The biggest thing is... the Drill Instructors in your face and sometimes all 3 Drill Instructors at one time. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant who served 1973-1977.
@Tyler Crowell good luck. Are you going to Parris Island or San Diego? I went to Parris Island. After boot camp, you will feel pride of being a Marine, and the pride stays with you for life..... and I'm almost 68 yrs old. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant
That feeling they have is real but its expected; especially from Marines in the school house. It is like that for everyone. They will hopefully get a better experience in the fleet. Ive been almost 10 years now; so i can say that alot of the newer marines have a different outlook; but its like anything in life, they will be ups and downs.
Hey Trell it’s Vaught the one talking about leadership and dropping warheads on foreheads. I just have to say great video and you’re 100% right about the core being mixed emotions. You’ll have your good days and bad days. We were all in MAT at the time and now we’ve picked up on a team and I’ll tell you what it’s getting a lot better! Keep up the good work
Got out in October. Gonna miss the Corps, but at the same time I won’t. For the new boots all I’m gonna say is pay attention to your seniors. In the Marine Corps, experience is priceless.
My question is if they have all this free time what’s preventing them from doing something productive like working out, target practice, or online school? I’d assume there would be gyms or shooting ranges near them for instance. I could be wrong I’m genuinely asking as someone who wants to join
you can't just go to a range. Your unit has to set up range time because range time costs money and there are many different types of ranges. These guys arent in the fleet so you're not really getting the best look at what life is like IMO. Also these guys likely already did PT in the morning or something. Sure they can (and probably do) bang out some more push ups and pull ups but lemme know if you can workout all day everyday without stopping lol
Also free time varies. Different MOSs spend more or less time training which can really make things like online schooling not an equal experience. You COULD do it, but its not going to be the same level of commitment to get it done from like an S1 pov vs an 03xx
Dude the Corps has changed a ton even since I've been in. After you left and we became the Experimental unit we saw alot of the changes first hand. Some good changes and some bad changes. But the world keeps turning man.
The fleet is really what determines your outlook on the Marine Corps, it depends on your MOS, your background, your personality, and your mindset, as a junior Marine in student status your life is going to suck but when you get to fleet you start doing your job, it's also peace time so you won't be doing anything significant until war breaks out.
Join the infantry, instead of sitting in a squad bay during your “school house” you can sit in the field and get pissed on. And shoot shit and blow shit up and do a lot of hiking and patrolling. These guys need to stop complaining. This guys saying “people are wanting to be in the shit and they’re not” well you’re joining during a time of overall peace so you’re not gonna see combat most likely. But this country needs a force of marines that are ready at all times. That’s just the game. If you didn’t expect this shit then you clearly didn’t pay attention.
I feel like it really depends what mos you go for, im planning on joining as a musician and thats a really good job for people like musicians who really care about music and having a reliable job that will pay you consistently for that passion.
Stay strong. In the mind specifically. The first two weeks are gonna suck cause you’re not use to the environment and process they have in place for you. Once you get used to everything shit starts to fall in place and usually feels easier depending on if your DIs decide to cutback as you progress based on your platoons over all performance. And your individual performance. Remember be fast be loud and keep the intensity.
If you're going to Parris Island, it's very hot and HUMID, in May, June, July. If you're going to San Diego, the weather is a lot better. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant . BTW I went to Parris Island.
I've been waiting since June for a chance to go down to the recruiter, I broke my wrist last summer and have been waiting on the recovery so I can workout again. I've been trying keep up with videos like this and thankfully maturing over time since I've gotten over the bug that had me itching to join. Overall I've been seeing that military is just like any job with aspects similar to school unique to itself. I hope by this summer my wrist will have fully recovered and I can get my upper body back in shape so I can enlist, feeling that my expectations aren't set way above the ceiling.
The reason why it's different now is because it's peacetime. It was different back in the 90s when I was in. I went to boot camp, MCT, MOS school, then about 6 months in at my duty station I get deployed to Iraq for 6 months.
@@TrelltheGreat I would tell today's youth who are going to the military to just go and get that Vet status. The chances of them getting deployed and being in the shit is not very high. When we landed in Kuwait City we saw all the branches. Us and some of the army, air force and even Navy went straight to the hot ass 130 degree desert and I didn't see the rear again until we left. It is an experience I'll never forgot. No AC or fans, we ate MRE's 3 times day with the occasional C ration sometimes. We had to burn our own shit. We called it the burning of shitters and it was the worst thing I've ever done in my entire life. It had to be done every day.
I just picked up in training in the school house. Everyday I regret joining the marines. All it is dumb uniform inspections and barracks field days. Not a war time mentality. I’ve already decided I’m not reenlisting and I’m just a pfc. 95% of my peers feel the same way
The Marine Corps has always been that way, where 90% of Marines decide not to reenlist. But that’s OK. Imagine if even 50% of Marines re-enlisted, and continued to do so? Very soon you’d have a Corps full of E-2s, and E-3s in their 30’s, and no longer able to jump out of a chopper 15 feet above the ground, hit the beach, or even sleep on rocks and still be able to hump all day the next day. The Corps would hardly be a combat ready organization in such a case. I served as an enlisted Marine in ‘Nam. We did not have any field days, junk on the bunk inspections, wall locker inspections, or uniform inspections, nor did we have haircut inspections, but I can assure you that every bit of that and more was taking place in the Corps back in the States, which was one reason why so many guys extended their tours over there for 6 or 13 more months. On a new subject, there is another way to look at the whole situation. . . What if you were to make Staff Sergeant by the time your enlistment is up, meaning that all you did was supervise, no more inspections, no more labor of any type. . . How might you feel about remaining in the Corps then, and retiring at the age of 32? The reason I asked is because this happened to one of my boot camp buddies. Before we left for ‘Nam he said that he would never stay in the Corps. When we left we were PFCs, 13 months later, when we came home he was a Staff Sergeant, and ended up retiring as a Sergeant Major (E-9), with all the benefits for life for both he and his family. I went another way. I became an officer, and retired as a Major. Some guys are willing to suffer for a few years, so that they can more or less relax for the next 20 or 25 years, and then get those priceless retirement benefits for the rest of their life.
You know earlier this year I was actually planning on joining the Marines but I started to have second thoughts on that decision twice. Watching this video shows pretty much the same thing my life has mostly been going on for the past 2 years. Still thinking really hard if I want to join or not. I had a good reason why I wanted to join but there are other ways for that reason.
Just know if you don't like it. You still get out as a young man with good benefits and good things to put on your resume. Even if it's not your thing and you do 1 enlistment you'll be better off after.
Reading this, I can say that I am in the same boat as you. I wanted to join earlier this year as well, and the benefits seem good and all, but the thing that gets me most is when people hint to not join by saying things like "Go try something with your career or education first, the Marines will ALWAYS be there for you to join" as well as other negative experiences, honestly pushes me back. The only thing now to deal with is pressure from parents and whatnot..
left boot camp on February 23, got off my 10 day leave just to sit in a mat platoon for who knows how long. All we do is sit in the squadbay and clean all day
Not in yet but I am shipping for boot in May, I think so many think it isn’t what they thought it was cause we aren’t in active wartime, combat arms MOS are pretty much just training, waiting and cleaning most of the time and people aren’t used to all the downtime and it gets people unmotivated to even stay in, plus the power trip of NCOs and Leadership doesn’t help either, to me that’s what it seems like.
My son was an enlisted marine. Electronic maintenance mos. He ended up being accepted to the USNA. He's now Navy EOD. He loved every minute of the USMC. Or at least now appreciates every moment there. It is what you make it. The certifications and educational opportunities are incredible. Or you can play spank the monkey and grab ass in your free time. 25 percent are going to kick ass and make the most of it, 50 percent are going to be average and 25 percent are going to sit around complaining about everything.
They just did a “random vehicle search” at the gate in camp Lejeune and the dog scratched up my car bad. Just another reason I can’t wait to get out in a couple months.
It was the same thing in 1983! When I was in a non deploying infantry (Grunt Bn) unit it was a joke. When I got into 8th Marines that deployed to the Med, it got real. Then I actually did some real world stuff during my 1st Med Float in 1982 and even more exciting in 1983. Bottom line is there needs to be an unstable world for the Marine Corps to be interesting.
79-80 Iranian Hostage rescue, other then that it was routine chaos daily. Air Wing deployed all the time. L/Cpl with a small salad bar constantly being asked, challenged and having to prove what happened in 4-80. Was glad to get out.
