL OVER YOUR face

[@AintGreatGarage]

Semper Fi Marines. Amazing to see how times change. Some of the best and worst years of my life. Graduated from MCRD San Diego from 1045 C Co. in 2010. Sept. 2010-Sept. 2014. 2/5 Retreat Hell!

[@johnciummo3299]

You can tell that the DI’s shown in this film knew the cameras were on them. They were going easy on the recruits. Went to PI in June of 65. None of the DI’s had been to Vietnam yet. We looked upon as if they were Gods. They were old Corps to a man. Ruthless to anyone showed any weakness, and quick to correct a fault by any recruit with a fist to the solar plexus. Our senior DI was a veteran of the Korean War. Not a man to piss off. Our junior DI was the “thumper”. Man could he lay down a couple of swift blows to the body in a split second. The night before graduation we learned what our MOS’s were. Almost all of us were 0311’s. Vietnam was quickly ramping up.None of us had any clue as to what awaited us over the next four years. My tour in Vietnam was both a great adventure and a great tragedy. Made back safe, two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star w/V. So many of my fellow Marines didn’t make it back. Went to college on the GI Bill and didn’t look back. Great career in the Corporate world,retired 10 years ago. As tough as my DI’s were they prepared as best they could for the onslaught that awaited us. Thank you SSgt./DeKatur,Sgt. Hicks and Corporal Chambers.

[@DanielOrtegoUSA]

My dad was a Drill Instructor at Paris Island in 1960. My mom and I would often pick my father up after work. I I got a kick out of watching my father throughout the Marines at final formation. Believe you me, the language was nothing like the DI in the video.

[@ferdrew1809]

😮😁

[@ash90989]

My grandfather was stationed at Paris island so cool! His name was Henry McCoy Tallent you should ask if the name sounds familiar!❤️‍🔥🥺

[@ash90989]

Specifically he was accepted in and passed his mental check I have his certification for 11-19-1960

[@tombob671]

Yup Full Metal Jacket was the language I heard in 1966

[@MDMiller60]

Daniel, what platoons did he have? I was in Plt 257 July 1960.

[@davejacobsen3014]

Jumped over a few parts. Never got jacket or boots until assigned to a barracks, about same time assigned a rifle and web gear. Spend first week or so with yellow sweat shirt, utility pants, skivies, socks, white sneakers. Shirt was button up and we wore a raw green cover. Assigned five gallon bucket, which we did everything in, Marine Corps Guide Book, bible, a writing gear.

[@pauladams9370]

Hello sir what kind of physical training did you do?

[@MDMiller60]

For me was Sneakers, Scarlet shorts, gold shirt with Scarlet USMC on it, and usually the silver helmet liner. Arrive at PI on 1 July 1960.

[@gen-x_dude]

we were in shower shoes, then sneakers, blouse buttoned up to the top, etc...

[@jeffreyjohn2037]

​@@MDMiller60chrome dome

[@slowpoke96Z28]

What year did you go? In 1996, we got our cammies probably within 2 or 3 hours of being there. Boots I think we got later though, a few weeks in maybe.

[@Dr.Pepper001]

At 0:55 that's my outfit -- the 2nd Amtrac Battalion at Courthouse Bay in North Carolina. I was there in 1968. We lost 30 Marines one day when one of our Amtracs sank as it was coming off the ramp of a Navy LST.

[@cripplehawk]

Were they part of the 3rd Marine Division?

[@Dr.Pepper001]

@@cripplehawk -- No, it was the 2nd Division based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

[@cripplehawk]

@@Dr.Pepper001 Interesting. Only reason I asked because their is a 1st Amtrac Battalion (H&S Company with Alpha, Bravo and Charlie Company), however they are in the 3rd Division. I always thought the 2nd Amtract would fall in the 3rd Division as well. (The 1st Amtract is known because Ron Kovic thre author of Born on the 4th of July was a scout leader in H&S Company. He suffered his devestating injuries while in that battalion on January 20th 1968.) Note when Oliver Stone made the film Kovic asked Stone and Captain Dale Dye (Former Marine and Technical Advisor) not to use the actual Battalion's name in the film.

[@mesiiahe7350]

I’m a Marine now, currently forward deployed. CPL, should be picking up SGT next year.

