@@pineapple9614 semi-false. Went to go see the world biggest crayon with my marine buddy and he started drooling. Had to fight him out the door so he wouldn't eat it lmao
For the coast guard and navy the whistle actually plays a big roll. It helps them to learn to focus on that sound, while at sea or in storms you could be 50ft from a boat and not hear someone screaming. Whistles cut through other sounds. That’s also why they are recommended for hikers
The only time I ever had sass during bootcamp(Navy) was during swimming testing. The trainer yelled in my face "What do you think your swimming proficiency is, Recriut?" My answer "Well enough to save myself but no guarantee for you, Chief!" I still don't know how I got away with that !
Not much, to my surprise. The Chief gave an evil chuckle and I thought "That's it my career is over before it starts!" But luckily the girl next in line did NOT know how to swim and was so afraid she began vomiting and the Chief went after her instead. About 6 years later I ran into him again and we were laughing about the incident. I explained I did not fear the swimming test because I learned to swim at 8 when a very angry moose attacked the canoe I was traveling in.I learned to swim in less than 10 seconds and never looked back. Since I passed my test that day I never had to attend the class again so that's why I never saw him afterwards. Great memories!@@thejrff93s
Speaking as Marine Corps infantry. I have mad respect for the Coast Guard. They do their real job every day and it's not easy. For all the "my branch is the only good one" people. Remember every branch is the best and most capable at their job in the world. That doesn't happen by accident
My dad was navy, mom was army, I joined the coast guard and ended up a helicopter mechanic for airborne snipers doing counter narcotics in central and South America. Coast guard does tons of different and interesting missions.
My oldest brother was a Coastie and did counter-narcotic work as well. People give the USCG shit, but they've got some people that put in some hard work. I was a Doc in the Army and he was one in the USCG. We give each other crap all the time, but it's all in love and respect.
This reminded me about a time in marine boot camp when they made us hold a small piece of paper Parallel to the deck for about 3 hours that piece of paper was the Heaviest thing I lifted in my life
I have immense respect for the coast guard rescue swimmers. They are true legends. Jumping into the chaotic abyss relying on pure ability and willpower to save as many people as possible
My Wife was a Coastie and I was Navy and BOTH branches have this in common. In regards to the Fire Fighter Training. You were correct. That part was fun, HOWEVER, it is also Gas Chamber day. Good and Ass in the same day.
Hey, any day that ends in a net neutral is a win in my books. So many days in the service are all ass and no good, and you gotta take what few wins you can get
If you joined the SpecOps Division in Germany, the instructors are totally silent and sometimes you are not allowed to talk to each other. That may sound better, but during field training or obstacles course, it can be very hard without any motivation.
Ramp is insane they make you sign additional medical waivers before sending recruits to ramp because a majority of them end up in the hospital because they just get smoked for the entire day
Dude this video makes ramp look like a joke. It was holding boats above your head, marching around the parade field yelling RAMP and passing full sea bags for an hour around the parade field when I was there 😬
I went through when they still had P.E.P. (performance enhancement platoon). We called them last chancers, because if you fucked up there they reverted you back to week one. I graduated with a girl who had been there for 15 weeks.
@@pele2112 I did pep too, it was fucking terrible. No waiver either. I was there 2 days out of med for a small pox vax reaction. I was still sick and they decided I was fucking up so-pep. LoL.
I felt so bad for my shipmates in ramp, we would pass by them the whole 3 days as they were getting smoked. Mad respect for the ones who made it through w/o going to medical to get bailed out.
The female CC is Petty Officer Gunn is still there! I graduated a year ago. So this Business Insider Video... watching it before leaving had me slightly nervous. Watching it with a cup of coffee in my hand the day after graduation with a Marine Daddy and Army husband and Army Mommy, its funny AF. The business insider makes it look like Disney world. Honestly I feel like such a goober for getting bothered while in it bc once it was over I was like... "wait, thats it?" Its so worth it though!
True. It's the screaming that gets to you. Also those squad bays are not ventilated the best. ODU's + 100 recruits screaming their faces off = hot as fuck and you will have sweat running into your eyes and pooling in your boots.
@Jace Kylo hmmm seems fishy considering everytime i see a flix zone comment there’s always a comment right under it saying the exact same thing “i myself have been using and enjoying it for years”
RAMP was for sure more difficult than the video portrays. They had them running ammo cans and p-6 pump cans filled with sand all night. And it lasted for 3 days. The different battalion commanders change the length of it sometimes
When you roasted them for the floaties I died XD. For real though, one of the things I had to put on my initial forms was how comfortable I am in the water, and my recruiter told me I would be shocked at how many people sign up for the CG who either CAN'T SWIM or are AFRAID of WATER. He was right. I was shocked.
My family was spread out between navy, coast guard and army. I went to join the marines but failed my physical. I give the upmost respect to anyone who’s served in any branch.
Coming from a person that’s active duty coast guard. I want to let you and whenever else know, that boot camp changes so often for us. I had the military drape green canteen when I was in boot camp. We never had the floaties, ramp was always outside. They didn’t even show putting mattresses over your head and holding them! Or “Bertha” a big ass boat rope “line” that you had to “pull”. So much other shit. These damn videos get less and less realistic as time goes on.
My son complained about the mattress because he said you couldn’t get a good hold on it because it was so long (XL Twin) and rubber. He said that sucked the most about RAMP. LoL
As a Coastie. I can confirm the CG doesn’t get the respect we deserve (mostly from civilians who barely know we exist😅). Also I’d love to get on a call and help explain anything you had questions about!
Gooby What's your view on USA Coast Guard who mistreat foreign civilians who get lost and end up in USA waters. Two Jamaican fisherman were taken in after they ran out of gas and after two weeks drifted into US waters. They were taken in beaten and mistreated by coast guard members of the USA military.
@@hainleysimpson1507 do you have a link to this article? Nobody in the coast guard is a part of the military to abuse people. We do deal with a LOT of drug/human traffickers on a daily basis trying to enter the USA, so I could see how there could be some conflict involved. But until I know what happened I can’t speak on it. If they were innocent then there would be no reason to be mistreated. If they were not innocent, then maybe they were doing something illegal.
As an ignorant civilian that knows nothing about anything Military, I assumed CG was right up there with all the other branches 🤷🏽♀️ I thought they were all equally as important and I appreciate them all. Thanks y'all 🙏
I love how much like family this is. The "I can mess my brother up but you can't even look at him wrong" mentality is amazing. I also almost died when the guy asked for California and got Alabama. I feel bad, but the contrast caught me off guard.
@@codyjames796 I live 5 minutes from the CG base here. They live WELL. people LOVE to mock Alabama, but with beautiful beaches and hot southern girls, CG men do jusssst fine down here, trust and believe.
@@JennaLeigh nice that you enjoy. Born and raised here. Not great at all and very closed minded shell of people. Don't be fooled by sweet tea and a smile.
