When cameras come around training gets easy.

@JohnnyRebKy

3 жыл бұрын

That's the damn truth. It's a cake walk with cameras around. Not even close, or on the same planet, as real training

@markl2322

2 жыл бұрын

No, it doesn't. I've been through MCRD San Diego. They take PRIDE in how hard the training is.

@Joseangelgutierrez2003

2 жыл бұрын

Today in the space force is otherwise when cameras around training gets harder ☠️

@TheDriveInGuys

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyRebKy *damned 😉

@johnsmilowitz

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyRebKy p9⁹9pppp pop p p⁰⁰⁰⁰00⁰

I love how calm and quiet the DIs are, if the camera crew wasn't there it'd be a completely different story, lol.

@jacknife10000

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they definitely downplayed that, Wheres al the screaming bloody murder 24/7???

@fargeeks

Жыл бұрын

if they are that calm i be more interested in enlisting, but from what ive heard was back then them DIs were BRUTAL!!!!

@samsquanch1996

6 ай бұрын

​@@fargeeks I'm sure boot camp in the 1970s was A LOT more intense than it is today.

@robertzapata5395

10 күн бұрын

@@fargeeks that's because a lot of the DI's back then had either served in Korea or Vietnam and war is brutal ( to say the least) and that's what they are supposed to be preparing you for. I've heard so many people say that if the DI's weren't so bad then they would enlist! I reply that if a DI can break you then you don't belong in the military at all because an angry DI IS NOTHING compared to any enemy soldier trying to kill you.

At Boeing I was sent to HR for yelling at fellow worker who was having temper tantrum and throwing chairs. I was the one who got in trouble over this but senior management gave me a break telling me they knew I served in the Marines and understood that Marines will never tolerate Bull Shit. I kept my job. Semper Fi

@W1Robur

Жыл бұрын

Do you know Mr. Adams? Fellow Marine retired from Boeing

It doesn't matter which country you served with, or which service you were in, you will always remember your time at basic training. You will also be a fellow veteran.

@ivanlowjones

6 ай бұрын

In the U.S military, you need 180 days of active service to be considered a veteran. Washing out of basic training doesn't make you a veteran.

@SimonAmazingClarke

6 ай бұрын

@@ivanlowjones That works better than the UK 1 day of pay.

@nzeleny5585

4 ай бұрын

@@SimonAmazingClarke ,

Semper Fi to every man and woman who wears and has worn the uniform of a United States Marine! Thank you for your service!

@hoatattis7283

4 жыл бұрын

Andy McCane What about the Army Navy Air Force all of whom out number the Marines and let us not forget the Coast Guard

@usmc3547

2 жыл бұрын

@@hoatattis7283 I do not believe it was Andy McCane's intent to slight ANY branch, Darin. The video was concerning USMC boot camp and USMC recruits. I am confident if Andy had viewed a video depicting another branch of the US Military he would have given the appropriate salutation. Please give my regards to your wife, Karen and make sure to let her know I send her my love, Snowflake! The verse of the Marine Corps Hymn you were unaware of: If the Army and the Navy ever look upon heaven's scene They will find their wives sleeping with United States Marines Have A Nice Day...Molon Labe...Semper Fi

@andymckane7271

Жыл бұрын

@@hoatattis7283 I served in the Navy, 24 August 1970 to 10 November 1971. I was a Navy corpsman. For a variety of reasons, United States Marines will always come first among all our service people in my heart and mind. That having been said, I'm extremely proud of every member of the armed forces of the United States who serve our country honorably. Andy McKane, 19 September 2022.

@andymckane7271

Жыл бұрын

@@usmc3547 You're obviously a United States Marine! God knows I love you Marines. My love for Marines and the Marine Corps will stay with me for the rest of my life and hopefully remain with me if there is an afterlife. I'm one who believes there is an afterlife (of some sort at least). That being the case, I've got no doubt whatsoever the streets of heaven will be guarded by United States Marines! Andy McKane, a former corpsman, U.S. Navy. I served---honorably---in the Navy from 24 August 1970 to 10 November 1971. We both know the meaning of the date I was discharged. I tell my Marine and Navy friends, "It's was the Navy's gift to the Corps to provide my discharge as a birthday present to our beloved Marine Corps." Semper Fidelis to every United States Marine who ever served our country and the world honorably. And, by the way, thank you for sticking up for me! You were right in doing so. Andy McKane, 19 September 2022.

@x0j

Жыл бұрын

yeah thanks I got one on ebay for a good deal

My dad is a Vietnam veteran Marine, who served in the Arizona Territory and in and around An Hoa in 1968 and 1969 with the First Battalion, Fifth Marines. I’ll always be proud of him and his service. God bless all Marines, past and present. And no other voice could have given the narration of this video the gravity that Jack Webb does. Great stuff.

@voiden3338

Жыл бұрын

Might have you meant 1st Battalion 5th marines?

@morbius109

Жыл бұрын

@@voiden3338 Yeah, you're right, I'm sorry, lol. He's told me about the 1/5 many times, but I always get the name backwards. I'll edit my comment to reflect the name correctly.

@kuan098760

Жыл бұрын

Ra fighting fifth get some!

@marianonoriel3397

Жыл бұрын

Fighting 5th

@backyardbattlefront8849

Жыл бұрын

My father was with 1st Bn 5th Marines October 1968 till September 1969. His name is Charles Van Voorhis would of been a Corperal at the time.

"The Corps is very careful in selecting its recruits" I nearly spit out my food laughing at that one! The army didnt let me enlist but the USMC did

@abbybonilla4511

3 жыл бұрын

I can attest to this. Army didn't want me due to the MEPS duck walk, Marines said "Prove you've worked on it" I did, signed a contract. I forever resent the Army for fucking me like that. This was 2016 to 2018.

@silva8641

3 жыл бұрын

When the FUCK is duck walking useful? Not like we’re duck walking in the field tf

@petehipple9619

3 жыл бұрын

I chuckled at that comment too. I was DI from '83 to '85 at MCRD San Diego with 3rd Bn, Kilo Company. I remember when we were doing "Adventure Training" and rappelling off the tower. I had a recruit who was "mentally challenged" in the IQ department and was terrified of heights. He was on the platform all geared up to rappel, but instead, he wrapped his body around a support beam and refused to let go. Another DI and I pulled him loose, called "on belay," and threw him over the side as he squealed like a pig. The belayer quickly stopped his descent and he slowly descended to the ground. I still remember it with a smile. That recruit went to Motor T after Boot. Good training!

