I like how the instructor says “don’t stress out the recruits who can’t swim” 😅😅 *DI turns to stressing out recruits*

@MotoEnt

3 жыл бұрын

😅

@2Tall03XX

2 жыл бұрын

@@MotoEnt sadistic mofos 😆

@criii4950

Жыл бұрын

Hilarious 😂 and shit I know I legitimately respected the hell out of the DIs who were the hardest on us, so don’t feel bad for those recruits lol they will be crying tears of joy if they can make it those 13 weeks k

“The water’s wet, watch out!” Consider me deceased.

@tyronesmith3812

Жыл бұрын

RIP

Can we get more Sgt. Shaw? "It's DEEEEEEEP!!!"

@ALLHOCKEY89

3 жыл бұрын

He kept it tight 4sure -RAH

@rusty7984

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I saw a SSgt Shaw when i went to boot wasnt the same guy he was a big ass white dude who was a CDI in Kilo Co

@UTUVIS

2 жыл бұрын

For that one recruit who needed water.. NEEEEEED!!!

@95v37

Жыл бұрын

@@UTUVIS IM HERE FOR YOUR GODDAMN NEEDS RIGHT

The funniest place you weren’t allowed to laugh

@KhreamedKhorne

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite was when the DI's wouldn't be able to hold back laughter so they'd put their covers over their faces to hide it from us.

“Don’t stress out the recruits that can’t swim.” **Starts catastrophizing how deep the water is to and fuckin waterboarding the recruit that looks like he learned how to swim about five nanoseconds ago.

@endrsgm

10 ай бұрын

waterboarding? lol

I wasnt aquaman by any means and my dad had only taught me basics, but once you realize your pack really does float, it helps. When I finished I was put into a working party of "better swimmers and we ended up doing all the diving to retrieve rifles and helmets from the bottom of the pool.

"The waters wet. Watch out!" These dudes are fucking awesome lol

lmao, we had one recruit in my cycle make a u-turn and start going the other direction! 😂good times!

The mind games from the DIs are legit.

Please make more of these videos, I always laugh my ass off! “ITS DEEP! ITS DEEP!” >.

@2Tall03XX

3 жыл бұрын

That shit was funny

0:05 look at the 2 DIs having hella fun. he was like "aye go get him🤭" "PUT THAT TRASH ON YOUR BODY RN"😂😂😂😂

When babe told you to go deeper. You say, 1:10 LOL

@grayman735

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

Pool was the easiest IMO. If you're going and never been swimming, you better get lessons though. I was fortunate to have lessons since I was a kid at the YMCA. Yes, you're weighted down but if you have fundamentals, you'll be fine.

@joshuac7

2 жыл бұрын

You’re an American hero

@Ranstone

2 жыл бұрын

You actually won't be weighed down nowadays. You practice shedding the gear in the water, but you do the swim in boots and utilities.

@novoice9286

2 жыл бұрын

i knew how to swim but damn those boots amd cammies weighed me down so much😂

@retroyt6540

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ranstone that weighs you down

@KhreamedKhorne

2 жыл бұрын

Team week was the easiest

So happy I know how to swim haha! Taking to a recruiter this June, ready to enlist and earn the title!

@johns8249

3 жыл бұрын

Don't get fucked. Make sure the job you want is in the contract

@johns8249

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted infantry. But I scored high in electronics. Recruiter told me he didn't have infantry spots available and to go "open contract" and I'll get infantry...... that was a lie. They made me a radio operator. Don't fall for the same trick. Learn from my mistake. Good luck. Semper Fi.

@someguyig5669

3 жыл бұрын

Yea good luck brother. Ans as the other dude said, pick the mos you want and if they say they don't have an open slot then wait until there is an open slot and then join in. Good luck to ya brother.

@johns8249

3 жыл бұрын

@@someguyig5669 yup

@samviveros

3 жыл бұрын

@@johns8249 thank you sir. I appreciate you responding and giving me the advice. I’ve heard that several times, so now I know what to look out for. Thank you for your service as well

Was WSQ so I spent a lot of time at the pool along with those many who could not swim. Taught swimming lessons before boot camp, this video illustrates why a private drowned soon after I was at MCRD and surprisingly the trend continues to this day. Check out what what one devil dog’s mom said when the Amtrack sunk recently off of California. I think spending one more day with the weaker swimmers with individual training and without the yelling and screaming could help. There is some precedent for this- the DIs tend to drift to the background when the recruits have live ammunition at the rifle range.

