When I did graduation I had nobody there. I went straight to the squad bay. So the di's came in and comforted me. I was alone with no family.

@postemup1459

2 жыл бұрын

Now you have a Family for life! Semper Fi

@mtmadigan82

Жыл бұрын

Its amazing for a month or 2 sucker punching one of these dudes was definitely possible. As it turns, they become some of the most impressive people you'll ever know. That hand shake or kind words and looking after someone in your position, its very significant.

@squigglyharris4898

Жыл бұрын

😢Thank you for becoming a Marine for life❤

@squigglyharris4898

Жыл бұрын

Thank you DI's for all your hard work and mentoring these Marines❤

@cozy46

9 ай бұрын

❤ I'm sorry. That's horrible. I'm glad they comforted you.

I was shocked when my DI's smiled and shook our hands after graduating - I couldnt believe these guys were human.

@JohnClam

9 жыл бұрын

windell0121 same here man, didnt even know how to react to it.

@indeed7289

9 жыл бұрын

windell0121 yeah man im not in the US army but when i passed my countries basic a few weeks before passing out parade they gave us implicit instructions not to give them gifts or hug them or thank them at the time we thought that they were joking but no they we'rent by the end we did want to give them gifts we got around the rules though what we did was each section (squad) in the platoon got together and during leave we all chipped in to by gifts then just left them on our desks (4 people to a room where i am) with notes not directed at anyone when we left my section got our Corporal a bottle of blue label you spend 3 months with these guys you get attached to them

@counterhit121

8 жыл бұрын

+windell0121 must've been cute over there at 4th battalion.

@windell0121

8 жыл бұрын

defcon lol not quite

@VBH8888

8 жыл бұрын

+defcon I was at Parris Island with 2nd. Still weird to me how no one else says Aye Aye _________

i dated my SDI's daughter while i was in fleet. pretty funny when i met her parents and realized it was SDI SSGT Rowland. he was cool . really great guy

@FlyNavy906

8 жыл бұрын

When you say cool you mean he literally ripped your fucking head off and you died right?

@rosjan5911

7 жыл бұрын

+Str8 up Pwnage I think so, poor dude

@Theultimategamer2057

7 жыл бұрын

Str8 up Pwnage no

@davecrupel2817

6 жыл бұрын

Str8 up Pwnage well he hasn't replied yet. So....

@thehotdogchampion6760

6 жыл бұрын

I skimmed past your names and I thought it was “Autistic Overweight Systems”

What the hell? DIs are actually human? I thought they were made of brass, salt, KILL, and kevlar....

@AlexLopez-rx8lw

6 жыл бұрын

Azian093 Its all a show. Their really great individuals.

@eddyvideostar

5 жыл бұрын

To: Azian 093: This is what it's all about: someone in your face, to mold you *AND YOU ACCEPT THIS.* Harken back to the old platitude: *This is what you signed up for!* Anything less, would have been a disappointment, would it not? Not everyone is cut out for this. Well done, all of you.

@cowlico

4 жыл бұрын

They are

@user-yr5cx1bc5mKsenia

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

My DIs told us we better not approach them with our families on family day or on graduation day lol 😂

@TheFuturemarine10

2 жыл бұрын

My senior ran out of there after dismissing us lol

you tellin me these guys actually speak like normal people

This was a part of Parris Island I never experienced my DI's did such a great Job on me I never wanted to talk with em afterwards I was outta there.

@CaptAxolotl

9 жыл бұрын

You and me both brother. I was so scared of my di's at the time that it would be like having a convo with a shark.

@mikevazquez8993

5 жыл бұрын

Me too... I got my seabag and I was gone....lol

@doodahman2995

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@stevefowler2112

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah same here, my dad and Brother came to graduation and when I was showing them around the barracks my Dad asked if I wanted to introduce them to the DI's...I said Dad I just want to get the hell out of there. My DI's, especially our Senior, were some mean brutal SOB's...3rd Battalion, H Company, Platoon 329, Parris Island, the summer of '72

@ramrod175

2 ай бұрын

Same here as soon as we were dismissed, I was outta there!