@@codyjames796 I too am born and raised here. All 40 years of my existence in North Mobile. There are LOTS of intelligent, progressive thinking people here. The "old Mobile money" and "good ol' boy" bullshit doesn't have the grasp on the under 30's that it once did so persuasively and things are changing. Don't let the Trumptard/podunk/so-called Christians be all you know of this area. There ARE good people here and in the next 20 years, things are gonna be different.
Dude, the Coast Guard is on point. Much respect. I totally thought their basic would be more chill. Having watched the series, they are def above AF and Navy imo.
Fun fact, coast guardsman drove the landing craft. The higgens boat. They were responsible for lifting the wounded off the ramp. One received the medal of honor for saving so many wounded under direct fire with no weapon and no direct cover even in their steering position. I believe navy corpsman were responsible in Iwo Jima. They were popular with the Mafia in NYC. My grandpa helped them by sending out his guys to check for subs. Most were Italian WW1 veterans. Who fought Germany and Austria-Hungry. Of course the Nazis did make it within eyesight of the city (although they got to the Gulf because mexico was allied)
Also I believe the floaties in the pool are for remedial swimmers. This is a program for people who can’t swim at all or are weak swimmers. They have to wake up an hour or two before everyone else for swim Class until they are able to complete the swim test. They are only allowed the assisted devices during those classes, Not the actual evaluation.
There’s an older CG basic training documentary called “Not just eight weeks” that gets more into the training aspect. It’s similar to the USMC’s Making a Marine.
A much kinder, gentler experience from what I remember in 99', things sure have changed (the fuck is up with those floaties now)...hit my 20 last year and retired out. The CG kept me out of a ditch and gave me direction for 20 years so I will always be grateful for my time in...don't worry about the shit talking by the way, heard it all and I know it's all sibling rivalry.
Thanks for giving the CG props as a legitimate branch. I've struggled since I got out in 2007 feeling like a less than veteran, also bc I never deployed/got underway. It's fucked up on my part but nice to see the CG being treated with the same respect.
Not a veteran myself and this comment kinda dated but I don’t think there’s any need to feel like less of a veteran for joining in any branch, there is always going to be a contest of trial to get to where you are (aka how hard boot camp and training is) but any service to your country is worth pride in yourself and your accomplishments, you may not have the trauma and first hand experience of a vet that stormed the beaches on d day but you do have the same values instilled in you and put yourself in a position to possibly be the front line in gaining a first hand traumatic experience for yourself, luckily enough you didn’t have to, but it doesn’t make you any less, you just had a different experience in your service 😁 that’s my insight at least
I second the other comments. I'm from the Army, and yeah, we give every other branch crap, but it's just sibling rivalry. Don't ever let anybody make you feel less than. You're worthy of love and respect, just like everybody else. Anybody gives you crap for being in the CG, just call your brothers and sisters in the other branches and we'll back you up while you set them straight.
Coast Guard firefighting (I have been told) is extremely intense. Not only do they have to know damage control procedures for their own vessel, they also need to know how to assist with firefighting on other vessels! Like half the emergency responses they get are vessel fires, from small water craft to deep draft bulk transports. They're pretty bad ass in that respect.
6:25 when I went through USAF BMT, I was in the older dormitories nicknamed "Alcatraz" and everu time the going was rough, I just looked at that siren alarm in my dorm and though "That thing must've played Reveille to wake up so many Trainees in the past decades before me and most of them made it through a harder version of this, now it's my time to earn the title Airman" and it just gave me massive motivation to push through
I was in the old dorms too. I remember i had to do KP at one of the "disney world" buildings and i was just amazed without even going into the actual dorms. They had us in the ghetto compared to the newer dorms.
Dad was Mexican Army, Mom did ROTC, possible father did Air Force, supposed bio-father did Coast Guard reserve, marrying into an Air Force family, I did Army JROTC, took my ASVAB, qualified 900 MOS. I agree wholeheartedly that you need to choose, not let yourself get railroaded.
coming from a Former Marine, I went to both boot camps and the USCG was as mentally as hard as USMC. I'm a MEC in the DSF now and I will tell you we do more everyday than any other service.
Well now I know you are lying...lol if a person was a marine, that person does not have to go through anyone else's boot camp. But the other way.....anyone from a branch besides Marines, has to go through marine boot still. Also, if you actually did go through both, which you didnt.....you would know that the metal difficulty is not the same lmao. Are you coast guard trying to make it look better or have a friend or family member in the Coast guard?
@@nexpro6118 My guy, you have zero clue what you're talking about, absolutely none. The Coast Guard absolutely made me and about 15 others in my company go thru all 8 weeks. What I cant stand is you running your mouth like you know something, because you dont. All prior service members will attend no (PITSTOP) which is 4 weeks long. They didnt have that when I went thru in 1998. So you probably should stop blabbering ypur pie hole like you know something. Its a myth that marines dont thru any other bootcamp.
The yelling never bothered me. We were between the buildings before a graduation parade and it was week 06. They had a fly over by the helicopters and it was the whole reason I joined. I was trying to sneak a peek as they flew over and I turned my head a little bit. Our female CC came up and stuck her Smokey cover in the back of my head and whispered to “sweet nothings” into my ear. That calm Hannibal Lector tone. That was the scariest moment of boot camp. I thought I F’d up and cost my whole company some PT and right before we stepped on the parade field.
Don’t knock the swim test too hard. Those that need remedial swim have to pass the swim test before they can graduate boot camp. Once members pass the initial swim test they are cleared to take part in the pool work outs, and those swimming workouts are BRUTAL! You leave the pool exhausted.
Carrying ammo cans of sand, P6 cans full of sand where you can’t hold the handle without that metal shoving into your wrists. Whipping out the old M1 Garand and playing with those...
@@TheRockofEasyCo or rolling the log up and down the parade field. they literally only showed the beginning of RAMP. I was the mail runner and would leave out every night at the same time ramp started and by the time I came back almost every night the ambulance was out there.
I use to row in college so I would say I have above average shoulder strength, but holding a 2lbs water bottle above my head for an hour was Insanely hard for me at least. They always make you shout something while holding something above your head and since your arms are above your head you can never take a full breath so many recruits faint from lack of oxygen during these sessions.
I will say Cape May is an outstanding facility. We got sent to Fort Dix when our barracks got flooded and it was so sloppy in comparison. That swim exercise was just an assessment. If you're a weak swimmer you have to get up earlier and take lessons which sucks as you're day just got significantly longer.
Great content brother. You offer some solid wisdom to young folks who may be thinking about service. I retired from the Army and my son joined the Navy. I couldn’t have been more proud of him for blazzin a new trail! 🤘🏼💪🏼🇺🇸
I was in boot camp back in 93..... "bad boy" boot camp in Michigan lol. From what I've seen, it was as hard if not harder than most military boot camps. When we got in P.T.'d we had to put all our winter gear on, grab our mattress and tie the sheets around it to make a roll. Then we made us race up and down the halls for a couple hours with said roll. Or they would put us in a room and make us do PT until the fire alarm went off.....and it went of quite a few times, it was like a literal sauna. Or we would have to carry a "motivational" log(about 20lbs) to carry around for a few days everywhere you went...even bed. Or we would have to push a C.O. around in his van all over the compound in the winter(we had hills). Remember this was 1993 and was 3 months long...they could smash your face in still. It was punishment, but I really was I to it by the end of the second month. We would ask to go out running at night 8n the winter for xmas...just to run a few miles lol.
