Brit Reacts to What New Marine Corps Recruits Go Through In Boot Camp
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- Brit Reacts to What New Marine Corps Recruits Go Through In Boot Camp
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I am a Marine. There is absolutely no other feeling in the world than the feeling you get when you pin the EGA (Eagle, Globe, and Anchor) on for the first time.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice 🇺🇸 ❤
God Bless You Sir
Semper Fi
Semper Fi brother
Thank you sir for your service to our country. God bless you, and God bless America 🇺🇸.
USMC veteran, and I can tell you, this is just the tip of the iceberg. You’re not allowed to quit or give up, you will exercise until you vomit, and then vomit while exercising. All I will say is, this is just the nice side they show the cameramen. The real training is when there’s no cameraman around to save you. Greatest achievement of my life I think was getting pinned after the crucible and finally getting to be a Marine. Once a Marine, always a Marine ❤
Thank you for your service
Thank you for your service.
Facts.
Which crayon flavor is your favorite
Why a bayonet? I'm genuinely ignorant and curious.
My grandpa was a Marine in WWII, my uncle was a Marine in Vietnam, I was a Marine in Iraq and Afghanistan. We all made a vow to our country that lasts a lifetime. Semper Fi to all my warrior brothers and sisters out there until we meet in Valhalla and drink a horn. NEVER FORGOTTEN USMC
Semper Fidelis. Thank you and your family for their long legacy serving in the corps.
Semper Fi
100% respect sir
Semper Fi
Pltn 2085 class of '87 here.
What's with this "Getting Slayed" crap. When our platoon screwed up and had to go to the pit (located at the back corner of every set of barracks), it was called getting "Pitted". When an individual screwed up he got "Quarter-Decked" inside the barracks. They forgot to mention why the Pit was painful. Those sandfleas, that we called "Flying-Jaws" (even though they couldn't fly) were hell!! So were the damn fire-ants. 😆OOHRAH!!
My daughter’s boyfriend is a Marine. They do not even stop to go to the bathroom in the middle of those runs or mandatory hikes go while you are going. Two brothers in the army. Puke while you are doing the exercise and keep it moving. They are some seriously tough men. Marines do not play. They keep us all save and sign up to give their lives for us. They are amazing humans.
Sorry but he must pulling your leg. If you piss or crap on your self during ruck or run you would get chewed out and prob disciplined for not taking care of military equipment(aka you are the military equipment now since you signed the paper. ) served 2004-2013.
Yea the drill instructors literally cannot deny you using the bathroom. And like he said if you go on accident you’d get chewed out for it
This is why Americans are so proud of our military and always thank them for their service
I'm a BAM (Beautiful American Marine) I served from 1978 - 1981. At that time women were not obligated to sign up for 4 years. I was among the last group of Women Marines who did not have to qualify with a rifle in basic. I had to qualify six months later. I was a single mother when I went to basic and was older than most of the girls that I went through with. I am extremely proud to have served my country and to be a United States Marine. Once a Marine. Always a Marine.
Basic training is far more difficult than depicted here. This is practically a recruiting video.
Thank you for your service! From an Army brat...
Wow, they had a much more colorful phrase for that when I was in!
Wow that’s interesting I had no idea the females didn’t have to qualify back then. I went to basic at MCRD San Diego with only males. Well thank you for your service Devil Dog and I wish you nothing but the best. Oorah & Semper-Fi 💯
Thank you for your service!
My grandson is a Drill instructor at a Marine base. At any point a recruit can leave. Not everyone can be a Marine. My Son and Grandson are Marines. This is why Marines are feared all over the world. They are the best in the world and are feared in the world. They are a Brotherhood. Once a Marine ALWAYS a Marine.
Yea, but they ain't gonna tell you that. You and I both know that, at least not until the end.
I’m grateful for your grandson and all the other drill instructors. My son just graduated from boot at San Diego this weekend and I am grateful no one took it easy on him so he is prepared for whatever he has to face.