2002-2006 Marine here. The training and school games were fucking annoying but once we hit the fleet in Oki it was way better. Rank matters, NCO’s were on point, still a lot of hurry up and wait but at least your actually doing your job with your platoon
It depends upon how much pride and danger mean to you. The Marine Corps is significantly more dangerous than the Navy, but you will always have a lot more pride in having been a Marine than a Sailor. Veterans of other services often say, “I was in the service”, while Marines always say, “I was in the Marines”. But, then again, all the pride in the world won’t buy you a cup of coffee. It’s a serious question. I joined the Marines at 18 years old, and went to ‘Nam immediately, and not just for six months like today, but for 13 months. Trust me, the first time bullets started flying, pride was the farthest thing from my mind. In fact, I would have given anything to be swabbing a deck in San Diego Harbor. But, now at 74 years old, I take pride in saying that I was young once and a Marine.
Honestly most of the comments make me happy because whenever I got information about the military all I got was negative information. And it really discouraged me from joining the marine corps. After getting lost without a purpose, having a job I really hate, I found another reason of what I want to do and applied at a community college near me. But I do feel like maybe I should’ve joined? I talked to the recruiters and they were chill and the events I went to and met a guy from RECON made me really want to do that and go special operations. But I don’t know the reasons in the back of my head if not wanting to fight for a government that doesn’t care about you and getting involved in wars for money gain and exploiting those countries. I don’t know trell do you think I should or shouldn’t? I’m just really confused and even talking to some veterans also got me some insight of it.
You sound much like a liberal to me, when you say the our government does not care for you. Compared to what? If you compare our government to utopia, that might be true, but there has never been a utopian government and never will be. If you are comparing our government to every other government in the world, you will find that no other government on the face of the earth cares more for it people than the US. Just look around the world. What do you see shit holes, and cess pools all over Asia, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. In the best of these counties, they do not eat three meals a day, and they seldom taste meat. There is no access to doctors if you are not well to do, and hospitals will not let you in the door without cash in hand. If you are sick, you die. There is not access to education unless you are well to do, and there is absolutely no social mobility. You should be saying every day, “Thank you Lord that I wasn’t born in one of those places!!!” John F. Kennedy who was one of our greatest and most beloved Presidents, once said, Ask not what your country can do for you. Instead, as what you can do for your country. My generation (the Baby Boomers, the Vietnam generation), grew up believing in this as our duty. I don’t think that today’s generation has even even heard the word duty, and I mean that literally. When’s the last time you hears someone use the word duty to you? My Marine Corps is no place for liberals who do not love America, and do not believe that they own their country. The Marine Corps has one reason for being, to kill the enemies of the United States of America. Sorry to disappoint you, but the Marine Corps was not created to give you non stop pleasure and good times. That’s just not the purpose of the Marines and never was.
This is just unbelievable! Boot Camp must be very easy today! By the time we graduated from boot camp, we thought of the slightest bit of spare time as a gift from heaven. Any moment that we weren’t in physical pain and fear was paradise! We thought that we were “skating” every moment while in our MOS schools. We had no problem with boredom at all! We just felt grateful for every second of slack we could get. Here I see these guys are acting all ”Salty”, and unmotivated. Hell, they are still shitting Biot Camp chow, and haven’t the slightest idea what the Marine Corps is all about. They have not the slightest right not right to act Salty, be unmotivated,nor dislike the Marine Corps. Three years from now, they may have that right, but not before? What kind of Marines are these? haven’t ear Ned the right to be Salty! Yeah! Boot Camp must be a fun zone today. We were motivated as hell, and proud as hell to be Marines. We knew that we were special, because we had made it through the toughest Boot Camp in the world. We knew that our next stop after our MOS school was ‘Nam (Vietnam). (That’s a country in Southeast Asia where we once fought a brutal war, if you have never heard of it). We were also proud to go to ‘Nam. This is what we joined for, not for some cash bonus, or for a free college education. Of course, it might have been for that huge salary we were getting. Yeah, we were paid $89 a month as privates, and it was good enough for us, because the Marine gave us everything we wanted - a warm roof over our heads, a spotless environment, three square meals a day, brand new clothing to wear, two new sets of boots, a new set of dress shoes, warm shower with no time limits, and a great opportunity to make rank! These guys in this video have absolutely no idea how lucky they are, as they sit there texting away to there families, friends and girl friends at their leisure. They can are in paradise, and have no idea!
@@majorronaldmandell7835s a 20 year old, I can see where you are coming from. My generation is full of crybabies who want the world to know how much pain they go through in their life as if anyone should give a piss. Patriotism is far from dead in us young folk. The endless whining of what some of us think we have the right to do is what's magnified now. All thanks to social media and attention seeking children who want to be perceived as grown.
@@genluard: Thanks! I would love to be 20 again. Boy! How my decisions would change. . . First off I would have married at a much older age, if at all. I would also have chosen not to wait to return to ‘Nam for a second 13 month tour but gone sooner.
Why dont u think the govt doesnt care? You want some personal love from the prez or something. Just cuz you might not like the sitting potus doesnt mean you wont be fighting for the usa. All wars have hypocritical reasons get over it. Join and do recon. If nothing else just getting away from a job you hate might get you on a better path.
I’m an 11 whose been in for nine months and it doesn’t even get too much better in the fleet. As a grunt at least for me you go to the field more than in SOI and hazing is still a thing depending on your unit. Do your research if you wanna be a grunt
Bro I’m here at ITB in a holding platoon and I won’t get picked up until early June supposedly. I graduated boot camp Feb 3rd. We do literally nothing I wish I could just go home or get RA. Shit is wack af here.
Put your sneaker on Read the 6_ 5 Learn your leader ship traits. Be gunge young boot to soon to get a attitude. I was promoted to sgt 2 yrs how meritorious promotions out of boot pfc line company time and grade to Lance cpl Short time then promoted to cpl then few months sgt never walk fire watch No you Mos a pissed off marine is a dam good one .
Nah not gonna lie I been watching you before I joined the corps. I'm now a Corporal now and I took your advice to heart I can say without a doubt there is some truth in your words same with Shane Official shit is wild bro.
@@TrelltheGreat kir with you I appreciate that shit I should've listened. Howvever, I graduate with a degree tho so we up on the board fym I got mine back.🤣🤣
Wow! Great! They don’t just make anyone a Corporal in the Marines. I know. I was one. It took me two years but I finally made it, and my whole life changed. One thing was that I no longer had to pull mess duty. Yeah. In those days civilians did not do the grunt mess hall work, like getting up at 0300 every morning, working until 2200, sweeping, mopping, and scrubbing the floors three times daily, scrubbing pots all day long, and still falling behind, working the serving line, peeling potatoes, on and on, and only. Nope, that was all done by E-1, E-2, and E-3 Marines, and it was hell. Once you made Corporal, no more of that. In fact, no grunt labor at all. For instance in ‘Nam, Corporals and above didn’t have to burn the shitters either. I’ve got to tell you that burning the shitters sucked big time, but it had to be done, and unlike the other services, the Marine Corps wasn’t going to hire hundreds of Vietnamese, some of whom were always Viet Cong sympathizers to run all over our camps checking out, and measuring mortar distances between strategic buildings, command posts, ammo dumps, etc. So, burning a shitter consisted of you and another guy removing cut in half 55 gallon drums, which were full of diesel fuel and lots of human shit, and then carrying them 20 yards, while the shit, which floated on top sloshed all over you, then setting it on fire, then filling a new half drum with diesel, then carrying it 20 yards back to replace the first one, then doing it all over again, then all over again, then all over again. Not only were the looks enough to make you puke, but if that didn’t do it, the smell would. Let’s not even talk about when the floating diarrhea sloshed on to your boots, or worse yet, your trousers. Anyway, like I say, no manual labor as a Corporal. I don’t know about now days, but there were a host of other perks when one made Corporal in the Marine Corps, none of which E-4s received in any of the other services. For instance, Corporals slept in a separate section of our open squad bay barracks, which only NCOs and Officers could enter, in single racks (bunks), as opposed to two tier racks. We also got to have our names and ranks painted on the foot of our racks. That may not seem like much to you, but when you are one of only a dozen guys in a barracks of 60 guys to be afforded that privilege, that’s status, believe me. Then there is the privilege of ALWAYS being addressed by your rank by everyone, of a higher and lower rank than you, after years of being addressed by only your last name by everyone. That’s what is called respect! I could go on with the perks of being a Corporal, but you probably get it.