So... When i was in school i used to tease this one obese Teenager, When i signed up for the Royal Australian Navy, First person i saw when i got off the Bus was him, Staring right into my soul with a Smile on his face... He knew, I knew. And that was the most painful 4 Months of my life.

@brockgundich

5 жыл бұрын

That was pretty mean of you to tease him but I guess he knew you were gonna get what you deserved

@Spurrr

5 жыл бұрын

Well at least he gave you the shit you deserved

@angelkrom1231

5 жыл бұрын

I don't feel bad sry

@AaronH1223

4 жыл бұрын

Definition of karma lol

@garmind4868

4 жыл бұрын

Good thing you fat shamed him it motivated him he was grateful He smiled cuz he lived to appreciate what you did for him Good looking out bro. Dont listem to the retards they been indoctrinated they think backwards they're compete morons.

The military was the BEST thing for me! I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.

@TheCrackedFirebird

9 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to get into the Active Reserve right now so I can eventually go back to active. Only thing holding me up is I've been out three years and haven't PT'd since 2012. Gotta get back into shape.

@captaincarl1

9 жыл бұрын

Randall Schlegel You can do it, bro. How I got fit: look at sugar on food labels -> treat it like poison. It is poison. Just cutting out sugar is generally enough to cut down weight at least 8%. Eat less carbs too. I eat all the meat, butter and fats I want and I lose weight. I'm never hungry and always eating good stuff. Eggs in the morning - always too.

@Andy-im3kj

8 жыл бұрын

+Randall Schlegel I agree with captaincarl1 do that, eat organic mostly if you can afford it, be simple like our grandparents ate, PT from the bottom up and what I mean is, start up slowly, do bodyweight exercises, go jogging, and then slowly move up the difficulty until you can keep up with it at a good pace. As far as the Reserves go, it's not as bad as people say it is, it's just balancing your military career, along with your civilian career/school/life/etc. You will just need to be able to multitask and organize a lot more but it's not impossible to do so. You'll find Marines like myself, who have done that, like organizing your personal career, education, home, kids, pt, AND the military. And as always, if you ever need help, don't be afraid to ask brother, we're here to help.

@redleader4876

2 жыл бұрын

100th like and 4th reply

Drill instructors whole reason for yelling is a method. They are the unsung heroes of the military but really they are human

Graduated October 1966. Our DI's, as did everyones in those days, had to push as many through as they possibly could, which translates into--they beat us like rented mules. Boot camp was generally brutal, you never caught a break until Sunday morning--for two hours. I had four DI's. Two went back to Vietnam and were killed. I remember them telling us to look around-- the person next to you will be killed in Vietnam because he didn't pay attention. They were right.

@owenmullen9426

2 жыл бұрын

Semper Fi Marine 11/ 69

This D.I, Stevenson is straight out of Hollywood casting for a Marine Drill Instructor, these kids coming in see him and those like him as THE standard they want to reach some day.

This is why i'm glad I went through this sh- during my life because I got humbled during the process and because of it I am who I am now, and thankful to God for all the people I met along the way. To every and all Marines on here, Semper Fi from a fellow brother, and to those soon to be hitting the yellow footprints, keep your head high, DON'T QUIT, give it 100%, and you will get something out of it!!

@everything5561

Жыл бұрын

You might not even know it but even 6 years later after you made this comment on a single video on the Internet, it continues to make an impact. Semper Fi!

the morning of my graduation, the SDI stopped dead in the middle of his speech and glared at me like he caught me motorboating his wife... and said... "who the hell are you?" Proudest moment of my life.

@Onecooltop75

6 ай бұрын

You did it right then

@SIX6SIXer

6 ай бұрын

@@Onecooltop75 i wont say i did everything right because the kill hats knew my ass lol 🤣 i always took it as i was unrecognizable compared to when i had arrived, or because he only knew me by the top and back of my head from being face down on his quarter deck pushin' 'em out. i was a knucklehead that a judge took mercy on and gave me a choice of going to prison or going into the MC. This was a couple years before 9/11 so i chose the MC... but i resisted at first and thought I'd rather be in prison... but i started to respect them and what they were trying to do for me.

