Glad you went in the military for the experience. The Marines definitely will set you apart from the real world when you get out. COVID-19 definitely didn’t help. I spent almost a decade in the Army. My son wanted something different and maybe some college money If he needed it. I knew from experience too we were in a twenty year war I really didn’t want him playing call of duty In Afghanistan than spending the rest of his life with regrets. Especially seeing how we ended up in the end. So when he went in the Marines I’m like be a Marine choose a smart job. He went in as a Admin and spent four years @ MCRD. He didn’t mind it except they convinced him it was better to marry his psychotic gf than live in the barracks and he did. She found some local bartender and drugs was better. Lucky no kids and quick divorce quickly solved that. However lack of support and understanding from senior leadership made four years seem like an life time. One Gunny kept failing him numerous times on PT keeping him from getting his Corporal stripes that even his Sgt and Warrant Officer new was wrong and waited tell the Gunny was on leave and sent him over to Miramar Marine Corp Air Station to take his PT test. That was BS but he passed like with flying covers was promoted to Corporal and they needed a Admin at another company for 30 days and put my son their since the Gunny was going be leaving anyways when he came back from leave and they didn’t want him messing with my son when he got back knowing he was promoted. He was pissed when he came back. Couldn’t do anything. Funny story the Gunny wasn’t qualified to do payroll because he couldn’t pass some test or some qualification. My son was qualified and did all the payroll. Another reason my son got out. He had all kinds of qualifications and certifications, he did taxes for the guys on base, he did like over hundreds funerals while he was there. He did care. They still let the Gunny slide. When he was getting out their begging him to stay. Was going promote him to Sgt. He’s like where were you when I really needed you. I’m out of here.
Thank you baby for this video!! My son just joined the Marines and I just wanted to get a glimpse of how everything looked. I wish you the best and may you continue to prosper always stay true to yourself and shoot for the stars!!
It’s nice to watch these videos and see how the new generation is living in the corps. It makes me reminisce about my time in the corps, but man, I’m so glad I got out. No room inspections but I still keep my marine corps standards of cleanliness and basic hygiene. No PFTs or dumb company Moto runs but still maintain my old marine corps health & fitness and then some. No living in shtty barracks and even though I pay rent, I do live in a nicer spot. No checking in with my SGT if I want to leave on PTO. No 5:45am roll call. No mandatory shaving and haircuts, but I still keep my grooming standards. I can come and go as I please. I can take a nap whenever I want to (sometimes even during work hours). I say all this because if you’re thinking about life outside the corps, best believe it can absolutely be better than being in the corps.
Looks like every base I've ever been too.....on the other side of the world. I guess it's all birthed by the British Empire. Even the colour schemes are identical.
I have an older brother who's a United States Marine and it is crazy seeing him now as a Marine but it's also weird not having them in the house because it's just me my mom my step dad and my step brother
🐐 & I ship out next year it’s my first time becoming a marine and what it takes ! The Marine Corps is not for everyone but I have high hopes and potential that I will become one with structure and discipline get the marine offers I’ll be a good fit
My son is over at 2nd TSB right now. Stay motivated man! and dont let the unit/barracks whiners convince you things are shit. I was surprised when we went down there, Lejeune is actually a really nice base. I take my surfboard out to Onslow beach when we come to visit.
So apparently this is New River? I thought this was Camp Lejeune and kept thinking,man has it really changed that much since 97? Cause I don't see shit that I remember. And now I know why ..
Thx for the video, no TH-cam when I joined in the 80s. A lot different now, youngsters can see what they're getting into. I would have loved to have seen videos from boot camp. I would have joined the Air Force haha. Semper fi
I couldn't help but notice, no working parties painting those large rocks along the road. Nothing like endless working parties or PM to keep the "troops" occupied.
Travel back in time. 1980. Trust me, you eating GREAT! Pizza was served maybe once a month. Also, go to your nearest storage facility, knock down the dividers, add shitters and pissers...you got my barracks. 😐
I was at Pendleton in ‘84 & ‘85 in the 22 Area. Let me just say that if our rooms were as UNSAT & filthy as that room we would have been on a permanent field day. That was embarrassing to see…”nahm sayin”? WTF?
Nah you definitely do , but at times the beq can be low on people, like if a meu is in play , your roommate might be gone, etc. depends on the time of year
@@Twano2am ima have to rewatch, my blind ass got glasses. I'm trying to figure out what to expect bouta sign for a y year Infantry contract, ngl alil stressed cuz I snore bad
@@bradenbagby4431 my roommate snored bad but i just had to deal with it 🤷🏽♂️if you snore its cool theres bigger problems your roommate will be dealing with , you’ll be alright
if you are not married it comes out of your check, if you are married.. you will have to pay every time you go to the chow hall. So its never free.. but you never have to worry about being on top of the monthly fee since its automatically withdrawn from your check
@@Twano2amthat sounds awful. Cause what if you don't eat their food. Then you're just getting money taken out of your check. Is it at least reasonably priced?