You hit the nail on the head about family pressure. I wanted to join the navy but went army instead because my egome fmsiky went army. 14 years later I still regret not going navy. I wanted and still want to live on the water.
I joined the army in 07 as a 19D at ft knox and rejoined in 2021 as a 19D at Benning and wow what a difference in agression and treeline sessions and blanket parties
My family and I went to Cape May, and I remember being on my grandpa's boat in the bay and as we were heading out to the ocean to go fishing, I remember seeing these big ships, I don't know if you'd call them battleships for not, and I waved at a guy who was on the deck and he quickly looked around to see if anyone was around him and then waved back and got back to work.
I don't know when you went to boot camp but in the Navy in the 1960's when I went through it was two days of firefighting and damage control training ending with teargas instruction. Back then, we called it firefighting school. We had to enter a big, compartment full of smoke, flames, and heat everywhere (overhead, bulkheads, everywhere), not like what you see on this video. It was done to drive out the fear of being in a burning compartment full of flames and smoke. We had several teams in that compartment firefighting from one hatch to another hatch exiting the compartment! I was the nozzle man and my company commander told me to be strong, maintain composure and control because I was the lead. If I panicked, everyone behind me could panic. I was scared shitless! I fought that fire like me and my other teammates lives depended on it! My CC said afterwards, "see I knew you could do it!" It was not fun, nor a walk in the park! I, suspect and I could be wrong, you are just seeing a small portion of CG shipboard firefighting training! Also, if you watch other CG recruit training videos like, "It's not just 8 weeks", you will see just how tough boot camp is for them! I think it is tougher than present day Navy boot camp! Why? Because their mission is different than the Navy's!
Haha, this video does not do us justice. They baraly talked about ramp and there is so much more to their mental game than they reference to. Ive been out of boot camp for a year but if u want I can shed some light on cg bootcamp from personal experience. Either way, love what you do man! Keep up the awesome work
One of the biggest things that they didn't mention is if you aren't upholding the standards that they expect, they will hold your ass back to a different company. What is supposed to take 8 weeks can easily take 12 or more weeks for others if they just can't grasp the concept of what they are supposed to be doing. That was my biggest concern there. Being there longer than I needed to be.
My family was in all branches. I joined the navy. I'm a 4th generation sailor from my family and I've buried two of those generations out to sea. I'm with you on the fact that the military is most definitely not for everyone. I joined in on basis of I was not going anywhere in life. And tradition.
At one point the CG bootcamp was one of the easiest. It was almost as easy as the Air force boot. But around 2009 CG officials decided to toughen up. So they visited Marine bootcamp and incorporated a good deal of what they saw into CG bootcamp. And it worked. Their bootcamp is no joke. Tough classroom assignments along with a tough PT and swim test along with weapons training. When I was in the Navy we did a mission with the CG trying to help them catch drug smugglers. I was really impressed. In addition to rescues the CG also enforces fishing and boating regulations and they are on the frontline in the war on drugs. You better have high asvabs if you want to go CG.
CG has the highest ASVAB requirements...at least in 99'. Also I'm not sure where you got the info for CG boot. Was in for 20 years, since 99' and even then they used USMC psychological and PT training on top of the swim tests (with no floaties at that time)...been using that boot training for decades not just since 2009. If anything it got softer than it use to be with all the bad press from hazing incidents made the brass take notice and try to make it more transparent.
@@cclark2021CG sent their CC's to the USMC not to toughen them up, but because they adopted Art. 7 and couldn't hit the recruits or personally insult the recruits anymore.
The male CC in the very beginning is around 6,4 and is a terrifying angry man. He had us outside in shorts and t-shirts in a cold weather black flag for around 2 hours just grilling us on required knowledge. My basic was a joke due to COVID but the two weeks I had him made an impression on me.
I definitely remember 30th AG lulling me into a false sense of confidence. Like oh this is so easy! Then as soon as we got picked up by our actual cadre, they made us change into PT gear, and we ran to our battalion instead of riding buses, and proceeded to just get the shit smoked out of us for the next 15 weeks. Also got elbowed to the ground during bag pickup just right off the bat haha. Good times.
At 23:03 you can here her say," We need to be as strong as military, army, the air force and navy.". The reason niko stopped it is because she said nothing about space force. 🤣🤣🤣 there strength comes from the potato 🥔 I don't think they got the potato 🥔s that space force has. 😂lol
lol yes you don’t want to mess with the two female CCs in the video they are hard core. To answer your question about RAMP, if you do not pass you will be reverted a week. Also not only did our company get smoked for the kid who did a thumbs up, I do believe he was kicked out
Try fighting a fire using an EAB. Having to hold your breath, running with an extinguisher, and trying to find and plug into air manifold after air manifold.
having going through cg basic training V-197, Holding the canteen over your head for 20 minutes is the easiest of the smoke sessions. Sniper position is easily the worse, my company commanders actually gave us our orders in sniper position.. Another note, you can "request" where you would like to be assigned, however the detailer does not meet the request unless what you have requested is considered a critical fill.
My dad spent 21 years army and then my younger brother went active and ended up with 4th ID. I had to at least go guard. My unit was part of a program that was attached to the 25th ID. I went to lightning forge and JRTC in the same year. I’ve not seen overseas deployment but at least I’ve gotten to serve on Riot control orders and COVID-19 response orders. Everything shy of being a real grunt but am proud of my service so far lol.
They obviously can’t show everything we do... but it’s pretty much getting smoked the whole time. A lot has changed since I was in Ten years ago that’s for sure!
Hey Niko. So I’m currently Active Duty Coast Guard and let me tell ya I actually went to RAMP. It is basically for people who are slacking and not performing as well as everyone so this is a jump start to get you back on track. Punishments were to a point of carrying around full ammo boxes around the parade field to replacing your non-gun rifle with a real M1 Grand. The metal and wooden heavy ones🤮🤮
My grandpa retired from the coast guard. He is the responsible for convincing the higher ups that the coast guard needs firearms and training. Before my grandpa the coast guard didn't have guns
It defintely is even the 14 weeks was too short especially with all the knowledge even the basic Infantry needed to know you need those extra few weeks
When I went though Cape May in 1989, Tango 130, they had IT (Intensive Training) which is now RAM... However, if, during IT you still sucked, they reverted you one week... Some individuals, due to whatever their situations were, were reverted many times. This means you spent X more weeks in boot camp which was more than enough motivation for most since they just wanted to get the hell out and into the fleet.
There are mirrors in all the squadbays. People don’t think the CCs can see you tryna take breaks but in reality they can see the whole room no matter which way they are facing.
