Recruit Training - Week 3

[@TimAlcoser]

Worst part of bootcamp, imo. Getting up in the damn morning. Calm and ease to complete chaos in a split second.

[@michaeljones7256]

I'm worried about the IST I got less than a month and can only do 2 pull ups

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

Tim Alcoser that's any given moment in recruit training. And I sure as hell don't remember getting this much time to get dressed, especially not in first phase like this.

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

Sickof GuysnamedTodd they didn’t gave that much time getting dressed.

[@habxrym]

couldnt agree more. shit was terrible

[@esc1614]

If there was ever a reason i wanted to kill myself it was because of this

[@scwheeler24]

These videos are great. It allows me to see what my son is doing each week. It helps me to connect with his experiences as best I can. Thanks so much

[@codywilkinson753]

+Susan Wheeler STFU BOOT

[@VetAnimalGuy]

+Cody Wilkinson Why don't you make her?

[@albertpanara8682]

+Cody Wilkinson i bet one million dollars your not a marine

[@codywilkinson753]

+albert “albertp0728” panara peep the Instagram civilian

[@albertpanara8682]

your google plus says your in high school

[@surfax100]

I remember as soon as I hit the bed and the lights were turned off at 9:00 pm, sleep came to me so quickly that the next thing I feel was the lights were turned on by the drill instructor at 5:00 A.M.

[@robertmendez4990]

What about fire guard?

[@frig1]

@@robertmendez4990 What about double fire watch. Or is that no longer a thing.:)

[@DLysene]

I fell asleep so fast once I missed the order to adjust lmao; I was still sleeping at attention!

[@justashibainu]

I would never do this lol. In the army they never came into the bays except for lights out just to do a personnel and weapons count. In the morning as long as we made it downstairs for 0530 PT formation there were no problems. I can't imagine how stressful it is to have drill instructors follow you literally everywhere and supervise every part of your morning routine. I suppose marines make the best killers though so I'll give them that

[@raptorjesus3019]

Owen Martinelli Only place there were no DIs was church... They supervise EVERYTHING

[@firemarshallbob4540]

Owen Martinelli Yeah it's a huge difference. My AF buddy said it was the same routine in the mornings. 10 minutes to wake up, put on your UOTD, shave, brush your teeth and line up to run down 3 flights of stairs to form up outside. The instructor never shows upstairs unless it was important.

[@knightdaleknights44]

I'm currently in the AF and what you see above was a pretty similar routine for me. Inside the AF dorms, there is (or was, things have changed since) a bed inside the MTI's office where he can sleep, 5 feet away from the closest trainee. The mornings typically started with either my MTI banging on the door, or him yelling as he came through. If he chose not to sleep overnight inside the dorm, then he left right at lights out to go home. Not a second of the day were we not with an MTI.

[@xshafferx1034]

Now Bow these men chose to be a marine.

[@condorc72]

So stupid little puppets

[@CoreyJayB]

6 years ago I went through this and watching this still gives me anxiety. lmao

[@trentdevlaminck9927]

Same here bro same here

[@evanburkes2374]

I’m reading this 8 years later

[@Julian-wg1vt]

@@evanburkes2374 ikr feels old

[@gaotu]

this is what i like about the marines. They learn the art of the power nap very soon. In the army I learned this way later in my career. RESPECT !!

[@Grinchndotcom]

Power naps come after bootcsmp 😂

[@NoahGomezR]

0:55 i know damn well if that camera wasn't there, the guide would have got pushed out the way lol

[@jcaldwell96]

The were responding with kill. I love it.

[@rustedrails]

Its amazing how you get used to the routine, though. By 3 or 4 weeks, it actually does get easier. Dirty Delta, platoon 1028, SEMPER FI! Parris Island!!!!!!!!!

[@HateTheIRS]

Are you still active on this account I wanted to ask something

[@Arctisavanger]

During the time i was in the army, all beds that were done poorly were just flipped over so we had to do them again.