[@33097txrattlesnake]

I love the Corp!. I will never forget that 1st day, 1st haircut.

[@jamesnorton8316]

1967, I did very similar stuff, except for eight weeks, not twelve. The Corps wanted bodies out in the field quick, because Vietnam was happening. By '67, we trained on M-14s, not M-1s.. Crossed rifles were added to rank insignia by then. Oh Yeah, I got to do drill to the roaring noise of passenger jets taking off from Lindberg Field, just across the fence from the parade deck. Call me a Hollywood Marine, but say it with a smile! I'm still a Marine, with my service number starting with 2377---. Platoon 2045. Got to RVN, but only for a short stay of 10 months. Marines were starting to be pulled back to the States in '71. Went over to Nam on a jet., came back by a slow LPD, USS Juneau, including seasickness. Every meal was a feast and everyday, was a holiday. Semper Fi, my brothers

[@shellman5844]

Me too. 1966. 8 weeks and I believe 1 week we just did maintenance work not training. M14 qualification. We initially lived in Quonset huts and toward the end tents. At Pendleton lTR we used the M1 Garand.

[@richart58]

I deployed on the Juneau westpac 1981

[@jamesnorton8316]

@@shellman5844 ITR was on the M-1, BAR,. 30 cal. light mg. Caught a week of mess duty, and every swinging l/cpl permanent personnel cook treated us ITR helper guys like hammered shit. Humped a lot of hills. I was on the shortened ITR course, as I was an electronics/radio designated MOS. I wound up a 2811 telephone/teletype repairman. We had Q-huts at MCRD SD, and also at Camp Pendleton. Semper Fidelis.

[@jamesnorton8316]

@@richart58 Richard, The Juneau is decommissioned and floating around in Pearl Harbor as backup ship for when the excrement hits the rotary cooling device.

[@capnjack4341]

Me too! 1967, Hollywood Marine but missed out on surfing lessons. And a 23244...service number with long shank locks for our M-14 to attach to our metal bunk "racks*" Quonset huts and black flag days. ITR with a BAR. *A medieval torture device. "Good night Chesty, wherever you are!"

[@ScoutSniper3124]

"The Lieutenant" TV series starring Gary Lockwood and created by Gene Rodenberry (Star Trek) is a great picture into the USMC of 1963. Complete with pre-Vietnam tactics and equipment.

[@MDMiller60]

I arrived at PI on 1 July 1960. Nice and warm training.

[@ahmedakhan1]

I learnt about the Marine Corps by watching Gomer Pyle USMC!

[@thomasklimchuk441]

Would love see that series

[@usmc3547]

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[@mcqueenfanman]

12:58 My dad was an instructor of this during the early 60s.

[@Glostahdude]

Love how they make it sound like summer camp! LMFAO 🤣

[@GenX_US_Marine]

9:00 One of my DI's back in the 90s when I was at Parris Island when up those ropes in like 3 seconds. It was absolutely unreal

[@ickekoep]

13:28. When a push-up still was a push-up, touching the ground.

[@davidcbr0wn]

One of my closest friends in high school joined the Marines in 1968 to go to Vietnam. He was shot twice and had to take over his group in combat because the officer went crazy. Paul died in 2017 from agent orange poisoning he was exposed to while in Vietnam.

[@henrysantos121]

This is a excellent documentary well done,

[@EngPheniks]

"I sent you a boy. You return to me a man" - proud father of a Marine

[@jimdellavecchia4594]

The greatest fighting force in the history of the world

[@kristiant96]

YOU ARE GODDAMN RIGHT SON AINT NOTHING BETTER THAN SOME HARD ASS AMERICAN MARINE HOOAH !

[@jamesdallas1493]

Absolutely!

[@mikecrabtree1692]

Use to be now just woke transgenders

[@ProjecthuntanFish]

@@mikecrabtree1692 Nope, three of my kids are active duty US Marines and its not as woke as you would think.

[@xavierrodriguez9306]

If it’s co-ed…. It’s woke for sure.

[@Holocaustica]

DI: "Turn to your right and follow me." Every single one of the Poolies: "OMFG! WHAT-THE-FUCK-HAVE-I-DONE!"

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[@patpatpat999]

I'm 65 and I worked with man my age who got one of those "join the marines or go to jail. You choose" judgements in court. Of course he joined up. Ahhh, the good ol' days.