My sister is a marine and when we went to her graduation I did not recognize anything about her. Her personality, her barring, her BODY. Nothing. It took a solid year of her being in the marines and adjusting before pieces of her started to break through that mold because she was immediately stationed in Japan for 2 years. It’s amazing, sad and impressive all wrapped into one. Beyond grateful for the men and women who go through this for the potential need of their protection. ❤️
My son is a Marine - he graduated in March, and we took our trip to Parris Island for graduation. The transformation is phenomenal. Our rebellious, sometimes snarky son was respectful, mature, and polite. It's been the best thing he's ever accomplished.
I had an Uncle who is a former a Marine (not ex-Marine) but to quote him "Once a Marine always a Marine" and the Marine Corps recruiting slogan is The Few, The Proud, The Marines
Yup, no such thing as an ex Marine! And as some of us say..."we don't die, we just go to hell and regroup" Oooh Rah
@@klasyk1532 When I was on Mess and Maintenance week at Edson Range, I was the platoon secretary and the platoon commander kept me in the squad bay to help him with some recordkeeping. I was going through one of the platoon records footlockers and noticed some graffiti on the inside of the lid, "Old Marines never die. They just smell that way." Luckily none of the DIs was around as I had to laugh.
@@christophertipton2318 Lmao! Semper Fi Devil Dog!!
Boot camp is more of a mental challenge than physical one. It tests your stress levels and ability to work togather as a team under pressure. If you can't hack it you can get a general discharge for unadaptability.
My father served for 31 years in the Navy. There was an interesting thing I noticed growing up, Marines say I'm a Marine. Other services say I serve in the Navy, Airforce, Army, Coast Guard.
My father was a Marine, my brother was a Marine, my nephew was a Marine, and my great niece was a Marine. They know going in that it's going to to be hard. Marines are tough and loyal. Once a Marine, always a Marine. They stick together. It doesn't matter when you served, they have each others back.
Yes we do and you are a part of the Marines if your family served then you are also part of the Marine family. Semper Fi to you and your family. The ones we leave at home are why we are so tough. We want to make it back to you.
Not was a Marine. But, they are Marines.
And what is with the daylight arrival? I don’t like it.
My younger brother has been to war three times already in the Middle East. They give up a lot. We lose them for long periods at a time and hope they come back. His were a year each time.
This is only what the camera shows you. It's straight raw at all times in Bootcamp. San Diego get recruits from all states west of the Mississippi river as well as Illinois. South Carolina gets recruits from all the states east of the Mississippi except Illinois. My dad was a combat Marine in the Korean war. He was my hero. Made it home alive and went on to father 11 children. Passed in 2021 at the age of 92. RIP dad.
Both my boys are Marines..inactive now. They both went through MCRD San Diego 10 years apart.
Being there for graduation from boot is very powerful. My parents were able to make it for the youngest son's. Daddy served in the Army just before Viet Nam and grandpa was a messenger private in WWI France. He ended up with mustard gas in his lungs. My Father-in-luv also served in the Army during the cold war. All that to say the day that they left for boot and the day that they graduated were very proud moments!
Semper Fi
My 2 cousins are Marines, for about 2 yrs now. One of them had injured his ankle during training. He had to go to the hospital unit or whatever it is, get healed and then wait for the next group of enlisted to start their training. He had to start all over.
A coworker of mine couldn't hack it after 2 days. He was still there after two months waiting to be sent home. In the meantime he had to scrub floors, and do all kinds of work to pay for him staying there while arrangements were made to ship him home. We all tried to warn him. Even other vets we worked with, that he just didn't understand what he was getting into. In other words, he believed the recruiters who lie to kids for a living to get them to show up. Tell them what they want to hear, whether it's true, or not.
My god, if I was still going to be stuck there for 2 months, then might as well just keep trying and not give up
My granddaughter was in navy training, she came up with covid , she was running a mile I think, and was puking the whole way, she went into sick bay, tried to get better, they honorable medical discharge, she could go back in a year, but decided to be a men's prison guard. That what she is today
I became a Marine in 1997. On the day that my parents came to the recruit depot, I stood literally 5 feet away from them when we were dismissed. My mother looked all around for me. Looked right past me. It looked like she was trying to look for someone behind me because she did not recognize me at all.