been thinking about joining the core, but seeing this, makes me think even harder, like i wanna serve and protect my country, and from everywhere i’ve seen it’s a lot of stuff like this so i’m thrown into a state of confusion. lmk. (thinking infantry)
It’s a lot to take in at first but infantry they do a lot of hiking, deployments and field ops your most likely never going to be at the barracks when you hit the fleet because you’ll be so busy all of the time training. Infantry is hard the leadership most of the time are strict and you’d be doing a lot of dumb stuff because that’s just how it is. All MOS’s do dumb shit it’s just you paying dues because your seniors got treated like shit by theirs so they’re going to treat you like shit and you got some good ones who will take care of you but most of them will be strict especially in infantry
As a combat veteran that served in the infantry and did tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq and was active duty 2002-2006, there's not a chance I'd change my experience except for the unnecessary Iraq disaster. My main question for those bitching about how bad this or that is would be what are their fitrep scores, MOS, realistic desire to be in or just doing it for any other reason, and how well do they follow directions and maintain high standards towards attention to detail. Boot camp for me was great, funniest thing I have ever seen and experienced, and my hard work through it as well as ITB school resulted in meritorious promotions so I was an E-3 before I even got to my unit and was immediately sent to almost 3 years of combat with a little time off here and there. In my experience every single Marine I served with or witnessed that was that unhappy, etc, dealt with terrible leadership or were utter shit bags, and in both instances simply regused to do anything to help or enhance or improve their situation. Being in the military is just like everything else in life, peaks and valleys and you get out what you put in. Somewhere over the last two decades we've lost this understanding that respect, success, etc comes from hard work being smarter instead of working harder, accountability for one's actions and results, acknowledgement that you get what you earn and what you deserve, and going from Ameri-cans to Ameri-cants. As a nation, we're just as bad or worse than others and just as good or better in all aspects, so I have never believed that exceptionilsm excused our past failures, but I would rather hear and see my generation (Gen Y) and those that follow close their lips and become the force that creates what they would consider to be the best of the best, instead of never ending bitching like those before us. Start an avalanche on correcting, improving, and evolving us into the nation and citizens you would want instead of standing around being part of the problem and pointing fingers at the things that are capable of being more if they would simply do, instead of exist.
I’m not from the US but I can tell you that the subtle indoctrination of Marxist ideology into the vulnerable institutions of the west, has something to do with the “softening” of the younger generations. Needless to say; this has also trickled into the Military institutions. When I was in the US, just training with the Marine corps, I visualised the “progressive” nature of the marine corps, to elaborate: more emphasis on women joining, softening the training, lowering the standards etc. The Marine Corps of your time is long gone! Thanks for your service 👍🏻
If these guys are boots its all about leadership. Good leaders care about their troops and will motivate them to do stuff, anything more constructive than this. Having field days all the time just means the leaders dont know what to do so they just have them clean all day. Depressing. I was lucky I guess but my MOS kept me busy all day actually doing meaningful chores. I was an aircraft tech (f/a-18hornet) and had very few ‘hurry up and wait’ moments.
@@derekreynosa459 personnel and administration. A damn office job 😂. I was actually hoping to get combat photography first but my recruiter just wanted me to take my asvab soon so I got a decent score yet that was the only job I got. I do plan on getting into combat photography again but I’ll see where this takes me.
@@edgarrodriguez2764 damn so admin? what score did you get on your ASVAB? i was also thinking of going admin or maybe even combat supply but i still don’t know to be honest, i also have the option of infantry but i have a friend that’s in SOI right now and he told me that it sucks ass lmao and my recruiter was a 0311 too 😭 i lowkey want to go with infantry but idk tbh
Bootcamp is still solid (my experience) (2022) Some of the wildest shit I’ve ever witnessed to this day. Except they can’t really hit you nowadays. But some “things” can happen. I’ll leave it at that. And if your DI starts to ask you if you want to go to a dark place, I suggest you tighten the fuck up. Our DIs fucked us up. Never ending fuck fuck games anywhere we go.
Let’s be fair, they are still quite new to this new “life” and they can’t base their entire career of the Marines off of what they are experiencing now.. We all had these times where it was “boring” but then there are times when they are going to enjoy this new experience. I can say for me, I experienced every emotion possible when I joined and throughout my Marine Corps career. It is what you make of if. I met a lot of good people and did a lot of wonderful things traveled extensively. It would be quite foolish to base “ what will be” from where they are right now. Give it some time.
@@TrelltheGreat trell, honestly speaking, I would not use this video as a reference to what the Marines is all about. This could be very damaging to folks who may want to join. I reviewed a lot of your videos and would see how you react to videos where people would post about the Marines. A lot of what you say is spot on but like I mentioned to you in a video where you talked about why you left the military, you have to be careful about the message/videos you post and the context of posting. Remember, the military is dealing with a different generation of young folks and with that, comes a different reason for wanting to serve. These days this newer generation would join for free money for college where decades before, it was all about service to their country and patriotism. I saw this video and really shook my head because yes, it is a totally different Marine Corps these day. You intrigue me, I think I will watch a little more of your vids when I have time.
I agree everyone’s experience is different it’s a hit and miss in the military you either have a shitty experience or an amazing one. I unfortunately got the shitty experience hence why I got out after 4 but some people I know have had an amazing experience and they’re doing another enlistment. It’s all depends on what unit you get honestly and if they actually give a f about you.
@@Gucciyolo: sorry to hear about your experience. I served from 1995-2002. I told my recruiter straight up what I wanted based on my ASVAB scores. I qualified for pretty much anything I wanted. I worked with Air Traffic Control as an Aviation Ops Specialist. That job allowed me to be with a basic squadron. I think I did a good job choosing that role because it’s a versatile MOS in that I served with the “MAW” as well as the squadron. I met some good people and there people who I wished I never crossed paths with. It’s called growing pains. It all worked out for my good.
It’s a lot different than’91. FMF, Thursday night is field day. We all have to remember a quote "Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference as long as it's the Marine breed." Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller. 4 yrs USMC, 2 yrs army, USMC 4yrs head trauma and out. My brothers I served with we are getting to gather in November in Houston for a reunion. Every one of us have said we would come back especially with those we served with.
Trell I’m in mat company just waiting to get picked up in IMC I ain’t gonna get picked since July bruh shit is backed up like fuck ima be damn near a lance when I hit the fleet
Hard times create Strong Men, STRONG MEN create easy times, weak men create difficult Times! Meaning. I have tons of friends who suffer from TbI/PTSD. Pre 9/11 we dreamed about war and complained about cleaning and doing nothing. Then we actually go to war and realize we are not invincible and suddenly started dreaming of easy times again! be careful what you complain about. No matter how bad you think your problem is, you can always make it worse!
Fuck what people say brother your not salty. You’re telling the truth I just got out after doing 4 years and trust everything you say is true. I felt like I was wasting my potential and life in there I wanted to get out so bad when I was in. I’m telling you it’s not what it seems recruiters hype it up they have a job to do at the end of the day and that’s meet a quota and recruit a certain amount of people if they don’t they’ll get in trouble.
On the other hand, had you made sergeant in those four years, you would be skating form then on, and 16 years from now at the age of perhaps 32 you would be retired before your father retires. As it is, having gotten out, 16 years from now, you will still have 30 more years of work in front of you before you can retire. But, it’s not all lost, you can still join another branch of the service such as the Coast Guard, and accomplish the same thing, or you could switch from the inactive reserve which you are now in, to the active reserve in any service, and still retire with a nice big fat monthly paycheck, and the other benefits. Something to think about. You could also attend college on Uncle Sam’s dime, take ROTC for your junior and senior years, and graduation as a reserve or active officer in any branch of the military! The opportunities are almost endless. In fact, after graduation from college as an officer, the military will send you to any professional course such as Law School, Nursing School, Pharmacist School, etc., etc on their dime, if the school accepts you.
People are so annoying. You join the military for one thing and one thing only to serve your country. Not to have a good time, not for money, not for benefits. People forget that way to often. Does it suck, of course but its the military it was never meant to be a good thing. Its meant to kill and defend that is all. That is the mindset you should go in with. Any type of fun, good times will come but you should not be prioritizing that. Because that is not the goal nor is it the mission.The world is too soft these days expecting everything to be rainbows and sunshine when in reality you should be happy to even have such expectations. And tell you what rainbows and sunshine ain't coming from happy smile and money. Its coming from hard work, killing, and uncountable amount of bad days with no hope of a good one.