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[@cryeordie]

My grandfather fought through WWII and Korea as a Marine Infantryman. I earned my title in 2017 and served as an infantryman as well. Amazing to see how similar the creation of Marines has remained for decades. We were both in 2/4. Semper Fidelis to the gun club.

[@Herbymac0811]

My dad went to the island in 1960. I went there in 2004. Semper Fi!

[@jerrygirdner2753]

Once a Marine always a Marine!! As he says in this video, you will never for your time at Boot Camp. 1st Bn. Company B. Plt. 1116, Parris Island, South Carolina. Sept. 8 1992 to December 4, 1992.

[@drifterman319]

Once a marine always a marine does not apply to WM's.

[@DirkDigler13]

Any old salts watching this know when bucket drills were introduced to recruit training? Because the narrator mentioned it as a "new" form of training. That's a pretty good indicator of what year this documentary was filmed

[@DirkDigler13]

My guess is that this was filmed between 1954 and 1957 because the drill Instructor's sleeve insignia has no cross rifles in the center. The cross rifles, along with the rank of lance corporal were introduced in 1957. Plus the recruits are training with M1 Garand rifles which were phased out in 1957 for the M14 Springfield rifle

[@SnellSr]

@@DirkDigler13 While my junior DIs were E5 Sergeants (with crossed rifles) my senior DI was an E5 staff (no crossed rifles) in March of 1963. The change over took some time.

[@DirkDigler13]

@@SnellSr Reminds me of when we were mandated to sew our name tags and "U.S. Marines" tags on our blouses. I held out until the deadline to put them on. I felt that the tags made my cammies look too "Army-ish"

[@wittwittwer1043]

We never had bucket drill; we were issued only one bucket, and our 782 Gear came in it. The rest of the time, the buckets were kept upside down by the outboard side of our racks, between them and the outboard bulkhead. I was at PI from Jan 17 '62 until April of '62. Also, I was in 3rd Bn (Plt 304), new brick barracks. I notice that most of this was filmed in the 1st and 2nd Bn areas; wooden barracks. Because we had new, modern barracks, 3rd Bn was known as "Disney Land," while 1st and 2nd Bns were called "The Outer Limits," and "The Twilight Zone."" I don't remember which was which.

[@wittwittwer1043]

@@DirkDigler13 You mention the M-14 Springfield rifle. The M-14s were made by various contractors. A buddy of mine had a Winchester, and mine was an H&R.

[@futuremath08]

I was never in the military, but I greatly admire the mental and physical toughness of Marines.

[@jaymeade9898]

At the 2:55 mark the narrator refers to the campaign “hat”. I don’t know about the period in which this was produced, but it is referred to as a cover, never a hat.

[@TheLAGopher]

The narrator was likely not a Marine. It's also possible that the public relations boys in the Corps figured that to the general public, the idea that the Marines are a sister service to the US Navy, and uses identical language while in an garrision environment that seems closer to that of the US Army, could be confusing to the general public,so they let some of those terms slide.

[@davidgold5961]

Yes, in the Marines we call a hat a “cover”, but the Campaign Hat has always been called a Campaign Hat. I have never heard anyone refer to it as a Campaign Cover.

[@wittwittwer1043]

I went thru PI from Jan 17 1962 thru April 12 1962. 3rd Bn, Platoon 304. Our Platoon Motto was, "To Die a Marine Is to Be Born," but I didn't agree with it. We didn't "do" "Sir, yes sir!" We said "Yes, sir," "No, sir," or "Aye, aye, sir. That new shit is nonsense. "We had M-14s. We won drill competition. 10% of our platoon were UNQ, but I qualified as a marksman. After the range we pulled a week of mess duty. We outposted to the Stone Bay Rifle Range at LeJeune, where we pulled butts for the Eastern Division Rifle Matches, then began 1st ITR, Charlie Company. My most memorable and "fun" times were when I joined Golf Company, 2/2 in March of 1963. I and many others were involuntarily extended for 4 mos by Sec McNamara in 1965. Also, during '65 we were issued black dye, and went from brown shoes to black shoes, black barracks covers visors and chin straps, and M-Nu'd all the buttons on our blouses black. Fun times. Semper Fidelis!

