USMC Parade Deck and Squad Bay Rifle Drill

[@mackryan7148]

god how I miss these days.. hated every second while I was there.. but looking back, ide do it all over again

[@ArmyGuyDan]

Same

[@zipchtkdn7804]

Yes I would if I could get fit enough

[@shirolee]

Agreed.

[@JeffRoark5954]

hey SSgt. Nichols get us some videos of these guys on the parade deck making those heels strike the deck! I always loved to listen to 3rd phase recruits driving those heels into the deck. When I was stationed at MCAS Beaufort I'd ride over to Parris Island and watch the recruits drill. Its a beautiful thing!

[@robertanderson290]

MCRD San Diego December 1979 Platoon 1088! Best time of my USMC 3 year hitch! Semper Fi to all my brothers!

[@franklin76]

Plt 1077 PI MCRD. Back at you. 🇺🇸

[@mengotto]

Can't believe I was 17 when I did all this shit... Nothing has changed.

[@opgam3r482]

they already have, this is likely the beging of phase 3. Although Step/Parade deck is started on day one, Cadence, etc even before Recruits know why its always left foot this left that... Then you realize it all ties together in phase 3. This is prep for Honor Platoon though, Alot of brass in the stands evaluating yourself AND your Senior Daddy lol. Little bit of fun competition Between the Platoons.

[@Gods-bad-boy]

Thats San Diego. I remember the ceiling

[@crouchje]

Great intensity SSGT Nicholos. Sure makes me miss the time I spent teaching close order drill.

[@devildogkilo]

Nichols... Awesome as usual. I showed this to my fellow soldiers and they were glued to the television....lol Wouldnt you like to have been one!!! Oorah

[@gevondevon]

This is awesome... Thank God for every recruit!

[@adamarmstrong6646]

I didn’t realize till long after getting out of boot camp that the drill instructors job is actually probably harder than a recruit to be honest

[@knight8825]

They have to be perfect in all senses, and they can’t look tired and have to scream/motivate the recruits at ALL times. I have great respect for them and hopefully one day, I can be one

[@gschmit62]

I respect every person who serves honorably for our country. Thank you.

[@TheOriginalDivinity]

My son went there. Became a MARINE July 4th 2012. Semper Fi!

[@sbentjies]

I was at MCRD Parris Island 30 years ago and could probably still drill today-that's how inculcated you become with it

[@dayl4151]

I hope Marines who enlist now are the best of the best.

[@matthew562]

Going to MCRD San Diego May 24th. Hopefully SSGT Nicholos is my Senior Drill Instructor. =D

[@FueledByTyeler]

thankfully nowhere. the days of rifle drill in combat are long behind use (scary shit, think about marching into combat and carrying out drill commands waiting to fire) it's just Drill and Ceremony now.

[@betancourt3075]

I wish i went back to boot camp!,

[@jdr5501]

I remember the special chow hall drill formations before entering the 2nd Battalion chow hall on Parris Island in 1990! 2032, where you at?

[@brettgast]

How... 13 years later did this hit my algorithm.

[@goldenhide]

Setup the MINI-GRINDER!!!!

[@FlowCobalt]

Damn dude, SSgt Nichols is a MOTO ASS DI!!! i would kill to have him as my SDI. hope my DI is as tough and Moto as he is! leaving for boot camp in 3 days. 0331 - Machine Gunner ERRR!!

[@frlendlykev]

LOL

[@pitchpull]

that guide on bearer was boss

[@VikingRaider793]

1stBN Plt1040 Bravo Company MCRDPI... went to MEPS and spent the night in the motel 15 years ago today...

[@TheBBGunn96]

Fuck man that brings back memories. I remember SSGT Nichols, I was in Plt 1075. Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sargent Reyes. OOOORAH

[@moepizl]

I miss this shit. Slapping sticks. Sdi def motivating. Without his di voice killin it

[@opgam3r482]

lol I gotta stay partial to the Swamp myself. PI 1st BT Delta, Plt 1074. 2003 I can't get enough of these... OHhhRA

[@TheBBGunn96]

@philipinoidiot well like I said I was in Plt 1075, he was in Plt 1074 but I had a few run ins with him. What can I say he was a Drill Instructor they don't show any kind of friendly emotions towards the recruits at all.

[@L135boot]

Semper Fi Staff Sgt. Nichols

[@devildogkilo]

Always Beautiful To See!!!

[@fothgt]

@redifreddy14 when you train in the late summer in parris island, south carolina like I did you would understand. I went in in 1979 in late august and from sept to oct is was pretty hot. we did our running and early physical training in shorts.

[@garygaskins]

USAF BMT is the same i went threw it in 2008, i was dissapointed cuz i thought it would be harder

[@awayfromhere3905]

Oh no... SSGT Nichols called the riffle a gun.