@davidcruz8667

2 жыл бұрын

That's why we're careful. If the Army don't want you, you'll probably make an outstanding Marine. Too bad for them. ARMY- "Ain't Ready for the Marines Yet". Oorrah!

@michaelcornacchione8993

2 жыл бұрын

Hell I had guys in the Marines that couldn't even reed.

Jack Webb never losses his authoritive and commanding voice.

@starguy2718

Жыл бұрын

Just the facts, ma'am.

@matthewh117

Жыл бұрын

It was all the cigarettes

@metrotek5

Жыл бұрын

was thinkin' the same thing

@thedanielfamily1595

Жыл бұрын

I watched The DI with Jack Webb a total of 479 times!

@mewise1969

Жыл бұрын

I thought I was watching Dragnet!! Lol

WOW! I saw my D.I. in this film. Sgt Cruz (9:00) was my drill instructor in the same year this film was made. I graduated platoon honor man on Aug 17, 1973. Platoon 1051!!! This film has special meaning to me. Once a Marine, Always a Marine! Semper FI

@eagle5kilo598

6 жыл бұрын

MrMBMStudio Graduated Charlie Co. Plt 1051 Jan 16, 2014

@jirehbochung5983

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service.

@Ted_Stryker

6 жыл бұрын

HAMMATIME 25 I was Charlie myself in 2001. Plt 1022 Semper Fi!!

@Jstalhzet

6 жыл бұрын

God damn, "I WAS GUIDE IN BOOT CAMP" bragging traces all the way back to 1973 lmao, Semper Fi devil.

@ericvondumb2838

6 жыл бұрын

Your all full of shit! We NEVER called them d.is! That was a P.I. thing! Hollywood Marine 73!!!

My experience on Parris Island was much more intense than this video shows. I don’t recall our Drill Instructors ever “talking normal” to us, always yelling cursing from the time you got up til lights out… They really dialed it back for the cameras

@stephenwood4605

Жыл бұрын

I was at MCRD San Diego in 1973, about the same time this film was made. Platoon 3067. We arrived just before midnight. After MOS training in Virginia I was assigned to 1/2 at Camp Lejuene. Us Hollywood Marines took a lot of mouthing from the PI guys. The weather at PI was much hotter and more humid than San Diego. That’s about the only difference I found between the two MCRDs. About the sixth or seventh day we returned from breakfast chow to find our barracks totally ransacked. Beds mattresses and footlockers scattered everywhere. The DI’s came out of the duty hut screaming cussing and yelling. They exercised us for what seemed like hours. Then they took us out for a little run. Along the way several folks fell out and started walking, including myself. After the platoon got back to the barracks the DI came for all of us stragglers. He exercised us for what seemed like hours. I NEVER fell out of a run again in my four years!! Not even going 12 miles at NCO school when they tricked us by running past the barracks at the 9 mile mark!! We thought the end was in sight but kept on going!! Semper Fi!!

@PANCHOVILLAMATO

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenwood4605 I hated that part...pull up to the barracks, "What we gonna do when we get back.... gonna take a shower and hit the sack.....bullshit" ... We'd put it in neutral for a couple of minutes and then hear the DI holler, "We're going back out"..... Holy Shit... SEMPER FI and HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOVEMBER 10 2022

@tupelomississippiflash968

Жыл бұрын

I hated my time in boot camp 1986 . The DIs were assholes . I remember b4 graduation they told the whole platoon that they hated us , and looked forward to most of us being 0311 . I left Paris island hoping I would catch up to any of those DIs in the fleet for after hours beat down at an E club

@PANCHOVILLAMATO

Жыл бұрын

@@tupelomississippiflash968 If YOU made it thru boot camp, they didn't hate you! They were making you a tougher Marine. Semper Fi brother.

@goblue0020

25 күн бұрын

I spent the better part of 8 years getting my ass chewed. I played defensive back in football. Those of you who played know if you get a real good db coach he is crazy and highly aggressive. Nothing is ever right and all of you are sh*t. So that is a nice way to go in to island already knowing you are useless sh*t

My late dad went to MCRDSD 19740624 to 19740925 (Medically setback 2 weeks) graduated with Platoon 2065. It's crazy to vision him going through the training at that time. Ranking all the way to Sergeant Major in his career before passing away in '03. Thank you all for your sacrifice and service to our country. This vet salutes you!

@shawnkippenhan4657

Жыл бұрын

I was in boot camp at MCRDSD June 22 1976 to Sept

@samroberts7660

Жыл бұрын

740624 to 740925 Sergeant major is quite an accomplishment.

@brandonglidden

Жыл бұрын

Who were his Di’s?

@stevegallaugher3273

Жыл бұрын

@@brandonglidden SDI Sgt DeShaw, DI SSgt Miller, and DI Sgt Houser

@fargeeks

Жыл бұрын

oh man i heard sergeant major is someone you dont ever mess with

This was made the year I was born. Military life was the ONLY life I wanted but I was born mostly deaf. Eventually, I found out about this thing called military contractors. So I sent myself to A&P school and I medically retired from an Army post at 40 after 10 years of wrenching BlackHawks, Chinooks, Kiowas, Apaches, and the last Huey in inventory. It was a very rewarding career, of which I would repeat every second, even knowing it will kill me. I just won't get a 21-gun salute or a military headstone.

Platoon 102 started Jan 3 1966 graduated April. I was promoted to PFC and was squad leader at graduation. USMCRD SAN DIEGO. 5 months later I was up to my ass in Vietnam. I was there 66-68. I've never done anything that was as exhilarating and mesmerizing since then. I have stories I've stopped telling because people just can't believe them they were so extreme. Ever dig out a gold tooth with your bayonet? Ever empty a full 20 round clip into the head of someone who killed a friend of yours turning it into an unrecognizable goo? I'm 73 and have nightmares monthly for 52 years but VA says no PTSD. SURE WASN'T LIKE THE MOVIES. Once a Marine always a Marine.

@redwemette5942

2 ай бұрын

It never gets any better Ray. Semper Fi

I attended boot camp in San Diego in the Navy. The Marine boot camp was right next door. We could see them through the fence every day. On extremely hot days a black flag would be raised over the regiment headquarters and we were required to cease from all exertions. So we sat in the shade along the fence line and smoked cigarettes for hours while watching the Marines. These guys were double timing it up and down the field with full combat gear, helmet, their rifles and a full pack on their backs. Honestly, it was hard to even see these guys because of the heat waves shimmering off the tarmac. All I could think of was "Those poor bastards!"