[@joeyporto2461]

San Diego Jun 6 2021 thru September 13 2021, 1st Bn, Platoon 1070, I went through almost 60 years after you and it sounds a lot different. Kinda funny you mention stone bay because i just qualified there a few days ago with expert.

[@Pianosnail12]

I didn’t know they stacked shit that high

[@amurican_patriotforlife9456]

I enlisted in the corps early this year. Im going to boot in September

[@joshray4947]

My sister was a marine right here at south Carolina Paris island, and she did her duty and went there and went on to be a marine because your not a marine until you pass the boot camp right there and then your considered a marine and then she was out in Texas out there for a while but she was Right here and I am proud of her I think you have to be tough and I just can't believe it and it will change you into a real woman and Man and change your life you don't know what your made of until you go here

[@CEOkiller]

She IS a Marine…not was…

[@davidpearson3304]

Is Parris Island, not Paris. They aren’t eating croissants and looking at the Eiffel Tower down there on the island.

[@joshray4947]

@@davidpearson3304 hey b I am not giving a fuck about the spelling and I know how to spell and have you been there have you done this type of training I bet not so mind your business and this comment has nothing to do with you your like the rest of the people who comments they are commenting on what everyone else says like don't you have your own opinion and shit to say instead of looking at everyone else's comments I don't really care about the spelling and this is marines right and if you don't know what I'm talking about and what I'm saying then you must be a little bit slow you think you're funny little kid but you should grow up and understand what I'm saying if you don't then you need some help seriously slow or something now I understand if it was food that there talking about, you can't say anything you have not done this and she was a marine and is a marine and will always be One, and if you can't understand that then go to school because it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure shit out

[@davidgold5961]

Nice commentary - however Marine is always spelled with a capital M.

[@johnbarnett6924]

Remembering those just ahead of us M C R D SAN DIEGO 1965❤ SEMPER FI

[@davidcruz8667]

That's not the Confidence Course, that's the Obstacle Course (I know, there's no way I can take him to task since he narrated this film many years ago. But I think people should know about this distinction). Now, later on, now THAT'S more like the Confidence Course that I remember, with actual obstacles designed to replicate normal operations such as boarding an amphibious launch craft from a ship using a rope net and shimmying down a cliff face using a taught rope line, or falling into the water from a reasonable height when you loose your grip upon the rope. Stand by for more. So far I'm loving this film. Oorrah! Semper Fi. R/S SSgt Cruz DC USMC (Ret) 1986-2010. "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in this world. The Marines don't have that problem..." - Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States. "The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. God bless the United States Marine Corps ". - Eleanor Roosevelt.

[@davidknight1612]

I love how the stars and bars was waving, but

[@wilhard45]

Pretty obvious the film has been edited and parts are not in sequence. In that era recruits begin with unbloused boots and the top button is buttoned. Weeks later after the rifle range you blouse your boots and unbutton that top button. Makes it real easy to see what phase of the training you are in. Platoon 155 A Company 1st Battalion RTR MCRD San Diego 29Jun1964. Semper Fi

[@theroadrunnerjarhead4109]

Went through boot camp in January 61 through march 61. Can’t believe it’s been so long ago.

[@jonboxleitner7354]

Platoon 3014. Graduation date: February 16, 1984. Parris Island.

[@LittleResistance]

Full Metal Jacket

[@oliverfasola19]

Private joker

[@based_prophet]

Pile Gomer look up that early marine show its black n white it shows a darkness to fmj

[@hunhun23]

MY FATHER JOINED IN 1952 GRADUATED FROM THE PENNSACOLA NAVAL ACADEMY AS A 2ND LEUTENANT AND WENT TO WENT ON TO FLY HELICOPTERS IN THE MARINES SERVING IN OKINAWA, BEAUFORT AIR STATION, AND KANEOHE IN HAWAII

[@boblonergan7583]

I went through in 1965, we arrived at night. It was fun😊

[@platoon1026]

Finally a documentary with 8 man squad drill. Sad day for the Corps when Gen. Shoup dumped it. Now if somebody could find a video on 8 man squad drill, with all its steps, commands and examples. Platoon 102 January-April 1959.

[@mooneagle31]

I still have no idea where you find all this stuff!

[@EdgeRatedR007]

Who knows how many of these poor souls died in Vietnam...