Introducing your family to these guys and them to speak in a positive way of you and a handshake as a Marine was a significant event. You may have hated these dudes for weeks or months. As you turn and realize how impressive they are, the respect grows hugely. Great day there.

“Do you understand” “we good” “you got it” will never forget these phrases haha

I've seen other videos of this dude smoking recruits while getting other recruits dressed. It was a beautiful sight. His voice is the 8th wonder of the world.

DIs are human too, until you piss them off

@robertholden3121

8 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. They're total assholes 24/7. Punks who bully defenseless 17-year olds. If they tried that aggressive, loud-mouthed posturing in a civilian environment, they'd get their asses kicked.

@daemon123ify

8 жыл бұрын

If those "defenseless 17-year olds" went into combat without that, many of them would break down crying for mommy. also, they signed up for that. i doubt you have ever trained to be better in a fight, or you would understand the need for stressful training. you're spouting shit out of your mouth, try to keep it down to exiting your body out of your ass

@MrSuperJayJay84

8 жыл бұрын

+robert holden lemme guess. You got med-sepped from bootcamp didn't you

@zayevans5337

6 жыл бұрын

MRSTEALYOURGIRL so did i but I’m going back.

@Ranstone

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertholden3121 We had a dude like you try and beat up a DI in forming week. He left in an ambulance.

I still have Great Respect for my Drill instructor s...SemperFi

There is no mistaking Parris Island Drill Instructors, or Parris Marines. They still sound old school Marine Corps. SEMPER FI

My kill hat in boot camp.....Stevenson was an animal!

@mrchale2530

4 жыл бұрын

Served whith your DI in Okinawa cool dude

@bradlaw4726

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too December 2009

God Marines are amazing... Its not just about war and killing the enemy, its about making you into a responsible, respectable and better person. You learn absolute control of yourself...

In 1993, I met my DIs alone. All other recruits had their families. I was embarrassed. But my DIs met me as a Marine, for a few seconds. I wondered around after than wondering how I was going to get to the airport.

I like this Drill Instructor. He's there talking to a {now} Young Marine and his family telling them how good he did and telling them they should be very proud of him. That's a good man. It reminds me of the day of my graduation one of my Drill Instructor, Drill Instructor Staff Sergeant Martinez. That was 44 years ago this past April and I remember almost every day of it. I just started writing a book about my days in Boot Camp.

If you’re wondering why he isn’t being intense in the woods it’s because it’s towards the end and they dial it back a little bit so they can try and teach basic tactics and fieldcraft. What’s funny are the recruits who get relaxed, not realizing that it’s worse than ever in the Crucible.

Marine Corps Drill Instructors may be mean, tough and sometimes it feels like they are mentally abusive but they do care about their recruits. They take their job very serious. It's probably the hardest job in the Corps and they've become Drill Instructors because they love the Marine Corps so they want to be one of the very few that can become Drill Instructors. They are proud of the Marine Corps, they're proud to be a Drill Instructor and on graduation day they are proud of each one of their recruits that are now Marines. I have so much respect for all three of my Drill Instructors. I think I was very lucky to have each of the three Drill Instructors that I had. We graduated Honor Platoon. We were the best platoon, Platoon 1041 out of the four platoon in Series 1041. We were our Senior Drill Instructor's first platoon as a Senior Drill Instructor and after we graduated he was promoted from Staff Sergeant to Gunnery Sergeant. We took 1st place in Drill and inspection in first phase of Boot Camp, we were 1st place at the rifle range, In third phase we were 1st place in drill, inspection and for the final written and oral exam and that's because we had the best Drill Instructor in the Series, the Company and probably the Battalion. Graduation day was the proudest day of my life and it was because of the help of three hard charging Marines. All had been to Vietnam and one of them told me and a few other guys that he was at Khe Sanh and was wounded twice in the first few weeks but couldn't get evaced out of there for six weeks. They were all bad Mother Fuckers !!!!!!!