Watching videos like this one make me miss that life. I wish there was a way that the Corps would take me back, but those days are long gone.
Small world I became a marine in 1997 as well, from Marine corp recruit depot San Diego. 2 battalion, Hotel company 2119, You? Were you a PI or San Diego Marine?
@@kiekokat3678 I’m a Hollywood Marine. Fox Company 2070. Would have shared a building with you depending on what month you were there. I was there from Jan to Apr.
@@tombstoneshadow4614 looks like I was a few months behind you in the training cycle. June-sept
I graduated Dec 7 97 (Hollywood marine)
Where/when where you?
@kiekokat3678 platoon 3009 was mine. Stayed up in Horno with E 2/1 where were you?
I have a friend who’s a marine right now. He told me that people that tried to quit during boot camp were usually told to shut up and get back in line but if they genuinely wanted to quit they would pull them aside and ask them again if they’re serious about quiting.
All respect and appreciation to the men and women who dedicate their lives to protecting our freedoms. True heros.
Marine veteran here and I thought I wouldn’t be able to get through it but I did. It’s not easy but it’s easy if that makes sense. You really form a bond with the recruits to become Marines with.
Marine here! 🙋♂️.. Parris Island 1991...3rd Battalion platoon 3116!
Went through the pageantry of Paradise Island....and this video left out "Sand Fleas" the bane of every recruit
My son just retired from the Marines 5 days ago.
Although he is classified as a civilian, he will always be a Marine. He went through Parris Island. He was in really good shape when he joined but at graduation, even he was like a completely different person.
Best feeling in the world being called a US Marine for the first time. July 20, 1990. MCRD San Diego Plt 3039 Things change over the years but the main values and teaching methods remain. My stepfather and grandfather were both Marines and we all had similar yet far different Basic Training experiences. Dad went through during Vietnam, Granddad during WWII. Marines guard the streets of Heaven, don't ya know?😊
Standing on those yellow footprints (MCRD, '82) will always be the most inspiring thing I've ever felt. So many before me, and many never came home. It was so overwhelming.
I was lucky enough to go through Paris Island doring the sand gnat season. Great times.
Basic Training is always more mental than physical. I went through Army Basic Training in 2013 and it was brutal. I even think back and wonder how I did it all. I know it was mostly mental though, refusing to give up and keep moving forward. Its exhausting with very little sleep and still expected to do everything to the best of your physical and mental ability. I miss it sometimes....
Military service is the best worst time you'll ever have.
My son is a Marine that trained in San Diego. When I went to his graduation he had lost so much weight, he wasn’t overweight to start, that I almost didn’t recognize him. He said the crucible was the most difficult thing he’s ever experienced.
I served in the Army. My last weekend training we crawled and had live rounds shooting over our head. And you knew they were live rounds because the used tracer rounds about every 5th or 10th round.
We also had to take our gas masks and we stood there for 5 minutiae’s sometimes longer, until the door was open, never put them back on once they came off. AND if you refuses to take it off, the Drill Sgt, would take it off for
I am a former Marine. Trust me, whatever you see on TH-cam, it’s harder in real life. Believe it or not, this is what drill instructors look like when they have to be nice because they know they are being filmed. When the cameras leave, it gets much much worse
Another video you'd enjoy is the US Navy SEAL BUDS training.
My stepfather was an MP in the Army and he took his basic training in Washington state during the months of February/March of 1970. Not only was it exactly like the video but because he was in the Pacific Northwest, it was constantly raining the entire time. Imagine going through all of these drills while wearing a poncho in the pouring rain. He also said that the drill instructors called everyone "sh**thead" and while crawling under the barbed wire they would shoot blanks over the heads of the recruits. (Before his time in basic, live rounds would have been fired until a few guys panicked, stood up and got hit.)