Y’all should witness covid boot camp. They can’t get In your face. I remember at navy Bootcamp then yelling at me saying “I’m in your face.” When there actually 6 feet away😂 covid Bootcamp is a Whole different mood
I went through Marine Corps boot camp during Covid. No matter if we had a mask on our drill instructors were still inches away from our faces spitting. Gotta love it
First time I've ever seen you THAT excited! Makes us ALL excited. My dad was a Marine, his dad was Navy, n forged his birth certificate at 17 to get in during Vietnam. They instantly pretty much promoted him to intelligence. Lol
That's what happened to my dad to! He went to Vietnam right outta his sophomore year in high-school lol He was a Sergent by 18, infantry front lines Marine.
I did three years in Hawaii and it wasn't that bad. I was an E7/BMC when I did so that is a bit different than a bootcamper. I saw a few kids (and higher ranking enlisted for that matter) have problems with being in Hawaii but you could have that at any duty station. And in regards to the assignment request you can see from the video that doesn't really work out too often. You can ask but the needs of the Guard trumps all. And that applied in all assignments/transfers not just the initial one out of bootcamp.
What’s the issue with Hawaii? My sister is retired Navy, working civvie at PH. It’s pretty nice there, not gonna lie. Something must be completely different for Coast Guard in HI.
@@24fretsoffury No, nothing different about it for the Coast Guard. What I was referring to was the culture shock nearly everyone gets moving to Hawaii from the mainland US. It was usually harder on the guys and girls who had just gotten out of boot camp and had never known anything different than where they were from. Like I said that could happen at any duty station but it was more pronounced in Hawaii. I saw it in Alaska, Buffalo and even North Carolina. In regards to the other branches I lived on the Windward side of Oahu and two of my neighbors were career Marines from Kaneohe MCB and they had many stories of Marines having troubles adjusting to "Island Life". I can't speak specifically to the other branches but I have to believe they also have a percentage of members who do not like their assignments to Hawaii. Or at least initially have problems adjusting to Hawaii.
@@John-tx1wk Adjusting to "island life"? Am I missing something? Imagine on duty can be hectic with tourists etc. But being able to kayak, fish, dive, surf every off day in those waters seems like heaven.
he makes all the jokes of the branches but i love how he still respect them still.
Yeah, stereotypes are stereotypes. No one (intellegent) thinks they are actually the real deal. Its just funny
@@pineapple9614 so you mean that a grunt doesnt grunt?
You kinda burst ma bubble there
@@pineapple9614 semi-false. Went to go see the world biggest crayon with my marine buddy and he started drooling. Had to fight him out the door so he wouldn't eat it lmao
Some marines actually chew crayons
@@coletrain5449 yep gotta skip the crayon aisle with those folks lol
“Ortiz, you’re going to Louisiana!”
“Fuck!”
True story. Happened to me too lol
Lmao. I went to Polk too. Felt the same way
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lmao thats why i wanted to join the marines
Ft. Polk 🤔🤣
For the coast guard and navy the whistle actually plays a big roll. It helps them to learn to focus on that sound, while at sea or in storms you could be 50ft from a boat and not hear someone screaming. Whistles cut through other sounds. That’s also why they are recommended for hikers
I was Navy 05-07. There were no whistles in boot back then.
The only time I ever had sass during bootcamp(Navy) was during swimming testing. The trainer yelled in my face "What do you think your swimming proficiency is, Recriut?" My answer "Well enough to save myself but no guarantee for you, Chief!" I still don't know how I got away with that !
he prob thought it was funny af
omg...... best answer ever
100%he laughed later and probably told that story a few times. Honest but funny answer
Man I wanna know what happened after.
Not much, to my surprise. The Chief gave an evil chuckle and I thought "That's it my career is over before it starts!" But luckily the girl next in line did NOT know how to swim and was so afraid she began vomiting and the Chief went after her instead. About 6 years later I ran into him again and we were laughing about the incident. I explained I did not fear the swimming test because I learned to swim at 8 when a very angry moose attacked the canoe I was traveling in.I learned to swim in less than 10 seconds and never looked back. Since I passed my test that day I never had to attend the class again so that's why I never saw him afterwards. Great memories!@@thejrff93s
Speaking as Marine Corps infantry. I have mad respect for the Coast Guard. They do their real job every day and it's not easy.
For all the "my branch is the only good one" people. Remember every branch is the best and most capable at their job in the world. That doesn't happen by accident
My dad was navy, mom was army, I joined the coast guard and ended up a helicopter mechanic for airborne snipers doing counter narcotics in central and South America. Coast guard does tons of different and interesting missions.
Hopefully none of those missions help fuckover fellow American nations like the USA did Cuba and Jamaica.
@@hainleysimpson1507 what?
Thank you, good sir. I appreciate you so much. And ur dad, and ur momma. Thank your family for me. Sending love for the holidays from South Carolina.
@@christopherhardy7407 yes they are lol. Look up USCG HITRON
My oldest brother was a Coastie and did counter-narcotic work as well. People give the USCG shit, but they've got some people that put in some hard work.
I was a Doc in the Army and he was one in the USCG. We give each other crap all the time, but it's all in love and respect.
This reminded me about a time in marine boot camp when they made us hold a small piece of paper Parallel to the deck for about 3 hours that piece of paper was the Heaviest thing I lifted in my life
And you are standing there like oh this ain't shit and then your like, dude fuck this 😂
Dude..... That shit kills.... I dont give my kids the belt I give my kids the paper
@@ManetInAEternum gonna give someone some ideas now
You could just reach out your hands and get the same effect...
A piece of paper was given you so that you would not stand with empty-handed.
you say about weight of paper, like you dont know your arms have weight to
You never wanna mess with a woman in the military that takes the time to braid her bun, she don’t fuck around
ong they be the STRONGEST service member
@@spanningbread *_ONG_*
@@ScubaShark--8964 why djd TH-cam decided to translate ur Comment? and in an absurd way!, 😂
😂 😂 😂 😂 it's hard to comb your hair into a bun. It takes patience, so facts
HOOAH! 😤
I have immense respect for the coast guard rescue swimmers. They are true legends. Jumping into the chaotic abyss relying on pure ability and willpower to save as many people as possible
Guardian was a good movie
My Wife was a Coastie and I was Navy and BOTH branches have this in common. In regards to the Fire Fighter Training. You were correct. That part was fun, HOWEVER, it is also Gas Chamber day. Good and Ass in the same day.
Hey, any day that ends in a net neutral is a win in my books. So many days in the service are all ass and no good, and you gotta take what few wins you can get
Petty Officer Gunn is still there and she’s still wrecking recruits 😂
I had her lmao
I was in W-198 and was in her last company as a cc now she instructs drill
@@joshuadavala8312 her leg was t199 they pulled her back because a cc got covid
@Shane Betz She was our drill master for E-200, and now she’s coming to Petaluma to be an instructor😂
I had her in F-197 and she fuckin killed me. My last name is Ashlock and she called me asslock for like a month it was awesome
As a Coast Guard vet bro I havent laughed this hard in so long! I appreciate the respect you have shown us Puddle Pirates! Much love brother
...Hhhoooyyyaaahhh...!!!
I’m stationed in Hawaii, been here for 3 years. The fastest speed limit is like 50 and there’s nothing but potholes. It’s really expensive here.