Gee! Your school course only lasts for five or six weeks or so, unless your MOS is highly technical, so what’s the big deal? I joined during Vietnam, and boot camp was living hell, every single moment of it. Then all of us, no matter our MOS went through infantry training for another couple of months of humping every day in the boonies. By the time we got to our MOS course, we were so over joyed to be able to just sit down, and do nothing that we could have cried, and would have given anything to stay right there forever doing absolutely nothing. Two months later, we were in ‘Nam and all we could think of was how wonderful, relaxing, safe, and non stressful our MOS course had been. Oh, did I mention SAFE? Bored? Bull crap! What kind of Marine complains about being bored? Believe me, in the Marine Corps you may find yourself on the receiving end of incoming fire at any moment, and you are going to be begging for a little boredom. Semper Fi!
SOI was the same back in the early 90's. Nothing has changed, except for internet and cell phones. We would train and then a whole lot of hurry up and wait.
Went in in 1978 and it was a lot like that, hurry up and wait. I got out in 81 and joined the Army in 85. Same thing across the board! Still good times!!!
Bro as someone who did 4 year's as a 0331 and transferred to USASOC, I can honestly say the Marine Corps is a shithole. I'm glad you are exposing it. I just hope that kids who are thinking about joining will take your content and information serious, kids need to see through the bravado and see what it actually is on the other side. I've said it once and I'll say it again, the 75th Ranger Regiment is what you think the Marine Corps is. Most things you are looking to get out of the Corps you wont find, but EVERYTHING you are looking for to get out of the Corps AND MORE, you will get in the 75th Ranger Regiment.
Any one can be Army But to do a tour or Be a lifer marine takes grit. Was proud to serve . And last it's not hotel suites. Train hard it will save your life when the time comes. When u get in the shit u will wish you were not their.
Hey I’m currently a Poolee, leaving for bootcamp on 04-01-24; active duty for general engineering. Yes these guys are operators, I know this sounds stupid. I’m just a little confused on if this is just only temporary training for their MOS? Or it’s gonna be like this for most MOS’s. Until you get deployed every so often throughout your contract?
Bro that's literally almost my whole fleet time bro but tbh I'm fine with it cause don't even wanna be here no more cause no war no badass shit just clown shit
This is Crap I am a Marine and this is to Freaking Lax I was infantry and we never had time to do nothing. If we ever had down time we took a nap because we never really had rack time. I don't understand what Is going on in the Corp.
Hi Trell, I'm thinking of being a 3043 supply administration and operations specialist but is it a good MOS to transfer to civilian life after 4 years of active duty.
My MOS was 3051, Supply Warehouseman. Supply won’t help you much in civilian life unless you go to work for the Federal Government such as on a military base, but it’s a great MOS in terms of the work itself. You work in a nice, clean, cool warehouse, and self ever has to lift anything heavy or sweat. The work is easy, and the time goes by quickly. Also, promotion is good. Just keep your nose clean, offer to do a little bit more than you need to, and make it known that you are interested in learning as much as you can so that you can make rank quickly. Remember, less than half of all Marines have any real interest in making rank, so how are your superiors to know that you are interested in doing so? One other thing. . . There are lots of opportunity in the supply field to steal. Don’t do it! You can’t hide it from a lie detector, and trust me, the Marine Corps will make a Federal case out it.
MAT Company was the worst. Especially when your whole entire platoon is put under investigation for something you didn’t do. What’s worse is that they secure your liberty / free time when under this state. The whole situation seemed unconstitutional. But this is what you sacrifice for, your rights, and your well-being to live in crappy situations with different people who will treat you just the same as you were in high school. Low pay and you have to depend on instructors who show up to work drunk and screw with you 24/7. It doesn’t get better after SOI either.
Well said in the middle of this video when talking about the Vietnam or the Desert Storm era when Marines were real men and had more courage and dignity. Now it's more like social media and SpongeBob SquarePants.
I don’t recommend joining the reserves especially as a teen or young adult, because it provides less opportunities to rank up and pay won’t be all that good
I’m leaving this week. Im glad my recruiter wasn’t sugarcoating it when he said you’ll be both bored and tired most of the time.
good recruiter
The biggest thing is... the Drill Instructors in your face and sometimes all 3 Drill Instructors at one time. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant who served 1973-1977.
I leave this week too homie
@Tyler Crowell good luck. Are you going to Parris Island or San Diego?
I went to Parris Island. After boot camp, you will feel pride of being a Marine, and the pride stays with you for life..... and I'm almost 68 yrs old. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant
@@usmc-veteran73-77 I’m going to MCRD San Diego leave Sunday, March 19th. Thank you for your advice and thank you for your service mister.
That feeling they have is real but its expected; especially from
Marines in the school house. It is like that for everyone. They will hopefully get a better experience in the fleet. Ive been almost 10 years now; so i can say that alot of the newer marines have a different outlook; but its like anything in life, they will be ups and downs.
facts
I had my clothes burned by my parents for joining w/o their permission.. too bad, so sad... Spent 10 years in didn't regret it
WOW thank you for your service, Brother, my son is graduating this April, then leaving to San Diego for Boot camp .
Thank you for your information. As a teenager choosing between benches I am doing my best to evaluate them fairly and from multiple perspectives.
Please tell me you joined the Army. At least they'll let you have a choice in what you want to do with your life.
Thats honestly how it is, i have been stuck in holding platoons but ya gotta stay motivated. love the videos and keep it up!!
You got this!
Hey Trell it’s Vaught the one talking about leadership and dropping warheads on foreheads. I just have to say great video and you’re 100% right about the core being mixed emotions. You’ll have your good days and bad days. We were all in MAT at the time and now we’ve picked up on a team and I’ll tell you what it’s getting a lot better! Keep up the good work
It was a pleasure to be able to react and add on to your point of view. Thanks for not being afraid to speak up
Actually “Corps”.
Embrace the suck or go outside and kick rocks. This is what we join for. Oorah!
I’m enlisting tmrw💯 got 4 friends in there right now and I can’t wait
good luck
Embrace the Suck
Got out in October. Gonna miss the Corps, but at the same time I won’t. For the new boots all I’m gonna say is pay attention to your seniors. In the Marine Corps, experience is priceless.
great advice
My question is if they have all this free time what’s preventing them from doing something productive like working out, target practice, or online school? I’d assume there would be gyms or shooting ranges near them for instance. I could be wrong I’m genuinely asking as someone who wants to join
Same
Facts I would put my time into working out since we got all this free time to just fuck around I guess
I think you get smoked pretty often so I doubt you'd be that bored lol
you can't just go to a range. Your unit has to set up range time because range time costs money and there are many different types of ranges. These guys arent in the fleet so you're not really getting the best look at what life is like IMO. Also these guys likely already did PT in the morning or something. Sure they can (and probably do) bang out some more push ups and pull ups but lemme know if you can workout all day everyday without stopping lol
Also free time varies. Different MOSs spend more or less time training which can really make things like online schooling not an equal experience. You COULD do it, but its not going to be the same level of commitment to get it done from like an S1 pov vs an 03xx
Dude the Corps has changed a ton even since I've been in. After you left and we became the Experimental unit we saw alot of the changes first hand. Some good changes and some bad changes. But the world keeps turning man.
facts bro
What are the bad changes and the good? Swearing in next week 😁!
The fleet is really what determines your outlook on the Marine Corps, it depends on your MOS, your background, your personality, and your mindset, as a junior Marine in student status your life is going to suck but when you get to fleet you start doing your job, it's also peace time so you won't be doing anything significant until war breaks out.
Join the infantry, instead of sitting in a squad bay during your “school house” you can sit in the field and get pissed on. And shoot shit and blow shit up and do a lot of hiking and patrolling. These guys need to stop complaining. This guys saying “people are wanting to be in the shit and they’re not” well you’re joining during a time of overall peace so you’re not gonna see combat most likely. But this country needs a force of marines that are ready at all times. That’s just the game. If you didn’t expect this shit then you clearly didn’t pay attention.
This is spot on. Our son got out in March. Add to this the hazing that is getting out of control.
I feel like it really depends what mos you go for, im planning on joining as a musician and thats a really good job for people like musicians who really care about music and having a reliable job that will pay you consistently for that passion.
great point
Hi. I’m going as a musician as well, can I contact you for some questions?