My cousin joined the marines in 1950. He stayed in 12 years left and joined the Air Force for 4 years. Then back to the marines until he retired. He loved the marine corps.
Thank you for your service to all that have posted here. My father was an Army officer in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. I want to acknowledge the wives, husbands, and children of our military. It can be a rewarding but difficult life. It’s not just the soldier that is part of our military. It truly takes the whole family to give love and support. My father left for Vietnam when I was 6 weeks old. My mother had a 16 year girl, a twelve year old boy, a 10 year old boy, and a newborn. She was one tough lady but remained sweet, and kind, and resourceful. Thank you to all the military families.
I went to PI in June 2006. I was in 3rdBn IndiaCo Platoon 3077
@2:10 You could get kicked out for failure to adapt but you get an other than honorable discharge which isn’t good.
@4:11 If you don’t get anyone on the phone, that’s it, you don’t talk to anyone.
@6:52 We all go through the same training from day 1.
@18:42 my mother asked my dad who this man was and where her son went 😂 but in a good way
@20:00 just a headache you got push through but you can go to sick hall and possibly get siq(sick in quarters) which is where you stay in your rack in the barracks all day but you gotta be pretty sick or have had dental surgery of some type(pulling wisdom teeth or something of that nature). If you get something that is gonna require you to be ‘down’ for a while such as cellulitis, a broke bone, or some type of sickness you can be put in MHP(medical holding platoon) where you will stay until you get better and then can pick up with a different company as close to your drop date as possible.
My older brother is a marine and graduated from this exact bootcamp. My brother is pretty insane in the membrane. Because he told me he loved bootcamp. Like he wasn’t being sarcastic or joking, he was dead serious.
Thank You For Your Service US MARINES and GOD BLESS YOU.
Yes they all go through the same training. If you are not reasonably fit they won't enlist you but if you are substandard in training they can send you to a special platoon for the purpose of raising your fitness level (that's not pleasant but the idea is to get you up to minimal standards). And overcoming fears is part of the training. You don't have to stop being afraid you have to persevere even when you are afraid. For the Marines in particular it is about building confidence. The idea is for you to get used to operating under pressure. And those attracted to the Corps are working on the idea that they want to be seen as the best baddest guys around.
I had a friend who was a Marine and he got hepatitis in basic -- they sent him home to recover and brought him back two months later. If you get injured they deal with it though some are medically discharged.
I am so PROUD of our men and women who defend our country! they arrive there to represent this amazing country. so proud of them! By the way, this video shows the strength of our military. amazing humans!
"What would happen if you can't hack it?"
I did Navy bootcamp but there if you screw up too much the first thing that happens is you get restarted with a newer group. If you continue to struggle, you'll likely be separated from the military, and whether it's a positive experience (honorable or other than honorable discharge) or negative (dishonorable discharge) depends on your attitude. This is pretty much the only time in your military career that you can basically quit or be fired without any negative consequences, and it happens all the time.
As far as being sick, I got pretty bad pink eye during my training and the protocol is basically the same as it is in the fleet. Your instructor or a leader in your division will send you to the medical department to be assessed, and if you have something debilitating or contagious, you'll be assigned a pass for limited duty or assigned SIQ, or "sick in quarters." In training that means you get to, and have to, stay in your rack for the number of days assigned by the medical department. Depending on how training is going or what your job in the fleet is, this can be desirable to a lot people, similar to a civilian wanting to call in sick from their 9 to 5 job, but people who go for it when they aren't sick or injured are often sussed out and labeled "malingerers," and are punished accordingly.
You're so funny 😂 "yeah, cuz they're not gonna stop the war for your headache" 😂
NY two brothers are Marines, but they never really talk about it, like my father who was a Korean War veteran. The only story I got was my brother's girlfriend was writing him letters and for his initials she wrote RoLo with o's for the periods. His drill instructor asked him if his name was Rolo lol He made my brother roll around on the floor for a while. My brother was quick to tell his girlfriend to stop doing that. I imagine being humiliated in front of other recruits is as bad as any physical pain.
