When I was in the USMC thirty years ago, there were no "battle buddies". Do they have them now? Do they need them? If they don't, why not? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/when-i-was-in-the-usmc-thirty-years-ago-there-were-no-battle-buddies-do-they-have-them-now-do-they-need-them-if-they-don-t-why-not <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Tue, 15 May 2018 01:33:58 -0400 When I was in the USMC thirty years ago, there were no "battle buddies". Do they have them now? Do they need them? If they don't, why not? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/when-i-was-in-the-usmc-thirty-years-ago-there-were-no-battle-buddies-do-they-have-them-now-do-they-need-them-if-they-don-t-why-not <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Cpl D L Parker Tue, 15 May 2018 01:33:58 -0400 2018-05-15T01:33:58-04:00 Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 15 at 2018 2:17 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/when-i-was-in-the-usmc-thirty-years-ago-there-were-no-battle-buddies-do-they-have-them-now-do-they-need-them-if-they-don-t-why-not?n=3630291&urlhash=3630291 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>According to two of my friends who recently went through boot, they have them but they&#39;re called &quot;Liberty Buddies&quot; SGT Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 15 May 2018 14:17:42 -0400 2018-05-15T14:17:42-04:00 Response by SGM Bill Frazer made May 15 at 2018 8:11 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/when-i-was-in-the-usmc-thirty-years-ago-there-were-no-battle-buddies-do-they-have-them-now-do-they-need-them-if-they-don-t-why-not?n=3631207&urlhash=3631207 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>30 yrs ago, we were not losing 22 vets/day and 1 AD member to suicide. It was designed to make you a team, and to keep you from slaking off just because you were by yourself. SGM Bill Frazer Tue, 15 May 2018 20:11:53 -0400 2018-05-15T20:11:53-04:00 Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 17 at 2018 8:32 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/when-i-was-in-the-usmc-thirty-years-ago-there-were-no-battle-buddies-do-they-have-them-now-do-they-need-them-if-they-don-t-why-not?n=3718821&urlhash=3718821 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>They have “Safe Rooms” now!!! SCPO Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 17 Jun 2018 08:32:03 -0400 2018-06-17T08:32:03-04:00 2018-05-15T01:33:58-04:00