It’s a democratic state what do you expect
The fastest speed limit is 55 on the H2, literally everyone goes 70-80😂 frick man😫
@@drewlamb8682 Alabama, Mississippi, my home state of Louisiana..they are all Red and they are all one giant pot hole. 😂
@@malin3835 I think he’s talking about the high cost of living.
Was Nikko in Hawaii or something? Haven't watched the vid yet lmao 😂
If you joined the SpecOps Division in Germany, the instructors are totally silent and sometimes you are not allowed to talk to each other. That may sound better, but during field training or obstacles course, it can be very hard without any motivation.
coast guard has my highest respect considering they’re ALWAYS active duty and doin crazy shit. like lemme hop on a narco sub dawg i’m ready
Ramp is insane they make you sign additional medical waivers before sending recruits to ramp because a majority of them end up in the hospital because they just get smoked for the entire day
Dude this video makes ramp look like a joke. It was holding boats above your head, marching around the parade field yelling RAMP and passing full sea bags for an hour around the parade field when I was there 😬
Ramp was brutal. This video makes it look way less than it is
I went through when they still had P.E.P. (performance enhancement platoon). We called them last chancers, because if you fucked up there they reverted you back to week one. I graduated with a girl who had been there for 15 weeks.
@@pele2112 I did pep too, it was fucking terrible. No waiver either. I was there 2 days out of med for a small pox vax reaction. I was still sick and they decided I was fucking up so-pep. LoL.
I felt so bad for my shipmates in ramp, we would pass by them the whole 3 days as they were getting smoked. Mad respect for the ones who made it through w/o going to medical to get bailed out.
The female CC is Petty Officer Gunn is still there! I graduated a year ago. So this Business Insider Video... watching it before leaving had me slightly nervous. Watching it with a cup of coffee in my hand the day after graduation with a Marine Daddy and Army husband and Army Mommy, its funny AF. The business insider makes it look like Disney world. Honestly I feel like such a goober for getting bothered while in it bc once it was over I was like... "wait, thats it?" Its so worth it though!
Those bottles kill above the head kill when you’re there for 30 minutes screaming
True. It's the screaming that gets to you. Also those squad bays are not ventilated the best. ODU's + 100 recruits screaming their faces off = hot as fuck and you will have sweat running into your eyes and pooling in your boots.
There's just something enjoyable about screaming "louder" into a recruits face. Here's the issue, recruits. You won't be loud enough.
I'm in the Army too and just discovered your channel and I'm DECEASED. You are hilarious and spot on.
I agree. Great energy
Same just found out about Ortiz this week 😂
Niko coast guard in tik tok: ❤🥰🌈💐
Niko coast guard in youtube: 👿🤬🖤💥👹
@Jace Kylo hmmm seems fishy considering everytime i see a flix zone comment there’s always a comment right under it saying the exact same thing “i myself have been using and enjoying it for years”
RAMP was for sure more difficult than the video portrays. They had them running ammo cans and p-6 pump cans filled with sand all night. And it lasted for 3 days. The different battalion commanders change the length of it sometimes
RAMP is horrifying
When you roasted them for the floaties I died XD. For real though, one of the things I had to put on my initial forms was how comfortable I am in the water, and my recruiter told me I would be shocked at how many people sign up for the CG who either CAN'T SWIM or are AFRAID of WATER. He was right. I was shocked.
My family was spread out between navy, coast guard and army. I went to join the marines but failed my physical. I give the upmost respect to anyone who’s served in any branch.
How did u fail?
"can you imagine the fuckery that would unfold" I love it! I had a good laugh over that one :)
Coming from a person that’s active duty coast guard. I want to let you and whenever else know, that boot camp changes so often for us. I had the military drape green canteen when I was in boot camp. We never had the floaties, ramp was always outside. They didn’t even show putting mattresses over your head and holding them! Or “Bertha” a big ass boat rope “line” that you had to “pull”. So much other shit. These damn videos get less and less realistic as time goes on.
The fun days of boot camp haha
Seriously where the fuck did thos green canteens go?
They dont do water drills anymore?
They’re just trying not to scare off posible recruits 😅
My son complained about the mattress because he said you couldn’t get a good hold on it because it was so long (XL Twin) and rubber. He said that sucked the most about RAMP. LoL
As a Coastie. I can confirm the CG doesn’t get the respect we deserve (mostly from civilians who barely know we exist😅). Also I’d love to get on a call and help explain anything you had questions about!
If I could do it all over again, I would of joined the Coast Guard
Gooby What's your view on USA Coast Guard who mistreat foreign civilians who get lost and end up in USA waters. Two Jamaican fisherman were taken in after they ran out of gas and after two weeks drifted into US waters. They were taken in beaten and mistreated by coast guard members of the USA military.
@@hainleysimpson1507 do you have a link to this article? Nobody in the coast guard is a part of the military to abuse people. We do deal with a LOT of drug/human traffickers on a daily basis trying to enter the USA, so I could see how there could be some conflict involved. But until I know what happened I can’t speak on it. If they were innocent then there would be no reason to be mistreated. If they were not innocent, then maybe they were doing something illegal.
Coming from alaska, we appreciate and rely on the coast guard alot and we appreciate your service
As an ignorant civilian that knows nothing about anything Military, I assumed CG was right up there with all the other branches 🤷🏽♀️ I thought they were all equally as important and I appreciate them all. Thanks y'all 🙏
I love how much like family this is. The "I can mess my brother up but you can't even look at him wrong" mentality is amazing. I also almost died when the guy asked for California and got Alabama. I feel bad, but the contrast caught me off guard.
😠😠😠Alabama???!!😠😠😠send me back to zero week!
@@codyjames796 I live 5 minutes from the CG base here. They live WELL. people LOVE to mock Alabama, but with beautiful beaches and hot southern girls, CG men do jusssst fine down here, trust and believe.
@@JennaLeigh nice that you enjoy. Born and raised here. Not great at all and very closed minded shell of people. Don't be fooled by sweet tea and a smile.
@@codyjames796 I too am born and raised here. All 40 years of my existence in North Mobile. There are LOTS of intelligent, progressive thinking people here. The "old Mobile money" and "good ol' boy" bullshit doesn't have the grasp on the under 30's that it once did so persuasively and things are changing.
Don't let the Trumptard/podunk/so-called Christians be all you know of this area. There ARE good people here and in the next 20 years, things are gonna be different.
@@JennaLeigh let's hope so. New ideas and blood is way over due for this state.
Dude, the Coast Guard is on point. Much respect. I totally thought their basic would be more chill. Having watched the series, they are def above AF and Navy imo.
I ship out for basic dec. 19th, 2023. I feel like its gonna wreck me but also build me if i keep my head straight
@johnnycove interested how did it go?