Marines are *brothers* for life. 😉
I was a Marine from 2006 to 2010... When I went to boot camp I was tall, lanky, and 145 lbs. I thought everyday that eventually I'd be kicked out for not being able to physically keep up... Everyday I'd wake up thinking that day would be my last day... And every night I would go to bed wondering how I survived another day LOL
I am watching and kind of noting things. It is Marine “core” the S is silent in Corps. I noticed you said during the weekend - there is no weekend. You get about 1 to 2 hours each night to shower, write a letter home, study, iron uniform, but there is no talking, TV, radio, or phone. On Sunday morning you get about 3 hours to go to church or do one of the above, still no talking and no making a phone call. They really tamed down a lot of stuff in the video, I think that’s to not scare aware people from joining. That gas chamber was really tamed down, the gas is very thick and you can barely see in front of you before taking off the mask. After boot camp you continue to do it every year, but it is no big deal at all. The hardest part about boot camp is not the physical part, you get in shape pretty quick. The hard part is the mental part, learning things, dealing with hours of yelling, not a lot of sleep, hard to explain that part. Another extremely difficult thing for me was listening to instructions, in the beginning weeks, it was very difficult to understand what they were telling you to do. I want to end on some good notes. We lost a lot of people in my beginning platoon. They got tossed back a week, so you never really know what becomes of them. However, the USMC bootcamp is not designed to make you fail. They want you there and will push you beyond what you think you can do. Far different then something like the Navy Seals, where they are trying to make you drop out to get the best of the best. USMC 1985 to 1991.
I don't think they tamed things down. Listening to angry cops who is a DI in the Army NG he bitches about how weak it's gotten. How they cannot even do the shark attack anymore. Yes that's Army and this is the Corp but the standards tend to decrease at similar rates in all the branches.
My father was a jar head so a couple years after he got out my uncle decided to join.
My mother sent her brother a case of Reese's cup candy while he was still boot. She KNEW better. While my father was active she lived on the base with him at Cherry Point Marine air base. She knew. Unauthorized food is called "pogie bait" and is forbidden. He and a buddy were caught by the DI eating said candy.
In the heat and humidity of South Carolina the DI made them put a metal bucket on their heads, he then threw a blanket over them and made them eat every candy bar in the box and keep them down. From then till his death he never ate another Reese's cup.
This is the reason why American military is the best in world
Went through Parris Island from March-June 2012. Fun times.
That’s an island hopping campaign. Hit every sand pit they can find. You have sand in every crevice .
I kept answering the commentator!! Caught myself😮😅😂😂😂😂!
A few years ago I joined the navy and I didn’t make it past medical so I was sent back home but it was quite the experience not as intense as the marines but still I think the first 3 days I was there they kept us awake which was awful I was literally falling asleep while walking
I was in the Marines from 1985-1989 and again in 1991.
if you get too sick to continue training, they drop you to medical battalion, then when you’re better you get dropped to a platoon just starting training, so essentially you get reset back to training day 1 and it takes even longer to get through boot camp
Pugil sticks are no joke. Even with all that padding, I broke one guy's hand, and another guy's forearm. And for that I was rewarded a coca cola by the drill instructor. Carbonated drinks were not allowed normally. We had several matches. One was one v one with both having pugil sticks, second was one v two with all having pugil sticks, third was one with padded mittens vs one with a pugil stick, and finally one with mittens vs two with pugil sticks. I was fortunate enough to win all my matches, which made my drill instructors proud, at least for one day.
One guy in my platoon hit another so hard in the octagon that he broke the other guys mouthpiece. He got a phone call home and our DI's had the mouthpiece on display for the rest of training.