[@reginaadams8972]

Z In Chains 66,227 marines died

[@anormalgamer443]

Damn but there are 200,000 plus Marines nowadays

[@thepurrfectionist365]

Not that many probably. Most of the recruits in the video finished their contracts before the mid-60s. Maybe the ones that did become career Marines went to 'Nam, but other than that most lived on normally.

[@juttahungate8079]

@@thepurrfectionist365 Plt. 140 summer 1960, we never were issued boots, only boondockers(low cut boots) this was probably filmed after 1960. Did four in the Corps., and seventeen in the Air Force(much less bull s--t) Regards

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

Too many

[@tendoalsamry2683]

Marines are considered among the best Western armies And one of the best formations of US forces.

[@armandofavela4815]

Yeah??..do ya.. Marines..what the rest wanna be..

[@paulgaskins7713]

Almost correct. Marines are the best western army. They are the best of the branches in the US in terms of spirit de corps and best in the world in terms of combat readiness and capability.

[@flight2k5]

No they’re not 🤣😂

[@CEOofBased56-hx7xf]

@@flight2k5 cope

[@flight2k5]

@@CEOofBased56-hx7xf huh?

[@Bpb-z6j]

My great grandpa went through this he was in the bay of pigs,Dominican republic,and Vietnam

[@jaybadayatherockmerchant9832]

Bay of pigs?

[@ironsights6738]

@@jaybadayatherockmerchant9832 Bay Of Pigs was a fiasco attempt to invade Cuba.

[@usocrazy6133]

Funny, I don't remember such calm during in processing.

[@NRC308]

To my past brothers, I salute to you. To my current and future brothers, I salute to you back. Semper Fidelis Marine. -USMC Veteran

[@MDMiller60]

Not in this video, but they changed the focus of the Senior DI and the Jr DIs. Now the SDI is a mentor and advisor mostly and the Jr's are strict and mean. When I was at PI, the Jr DI's were very mean and the Senior DI was a lot meaner; mine was sadistic as well. You never wanted the Sr. DI to address you for any reason. During my recruitment visits to a CT center, I asked a recruiter (because I was very scared) how hard it was and how I would know if I was doing ok). I never forgot what he said. He said, "It's EXTREMly difficult, but not impossible." He also said, "You can tell when you are doing well if a DI doesn't speak to you."

[@sonoftheson1977]

The training kind of reminded me of Full Metal Jacket but when that drill instructor came out he wasn't as brash as R Lee Remey.

[@johnzeszut3170]

You will learn by the numbers by the numbers!

[@kurtgeorge5022]

A long lost secret was... a Marine had the strength of five civilian men..

[@Imjsagirlintheworld]

Semper Fi!

[@anormalgamer443]

Semper Fidelis Latin for always- you already know

[@MadMax31577]

They always show one drill instructor. We had five drill instructors.

[@stijnvandamme76]

6m36, there's quite a lot of wobble on those beds.. makes you wonder how long till metal fatique makes em collapse :D

[@springsoflifeministries6113]

I was drafted in 71' and went with the Marines. I thing I remember most was having three meals a day, clean bedding and clean close, the rest was easy.

[@GySgt_USMC_Ret.]

Sep 70 turned in my draft card & volunteered.

[@williamb454]

Once a Marine, always a Marine, none of the other branches say that

[@fangslaughter1198]

Almost identical to Canadian Boot Camp. 13 weeks We all did it. Army Navy Airforce. Men women Then trade training. Me? O31 infantry. Infantry 16 weeks. That was 1980. By 82 infantry went straight from civvy to Battle school. 20 weeks. Pro Patria

[@BrianJ677]

And leisure time is no waste. Never neglect family, pray for your nation.

[@augustinecerronejr7968]

I graduated Parris Island in 1976. SEMPER FIDELIS BROTHERS 🇺🇲☝️🙏

[@theinspiredentrepreneur5441]

No mention of the yellow boots or getting barked at from the time you got off that bus and lined up on those boot prints.

[@bimini1216]

Reminds me the previous generations kicked ass and saved our nation. No cell phones and sitting around wasting your life

[@alsenior06]

While you comment on this video while wasting your life away lol

[@spinfowars8958]

Funny kind of salute by that guard at the beginning - Is that how Marines are supposed to salute ? Raise your arm extended out horizontally then bend your elbow - bringing your hand swinging in an arc over to your brow ? ? ? [ In 1975 - in the Army at Fort Jackson South Carolina - we were taught to bring the hand up in a straight line from the arm hanging down - no flaring outward and arcing over like that ...