Completely lost it at the casual *pause video* *silence* "get the london look" xD
Fun fact, coast guardsman drove the landing craft. The higgens boat. They were responsible for lifting the wounded off the ramp. One received the medal of honor for saving so many wounded under direct fire with no weapon and no direct cover even in their steering position. I believe navy corpsman were responsible in Iwo Jima. They were popular with the Mafia in NYC. My grandpa helped them by sending out his guys to check for subs. Most were Italian WW1 veterans. Who fought Germany and Austria-Hungry. Of course the Nazis did make it within eyesight of the city (although they got to the Gulf because mexico was allied)
That female CC was actually my company commander when I was in basic 😂
She was in the middle of the video I know she got married so I don’t know what her last name is now though
@@wesleyvarea1176 Dunlap is her new name. That's muh girl!
PO Gunn was our drill commander, and wouldn’t wanna fuck with her😂
@@wesleyvarea1176 can you imagine being married to such a badass
When I was a little boy growing up in Cape May, I used to wake up hearing them sing cadence on their morning runs. It was really cool.
Also I believe the floaties in the pool are for remedial swimmers. This is a program for people who can’t swim at all or are weak swimmers. They have to wake up an hour or two before everyone else for swim
Class until they are able to complete the swim test. They are only allowed the assisted devices during those classes, Not the actual evaluation.
I just recently joined the military and I can confidently say all branches are respectable and have their own specialty.
There’s an older CG basic training documentary called “Not just eight weeks” that gets more into the training aspect. It’s similar to the USMC’s Making a Marine.
A much kinder, gentler experience from what I remember in 99', things sure have changed (the fuck is up with those floaties now)...hit my 20 last year and retired out. The CG kept me out of a ditch and gave me direction for 20 years so I will always be grateful for my time in...don't worry about the shit talking by the way, heard it all and I know it's all sibling rivalry.
99 here too.
I just retired went in 2002, it does seem simpler now.
Thanks for giving the CG props as a legitimate branch. I've struggled since I got out in 2007 feeling like a less than veteran, also bc I never deployed/got underway. It's fucked up on my part but nice to see the CG being treated with the same respect.
Not a veteran myself and this comment kinda dated but I don’t think there’s any need to feel like less of a veteran for joining in any branch, there is always going to be a contest of trial to get to where you are (aka how hard boot camp and training is) but any service to your country is worth pride in yourself and your accomplishments, you may not have the trauma and first hand experience of a vet that stormed the beaches on d day but you do have the same values instilled in you and put yourself in a position to possibly be the front line in gaining a first hand traumatic experience for yourself, luckily enough you didn’t have to, but it doesn’t make you any less, you just had a different experience in your service 😁 that’s my insight at least
You served. Your one of a very tiny percentage who have. Thank you for your service!
Ay comin from a Marine, coasties are good to go, ain’t got nothin to worry about
I second the other comments. I'm from the Army, and yeah, we give every other branch crap, but it's just sibling rivalry. Don't ever let anybody make you feel less than. You're worthy of love and respect, just like everybody else. Anybody gives you crap for being in the CG, just call your brothers and sisters in the other branches and we'll back you up while you set them straight.
What did you do to never underway?
Retired after 30 years from USCG as a CWO4 Bosn. People really have no clue what we do.
I really enjoy your videos. Your energy is crazy and I like how you give every branch some gentle razing. Really fun to watch.
Coast Guard firefighting (I have been told) is extremely intense. Not only do they have to know damage control procedures for their own vessel, they also need to know how to assist with firefighting on other vessels! Like half the emergency responses they get are vessel fires, from small water craft to deep draft bulk transports. They're pretty bad ass in that respect.
Anytime we went to the armory, seamanship, or firefighting it was a relief. But you always kept your eyes out for when a Hat showed up.
6:25 when I went through USAF BMT, I was in the older dormitories nicknamed "Alcatraz" and everu time the going was rough, I just looked at that siren alarm in my dorm and though "That thing must've played Reveille to wake up so many Trainees in the past decades before me and most of them made it through a harder version of this, now it's my time to earn the title Airman" and it just gave me massive motivation to push through
I was in the old dorms too. I remember i had to do KP at one of the "disney world" buildings and i was just amazed without even going into the actual dorms. They had us in the ghetto compared to the newer dorms.
@@camerons3097 331 aka 33worst was me back in 2014! WOLFPACK 😂
Dad was Mexican Army, Mom did ROTC, possible father did Air Force, supposed bio-father did Coast Guard reserve, marrying into an Air Force family, I did Army JROTC, took my ASVAB, qualified 900 MOS. I agree wholeheartedly that you need to choose, not let yourself get railroaded.
2:34 ive been in for a few years now. met this company commander. she’s the nicest person you’ll meet.
coming from a Former Marine, I went to both boot camps and the USCG was as mentally as hard as USMC. I'm a MEC in the DSF now and I will tell you we do more everyday than any other service.
What does MEC and DSF stand for?
@@purplecowgaming6882 Maritime Enforcement Chief. Deployable Specialized forces( DSF).
@@bmos212 Awesome! Thank you for the info, and thank you for your service.
Well now I know you are lying...lol if a person was a marine, that person does not have to go through anyone else's boot camp. But the other way.....anyone from a branch besides Marines, has to go through marine boot still. Also, if you actually did go through both, which you didnt.....you would know that the metal difficulty is not the same lmao. Are you coast guard trying to make it look better or have a friend or family member in the Coast guard?
@@nexpro6118 My guy, you have zero clue what you're talking about, absolutely none. The Coast Guard absolutely made me and about 15 others in my company go thru all 8 weeks. What I cant stand is you running your mouth like you know something, because you dont. All prior service members will attend no (PITSTOP) which is 4 weeks long. They didnt have that when I went thru in 1998. So you probably should stop blabbering ypur pie hole like you know something. Its a myth that marines dont thru any other bootcamp.
*me excited not to get roasted by Nikko not on tik Tok for once*
*gets roasted but with slightly more respect*
Me: shit I'll take what I can
The yelling never bothered me. We were between the buildings before a graduation parade and it was week 06. They had a fly over by the helicopters and it was the whole reason I joined. I was trying to sneak a peek as they flew over and I turned my head a little bit. Our female CC came up and stuck her Smokey cover in the back of my head and whispered to “sweet nothings” into my ear. That calm Hannibal Lector tone. That was the scariest moment of boot camp. I thought I F’d up and cost my whole company some PT and right before we stepped on the parade field.
Don’t knock the swim test too hard. Those that need remedial swim have to pass the swim test before they can graduate boot camp. Once members pass the initial swim test they are cleared to take part in the pool work outs, and those swimming workouts are BRUTAL! You leave the pool exhausted.
i was in CG bootcamp like a year n a half ago and had some kid gesture towards the camera let’s just say he never made it with our company
Dude, these are fucking awesome I don’t care which one you do next just keep them up haha
👍 agree.. Love this shit! So interesting!
RAMP is soooo much intense than the video shows😂
It was "pep" in '03- performance enhancement platoon. I employ some of those same tactics on my kids lol. Fuck ramp/pep
Carrying ammo cans of sand, P6 cans full of sand where you can’t hold the handle without that metal shoving into your wrists. Whipping out the old M1 Garand and playing with those...