When my father joined back in 1969 he said the training back then was way harder than it is now. He said the new recruits would get beat up by the drill instructors. He said it had to be tough because they are training to go to war. He said no amount of training can ever prepare them for actual war. He served in the engineering brigade. He had to clear minefields with just his trench knife. A lot of guys would accidentally trigger the mine. They would step on it by accident. But the mine wouldn't go off till that person stepped off the mine. That's when a lot would die or get their legs and arms blown off. He said the worse feeling in the world is feeling helpless. He wanted to help the ones who got injured but couldn't. He just had to watch them cry out for their mothers.
I did Army Basic training at age 28. That hurt. But I sure wish I had been able to sleep in till 4AM. We hit the bricks at 3 AM.
My uncle went to boot camp at camp pendleton in California and he was in desert storm thank you so much for showing this!! I get to see what he went through
I remember the pit and it's been more than 40 years. Whole platoon kept screwing up COD. SDI said "You want to play huh? We're going to play in the sand." Seemed like it lasted forever.
Recently EAS'ed Marine here. This, until the day I die, will be my greatest achievement. Semper Fidelis.
The Army and Coast Guard have a video as well you should definitely check those out as well
Marine Corps (core)
My uncles are Marines and served in WWII in the pacific. One was one of the original Navajo Code Talker. He told me to go to the Navy, because, he said he knew I was smart and could be given a good rate (job). So, I did and loved every minute!
I completed my boot camp in 1984. If you get hurt (broken arm or leg etc.), they will send you to MRP(Medical Rehabilitation Platoon) until you are healed. You then rejoin another platoon that is at the point you where when the injury occurred. Ones that can't go thru because of their weight or weakness go to PRP( physical rehabilitation platoon) until their weight is down and their strength and endurance is up. They then go to another platoon and start all over. As others have said, there is no greater feeling than pinning on your EGA for the first time.
Best way to describe Marine Corps boot camp is its chaos from beginning to almost end 😂😂😂
My granddaughter went though boot camp and is now a sharpshooter. She led a battalion early on in training because they saw her as a leader. My entire family have leadership ability and all are firearms experts, including myself. We all have military potential.
I knew a guy that got a letter in boot camp from his parents telling him that they moved and they weren't giving him the new adress. They basicly told him he was a shitbag and they weren't wrong lol. 😂😂😂
On my second day of my third week at MCRD Paris Island, I saw the light, I could feel the switch as it came on. From that point forward it all came into focus. I couldn’t get enough. There was no amount of pain, or exhaustion, or hunger, or stress that was going to stop me. It happened to two of us at the same time. That night we were taken from our racks to the Senior Hut, our Senior Drill Instructor had us at attention on the carpet, he told us he saw the lights come on. He said that he knew we were giving 100%. Then he proceeded to scream at us that 100% was not enough. Without knowing why or how, we both understood him. For the remainder of boot camp, we challenged the Heavies, at the Seniors direction, we non-verbally taunted them, obviously at our own detriment, but after marching across the parade deck at graduation, the Heavies became our best friends. Years later, as I walked into a NCO club between deployments, I was quickly doubled over gasping for air as a punch landed just below my chest. I looked up to see my Senior Drill Instructor standing over me with outstretched arms and a huge grin on his face. We had a great reunion. I’d follow him anywhere to this day. That was 27 years ago. I have since retired. I have two sons, one has been to Afghanistan for 3 tours, the other says he wants to continue the tradition (he’s just turned 15). I hope and pray that the leadership I experienced is still in command now.
Did it in 2006. Best advice i got, take it chow to chow every day. Wake up, train, go to chow, train, go to chow, train, go to chow, train, go to bed. Thinking about a month from now or a week from now is too far away and we had a few recruits snap from the mental strain and break down crying or trying to jump the fence and run away. Oddly enough, it was also the funniest place I'd ever been to where i wasn't allowed to laugh. I made a friend in boot camp as well, we were both from Oklahoma, grew up a few hours away from each other, had the same MOS and ended up in the same unit together. Been my brother ever since and we still tell stories from our boot camp days. Worst thing about the Marine Corps that they don't tell you is just how much you miss it when you get out. It truly is a brotherhood like no other.