[@TheLAGopher]

Marines on gate guard duty of major installations had a tendency to add such flurishes while rendering a hand salute. It wasn't taught at Boot Camp.More like something Marines manning gates at major posts did because officers loved getting their salutes. I manned the main gate at Camp Courtney on Okinawa in 1987 while on loan from 2/5. I learned that moved the first time I stood post there from an old hand. You would wave an approaching car forward with your left hand in a circular motion then pop a salute with your right hand using that circular motion seen in the video, if you saw it was an officer by his tags or his rank insignia. It wasn't Marine regs, but everyone did it because it looked cool and officers like that more theatrical look to it. No officers or Staff NCOs ever corrected it for the 6 months I was there.

[@springof-wf8vy]

When I die I want to be born again as a United States MARINE.

[@NsYoutubeaccount]

*angel voice* 0500 boots and utes

[@reallyhappenings5597]

No one is born a Marine, you have to earn it.

[@Dan-cn3ei]

I stood on the yellow foot 👣 prints January 1970 MCRD San Diego . Was in platoon 3006 still can hear platoon Comander Decker favorite saying BAT SHIT GET BACK!

[@gen-x_dude]

14:41 I can´t wash my underwear in a barbell? Hey you can´t tell me what to do

[@johnwilliams1481]

I went to Paris Island in January 1961 2nd Battalion Platoon 2009 Senior DI Staff Sergeant E6 Scarborough Junior DI Sergeant E5 Hanus

[@anthonymokelkie9360]

God Bless America, God Bless the Marine Corps !

[@WanderingVeteran]

Great video, amazing intro.

[@Gethsemane956]

In boot camp June to Aug. 1978. Platoon 3056. Got there at night and told to get off the damn bus NOW!!!

[@saltyassassin]

Any of my Brother/Sister Devil Dogs remember “What makes the Grass grow?!!” 😁

[@mcanimations4317]

Funny how in the hood that saying 10:16 10:35 is relevant 😅

[@kristiant96]

NOW THESE WERE SOME GOOD GODDAMN AMERICANS ! BRINGS A GODDAMN TEAR TO MY EYE !

[@samiam5557]

This is my rifle and this is my gun, one is for shooting one is for fun!

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

Sam Iam this is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for fighting, this is for fun.

[@utubetommy]

Too bad you can't show the hand gestures we were taught to go along with that ditty. PI, 66-68, Platoon 281. Semper Fi

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

Is this me

[@mr_m4613]

That was also said in Childs play 3 😆

[@Holocaustica]

Did anyone get a slight twinge of anxiety upon seeing that campaign cover or the DI?

[@GySgt_USMC_Ret.]

Ooorah, Jarheads! Semper Fidelis. Fair winds and following seas to all.

[@toonsign]

At Parris Island 1963 Plt 279. Best thing I ever did. USMC 1963 -

[@daryllect6659]

1:40 Can you imagine? Semper, brothers. RIP

[@alanstrong55]

It was rough and tumble. The honorable discharge made it worth every bit.

[@AlexVanHalen_tribute]

From complete focus on being a Marine with Honor, Courage and Commitment to a almost unrecognizable bureaucratic mess. What has happened to my beloved Corps in it's current state?

[@kenthatfield4287]

My friend I'm afraid that the liberal monkeys have stepped in. The corpse is not the corps anymore. I was a soldier in the army however my drill sergeant was an ex drill instructor in the Marines. Since he wanted to continue to be a drill instructor he had to go over to the army side. My army reserve unit was actually on camp Pendleton. I qualified expert the first time at the Amtrak's range. I would have got forty out of forty if they didn't have a shoot ten rounds with rm17 NBC mask on. But I did get one out of those 10 by point shooting so I got 31 out of 40. When I join the regular army I received the expert medal after that all the time. My favorite weapon was the M60 machine gun. When I went through basic training we didn't have any time out card.homos we're not allowed. Our country now is a cage of every evil work, and it breaks my heart see how far down we've gone. But praise God I am now a soldier in God's army which has never been defeated and never will be.