@marklanz7234

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. The childish behavior of the cadre does not help the situation. Remember hearing a story a few years ago. D.I./E-5 was doing his annual swim qual. D.I. needed a minute to catch his breath. One of the pool cadre (E-6) ordered him back in the pool. D.I. drowned. D.I. would still be alive if someone hadn't try to act tough.

@kevinphillips150

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't the key to motion, movement? Are there no instructions given to the recruits as to what to do and how to do it before the recruit enters the water? Are there no safeguards in and around the pool for safety measures? Which phase is water training in?

@kevinphillips150

2 жыл бұрын

,@@marklanz7234 Please reference this story. I would like to read it.

@davidkras7160

2 жыл бұрын

@ Kevin. Interesting theory about motion. I would add the motion needs to be streamlined. That is with minimal friction/resistance thereby achieving efficiency. As far as instructions- yes there are some but I do not remember the instructors getting in the water. From my experience if you do not begin with “bobs” you miss an elementary lesson. “Bobs” are merely jumping up a down getting your face in the water and blowing air underwater. From there you progress to holding on to the wall with your face in the water turning to breathe while blowing bubbles underneath the water. The student learns breath control and looses the fear of being in the water. There were no “bobs” taught in boot camp. I remember the water stuff being near the beginning of third phase in boot camp after the rifle range and the field week. My understanding is that now with this new Pacific pivot the USMC is undergoing, swimming skills are being reemphasized with more open ocean practice.

@nanadede7725

2 жыл бұрын

Wtf are these idiots doing. Why discourage the recruits, were there any training values to what they were doing

"The waters wet, watch out!!!" Lmfao

They would tell us we were going to drown. Then would yell, "Shark!"

Not gon talk about the negligent discharge before "targets" in the intro

@LewisBowels

2 жыл бұрын

Oh fuck me. I never noticed that before. Ohhhhh my fucking heart sank hearing that shot.

Hahaha the opening audio of being on the range... priceless... reminds me of Wilcox Range.

@rolandking3376

3 жыл бұрын

The way they spoke at the range was a mindfuck in itself. Kept thinking we were gonna race greyhounds

@ElNanoCentralCoast

2 жыл бұрын

@@rolandking3376 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA yeesss!!! :D

1:03 bloop bloop bloop bloop bloop 🤣 my favourite part

The waters wet watch out 🤣🤣

The pool was the first time I saw my hats laugh. It was also the last…

Cancel the war, there's water that's wet.

@DonutVideos

3 жыл бұрын

underrated comment

We are not stressing them, We are giving encouragement. The pool was the easiest time for me. I had scuba certifications before going to boot.

@HolyCrapItzDaniel

2 жыл бұрын

Pft was the easiest time for me. I ran triathlons and was a pro rock climber before going boot. Okay we get it, you’re a badass.

I need the clip of the dude asking for help. Best scene in the movie.

It's deeeeeeeep!

It's water!! IT's deep!!! watch out!!! water's wet! splash splash! Recruit: "aw shit gotta dog peddle faster..."

We had recruit shit in the pool. 1997 3rd battalion San Diego. They made him scoop that Baby Ruth out with a net! 🤣

@thepopeofkeke

2 жыл бұрын

always 3rd lol. 2nd Battalion Echo company, trail trail 95'

@davidlamb6812

8 күн бұрын

​@@thepopeofkeke All hail the Empire

As usual chaos !!!!!!!!!

F*** yeah he did it!

1:36 WATER IS NOT WET AND CANNOT GET WET SIR!! 😂😂😂

*_IT'S DEEP_*

Wen or you going to post more videos?

@MotoEnt

3 жыл бұрын

Just posted a new one today.

Do any of the drill instructors in these videos know a SgtMaj Porterfield??

Being a drill instructor seems like the best, but the worst job in the USMC outside of combat MOS's. You get paid to babysit a bunch of young men and women, most fresh out of high school, and who cannot seem to do anything right. On top of it, you are with them on the hour, every hour that they aren't retired to their bunks for the night. However, you also get to spend your whole day yelling at people, making them do shit that they're going to hate, and you get paid for it.

@endrsgm

10 ай бұрын

its also LONG hours with little sleep, is brutal on the married/relationship life, is expensive and time consuming to keep those uniforms up, and is high risk because its oh so easy to mess up once....

I'm a 1970's Marine and these guys have a different mindset....IF A RECRUIT is stressed about the idea of drowning, the DI has an obligation as a leader to understand when and where pressure needs to be applied. THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR SCREAMING... I rarely criticize the Corps, but this is one time IMA HAVE TO.... leaders should know when, where, how and why....