Getting slayed? Gettin Bent😂and we went in the drink with cartridges belt, rifle and Alice packs😮
My dad was a 82nd Airborne special force and my Uncle bill was Air Force and my Uncle was a Marine and Navy and a Sargent in the Army. Loved listening to them when they talked about the military when they were in the military
Love seeing you react to these videos
3:33 My dads a retired Marine and I went to bootcamp in 2006. He laughed the whole time i read the script. I earned another phone call home later during training and he picked it up with "You better not be telling me youre on the way home."
Our oldest son is a Marine veteran and our youngest son is an Army 82nd Airborne veteran. Both did really well and are proud of all that they and others in the U.S. military and our allies in other countries who have or are serving. Great video and great reaction.
One thing about a Marine. A marine can go into any other Branch without going through their bootcamp. Anyone from any other Branch must go through boot camp again if they want to go into the Marines the Marines are a special breed. A very special breed
Pronounced like "core," not "corpse."
I volunteered at the age of 17, for 2 years. I turned 18 on Paris Island. I graduated from there and had my ITR training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. I signed up in 1969, and served active duty from 70 - 72. SEMPER FIDELIS ( ALWAYS FAITHFUL)!!
My brother came back from boot camp in the navy. I asked him if what if he couldn't do it (pushup, training, etc). He said, you just do it. I was like, but what if you can't. He said, No, you just do it. I learned 2 years later when I joined the Army. You just do it. There is no "I can't".
I went through in 1988. We all lived "Full Metal Jacket", as that was still very popular. It was real clear our Drill Instructors had seen that movie a lot. We had 2 relieved of duty for physical violence to recruits. I got it several times, but kept my mouth shut during the investigation. It was my reality, and dont know any other USMC Boot Camp. It made me who I am; a man who fears very little, and knows that I can do and endure almost anything if i have to.
3/2 Marine 03 - 08. I landed on Parris Island in 2003, and for the first 2 weeks... I hated my life. After that, I got into the groove of things and left the Island praying to never go back. Best decision of my life. This video doesn't show you a quarter of what it's really like!
My Husband is a 22 year Marine Corps Veteran. Their Boot Camp is the longest and roughest. They definitely watered this down, but I have respect for all the Branches.
Parris Island is a part of the country that, with the heat and the humidity, you're miserable just walking across the street. I admire the guys who've never done anything more athletic in their life than playing a video game and make it through any military training.
I loved bootcamp for the most part because you are getting in shape and challenged everyday and yes to the comment about making it easier than it looks, that is true I was at parris Island in 2000 and it was less PC then today and this video is definitely PC and more recent
My son contracted a respiratory virus a couple of hours into the crucible. He finished, collapsed and was hospitalized until the day before graduation. He is now a sergeant!
I used to live like 6 mins away from Parris Island. My dad is a retired Navy vet and we were able to go on base. Every time I see this video, brings back memories. And I used to play baseball there on base too.
Just found your channel. Absolutely love the topics you react to. I wonder if you could find one on how the Navy Seals train. At least what they’re allowed to show. From what I’ve seen and heard (from Mr. Ballen) it’s brutal af.
The best part of the crucible is when you and your team work together, try a lot of different things, FINALLY get something that MIGHT work to beat the challenge, BARELY get through it...
And then the sergeant takes away the crucial piece of equipment you used to solve the problem and tells you to do it again.