[@warrenoneal4966]

I had these guys for Drill instructors they are good men and Great Marines. some of them have gone back to the fleet. Some of the green belts are now Seniors

[@deanpollmann1579]

That was beautiful. Thank you all that serve and have served. A special thank you to those who given there all and there families. ✝️🇺🇸

[@Badass9341]

You gotta love that count down. That shit's crazy. Semper. Fi.

[@marinesusarule]

Platoon 3273 mike company, graduated october 1st 2011, this video brings back so many memories god damn....

[@hughjasso6084]

man I really miss these days lmao. being counted down sucked so much but the such was good.

[@omgitsjakenjames]

Zeeeerooooo

[@Blackopsmaster68]

Freeze group freeze!

[@jackmercer4244]

those fn planes roaring... hated it. Now I love

[@M21L35]

Yes, it's been just 49 years since my chance to experience the wonder of the Corps (in Quonset huts @ MCRD, L Co., 3rd Bn.), but It seems that these young Marines-to-be are gettin' a bit more hassled than we had to undergo. Of course back then, they needed us "over the pond" RIGHT NOW!, so the Corps stuffed 13 wks. of bootcamp into 9 weeks.

[@Justin-ym5ce]

My god this must’ve been right around when I went to boot, so many drill instructors I recognize, this is awesome Golf Company 2146, Jan 3, 2011

[@vincetrucking]

USMC Boot camp was the best time of my life!

[@Lyke_A_Glove]

its unreal how much dust accumulates on those floors in one day.

[@steveyoung2133]

I remember when I first entered MCRD San Diego in October 1999. I was in DEP for two weeks before being shipped off to boot camp. I was unprepared and didn't know what to expect. My recruiter didn't tell me anything. I got to boot camp and could not pass the IST so I was sent to PCP. It took 6 weeks in that platoon before I was finally able to pass the IST to get into training. I made it to T-29 before I was given an entry level seperation. I regret my choices and I wish I had stuck it out.

[@estadounidensemexfortuna4481]

So what happened?

[@horatiodreamt]

I was at Parris Island in 1980. We didn't run to the head in the morning (or at any other time). We marched in.

[@UH1Huey3113]

85?! Damn that's a big platoon! We started with 54 and ended with 49, few years back.

[@loneowl71]

After the Marines, i join the Army and was sent to Ft Sam Houston Texas for basic medical specialist train, and I graduated there and went to Hawaiis 100bn 442nd Inf. and finish up a medical specialist 5, all this took place in the mid 70s.

[@amercian09]

Ahhhh..... Brings back memories.

[@junito95v]

what career?

[@amercian09]

miqueas vientos Naval Academy. Assistant IT Specialist. (Marines)

[@willmoody951]

I have all my respect in those soldiers. God bless America!

[@redtib2003]

damn i freakin HATED having to yell as soon as i woke up! XD

[@USMCmortarman0341]

God I do miss this, 3rd Battalion India Company Platoon 3034. Graduated May 13 2011 and I catch myself still watching these damn videos lol

[@fbkrazy56]

this brings back bad memories haha...

[@bigbrowndarnell7233]

You never forget the feelings or sounds

[@benspagnuolo7653]

damn 85 dudes in one Bay that ridiculous

[@bsahm1]

94 in my platoon this year

[@benspagnuolo7653]

That's crazy I thought 45 was a shit ton

[@bsahm1]

ha thats what my buddy said. He was medically dropped from his platoon of 35 and ended up in mine, he couldnt believe it.

[@benspagnuolo7653]

That's crazy man I mean the was Army basic training so it's different I guess but still that a crazy amount of people 😭

[@trentenswett6306]

When I was in MRP (Medical Rehab Platoon) after I was dropped from training for medical issues there was up towards 120 recruits at a time the least was around 75 ish.

[@MIA_1776]

LOL...These videos are awesome. I recall at least a couple recruits crying the first night as soon the lights were out in the dorm, and it was the AF, not the Marines.