@donmiller2908

9 жыл бұрын

35wildbill Really? It's gone? So what boot camps are left? And what did they do with the base in San Diego? Sell it to the city?

@spikespiegel5878

9 жыл бұрын

***** the marines have a name for you navy guys rust pickers

@donmiller2908

9 жыл бұрын

spike spiegel Never heard that one. When I was in we were called squids by the Marines.

@spikespiegel5878

9 жыл бұрын

or maybe that was what the senior officers called yous guys

@TheJer1963

8 жыл бұрын

***** Don, NTC on April 30, 1997, and ceased all military operations. you should Google the old base and see it now. It is a living community center now. Our old barracks is now an elementary school. I was there in Sept.-Oct 1986. Company 196. The only boot camp left is in Chicago. They tore the one in Orlando down and built houses.

"And A Few Good Men" was filmed in 1973. I went through MCRD San Diego from 2 December, 1970 to the middle of March, 1971. Platoon 3162. I recognized the receiving barracks, the barber shop, the big and little grinders, the classrooms. All of it, including Edson Range up at Camp Pendleton, is authentic. The film at one point used the phrase "Extra training and attention". That phrase is an understatement.

@stevebeaman4623

2 жыл бұрын

The M-14 was used through boot, including at Edson range. We transitioned to the M-16 in ITR, which for me was mid March of 1971 to mid April of 1971.

@johnwitherspoon3713

2 жыл бұрын

Went thru in May of 2018 and it still looks the same lol

@charliekilo3

Жыл бұрын

We arrived late at night so we couldn't see anything other than the receiving building. Got to go to sleep for an hour or two and we were right back up and at em. Jul-Oct 76. Platoon 2080 MCRD San Diego.

@brandonglidden

Жыл бұрын

@David Johnson who were your Di’s?

@brandonglidden

Жыл бұрын

@David Johnson I meant no disrespect and apologize if that is the case. I did not have Drill Instructors, nor did I do anything heroic. My dad was a Drill Instructor in San Diego from 1972 - 1974 , hence why I am asking.

Boot camp : for me it was July to September 1963. To really appreciate it all, you have to go through it. What I was taught was essential to surviving Vietnam in 67 and 68. Semper Fi

@mariekatherine5238

4 жыл бұрын

John J. Flanagan Thank you for your service!

@vic5828

4 жыл бұрын

John Joseph Flanagan You speak the truth! I can say that because I was there also!

@NAMVETSTARLITE

Жыл бұрын

PLT. 348 JULY 63, THREE DAYS AFTER I TURNED 17. I-3-3 NAM 65 & 66 OPER. STARLITE 8-18-1965 WELCOME HOME EVERYONE SEMPER FI

GySgt Retired October 1973 - December 1973 MCRDPI. I like watching what I went through. The night before I went to Pittsburgh AFEES I watched Tribes Jan Michael Vincent and the DI (Jack Webb). I am proud to of served in the greatest military organization in the world. Semper Fi

@usmc-veteran7316

4 жыл бұрын

I stepped on the Island 5 Oct 73 graduated 28 Dec 73; Platoon 395, India Co 3rd Bn. Platoon 395 last Platoon to be dismissed for 1973 on Parris Island. Spent 4 in the Corps, honorably discharged 4 Oct 77, as a Sgt. Semper Fi

@er1073

4 жыл бұрын

@@usmc-veteran7316 We come from the same platoon SSgt Stewart was the SDI. I am recruit Reagle laundry number 54 what say you? I retired 14 October 1993 Retired GySgt.

@tlgtlg3803

4 жыл бұрын

THE JETS AT THE NEAR BY AIRPORT IN SANDIEGO MCRD ROCKED ME TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT AT LITESOUT

Seems like I remember marine boot camp in the 1960s as incredibly brutal because many of these marines were expected to fight in Vietnam. You faced training that was vital and if you didn’t cut the mustard you may not survive in combat. That DI had that in mind during that period of training. The stress level in those three months had to be something more intense then anything these young men could imagine. It had to be because combat in Vietnam was brutal. Remember that on Veterans Day. A lot of Marines died over in Vietnam and many came home suffering the price of horror they could never escape.

@ronwhiteman8892

11 ай бұрын

I spent 18 months in country. I graduated from MCRDSD in Oct ‘65 and ITR 30 NOV., joined 5th Marines in December at Camp Margarita. My DIs were tough but they had to be. I think that’s why I survived.

@acmemasteri

10 ай бұрын

Interesting But just 3 months? I guess it has changed. Well, try to be part of a underwater-group? Normal 3 months is just rest untill... 9 months (re-training first once a year and after 4y you had to re-trained only every second year. Untill you're 32yo.).

TO BE A MARINE You Have To Believe In: Yourself - Your Fellow Marine - Your Corps - Your Country - Your God. Semper Fidelis. First Battalion, Platoon 1002, MCRD San Diego, Graduated 28 March 1973.

Apr 4th 1984 PLT 2035 was my first day. Went from 0311 to 0331, 8151 and finally 5953 years later. I regret nothing and loved every minute of 23yrs. My Senior Drill Instructor was SSgt Greene. A lean mean green amphibious monster that thrived on war..and to my surprise MANY years later was the Guest of Honor (unknowingly to me) at a MC Ball In Iwakuni...he was a SGTMAJ now...and when I heard his voice I have to admit..I was met with a little fear as well as a little sentimentality. After ceremonies I bee lined to him and we spoke. No words can express what an honor it was for me. Semper Fi.

@boblewin7099

7 жыл бұрын

HailRider, Great story Marine. I can imagine your trepidation in hearing his voice again! Our Junior DI (Sgt Starbuck) was the tough one of the three. I can still hear his voice in my head 51 years later. Unfortunately, he was KIA Quảng Ngãi province when the recon patrol he was leading was exposed and ambushed by the Viet Cong(Feb 1967). He was awarded the Silver Star posthumously. A Marine's Marine! Semper Fi

@HailRider

7 жыл бұрын

Bob, I am honored to have read your reply. I have been blessed to have met many Viet Nam vets as they were the top dogs when I entered in the early 80's..including my father who was a Sailor on the mobile riverine forces. I believe they were called LRRPs. He recalled to me stories of going up the rivers, patrolling and dropping off and picking up Marine Patrols. I would chuckle as he told that within hours of dropping off Army troops they would be calling for extractions...but often when they went to pick up the Jarheads and arrived at the rally point - would radio them and was told " Nah, we are good, come back again next week." He said that spoke volumes about the bravery and tenacity of Marines. And knowing how small of a world it is, you never know. Perhaps my father had met Sgt Starbuck. Semper Fi, Marine.