Sergeant Stevenson is a badass

@darnellofng2144

7 жыл бұрын

I swear it's so many videos with him

@alexsmith6914

6 жыл бұрын

I went to high school with Mike. Lol

3:28 when you the only one in class to speak up 😂

Our DI's seemed so much older than us when we were in boot camp. Looking back they were young hard chargers just like me.

I camped years ago at nearby Hunting Island SC with a DI from Paris Island. His camp site was directly across the road from mine. He and his family were very nice people with a good sense of humor. He went fishing at the Hunting Island fishing pier along with me and my brother in law. I thought that he was an LEO but when he told me he worked at Paris Island it amazed me. He was a very nice guy 👦 👍. He was very exact in everything he said. He said he and his family was on leave for a week of camping with his travel trailer.

First DI said he grew up around monroeville pa area, that's where I'm from, thx, for your service, and all other military

I went through PI early 1974, we had nothing like this after graduation!

@mikeestes7597

4 жыл бұрын

Platoon 257 Parris Island June-Sept 1975 SDI Staff Sergeant Peel. Did he train you ?

It's been nice to see from these videos this D.I. progress from newly out of training to much more experienced in leading/training his recruits.

Our DI's never talked to us during boot camp or after! And that was back in 1971. I always wondered what they were really like as a person.

@dejavu666wampas9

4 жыл бұрын

Jack roper - 1969- last day of boot camp, got slapped in the face ,hard, 4 times by a folded up Platoon Commander belt by another platoon’s DI, for having a sloppy formation. A friend stuck a broom in between the legs of my four man formation as we got back from turning in the platoon’s laundry. Stumbled. Laughing. Over 50 yrs ago. Remember it like yesterday. Semper Fi

@terminat1

3 жыл бұрын

How'd they communicate during boot camp? Smoke signals?

Plt 1071 Graduated Sept 9th 1988. Fast fwd 23yrs later retired Master Sergeant. Wouldn't change a single day! OOORAAHH!!

Thanks to all the Men and women for their service they are true heroes and for the ones who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country you shall never be forgotten RIP 🇺🇸 Semper Fi

fuckin fedex truck! lol

My senior was a dick on parent visitation day.. he advised us not to send her parents into his office to meet him or he would tell them exactly how we were.. he got all butt hurt because we lost battalion drill. He called column half right and we marched off the parade deck until he corrected it it was his fault we were the first platoon in Parris Island history to ever March off of the parade deck during battalion drill. Surprisingly enough we came in second because another platoon had a guy that dropped his rifle. He threw our motivation table at us he was genuinely pissed. My dad died while I was on my second week there he drove me to the bus station and opened up to me said he was passed over for the gunny twice and if he didn't get it this time he was getting out.. he was a 12-year staff sergeant..

Love this video.

drill instructors are the most loving, caring, horrible people you will ever meet.

as i've always said " if you can get thru parris island, you can handle anything in life" marines might seem hard but with civilians and ex marines( marines always have a good bond with each other ) they can be your best pal or help folks out or take charge of a bad situation when folks want a decisive leader, unofficial or otherwise they can count on. my family was mainly army but respected all branches of the services . my dad,some of my uncles and 1 nephew joined the local national guard to keep their training up to snuff and retired from same. my nephew did 5 tours of afghanistan/iraq duty and came home safely to retire last year.

@roadmaster720

5 жыл бұрын

show me the numbers per 100, 1000, whatever. your wrong

Graduated 3/76 from PI. Wish like hell I could see something close for memories sake. I loved boot camp. My prior life prepared me for such. So much for the long haired rebellion. I ended up in the Corps. Yet watching these vids just can't seem to bring me in. OOOFukinRA!

This DI was my heavy. Fucking awesome human.

They look at cameras like their some foreign object lmao

Wtf, y'all know wtf my DIs said to us on grad day? "Dont come asking for pictures, dont shake our hands and get tf out my depot" .

@ed9492

4 жыл бұрын

No doubt that was one order you enthusiastically complied with.

after watching countless videos of DI's doing their thing, this feels, weird.

i dated my SDI's daughter while i was in fleet. pretty funny when i met her parents and realized it was Sdi Rowland. he was cool . really great guy

@OhDefined

8 жыл бұрын

Well you were a Marine. He formed you into the great guy you are. If he never met you I'm sure he wouldn't be cool with you lol.