@@reymanceratv5925 sure i actually joined the army reserves for music but its a very similar process
I go into bootcamp May 1st its not supposed to be easy but im here for the journey!
good luck
Stay strong. In the mind specifically. The first two weeks are gonna suck cause you’re not use to the environment and process they have in place for you. Once you get used to everything shit starts to fall in place and usually feels easier depending on if your DIs decide to cutback as you progress based on your platoons over all performance. And your individual performance. Remember be fast be loud and keep the intensity.
If you're going to Parris Island, it's very hot and HUMID, in May, June, July. If you're going to San Diego, the weather is a lot better. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant . BTW I went to Parris Island.
good luck man, i ship out next month, april 17 mcrdsd
@@usmc-veteran73-77how’s the weather in Paris Island during August, September and October?
I've been waiting since June for a chance to go down to the recruiter, I broke my wrist last summer and have been waiting on the recovery so I can workout again. I've been trying keep up with videos like this and thankfully maturing over time since I've gotten over the bug that had me itching to join. Overall I've been seeing that military is just like any job with aspects similar to school unique to itself. I hope by this summer my wrist will have fully recovered and I can get my upper body back in shape so I can enlist, feeling that my expectations aren't set way above the ceiling.
Good luck
@@TrelltheGreat thank you man. It means a lot to hear that from you, your videos inspired me.
Any update on how you're doing now?
The reason why it's different now is because it's peacetime. It was different back in the 90s when I was in. I went to boot camp, MCT, MOS school, then about 6 months in at my duty station I get deployed to Iraq for 6 months.
Yeah I heard that a lot by my Ssgts and Gsgts
@@TrelltheGreat I would tell today's youth who are going to the military to just go and get that Vet status. The chances of them getting deployed and being in the shit is not very high. When we landed in Kuwait City we saw all the branches. Us and some of the army, air force and even Navy went straight to the hot ass 130 degree desert and I didn't see the rear again until we left. It is an experience I'll never forgot. No AC or fans, we ate MRE's 3 times day with the occasional C ration sometimes. We had to burn our own shit. We called it the burning of shitters and it was the worst thing I've ever done in my entire life. It had to be done every day.
@@GenX_US_MarineYou can tell thoes stories to your grandkids. 😂
I just picked up in training in the school house. Everyday I regret joining the marines. All it is dumb uniform inspections and barracks field days. Not a war time mentality. I’ve already decided I’m not reenlisting and I’m just a pfc. 95% of my peers feel the same way
that sucks smh
The Marine Corps has always been that way, where 90% of Marines decide not to reenlist. But that’s OK. Imagine if even 50% of Marines re-enlisted, and continued to do so? Very soon you’d have a Corps full of E-2s, and E-3s in their 30’s, and no longer able to jump out of a chopper 15 feet above the ground, hit the beach, or even sleep on rocks and still be able to hump all day the next day. The Corps would hardly be a combat ready organization in such a case.
I served as an enlisted Marine in ‘Nam. We did not have any field days, junk on the bunk inspections, wall locker inspections, or uniform inspections, nor did we have haircut inspections, but I can assure you that every bit of that and more was taking place in the Corps back in the States, which was one reason why so many guys extended their tours over there for 6 or 13 more months.
On a new subject, there is another way to look at the whole situation. . . What if you were to make Staff Sergeant by the time your enlistment is up, meaning that all you did was supervise, no more inspections, no more labor of any type. . . How might you feel about remaining in the Corps then, and retiring at the age of 32?
The reason I asked is because this happened to one of my boot camp buddies. Before we left for ‘Nam he said that he would never stay in the Corps. When we left we were PFCs, 13 months later, when we came home he was a Staff Sergeant, and ended up retiring as a Sergeant Major (E-9), with all the benefits for life for both he and his family. I went another way. I became an officer, and retired as a Major.
Some guys are willing to suffer for a few years, so that they can more or less relax for the next 20 or 25 years, and then get those priceless retirement benefits for the rest of their life.
My advice on joining the military:
War time: Marines/Army
Peace time: Any branch EXCEPT the Marine Corps.
A huge part of being a soldier is to simply wait... a lot
Enjoy the peace while it last
You know earlier this year I was actually planning on joining the Marines but I started to have second thoughts on that decision twice. Watching this video shows pretty much the same thing my life has mostly been going on for the past 2 years. Still thinking really hard if I want to join or not. I had a good reason why I wanted to join but there are other ways for that reason.
Just know if you don't like it. You still get out as a young man with good benefits and good things to put on your resume. Even if it's not your thing and you do 1 enlistment you'll be better off after.
@@InterdimensionalApe Thanks for the advice
Reading this, I can say that I am in the same boat as you. I wanted to join earlier this year as well, and the benefits seem good and all, but the thing that gets me most is when people hint to not join by saying things like "Go try something with your career or education first, the Marines will ALWAYS be there for you to join" as well as other negative experiences, honestly pushes me back. The only thing now to deal with is pressure from parents and whatnot..
I am in the exact same position. I’m glad I’m not the only one struggling with this decision.
Same position here
left boot camp on February 23, got off my 10 day leave just to sit in a mat platoon for who knows how long. All we do is sit in the squadbay and clean all day
smh
Bruh you sit around and STILL GET PAID. Those are pogs waiting to get picked up. So wth are they complaining about?!??
lol
So go be a janitor. You’ll make more than you do as a marine
Not in yet but I am shipping for boot in May, I think so many think it isn’t what they thought it was cause we aren’t in active wartime, combat arms MOS are pretty much just training, waiting and cleaning most of the time and people aren’t used to all the downtime and it gets people unmotivated to even stay in, plus the power trip of NCOs and Leadership doesn’t help either, to me that’s what it seems like.
great point to bring up
My son was an enlisted marine. Electronic maintenance mos. He ended up being accepted to the USNA. He's now Navy EOD. He loved every minute of the USMC. Or at least now appreciates every moment there. It is what you make it. The certifications and educational opportunities are incredible. Or you can play spank the monkey and grab ass in your free time. 25 percent are going to kick ass and make the most of it, 50 percent are going to be average and 25 percent are going to sit around complaining about everything.
They just did a “random vehicle search” at the gate in camp Lejeune and the dog scratched up my car bad. Just another reason I can’t wait to get out in a couple months.
dang fr
It was the same thing in 1983! When I was in a non deploying infantry (Grunt Bn) unit it was a joke. When I got into 8th Marines that deployed to the Med, it got real. Then I actually did some real world stuff during my 1st Med Float in 1982 and even more exciting in 1983. Bottom line is there needs to be an unstable world for the Marine Corps to be interesting.
79-80 Iranian Hostage rescue, other then that it was routine chaos daily. Air Wing deployed all the time. L/Cpl with a small salad bar constantly being asked, challenged and having to prove what happened in 4-80. Was glad to get out.
I did the Med float 1980 as an 0331 with Fox 2/6 on USS GUADALCANAL. Semper Fidelis brother!
2002-2006 Marine here. The training and school games were fucking annoying but once we hit the fleet in Oki it was way better. Rank matters, NCO’s were on point, still a lot of hurry up and wait but at least your actually doing your job with your platoon
Thank you for this video.
I get out soon after 7 and a half years. We should do a group chat type video to discuss the issue/solutions.
sure
going to boot this summer joining the infrantry ill probably regret it in a year lol
good luck
Went to meps recently for the Marine Corp but haven’t joined yet. Having second thoughts and now thinking i should join the Navy. Any advice anyone?
You have to follow your heart
@@TrelltheGreat appreciate it ✊🏽
It depends upon how much pride and danger mean to you. The Marine Corps is significantly more dangerous than the Navy, but you will always have a lot more pride in having been a Marine than a Sailor. Veterans of other services often say, “I was in the service”, while Marines always say, “I was in the Marines”. But, then again, all the pride in the world won’t buy you a cup of coffee. It’s a serious question. I joined the Marines at 18 years old, and went to ‘Nam immediately, and not just for six months like today, but for 13 months. Trust me, the first time bullets started flying, pride was the farthest thing from my mind. In fact, I would have given anything to be swabbing a deck in San Diego Harbor. But, now at 74 years old, I take pride in saying that I was young once and a Marine.
This is great content trell
Honestly most of the comments make me happy because whenever I got information about the military all I got was negative information. And it really discouraged me from joining the marine corps. After getting lost without a purpose, having a job I really hate, I found another reason of what I want to do and applied at a community college near me. But I do feel like maybe I should’ve joined? I talked to the recruiters and they were chill and the events I went to and met a guy from RECON made me really want to do that and go special operations. But I don’t know the reasons in the back of my head if not wanting to fight for a government that doesn’t care about you and getting involved in wars for money gain and exploiting those countries. I don’t know trell do you think I should or shouldn’t? I’m just really confused and even talking to some veterans also got me some insight of it.