@BW-kv9wj

2 жыл бұрын

I was there when you were there. I graduated May 4, 1984. 1st Battalion. 0331. I actually bumped into one of my DIs in Okinawa in 1987.

today is July 12th. 45 years ago I joined the marines on July 12th 1971. M.C.R.D. hard to believe I was in two years before this film. like yesterday!

@tablature6121

7 жыл бұрын

Same here, Jack. Actually joined December 1970--one month past my 17th b'day. Went active 16Jun71. You go to San Diego or PI? PI for me--3rd Battalion, Golf Co. Plt. 355. You no doubt got a service #. Mine was 264XXXX. Right before they went to SS #'s. Like yesterday, indeed. Semper Fi, Bro.

@jackroper8829

7 жыл бұрын

@ Tab, Hello brother! 1970 was a special time for me in High school growing up in San Francisco. I went active July 12th, 1971. M.C.R.D. San Diego. I was 3rd Battalion, platoon 3074. service # 276xxxx. we had M-14's and the m-16's. Went through sea school 1972, and stationed Mare Island, calif. on U.S.S. proteus Subtender. I'm sure we could talk for hours. take care my Brother! keep punching!

@nikolabakich9709

7 жыл бұрын

did these guys see action in vietnam ?

@tablature6121

7 жыл бұрын

Very doubtful, Nik. The Marines pulled out of 'Nam in, I think the month of May, in '71. The Army stayed in the fight until '73. Still some Marines there in specialty jobs, no doubt, like embassy duty and what not. Whether any of the ones pictured in the vid got in on that is highly unlikely, but not impossible. I think it was the embassy Marines that you see loading the Vietnam refugees on the helicopters during the evacuation. Maybe a few pilots and advisors. That's about it.

@nikolabakich9709

7 жыл бұрын

i know the marines fought in the tet offensive

7 August 1969 and my 17 year old life was changed forever standing on them yellow footprints. The draftees thought I was crazy because I had to enlist for 3 year and they only had to do 2, But I had choices and they didn't. I didn't hear about Woodstock and Charlie Manson/Sharon Tate until after graduation. The movie is a sanitized version of what we experienced as the Marines were in a hurry to get more troops "Over There".....

Nice to hear Jack Web narrating this. I'm a big Dragnet fan. Time for this old Marine to go watch some reruns!

@JimJurena

6 жыл бұрын

More of Jack Webb , as a D.I. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i4pszayuZLGqo7Q.html RIP R.Lee Ermey

@daltoncurtis838

5 жыл бұрын

Junkman2000 semper fi

@sk8anddestroy792

4 жыл бұрын

Jack webb in the D.I. is bad ass too

@adamhonestyanddecency5054

4 жыл бұрын

There’s a ton of them on KZread.

@waoclt

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Webb also starred in movie "The DI"

Semper Fi. They left out "a few details" from USMC boot camp experiences. No words to explain, has to be experienced. Semper Fi Marines.

@DeedsResearcher

4 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about The Crucible? How about running the Marine Corps Marathon? I did that 4 times: 1991-1994. GREAT race!

@vincentscardina2363

9 ай бұрын

I remember that shit being tougher than that i guess if they showed the true BRUTAL USMC bootcamp recruitment would drop

@vincentscardina2363

9 ай бұрын

To this day I'm still a marine my civilian counterparts at work hate me but i got shit done

Drill Instuctor 8511 1970 - 1973 remember them making this

@faabound

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!

@keithpopko7068

9 жыл бұрын

Just curious, James Haney - did you know my drill instructors? I entered boot camp in January of 1970 at MCRD San Diego, Platoon 2007. My Platoon Commander was SSgt. V.D. Martin; Drill Instructors Sgt. R.J. Vankuiken and Sgt. L. Corner. My Series Commander was Lt. W.M. Carter, and my Series Gunnery Sgt. was GySgt. D.G. Munro. Semper Fi!

@Grunt0369USMC

9 жыл бұрын

Keith Popko I believe I knew Gunny Munro and maybe Martin. I arrived on the field in June 70 second battalion F company

@keithpopko7068

9 жыл бұрын

james haney Thanks for getting back to me. I had great admiration for my drill instructors, particularly SSgt. Martin and Sgt. Corner. Gunny Munro always reminded me of Humphrey Bogart in appearance. We didn't have much contact with him during training, but he made a great impression on me. It's amazing how all these years later I still have such strong memories of my experience in the Marines, and boot camp especially. It's really true, "Once a Marine always a Marine." You drill instructors did a great job. Thank you for your dedication to country and Corps. With deep respect, Keith Popko (Cpl.)

@RustyChevy

6 жыл бұрын

fuckin semper fi.

Near the end of basic, everybody's equipment was inventoried prior to turn in. The Drill taught us how to steal all the missing items from other companies that "didn't watch their equipment", None of our people had to pay for lost items. An introduction on how NCOs watch out for their people. This practical training was useful frequently later in my service.

@larryprice5658

Жыл бұрын

Creatively acquired! Never stealing.

@raypezzoli2517

11 күн бұрын

Gear adrift is gear a gift. I heard that many times. Secure your trash , Devil. My fave, "There's only one thief in the Marine Corps, everyone else is just trying to get their shit back..." Or "Go and ACQUIRE ( Insert item )". If all else failed, and I mean everything else, there was always Siagon Sam's. Beats having a Missing Gear Statement.

I don't quite remember it being exactly this way, as I got off that bus in the early morning hours of Sept. 24, 1971. At the ripe old age of, barely 17, i was assigned to Platoon #196. The toughest nine weeks of my life and yet somehow I made it through. It didn't hurt me in the least and shaped me both mentally and physically for the rest of my adult life. It was my honor to be allowed to become a US Marine, not all make it! I stand proud beside the Few, and to this day gladly acknowledge everyone that show their loyalty, regardless of branch of service. Semper Fi

@vic5828

4 жыл бұрын

Semper Fi Jack. I went in at 17 also. (Avoided the draft anyways!)