@aos7194

8 жыл бұрын

Were? ???? After 23 yrs of being out I still think i'm in. Lol

@stevenapexresidual7930

7 жыл бұрын

+## SAVINGS yep I had a friend speak of his tenure and experiences in the marine corp but I made the mistake of saying, "so you were a marine?" He then said "no I AM a marine til the day I die. ONCE A MARINE ALWAYS A MARINE THERE IS NO SUCH A THING AS WAS OR WERE....."

@argeniside1015

5 жыл бұрын

That must've been crazy

@DivineMercySaves

3 жыл бұрын

I had SDI Rowland as well. I don't remember fellow recruits names but I'd know em' if I saw em.' When did you enter?

When I was a pfc in the fleet I wished I was back in boot camp with my drill instructors because they were better leaders than who I had.

"Do you understand" is the most used phrase that drill sergeants use every day. 🤔☺

@elasolezito

4 жыл бұрын

YES, SIR !

@TheFuturemarine10

2 жыл бұрын

SCREAM AYE SIR!! 😳

@Daud76

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFuturemarine10 Pardon me, mister drill sergeant sir..... would you be ever so kind to repeat what you just said? 👌🏻

I realize what the term "outtake" represents in this video, the outtakes are the recruits during the graduation ceremony. We take them in, they "outtake" themselves as our Marine. Oorah.

“I fugging tightened my sleeves too tight.” 😂

I remember him. Between June-September 2011. Great role model.

@qtsears973

9 жыл бұрын

I do 2 bro!!!

Being a Marine is the best awrahrd thing to be imagine.

I left for boot camp in "92" . You guys have it easy.Good luck. Semper Fi

@jeromebrandt6135

Жыл бұрын

September 92, San Diego here. Semper fi…. Hell, it seems like yesterday and a million years ago. I better hear 52 asses sucking tile! Lol

In the fleet right now and my old drill hat just pcsd too a different company in my battalion. He still recognized me after all those years lmao.

"come by squad room later, maybe we will give em a little show".. does that mean voluntary IT to demonstrate how in shape they are?

That DI is F-I-N-E fine. Semper Fi! PLT 4043, O Company, 4th Bn, Mar 17, 1995

@sueg5206

8 жыл бұрын

You right. He fine! I wanna just stare at him.. Damn. Plt. 2002 I think I was, N Company, October 1993.

@raquelr8775

6 жыл бұрын

LOL for the record most Marines are just that...F-I-N-E. Working out works. :)

@raquelr8775

6 жыл бұрын

Women Marine too, no doubt.

@pointingitout5624

5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah he FINE! I probably wouldn't make it because my focus would be trying to hook up! Fine AF!

Greatest people on earth

in the Marines 1971. our platoon commander was very cold. never ever saw him smile. But Sgt. gentz was cool. You never forget those times! M.C.R.D. 0311

24 years in, including a 3 year rotation as a 0911. The honor was all mine.

These modern Marine boot vids look like boy scout jamborees compared to how brutal and strict boot was when I rolled through Parris Island in '72

Nothing but RESPECT for this D.I.

we left P.I. and went straight to ITR at Camp Geiger after finishing training I was assigned permanent duty at Geiger on a weekend pass my D.I. was in the bar I went to, he had just dropped off a group, shocking how these guys could just turn it on and off bought him a beer that night and never saw him again.

I have so much fucking respect for these guys. wish I would have joined.

that was the 1st battalion area. that's where my family day ceremony took place. memories

Better than the actual video

Even after graduation I would have avoided my DI’s at all costs.

Grad in 68, nothing like these videos. Base liberty after ceremony, next day off to Campen for BITS and ITR, then off to the jungle. 0311 D Co. 1/7.

The change is FOREVER.

I will never forget my DI's Platoon 1007 1979 San Diego MCRD

@tommyhouston4605

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Frazier Rah, just graduated PLT 1007 2 weeks ago

Ridiculously respectful marines

Is that you John Wayne ,is that me!!!