[@gulfmarine8857]

It's still the same. Maybe you're thinking airforce or spaceforce.

[@scottlosey4978]

​@@gulfmarine8857 No it isnt.....women in boot camp, get the fuck out of here.....Fox 2/9

[@alsenior06]

Old farts are always gonna be out of touch. The Marines is still the proud and honorable service that considers itself the greatest fighting force in the world.

[@christianv7997]

@@alsenior06 yea the old heads don’t realize that they’re the reason this country has gone to shit because they stood by and let all this escalate to where we are today

[@joelouden6592]

Still using the M1 Garand in 1960. Amazing.

[@walterzoomie]

This is earlier than 1960. 48 star flag is present...

[@joelouden6592]

@@walterzoomie I didn't catch that. But my dad went into the army in 56' and those were the exact same style of civilian clothes everyone wore. Plus, the cars parked on the street all look like newer mid-50s. The rolling ones look like 57's and 58's. But the key may be that red car at the guard shack at 02:11. I think that's a 58' or 59''.

[@TheAmbientUniverse]

"Remember how you used to play with sand in a bucket when you were little?" No, I do not remember, playing with sand in a damn bucket! Was I born in the great depression??

[@w.p8960]

1962 plt 356. Pretty close. It was 13 weeks tho. And I never wore those sneakers. Boots

[@ryanschram7266]

I graduated from the island in 2012, I don’t even recognize that era of the island.

[@sa3270]

13:49 What are they trying to do?

[@ChrisPeck-niganma]

My last project manager in Saudi Arabia was a retired marine colonel. I made the mistake of casually referring to him as an ‘ex marine’. I learned the hard way-Once a marine, always a marine.

[@TripleDinLV]

Remember to cap those letters; marines are a description of the type of warfare - Marine is a title earned. so, Marine colonel, US Marine, etc.

[@geoffreybudge3027]

All except congress man Murtha

[@CEOkiller]

There is no such thing as an ex-Marine… once earned, the title is kept for life…

[@TripleDinLV]

@@CEOkiller slow your roll, sparky; this has already been addressed and recognized. Reading is fundamental; learn from Gray, and his reading list.

[@puqbit028]

Well If you're not in the military anymore you're considered a civilian(Vet)

[@vic5828]

This video was made in 1958 or before! There are only forty-eight stars on Old Glory!

[@flindersmj]

Boot-camp, intensive training, hand-to-hand training etc, etc. However, you are not really a Marine until the day that you hear the command : "Lock-and-load, we're going in..."

[@someguy3522]

Field meet? Fancy athletic uniforms with red hats? Two marksmanship badges? What Marine Corps boot camp is this?! I was cheated!

[@MDMiller60]

Not forget Parris Island? NEVER!

[@Devil_Dawg2k23]

6:51 where tf firewatch at

[@stevehowell601]

what was the pt test back in 1960? in my day it was the chin-up(kipping allowed) max setups in 2 minutes and a 3 mile run 1980"s

[@Dr.Pepper001]

At Parris Island in 1964 our PT test also included nonstop pushups; and run 40 yards, pick up a "wounded" recruit, throw him over your shoulder, and run 40 yards back. Marine Corps...ummm good!

[@ernesthofmeister3054]

Interesting, some got pistol qualified, most likely MSG, Sea Service or MP MOS's

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

How many of those Marines who saw the nuclear explosions died of leukemia 10 years later?

[@johnbarnett6924]

This was Our coming of age Mission Statement, John W Barnett Semper Fi The First Marine Division 1965 Volunteer ,

[@Unknown_Ooh]

"Back in my day the corps were harder" Back in their days (basically a summer camp):

[@sherelldunn1049]

As a young 18 teen year old boy 1972, after completion of High school, i enlisted into the United States 🇺🇸 marine Corp. Parrish ISLAND South Carolina is where i did my basic training ,my platoon # was [ 3010] third battalion .This was the most challenging experience ever of my life, i thought that i was in HELL,but i completed basic training with a HONOR platoon of our series. My drill instructors were real marines and turn this boy into the world 🌎 greatest fighting men. Semper Fidelis, once a marine, always a marine ,from [ 1972-1976]MINISTER :S.L.DUNN U.S.M.C.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

2:30, no footprints back then huh?