@Jack-ge1st

4 жыл бұрын

@@vic5828 Thank You for your service Vick

Full Metal Jacked was the cleaned up version of training in 1963 Paris Island.

@usmc3547

2 жыл бұрын

I was at MCRD, PI, SC, the same time as the Everly Brothers and R Lee 'Gunny' Ermey were at MCRD, SD, Ca. The jargon used by Ermey in the movie, "Full Metal Jacket", was vogue and used at the time we were in boot camp. The only two things in the boot camp segment of the movie that I did not witness personally was where Gomer Pyle had to march with with his trousers around his ankles and the suicide scene. Even tho it did not involve food, a fellow recruit had left his footlocker unlocked...and you know the rest.

@timhalpin7962

Жыл бұрын

Actually FMJ portrayed the training circa 1966

Vietnam vet 1968-69...SO glad I joined the Air Force!

This young men are now old men, if there still with us. My Dad is a Korea area vet and 91 years old. God bless them all.

I was at MCRD San Diego in 1973, about the same time this film was made. Platoon 3067. About the sixth or seventh day we returned from breakfast chow to find our barracks totally ransacked. Beds mattresses and footlockers scattered everywhere. The DI’s came out of the duty hut screaming cussing and yelling. They exercised us for what seemed like hours. Then they took us out for a little run. Along the way several folks fell out and started walking, including myself. After the platoon got back to the barracks the DI came for all of us stragglers. He exercised us for what seemed like hours. I NEVER fell out of a run again in my four years!! Not even going 12 miles at NCO school when they tricked us by running past the barracks at the 9 mile mark!! We thought the end was in sight but kept on going!! Semper Fi!!

Bends and thrust until you die is one of many things I remember from 1970 ‘s Marine boot camp ... Sadistic drill instructors in those days .

As a USN surface vet, may God Bless the United States Marines!

In the day time? When I got on the yellow footprints, it was zero dark thirty.

@basharal-assad2403

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody cares boomer

@paulie12345ish

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it was 74 1113

@concernedcitizen1395

4 жыл бұрын

agree

@ShiGuy89

4 жыл бұрын

Same here but this is in the 70s and a lot has changed

@0311tard

4 жыл бұрын

Bashar al-Assad that makes zero sense

I just pulled this up randomly and was happily astonished to see one of my boot camp Drill Instructors on the video. I was in platoon #1014 in January of 1972 and he was the Junior Drill Instructor, Sgt. Cruz. Wow !! I hope he had a great career and future.

@tomvaughn3077

11 ай бұрын

Sgt. Cruz was a senior DI in Oct. 72. I believe Plt. 1133.

Went to Lackland AFB for BMT in July 1988. San Antonio was very hot that year and remember arriving there around 01:00 hrs. We got to our Squadron building 3701st to begin our induction and we were swarmed by a horde of TIs screaming and yelling at us calling us every obscene word. Will never forget that first initiation to boot camp and the following 6 weeks, but will never forget my Flight's TIs to this day: SSgt. Chanslor, TSgt. Brown and Sgt. Bell. Thank you Air Force for the good lessons learned in BMT.

On Dec 7, 2013 I will have my 40 year anniversary of joining my beloved Corps at the age of 17...where the hell did the time go ? OOOFRIGGINRAH !

@dennysch6941

10 жыл бұрын

congrats and Thanks!

@semperfine4442

6 жыл бұрын

Buck: You were on "Frequent Wind", the Mayaquez, or are flying a false flag. Those who know will know the truth!

@markperry9481

6 жыл бұрын

1975 mcrd

@timbarnes3581

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking exactly the same thing before I read your reply. I served June 28, 1973 to October 31, 1980. Platoon 257, 2nd RTBTN Parris Island. Semper Fi to all my Brothers and Sisters who served in the Corps.

@gabrielmcollazo6675

3 жыл бұрын

IT GOES WHERE IT HAS TO FOR EVERYONE; ON TO THE PAST AND WITH YA! SF/USMC FOR EVER! CARRY ON!MARINE!

Ooorah! I like looking back on our proud history of recruit training. The uniforms may change but the basics are still the basics. Discipline, sweat, and more sweat!

I Went through Boot at Parris island Mid May to Mid August of 81. That was the longest summer of my life. I turned 18 there. 42 years ago. It goes quick. Make the most of it, and Trust in the Lord. Semper Fi!

I know one thing. No matter what life throws at me and I will always be a Marine no matter what. Eugene Cunningham Platoon 2117 1972 earned a Stripe after Graduation. I was so Proud to become a Marine. Sempre Fi my Brothers you are one of the Proud and The Few. Welcome to the Club.

My father was with the Dutch engineers corps as a driver in 1955,i myself was with the Dutch engineers corps in 1976 (laying mines and bridges), At some stage my father gave me the book Battle Cry by Leon Uris,the best book on war i ever read,it is about training of Marines at San Diego before they go to war in the Pacific,i have read it countless times. "You will act as a man and will be treated like a man" to me sounds like the perfect recipe for human driftwood in society today.

@GeneRogers-xl9um

Жыл бұрын

The movie of the same name is really good as well!

I must have watched this 100 times while I was on delayed enlistment back in 75. Jack Webb is the only person in the world who could have narrated this

@kc4cvh

2 жыл бұрын

William Windom would have been a good alternate.

Arrived at MCRD San Diego July 13,1976, 2nd Battalion, E Company, Platoon 2079, Graduated Oct. 14, 1976. Perhaps the proudest day of my life. I don't think a day goes by where I don't have some reflection back on those days. Semper Fi!

@thomasgriffin5774

3 жыл бұрын

@IAMTOPWRENCH1 We had a Sgt. Weber as 1 of our Drill Instructors, a tall , skinny black dude who would often say, "All I give for free is hard dick and bubble gum, and I'm fresh outta bubble gum!' wonder if it was the same since you were right after me.

Jack Webb as the narrator, and who was once...THE D.I.!

@borderlineXI

3 жыл бұрын

Good movie

@ditryn

3 жыл бұрын

That was the quintessential USMC movie until Full Metal Jacket. The best scene is when they went looking for the dead sand flee, one recruit thought he would be slick and say he found it. Tech SGT Moore said is that flee male or female. The recruit said male Sir, you got the wrong one keep digging!

