re: Question for OT Marines

It wasn't as bad for me and at times it was funny AF I was a squad leader for a while during the early part of bootcamp before I was "fired" lol. It was definitely not funny being sharked either. They used slightly different terms than burpies it was called Bend and thrusts
- Fassa Fassa Fassa

- Play in the pit - meant go get in a sand pit and play games.. Usually more bends and thrusts push ups or my favorite with wooly blanket, come back in a really tight area of 70 dudes and make us shake the sand out of the blanket which meant we were all hitting each other because we were so close shaking the blankets

Also, Code Red was not the name of what happened to Pyle or William Santiago. It was called a "blanket party"
Cleaning weapons, drill, PMing rifles, more drill, green monsters (old jarheads know where their "knowledge" was kept.
Obstacle course, pugle sticks, fat bodies being sent to the "Pork Chop Platoon etc...
Sr DI was referred to as Daddy by us from the Jr DI's. They were mean AF and there 2 of them. In FMJ you only see the juniors in one scene. We spent most of the time with them. Time with the SDI was a peaceful feeling (by design) kinda like good cop/bad cop. We knew the game but didn't care. Like I said, it was peaceful