@@TheRockofEasyCo or rolling the log up and down the parade field. they literally only showed the beginning of RAMP. I was the mail runner and would leave out every night at the same time ramp started and by the time I came back almost every night the ambulance was out there.
not anymore due to covid ramp is maybe 3 days long
@@johnsamyn113 It was 5 days long when i was in back in 2020
I use to row in college so I would say I have above average shoulder strength, but holding a 2lbs water bottle above my head for an hour was Insanely hard for me at least.
They always make you shout something while holding something above your head and since your arms are above your head you can never take a full breath so many recruits faint from lack of oxygen during these sessions.
I will say Cape May is an outstanding facility. We got sent to Fort Dix when our barracks got flooded and it was so sloppy in comparison. That swim exercise was just an assessment. If you're a weak swimmer you have to get up earlier and take lessons which sucks as you're day just got significantly longer.
The overhead arm clap at 300 was fucking perfect. Lmao. I woke my dog up I laughed so hard. Love this shit
Great content brother. You offer some solid wisdom to young folks who may be thinking about service. I retired from the Army and my son joined the Navy. I couldn’t have been more proud of him for blazzin a new trail! 🤘🏼💪🏼🇺🇸
I was in boot camp back in 93..... "bad boy" boot camp in Michigan lol. From what I've seen, it was as hard if not harder than most military boot camps.
When we got in P.T.'d we had to put all our winter gear on, grab our mattress and tie the sheets around it to make a roll. Then we made us race up and down the halls for a couple hours with said roll. Or they would put us in a room and make us do PT until the fire alarm went off.....and it went of quite a few times, it was like a literal sauna. Or we would have to carry a "motivational" log(about 20lbs) to carry around for a few days everywhere you went...even bed. Or we would have to push a C.O. around in his van all over the compound in the winter(we had hills).
Remember this was 1993 and was 3 months long...they could smash your face in still.
It was punishment, but I really was I to it by the end of the second month. We would ask to go out running at night 8n the winter for xmas...just to run a few miles lol.
You hit the nail on the head about family pressure. I wanted to join the navy but went army instead because my egome fmsiky went army. 14 years later I still regret not going navy. I wanted and still want to live on the water.
Just let it go and move on now
I joined the army in 07 as a 19D at ft knox and rejoined in 2021 as a 19D at Benning and wow what a difference in agression and treeline sessions and blanket parties
My family and I went to Cape May, and I remember being on my grandpa's boat in the bay and as we were heading out to the ocean to go fishing, I remember seeing these big ships, I don't know if you'd call them battleships for not, and I waved at a guy who was on the deck and he quickly looked around to see if anyone was around him and then waved back and got back to work.
I don't know when you went to boot camp but in the Navy in the 1960's when I went through it was two days of firefighting and damage control training ending with teargas instruction. Back then, we called it firefighting school. We had to enter a big, compartment full of smoke, flames, and heat everywhere (overhead, bulkheads, everywhere), not like what you see on this video. It was done to drive out the fear of being in a burning compartment full of flames and smoke. We had several teams in that compartment firefighting from one hatch to another hatch exiting the compartment! I was the nozzle man and my company commander told me to be strong, maintain composure and control because I was the lead. If I panicked, everyone behind me could panic. I was scared shitless! I fought that fire like me and my other teammates lives depended on it! My CC said afterwards, "see I knew you could do it!" It was not fun, nor a walk in the park! I, suspect and I could be wrong, you are just seeing a small portion of CG shipboard firefighting training! Also, if you watch other CG recruit training videos like, "It's not just 8 weeks", you will see just how tough boot camp is for them! I think it is tougher than present day Navy boot camp! Why? Because their mission is different than the Navy's!
Haha, this video does not do us justice. They baraly talked about ramp and there is so much more to their mental game than they reference to. Ive been out of boot camp for a year but if u want I can shed some light on cg bootcamp from personal experience. Either way, love what you do man! Keep up the awesome work
One of the biggest things that they didn't mention is if you aren't upholding the standards that they expect, they will hold your ass back to a different company. What is supposed to take 8 weeks can easily take 12 or more weeks for others if they just can't grasp the concept of what they are supposed to be doing. That was my biggest concern there. Being there longer than I needed to be.
This is the same I can say at least in the army you can be recycled as many time as it takes if your truly committed to becoming a soldier
Everyone else has slicker class a's, and b's. But coasties bdu's are epic. The dark blue multicam just looks sooo clean.
They also have like an elite class that hunt cartel, that sounds dope & terrifying lol
My family was in all branches. I joined the navy. I'm a 4th generation sailor from my family and I've buried two of those generations out to sea. I'm with you on the fact that the military is most definitely not for everyone. I joined in on basis of I was not going anywhere in life. And tradition.
The moment he realized he’s seen those water bottles from the space force 😂😂
I died 😂
At one point the CG bootcamp was one of the easiest. It was almost as easy as the Air force boot. But around 2009 CG officials decided to toughen up. So they visited Marine bootcamp and incorporated a good deal of what they saw into CG bootcamp. And it worked. Their bootcamp is no joke. Tough classroom assignments along with a tough PT and swim test along with weapons training.
When I was in the Navy we did a mission with the CG trying to help them catch drug smugglers. I was really impressed. In addition to rescues the CG also enforces fishing and boating regulations and they are on the frontline in the war on drugs.
You better have high asvabs if you want to go CG.
CG has the highest ASVAB requirements...at least in 99'. Also I'm not sure where you got the info for CG boot. Was in for 20 years, since 99' and even then they used USMC psychological and PT training on top of the swim tests (with no floaties at that time)...been using that boot training for decades not just since 2009. If anything it got softer than it use to be with all the bad press from hazing incidents made the brass take notice and try to make it more transparent.
Ya, not true. Looks pretty much the same. I went through in 04. CG actually has the highest drop rate.
I went through in '94, it was just like this.
Your mostly right, except they CG started sending their company commanders to the USMC for training in the early 90's.
@@cclark2021CG sent their CC's to the USMC not to toughen them up, but because they adopted Art. 7 and couldn't hit the recruits or personally insult the recruits anymore.
I love that you raze us. Nothing but love in our military
My respect for the coast guard went 100% up
The male CC in the very beginning is around 6,4 and is a terrifying angry man. He had us outside in shorts and t-shirts in a cold weather black flag for around 2 hours just grilling us on required knowledge. My basic was a joke due to COVID but the two weeks I had him made an impression on me.
I definitely remember 30th AG lulling me into a false sense of confidence. Like oh this is so easy! Then as soon as we got picked up by our actual cadre, they made us change into PT gear, and we ran to our battalion instead of riding buses, and proceeded to just get the shit smoked out of us for the next 15 weeks. Also got elbowed to the ground during bag pickup just right off the bat haha. Good times.
Great to see those moments of your TRUE feelings for the "other" branches.
At 23:03 you can here her say," We need to be as strong as military, army, the air force and navy.". The reason niko stopped it is because she said nothing about space force. 🤣🤣🤣 there strength comes from the potato 🥔 I don't think they got the potato 🥔s that space force has. 😂lol
grew up with an army drill instructor as a father. was ready from day 1 😭.
lol yes you don’t want to mess with the two female CCs in the video they are hard core.