@SuperColonel91

3 жыл бұрын

@@ditryn hahaha! Either way he still would have been wrong! Lol

@jonathanbaron-crangle5093

3 жыл бұрын

@@ditryn LOL, got the wrong one...!

@ditryn

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanbaron-crangle5093 male or female destined to fail

"Extra training and attention", that made me laugh out loud!

My time in the Corps was 1961 - 1966 and was in an era when time in the Marines was offered to some guys instead of going to prison. I knew of several who said after a while, they wished they had chosen jail time instead of this stuff. Ha! Later on, however, most became good Marines. Semper Fi!

@richardthornhill4630

4 жыл бұрын

61-65, Semper Fi.

@edwardmartis4591

4 жыл бұрын

In the mid-sixties you could be drafted into ANY of the military services-----I was drafted into the US Coast Guard and stationed at Governors Island ; not to far from the Statue of Liberty Island....PURE luck-----repairing harbor bouys-----channel markers etc---My Greek buddy; who could speak/ read/ write fluent Greek; was sent to Rome, Italy (NATO) and was assigned to a Greek Army Colonel's Staff----A one in a million shot----

@AlM-tz8yx

3 жыл бұрын

I went to Paris Island Jan 7 1982, Graduated on April 1st. My bunk mate was a join the corps or go to Jail guy. Danny R. I was in the air wing so I came across him 2 more times, Iwakuni and Tustin. He did as good as a lot of guys that I knew. The Corps has a way of knocking you into line.

@usmc3547

2 жыл бұрын

John Johnson Damn! Same year, PI, Platoon 354 and you?

@usmc3547

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardthornhill4630 Same years. PI, Platoon 354 here. What MCRD and platoon? .

I tried to get in the Marines once but I couldn't pass the physical. My head wouldn't fit in a jar. GO NAVY!!

@jarhead6632

4 жыл бұрын

Just remember, the Marine Corps is a branch of the Navy, it's called the men's branch. Semper Fi.

@matthewronson5218

4 жыл бұрын

...it's 'men's dept' as the ancient joke goes.

@scandar69

4 жыл бұрын

The USN ,the best chauffeurs a marine ever had!

@vic5828

4 жыл бұрын

My father-in-law was in the Navy. He used to tell me, "Just remember, the Marines are a DEPARTMENT of the Navy.' My response was, "Yeah, the Men's department!"

@lenyfreeman3807

2 жыл бұрын

OK you jar heads, you got me on that one. Semper Fi.

Jan 3 1966 USMCRD SAN DIEGO platoon 102. Two tours in Vietnam. Once a Marine always a Marine. Served from Jan 3 1966 to Dec 10 1970. God bless the men and women of today's Corps I salute you. There is no peace without United States Marines at the ready.

I graduated MCRD in San Diego. Semper Fi. Todays Marines are not the same !

@jerrysullivan8424

Жыл бұрын

True, and we live in a very different world and time. I am not sure that I could be a Marine today, Their techonolgy is way to advanced for me. 🙂

I joined up and it made a difference in my life to this day. 1973 I was shipped out to Hawaii and spent the war at a airfield.

I was 13 when this video was made.5 yrs later I was on those same yellow boot parents. OOH RAAH .

USMC 1976-1980 Parris Island. 0811 Artillery. My Dad fought in Korea. 3rd bn, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Div. Semper Fi.

@robertdigiovanni9587

6 жыл бұрын

My father was a 30 yr Marine, 1948-1978. Korea at Chosin , Vietnam 3 times. My brothers and I have always been proud of our father, who turns 89 this year. Side note oldest brother and I born at Camp Pendleton, middle brother at Quantico.

@nicholascushing279

5 жыл бұрын

Who was your SDI at P.I?

@bobscruggs8886

4 жыл бұрын

USMC 1958 1962 Salute Sir

@holy_braille

4 жыл бұрын

3/6 out of Second Marine Division, 96-05. Every day above ground is a good day. Semper Fi brother.

I was drafted into the Marines in December 1969. I turned 25 in boot camp when the average recruit was just 19. Boot camp was at that time very hard, and punishments were frequent both individually and as a group. Still, I wouldn't trade my time in the Corps for anything. USMC Dec 1969- Sept 1971

Am I the only one who shed a tear at the end of the movie? That was a beautiful ending.

@robertkoth4022

7 ай бұрын

Man what memories I went to BOOTCAMP at parris island it made who I'm to be a MARINE is the greatest thing a young person can be just to hear that world MARINE semakes everyone take notice THE FEW THE PROUD THE MARINE CORPS I so glad I was a MARINE I know I am special but I have humility as all MARINES have Semper Fi to all my brothers and sisters THAN YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 😊

The few, the proud, the marines...God Bless EACH and every one of them..

For me the hardest thing we did was Bends & Thrusts and Mountain Climbers until the Drill Instructor got tired. Platoon 1048, A Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division. Graduation date 27 July 1973.

Very sanitized video. I think was was one of those they made to show parents so they wouldn't freak out. This was not what I experienced at MCRDSD in 1983. I've been in combat, shot at, damn near blown up, had multiple back and neck surgeries, and lost almost every member of my family over the years, but the day our DIs picked us up from receiving platoon was still the worst damn day of my life. Any time I run into a Marine that claims Boot Camp wasn't that bad and they'd do it all over again, I want to kick their nuts up into their throat. The Fleet Marine Force was awesome though. Best time in my life. 0351/52 1983-87, 1990-92. Semper FI, Bothers and Sisters. You, too, Rick. ;-)

@tylerochs8098

10 жыл бұрын

Mad respect grunt!

@hawleybrowder4083

9 жыл бұрын

I too was at MCRD in 83, April in fact. We chewed some of the same dirt. I however did love it. It was at the time the hardest thing I ever did and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Hoorah!

@3750DOAL

9 жыл бұрын

Hawley Browder I'd never trade it for anything else either. The best thing I've ever done in my life. My tribe. Oorah!

@Renalyn80

7 жыл бұрын

Steve Wells? Wpns Plt. 3/9. Is that you?

@83usmc2111

6 жыл бұрын

+Renalyn80 I was with h& s 3/9, jan 84/ no 87.

Ohh Rahhh! I love the Marine Corps.....MCRD San Diego back in the day. What memories.