@@Twano2am Do you think it’ll be possible to do so with the income from being in the military and be able to live comfortably or would it be to tight money wise ?
@@isabel6082 its possible but you would have to have limited liabilities/expenses. For ex, if you have a $300 car payment + $200 car insurance & your trying to live off base at a low rate of $650 (if that). Thats $1050 a month (excluding any other expenses you have) so first joining & making $850 a paycheck trying to live off base you will have to be verryyy good at managing your money if you have no extra money coming in because with those numbers its easy to slip up
Hated this damn place when I was there, and I wasnt even a Marine, but a corpsman. Place has the most depressing atmosphere and I had to deal with alot of little racist terds from the Navy and Marine side. Appreciate y experiences though, but you couldnt pay me to go back 😂
@Twano2am damn bro, sorry that happened. Yet don't feel bad for sticking up for what you believe in. The government needs to come out and apologize for trying to force people to take that crap and now seeing that it literally helped no one because those who took it were the ones dying. I was a corpsman on Camp Lejeune back from 2007 to 2010. When I heard people were getting discharged for refusing it I already knew that as a corpsman I would've had the ability to fake like I got it 😂. Being it's usually us who administer the vaccines to Marines in the first place. Me and another corpsman did it with the whole swing flu vaccine. We just shot each other up with saline 😂.
Glad you went in the military for the experience. The Marines definitely will set you apart from the real world when you get out. COVID-19 definitely didn’t help. I spent almost a decade in the Army. My son wanted something different and maybe some college money If he needed it. I knew from experience too we were in a twenty year war I really didn’t want him playing call of duty In Afghanistan than spending the rest of his life with regrets. Especially seeing how we ended up in the end. So when he went in the Marines I’m like be a Marine choose a smart job. He went in as a Admin and spent four years @ MCRD. He didn’t mind it except they convinced him it was better to marry his psychotic gf than live in the barracks and he did. She found some local bartender and drugs was better. Lucky no kids and quick divorce quickly solved that. However lack of support and understanding from senior leadership made four years seem like an life time. One Gunny kept failing him numerous times on PT keeping him from getting his Corporal stripes that even his Sgt and Warrant Officer new was wrong and waited tell the Gunny was on leave and sent him over to Miramar Marine Corp Air Station to take his PT test. That was BS but he passed like with flying covers was promoted to Corporal and they needed a Admin at another company for 30 days and put my son their since the Gunny was going be leaving anyways when he came back from leave and they didn’t want him messing with my son when he got back knowing he was promoted. He was pissed when he came back. Couldn’t do anything. Funny story the Gunny wasn’t qualified to do payroll because he couldn’t pass some test or some qualification. My son was qualified and did all the payroll. Another reason my son got out. He had all kinds of qualifications and certifications, he did taxes for the guys on base, he did like over hundreds funerals while he was there. He did care. They still let the Gunny slide. When he was getting out their begging him to stay. Was going promote him to Sgt. He’s like where were you when I really needed you. I’m out of
here.
Thank you baby for this video!! My son just joined the Marines and I just wanted to get a glimpse of how everything looked. I wish you the best and may you continue to prosper always stay true to yourself and shoot for the stars!!
Thank you 🙏 glad i could provide a video for you to check out
Wait till you see the rattle snakes
It’s nice to watch these videos and see how the new generation is living in the corps.
It makes me reminisce about my time in the corps, but man, I’m so glad I got out.
No room inspections but I still keep my marine corps standards of cleanliness and basic hygiene.
No PFTs or dumb company Moto runs but still maintain my old marine corps health & fitness and then some.
No living in shtty barracks and even though I pay rent, I do live in a nicer spot.
No checking in with my SGT if I want to leave on PTO.
No 5:45am roll call.
No mandatory shaving and haircuts, but I still keep my grooming standards.
I can come and go as I please. I can take a nap whenever I want to (sometimes even during work hours). I say all this because if you’re thinking about life outside the corps, best believe it can absolutely be better than being in the corps.
True. But damn what I would do to have access to a chow hall again! Not having to prepare food was such a luxury that I didn't realize I had.
Looks like every base I've ever been too.....on the other side of the world. I guess it's all birthed by the British Empire. Even the colour schemes are identical.
Crazy
Do the marines never have inspection 🧐
I have an older brother who's a United States Marine and it is crazy seeing him now as a Marine but it's also weird not having them in the house because it's just me my mom my step dad and my step brother
I want to enlist soon, I’m just informing myself before having the chat with my parents lol
Thanks for the tour, man. Really appreciate it!
Well did you join?
For some reason the chowhall is what I miss the most. The Littleton one at 29 and the French Creek one at Camp Lejeune were my favorites.