[@asianwannabeamerican]

Why does it matter whether or not today's drill instructors wear short shorts? You see SSgt Nichols'? With those quads, his foot will go through your chest and out your back.

[@loofacop]

Wtf was that the barrel shroud that flew off?!?!?

[@jamesback9323]

I plan on going back, but as a Hat, I have a while to go though.

[@JTMondal]

Good old times

[@imswiney56]

Lock it to the rear, slide the handle back up, snap to inspect

[@theonlyashleybrooks1]

do you learn how to do the moves with the rifle when youre guide

[@soxcaloc]

Do you mean a former Sgt Major. Or he used to be Sgt Mayor??

[@kikofromthesouth2863]

Sgt Marquez killing body's while SSgt Nichols trying to teach drill.

[@wolf00100]

So where in this video is ANYONE LEARNING TO USE A DOG GONE RIFLE!

[@Youre_Right]

Jeff N This is drill. It’s the backbone of every military group. It’s becoming us instead of I. A lot of people don’t understand just how important drill is. While in a combat situation marching in time and doing rifle drills in unison won’t come into play. Moving and thinking as a unit is vital.

[@ans2the]

Got a long ways to go, EYES FRONT!

[@seanknox7509]

That was my platoon/1074

[@MarineCorps4lyf]

1021 Bravo Co? That was my company in 2019.

[@anthonyreyes8981]

My senior was also SSGT Reyes. Were you in Bravo?

[@LteeP]

Awesome

[@joshuahotstuff7522]

SET UP THE MINI GRINDER!!!!!!

[@hdst77]

i cant wait!!

[@decad3015]

3rd btn Ico.Plt.3015...P.I. FEB 27 1985...SEMPER FI..

[@tonycevallos7513]

I was a DI with Mike Co Third Bn at PI in 1985

[@devildogkilo]

Hahaha Nice Ssgt. Always a joy seeing you in action devildog. I hate to say it, but the Army needs to go back to tradition and get with the program. And before anyone says anything about me ragging on the HOO'AHS! I'm in the Army Reserves now...so I have the right to rag!!! Semper Fi

[@KTMatt]

you're the man

[@OscarMikeFGC]

My DI made us bang our sticks (Rifles) so hard he wanted to see the handguards fall off everytime. if they didnt fall we were wrong!

[@vasilikosolov]

I miss boot camp, no maybe just a little, naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I don't

[@MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[@BFLPodcast]

"Set up the Meat Grinder!"

[@xXEndLessKaosXx]

mommy i dont want to go to boot camp anymore

[@rtm1137]

RAHHHHHHHHHHHH.

[@danielbriseno6899]

oorah

[@bigmarine78]

San Diego.... HOLLYWOOD FUCKING MARINES......

[@PSO307]

GIVE 'EM ONE!

[@CaptainCranch]

@bbgunn96 did you just graduate from san diego this march?

[@DatTrueTruth]

what company? i was Delta back feb-may

[@StlouisCj]

6 inch barrel right now!

[@maxstein2011]

what yr this vid is made?

[@turisas1234]

God, I wish I was a boot again. Oh wait, no I don't.

[@The0311gruntUSMC]

1983- Plt 1079 Semper FI

[@theblacksheep1000]

HOLY JESUS!! 1:13!!!

[@Sardines4dinna]

does the guidon ever learn armed drill?

[@ect301fps]

The ole M16 doesn't handle so well getting banged against the ground

[@7MOTOR2]

2nd Bat Parris Island would embarass all boots from the post Bush era. I'm talking first Gulf War to the glory hounds in now. get it straight blood corp aint what it used to be.R.I.P. COL. Molofsky L Co. 3/3

[@rtm1137]

YUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@RickLxxSslitherr1xx]

I don't even know why I'm watching this - I HATED drill with a passion

[@rwc92145]

Hand guards

[@CPLBSS88]

LOL...good times...not really...but yeah good times.

[@ChizzeyTV]

nothing against the brave men and women defending the borders and keeping the countery safe (i am not american so i am not talking about our borders, i am from germany) but being on war with other countries who did NOT ATTACK the US is just not acceptable go back to your counter come back as civillians and enjoy our meals and our culture don't destroy it!

[@fothgt]

@redifreddy14 None of my D.I.'s were...I won't even say it. We wore shorts in '79. The Marines by then had become a little humane because of all the political pressure of the sixties and seventies. To question authority had become the rule of thumb during that era. And many changes were made and wearing shorts was one of them. But I can't even thing of anyone being....I said I would not say it my whole tour. If they were....they would have never said it. Dont ask, Dont tell...Shut Up. Semper Fi

[@electronictrip]

D.I.'s are soooo fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine! lol

[@jmulford1337]

hahaha yep

[@JuggerMott]

ERRAH!!!!!

[@jlindsey8613]

What the???? What kind of crap is this??? We be beating our face out in the hot sun if we made those types of mistakes. Marines going soft????