1977-1983 parris island 3rd btn 3038 i was 2531 in fleet. once a marine always a marine ooooraaah!!!!

Yes, Adrian Everett. EVERY MARINE knows who the narrator is and how fitting that -he- narrates this video.

Nothing pulls you in like Jack Webb's voice..

@michaelflorez4194

Жыл бұрын

dragnet. Sgt Joe Friday

I went through Marine Boot Camp in San Diego, 1974. I was a Marine Drill Instructor in San Diego, 1978-1980. Alpha and Charlie Companies, 1st Recruit Training Battalion. Two platoons as a Junior DI, seven as a Senior DI; over 600 recruits. Proud and no regrets!

8 years before my dad went in. 34 years before I came in. A lot has changed in the content of boot camp, but not in the essence. Semper Fi!

Be prepared to be jealous. In the opening scenes at the back door to receiving barracks you might have noticed that there were a number of windows on the 2nd deck. One of those windows looked into my room. I shared that room for six months with two other Marines in receiving barracks itself. One of my roommates went off to Sea School at the other end of the grinder and the other went to Embassy school. I changed MOS and went off to a major headquarters G-2 as an 02. The stuff we got away with in receiving barracks still gives me grins and giggles over it.

this video has some funky beats..!

Wow. . .The DI's are tame as hell. It's gotta be for the film. My grandfather shared some things about his DI's in the 60s that seemed straight out of a horror story.

@CrimsonJam

4 жыл бұрын

it's for the parents

@zipper978

4 жыл бұрын

Nah DIs were tamer back then.

@johnj.flanagan-songsoffaith

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the DI's were rough, and we had lots of fistfights among ourselves in the barracks as well. We were on edge and tense, and often got physical. We had fights when the DI's weren't around, but they seemed to encourage it. But after all, we were training for combat, not for a trip to Disneyland. The DI's took us civilians and made us into warriors, and they wanted us to be tough enough to survive what lay ahead. We learned a lot, and we learned that only discipline and good training can create the circumstances needed to effectively fight an enemy who wants to kill us.

@johnjohnson8812

4 жыл бұрын

I was there. Joined 10/17/61. You had to man up. No grab ass was tolerated. We had a DI at ITR (Infantry Training Regiment) that told us "'duck walks' are illegal. We can't do those anymore.!" (You old Marines now what they where.) He then proceeded to yell "Give me 25 'duck walks'!" He was one of the meanest MFs I've ever seen. A Chosin Reservoir veteran from the Korea War.

@jonathanbaron-crangle5093

3 жыл бұрын

Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs

Jack Webb, narrator, super-conservative, great voice.

@stephenwood4605

Жыл бұрын

Have you watched the movie “The D.I” with Jack Webb? It was made in the last 1950’s at Parris Island.

Drill Instructors go through very tough additional training before they are enabled to train raw recruits into Marines.

I Graduated from MCRD in 1973 and remember Col. Raymond P. Coffman shown towards the end giving out the trophies. I will agree that this movie was used as a recruiting tool and as such was Parent friendly. The training looks easy, but make no mistake, it was tough! Remember back then DI's could hit, and did......most were straight back from Vietnam and knew what real war and realistic training was all about. Did some have chips on their shoulders?, maybe...............Semper Fi

Way to go brothers. Thank you Jack web y'all be good be safe.

Standing on those yellow footprints, bright red "Kid and Play" flattop haircut, saying to myself...What have I done? Parris Island, SC 1986.

Of my 20 year military career, the 4.5 years as a US Marine was by far the most rewarding

Thank you all Veterans!

Went back in 1977 to attend D.I. School; Honor Graduate Class 1-78. Six recruit platoons later and seven D.I. School class later, left Apr 1981. Arrived a Sgt, promoted meritoriously to SSgt, and then selected for Warrant Officer.

India Company PLT 3044 MCRD. I was born in 1973, and in 1991 joined the Corps. Retired in 2020. Amazing footage looking at the Depot from the year I was born. Thank you for sharing this, and Semper Fi Marines.

Went through Army basic in 1993. Constantly tired, constantly sore, constantly hungry. But we always knew that Marine training was on a whole other level.

@mperry1329

9 жыл бұрын

But look at the good it will help for the rest of your life. You'll have skills that are better than Liam Neesom. After all that sort of training, NO one will mess with you ever. It pays off.

@Beau74

9 жыл бұрын

18tangles "Train with" is not the same as "trained by."

@Beau74

9 жыл бұрын

18tangles "With," you fucking nub. www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/careers/marine-corps/2014/11/30/australia-deployment-guide-marine-corps-training-drinking-crocodiles-outback/19523045/

@Beau74

9 жыл бұрын

18tangles Thanks for proving you're a jingoistic moron. BYE.

@Beau74

9 жыл бұрын

18tangles "DUBEST PEIOPLE" Lololol idiot

OCS in Quantico started the best experience in my life. Semper Fi !!!!

PLT. 3076 1973, THIS VIDEO BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING MY DRILL SGT. SGT. MENDOZA IN OKINAWA IN 1975 I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK SGT. MENDOZA, S/ST VOORHEES AND PLT COMMANDER S/SGT BARR FOR TAKING MR TO THE LIMIT AND BEYOND... GOD BLESS THE DI'S

My father graduated Parris Island, SC in 1944.......God Bless his memory!

“Provide additional motivation!” I can guess what that means. “Get down, kiss the groun’ and push!” Aye Sir!

I was at Parris Island in summer of 1982. Glad to be a Marine even though I no longer serve. Semper Fi. Oorah !!!

@vic5828

4 жыл бұрын

OohRah Eddie. Semper Fi back at ya!

I admire the Marines my big bro did 4 years Got out Honorable Discharge He did basic at San Diego MCRD/Hollywood.I like their Uniforms Thx to all who served

Of all the things I have done in life, I still can recall vividly every thing I went through at Parris Island, 1stBn, A Company, Plt 1000 in late 1975. Starting with the arrival just after midnight. I still remember the smell of Parris Island. No where else ever smelled the same. I am proud to have been a Marine, I still think of it often. I can still recite my General Orders...

@shawnkippenhan4657

Жыл бұрын

I went through San Diego June 1976 to Sept

@richardbrown6174

Жыл бұрын

Went through PI June 3,1975 to sept 2 .spent a extraday there because had to wait to after labor day for ceremonies. Plt 2257. That's has to be the hottest and rainiest time of year.

