Posted on Nov 4, 2015
Good, Bad, or none, What kind of memories does this video stir from Boot Camp?
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MCRD SAN DIEGO - YOUR FIRST 2 HOURS OF BOOT CAMP
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Posted 10 y ago
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Whether it was 50 or 5 years ago. Marine Corps boot camp is an experience a Marine will never forget. Not everyone can handle it and I will not hold it against you. Okay that was a lie, I will! Oorah Marine Corps!!!!
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Some memories, but mine was a bit different. It was zero dark thirty at Parris Island some 30+ years ago. I recall the DI saying something to the effect you have three heart beats to get off my bus and two are gone.....
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MSgt (Join to see)
Same experience for me back in 1979 at San Diego. I also remember some very colorful words! And being called more things then I ever thought I was! Oorah Marine Corps!!!
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Cpl Brett Wagner
Me too Sgt Spencer Sikder. 1979 rolled on to Paris Island about 2300 and it was a really bad dream. Writing laundry #s on our skin, putting your head down on a wood cubby if you were missing anything from your issue then being told "So what!" I don't think my recruiter mentioned anything about forming which added another week to 10 days to you vacation at Paris Island.
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Honestly. Looking back. I really enjoyed Boot Camp. The night before we walked across the parade deck to earn our EGA's. My D.I. told us all "No matter what you do in life. You will always be a U.S. Marine. This is such a great thing to have earned. But do not make it your greatest achievement in your life" That really spoke to me. I really took to heart. A few years later I ran into my D.I. out in the fleet. I told the Gunny how his words of inspiration and motivation had such a big impact on how I look at and will perceive life going into the future. He looked at me and laughed and said "That is the same line of sh*t I gave every Platoon on Graduation Night"
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I doubt anyone who has ever experienced it could ever forget their first few hours aboard either MCRD. Hell, we can all recall now that the initial shock of the Receiving Barracks pale in comparison to what awaited us upon arrival at our Training Companies for what has become known as 'Forming'. It is from the blurs of this controlled chaos that the the eternal emotion of the Marine will emerge on graduation day; and the memories of boot camp will live forever.
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We arrived at 2 a.m., so we had to do that in the morning. I remember a kid getting pulled out from my flight in week 3, in handcuffs, due to snorting about an 8 ball of cocaine. Other than that, basic wasn't too horrible. I met some good people, whom I still call friends.
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Brings back memories of RTC/NTC San Diego. Those first couple days were a confusing and scary transition.
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