[@juliusceasar860]

A Marine once said to the Gunny "good morning Gunnery Sergeant!" Gunny replies "what the f!@k is so good about it?"

[@estadounidensemexfortuna4481]

What did he respond?

[@estadounidensemexfortuna4481]

My son is T MCRD San Diego, Hotel Co. Plt. 2175 He's 18 years old, I'm so proud of him, however him and I have a very strong bond and I miss him soOO much. I'd never write him a letter telling him how much I cry for him.

[@itsAmeOFP]

How’s he doing?

[@nikosingh8549]

Meanwhile in Air Force "Academy".......

[@johnnyg632]

Naps and Capuccino

[@youngstar25]

That's where the guide sleeps. He is the platoon leader.

[@codetwohigh]

I love the smell of Pine Sol in the morning

[@crillusmc]

we still do, i graduated last october and we didnt do this, we said lights lights lights, and had to get up on line within a certain alotted time to have our cammies on, boots bloused, all looking good.

[@keiferdhouck6452]

When did the army or the Marines become enemies? last time I checked we fought for the same reason, Marines just fight harder ;)

[@theoldmusiclink]

ohhh does this bring back memories

[@UneasyTortoise]

can you wear contacts? or do you have to wear those extremely fashionable glasses.

[@Virk1997]

+Dovahkrab No contacts allowed. You have to wear the good old Birth Control Glasses.

[@ThaMuffinMan2047]

What kinda stupid fucking question is that? Use your observation skills and common sense to figure it out.

[@benjaminmeyers9454]

@@Virk1997 damn they still call them that. I had to wear them while I was going through Basic Training back in 1989. Hated them.

[@omegarugal450]

Portholes

[@InvisibleSun]

First white sheet on line DEEP MOVE Man I don't miss those mornings at all

[@jackroper8829]

Best advice! what do you need to prove? you don't need to Join the Marines. get educated on life and War, and who really runs the show. the marines have it easy now. I went through M.C.R.D. July 12th, 1971. During Vietnam. During/after civil rights, where the Blacks were mean bastards for most part. Walked San Clemente 1,000 times when it was a small town. Got into fights, at lease eight in one year. those days you got into fights and never got in trouble. we had M-14 in boot camp. M-16 later. went through ITR, and Bit's . went through and graduated from Sea School M.C.R.D. 1972, and stationed as Gate Sentry Mare Island. if I had to do all over again--no way. it was a turbulent time in my life, and I learned to dislike and even hate civilians. The thing is balancing out hate and good, and whats right? I don't respect politicians. I learned one thing in life. it's all about Respect. And remember that most people in society don't have your back or give a shit if you die. Most all the guys I grew up with were in the Marines. in 1971 it was hot every day. we were in the old ww2 Quanset huts. Close order drill 2 hours everyday on that parade deck. we had no squad bays. The Drill instructors used to punch guys back then. our platoon commander was a mean S.O.B. The Marine corps at MCRD was old-old building back then. In the Class rooms were old wooden desks, where earlier Marines carved the dates in the tables. I remember the dates were in the 1960's. Hard to believe I was on the yellow footprints 45 years ago. I was 17.

[@dlowfresh]

+Jim Dickson Shut up. You were a shitter of the old corps. Don't think for a second you rate to tell Marines they don't rate. Get off your computer, bingo is about to start downstairs.

[@jackroper8829]

+John Smith marine corps easier than when I was in. they got it easy! I stated a truth. your telling me to shut up? I say whatever I want. what are you going to do? I'll tell what your going to do? nothing! Bingo's for old folks. I'am still benching 350. what about you? so shut your fucking mouth.

[@dlowfresh]

+Jim Dickson you don't sound like a wise salt dog... still benching 350? I fucking doubt it. what are you going to do about it? nothing other than take up a handicap parking space at old country buffet.