I loved living on base. 1982... camaraderie, free chow, housing, utilities...ZERO worries. It wasn't anywhere near this nice.
Damn those are some shitty barracks. In the Army we at least get our own bedroom. But in the Air force they basically live in apartments.
facts
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Time to move forward brotha!!
Onwards and upwards 💪🏾
This was a really nice tour, I liked seeing all this. Your work are is cool, and yep, everything happens for a reason #blessed
🐐 & I ship out next year it’s my first time becoming a marine and what it takes ! The Marine Corps is not for everyone but I have high hopes and potential that I will become one with structure and discipline get the marine offers I’ll be a good fit
Dam that’s wassup! I’m over here studying for the test I am also tryna take off.
My son is over at 2nd TSB right now.
Stay motivated man! and dont let the unit/barracks whiners convince you things are shit.
I was surprised when we went down there, Lejeune is actually a really nice base.
I take my surfboard out to Onslow beach when we come to visit.
I stayed in these exact barracks 22 years ago.
That is crazy
I live in those exact barracks right now, 3rd deck
Where is this?
@@luisvega4833 new river
Loveee the tour 💜💯 things will be so much better as you grow in the near future 🤩💐 …also, hope you had a great Thanksgiving 🦃🍁‼️‼️
So apparently this is New River? I thought this was Camp Lejeune and kept thinking,man has it really changed that much since 97? Cause I don't see shit that I remember. And now I know why ..
Looks like LUXURY compared to the barracks in the 70's and 80's. Walk-in closet? WTF?????
Dude says looks like a prison lowkey. Sheeeit, those barracks look like a Hilton compared to what they were in 95-97.
Thx for the video, no TH-cam when I joined in the 80s. A lot different now, youngsters can see what they're getting into. I would have loved to have seen videos from boot camp. I would have joined the Air Force haha. Semper fi
it was good to see a lack of hellcats in the parking lot
Looks way nicer then the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune barracks in the late 90’s I would of killed for barracks like this
I couldn't help but notice, no working parties painting those large rocks along the road. Nothing like endless working parties or PM to keep the "troops" occupied.
look like section 8 lol
Twan,your gonna miss the chow.
Looks like the Hilton, compared to Las Pulgas, Camp Pendleton 1982!
Raise your hand if you are old enough to have been stationed on Camp Pendleton and quartered in a open squad bay? ✋
USAF be like: tis a peasants life
Un SAT !! What are you doing in my beloved Corps!
Travel back in time. 1980. Trust me, you eating GREAT!
Pizza was served maybe once a month. Also, go to your nearest storage facility, knock down the dividers, add shitters and pissers...you got my barracks.
😐
I’m blessed to say I’m making the decision to join the Marines. I will prosper. Mark these words, y’all. 🎉
Times have change, we slept in squad bays. I will say this our chow 50 years ago look better than yours did today
I was in from 1992-1996 the food looks like it's improved since my time.
I was at Pendleton in ‘84 & ‘85 in the 22 Area. Let me just say that if our rooms were as UNSAT & filthy as that room we would have been on a permanent field day. That was embarrassing to see…”nahm sayin”? WTF?
Not that bad not that bad not that bad
Wait so you dont have to share a dorm with someone if want to?? I thought it was mandatory?
I’m pretty sure it is
I think things changed because of covid
Nah you definitely do , but at times the beq can be low on people, like if a meu is in play , your roommate might be gone, etc. depends on the time of year
Damn way nicer than the barracks i live in. My room small af.
I ain’t miss new River at all lmao
😂😂 i dont neither
just got my orders to the fleet for 29
congratulations
Pretty sure I was the guy behind you in chow hall like lmaooo
lol your last name looks familiar too
Lmao 3 weeks later y’all met irl yet? I wanna see how this plays out
Lol nah we haven’t met plus I’m out the military now
Too many trees and no hills. Must be Lejune
New river sucks and it depressing worst place to be stationed at
Agreed 💯
How you gonna dawg your chow hall Marines like that, like they're filthy or something? They run tighter ships than a lot of sections on base.
The marines are not the ones cleaning the dishes
I'm not trying to be a Karen or anything but when I saw the room it a hot mess
Looks like a hotel
What are the officer quarters like?
Alil confused, he said 2 man there and there, I only saw 1 bed on his bathroom side
Huh? You didnt see two bedrooms in the room?
@@Twano2am ima have to rewatch, my blind ass got glasses. I'm trying to figure out what to expect bouta sign for a y year Infantry contract, ngl alil stressed cuz I snore bad
@@Twano2am I see the second bed now, is the 2 bed per room universal in the marines or does it depend on what base your at?