@Dr.Pepper001

Жыл бұрын

I was in Platoon 376 that began boot camp at Parris Island on August 17, 1964. My Senior Drill Instructor was Staff Sgt Paul France. He passed away in 2015. I'm now 76 and living near Louisville, Kentucky. My health is in the toilet and I don't have much time left in this world. I'll never forget my time in boot camp. I still dream I'm there at Parris Island. Semper Fi to all Marines who went before me and who came after me.

@samroberts7660

Жыл бұрын

@@Dr.Pepper001 Thanks

@joehrlein847

Жыл бұрын

Bobby, I was at Parris Island the same time as you. I was in boot camp, 28 Oct 75 - 19 Jan 76, 2nd Bn, Plt 2018. I was so happy and relieved when I graduated and on the bus waiting to leave the island. I cannot remember the General orders though. Semper Fi!

OOH-RAH!!! Semper Fi!!! I graduated MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina, 1st Battalion, A Company, Platoon 161, on 22 Sep 1976. I still get chills when I hear the Marine Corps Hymn. Many thanks to then SSGT John Mersino, SGT Randy Shuck, and SSGT Johnson. Still proud to be a United States Marine!

@richardmorris7063

7 жыл бұрын

Jim Bohannon I was a yr ahead of you sept22,1975.1st btn a co plt169 sgt martin no.1

@shawnkippenhan4657

Жыл бұрын

I graduated from MCRDSD platoon 1068 on Sept 17th 1976

My BELOVED MARINE CORPS !

I love this because I went here in 1970. I went to Nam....0341.

that was truly a great watch thanks for posting it, I really enjoyed seeing this...

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant to new recruit who unknowingly called him “sir”: “Don’t call me ‘sir’ - I WORK for a living!” Even our Company Commander, a young West Point Lieutenant who was standing by, had to smile at that one. I’ve long felt that being a Marine Corps or Army drill instructor/drill sergeant has to be one of the toughest jobs on the planet.

@vic5828

4 жыл бұрын

A Marine Corps DI's average work week is over 80 hours.

@JesusGarcia-cs9wl

Жыл бұрын

You might be right. Those guys work 18 hour days for weeks at a time.

@JimAllen-Persona

Жыл бұрын

It’s got to be tough. I had an airport limo driver one day who was an ex-DI and we were talking about the job. I never knew they changed their shirts 7 or 8 times a day so the recruits never saw them sweat. I found that fascinating.. the psychological impact of not seeing your DI sweat when you’re busting your ass and dripping with sweat. You’re thinking… this guy is so bad ass he isn’t even sweating.

Good video even if it is 40 yrs old. I keep asking myself what is different about today's training from what I see here. It would be interesting to see a similar narrative video shot today. Thank you Marine Corps Veterans for your outstanding service...Semper Fi, from a USAF career veteran.

Oddly enough, the Jack Webb movie "The DI" was what made me decide Oh,Hell No for the Marine Corps. Then I found my cousin's "yearbook" from his time at PI in the 50s and it became OH HELL NO. Lol God bless all of you who went and made it through.

You got 20 seconds to get off my bus and 15 are gone, Lol. The good ol' days.

I joined the Marines in 1973 to all Marines before and after semper Fi did my. basic parris island 2nd battalion mos O311.

@timbarnes3581

5 жыл бұрын

Joined June 28, 1973. Platoon 257, 2nd RTBTN as well. Unfortunately, I wasn't a "real Marine." MOS 6636, F-4 Phantom electrician.

@dennisconrad6124

4 жыл бұрын

tim barnes June 21, 1973. Platoon 253. Amazing. You were a week behind me. Graduated September 21st.

Whenever I need a motivation check, I always manage to find my way back to Jack Webb and this motivating 25 minutes of awesome memories!! SEMPER-FI Comrades!! Take care and GOD Bless!!!! SuperSniperSal USMC Disabled Vet

@OrbitFallenAngel

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service to our country!! 🤗🇺🇸💗 You are one of the Few, the Proud and the Brave...🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

This is a great and very inspiring video

Jack Webb did an outstanding job with this.

One of my older brothers went to boot camp in 1970 and one of my younger brothers went there too in 1979. Semper Fi. I'm proud of both of them.

By this time in 1973, the MILITARY DRAFT IS OVER. These are ALL volunteers!

@usmc-veteran7316

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it was. My 1st day of active duty 5 Oct 73, Parris Island Platoon 395, India Co 3rd Bn. A day I will never forget. Changed me for life. Did my 4 yrs made Sgt in 38 months. A lot of us made Sgt fast. Back then the Corps strength was only 125,000. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt.

@coiledsteel8344

4 жыл бұрын

@@usmc-veteran7316 Great comments! I tried MARINE OCS, Quantico and hated their "hands on" approach. I dropped out and went into Army, and never had any instructors put their hands on me again. I think IF I'd gone as Enlisted man, in USMC, I'd NOT had that issue!

@Mark-yb1sp

4 жыл бұрын

Coiled Steel It doesn’t matter if they are volunteers. 90% still went to Vietnam. Damn, you dumb.

@deannahext

4 жыл бұрын

Master Sergeant 90% of combat troops left Vietnam the summer of 72.

@hoatattis7283

4 жыл бұрын

@@usmc-veteran7316 No wonder your Corps is crap A Sgt in 3 years Christ our infantryman takes 6/8 years Which is why our Infantry are the best. 3 years Jesus what a joke

Proudest day of my life was Nov 13, 1974 when I became a Marine.

@jerrysullivan8424

Жыл бұрын

Are you the Ortiz from Texas that I was with at Camp Pendleton? MOS 3051

@philortiz2445

Жыл бұрын

@@jerrysullivan8424 sorry bro, I’m from Arizona - MOS 0311

..."redundancy is good." ...thanks for the post, absolutely appreciated. (...may all of your prayers be constant and you find the switch for every on/off.,...)

I was 17 when I volunteered for the Corps. My dad had been active Corps during Korea. In fact I was born at the hospital in Quantico. He had been a D.I. When I went in to boot it was at MCRD this very year Oct. 73 - Jan. 74. I turned 18 in boot. I was in Platoon 1107 and my instructors were Ssgt. Sienz, Davis and Giegle. I'm sure this was a recruitment film because the D.I.'s were too damn nice. While I wouldn't want to repeat the experience, I wouldn't trade it for the world. Semper Fi.