You sound much like a liberal to me, when you say the our government does not care for you. Compared to what? If you compare our government to utopia, that might be true, but there has never been a utopian government and never will be. If you are comparing our government to every other government in the world, you will find that no other government on the face of the earth cares more for it people than the US. Just look around the world. What do you see shit holes, and cess pools all over Asia, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa.
In the best of these counties, they do not eat three meals a day, and they seldom taste meat. There is no access to doctors if you are not well to do, and hospitals will not let you in the door without cash in hand. If you are sick, you die. There is not access to education unless you are well to do, and there is absolutely no social mobility. You should be saying every day, “Thank you Lord that I wasn’t born in one of those places!!!” John F. Kennedy who was one of our greatest and most beloved Presidents, once said, Ask not what your country can do for you. Instead, as what you can do for your country. My generation (the Baby Boomers, the Vietnam generation), grew up believing in this as our duty. I don’t think that today’s generation has even even heard the word duty, and I mean that literally. When’s the last time you hears someone use the word duty to you?
My Marine Corps is no place for liberals who do not love America, and do not believe that they own their country. The Marine Corps has one reason for being, to kill the enemies of the United States of America. Sorry to disappoint you, but the Marine Corps was not created to give you non stop pleasure and good times. That’s just not the purpose of the Marines and never was.
This is just unbelievable! Boot Camp must be very easy today! By the time we graduated from boot camp, we thought of the slightest bit of spare time as a gift from heaven. Any moment that we weren’t in physical pain and fear was paradise! We thought that we were “skating” every moment while in our MOS schools. We had no problem with boredom at all! We just felt grateful for every second of slack we could get.
Here I see these guys are acting all ”Salty”, and unmotivated. Hell, they are still shitting Biot Camp chow, and haven’t the slightest idea what the Marine Corps is all about. They have not the slightest right not right to act Salty, be unmotivated,nor dislike the Marine Corps. Three years from now, they may have that right, but not before? What kind of Marines are these? haven’t ear Ned the right to be Salty!
Yeah! Boot Camp must be a fun zone today. We were motivated as hell, and proud as hell to be Marines. We knew that we were special, because we had made it through the toughest Boot Camp in the world.
We knew that our next stop after our MOS school was ‘Nam (Vietnam). (That’s a country in Southeast Asia where we once fought a brutal war, if you have never heard of it). We were also proud to go to ‘Nam. This is what we joined for, not for some cash bonus, or for a free college education. Of course, it might have been for that huge salary we were getting. Yeah, we were paid $89 a month as privates, and it was good enough for us, because the Marine gave us everything we wanted - a warm roof over our heads, a spotless environment, three square meals a day, brand new clothing to wear, two new sets of boots, a new set of dress shoes, warm shower with no time limits, and a great opportunity to make rank!
These guys in this video have absolutely no idea how lucky they are, as they sit there texting away to there families, friends and girl friends at their leisure. They can are in paradise, and have no idea!
@@majorronaldmandell7835s a 20 year old, I can see where you are coming from. My generation is full of crybabies who want the world to know how much pain they go through in their life as if anyone should give a piss. Patriotism is far from dead in us young folk. The endless whining of what some of us think we have the right to do is what's magnified now. All thanks to social media and attention seeking children who want to be perceived as grown.
@@genluard: Thanks! I would love to be 20 again. Boy! How my decisions would change. . . First off I would have married at a much older age, if at all. I would also have chosen not to wait to return to ‘Nam for a second 13 month tour but gone sooner.
Why dont u think the govt doesnt care? You want some personal love from the prez or something. Just cuz you might not like the sitting potus doesnt mean you wont be fighting for the usa. All wars have hypocritical reasons get over it. Join and do recon. If nothing else just getting away from a job you hate might get you on a better path.
I’m an 11 whose been in for nine months and it doesn’t even get too much better in the fleet. As a grunt at least for me you go to the field more than in SOI and hazing is still a thing depending on your unit. Do your research if you wanna be a grunt
BIG FACTS
Hazing was called the good training in the Old Corps.
Bro I’m here at ITB in a holding platoon and I won’t get picked up until early June supposedly. I graduated boot camp Feb 3rd. We do literally nothing I wish I could just go home or get RA. Shit is wack af here.
that sucks
Put your sneaker on
Read the 6_ 5
Learn your leader ship traits.
Be gunge young boot to soon to get a attitude.
I was promoted to sgt
2 yrs how meritorious promotions out of boot pfc line company time and grade to Lance cpl
Short time then promoted to cpl then few months sgt never walk fire watch
No you Mos a pissed off marine is a dam good one .
I can't wait to join the Marine Corp but when I got to boot camp I feel like I might regret my life decisions, but anyway I love to clean lmao
lol
Same bruh 😭
Nah not gonna lie I been watching you before I joined the corps. I'm now a Corporal now and I took your advice to heart I can say without a doubt there is some truth in your words same with Shane Official shit is wild bro.
I tried to be as honest as I could
@@TrelltheGreat kir with you I appreciate that shit I should've listened. Howvever, I graduate with a degree tho so we up on the board fym I got mine back.🤣🤣
Wow! Great! They don’t just make anyone a Corporal in the Marines. I know. I was one. It took me two years but I finally made it, and my whole life changed. One thing was that I no longer had to pull mess duty. Yeah. In those days civilians did not do the grunt mess hall work, like getting up at 0300 every morning, working until 2200, sweeping, mopping, and scrubbing the floors three times daily, scrubbing pots all day long, and still falling behind, working the serving line, peeling potatoes, on and on, and only. Nope, that was all done by E-1, E-2, and E-3 Marines, and it was hell. Once you made Corporal, no more of that. In fact, no grunt labor at all. For instance in ‘Nam, Corporals and above didn’t have to burn the shitters either. I’ve got to tell you that burning the shitters sucked big time, but it had to be done, and unlike the other services, the Marine Corps wasn’t going to hire hundreds of Vietnamese, some of whom were always Viet Cong sympathizers to run all over our camps checking out, and measuring mortar distances between strategic buildings, command posts, ammo dumps, etc.
So, burning a shitter consisted of you and another guy removing cut in half 55 gallon drums, which were full of diesel fuel and lots of human shit, and then carrying them 20 yards, while the shit, which floated on top sloshed all over you, then setting it on fire, then filling a new half drum with diesel, then carrying it 20 yards back to replace the first one, then doing it all over again, then all over again, then all over again. Not only were the looks enough to make you puke, but if that didn’t do it, the smell would. Let’s not even talk about when the floating diarrhea sloshed on to your boots, or worse yet, your trousers.
Anyway, like I say, no manual labor as a Corporal. I don’t know about now days, but there were a host of other perks when one made Corporal in the Marine Corps, none of which E-4s received in any of the other services. For instance, Corporals slept in a separate section of our open squad bay barracks, which only NCOs and Officers could enter, in single racks (bunks), as opposed to two tier racks. We also got to have our names and ranks painted on the foot of our racks. That may not seem like much to you, but when you are one of only a dozen guys in a barracks of 60 guys to be afforded that privilege, that’s status, believe me. Then there is the privilege of ALWAYS being addressed by your rank by everyone, of a higher and lower rank than you, after years of being addressed by only your last name by everyone. That’s what is called respect! I could go on with the perks of being a Corporal, but you probably get it.
been thinking about joining the core, but seeing this, makes me think even harder, like i wanna serve and protect my country, and from everywhere i’ve seen it’s a lot of stuff like this so i’m thrown into a state of confusion. lmk. (thinking infantry)
It’s a lot to take in at first but infantry they do a lot of hiking, deployments and field ops your most likely never going to be at the barracks when you hit the fleet because you’ll be so busy all of the time training. Infantry is hard the leadership most of the time are strict and you’d be doing a lot of dumb stuff because that’s just how it is. All MOS’s do dumb shit it’s just you paying dues because your seniors got treated like shit by theirs so they’re going to treat you like shit and you got some good ones who will take care of you but most of them will be strict especially in infantry
you just really need to decide if the Marine Corps is really what you want to do
Still waiting on that video of what the food service is like in da marine corps because I either want to do that for my job or be a infantry moartrman
Got you
Living in Memphis is like being in the Marines in a war zone. Trell never left the suck.