@johnhunt9674

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Our swim qual was actually pretty calm. Kids don't really learn this way. Teach them first to swim properly then add in the stress factor.

@kevinphillips150

2 жыл бұрын

With the safeguards in and around the pool, what more could a recruit need; much less want? Besides, after the recruit becomes a Marine, the training in water gets more intense. And if the Marine is going the Recon/SOCOM route, even more so. The more the recruit prepares themselves for recruit training, the better.

@kevinphillips150

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnhunt9674 Knowing how to swim is a good thing but knowing how to maneuver in the water is another. The longer the Marine stays in the Corps, there will be more and added stress but maintaining the discipline to know what to do AND how to do it will take the Marine to the next level. Does not character build onto itself?

@adamsteiger9999

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The D.I.’s, here, seemed more like frat bullies than leaders.

So question to anyone who actually knows cuz I'm stilled confused to this day. Day one of swim Qual for me I was do the 50 meters with gear swim. Nothing fancy. I was a great swimmer. However, halfway down the pool 6 or 7 D.I.'s threw their boueys at me and said "grab the boeuy, grab the boeuy" freaking out like I was actually in danger and the swim instructors came over and jumped in and started swimming to me. Long story short I grabbed the bouey wondering wth was going on. They pulled me out of the pool and sent me to the Cadre and set me as a Swim Qual 4 (the lowest Qual that means you can barely float and survive) I hit the fleet and became a MCIWS (the highest swim qual) in my 2nd year. (Finally got a school seat) My question is, could I have just ignored those boueys and just kept swimming and completed the exercise? Lol 😆 to this day I think they were just messing with me haha

“The water is wet”

What they don’t tell you is you use boots and uniforms they have there and you don’t get boots your size.. what I ended up with were 3 sizes too big and they filled with water luckily I can swim.

@brentcohee2681

2 жыл бұрын

I’d never dove or anything before so their high dive/jump was terrifying for me especially since you aren’t allowed to plug your nose

@XD-ty2xw

Жыл бұрын

True, i got a pair of boots that didn’t even have laces 😂

I'm a skinny guy, but always wanted to do marine corps. I'm still 16, but should I start lifting now to prepare?

@andydwyer6627

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a lot more cardio based than lifting, most guy who go in lose hella weight, but rarely gain any of muscle . As long as you can do your pull ups and run, you should be good.

@kevinphillips150

2 жыл бұрын

If you are 16, do you want to be enlisted or an officer?

@kevinphillips150

2 жыл бұрын

@@andydwyer6627 Many recruits learn about muscles and muscle groups they did not realize they knew about. Your muscles will be stressed and formed in ways that the individual did not realize were possible.

@kungfujiujitsufliptrick4832

2 жыл бұрын

yes

@user-xo7go4rr7g

2 жыл бұрын

Lift but also balance out cardio. Make sure you legs got some meat on them or you are going to get injured/Get Stress fractures. If your not doing atleast 7 or more pullups and running a 10Min or less 1.5 and not doing at least 90 or more crunches dont go. You dont want to be bare minimum there. You have time.

I would give my next paycheck to the recruit who would splash his drill instructor lmaooo

Look like DDay lol

I missed WSQ. The moron I was paired with claimed swimming abilities and had NONE. I got shoved down, so I dove for the bottom and he let go. The lifeguards caught on instantly, saving his ass and mine at the same time. 1 WSQ in the series. It wasn't me. Nov 1983, San Diego.

My recruiter lied to me when he said they will “teach “ you don’t worry about swimming . I had to learn the hard way lol. We ran out of time because we had so many recruits that they skipped the teaching portion and put me on the tower. Made me jump over and over and nearly drowning every time for 4 days straight. What a fun time. I still don’t know how to swim but I know how to survive 😅

@goldman77700

Жыл бұрын

Similar experience in the Navy none of the swimming instructors fixed my bad technique until I had literally one-on-one time with one of them after I moved out of my division to the "broke people and swimmers" division. Basically people who couldn't swim or were on their way to leaving the Navy for whatever reason(psychological or physical). After I fixed my technique(didn't straighten back my back) I passed my swim qual either the very same day or the next day. That was a decade ago.

@DerekAwesome101

Жыл бұрын

iron duck was nothing but a cap and a waste of time. u spent more time packing your wet gear into the bags than swimming

As you can see; swim qual is low stress environment..

What happens if you accidentally laugh while this is going on?

@MrBullet888

2 жыл бұрын

Don't accidentally laugh. Trust me, you don't want to do that even though it's hard not to.