[@jackroper8829]

+John Smith still strong and on top. never under estimate anyone. nope, not handicapped at all. as a matter of fact that's disrespectful to the veterans that are. and I didn't say those marines are not worthy. I said they got it easy compared to old school. your a fool, so no need to talk to you. remember some day you will be old, and playing bingo downstairs. not my style.

[@edwinbz9889]

​@@jackroper8829I smell bs

[@Knightart1977]

Better then a cup of two day old cheap coffee!!. The water you drank the night before was a huge help waking up.

[@Nica-Ra-Wata]

In the soft army basic training the army allows them to order out for breakfast while they chat about the days events and what not...

[@zc630]

77musica ...no we don't

[@markdasilva3095]

What army are you talking about son? Not the U.S. Army which I served in...get your facts straight before you call us soft.

[@zc630]

***** try harder troll

[@zc630]

***** TRY HARDER

[@wildcountingdayswithourcan2519]

77musica Wow. That's just wrong. Completely wrong. Dude, get your facts straight.

[@cnn787-i9e]

San Diego airport is next door. Many times I wished I was on the plane flying back home while in Navy boot camp, which was next to the Marines MCRD . LOL

[@e081194eng]

I had to hold my kid at gunpoint to join the Marines....Hope he's doing ok.

[@lewissmith3231]

It takes a truly special person to endure the 'training' both in the Marines and the Army..."use the Marines to win a battle and the Army to win a war"!

[@yungayayok]

ppl saying boot camp is worst then this video they lying lmao bootcamp for me was easy but they made me cry once lmao

[@AdonaiZedek]

hahahah lmao...what about the middle of the night deck towel races and games...cmon it was just constantly like the vid plus more

[@yungayayok]

it was fun a.f like camp

[@cellardoor199991]

As you know the Corps is all about tradition. Marine bootcamp USED to be tough as fuck! People used to die. Evey year it gets easier mainly because of the technology we have, the less people work/train. Marine will always be tougher than the other branches but it gets easier every year just like the other bootcamps. Vietnam bootcamp would have fucked you up!

[@TimAlcoser]

Lol. Everybody cried at least once. Everybody. Whether some Marines want to man up and admit or not is their prerogative. The toughest part of the entire thing was that it seemed endless. The first week was easy, even a joke. But come the 2nd and 3rd week, it just dragged on and felt like it was going to go on for eternity.

[@AdonaiZedek]

MR.X its not technology although it xould play a role in other branches who hv more money...there diff groups that pressure the people to change things..like a drill instructor is not even sp to tuch you except fr 7 instances..like hrlping adjust yr garments..and they r discilpined and one infraction could ruin thr career

[@duongtram885]

i admired them who are staying in the military. i have to learn habits like that. it is extremerle great.

[@khyoon14]

MCMAP is a waste of time.

[@billlam7756]

+khyoon14 guess you seen the vertical butt stroke (mcmap move) lol

[@TrifectaMonkey]

why so_

[@coltonhart7660]

MC NINJA!!

[@MillennialMonk]

khyoon14 MC FUU is not a waste of time. You can't tell me it's better than not training at all.

[@ivansinful8462]

Now Bow you're absolutely right, we depopulate the enemy thanks for sharing.

[@rrennerr]

@XxTheXNerdXGuyxX because he is the guide. he carries the platoons Guidon. it symbolizes the platoon number. he sleeps by himself because he is "top dog" of the platoon. the leader basically. this is my platoon actually i was in this video.

[@traviskale1313]

my God, what a horrible way to live. You could not pay me enough to do this crap.

[@patman817]

you don't like your freedom

[@traviskale1313]

Oh grow up jarhead

[@patman817]

Screw you

[@matt_canon]

You would be a liability to every unit anyhow, so you are making the right decision by not serving. Just remember, somehow you found your way to this link. To troll perhaps?

[@TJkiwiOWEG]

they're not doing it for money either. how crazy is that??