I Loved the Gas Chamber. Absolutely Clears Out Your Head and Sinuses 👍
I was in the marines. You don’t realize the pure exhaustion of boot camp from these videos. It’s constant physical activity, always moving fast pace, and running on very little sleep. When you first arrive you go for 48 hours without sleep. Then throughout the course, you often have to be awake during the night to do tasks or fire watch. It’s also hard to drink enough water because you don’t get very many bathroom breaks, so unless you want to pee your pants, you have to be pretty dehydrated. Another thing they left out is when the drill instructors mess with you. Oh boy. Doing fireman carrys for hours while wearing a sweatshirt in the heat. And then there are the hikes. Lots of women get hip fractures from those hikes. It’s absolutely back breaking carrying poorly made packs that don’t fit correctly and hiking 9 miles. And if you think the obstacle courses look fun, well they would be except for the fact that you are always exhausted and more than likely it’s either extremely hot or extremely cold outside (depending on what time of year you go)
USMC Here and graduating boot camp is still to this day one of the hardest/greatest things i have ever done. Once I went to the Fleet I had a old Master Gunnery Sergeant tell me he was taking me out for PT. I thought easy day he's old I got this. He took me on a 15 mile run called the bull run and told me I had to beat him. He had a fast pace and a smile during the entire run. I never wanted to PT with him again. Needles to say i puked more than once during that run and always dreaded/respected Master Gunnery Sergeant after that.
I went through boot camp back in 1996 so it was a little different than what they do now. When you choose to become a Marine you do it knowing that it’ll be the toughest thing you will have done in your life up to that point.
You get dropped off you can't complete because you're sick.
I almost got dropped back to training day 1 when I was in training day 53 for accidentally breaking another recruits finger.
It was the hardest thing i ever had to do in my life at the time, and I'd do it again, maybe not now at 44, but it was worth every aspect of life and anyone can complete MC boot camp... if they have the motivation and drive to NOT give up!
Love the reaction. Brought back memories. ❤😢😊
One should recognize that this is only a clip of the original video, and even that is an abbreviation of boot camp. You see a few minutes of parts of what recruits go through. I graduated Parris Island in 1973, and retired in 1994. And to this day I remember boot camp as if it was yesterday, and yet my memories of being in combat have faded. I served in Vietnam during the evacuation, Grenada, Panama, and Desert Shield / Storm. What I remember most is my appreciation of what the drill instructors instilled in me. Regarding quitting, I can only speak for how it was in my time in. Quitting was not an option. If you could not complete some part of training you got dropped and set back to a later platoon. Those that got dropped, depending on the cause would go to physical condition platoon ( PCP ), or if they were overweight they went to what was known as Fat Body training and kept there till they met weight standards, then joined normal training. Back then there were a lot of fat bodies coming in. Vietnam was going on, so as long as they were breathing and willing, they could still get in. There were two recruits in my platoon that could not read and write. Because of my high school grades, I was tasked with teaching them every night after lights out while sitting in the head ( bathroom for those that don't know ). They both earned the GED by the end of boot camp.
My grsndson at 18 just became a United States MARINE in San Deigo 6/22/23
My dad is a retired Marine and my son is also a Marine. That phone call when they first arrive is something I will never forget as long as I live. I laughed hearing the chaos, was amazed at how loud he was, relieved that he was there and sad he was not home. All in about 10 seconds. Intense as hell!
I also am a Marine, There is alot more behind the pretty video. There is hazing, During the crucible we were given 3 mre for the entire time but before we started the Drill Instructors took two of the three meals. 10mile hikes and ALOT of throwing up haha.
My husband is a Reconnaissance Marine. There’s so much more to this; often they cannot reveal missions
There’s a saying in the Marines, there’s Marine shape, and drill instructor shape. DI’s are formidable.
1:59 they used to say there were only 2 ways off the island... graduation or a body bag... mind you, they also would tell you, if you're going to die, you die on your own time, and while you're their, you are on the Corps' time😂
Idk about other countries, but in some states in America they have military classes in high school called JROTC where you learn the basic knowledge and steps, and then you can sign up to go to a military boot camp if you want. In GA I know they have Army JROTC and in NC they have air force JROTC
I’m a US Army veteran. Just got out last November. Basic training was INSANE but it’s more mental then anything. Love your channel Mate
I just graduated bootcamp a few days ago, if youre sick you just keep training, the expectation is that you will be sick for the first few weeks, me and the whole company were constantly congested coughing out snot and spitting it all over the place, at one point i had a fever but was told to atleast try the pt so i did and ended up making it through pretty decent, we just did a half mile sprint but by the end of it i was supprised how much we could do while sick