To answer your question about RAMP, if you do not pass you will be reverted a week.
Also not only did our company get smoked for the kid who did a thumbs up, I do believe he was kicked out
Wow
@@Pres.Lavoie what?
@@ashleyt4490 That was my reaction to your story
Was he kick out for that action or something else?
You're so beautiful
Army: Holds a ruck over their head for hours
Coast guard: holds a water bottle over their head for like 30mins
I bet that time lowered now in the army after the removal of alot of tough shit in army's basic training
@@AJ-mb6ck yeah u prolly right
@@ihyAkina actually I remember in the new army basic training video from 2020 i believe they even stated they lowered that time for it lol
At first I was wierded out by your yelling but now I can’t get over all the yelling you do😂😂
Try fighting a fire using an EAB. Having to hold your breath, running with an extinguisher, and trying to find and plug into air manifold after air manifold.
Nikko!!! Thanks for finally giving it up for Coasties! Those guys work hard and they have cool toys, uh um uh I mean tools.😁
having going through cg basic training V-197, Holding the canteen over your head for 20 minutes is the easiest of the smoke sessions.
Sniper position is easily the worse, my company commanders actually gave us our orders in sniper position.. Another note, you can "request" where you would like to be assigned, however the detailer does not meet the request unless what you have requested is considered a critical fill.
My dad spent 21 years army and then my younger brother went active and ended up with 4th ID. I had to at least go guard. My unit was part of a program that was attached to the 25th ID. I went to lightning forge and JRTC in the same year. I’ve not seen overseas deployment but at least I’ve gotten to serve on Riot control orders and COVID-19 response orders. Everything shy of being a real grunt but am proud of my service so far lol.
They obviously can’t show everything we do... but it’s pretty much getting smoked the whole time. A lot has changed since I was in Ten years ago that’s for sure!
They all look like coast guard is the truest statement I’ve ever heard 😂😂😂😂
11:36 first haircut is always free to get you hooked 😂😂😂
Hey Niko. So I’m currently Active Duty Coast Guard and let me tell ya I actually went to RAMP. It is basically for people who are slacking and not performing as well as everyone so this is a jump start to get you back on track. Punishments were to a point of carrying around full ammo boxes around the parade field to replacing your non-gun rifle with a real M1 Grand. The metal and wooden heavy ones🤮🤮
My grandpa retired from the coast guard. He is the responsible for convincing the higher ups that the coast guard needs firearms and training. Before my grandpa the coast guard didn't have guns
In 04, those were our "pieces". Its what every recruit carried and drilled with, including the smoke sessions
Yep. Led filled barrels! 😆 2000
fun fact the m1 is 8 pounds empty 10 pounds loaded
Army boot was 8 weeks in my day. I'm glad it's longer now. It was definitely needed.
It defintely is even the 14 weeks was too short especially with all the knowledge even the basic Infantry needed to know you need those extra few weeks
It's not longer. And the Marines still have the longest boot
@@nexpro6118 army is 22 weeks now isn't it?
@@aerithofmyore no even close. If you also count their MOS school as boot camp than yeah
I went through bootcamp in 2017....can confirm I had a real green, nasty canteen lol
YESS!! Stinky green canteen
That's the thing the CG people are complaining about? Lmao really.....if that doesn't show how easy and soft CG is.....wow lol 😆
Either Niko has bomb lighting or he is baked I mean look at his eyes.
When I went though Cape May in 1989, Tango 130, they had IT (Intensive Training) which is now RAM... However, if, during IT you still sucked, they reverted you one week... Some individuals, due to whatever their situations were, were reverted many times. This means you spent X more weeks in boot camp which was more than enough motivation for most since they just wanted to get the hell out and into the fleet.
1990, Mike 134
The first PT test is more of a pacer to determine what PT they'll do during the rest of bootcamp, we had the normal canteens when I went through
Haha I love your reaction videos!! Thanks for saying I’m hardcore 😂🤙 I’m taking “face of a killer” as a compliment idc
Oh holy shit that was you aye props to you
You're so beautiful
Yessssssss I'm here for these videos
Their swim test is basically a lifeguard swim test. Just minus the floaties 😂😂😂
Coast guard OCS swimming is a lot more intense than our bootcamp
Dammmnnn. All these DIs in these videos be giving me PTSD flashbacks. LOL.
There are mirrors in all the squadbays. People don’t think the CCs can see you tryna take breaks but in reality they can see the whole room no matter which way they are facing.
Y’all should witness covid boot camp. They can’t get In your face. I remember at navy Bootcamp then yelling at me saying “I’m in your face.” When there actually 6 feet away😂 covid Bootcamp is a
Whole different mood
I was 100% curious about that!! All I could think was "How do they get in your faces with Covid?"Do you wear masks?
I went through Marine Corps boot camp during Covid. No matter if we had a mask on our drill instructors were still inches away from our faces spitting. Gotta love it
First time I've ever seen you THAT excited! Makes us ALL excited. My dad was a Marine, his dad was Navy, n forged his birth certificate at 17 to get in during Vietnam. They instantly pretty much promoted him to intelligence. Lol
That's what happened to my dad to! He went to Vietnam right outta his sophomore year in high-school lol He was a Sergent by 18, infantry front lines Marine.
I did three years in Hawaii and it wasn't that bad. I was an E7/BMC when I did so that is a bit different than a bootcamper. I saw a few kids (and higher ranking enlisted for that matter) have problems with being in Hawaii but you could have that at any duty station. And in regards to the assignment request you can see from the video that doesn't really work out too often. You can ask but the needs of the Guard trumps all. And that applied in all assignments/transfers not just the initial one out of bootcamp.
What’s the issue with Hawaii? My sister is retired Navy, working civvie at PH. It’s pretty nice there, not gonna lie. Something must be completely different for Coast Guard in HI.
@@24fretsoffury No, nothing different about it for the Coast Guard. What I was referring to was the culture shock nearly everyone gets moving to Hawaii from the mainland US. It was usually harder on the guys and girls who had just gotten out of boot camp and had never known anything different than where they were from. Like I said that could happen at any duty station but it was more pronounced in Hawaii. I saw it in Alaska, Buffalo and even North Carolina.
In regards to the other branches I lived on the Windward side of Oahu and two of my neighbors were career Marines from Kaneohe MCB and they had many stories of Marines having troubles adjusting to "Island Life". I can't speak specifically to the other branches but I have to believe they also have a percentage of members who do not like their assignments to Hawaii. Or at least initially have problems adjusting to Hawaii.
@@John-tx1wk Adjusting to "island life"? Am I missing something? Imagine on duty can be hectic with tourists etc. But being able to kayak, fish, dive, surf every off day in those waters seems like heaven.
@@hvr1874 Most natives hate anyone other than other natives. It has been a big problem lately with this social justice stuff in the last decade.
@@hvr1874 Also it is way more expensive than any average service member can afford.
you said "they are the go to"... for the coast...that they guard, that was your compliment lol
When I did Avionics, top three students per course were allowed to put forward three preferred postings and got them.