@nikolaimavromatis7995

8 жыл бұрын

hahahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jackrobinson8328

6 жыл бұрын

JOHN BLACK : John Wayne was a pussy, never served in anything, had the longest line of wimpy excuses for not serving, and for every excuse he had, someone had and did serve. For real check it out.

@johnreed4388

6 жыл бұрын

what do we have here? a fucking comedian? pvt joker

BRO THATS THE DI THAT SMOKED THE RECRUITS WHILE GETTING THE OTHERS READY

Man that was a strange time looking back

When he started ratllin on about my Marines overseas, bro I almost called my old recruiter. Gat dang that shit motivates.

DIs are so gentle and charming. Lol.

Parrish Island change a whole lot everything we did was out side 1972 2nd battalion

My parents couldn't make it to family day unfortunately and after graduation I was in such a hurry to leave my parents never got to meet my drill instructors I kinda regret it now

Graduating Navy boot camp was not like this it was the ceremony drill and our RDC's (DI) didn't give any fucks about our families they left immediately lol.

@cellardoor199991

8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Magdzak LOL. Yeah, true! I think my RDC's left to smoke and get drunk. They were like, "Fuck this..." They didn't give a shit.

@Jstalhzet

7 жыл бұрын

Joshua Magdzak lmao

@zacharyh.9077

6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Magdzak Sounds about right, upholding that Navy standard.

I had a friend speak of his tenure and experiences in the marine corp but I made the mistake of saying, "so you were a marine?" He then said "no I AM a marine til the day I die. ONCE A MARINE ALWAYS A MARINE THERE IS NO SUCH A THING AS WAS OR WERE....."

He is a BIG handsome brute.

At 2:43 the e6 on the right. I'm pretty sure there is a poster of him with a female DI at the Camp Pendleton MCX. Its in the back on the end of an aisle where they sell uniforms. I could be wrong but it looks like him.

Perfect voice for a D I

Pure gentlemen

Man I don't miss the yelling 😂

Life, as you know it, changes, a soon as you strep on the yellow footprints. Oorah!!!

My DIs told us all right before graduation to get the hell off the depot and not to try and talk to them afterwards. I didnt need to be told twice

"It's the f@@king FedEx truck too"

This old clips but the ladies knew he's mighty finnneee

"Did you just sneeze? What was that noise?... it's the fucking FEDEX truck..."

If he is a RIFLE EXPERT. He must be a PISTOL EXPERT AS WELL

@don50oh90

2 жыл бұрын

Shartshooter pistol medal on uniform

my receiving drill instructor for plt 3018 dec 11th 2011

2:37 SHARP 😂😂😂

My sdi was actually a cousin of a friend of mine. He had said he had family where I was from at the beginning, and after basic my friend to me that was her cousin lol

Do the kids in the beginning know how to use shirt stays?

Nothing really changes does it…1968 or 2014…Semper Fi.. Oohrah

Most DIs are POGS

@ScottLaRock-rm6fp

5 жыл бұрын

minepandatime especially when only 1 in 5 Marines nowadays have actually deployed

@chiconico9738

5 жыл бұрын

2 of my last DI's were kill hats and would slay us everyday and we were so afraid of them. Come the warriors breakfast and we find out they were radio operators. We thought they were infantry

For the 65 who cowardly put a thumbs down, if ur American, leave our country!!

@stevenmoore831

2 жыл бұрын

@Jawan T so every service member is a piece of shit? And their hearts are bad? Geez you literally are very and I mean very intelligent. I think if another country ran America and decided there’s no need for our military, it would only prove how truly wise you are. We’d never get attacked, we’d never have to help others from being attacked. 🙄 I know there’s a lot of messed up things that happen and that mostly is from the big wigs pulling the strings up top. You obviously got bullied or something from a service member and yea some are shitbags but not all. Some are great people and sacrificed everything being the servant to a tyrannical government of rich and greedy human beings. Those are the ones with the evil hearts. But hopefully your rant helped you blow off some steam.

Marines take their bootcamp for real! They break you down and build you back as a Marine!! It was hard!!

Stevenson. A good man