@UlyssesAlpha

2 жыл бұрын

Laugh=IT session

Then you find out most DIs are POGs lol

After watching the video, I remember now why my platoon had so many UNQs on swim qual. Some of these recruits probably never been in a pool before. Instead of encouragement, D.I.s conducting themselves like they are still in middle school.

@edocsil1635

2 жыл бұрын

You sound like you were an UNQ

@marklanz7234

2 жыл бұрын

@@edocsil1635 Made 2nd class.

@LewisBowels

2 жыл бұрын

But was it deep?

@marklanz7234

2 жыл бұрын

@@LewisBowels Yes. But the deepest pool I was in was at NAB Coronado.

@kevinphillips150

2 жыл бұрын

If there was no period of instruction before getting into the water, that would have been a serious issue of concern. But like the training up to this point, there has to be some type of introduction and example for what is expected. After that, the aptitude and ability of the recruit needs to be demonstrated. This goes along with the training that has led the recruit to the point in their training.

What year were most of these vids filmed? Early to mid 2000s?

@DD-1996

Жыл бұрын

Late 2002 to early 2003.

How deep is it?

@thepopeofkeke

2 жыл бұрын

12' at the platform, 4-5 shallow. Just a regular pool

@Enkarashaddam

Жыл бұрын

ITS DEEEEP

Imagine joining the marines and not knowing how to swim lmfao

@ctissier9825

3 жыл бұрын

There are So many people that don’t know to swim that join, it actually kinda blows your mind

@suaiman4263

3 жыл бұрын

In 1986 I joined the Marine Corps and I did not know how to swim.

@someguyig5669

3 жыл бұрын

@@suaiman4263 I was makin a joke

@frank8534

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not fun I’ll tell you that much

@DejectedWolf

3 жыл бұрын

its hard af to swim with that shit fuck you mean

Are there more women or men in the American army? 🖐sorry for the question, Answer please 🇺🇲

@someguyig5669

3 жыл бұрын

There are waay more men in the army than wemon. But there are still thousands of very strong wemon.

@eveharmony7426

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. But these men are Marines. They are much cooler than the army

@someguyig5669

3 жыл бұрын

@@eveharmony7426 No

@alvinyakitori8720

3 жыл бұрын

An army of women would be hilarious

@robertwilson8184

3 жыл бұрын

@@someguyig5669 Here's a quick piece of math advice. "More" generally means "trained less extensively" when it comes to military units. Hence why there are fewer Raiders/SEALs/ODA than there are conventional infantry, and why there are fewer Conventional Marines than soldiers. Army infantrymen go through 13.5 weeks of training between Basic Training/AIT. Marine infantrymen go through 15 weeks of training before hitting their units. Hell, our POGs go through 14 weeks of Recruit/Basic Infantry Skills training before going to their MOS schools. No disrespect to my 11 Bang Bangs out there. Army infantry are capable, but are more specialized (so less flexible) than the Marine Corps, given we're expeditionary in nature.

Wow chinese Marine and chinese Di ?

You know that black DI is probably 4th class swim qual giving shit to the recruits 😂

@DonutVideos

3 жыл бұрын

fr haha

I am a civilian and can swim better then some of these recruits... I am full aware the gear is heavy...

They don't call em marines for nothing

This the only time the show the black ppl at the pool 😂😂😂

SSGT Nichols was a DI when boot camp was tough. now it is co-ed and weak

@suaiman4263

3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe that BS, i was sad to hear they are doing that now

@mikehascats26

3 жыл бұрын

@@suaiman4263 think about it. every thing they do in boot camp will be easier now so that the females can keep up

@suaiman4263

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikehascats26 true indeed 1. I'm pretty sure recruits will no longer get a little pop in the mouth or gut from time to time (making the whole experience a little stressful. ) 2. I doubt anything even close to a blanket party or platoon- initiated motivation would take place (which will also make tings easier) 3. I can't even imagine the distraction on a recruit who is supposed to be focusing on the hardest training of his life but instead is looking at some WM's physique. In 86 I barely wrote home because for me to get through it I had to "shut out the world" and all those distractions. 4. And nothing against WM's because they definitely earn their place in the Corps, but it's hard to imagine a WM DI intimidating me. Part of the experience is that you knew at any moment "This DI could probably kill me up in here". some WMs are tough but I cant see the intimidation factor

Sigh. Look it ain't racism okay but back in the day the running joke was that our dark Green Marine Brothers had negative bouancy 😅

These videos are kinda funny but it’s going to suck when I get to boot camp, if they let me with out getting the covid vaccine