[@deuce63mf]

yes he is the guide he leads all the other recruits in that platoon

[@typr1ab]

The Guide's rack looks freaking fantastic!! :)

[@THSurvivalGear]

He's the platoon Guide.. The recruit who marches at the front of the platoon with the guidon and the recruit responsible for the entire platoon through the squad leaders, if this particular platoon is being run right by their drill instructors. Platoon Guide answers directly to the training DI's and the SDI for all the screwing around his fellow recruits do AND is often entrusted with passing down the word to his fellow recruits as time goes on in boot camp.

[@JosephDAndrea0121]

He is the "guide" or the guy who carries the "guidon" which is essentially a flag the identifies a unit. His rack is in the center of the room because he has a leadership roll within the platoon.

[@crosschain95]

3 weeks for me, too. 20 days after I graduate I'll be at MCRD Parris Island!

[@djkush8495]

I wish reveille was this calm for us...kill hats practically yanked us from the racks with their teeth 😂

[@DTAYLORx]

oh gotcha. In the Army but love watching these videos.

[@Dannn812]

The drill instructor in the end was a recruiter in my RSS

[@Webster92]

Brings back good ole memories

[@usmc1775jarheaddd]

definatly true... im wacthing this wishin it was like this in the mornings

[@devildawgpetri]

Brings back some memories from PLT 2048, Golf Company, Graduation 09 December 2006. KILL!

[@angelalake200]

thank you for doing what we cannot

[@snipersEND]

It was changed. When I went to recruit training at the end of 2011 we didn't have to roll up our sleeves. I'm not entirely sure when it was changed.

[@augurcybernaut4785]

Seems remarkably calm and serine

[@cellblock131]

that's cool. we had to hold them straight out, parallel with the deck, and when we said our number, we put the outstretched arm straight down our side. it was funny looking back, but its how you manage such a large number of people in a short amount of time.

[@luisfavela-espinoza2770]

“Hurry up, Guide!”

[@SemperFiNative]

I remember when SSGT. GarciaLopez was a Kill hat. And now he's a SDI. That was years ago. Reminiscing on old times.

[@vicO1323]

I was the Chief House Mouse in 1969, we had about 15 or 20 in a quonset hut, so I had my bunkmate make my rack because I had more important duty for the Di's. One Sunday morning the Di told me to wake up the senior drill instructor in his quarters. He gave me directions to his billet and I was to yell to the gunny that it was 8am until he acknowledged me. I thought I was going to die that Sunday.

[@matt_canon]

When I went through in 99, recruits had the brown shirts, we didn't get to wear the green ones until after the crucible and during graduation week

[@snakeenjoyingacanofbeans5219]

when they did the SDI Inspection indoors it was very different from what I am seeing here.

[@nawfDtv]

Kilo Company 3229 3rd Battalion graduated on December 2nd prouded day of my life I hated it at first but now I can honestly see why most Marines miss this Best decision of my life I made, couple of my friends were in this compay too.

[@Bryan-fd7ky]

I was Kilo platoon 3225, graduated May 20th. I hated being there at the time, but now I would do it all over again if I had to.

[@grahamhedrick6865]

This is crazy! I admired these men.

[@MrStaybrown]

Trick to know you're sounding off loudly in that squad bay..the light fixtures ring like a bell if you're loud as fuk. Our DI'S loved that DING after sounding off.

[@themadminuteman]

The Instructors aren't there to hurting your feelings. All the yelling is about inducing stress and creating aggressiveness, it is about getting used to the chaos that can happen during a combat situation and keeping your head on to be able to complete tasks and the mission. These recruits sign up for this, it is a job and they are getting paid.

[@sancho7863]

I was part of one of the last companies in bootcamp to be issued brown skivvy shirts. Yeah, we used to wear brown t shirts instead of green. I'm so old corps.