lol
As a combat veteran that served in the infantry and did tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq and was active duty 2002-2006, there's not a chance I'd change my experience except for the unnecessary Iraq disaster. My main question for those bitching about how bad this or that is would be what are their fitrep scores, MOS, realistic desire to be in or just doing it for any other reason, and how well do they follow directions and maintain high standards towards attention to detail. Boot camp for me was great, funniest thing I have ever seen and experienced, and my hard work through it as well as ITB school resulted in meritorious promotions so I was an E-3 before I even got to my unit and was immediately sent to almost 3 years of combat with a little time off here and there. In my experience every single Marine I served with or witnessed that was that unhappy, etc, dealt with terrible leadership or were utter shit bags, and in both instances simply regused to do anything to help or enhance or improve their situation. Being in the military is just like everything else in life, peaks and valleys and you get out what you put in. Somewhere over the last two decades we've lost this understanding that respect, success, etc comes from hard work being smarter instead of working harder, accountability for one's actions and results, acknowledgement that you get what you earn and what you deserve, and going from Ameri-cans to Ameri-cants. As a nation, we're just as bad or worse than others and just as good or better in all aspects, so I have never believed that exceptionilsm excused our past failures, but I would rather hear and see my generation (Gen Y) and those that follow close their lips and become the force that creates what they would consider to be the best of the best, instead of never ending bitching like those before us. Start an avalanche on correcting, improving, and evolving us into the nation and citizens you would want instead of standing around being part of the problem and pointing fingers at the things that are capable of being more if they would simply do, instead of exist.
I’m not from the US but I can tell you that the subtle indoctrination of Marxist ideology into the vulnerable institutions of the west, has something to do with the “softening” of the younger generations.
Needless to say; this has also trickled into the Military institutions. When I was in the US, just training with the Marine corps, I visualised the “progressive” nature of the marine corps, to elaborate: more emphasis on women joining, softening the training, lowering the standards etc.
The Marine Corps of your time is long gone!
Thanks for your service 👍🏻
Perfect timing
Glad it was
im shipping out may 1st to mcrd san diego and my buddy started mct today
good luck
If these guys are boots its all about leadership. Good leaders care about their troops and will motivate them to do stuff, anything more constructive than this. Having field days all the time just means the leaders dont know what to do so they just have them clean all day. Depressing. I was lucky I guess but my MOS kept me busy all day actually doing meaningful chores. I was an aircraft tech (f/a-18hornet) and had very few ‘hurry up and wait’ moments.
I haven’t been in a squad bay since MCT, and we have plenty of libo.
💯
I’m going to recruit training April 2nd so that’s 3 weeks from now 😂 wish me luck
good luck
good luck man, i ship out april 17 mcrdsd, what’s ur MOS?
@@derekreynosa459 personnel and administration. A damn office job 😂. I was actually hoping to get combat photography first but my recruiter just wanted me to take my asvab soon so I got a decent score yet that was the only job I got. I do plan on getting into combat photography again but I’ll see where this takes me.
@@edgarrodriguez2764 damn so admin? what score did you get on your ASVAB? i was also thinking of going admin or maybe even combat supply but i still don’t know to be honest, i also have the option of infantry but i have a friend that’s in SOI right now and he told me that it sucks ass lmao and my recruiter was a 0311 too 😭 i lowkey want to go with infantry but idk tbh
Bootcamp is still solid (my experience) (2022) Some of the wildest shit I’ve ever witnessed to this day. Except they can’t really hit you nowadays. But some “things” can happen. I’ll leave it at that. And if your DI starts to ask you if you want to go to a dark place, I suggest you tighten the fuck up. Our DIs fucked us up. Never ending fuck fuck games anywhere we go.
^parris island
sounds like PI
I joined in 2010, during war time. I was a grunt. The Marines were exactly what I expected.
Let’s be fair, they are still quite new to this new “life” and they can’t base their entire career of the Marines off of what they are experiencing now.. We all had these times where it was “boring” but then there are times when they are going to enjoy this new experience. I can say for me, I experienced every emotion possible when I joined and throughout my Marine Corps career. It is what you make of if. I met a lot of good people and did a lot of wonderful things traveled extensively. It would be quite foolish to base “ what will be” from where they are right now. Give it some time.
fair point but a lot of people that have been in for a min feel the same way
@@TrelltheGreat trell, honestly speaking, I would not use this video as a reference to what the Marines is all about. This could be very damaging to folks who may want to join. I reviewed a lot of your videos and would see how you react to videos where people would post about the Marines. A lot of what you say is spot on but like I mentioned to you in a video where you talked about why you left the military, you have to be careful about the message/videos you post and the context of posting. Remember, the military is dealing with a different generation of young folks and with that, comes a different reason for wanting to serve. These days this newer generation would join for free money for college where decades before, it was all about service to their country and patriotism. I saw this video and really shook my head because yes, it is a totally different Marine Corps these day. You intrigue me, I think I will watch a little more of your vids when I have time.
@@Tallandlightify I understand what you’re saying. Trell can only give his side and The Marine Corps depends on how you make it and what base you are
I agree everyone’s experience is different it’s a hit and miss in the military you either have a shitty experience or an amazing one. I unfortunately got the shitty experience hence why I got out after 4 but some people I know have had an amazing experience and they’re doing another enlistment. It’s all depends on what unit you get honestly and if they actually give a f about you.
@@Gucciyolo: sorry to hear about your experience. I served from 1995-2002. I told my recruiter straight up what I wanted based on my ASVAB scores. I qualified for pretty much anything I wanted. I worked with Air Traffic Control as an Aviation Ops Specialist. That job allowed me to be with a basic squadron. I think I did a good job choosing that role because it’s a versatile MOS in that I served with the “MAW” as well as the squadron. I met some good people and there people who I wished I never crossed paths with. It’s called growing pains. It all worked out for my good.
It’s a lot different than’91. FMF, Thursday night is field day. We all have to remember a quote "Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference as long as it's the Marine breed." Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller. 4 yrs USMC, 2 yrs army, USMC 4yrs head trauma and out. My brothers I served with we are getting to gather in November in Houston for a reunion. Every one of us have said we would come back especially with those we served with.
Trell I’m in mat company just waiting to get picked up in IMC I ain’t gonna get picked since July bruh shit is backed up like fuck ima be damn near a lance when I hit the fleet
dang fr
Ngl this video just crushed any wants I had of joining the marines 😭
everyone will have their own experience
Join the legion
Sup trell can’t wait for more content
Glad to be back💯
Hard times create Strong Men, STRONG MEN create easy times, weak men create difficult Times! Meaning. I have tons of friends who suffer from TbI/PTSD. Pre 9/11 we dreamed about war and complained about cleaning and doing nothing. Then we actually go to war and realize we are not invincible and suddenly started dreaming of easy times again!
be careful what you complain about. No matter how bad you think your problem is, you can always make it worse!
Fuck what people say brother your not salty. You’re telling the truth I just got out after doing 4 years and trust everything you say is true. I felt like I was wasting my potential and life in there I wanted to get out so bad when I was in. I’m telling you it’s not what it seems recruiters hype it up they have a job to do at the end of the day and that’s meet a quota and recruit a certain amount of people if they don’t they’ll get in trouble.
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On the other hand, had you made sergeant in those four years, you would be skating form then on, and 16 years from now at the age of perhaps 32 you would be retired before your father retires. As it is, having gotten out, 16 years from now, you will still have 30 more years of work in front of you before you can retire.
But, it’s not all lost, you can still join another branch of the service such as the Coast Guard, and accomplish the same thing, or you could switch from the inactive reserve which you are now in, to the active reserve in any service, and still retire with a nice big fat monthly paycheck, and the other benefits. Something to think about.
You could also attend college on Uncle Sam’s dime, take ROTC for your junior and senior years, and graduation as a reserve or active officer in any branch of the military! The opportunities are almost endless. In fact, after graduation from college as an officer, the military will send you to any professional course such as Law School, Nursing School, Pharmacist School, etc., etc on their dime, if the school accepts you.
That shit wasn't like that when i was in 2009. Definitely cleaning but was not as lax as yall saying
How many hours of sensitivity or inclusive classes are in boot camp today------if any. Any recent recruits know? We had 6 hours of history in 1969.
I have no idea
People are so annoying. You join the military for one thing and one thing only to serve your country. Not to have a good time, not for money, not for benefits. People forget that way to often. Does it suck, of course but its the military it was never meant to be a good thing. Its meant to kill and defend that is all. That is the mindset you should go in with. Any type of fun, good times will come but you should not be prioritizing that. Because that is not the goal nor is it the mission.The world is too soft these days expecting everything to be rainbows and sunshine when in reality you should be happy to even have such expectations. And tell you what rainbows and sunshine ain't coming from happy smile and money. Its coming from hard work, killing, and uncountable amount of bad days with no hope of a good one.