@@bradenbagby4431 my roommate snored bad but i just had to deal with it 🤷🏽♂️if you snore its cool theres bigger problems your roommate will be dealing with , you’ll be alright
@@bradenbagby4431 its universal tbh , there are a good amount of people without a roommate though thats common
Yes right
Lmao that same dusty ass bike been there since I left in 2020 🤣
😂😂
Better then the navy
Doubt it
Barrack? Or bedroom?
Barrack(s) is the building(s)
Bedroom is the bedroom ✅
3:45 fucking facts
How were you able to move off base not talking financially? I thought you have to be atleast E-5 and up or married idk
If you can do it financially then they don’t care 🤷🏽♂️ that’s on you. they’re not going to make you stay in your barracks room just cause.
Can u get bodybuilder big, in the Marines.?
So the chows, not that good.so u won't miss it.
😂
Weird seeing new river in a video,
very interesting 😊
What Unit barracks was the i haven’t been to Lejeune since 97
That’s new River HLMA-167 beq
eyy. i know that place
Bruh im mind blown. Knocked on 337, walked in 328? Americans be trippin. Whatever you on, I want Dat 😆 😆
😂😂 i didn’t think anyone was going to notice that
Na you good man. Appreciate your time and effort to create this content. Gotta get some dunks in their man
@@calebboston7754 💯💯 basketball content
Bro you from the city ain’t you? (Detroit)
nah but my mans from detroit so he prolly rubbed off on me frl, im frm dayton oh
Pendleton 64-65
Does every Marine get their own bathroom and room?
No
Most likely you will share everything with someone
Is the chow hall free?
if you are not married it comes out of your check, if you are married.. you will have to pay every time you go to the chow hall. So its never free.. but you never have to worry about being on top of the monthly fee since its automatically withdrawn from your check
@@Twano2am ok cool. What about the barracks?
@@Twano2amthat sounds awful. Cause what if you don't eat their food. Then you're just getting money taken out of your check. Is it at least reasonably priced?
i believe they take about $350 a month, Its a lot of days where you don't want to eat that food
I in fact do not know what you are saying.
What base is this?
MCAS New River, Jacksonville, NC
How did you move off base ?
I had extra money coming in from my TH-cam channel, so i just found an apartment for rent, & signed a lease
@@Twano2am Do you think it’ll be possible to do so with the income from being in the military and be able to live comfortably or would it be to tight money wise ?
@@isabel6082 its possible but you would have to have limited liabilities/expenses. For ex, if you have a $300 car payment + $200 car insurance & your trying to live off base at a low rate of $650 (if that). Thats $1050 a month (excluding any other expenses you have) so first joining & making $850 a paycheck trying to live off base you will have to be verryyy good at managing your money if you have no extra money coming in because with those numbers its easy to slip up
@@isabel6082 but if you have no car expenses or any big expenses really , its very manageable
Hated this damn place when I was there, and I wasnt even a Marine, but a corpsman. Place has the most depressing atmosphere and I had to deal with alot of little racist terds from the Navy and Marine side. Appreciate y experiences though, but you couldnt pay me to go back 😂
Facts
Doesn't look as bad as people say
Yeah it gets better on camp lejeune, usually the inside barracks are the nicer ones
What years where you in
Aug 2019 - Feb 2022 , got discharged for refusing the 💉
@Twano2am damn bro, sorry that happened. Yet don't feel bad for sticking up for what you believe in. The government needs to come out and apologize for trying to force people to take that crap and now seeing that it literally helped no one because those who took it were the ones dying. I was a corpsman on Camp Lejeune back from 2007 to 2010. When I heard people were getting discharged for refusing it I already knew that as a corpsman I would've had the ability to fake like I got it 😂. Being it's usually us who administer the vaccines to Marines in the first place. Me and another corpsman did it with the whole swing flu vaccine. We just shot each other up with saline 😂.
nice place ill move thier
There is a problem hearing on this video! Try slow down when you talk.
Know what I'm sayin?
@@marcclement7396 Try to speak English that's what I'm saying
How bout both of yall smd
I’m here now lol
Lol i just left .. good luck enjoying life in that city bro 💯😂🤝 i mean that frl tho
What base is it
Cant listen to you you know so you know I aint gonna you know get some rice or you know what im sayin or you know =. DA
this fool is whispering i cant make out anything he said really i didnt understand anything he said and i do understand english
Aye yo I chose east coast is there shit to even do there
lmao yeah its depressing at times tho ngl
@@Twano2am dang so I should’ve went west coast ?
Yeah i think you should have
Lol Pendleton definitely better. There are nice beaches around Lejeune though. I'd say that's the highlight. Seafood. Wilmington is a cool place.
Lejeune?
New river
@@Twano2am Oh ok. I have fam at LeJeune. Was down there in June. Loved the area. Onslow beach, Topsail beach. Was mostly on Western Blvd lol
bruh new river barracks is all trash. French creek too lol
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