Posted on Jan 7, 2017
What's something they teach in your service that you think they don't in the others?
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Culture. The Marine Corps make Marines. They instill esprit de Corps. The traditions, history and exploits are taught again and again. The first job of basic training or OCS is to make Marines that think like Marines, act like Marines and have a common outlook on being a Marine. Not just for your tour but for life.
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Inflating your pants as a floatation device is part of Army water survival and drown proofing
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I had to do it just last year. The official name is Combat Water Survival Training and everyone has to do it from what I've seen.
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SP5 Peter Keane
Floating pants was taught in swimming lessons at age 9 in the Air Force dependent community.
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military decision making process MDMP. The Marines have a slightly different process (one less step). the Navy didn't have one until 2006 (OPP), to my knowledge the USAF still doesn't.
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PO2 Rev. Frederick C. Mullis, AFI, CFM
Marines gotta get to the Battle Fields somehow.. On Navy Ships!
Thats why they made the GATOR NAVY!
Thats why they made the GATOR NAVY!
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PO3 John Wagner
I thought the corp just used artificial ego inflation to achieve this result... it was a slightly discredited technique at first because the ego inflation was misplaced and many marines drowned floating upside down.
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PO3 John Wagner
PO3 Bob McCord - And I knew my boat was going to sink by design.
And they were lying about the 3 season porch.. (heads up)
And they were lying about the 3 season porch.. (heads up)
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I believe that they teach complaining in the Army basic combat training nowadays. Instead of taking guidance, it's easier to drop a complaint. (I'm clearly joking here...or am I
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PO2 Rev. Frederick C. Mullis, AFI, CFM
Aint nobody better bitching than a Sailor!! I had a Chief once that said:
"A Bitching Sailor is a happy Sailor, Cause they got their eyes open and are looking at what is going on. It's the quiet ones you gotta look out for because they will let the ship sink around them just to prove a point."
"A Bitching Sailor is a happy Sailor, Cause they got their eyes open and are looking at what is going on. It's the quiet ones you gotta look out for because they will let the ship sink around them just to prove a point."
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PO3 John Wagner
I never heard the full chapter and verse on that, but it does clarify the statement a great deal..
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I don't know what the official term was but told us we would have to " PT until your ass sucks buttermilk"
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I have heard whispers of a sage-like training regimen. "Do you know what make the green grass grow?"
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Maj John Bell
SN Greg Wright We teach it at schools, but we also teach it in operational units as part of the weekly and monthly training schedule. Plus we teach it with attitude.
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Maj John Bell
1stSgt Eugene Harless -
At least in the units I was in, we read an individual Marine or Corpsman combat citation from the unit history before securing on Friday COB plus a Marine or Corpsman Medal of Honor Citation and also on the anniversary of when any historic combat citation was earned. If the citation was won by the 3rd fire team leader of 2nd Squad of 1st Platoon, the current billet holder read the citation.
We also played stump the SNCO's and Officers on Marine Corps History and early trivia the unit schedule was completed prior to 1600. Stump the SNCO's and O's, and then get our question right, you get to leave early. Get it wrong, KEEP PLAYING!!! Marine. Funny thing is about 1/3 of the marines who won usually stuck around.
Once a quarter, during maintenance stand down week, each squad leader had to prepare a sand table exercise that was an analysis of a well-documented company, platoon, or squad level engagement. Plus we had both retired and active duty Viet Nam, Korea, and WWII vets come to panel discussions on their war.
At least in the units I was in, we read an individual Marine or Corpsman combat citation from the unit history before securing on Friday COB plus a Marine or Corpsman Medal of Honor Citation and also on the anniversary of when any historic combat citation was earned. If the citation was won by the 3rd fire team leader of 2nd Squad of 1st Platoon, the current billet holder read the citation.
We also played stump the SNCO's and Officers on Marine Corps History and early trivia the unit schedule was completed prior to 1600. Stump the SNCO's and O's, and then get our question right, you get to leave early. Get it wrong, KEEP PLAYING!!! Marine. Funny thing is about 1/3 of the marines who won usually stuck around.
Once a quarter, during maintenance stand down week, each squad leader had to prepare a sand table exercise that was an analysis of a well-documented company, platoon, or squad level engagement. Plus we had both retired and active duty Viet Nam, Korea, and WWII vets come to panel discussions on their war.
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1stSgt Eugene Harless
Maj John Bell - Good unit History. Many of the units at Battalion level at Least have the pictures and citations of the Medal of Honor awardees from that Battalion
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Besides using weapons for a different kind of herd management? You forgot the high tower dive because everyone must jump off the deck of a carrier sometime during their career. Folding dress clothes inside out. Lighting that OBA candle off. And anything associated with the term "Angle on the Bow". Much more out there....
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SN Greg Wright
CAPT Kevin B. - Hmm. My memory is fuzzy, but I seem to recall that it was a little tab thingy on the cannister that you yanked? I could be wrong. But yeah, I remember that you had to lean forward and hold that bastard away from you while someone took it. I also remember never trusting the bastards that were supposed to be keeping the time for everyone in one.
PO1 John Crafton
PO1 John Crafton
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CAPT Kevin B.
Yep, you'd yank the lanyard and the sailor with the heavy gloves would catch it. Apparently dropping it onto a wet deck was a no-no. The timer thing was 45 minutes and the canister was supposed to work for an hour. Didn't know if that's just sitting or working your butt off. Nonetheless, if you started to feel lightheaded, you better get out quick.
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Had to control your breathing to. Start breathing to hard or to deep and you suck all the air out of the bags. Very scary to take a breath and get nothing. Then you had calm yourself down to let the bags inflate a little to get a breath. SN Greg Wright CAPT Kevin B. PO1 John Crafton
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PO2 Rev. Frederick C. Mullis, AFI, CFM
Capt, Don't forget my favorite in basic Seamanship "Can Dead Men Vote Twice." That is something that only the Navy and Coast Guard will understand and probably not everyone in the navy and Coast Guard unless they have done time on the Navigation Bridge maybe even using a Sextant. Hopefully they still use that to keep their skills sharp in case those new fangled computers and GPS gizmo's go out.
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