Could have went to jail for four years and experienced the same thing. 😊
My buddy was a DI IN 72. He no longer attends DI reunions. He said the Corps has become too pussified.
If there’s one thing I love, it’s the opinions of PFCs
I leave Sunday for bootcamp in Cali. What’s the biggest tips you can tell me?
Remember it’s a mental game, and that it will eventually end you’ll be fine💯
Yo I leave on Monday for basic in Cali 🤙🏻
@@WileyJordan No way haha, what Company and battalion are you?
@@TrelltheGreat yea I know that 😂 I plan to just take everything and go with the flow
Shout out to Vaught for stepping up when he saw a lack of leadership! Be the change you wanna see.
Is this how it is the whole time? Or is it different when you get deployed?
Also, how often do you get deployed?
I had 2 deployments, and sometimes yes you just sit around but on deployments you're going to be doing stuff
@@TrelltheGreat thats great to hear, thank you!
Gee! Your school course only lasts for five or six weeks or so, unless your MOS is highly technical, so what’s the big deal? I joined during Vietnam, and boot camp was living hell, every single moment of it. Then all of us, no matter our MOS went through infantry training for another couple of months of humping every day in the boonies. By the time we got to our MOS course, we were so over joyed to be able to just sit down, and do nothing that we could have cried, and would have given anything to stay right there forever doing absolutely nothing. Two months later, we were in ‘Nam and all we could think of was how wonderful, relaxing, safe, and non stressful our MOS course had been. Oh, did I mention SAFE?
Bored? Bull crap! What kind of Marine complains about being bored? Believe me, in the Marine Corps you may find yourself on the receiving end of incoming fire at any moment, and you are going to be begging for a little boredom. Semper Fi!
I remember not looking forward to the weekend because of how bored I was.
Thanks so much for the honesty. Please make more videos like this. It must be the commercial advertisement that gets people to join.
if you could go back in time would you join again? or would you just switch your MOS?
I would still join but a different MOS
@@TrelltheGreat what mos?
@@TrelltheGreatyes what mos
This makes me feel better about going Army haha hopefully their fleet experience is good
So I was 89. We pained rocks. Picked up cigarette butts and hopefully got liberty. Same?
At this point, it's just to enlist to keep our numbers up jusr in case there is a threat that needs to be neutralized
good point
SOI was the same back in the early 90's. Nothing has changed, except for internet and cell phones. We would train and then a whole lot of hurry up and wait.
Went in in 1978 and it was a lot like that, hurry up and wait. I got out in 81 and joined the Army in 85. Same thing across the board! Still good times!!!
Sounds good I don’t wanna die trying to have fun
i’m leaving oct 7th for boot, air craft rescue/ firefighting anyone got any complaints about that mos?
Bro as someone who did 4 year's as a 0331 and transferred to USASOC, I can honestly say the Marine Corps is a shithole. I'm glad you are exposing it. I just hope that kids who are thinking about joining will take your content and information serious, kids need to see through the bravado and see what it actually is on the other side. I've said it once and I'll say it again, the 75th Ranger Regiment is what you think the Marine Corps is. Most things you are looking to get out of the Corps you wont find, but EVERYTHING you are looking for to get out of the Corps AND MORE, you will get in the 75th Ranger Regiment.
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Any one can be Army
But to do a tour or Be a lifer marine takes grit.
Was proud to serve .
And last it's not hotel suites.
Train hard it will save your life when the time comes.
When u get in the shit u will wish you were not their.
Cleaning or field day, that hasn't changed since my days as a Marine in the 1980s.
Hey I’m currently a Poolee, leaving for bootcamp on 04-01-24; active duty for general engineering. Yes these guys are operators, I know this sounds stupid. I’m just a little confused on if this is just only temporary training for their MOS? Or it’s gonna be like this for most MOS’s. Until you get deployed every so often throughout your contract?
Am still motivated to join and am 24 I can do it
yes you can, good luck
I think that’s the SOI holding platoon
they were AAVs
Bro that's literally almost my whole fleet time bro but tbh I'm fine with it cause don't even wanna be here no more cause no war no badass shit just clown shit
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And which branch do you join now a days to see action ?
No one is really seeing "action". It's peace time
SOCOM. 'Conventional' guys aren't doing shit.
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This is Crap I am a Marine and this is to Freaking Lax
I was infantry and we never had time to do nothing. If we ever had down time we took a nap because we never really had rack time. I don't understand what Is going on in the Corp.
Big difference between peace time and deployment corps also. So if you're thinking of signing up... Two completely different experiences
I didn't feel like this when I was a boot, that's sad and I was in 2020 💀
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No the Marine corps it's not like it used to be ever since 1975 that is changed so much
Patty I served 1973-1977, a lot of changes
@@usmc-veteran73-77 yes I was married back in 75 and I just can't get over the Big chain since then and there is a lot of changing
@@usmc-veteran73-77 where were you stationed at
i bet
The Marine Corps was a shithole in the 1970s.
It sounds like the marine corps is not prideful or proud thing anymore
for some reason it's losing the meaning it once had
I’m shipping off to San Diego in July. Anything I should prioritize memorizing for boot?
Prioritize your main PFT exercises, run and pull ups mainly. Learn a good little bit of the marine corps. History before you go in.
good luck
I got accepted to be a Marine Musician. You know any Marine Musicians? That’d be a big help👍
I went to bootcamp with one
I was in as a grunt 79 to 83. A girl I graduated with also joined as a musician. She got out & became High school music teacher.
The President's Own!
Hi Trell, I'm thinking of being a 3043 supply administration and operations specialist but is it a good MOS to transfer to civilian life after 4 years of active duty.
Yeah you'll learn some skills you can take bake into civilian life
My MOS was 3051, Supply Warehouseman. Supply won’t help you much in civilian life unless you go to work for the Federal Government such as on a military base, but it’s a great MOS in terms of the work itself. You work in a nice, clean, cool warehouse, and self ever has to lift anything heavy or sweat. The work is easy, and the time goes by quickly. Also, promotion is good. Just keep your nose clean, offer to do a little bit more than you need to, and make it known that you are interested in learning as much as you can so that you can make rank quickly. Remember, less than half of all Marines have any real interest in making rank, so how are your superiors to know that you are interested in doing so? One other thing. . . There are lots of opportunity in the supply field to steal. Don’t do it! You can’t hide it from a lie detector, and trust me, the Marine Corps will make a Federal case out it.
Semper Field-day-us.
It means, always cleaning!
This is the motto of E3 and below Marines.
MAT Company was the worst. Especially when your whole entire platoon is put under investigation for something you didn’t do. What’s worse is that they secure your liberty / free time when under this state. The whole situation seemed unconstitutional. But this is what you sacrifice for, your rights, and your well-being to live in crappy situations with different people who will treat you just the same as you were in high school. Low pay and you have to depend on instructors who show up to work drunk and screw with you 24/7. It doesn’t get better after SOI either.
Well said in the middle of this video when talking about the Vietnam or the Desert Storm era when Marines were real men and had more courage and dignity. Now it's more like social media and SpongeBob SquarePants.
Do you know anything about the service management MOS?
Not really
If anything joining the reserves would probably be your best bet then? Genuine question.
I would since it's peace time
@@TrelltheGreatthanks trell, your vid’s been helping me tons bro. Don’t know what I’d do without them Fr
What mos is the best?
they all have their pros and cons, you just need to figure out which one best suits you
@@TrelltheGreat can you make a video on it please 🙏 about wich type of mod fit type of people based on what you know or sum
I want more content bro😭😤
oh it's coming trust me
Going on 4th month in MAT, we just play video games, sleep, go to chow, and clean.
lol
What mos did you pick y’all be playing video games that don’t sound too bad
The marine corps is probably not the same because we are in a peace time right now
Planning on doing the Marine Reserves. Any info or tips ? Thank you, Trell.
You shouldnt military is woke
@@beyondzeke7586 Yes but I think the Marines battles it pretty well. Also, i waited for the vaccine mandate to end and it did at last.
I don’t recommend joining the reserves especially as a teen or young adult, because it provides less opportunities to rank up and pay won’t be all that good
@@sleezypeasy9836 yup definitely a part time thing. Thanks!
Just enjoy the best of both worlds