[@WPUpioneer]

I was never in the Marines myself. But I had a buddy that went in. He couldn't wear his regular glasses so he had to wear the boot camp issue ones. For some reason his regular glasses somehow "mysteriously vanished" after his graduation from boot camp and he never had time to buy new ones once he went through training school and then got his station and assignment so he was stuck wearing his boot camp glasses his Entire. Freaking. Military. Career. He didn't get a regular normal looking pair of glasses til after he got out. Or at least that's what he told me.

[@cellblock131]

do they not have the green "money valuables bag"? it brings back memories watching this video from when I went through 15 years ago.

[@TrevorSeay]

That's their platoon number on the flag, their MOS is a totally different thing. The guide carries that flag to signify which platoon they belong to.

[@VanNoortKA]

The wasn't enough room on the wall, so they put them in the middle. The single rack in the front is the Guides rack.

[@RobinGraves13]

the guidon s*** is squared away man he's f****** outstanding

[@Reppin4DaHawks1]

I graduated from Parris Island, and the Senior Drill Instructor Inspection was a haze fest. Drill Instructor's came from other decks and flipped racks, threw footlockers, threw our rifles, destroyed the head and deck, and even had some of the (then) recruits strip down naked and run around the squadbay screaming general orders. My rackmate and I didn't get touched, but our Senior Drill Instructor sure made life hell after he saw what "we allowed" other Drill Instructors to do to his house. Lol.

[@CarolinaCarHaulers]

It is best to do this in the middle of Fall because Winter is too cold. Summer is too hot and there are sand fleas. Spring is not that bad though but there is a lot of pollen in the air and if you have allergies it makes it difficult.

[@TonyBlanco170]

HE IS THE GUIDE OF THE PLATOON.

[@xymos7807]

Yeah...I maybe Army...but boot camp is something I'm glad I'm done with...though I wouldn't mind going back to ft benning at least one last time.

[@Virk1997]

+Zachary Goldberg Same man. You at the Infantry, or Armor School?

[@LTD0Mitch]

I'm Canadian, but i still watch these videos because ive always wanted to be a Marine. I don't even know if its even possible.

[@wilhard45]

I really hate the camouflage utilities with the rolled up sleeve. It just looks sloppy to me. My favorite was the herringbone pattern, buttoned sleeve and hidden buttons on the blouse. Highly starched they looked sharp. I didn't get those issued to me but others in my platoon did. The same size so I guess they just got in the right line at basic issue. I also got the green neck scarf that went out of use while we were in boot camp. I laid it out of for a junk on the bunk inspection and the company CO asked why it was displayed. I told him the Corps issued it to me and it was appropriate to have on my rack. Don't know if it was true but he bought it and simply said outstanding Sergeant and moved to the next rack. Always wondered if he didn't want to argue with one of his NCO's. It is good to be the Sergeant.

[@74jrh3]

it's also the difference between 2nd and 3rd bn in recruit training. 3009 grad july '93

[@genxmurse7019]

This was not the Reveille I experienced on Parris Island back in 1990!

[@Mortannis]

When I was in basic, that count came up short one day. Shit hit the fan hard.

[@MysticOreo]

Some Junior Marines boast about how they'd go back in a heartbeat. I always sit there and think to myself, "No.. You FUCKING WOULDN'T!!" lol

[@OscarMikeFGC]

@mra23413 most likely it's some weeks into training. Even DIs get tired of screaming sometimes.

[@ualue]

@LTD0Mitch It's possible. I served alongside a few who were not American citizens. One guy I remember well was British. We always got a kick out of hearing his accent while wearing our uniform.

[@deuce63mf]

thats the guides rack but the ones in the back are extra recruits

[@QBALL85]

PT Belts... Freakin Genius whoever came up with that!

[@general2109]

Its to give them a mentality, not train them for fighting. Training emphasizes paying attention to EVERY detail. A good solider/marine pays attention to details and can follow orders under pressure.

[@TheDevildog1991]

That guide's rack is wicked tight. I remember being able to do that once, long ago lol.

[@SARJunkie1]

I an Senior Airmen USAF, and I envy all branches of the military, but especially marines